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- —-Gannst Setia/ 7iction— » MAIDEN EEECDT By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS 'IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT' O SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS WNU SERVICE CHAPTER VII—Continued —11— “Then do you remember about wish-fulfillment?” asked Marne. “Yup. They used to call it a plain lie when I was a kid, and sock you on the ear for it. Now you can get away with any kind of bunk and they say, ‘Oh, that’s O. K. Just wish-fulfillment.’ Pretty soft!” “But don’t you see, Gloria? That stuff that’s at the back of your mind is your real self, the way you want to be. It’ll all come out if it gets a chance. Templeton Sayles would like to be the Great Lover. As he hasn’t got the equipment, he’s just the Great Show-off. He imagines himself g tting a medal for life-saving heroism, but when the show-down comes, what does the hero do? Sits on the shore and lets me drown.” “Say, wait a minute,” objected Gloria. "According to your pro spectus, if he wishes he was a hero, then he really is one, inside.” “Well, he isn’t,” snapped Marne. “He’s a coward.” “Coward, huh? WeU, I’d like to get his angle on that.” “Do. But you needn’t tell me. Not interested.” "All right; I will. I mean, I won’t. I mean, I will ask him but I won’t tell you unless you come for it.” She did. She got Kelsey aside. “What’s the big idea, young fella me-lad?” “About what?" “Marne. Letting her pretty near •drown. Why not the gallant rescue act?” The subject of the inquiry settled his perfectly fitting white coat across his shoulders, smoothed out an imaginary wrinkle or two, and pivoted slowly before the intent eyes of his questioner. wnai ao you innm ui me: "You’re nil right" "Like this suit?" “Very snappy.” “Now Gloria, I want you to listen Intently. This is important" "I’m listening.” “Never, whatever you do, go into water with a white serge suit on. It simply will not recover its set.” He stopped and looked at her solemnly. “Hm-m-m-m. That’s your story, is it?” "That’s my story." “Well, you aren’t going to tell any more than you want; I can see that. But Marne thinks you’re yel low.” Kelsey grinned. “I thought It was another color that she played me for. Maybe she thinks I owe her an explanation. If so, I’ll try to get •one up for her." “I’d like to be there when you spring it" “Right. We’ll try to give you no tice.” “A. Leon’s due back tomorrow,” she informed him, with a sidelong glance. “How delightful for one and all!" “Hmpph! Chatty like a clam, aren’t you! Well, don’t take any risks with your precious life before I see you again.” As far as A. Leon Snydacker him self was concerned, his return was less delightful than he had antici pated. His darr-ling proved unac countably elusive. Every project that he devised for getting her apart from the rest was baffled with such tact and amiability that he could not figure out just how it was ac complished. He decided to delay the playing of his trump card until after his four-day air-trip to Holly wood. "When l come back,’ he confided to Moby Dickstein, "it’ll be with five carats of diamond. Emeralds?” he pursued reflectively. “Emeralds is just a pass, but a solitaire means business.” "That’s the talk, Bwana.” "You try her out on the week-end proposition. If she still balks it’ll be time to play the diamond.” "All right, Bwana. My middle name’s diplomacy.” Behind the magnate’s retiring back he made a wry face. Acting as go-between for A. Leon’s love affairs was one phase of his job that soured on a stomach long trained not to be over-squeam ish. Two days after the great man’s departure his lieutenant approached Marne with an air of bonhomie. “Hay-o, kid. You’re gettin’ a cou ple days’ vacation, I hear.” “Am I? That’s nice. 1 hadn’t known of it.” "Sure. Friday. You’re taking a little trip in the hydro with the Boss." "Where to?" "You’ll find that out when you get there.” “Who else is going?” "The pilot.” "I’m afraid I’m going to be busy next week-end.” “What d’you mean, you’re goin’ to be busy? Get onto yourself, kiddo. I’m talkin’ for the Boss, himself.” "It’s still no-thank-you,” answered Marne with perfect good humor. Moby couldn't understand it. Or rather, he suspected that she didn't understand. “You don’t know what a swell guy A. Leon is if he likes you,” he urged. "You got the game right in your hands.” “But I don’t play that game. Mo by." “But this is different,” he argued with a pathetic resolution to make her see the light. “You’re practi cally engaged to him.” “It’s news to me.” “If you ain’t, you’re goin’ to be. Practically,” he repeated. “I hap pen to know.” "That’s a thrill,” she admitted politely. “Even so, it’s regarded as unconventional to go week-ending with your fiance. Ask Dorothy Dix if you don’t believe me.” “I just don’t get you,” he lament ed. "You’re turnin’ down the trip? Is that on the level?” “I’m afraid it is, Moby.” Moby Dickstein’s chin declined upon his breast. It was plain that Melancholy had marked him for her own. “What am I goin’ to tell the Big Fella?” he mourned. “Don’t tell him anything. Let him find out.” “Maybe that’s the best way,” he sighed. "Anyhow, it’ll hold our jobs a little longer. And every day is money in this business. Well, let’s get down to cases. Are you set for the canoe race tomorrow?” “What’s that?” “We’re goin’ to shoot that se quence. You and Sayles, paddling double.” “You’d better tie a life-preserver around him,” snapped Marne. “He might fall overboard and catch his death of cold.” “Don’t get sore, baby,” grinned Moby. If Marne refrained from any open exhibition of soreness, when the time came for the test, she was at least painfully dignified upon meet ing her hero at the landing. No blush of shame mantled his ingenu ous brow. He was, in fact, dis gustingly jaunty. Convoyed by a camera-bearing boat, they set out. Marne was bow paddle. This enabled her to pre sent the back of an uncompromis ing neck to her shipmate. He en dured it with silent composure un til they came opposite the fateful bluff. There he dug his blade deep and checked their progress. “This ought to be about it,” he reckoned. “Hey!” protested the camera man. "The script don’t call for a stop here.” “I’m interpolating a touch of dia logue,” explained Kelsey. “Not with me, if you don’t mind,” said Marne. “Just a moment This is the spot where you lost your balance, as I figure it.” “What of it?” “And your temper.” Hers was an expressive silence, full of disdain. “This teaches us. my little pupils, that we should never stand up in a canoe.” “It wasn’t funny the first time you said it either,” she remarked. “But if you must stand up, this is the location to select” "I suppose that means something, but I can’t imagine what.” “Stick your paddle straight down.” “What for?” "To learn something to your ad _i - •> v auiagc. “I’m sure it wouldn’t interest me,” stated the haughty Marne. But a most disconcerting suspicion was formulating itself in her mind. “All right. If you won’t, I will.” He drove his paddle downward. It hit bottom with a jar. Two feet of handle were still protruding from the water. “How tall are you?” No answer. “Very well. 1 think it’s fair to assume—correct me if I’m wrong— that you’re over four feet.” More and thicker silence. "Therefore you couldn’t very well drown here unless you grabbed a piece of seaweed in your teeth and hung on like a wounded duck.” “Hey, you two,” called the cam eraman. “When you get through improving on the text, lemme know, will you? Film costs money." “Be patient, my boy.” Kelsey waved a placating hand. "It’s just a matter of rectifying a slight mis understanding." He addressed Marne again. "Apologies are re ceived on Tuesdays and Fridays, but if you wish to arrange a special appointment—" Only by a movement of swift adroitness did he save the craft from capsizing, so sharply did his companion whirl on her seat. "I said you were a coward, didn’t I?" “Such was my understanding.” "I withdraw it." "Say no more,” he began with an air of great magnanimity. “I’ve got plenty more to say. You want me to apologize; to say I’m sorry. Is that it?" "That,” answered Kelsey with a carefully cultivated smugness which would have roused a tadpole to fury, “rests between you and your con science. And may the best man win,” he concluded piously. “All right. I’ll say I’m sorry,” stated the girl with an effect of re pressed mania. "I’m sorry I ever have to set eyes on you. I’m sorry to breathe the same air that you do. I'm ashamed to live in the same world with you. If you want to know what I think of you and al ways have thought and always will think. I’ll tell you. There’s only one word for it. Templeton Sayles, you’re a louse.” "Hi!” It was Moby Dickstein’s voice, lifted in pained protest from the contiguous shore. “Is this a pic ture or a conference?” “It isn’t a picture,” shouted back the infuriated Marne. “Not any more. I’m through. Take me in or I’ll walk in,” she finished savage ly, addressing her shipmate. Followed by the Irate cameraman and paced by Moby Dickstein, tear ing his hair, Kelsey paddled back to the little dock. His only contribu tion to the amenities of the occa sion was when he politely undertook to help her out. (Offer rejected.) Undismayed he waved her a gal lant adieu. “Your apology,” he in formed her, "is accepted in the spir it in which it was offered.” Marne fled to her room and did something that she had not done since childhood. She wept with rage. CHAPTER VIII "Whut-whut-whut - whut - whut!" rapid-flred A. Leon Snydacker into the concerned face of his First As sistant. The genius of Purity Pic tures, Inc. had returned from an other highly unsuccessful attempt to impress Hollywood, with a heartful of amorous hopes only to have them dashed by Moby’s report of no prog ress. “Nothing doing, Bwana. I used tact, but she isn’t having any. She won’t go.” “Won’t go? Won’t go? What-d’you mean, she won't go? Whadda you know about women?” “Now, Bwana—” “Don’t you Bwana me. You’re a bum.” “If you’d just listen—” “You’re fired.” “All right, Bwana.” Moby Dick stein accepted it meekly. He had been through it before. More than once. “Your middle name’s Diploma cy!” snorted the Big Boss with sear ing scorn. “What did you say to her?” “I tried her out about the week end trip.” “Well? Wha’d she say?” "I hate to tell you, Bwana, but she didn’t seem interested.” “Not interested, huh? Not inter ested. In a chance like that. What’s the matter of her? Who’s she think she is? Who’s she think I am? Who d’you think you are?” To this burst of indignant rhetoric Moby responded only with a feeble, “Steady on, Bwana.” “Yeah! Steady on. I’m paying you three hundred a week to tell me to steady on. I’ll show her.” A. Leon waved wild arms in the air, rushed across to the mantel, snatched an antique vase from it and dashed it to fragments against the wall. "There!” said he with an air of satisfaction worthily achieved. Moby Dickstein gazed longingly at the angle of his employer's Jaw, and doubled a wishful fist behind him. But three hundred a week is three hundred a week, and he had long been promised a raise. So he said merely, "All right. Bwana." “All right is right.” A. Leon be came calm, portentously calm. "I ought to have known better than to let a bum like you handle Uii*. I‘1J attend to it myself.” “Certainly. Bwana." Moby was no longer fired. This also had happened before, more than once. (“And I hope she chews a hole in your neck.” he breathed to himself.) He set about gathering up the fragments of porcelain. This, too, was not without precedent. The Great Man now became superior and patronizing. “If you want a thing done right, do it yourself. This was too delikit a job for you, my boy. With these high-toned ones you got to watch your step every minute. What did she say, exactly?” “She sort of let on she wasn’t that kind of gal. Mebbe she ain’t,” add ed the factotum with a cynical air. “And mebbe she is. That’s where knowing how to make your play comes in.” “Well, I guess you can find out if anybody can, Bwana,” purred Mo by. (And that ought to be worth something tow .1 id the expected raise, he figured.) "And that’s where the solitaire comes in. What did she say about the solitaire?” “I didn’t get that far,” confessed the other. “Besides, I said to my self, ‘Bwana’s the boy to put that over.’ ” “Sure. Sure!” Nevertheless the magnate did not seem wholly at ease in his mind. “You don’t think there’s anyone else, do you? Not this Sayles, Esq.?” “Sa-a-a-a-ay! The job I’ve had tryin’ to get her even to rehearse with him these last few days! He’s just onion-juice to her. And is he a lousy actor. Kay-rymus!” “That’s up to you as director,” returned his chief impatiently. “We got to keep him on for the adver tising value. That’ll be all for now. Tell Miss Van Stratten that I will see her in my private office in half an hour.” Trim, calm and slim, the girl an swered the summons, some twenty five minutes late, to the ill-controlled irritation of Mr. Snydacker. But, in spite of himself, he was im pressed. There was about his star an unconscious assumption of privi lege which set him at a disadvan tage. This he accepted as the mark of Class. He addressed her with an air of benignity. "Well, darr-ling. This life certain ly agrees with you.” “I like it.” “Didn’t I tell you you would, dan ling? Er—uh—Moby Dickstein teL. me you’re dated up this week-end.” “That’s just Moby’s tactful way of putting it.” (TO DE CONTINUED) United States Has Grown to Greatest Dairying Nation; Has 25,000,000 Cows In fewer than 50 years the pro duction and use of milk have in creased so rapidly in the United States that America has become the greatest of dairying nations, accord ing to Milk Facts, a booklet issued by the Milk Industry foundation. About 25,000,000 cows are milked every day on three-quarters of the country’s 6,000,000 farms, the book let says, and some 30,000,000 bottles of milk are delivered to American doorsteps every morning. The nation’s yearly supply of milk reaches the astronomical total of 48,777,000,000 quarts, according to Milk Facts, and 250,000 Americans earn their living by processing and delivering dairy products. Just to maintain its delivery system the in dustry must purchase around 350, 000,000 new bottles each year. Milk is far and away the largest single item in the total of American cash farm income. Milk dropped $1,530,000,000 into the pockets of American farmers last year, while cattle and calves, the next best "crop,” brought in only $987,000,000. The $234,000,000 corn crop was small potatoes by comparison, while the potatoes themselves coaxed only $198,000,000 from the consuming public. New York state, with $145,556,000 cash income from milk last year, was second to Wisconsin, whose farmers rang up $168,255,000 on their theoretical cash register. Unit ed States citizens, according to the booklet, are second only to the Swiss people as consumers of fluid milk. Americans drink it at the annual rate of 153 quarts per capita, while the average Swiss citizen gets away with 232 quarts in a year. Lion Dog of China Name Given to the Pekingese The Pekingese was known for hun dreds of years as the Lion dog of China. He is to be seen in paint ings, ceramics, bronzes, and richly colored textiles, adorning fans and boxes and gongs. He is an artistic inspiration, a symbol of religion and rule, an animal revered in the Purple Forbidden city even more than the sacred cat in ancient Egypt. We can conceive no resemblance between a Pekingese and a lion, observes a wrfter in the Chambers’ Journal. Such a conception seems absurd. It is absurd except to the imaginative mind of the Chinese, who, anxious to confer every pos sible and impossible honor upon that dog, went so far as to associate him with the king of beasts. Pekingese dogs lived in the For bidden city. Eunuchs fed, washed and exercised them. It was at one time the custom In China to kill unwanted female babies, and some of the unfortunate mothers were compelled to suckle Pekingese puppies. Is it mere fancy that makes many lovers of that breed claim to see something hu man in the Pekingese?, WHAT to EAT and WHY a. C. Houston Goudiss Suggests the Part Played by Diet In Helping to Prevent the Common Cold By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS STATISTICS compiled over a period of years indicate that during the months of January and February, the number of colds and other respiratory infections continually mounts. Usually a peak is reached in late February or early March. It is during the next eight or ten weeks, therefore, that, in the light of past experience, more adults will lose time from their work and more children will be absent from school, as a result of colds, than at any other period during the year. The Tremendous Cost of Colds It has been estimated that colds cost the United States more than a billion dollars a year, mat ngure, of course, is only an estimate. It merely attempts to gauge the dollars and cents lost in wages; and in the money spent in an effort to overcome colds. It does not take into account t/Vi the aiscomiorts that may be caused by this common complaint. Nor does it allow for the possible after effects of a neglected cold. Cause and Cure Obscure No scientists today are willing to state what causes colds or how they may be cured. Large num bers of clinical and laboratory tests have been performed throughout the world in an effort to discover why we catch cold. Numerous records have been made concerning colds in men, women and children, as scientific workers have patiently and per sistently tried to investigate the cause of colds. They have sought even one clue that might help us to outwit this common enemy! Various theories have been ad vanced. Many have been discard ed, and others have been consid ered sufficiently plausible to in vestigate further. There is one point on which many authorities agree: that is a belief that a cold is caused by a germ so small that it cannot be seen by the most powerful microscope. It has been suggested by a num ber of competent observers that whenever the weather becomes damp and raw, and wherever crowds of people gather together, the cold germ may find victims among those whose resistance is low. Prevention Rather Than Cure Though we may not know pre cisely what causes a cold, nor how to cure it once we have been stricken, we can and should help to build up bodily resistance, so that we develop strong reserves against the unknown cold germ and any others lurking about. Inasmuch as a program for building up bodily resistance is one which encourages greater health and longevity, it is a pro gram which all forward-looking homemakers should put into ef fect for their families. Helping to Build Resistance Such a program should include proper food, normal elimination, adequate exercise and sufficient rest and sleep so as to avoid fa tigue. Just as food plays an im portant part in helping to promote growth, maintain health and in crease the chances for longevity, so does it have a stellar role in the battle to prevent colds. The Right Food a Strong Weapon The well balanced diet, as I have previously stated, is one that is built, first of all, upon a firm foundation of the protective foods —milk, eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables. These are the foods that are richest in minerals and vitamins—substances which help to regulate body processes and help to guard against deficiency diseases. There should be adequate pro tein to allow for the demands of growth and to help repair worn out body tissue. There should be enough bulk or cellulose to help promote normal elimination. And there should be a sufficient amount of water and other fluids; for water flushes the countless channels of physical existence, as it passes from the body through the lungs and skin, as well as through the kidneys and the large intestine. Significance of Vitamin A Nutrition authorities are fre quently asked, “Is there any spe cific food substance that may be said to be particularly helpful in preventing colds?” or “Is it true that vitamin A is especially valu able in combatting colds?” Here is one answer to both ques tions: scientists have found evi dence that vitamin A, which oc curs most abundantly in milk and other dairy products, and in green, leafy and yellow vegeta bles, helps to keep the epithelial cells of the mucous membranes in good condition, so that the natural defenses are preserved. One of our outstanding nutrition authorities has gone on record as saying that in his opinion, at least four times the amount of vitamin A required for apparent health may bring a good return in health protection. 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Make this dainty, useful set of aprons now, and have it ready when spring weather arrives and people begin to drive up unex pectedly for meals. You’ll enjoy having the aprons right now, too, when you serve refreshments to your club. This set is a nice party prize, and a gift idea for your friends who are brides-to-be. It in cludes two practical pinafore styles, both made so that they can not slip off your shoulders when you have your hands in the dish water. Also, a sweet little frilly tie around. Choose dimity, linen, per cale or dotted Swiss. The Patterns. No. 1657 is designed for sizes 10, 12, 14, and 16 years. Size 12 re quires 1% yards of 39 inch mate rial for long-sleeved blouse; 1% yards for short-sleeved blouse; % yard for contrasting collar and l7/s yards for skirt. No 1639 is designed for sizes 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 34 requires, for apron No. 1, 2 yards of 35 inch material and 12 yards of braid. For apron No. 2, 2V4 yards of 35 inch material and 9 yards of braid. For apron No. 3, 1V« yards of 35 inch material and 3 yards of pleating. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020, 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111. Price of patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. Powers of the House The house of representatives alone can vote impeachment and prosecute the trial of an im peached official. It alone can ini tiate bills for raising revenue, though such measures are fre quently greatly altered by the sen ate. In case of a failure of a pres idential election to give a major ity of electors for one person, the house of representatives is em powered to elect the President by ballot, each state casting one bal lot. During the early history of congress, the house of representa tives appeared to be the more important body and membership in it was preferred to the sen ate. Gradually the senate became the most important body, and the position of senator exceeded in influence that of representative. however, that the best single piece of advice that can be given regarding diet is to eat moderate ly «rf well balanced meals. Don't Overeat In addition to partaking ade quately of the protective foods, those who are endeavoring to plan a program of living that will help to prevent the common cold should likewise guard against overeating. One should also do everything possible to avoid coming in direct contact with persons who have colds. Through a routine of correct eat ing and sound habits of hygiene, the homemaker can go a long way toward helping her family to pre vent colds. Remember that here, especially, an ounce of prevention is worth perhaps more than a pound of cure! Questions Answered Mrs. L. A. C.—No, it is not es sential to include an egg in the school child’s breakfast, provided he receives an egg in some form during the day. An ample, and easily digested breakfast might! include fruit, cereal with milk,1 toast and milk to drink. Miss C. M.—Yes, it is true that molasses contains calcium. The amount in a tablespoon and a half has been compared to the amount of this mineral which can be ob tained from one and one half cupa of diced carrots. ©— WNU—C. Houston Goudli*—1938—43. NO FUSS RELIEVING COLD DISCOMFORT THIS WAY! Jist Follow Simple Directions Below— and Use Fast-Actiig Bayer Asplrli ) | 1. To ease pain and S discomfort and re duce fovar take 2 ' Bryer Tablets—drink a glass of water. Ro peat In 2 hours. _ 2. If Throat It raw from cold, crush and c dissolve 3 Bayar J Tablota In >/3 glass 2 of water. „-. / ■ —-,l/ ■ —*— It's the Way Thousands Know to Esse Discomfort of Colds and Sort Throat Accompanying Colds The simple way pictured above often brings amazingly fast relief from discomfort ana sore throat accompanying colds. Try it. Then — see your doctor. 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