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/Ilba0a3tne I Fifth Instalment What Happened Before Remember Steddon, a pretty, unsophis ticated girl. *s ’be dnughtei of a kindly but .i.inow-mtnded minister in a small mid western town. I let father. xCcv. Doctor Rieddon, violently onposed to what he considers "worldly” things, ac cepts motion pictures as the cause for iTvtch of the evil of the ptesent day. T oublcd with c cough, Remember goes fo ree ... , )r. Brether'ck, an elderly physician, who Is astonished at the plight in which he finds her. Pressed by the doctor, Retnetn V“i admits tier unfortunate afair with Elwood Farnaby, a poor boy. son of the to vn sot. As Re-netnbci and Dr. Bieth e.ick discuss the problem a telephone tnes s,o e brings the news that Elwood has been Tilled in an accident. Dr. Bretherick ac cordingly persuades Remember to go West, her coLgh serving as a plausible excuse; •o wrife home of meeting and marrying a protended suitor—"Mr. Woodville"—and later to write her parents announcing her "husband's” death before the birth of her expected child. Unable alone to hear her secret, Remember goes to her mother with Her mother agrees with the plan of the doctor. Mem leaves town. On * ie train Mem accidentally meets Tom He”*.!), movie star, traveling with Robina Teele, leading lady in the movies, who are the cynosure of all eyes The train comes to an abrupt hall, a disaster having been narrowly avoided, and the passengers get out and walk about. A; Tucson Mem meets Dr. Galbraith, n pa ’••r, who knows her father and takes an it- e--«* in her. She miscalls Tom Holby ♦•Mr. Woodville” in order to make her fancied suitor seem more real While the Galbraiths are away, she writes them a well as her parents that she has married ♦•Mr Woodville” and that they are to live ir Yuma—for which place she buys a ticket. . _ . . Mem decides to kill off het imaginary busba- d by saying he died of thirst in the desert, meanwhile she starts off tot another town to get a job as a servant. On the way sb. runs into the movie company of Tom 1! Thy Tom insists that she become an extra, and is most cordial to her. She finds herself in the movie game. Now Go On With the Story Close-ttp * of individuals were taken, the most striking types be ing- selected and coached to express crises of feeling: *‘\ ou go mad and babble, old man, will you: Tear at your throat and let your tongue hang out? . . . You. miss, will you fall back in your mother’s arms—you be mother, will von, miss, and catch her—you are i, i • you know; just roll your eyes 1, >:d sigh and sink into a heap. / \ ou, mother, wring your hand' beat • our breast and.* v>a.. ' v,u understand — hieutal stali, chi' . . . “Ami I’d like somebody just to look up to heaven and pray for mercy—somebody with btg eyes— | You, the young lady overt there— v ill you step out? Ch, it’s Mrs. \v uoJville, isn’t it? 1 met you tins m >rimg.* litre’s your chance. Do t.us tor me like a good girl, and give yourself to it. l.uok up u< heaven; it the sun br• t gs ttars to your eyes all right, but let them come from your soul, icnr, it you Ckn. You see, you have seen your people dying like flie - about you, :. ftom famine and hardsh.p. You ‘look up and say, O God, you don't , nuan for us to die in ti u useless torture, do you, dear God? 'lake my life and let these others live Yvon’t you, dear God?” Mem s'ood throbbing from nc>d t' toot with embarrassriKut and j x. iMi a strange inrush ot Mien i moods. The nyree eyes ct the di , ncor cu'-ning through his dark1 y • .■:>, t ie curl tus instigation m ‘ h s voice, the pLa to do well for lu •; nckentd her magically. v Iger took her by the arm and muimurul: ‘Sow, dear! Let your heart break! Look round and see your dying people. That's your father ever there just gasping his life out. Your mother lies dead back there; you’ve covered her poor little body with sand to keep the jackals from it. Can you dp it? Will you? That’s right. Look round now and let yourself go!” She felt herself bewitched, be numbed, yet mystically alive to a thousand tragedies. Her eyes rolled around the staring throng, and made out Tom Holby gazing down at her from his camel and pouring sympathy from his own soul into hers. 1 hen she flung her head from side to side in a torment of woe, cast her head back, and heaved her big eyes up into the cruel brazier of the skies, seemed to see God peering down upon the little multi tude, and moved her lips in sup plication. She felt the words and the anguish wringing her throat, and the tears came trooping from her ♦yes, ran shining into her mouth, and she swallowed them and found them bitter-sweet with an exulta tion of agony. There was such weird reality in her grief that the director’s glasses were blurred with his own tears; the camera men were gulping hard. As her upward stare again en countered Tom Holby’s eyes she saw that tears were dripping from his lashes and that his mouth was quivering. Tl»e sight of his tears sent through her a strange pang of triumphant sympathy, and she broke down sobbing,• would have ^fen ffi the tjad, if jUfgftijrc had not caught her ar:a drawn her into her arms, kissing her and whispering: "Wonderful! Won derful!” She felt a hand on her arm and was drawn from Le.a's arms into a man’s. Her shoulders were squeezed hard by big hands and she heard a voice that identified her captor as the director. He was saying: "(joel bless you! That was the real stuff' You’re a good girl! The real thing!” Titer, she began to laugh and choke, became an utter fool. from a distance were ragged and forbidding. The burnt-almond mountains were hot and sharp edged gridirons to her feet. The sun came blazing forth and seemed to spill upon her a yellow hot mass of metal that slashed her about the head and rolled over V.»r shoulders in blistering ingots • A stone rolled under her tool .m l shook her from her balance. She • wavered, clutched at nothing, whirled, struck, bounded from the hard rock, fell and fell, and then— a smashing blow, blackness, silence. A young Indian girl chasing her #»» i ' “God bless you. That was the real stuff. You’re a good eirl” This was her first experience of the passion of mimicry. She was as ashamed as glorified, as drained yet as exultant, as if a god had seized her -and embraced her fiercely for a moment, then left her aching, an ember in the ashes. The director was already calling the mob to the next task. She could not help glancing toward Tom Holby. His camel was moving off with the crowd, but he was turning hack to gaze at her. i'e was tic’••mg his head in ap ‘ yiovul ind .he raised his hand in! [ a salute of profound respect. 1 r * ♦ * * Mem’s sin had led her to the edge of paradise, and then drawn her back by the hair. She was doomed to spend a cer tain time in increasing heaviness, and then to die or to go about thcncciorth with a nameless child holding on to her hand an anchor ing her to obscurity. Slit found a place as maid in the home of a storekeeper at such wages as he could afford. She he man tilt sordid routine of her tasks, 1 ut, contrasting them with the .amour of playing tragic rolts, she n't herself entombed. 1 la.-n the summer heat began and grew sc? fierce that het em •>!■ . ' r and his Lruiy went to the stas..ote. * hhe spent rnren .hought upon the letter home tha» she had not yet written, that she must v’rite it eycr slit* were to go home again. Tin: whole purpose of this long. ! >ug journey into loneliness vfas to lc able to write that letter; a.id it nau not yet gone. Every time she made the begin ing lier hands flinched from tlu •>'ing pen. But one night in a frantic tit of histronic enthusiasm she dashed off her fable, sealed il in an envelope, and dropped it after dark mi the mail box. Darling Mamma and Papa:— How can I write the terrible news:' I can hardly bear to think of ft, let alone write about it. But my darling husband passed away ir. the dexert. 1 cannot write you the particiriari now. f0T I am too agitated and grief stricken and I do not want to narrow yon with details I know your poor hearts vvfl. ache for me, but I beg you not to feel it too deeply, because I am trying to be brave. And I remember wlAit you taught me, that the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. * * * I cannot write you more now. I am in no need of money and I will come when I get a little stronger. All the love in the world from Your loving • a r it Mem. <*' After she had slipped the letter irrevocably into the mail box she realized that th’e postmark of Falm Springs would be stamped on the envelope. Her place of concealment would be disclosed. Still, it would not matter. She was a widow now ie the minds of her people and she could go back to^ them and face the future in i ^he mountains had a beckoning look always, and on this afternoon, when a cfouued sky gave a ttttle shelter from the sun, she set out to obey an impulse to climb as for as her strength would take her. The exertion of climbing was more than Mem bad bargained for 29w mm* jut total ip tatsto stray pony about the sand had seen Mein stumble, then fall; had heard the thump of the body on cu >hien ing sand; had run to the nearest house and told what she had seen. Mem was taken home. The village doctor did all that his skill could do. *■ Though she had never dared to visit him, he knew of her, and knew her as a widow. When she was strong enough to be talked to he prepared her for bad news. “Am I to be crippled for !;fe?” she cried. ^ __ "No," he sighed. “You will bear no marks of your accident. But you will not—but your other hopes and expectations—will not be real ized.” • She was dazed and he was timid, and he had some difficulty in mak ing her understand his bad news; that she would not be a mother. She bore this blow with a forti tude that surprised him. * + * * And now Mem was weak and woebegone, at the bottom of the cliff of life. She had never climbed very far, bui she had fallen far enough to give both soul and body an almost fatal shock. She was a drudge in a poor family in a scorched settlement abandoned by all that could get away. The only inferiors she could see were a young widow named Dack and her hve-year-old boy, Terry. Mrs. Dack took in washing. The boy Terry was of the Ariel breed. His fancy g rdled the eaitk in forty minutes. He mimicked birds and animals and often cov ered his mother with terror and unused chagrin by imitating her dients with uncanny skill. Once the child caught cold- in all that heat!—and Mem sat bv h:s bedside through several smothering nights, while the back-broke 1 mother slept. Mem exercised her skill in making up little dramas to while away the tedium of the long nigltfs and to keep the wakeful child’s mind from his cough. During his illness Mem received a letter from Leva Lemaire, saying that she had just seen in an old paper a paragraph describing "Mrs. Woodville’s” fall from the mountain and her miraculous escape from death. Leva expressed the utmost sympathy and prayed that her beauty had not been marred. She added: "But if it has, you can still find something to do in the movies. I've given up trying to be an actress and taken a position in the labora tory projection room, correcting the films. It’s cool and dark and interesting. I think I can get you a place, if you’ll come up. There’s no excuse for a woman of your education and charm wasting your sweetness on the desert air. Do come! I’ve sent my three children out to their uncle’s ranch. You could live here with me and my friends.” '• —• * The thought of working in the dark and the cool was a hint of Paradise to Mem. , Iiirrt, ( ,.j Confirmed Next Week J ► MSiSHUS. % f tt/ ltelcria Kutinsten He to whom your soft lip yields Atnl perceives your breath in kissing All the odors of the fields Never, never shall be missing. —IVtn. Browne. Summer Perfumes Perfumes and summer have an un deniable kinship. The nature scents are never sweeter or more alluring than at this fragrant season. And not unnaturally the woman who values charm and daintiness adds to her flower-tinted wardrobe nests of new, flower-scented sachets; to her dressing table the atomiser, summer perfumes and toilet water which will enable her to rival the freshness and allure of her surroundings. In selecting summer perfumes il may help you in your choice to re member that a light flower or bou quet scent is much more suitable for hot days than a heavy cloying ori ental scent. Heavy thickly sweet fragrances convey an illusion of heat. A rain drenched lilac has a fresh delicate scent infinitely more delicious on a warm day than tne heavy sweetness of a tuberose or narcissus. "he same principle holds true of youi own perfum • An exotic lan gorous blended scent is much less successful than a faint fresh flower odor. Some fastidious women even ban ish their perfume bottles at the first sign of summer weather and use only Toilet Water, a light diluted perfume water that is delightful to use on the hands and face in an atomiser or in the bath. Let me warn you that the scent of perfume cannot be used to disguise the odor of perspiration so be sure before you spray a flower essence on your gown that you have scrupulous ly attended tc ihe use of a deodorant which will keep you immaculately fresii throughout the day. Experiment a little with the dainty, not too lasting summer scents and select one that not only pleases you most but that best expresses your own daintiness and personality. I CHICKEN FENCE CATCHES MUSIC j.* , 'i '. ' ^ • ■• ...*^ ; , A strip of chicken fence wire nailed In the top of a radio cabinet Is mak ing the favorite copper wire aerial look to Its laurels. Long distance radio reception without the aid of an outside antenna was found successful for the first time when McHurdo 811 i ver began to u§e 8-polnt sof«ron wire [ mesh to receive signals In Tils newly ] created sets. Miss Ardette Cadwallader demonstrated this Inside antenna at a recent convention of radio men In Chicago. » The wire used for the antenna is tinned. Instead of galvanized as chicken wire, since tin Is a better con ductor at received signals than zinc. Every.' point where two wires cross forming the mesh Is carefully "sol , (tored together” with tin for good ether wave contact. A "lead" wire connects this inside cabinet-antenna with the antenna binding poet in the chassis. As a result the set is simply plugged into the lighting outlet like a floor lamp, and no further installation is necessary. “Less static is picked up by this newly devised type of antenna on the inside of a cabinet than by an aerial," Mr. Silver, president of Silver-Mar shall, Inc., explained. "Engineers have been working for years to eliminate the bother of outside antenna' *,on nections. This has been accomplished by the exceedingly high amplification in this set, which makes a piece of chicken fence wire inside the cabinet the only contact necessary to receive broadcast programs, even from- dis tances of a thousand miles or more.* The United States Department ot Agriculture has a bulletin that is tree for the asking. It is known as Farmers’ Bulletin 1471 -F, “Canning Fruits and Vegetables at Home.” Every part of the canning process is described; illustrations showing just whai is meant, and a full ex planation of the reasons that lie be hind recommendations made is also included On the success of your canning and preserving depends much of the pros perity of your special department in farm Management. So do not risk a single failure through spoilage or second-class results. Send for a copy of that booklet before you are con fronted with too many harvest fruits and vegetables that require immediate preservation. For Bridge Luncheon Tomato aspic salad Mayonnaise Cream chccsc sandwiches Olives Sponge cake filled with whipped cream to which chopp-d pineapple, nuts an ! cherries a e auded Beef Roll 3 ’bs. chopped beef, 1 lb. chopped fresh pork, 3 eggs, 6 crackers rolled fme. 2 this, milk, 1 fsp. black pepper, 1 scant teaspoon salt, 1 this, parsley, 2 this, ouiuu chopped fine. Butter size of an egg. Mir well. mdd in roll, bake 45 minutes isi u* water, basting frequent 7. Corn Pudding Cut corn from cob, boii rv{-’ ten der, add 2 eggs slightly bcaun, i i'P salt, y* isp. pepper, 2 this, melted butte*, 1 pint hot milk; mix well and turn into buttered baking dish; bake in slow ouii until firm and lov.u. Tomato Relish Saur.3 10 hr;r^ tomatoes, scalded andpeeT fd , 2 medium sued c? i«ui*. 1 mall red pepper. Grind a!! through a meat grinder, then add 1 \u cups vine rar, 1 cup sugar. tsp doves. B< ii until mixture is quite thick. Dottle v.ltnc hot. ^ • Special Sandwich Blend together with French mus tard or spicy mayonnaise, equal quan tities of minced tongue and chopped cooked mushrooms. Spread between thin buttered bread; remove crusts, cut in triangles. - t Easy Sponge Cake 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, Yi tsp. salt. Beat whites of eggs until very light; combine other ingredients with beaten egg yolks; fold in beaten wdiites of eggs last. Flavor with lemon or almond. Bake slowly at low temperature. An Economy Hint Never throw away the bones left from a roast or fowl. Put them ia cold water and cook for, several hours and use this stock for gravies or as the foundation for a vegetable soup. Care of Floors Tf you would keep your floor* In best condition, and with least effort to you—sec that they are waxed and polished onre a month. Then dusting over them between times will be suf ficient to keep them immaculate .. "AFTER'THE SHIP.COMES INTO.'PORT-': Nowhere, not even in the Navy is such strict discipline maintained as in the Merchant Marine. This is true not only in our owni ^ship ping fleet but doubly so in the Merchant,Marine : n d master of a ship is not only the judge but the jury as well aboard his vessel. After the ship has been nosed into her pier by a fleet ot noisy little tugs, and the last passengers have gone down the gang plank to greet their friends, then, and not until then does the-crew get a real chance to relax. Thousands of people came down to the piers to wish their friends welcome. The lie de France, °,f floating palaces of the French Line carries a crew of 812 and has accommodations’ for 1638 passengers. The recreation period for the crew is naturally looked forward to eagerly, for then there is a let up in strict discipline maintained aboard an ocean grcyhotihdlike this. The photograph shows how some members of the their recreation period. Music is loved by all, so out comes thet portable Brunswick Panatrope with the jazz records they preter ' and dance and song reign supreme. The lower phcdo shows a v,ejv at the pier hours before the departure of the ship. The insert shows the most famous statue in the world, the Statue of Liberty, grace fully bidding welcome to visitors from the old world and S)"10®1* izing the liberty and freedom of our land. (Hei^ei^Photo^N^^i^j SEND US YOUR ORDER FOR i Wedding andVisiting Cards The Planet, 311 Nf. 4th St., Richmond, Va. t IMPROVE YOUR EVERYDAY ENGLISH BY JOINING THE - Forum Class One hour per week will accomplish good sesults in a short time. Many have beem benefited by our method. Lack of schooling la no bar. We can help you. On the other hand, high school graduates and school teachers can be helped In the per fectflng of a smooth use of English and a useful rocabulary. VISIT DEMONSTRATION NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT In Choir Room of Fifth St. Baptist Church, from 8 to 9 o'clock. 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