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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1943.
SOJSARJ OF
THE tVAVES
by ALLEN EPPES
Mt. W raited msais ntisata, net.
Hon, though," Louise told her, "tha
Die things men say to a girl."
"Do vmf
"Yes, I most certainly do," Louise
replied with conviction. "I miss
Pete like nobody's business."
-Who's Pete?"
"I'm engaged to htm. He's in the
Coast Guard, stationed down on
Long Island." Louise sighed. "We
had plans for the future, but they
.are shelved for the time being. Pete
was studying to be a chemist. I met
him up at Columbia. Dare I ask if
you're engaged?"
. "Yes." said Susan. "More or less."
Is he in the service?"
"He's in the Air Force. Ferrying
bombers overseas."
"Ohl" ,
"Why do you say 'oh' In that
way? Is it because you think he's In
an extra-dangerous branch of the
service?"
"Yes," said Louise, "since you in
sist." .
Both girls fell silent. Susan
thought of Harvey. If only she
knew that he was safe. But off In a
Susan Esterbrook. New York
glamour girl, feels that she
should be doing something worth
while In the war jrlort. When a
favorite cousin Is killed overseas,
she decides to pat her life of gai
ety behind her and Join the
Waves. This Is unwelcome news
to two young men who want to ,
marry her Pierre Dnpre, a
Fighting Frenchman, and Dick
Craig, who has a war Job In
Washington. However, she has
no Intention of marrying either
ef them, for she has recently fal
len In love with Harvey Rogers,
an Army Oyer, and has promised
to wait for him until the end of
the war. Alter a short leave, he
has gone awny. Soon afterwards,
Susan leaves for a Waves train
trC mnter In New England. On
the train she runs Into Louise
Larsen, a Wave who nsed to be a
maid In Susan's home. Despite
the difference In their social sta
tus, they become quite friendly.
CHAPTER XVII
AS THE train sped on, Louise n, 0Ter ' expanae
" told Susan a number of - "Chin up. shoulders backl" said
things which the booklet about Loue- ,
the Waves had not revealed. "Yes." said Susan.
"There's the limited closet THEN, while they finished their
space." said Louise. "Oddly enough, 1 lunch, Louise talked of other
thats what bothers a lot of the upects of the training Susan faced,
girls more than anything else." ..It.g beginning to look." said
"You mean there aren't any clos- Susan, when Louise had finished,
ets?" said Susan. - "as though I'd bitten oS quite a
"One to every four girls." Louise hunk of activity for myself."
replied. "Four girls to a room, and "We're getting close to our des
all using the one closet. But after a tlnatlon." said Louise. "We'd better
while, you get so you don't mind, be gathering up our belongings."
since your wardrobe is decidedly Susan finished her coffee, and
limited." She gave Susan a quick got up. She followed Louise
look. "I hope you didn't bring a lot through two cars to their own.
of luggage with you." The train was now slowing up.
"No." said Susan, "I didn't" Susan picked up her suitcase. Lou-
"Ooodl I'd hate to have you get bad only a small bag. which she
the bawling out one girl got. She "ilSm.'J?..,- .v,.
had seven pieces of baggage when ' We"' Se?,!nan Susan." she said,
she arrived!" "we re here!
Later, in the diner, while the two "J-5't lt eari" caU
ri had lnnrh Louimaaid- that?" asked Susan, trying to
couyouw'lhe watch- '"t deling a little
word of the Waves." nervous, as though a nock of but-
w - ..ia q.. a t5.-k terflies were putting on a carnival
"7f; "1T i "e middle of her stomach. She
you are ladles and forget you are out of tne wmw. Do we
wuiucu. tak nnii of those hiiRSHi nr taxi?"
U. S. Airmen Find English
Gals OK After Ice Broken
Br James McGllncy
United Press Staff Correspondent
A TJSAAF Bomber Station in England (U.PJ "Did you ever
see such walking horrors in your life?" asked the pilot with a
shudder as fifty or. sixty girls trooped into the Officers' club.
Verily, one hadnt. It was par-1
"Not bad. either," said Louise.
"One of the busses." Louise an-
-no." eusan agreea. -now uuu a ,.t. .. , i .
we have equal rights, if. high time " word.. a Saval Trata
tag hoor on the aide of onTof
BGouuufl umubo wo i. o RuwBii. them Thntra mint
"It's like a man I know said.
The train stopped. "This way."
listen, Louise, if you women want n(j Louise.
ta h.in m7. JS JSTZ, tSi They went down the aisle and
SffiS Pthin h. to descended from the train,
unpleasant thtags men nave to Then Susan found herself aboard
?.', l&; M RnM the bus. So this was It! From now
"""J J spent late hours in New York's
JU&E2?22L. And Just, when
"""" ' .r5nm..Z:-M i- the would ever return to it
uuiuh inusufu. lug ,-nuwiu as
really a big summer resort hotel.
It's been taken over by the govern-
The world was at war. and war
was no respecter of persons.
And, Susan said to herself "I
S3 & ZLU1.? amToVtodo myVartwUh ail
1 said Louise
Only it's never referred to as a
hotel, but always as a ship."
"I suppose that's to make us feel
nautical," said Susan.
"Exactly. And never call the
floors by that name always call
them 'decks.' Stairways are lad
ders,' time oft during the day Is
called 'town liberty,' and a week
end is 'shore leave'."
SUSAN took a long drink of cof
fee. "What a lot of things a girl
has to learnl"
"It'll come easy." said Louise en
couragingly. "You'll even get ac- that m ex-glamour girl should be
customea to reveuie mt raa-iuisen, 50 eager for the friendship of a for-
and a ten o'clock bedtime." Again ruer maid.
she gave Susan a quick look. . ,
' "Darned little tune for romance." ' fro be eotMmudl
v ' "I can manage that an rightl" (Tht eharactert tn ttUt serial art
Susan assured her. fictitious
"Youll miss the masculine attest tour, ito. by oramero- whiuning on
that I have In met'
The bus rolled on.
"Don't be nervous,
softly.
Tm okay." said Susan. She
squeezed Louise's hand. "And
thanks for being so swell to me."
. Tm glad if I could be of any
help." said Louise. "I hope well be
seeing something of each other
from now on."
"Oh, so do I!" said Susan.
It never once occurred to her
that it was In the least unusual
ty night at this base, and tho
girls had been rounded up in a
bunch in a nearby town and
driven out In buses. There were
factory workers and stenogra
phers and telephone operators
all nice enough girls, doubtless,
for their backgrounds had been
checked before they were invit
ed. But as a beauty contest the
party was a flop to put it
mildly.
' Let s have a drink, said the
pilot with an air of resignation
after another look at the guests.
GIs doled out rum-and-cokes
and Scotch highballs from a tre
mendous collection of already
mixed drinks behind the bar. At
one end of the long room a three
piece orchestra tuned up ginger
ly. Most of the officers crowded
around the bar, elbowing for
drinks. The girls stood around
in groups of three or four, laugh
ing and talking and trying des
perately not to look uncomfort
able. They wore provincial
looking party dresses and many
of them were made up badly.
"This bunch is better 'than
what we usually get, so you can
imagine how bad it is," the pilot
said. "Let's have another drink."
By now a few officers werp
mixing with the girls. A wil
lowy, buck-toothed blonde In a
blue dress was trying to smoke
an American cigarette like a
movie star, and doing a very
bad job of it. A sweater girl.
Hertfordshire .variety, fixed a
predatory eye on a good-looking
bombardier.
"How about a drink?" asked
the pilot. "Gee, I sure wish T
was back in the states. Knew
where I'd like to be right now'
I'd like to be in the Cocoanut
Grove in Hollywood with my
girl. Yesslr. Say, let's have two
more here, will you?"
The stack of mixed drinks be
hind the bar was dwindling. A
GI put another pan of ice on
the bar. Several couples shuffled
around to some very corny mu
sic from the little band. More
boys were talking to more girls
now.
Even the pilot had a more
mellow look in his eye.
"These English girls aren't so
bad," he conceded. "They can't
get enough clothes or makeup,
but they can't help it. I think
1 11 have another drink and then
think maybe I'd kind of like
to dance. Yessir, I've been
watching that little girl with the
black hair over there. Now, she's
not so bad.
The conversational restraint
of the early evening was gone.
tverynody was laughing and
talking at once. Southern drawls
and New England twangs and
English broad a's all mixed ud
togetner.
The pilot came back to the
bar from a dance with the little
black-haired girl.
"Meet Gwendolyn, ' he said.
"And let s all have a drink."
The pilot handed Gwendolyn
a rum-and-coke and began to
taiK to her in a between-you-and-me
tone.
"Gwen, I think English girls
are terruic," he was saying.
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8:00 p. m. Big Town, KSL: Terry
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KOMO: Personality Hour. KOW; Navy
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KJR; Everybody's Inn, KSL; News.
KPO, KOMO; Personality Hour, KOW;
Beryl Wallace, KNX; Heatnman con
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Covenant Home Hour, KJR; Master
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Da Nail Tribune Wan) Ada.
Olive
Barb
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Observations
What I want is little comfort
ing, such as my mother gave me
under like circumstances. But
there's nothing maternal about
Frank. He disclaims any in
terest In the state of my nerves
After all, they're my nerves and
wny don't I tell them where to
get off at. He then goes back
to sleep.
But through the night I give
him half hourly bulletins; I'm
awake; I'm still awake. My 4
a. m. communique reports me
as still on the alert. He gets
up ana Duiias the fire. As day.
light comes, the storm dies
down., All this time he's main
tained a dour silence. Such
glances as he gives me are bit
ter rather than symDathetic.
He knows I can go back to bed
while he has to go to camp.
This evening when I gaily
suggested a piano and drum
session, he declined with vio
lence. It stormed last night and
I'd kept him posted with the
usual half hour reports. "So
tonight," he said with finality.
"I pound a pillow, not a drum."
He did, the sissyl
PRAYER AT ROADSIDE
Rutland, Vt. (U.PJ A sensitive
lad who spent his summers
roaming the woods and fields
near here, Joseph Greene always
was upset by . teamsters who
cursed and roared their horses
up a sharp grade. Later, when
ne naa oecome a prosperous Buf
falo, N. Y., physician, Greene
returned and had the Lord's
Prayer carved in a rock by the
roadside as a warning to future
blasphemers.
Use UaU Tribune Want Ada.
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In a prairie country. At certain
times of the year black clouds
would appear on the horizon in
ominous, rolling banks. Short
ly they'd billow over the land,
a dark portentious ceiling. Then
iigntemng sabers would slash
through and the ensuing blast
of thunder shook the house and
filled us children with a terror
which was also an awed rapture.
It was an unforgettable emo
tional experience and has had,
for me, a lasting effect. For
just as the cattle milled about
in their corrals in that long ago,
so do I now mill about in my
bed during a thunder storm.
And though western thunder
storms are most feeble initia
tions of those of the Arkansas
valley, what they lack in noise,
they make up for in wind. A
mid-west wind could sweep un
checked across vast reaches of
prairie but here on the coast,
the trees challenge it. They
sway about in mighty arcs and
huge old firs go crashing to the
earth. The wind shrieks about
our hillside home in maniacle
fury.
When these storms occur at
night, Frank sleeps through the
whole thing. Or would, were
it not for me. I don't sleep. I
just lie and develop hysteria
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wake Frank and in a quavery
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