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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1921)
7-M The 'Kid' Talks HIS NEW FATHER :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: !;Ri"S GIBSON A Trip to The By Jamet J. Montague Photo Studio Soft Heart Expensive On Gimme Guys THE KEK: OMAHA. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1921. titeite(nM i i i-i ,ezzm n ii ii mi w 1 1 in i w mr iriir .ri j t tr mt- l, i jii w iu'ili : rm i i r r i i r; n w ii : r hi a r s m try ma.. By H. R HARRIS. . "Time it ure hard fur them pore panhanlcrs," observed the Canary v iu. ms eyea speaking lympamy. "Yes?" 1 laid. ry much," rejoined the KiiL "Wry much. One wua tellin m tit other day 'at a respectable pa-i- nan ler can make no deceit livin no more wit alt them amarhoora out grabbin th dough. VV ich re min't me uv Emil. "Emil 'e wtu walkiu' down th' direct all filled wit' a good dinner un a good disposition an swgm 'at favoriate li'l ong uv 'is, 'You May Mean th Worl' t' Your Mother Hut You re a Pain in th' Head t Mc' when 'e 'cart a familiar voice say: ' 'Cau you tell nic th' way" Falla Four Timei. "'Stop right w'ere you is!' yell F.mil. 'Stop right w'cre you is an' mt a new line r a new territory Vou got a dime outta me four mont't ago an' in th' meantime, b'cause 1 ain' got a Kood memory, vou has got three more dimes. Four ntont s ago you set Can you tell mc th' way a man can get a job so 'e can set a bite t' eat" an' I falls. Three more times I falls' " 'Aw gwan, ych cheap skate.' busts in th panhan ler. Ere, e Mtz. draguin' out a fistful uv money frum 'is pocket an' countln' our 40 crn's, 'take back per, handout an' go an get yehself some poison. A man so mean as you ain got no right t be alive." k A Big. Soft Heart. "Well, 'at stops Emil an' 'e rum int' th' Dago a li'l later an tells 'im all 'bout it. "'At ain' nothm',' sez th' Dago. 'Wen I wuz in K. C. th' other day 1 seen a ad in th' paper by a blin beggar fur a chauffeur at $40 a week." '"But I eot such a big, sof heart.' sei Emil, "at these bums'II make a bum outta me yet. V y 'bc.ut a week ago I wuz down by th' Douelas street bridge an' a feller comes t' me an' sez "I got a job over in Council Bluffs but I ain' got but a nickel an' it costs a dime t' get there on th' car. I wonncr if vou'U help a pore guy by puttin' in th' other jit?" "'Yeah, I sez. 'I'm gcin' over t th Bluffs myself right now. Come 'long wit' me. I'll pay yer fate." Emil No Loser. "'Naw,' sez the feller, "I car.' go right now.' " . " 'You know,' sez Emil, 'I fin's out later this guy pays 'is income tax wit' nickels." The Kid lighted up another cigat. "But Emil ain' no loser," he con tinued. "No?" I queried. . "Naw," said the Kid, "Emil gotta thinkin' 'bout all them moochers an' 'e composed a li'l song entitled "To Some. Tag Days May Come Seldom Itnt Kcprv Tlnv in lac Uav to Me. an' 'e gets th' International Amal gamated Union uv Gimme Guys to 'ndorse-it' as their international an them. Now ev'rv self-respectin panhan'ler 'as a record uv th' song fur 'is Victrola an' so Emil is makin some nickels fur hissclf.' A Timely Jest. Just then 4 o'clock struck. "' 'At remin's me," said the Ki J. "Do ycu 'appen t' 'ave any idea w'y a clock is like a bashful girl?" "No," I replied. ; "Well a ctfokie'tol' me t'day," said the Kid, "it wuz because bot' covers their faces wit' their han's. . "Uv course," added the Kid, "some clocks -is also like some uv these other flappers filers runnin' aroun an' never on time." " . ' . N : ' The Kid succeeded in making an .exit. . 1 V: ., .-. , Mexican Gum Shoe Men Plan to Organize IFnion Mexico City. Sept. 17. Disciples of Sherlock Holmes, Monsieur Le- rn ariJ ClU strnfli ;ari forminc a union here. ' v The detectives think they should unite to keep salaries from dropping to the starvation ; point while they protect society from" the unregener ate and have completed a preliminary organization, with Juan Manuel Ca brera is said to be a solver of mys teries with considerable reputation in ' Mexico. The detectives union will keep out . i . , i gum-snoc men wno tacic laeais ana have a tendency to forget professional ethics. i - -v Detectives of the police department , it is reported will be included in the organization. The hotel room with its lowered awnings seemed coolly dim and rest ful after the sun-scorched streets. Ringing for ice water. Helen dropped into a chair and unlaced her heat weighted Oxfords. They had come to Philadelphia on Jthe early morning train expecting to return thatnight. But when she met Warren for lunch, he said they would have to stay over. "Buy whatever we need for the night and get a room at the Bellevue," were Jiis curt instructions. "I've got to stay and see Griffin he won't be at his office till tomorrow." Unwrapping her purchases, Helen laid them on the bed a night gown, pajamas, a comb, two tooth brushes, and a box of talcum. A cold shower left her cool and refreshed, but she had to get into the same hot clinging clothes. That old taffeta suit seemed good enough for a one-day trip on a dusty train but now she must wear it all eve ning. Standing before the mirror, she was viewing disapprovingly the heat wrinkled skirt when Warren breezed in. . ' . "Hello. Kitten," tossing some pa pers on the bed. "Had a nice day? Been bumming around the shops? Jove, it's hot!" peeling off his coat "Yes, it's hotter than New York." Then, with sudden dismay as he ripped off his wilted collar. "Oh. ear, I forgot to get you a collar!" America Got Its Name Because St. Purchased a Printing By STERLING HEILIG. Paris. Did. Americans narrowly escape being called "Albericans" or, worse yet, "Albcrtutians?'' Yes. If a certain little book had not been printed in an bid French town (where the American Legion delega tion has 'just placed a commemora tive tablet), American school boys might well have learned to declaim that the proudest words of men would be: "I am an Albcrtutian citi zen!";;; :V The Legion, "in its tour through France, placed the tablet at St. Die because in its cathedral precincts the name "America" was first pro nounced and printed. Few had any idea of the queer and disconcerting facts how near we risked not being ! Americans at all as disclosed by the long researches of Henry Vignaud. j the illustrious Airlcrican specialist ofj Americana and Columbiana. j At St. Die's fourth centenary, in 1911, our country was officially rep resented by the American ambassa-! dor and this same ' Henry Vignaud of Louisiana, who knows more than any other living man about Colum bus and Americus Vespucius, and how Americus has his name adopted for our land. 1 , This time, Mr. Y'guaud, who will be 91 years old on November 27, was ''unable to go to StV Die with the Legion , and tell the,m by word of mouth how' they missed - being Albertutians. s , Got Name In 1507.. : The extraordinary story , shows what's in a name when printing has just been invented, communica tions are few and newspapers do not exist. America got its namf because the The Married "No collar!" explosively; "Didn't I tell you to get what we needed?". ; "I bought you pajamas . and a tooth brush, but I never, thought of a collar!" , , ' "Then I've got to wear this to dinner?' 'inspecting it scowlingly. "It's no worse than my old suit. Dear, let's not have dinner at the hotel. Let's go to some small place where we won't run into anyone we know." "Nothing doing, we're going to dine with the Rodnersl Just left Joe." "The Rodners!' dismayed Helen, "Oh, I couldn't go there in this old suit. You go alone I'll have some thing sent up to the room." "I ' said you were with me he wants you to come. You look good enough. Just Joe and his" brother they won't notice what you've got on." "Warren, I couldn't in this!", show ing the rumpled skirt. "It's old and out-of-date I shouldn't have worn it. But you said I. wouldn't meet anyone." - ' - ' " " . - - s "Didn't think you would." gulping a glass of ice water. "But I ran into - Joe Rodner and he wants to show ns that place of theirs.. You ought to jump at that." "Oh, I know it's wonderful," for the Rodner Galleries was the finest art and antique store in Philadelphia, "but I'll feel wretched going like this. cathedral canons of St. Die bought a printing press in 1507 (the first one in Lorraine) and decided to use it to bring out a geography. It was to include the new discoveries of which all talked; and by pure chance, their Duke Reno (a patron . of learning) had received from Italy a MSS. book entitled "Four Voyages of Americus Vespucius." ' ' So, they incorporated the whole thing into their "Cosmographiae In troduction' published at St.f. Die on April 25, 1507, and going 'through three editions at the time. At the Chicago world's fair, in the special hall reserved to St. Die, the little book was exposed in a great show-case, open at page 30, where the name "America" first appeared in print anywhere! It saysi- "There is a fourth quarter of the world, which America Vespucci has discovered and which, for this rea son, we call . America, the land of Atneric." ' . ' . They wobbled on the name. Name Very Uncommon. Vespucius . wrote tiimself "Amer igo .in his native Italian; and this would naturally be spelled "Amer icus" in Latin the book language of the age. It was a hard name to acr ccpt, because unusual. It was not at all a common Christian name; and they could find no saint in their cal endar ,who bore it. Many took the saint's' name that sounded most like it making "Americus" into "Alber icus." - - V ' v' Whieh would have made us "Al bericans." ' , . - -. Do not smile. The first time the name of Vespucius was printed at all, according to the researches of Henry Vignaud, was in Latin, at .Florence,' his native city, in 1503, the year of his fourth , voyage. There, -it. appeared "Albcricus.". Two years later, a let ter about what he : had : seen was printed at Florence in Italian, with the name as he wrote it himself; but Latin was most read, and the name "Wonder if .1 could get a collat jtnywhere?" 'then glancing at his watch. "Guess not e v e r v t h i n g'-s closed by 6. Well, they'll have to take us as we are. Get a wiggle on I said we'd be there by half-past." ; Helen's efforts to freshen up were pathetically futileshe had only a comb, a box of talcum,, and her pocket powder puff. ? v',.;. Again out on the heat-baked street, their hurried walk to - the: Rodner Galleries contributed to her flushed discomfort "Dear, what a " wonderful chair," pausing before the impressive show window in which there was enthroned a solitary 18th-century armchair up holstered" in -exquisite old Pcttipoint "If that's genuine, it's worth at least five thousand!" . : v ."Guess it's O. K. if Joe puts it in his window." . At Warren's ring a colored attend ant opened the locked and bolted doors.- t " i. " Though the lights were off . in the great front gallery as they passed through to the elevator, Helen caught tantalizing glimpses of rarck old Ital ian. French, and English furniture. At the second floor they stepned from the car into another long gal lery where Mr, Rodner was awaiting to greet them.. "You've struck a hot day, Mrs. Curtis worst we've had this season." "It's delightfully cool up here," murmured Helen, grateful for the J continued being printed almost everywhere "Albericus." Italians For Albericans. Worse, the Italians themselves thought it the better name! As early as 1501, a travel account of his was published in Italian at Vicena. call ing him "Alberico Vesputio" and saying that he had lumped fell the new discoveries into one and railed mem Dy tne name ot : iovus Mundus." Which would have made us "Xovi Mundians!" Mathias Ringmann, an Alsatian who was later to have a large part in producing the St. Die book, himself printed . the name "Albericus" in 1503, at Strasbourg. ' Worse, in one and the same title-page, an extra "i" got into the name and it came- out "Albericius." Which would have made us "Al bericians!" At last, no matter how written, the Venetians would have nothing to do with any such form of the name-. After 1517 and as late as 1521, they insisted on printing it "Albertutio" Vespucius then being safely dead. Which would have made us "Al bertutians!" Might Have Been Amerigeans- Nonc ' of those far.off : unhappy things succeeded in clouding our proper identity. The St. Dio canons were, scrupulous, and Ringmann-was converted;: and they approved Wald seemuller when he decided to call Americus as he had called himself. They only wobbled, now, as to the name they should print for "the main part of a hitherto unknown world," which' his voyages and nar rations were bringing to light. In the. seventh chapter of the St. Dio book, they said . exuberantly: ' "In t'he sixth climate, toward Jhc Antarctic, are situated the farthest part of Africa that has been lately discovered, and Zanzibar and Lesser 1 Java and the Seula island and the; fourth part of the world, which, be-i cause Americus has fofind it, may be Life of Helen and shaded lights that made her old blue taffeta less conspicuous. But for. the next hour she forgot her clothes in the keen, pleasure of viewing the ; almost priceless old world treasures, v In one room was an Adams ceil ing that had been brought intact from an old English manor. Over the niantlepiece, from the same house, '.was - a ' marvelous Stuart stump-work mirror. Helen saw the price on the tag $5,006. Around a massive Georgian table was a set of dining room chairs that had belonged tp Lord Nelson, his coat-of-arms inlaid on the back of each. - - ' ' , Almost every article in that room was a museum piece from the curi ous hanging clocK over the fireplace to the urn-shaped knife boxes on the Hepplewhite sideboard and the Stie gel glass in the china closet It was uie china closet that Helen most coveted, for she had never seen one like it. Between the up' per glass doors and the lower cup board was a deep center , drawer which left down, forming a "V" shaped desk in which tiny drawers and pigeonholes were curiously fitted. .In old bureaus and bookcases this desk drawer was common but nev er had she seen it in a corner piece not even in the old furniture books. -.'". "YeSi that is unusual," smiled Mr. Die Cathedral Canons Press and Published a called Amerigc or America, as if Americus-Iand." . A marginal indication here prints affiictlingly "Amerige" as firstchoice. Which would have made us "Amerigeans!" Later on, m the ninth chapter, Waldsecmuller, who Avas writing and editing for the canons, pulled him self together, - "Now, indeed, these parts (Eu rope. Africa, Asia) have been more Widely explored, and another fourth part has been found by Americus Vesputius, as will be seen in what follows. And I do not see why any one should rightfully forbid this part being called after its finder, Amer icus, a man of sagacious mind, Amer ige, as if Americus-laud, or Amer ica since Europe and Asia both took their names from women. The lie of that land and its peoples' cus tcms are easily given to understand from the twice two voyages of Americus that follow." America Finally "Stuck." Here the word chosen for the marginal preference is frankly "America;" and the name has never wobbled since. "Amerige" would have been a 'sort of Greek form, derived from, the Italian "Amerigo." Latin won the day, luckily, with "America" because it is useless to smile disdainfully and say "we would not use those other silly, silly names!" As a fact, we' would have called ourselves what our fathers and grandfathers called themselves and they from maps and books which started them. We would never have heard "America" if these old savants of St. Dio had not in vented it! Similar good fortune might have fallen to Columbus. Which would have ; made us "Christophorians!" The writers and printers of St. Die knew little about him, deeming that he had only discovered Indian I islands, and not "the main part of : a hitherto unblown world." ' j Columbus knew still less of St.i Rodner in response to Helen's en thusiani. "And there's a secret compartment here." : As he touched a spring a small panel came out, re vealing a secret drawer beyond. "Dear, wouldn't that look wonder ful in our dining room the cornet by the window? And it would go beautifully with our Sheraton side board." . - . - : : "Mrs. Curtis is nutty about old furniture," grunted Warren. "If she had her way she'd buy you out." When they moved . on Helen turned back to look at the price $1,200. . It was more' than they cculd afford yet she had never wanted anything so much. "That's a reproduction," Mr. Rod ner informed her, when in the next room she paused to admire a Quceu Anne cabinet - . - "A reproduction? Why, surely not!" amazed Helen,' for the old light mahogany veneer was cracked and unmistakably old. . " "It's made of old wood. Pretty clever work the handles, .even the hinges are old. It would fool any body but an expert. Lot of that re built stuff is put over as genuine they can even fake the wormholes." . ' A huge Jacobean cabinet, a three-chair-back (Jftieen Anne settee, a Georgian mirror, a James I court cupboard, an Elizabethan bnffet. and a massive empire bed were only a few of the treasures in the next three rooms. . Die; but he owrd much to a genius wild shed his light in the little town of the Vosges, which so many dough boys know so well. This was Fierre d'Ailly, who, in 1410, before he was made a cardinal was grand provost of St. Die.. He wrote the "Image of the World." a book of learning, new and old, which ' Columbus himself con fessed had helped to set him on. his way. The tip seems to us only com mon sense, but was then consider ed extravagant that "if you sail west from a Spanish port, you will, sooner or later, get to India, and. surely, on tne road, run up against unknown lands!" A, copy of this other St. Die book, annotated in Co lumbus' own hand, may he seen in Columbus' library left to the city of Seville by his son. Spaniards Backward. For 208 years, Spain never off i cially accepted "America," either for South or North America, but kept to the name iised by Columbus '"the Indies." As time went on hey be came the West indies,' name pre served, in English for the islands which Columbus first discovered. Bartholomew, his brother, in his Tnap of 1505, indeed marked all these lands as a new world but traced them out as a prolonged part of Asia.1 Until his death Columbus had the same idea. , ' Which would have made us "Asiatics I" ' The Spanish-American colonists did not swallow all this not caring, possibly, to be called either Indians or Asiatics. At any rate the Jesuit colleges, of which there were 15 in Mexico alone, taught from the year 1600 (before either Virginia or New England had been founded) that the new world should be called "the Americas." This recognized the dif ference i between North and South America; but when Spain itself fi nally woke up to the importance of English and French North America, it began to teach its children in Europe, and has continued to do so down to our time3, that there were , Through another room of Italian pieces, the walls were lined with oil paintings, and they took the elevator to the Rodners' bachelor quarters on the top floor. -. ' Helen marveled at the exquisitely appointed dining room and the din ner perfectly served. Five delicious courses' with three kinds of vintage wine. -. . ' With the coffee Mr. Rodner brought out an African cordial. "Rare old Van Der Hum, Capetown. 1862," was the label on the curious triangu lar bottle. I It was almost 10 before they rose from the table, and as Warren had a full day ahead of him, they left soon afterward." .' - "Well, Kitten, ',- how about jt? Wasn't that a ripping good dinner.'" as they strolled to their hotel through the sultry night. "Everything was wonderful!" Helen was aglow with enthusiasm. "How can they do it just those two men? They must have a French chef." . ' "No, jt's a colored woman had her for years." Then as he lit an other cigar, "They've got a great place there. Jove, did you ever see so much junk miles of it ! Guess it's alt right, too.' Did you notice how careiul Joe was to tell us that piece was phony? They're not try ing to put over any fakes." ' - "Dear, that china closet I've . -- ' i .-' l'ublis'hed by arraiigeincnt wan l-tie. Geography three Americas North, Central and South. Ideas were so mixed that Wald seemuller, himself, in 1516, not only left out the name "America" from his new map arid put "Brazillia. or the Parrot's Land,'' in its place, but actually printed on the Florida pen insula and the unknown northern laads bevond it, "Cuba Land a part of Asia.'". ' Which would have made us "Cubans," All was of no effect. "America" , had been let loose, in the little back woods French town of St. Die, and nothing could stop its triumphal way! Found 27 Maps Up to 1574. Henry Vignaud has counted 27 maps, and globes' with, the name America, and 13 without it, up to the year 1574. On 14 maps and globes, North America juts out from Asia or India, which is sometimes placed north of Mexico. ... Such erroneous ideas mad for progress. They ; induced' the king of France, in 1523,, to send Ver razano's expedition, along the north ern ...coasts to get thrpugh to China and India. Spain followed, two years later; then Denmark, in 1564, Eng land with Frobisher, Davis and Wesmoilth, and finally with Henry Hudson in 1610, By that time the whole western world had taken the name "America." : Mercator great map-maker who had not traveled led the way. On' one of his great maps of ' 1538, the whole new world is put down sep arate from India and Asia; and he printed all across the north "Amer icaC " x - Peter the Great straightened , it out by sending Behring, in 1728, to discover the strait that ' bears his name.. -' , . . ; . . Just previously, one hopeful man a MMS, of Paolo Furlani, in the British museum represented Chinese and elephants disporting themselves In the Mississippi valley. , Which would have made us "Chi nese" .:. "' Warren never wanted anything .so much," wistfully, "Of course I know it's absurd to think of it." 1 , "How much was it?" Iviskly. "Twelve hundred dollars." , , "Gosh. pretty stiff for a ' china closet. But I tell you what, Kitten. If I can make Griffin compromise on tins tsnnkcr case,- 3 11 be m for a goou tee, Aiayoe l n blow you. " "Oh, Warren!" breathlessly. "Do you think " "Now don't count on it. I may not be able to bring him around." "Oh, I know you will I'm going to believe you will! From now on until we get to the hotel I'm going to take deep breaths, and rv'th every one I'm going to know that you'll win him over." "All right, go as far as you like! But if you're going to 'breathe' old Griffin into compromising that case, you'd better get ready and pump in all the ' loose atmosphere you can hold." .- -...'. Following her latest New Thought theory, Helen repeated to herself with each deep breath, "Mr. Griffin will compromise! We will get that china closet!" -Through the hotel lobby, up in the elevator, and down the hall to their own door, she kept breathing and "willing" the thing. . - "By George, that's our tele phone!" a Warren fumbled with the key. Helen switched on the lights while I neer v. a Unaticut about dm- ! am nut at all addui?l to the tort uf docioit who deirsnd that you urip. and then spend half r three-quarter of an hour listening with a pocket telephone for news from your heart or lungs, while you stand thfr with the Cold kwest of terror heading your brow. But I think I prefer eithrr or both of them lo photographers.. Photographers have iliangrd with the times. In the Rood old days they would l.itt your head into a vise made out of a lined pitchfork, crew it in so it rouldn't move, retire to their cam era, throw a cloth over their head, tell you to see the pretty bird and the thing would be over. But they are different now. They are artists, They surround you with atmo sphere and insitt that you have character. 1 know one t thrm who iiitikts that no portrait ii really artistic un les it shows your mental aura. I never aw a mental aura on any body eUe. and I am sure, even thoueh 1 have reluctantly adopted certain modern fashions, such as golf pants, that 1 never were one myself. It became necessary some tune ago for me to sit for my picture. A maiden aunt who lives in a dis tant city wanted one. 1 said I would so down to one of the fellows who make passport nhotocraphs and photographs lor chauffeurs licenses while you wait and grt a picture and send it to her the i-ame evening. I Needed Art But the family would have none of that. They knew a wonderful portrait photographer, they said, who made pictures that fairly reeked with character. Also they intimat ed that any help I could get frtmi art in the making of my picture ought to be very welcome, as my iace is not one which any of the illustrators ever want to put into (he collar ads. So I went. I found the artiM sitting in a shaded room, gazing intently at a It wasn't a particularly fresh rose, or a very expensive one. But he held it between his thumb and finger and regarded it with a rapt look, which he suddenly transferred to me as I entered. "You are-" he queried. , "I ain," I said. - "You had an appointment? ' 'I did." j Good!" . "Glad you're satisfied.' "Your face isnt, exactly' "No. it isn't exactly." "Never mind. I am in a mood. The rose . has done it. . Come. "I came. "He put me in a chair and nlacfd the rose in my hand. "What the devil am I to. do with this?" I asked. ( . "Gaze at it. It will , transfigure vou." .."'.'".. "I didn't come here to be trans-, figured. 1 came to have my picture taken." . ; . "Ah yes. I shall take such a pic-, ture of you that none shall . recog nize it." - .. '-- "4 lot of good Uiat'll do riie. "But you do not .understand, It is my reputation I must consider. Look at the rose. -v I wished the rose was a brick, but, it wasn't, so 1 tossed it on the floors He seemed pained, but he said it didn't matter. , "I , must look at a photograph of a beautiful lady which buug on the wall. I shall v) are it in the portrait, too," he said. Now my aunt is a trifle straight laced, and the lady , .wasn't what might be called warmly clad Furth ermore I knew the family wouldn't care to "see me gawping at a girl in a boudoir costume, so I detiined. "Very well," he said, sullenly, -"have it your way, I shall 'take you as you are. Here!" ."Where.", . , ' ., "Place your forehead in your hand. Look at this book. . Hold the pages, thus." . . "Hold b ! J want my photo graph taken, . Thcuhe blew up. "I am not for such as you." He said, j "I am fpr those who appre ciate. You, you go to. the tintvoc man ; at the country fair to the. machine ' in wmich you - drop the nickel. Out of my studio." I went out. And the nassoort snapshot man got ttie. job. - Copjrrifht, mi, by Bell Byadlcalt, Inc. he answered the shrilling instrument on the stand by the bed. "Hello. Who? Mr Griffin. Yes, we've been out all evening. I'm going back tomorrow. 4 At nine-tnirty ( Very well. ' When he turned ' from the tele phone it was with a triumphant grin. "Well, Kitten, ' your chances on that china closet are going up. Old Griffin said he'd called m twice this evening he seems in a pliable mood. Now just keep up that breathing stunt till I corner him in the morning." "Oh. I will I will!" , Helen clasped her hands in rapt conviction. "I know it works! It always does when you think creatively of the thing you want, and then breathe yourself into connection with it," quoting from her favorite text book. "It's it's like an electric current. You breathe yourself into contact with universal supply.' "That sounds like a lot of bunk, but it you can pull this off you'll get that china closet Griffin is a tough customer so go to it hard." But Helen, standing at the wip. dotv, hardly heard him. . Her hand still clasped, she was gazing up at the star-studied sky. What she really saw -was the:r ; own dining room, the corner by the window, where already triumphantly in stalled was the $1,200 -Sheraton china closet. . . ." (CopjrUbU 1M by UiM Htrkaa I