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The Future of the Forest Army
One of the most completely successful of all the items
on the “new deal” program seems to be the forestry work
of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Some 300,000 young Americans who had no jobs and
no prospects of any jobs last spring are hard at work,
sending money home to their parents regularly, regaining
their own self-respect, rebuilding their bodies—and doing
* job of work that will be of vast benefit to the nation for
years to come.
So well is the project working out that a person is
inclined to wonder if it might not be a good thing to make
this forest army a permament affair.
To begin with, it is very probable that the nation
will have a reservoir of unemployed young men for a good
many years, no matter how fully prosperity returns. In
the boom days of 1928 and 1929 wre had more jobless men*
than it was pleasant to think about; the increasing use
of labor-saving devices makes it look as if unemployment
will continue to be a problem for a long time.
No one needs to be told anything today about the
demoralizing effects of unemployment. No one needs to
be told anything about the evils of the dole. The one
sure way to avoid those evils is to find work for the men
who need it; and a permament forest army would provide
upwards of a quarter of a million extra jobs; year in and
year out.
All of this, of course, would be pretty expensive.
You can’t feed, house, clothe and pay 250,000 men for a
year without spending a good deal of money. The federal
government has plenty of claims on its purse already.
But it might be money well spent.
It would be hard to overestimate the financial value
of the work such an army could do if it stayed on the job
year in and year out. To save the timber resources we
have, to develop new ones, to prevent soil erosion, to pre
vent floods—those are jobs well worth doing, even if they
are costly.
Certainly the question deserves serious consideration.
This forest army is too good an outfit to be discarded
offhand.
Economy of Safety
The past month has brought a number of serious ac
cidents to passenger trains on American railroads; and a
good many citizens are apt to wonder if any of these ac
cidents are due to the stringent economies the roads have
had to make in the last year.
Has economy, in other words, been carried past the
safety mark in certain cases? Have expenditures on
equipment, on personnel, on maintenance of way and the
like been cut just a little bit too much?
It goes without saying of course, that the railroads
economized because they had to and not because they
wanted to. They have had a tremendously hard row to
hoe this last year or so. It is very hard to see how the cuts
eould possibly have been avoided.
Nevertheless, the questions raised here need ans
wering—if only to reassure the traveling public. And if
government funds should be needed to enable hard-press
ed roads to ease up a bit on their economy program, they
ahould be forthcoming.
The World At
a Glance
By LULD EICHEL
Amazement is expressed over the
volume of purchases in department
stores and smaller shops. Heavy in
dustries have no such volume.
Why is the public buying? Not
altogether because of increased buy
ing power.
The public is beginning to try to
beat inflation.
At least, that’s New York’s an
swer.
• • •
FORCING BANKS
Wall Street professes to vision a
plan whereby the federal govern
ment will bodily step in and buy
preferred bank stock at 5 per cent.
Then the government will call on
banks to loan the money to indus
trial concerns that can’t raise
money for increased payrolls.
The large banks with surpluses
may take the money, but invest it
in government bonds at 3 per cent,
taking a loss of 2 per cent rather
than put out money on question
able loans. ‘
Then the government may go still
further—and banks may find them
selves faced with nationalization.
• * a
OPERA
This is turning out to be a queer
world for the showman.
Another large New York theater
has been rented for popular priced
opera, following the success ot the
Hippodrome.
Only a year ago opera was de
clared doomed. Now it outdraws the
other theaters.
• • •
POWER
Utilities companies are frankly
fearful over the government’s pow
er projects throughout the coun
try. They see not only lower rates
wherever the government com
petes. but elsewhere.
• • •
BOTTLED HIGHBALL
Next to rumors of Inflation, Wall
Street’s chief interest at present is
in reports that a bottled highball
will appear on the market when re
peal finally is ratified.
• • •
THREATENED
The best money makers among
the railroads—the Norfolk & West
ern (controlled by the Pennsyl
vania) and the Chesapeake & Ohio
(chief Van Sweringen line)—are
threatened by the coal code insisted
on by General Johnson.
The code threatens the competi
tive advantage of the southern coal
fields.
• • •
GREAT REDUCTION
Reductions in railroad passenger
fares will be greater than at first
expected. Bank pressure has been
added to government pressure for
railroads to Increase their pass
enger revenues in truly competive
fashion. One of the chief hin<irances
to railroad travel since the war has
been the 50 per cent surcharge to
Pullman tickets. This surcharge has
been collected by the railroads, in
recent years Pullman travel has suf
fered greatly.
UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH
Figures of unemployment, to be
published soon in campaigns for
community and other relief funds,
will show a high total.
When these figures appear, the
congressional pressure for inflation
is likely to push the Roosevelt ad
ministration considerably over the
brink. As, at that time, the indus
trial regions will join hands with
the agricultural regions.
• • •
COMMODITY PRICES
Commodity prices are exerting the
greatest influence in the United
States.
They now are stationary. And the
farmer, with rising costs on things
he buys, is beginning to believe he
is worse off than before.
At the same time, the increase in
commodity prices in the large cities
is creating a situation of concern.
VALUABLE MINERALS LOST
IN STREAMS, EXPERT SAYS
MIAMI, Okla. (TP)—Money flows
in the waters of the tri-state lead
and zinc district, says W. George
Waring, a chemist of Webb City,
Mo. He wants to salvage this run
away wealth.
Waring estimates that metallic
zinc and cadmium valued at more
than $8,000 is carried away daily by
the streams of the mineral area em
bracing parts of Oklahoma, Kansas
and Missouri.
He advocates measures to precipi
tate the metals in the water and
thus retrieve the mineral values.
I Out Our Way.By Williams
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New York
Letter
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By JULIA BLANSHARD
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Septem
ber home-comings prove that In
creasing numbers of notable New
Yorkers find the best way to spend
the summer is to get back to the
land and go as native as possible.
Professor John Dewey has re
turned from a little cabin In the
Nova Scotia woods, where he and
a daughter live In almost primi
tive manner, cut the wood for the
firestove, haul water and re-learn
the pleasure of early American do
ing-things-for-themselves . . . Max
Eastman is back from Martha’s
Vineyard, brown as an Indian aft
er days spent in the nude on the
lonely stretches of beach near his
place • • • •
Norman Thomas is in town
again, after a summer spent at his
Long Island farm where he raises
chickens and cocker spaniels. . . .
Anne Parrish Is in her Park Ave
nue apartment after being a New
Jersey garden-farmer this sum
mer. . . . Louis Bromfield went
completely native on his farm in
Senlis, Prance, where he raises his
own vegetablese, fruit and berries,
has chickens, cows and even har
vests hay. . . .
« m m
A New York newspaper woman,
just returned from Los Angeles,
tells a story which reveals the ap
preciation her craft receives on the
West Coast. ... At the last meet
ing of the Copy Cats (newspaper
women’s club) they were presented
with a handsome gift by La Dessa
Gibson, owner and manager of the
Westwood Memorial Park. . . Miss
Gibson gave the girls a whole
cemetery lot, with space for eight
graves. • In accepting the generous
present, the girls thanked her, very
seriously, for her “fondness for us
which extends beyond the grave!”
• • •
Literary Handiwork
Authors seem to get tremendous
satisfaction out of doing things with
their hands. . . . Floyd Dell, whose
new book, “Home-Coming,” is out
this fall, does exquisite cabinet
work. He has made some hand
some tables, cabinets and chairs for
his new farm, near Winchester, N.
H. . . . Stuart Chase, economist,
has a work-bench with a full set
of carpenter’s tools in the basement
of his place at Georgetown, Conn.
. . . Maurice Hindus, author of
books on Russia, always likes to
tackle a huge wood pile, when “up
set” or thinking hard. He will put
In a ten-hour day at it, working
with the rhythmic precision of a
seasoned wood-chopper, and main
tains nothing on earth is quite so
good for mental relaxation ....
Joseph Wood Krutch takes out his
hand-work in grooming the seven
or eight alley cats that he has
raised. He wouldn’t give a snap
of his finger for a Persian or any
other kind of fancy cat. But he
has a passion for ordinary garden
cats. They all seem to bloom in
to creatures of beauty under his
care and feeding.
• * •
Playing Bridge—Blind
The new braille bridge book, put
out by the American Red Cross,
seems to answer a real need among
the blind. New York has dozens
of blind bridge clubs. At the
Lighthouse, center of work among
the blind in Gotham, there is a
lively bridge club which gives a
party once a month. There have
been as many as 100 guests. One
of the favorite prizes is a two-deck
package of braille playing cards.
At the Lighthouse, bridge isnt
the only or even the favorite game,
however. They have braille check
ers, dominoes, cross-word puzzles,
chess, backgammon, parches! and
many other old favorites. Also
they offer swimming, roller skat
ing, dancing and all manner of
parlor games for their recreational
evenings.
_ Barbs_
First gin-manufacturing plant to
be put in operation since prohibi
tion is Inspected by Industrial Al
cohol Commissioner Doran, says
news item. Huh! Can't fool us. We
know gin is made in bath-tubs.
• • •
Pittsburgh is rebuilding a bridge
with aluminum. Judging from the
tax costs, we though some of those
bridges were being built of plati
num.
Daily Health
_ Talk _
One of the most oommon in
juries associated with the football
season is the development of *
loose cartilage in the knee joint.
The one usually affected is known
as the semilunar cartilage.
By a sudden twist of the foot
outward and the knee inward, this
cartilage is broken or torn so that
immediately there is pain on the
inner side of the knee joint, with
locking of the joint and practical
ly always with swelling and ina
bility to straighten the leg.
In the vast majority of cases
after the leg is pulled into posi
tion and a bandage applied, the
pain will be sufficient to prevent
the patient from using the knee
very much. In a short time the
swelling disappears and the knee
feels better. If the incident occurs
once, there is a tendency to have
it occur again and again.
• • •
Occasionally a portion of this
cartilage is broken loose and re
mains loose, but in most instances
there is healing. It is now well
established that an operation on
the knee joint with removal of the
cartilage will bring about the pre
vention of further disability.
However, any operation on the
knee joint is a serious matter and
many people hesitate to have it
done, preferring to give up athlet
ics or try some other procedure
rather than undergo the operation
on the knee.
Recently, a Canadian physician,
Dr. C. S. Wright, has developed a
procedure which he believes is
helpful and which has been used
on a considerable number of pa
tients with success. He says the
first thing to do is to make sure
that the tissues are back in place
by pulling the leg and at the same
time turning it Inward so that the
locking is relieved.
After that some iodine is in
jected, which creates a rather mild
inflammation and causes the carti
lage to join together again by heal
ing. After the Iodine injection, *he
leg is fixed in the extended posi
tion with a splint, which is kept
on for two weeks. Then this is re
moved and the person is permitted
to walk for short periods so as
gradually to bring about complete
movement of the joint again.
• • •
Doctor Wright mentions the fact
that it is possible to prevent me
chanical strain on the cartilage by
elevating the heel of the shoe on
the inner border in cases in which
the inner semilunar cartilages are
the ones involved. Usually the foot
is elevated from to % of an inch.
The eminent writers on “Foot
ball Injuries,” Drs. M. A. Stevens
and W. M. Phelps, feel that after
the cartilage has been dislocated
or tom three times in the case of
any one football player, it is well
to have it removed by operation if
the player wants to keep at work.
A player who has had a Corn
cartilage may play again as soon
as the swelling and pain disap
pear, but the knee is likely to be
thrown out in any game. In such
instance it becomes locked, mak
ing it impossible for him to con
tinue and, at the same time, giving
him severe pain.
Some players have had the in
jury so often that it becomes more
or less painless with them, and
they learn to throw the joint back
into place when the slipping or
pinching of the cartilage occurs.
Quotations |
We will not allow ourselves to
be robbed of the feeling that Ger
many and her illustrious brother
in-arms, Austria, belong to each
other.
—Prime Minister Seibert of Ba
varia.
• • •
Never did the union have a more
vital part or constructive function
than it does in our national emer
gency.
—William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
• » •
Beer and beer gardens are bring
ing back bands. Dance orchestras,
called bands, are all right for in
door music, but they fail om of
doors.
—Arthur Pryor, bandmaster.
Today’s Radio Features
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 (Central and Eastern Standard Time)
Note—All programs to key and baslo chains or groups thereof unless speci
fied; coast to coast (c to c) designation includes all available stations.
Programs subject to change. P. M.
(Daylight Time One Hour Later)
NBC-WEAF NETWORK
BASIC — East: weaf wlw weel wtlc
wjar wtag wcsh wfi wilt wfbr wrc wgy
wben wcae wtam wwj weal; Midwest:
wmaq wcfl ksd woc-who wow wdaf
NORTHWEST A CANADIAN — wtmj
wiba kstp webc wday kfyr crct cfcf
SOUTH — wrva wptf wwnc wis wjax
wfla-wsun wiod wsm wmc wsb wapl
wjdx wsmb kvoo wky wfaa wbap kprc
woai ktbs kths
MOUNTAIN—koa kdyl kgir kghl
PACIFIC COAST — kgo kfi kgw komo
kbq kfsd ktar kgu
Cent. East.
2:00— 3:00—Winters A Weber, Organ
2:30— 3:30—Tea Dansant by Orches.
2:48— 3:46—Lady Next Door, Kiddies
3:00— 4:00—Green Bros. A Edw. Nell
3:30— 4:30—Trio Romantique—also c
3:45— 4:45—Ray Heatherton—also cst
4:0<V— 5:00—Dinner Concert—also cst
4:30— 6:30—John B. Kennedy—to cst
4:36— 5:35—Roger Gerston Orchestra
6:00— 6:00—Mountaineers—weaf only
6:15— 6:16—Roxanne Wallace, Songs
6:30— 6:30—Lum A Abner—east only
6:45— 6:45—The Goldbergs. Serial Act
6:00— 7:00—Rudy Vallee’s Hr.—c to c
7:00— 8:00—The Showboat Hr.—basic
8:00— 9:00—Whiteman's Show—c to c
9:00—10:00— Wm. Scotti A Orchestra
9:15—10:15—Benny Meroff Orchestra;
—east; Lum A Abner—mldw. rpt
9:30—10:30—Jack Denny A Orchestra
10:00—11:00—Ralph Kirbery, Baritone
10:05—11 :C5—Mills Blue Rhythm Band
10:30—11:30—Erwin Glucksman Orches.
11:00—12:00—Showboat—coast repeat
CBS-WABC NETWORK
BASIC—East: wabc wade woko wcao
waab wnac wgr wkbw wkrc whk cklw
wdre wcau wip wjas wean wfbl wspd
wjsv; Midwest: wbbm wgn wfbm km be
kmox wowo whas
EAST A CANADA — wpg whp wlbw
whec wlbz wfea wore wicc efrb ckac
DIXIE — wgst wsfa wbre wqam wdod
klra wrec wlac wdsu wtoc krld wrr
ktrb ktsa waco koma wdbo wodx wbt
I wdae wblg wtar wdbj wwva wmbg wsjs
MIDWEST — wcah wgl wmt wmbd
wtaq wisn wlbw kfb kfab wkbn wcco
wsbt
MOUNTAIN—kvor klx koh ksl
COAST—khj koin kgb kfre kol kfpy
kvi kfbk kmj kwg kern kdb kgmb
Cent. East.
2:00— 3:00—U. S. Army Band—also c
2:30— 3:30—The Rhythm Kings—to c
2:45— 3:46—Legion Trade Prog.—to c
3:00— 4:00—Skippy, Sketch—east only
St16— 4:16—Geo. Hall Orch.—also cst
Cent. East.
3:30— 4:30—Jack Armstrong—east
3:45— 4:45—John Kelvin, Tenor—to c
4:00— 5:00— Barney Rapp Orch.—mid
west out; Sklppy—repeat to midw
4:15— 5:15—The Rangers—east only
4:30— 5:30—E d d i e Dooley — basic;
Jack Armstrong—midwest repeat
4:45— 6:45—Buddy Wagner Or.—to e
5:00— 6:00— Morton Downey—also cst
5:15— 6:15 — NRA Speaker — wabc
only; Chicago Dance Time—chain
5:30— 6:30—The Mills Bros.—also cst
5:45— 6:45— Boake Carter, Talk — ba
sic; Howard Ely at Organ—west
6:00— 7:00—Boswell Sisters—also cst
6:15— 7:15—Singin' Sam—basic; Kan
sas City Collegians—west
6:30— 7:30—Dramatic Guild—also cst
7:00— 8:00—Mark Warnow—also cst
7:35— 8:30—U. S. Marine Band—to cst
8:05— 9:00—Willard Robison Or.—to e
8:30— 9:30—Ted Husing A Orch.—to c
8:45— 9:45— Gladys Rice, Songs—to c
9:15—10:15—Phil Regan, Tenor—to cst
9:30—10:35—Charlie Davis Orch.—to c
10:00—11:00—Glen Gray Orches.—c to c
10:30—11:30—J. Hamp Orches.—-c to •
11:00—12:00—Dance Hour—wabc only
NBCWJZ NETWORK
BASIC — East: wjs wbz-wbza wbal
wham kdka wgar wjr wlw wsyr wmal;
Midwest: wcky kyw wenr wls kwk
kwcr koil wren wmaq kso
NORTHWEST A CANADIAN — wtmj
wiba kstp webc wday kfyr crct cfcf
SOUTH — wrva wptf wwnc wis wjax
wfla-wsun wiod wsm wmc wsb wapi
wjdx wsmb kvoo wky wfaa wbap kprc
woa! ktbs ktbs
MOUNTAIN—koa kdyl kgir kghl
PACIFIC COAST — kgo kfi kgw komo
khq kfsd ktar
Cent. East.
3:00— 4:00—Women’s Clubs—also cst
3:16— 4:16—P. Ash Orchestra—to cat
3:30— 4:30—The Singing Lady—east
3:45— 4:45—Orphan Annie—east only
4:00— 5:05— Reggie Child’s Orchestra
4:35— 6:30—Old Songs of the Church
4:46— 5:45—Lowell Thomas—es. only
6:05— 6:00—Amos ’n’ Andy—east only
5:15— 6:15—Baby Rose Marie—east
6:30— 6:30—Concert Footlights, Orch.
6:00— 7:00—Stories of the Sea—east
6:35— 7:30—Adventures in Health
6:45— 7:45—John L. Fogarty, Tenor
7:00— 8:00—Death Valley Days, Play
T:30— 8:30—Wayne King’s Orchestra
8:00— 9:00—Hands Across the Border
8:30— 9:30—Concert Organ Recital
9:00—10:00—The Three Jesters—east;
Amos ’n’ Andy—repeat for west
9:15—10:15—Stars of 8ummer, Talk
9:30—10:30—U. S. Army Band—c to e
10:05—11:00—Ernie Holst A Orchestra
10:85—11185—Dancing in Twin Cities
MARCHING TO THE POLLS IN THE PINE TREE STATE
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By The Associated Press
HARVEY CEDARS, N. J.—
Coast Guardsman Joe Inhman’s
newest fish story concerns a weak
fish that choked itself to death
on a 15-watt light bulb. He found
the victim while patrolling the
beach. He found the light bulb
was wedged in its throat.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21— A
pair of new shoes put Anthony
Di Cicoo in Jail. He and a com
panion are accused of entering a
shoe store yesterday, buying new
shoes and putting them on. But
instead of paying for them, police
said, they fled. The clerk and
others gave chase and a few
blocks away, Di Cioco surrender
ed. He said his feet hurt.
An Alibi Disappears
MADISON Wis.—Having small
children won't do any more as aa
alibi to remain away from St.
Andrew’s Episcopal Shurch.
The Rev. F. J. Blood good, the
rector, announced a nursery would
be established to take care of the
children of persons who wish to
come to church. The church or
ganist will be in charge.
All Work and No Play
CHICAGO—Life for Arcturue,
giant star some 40 light yean
away from mother earth, la all
work and no pay.
The light of the star has bean
used as the impulse to light A
Century of Progress, in addition
to which they’re now figuring on
using the huge celestial body to
light electrical camp fires at an v
American Indian program at the r
fair.
Shot By a Chicken
SPRINGFIELD. HI.— A. A.
Dunnavan, 78, a fanner of Ro
chester, 111., was shot by a chicken.
To protect himself against
c'i"kc~> thieves he rigged up a
contraption lie figured would
cramp the style of any chicken
stealer. A hen, fluttering around
the yard flew against a string
attaehed to the trigger of a fan,
thereby discharging it.
Dunnavan went to a hospital.
BEGIN HERB TODAY
EVE BAYLESS, pretty assistant
to EARLE BARNES, advertising
manager of Blxby's department
■tore, marries DICK RADER, a
construction superintendent tem
porarily working In Lake City.
Dick wants Eve to give ap work
ing but she refuses.
SAM HOLERIDGE. an advertis
ing man employed by another
■tore, becomes Infatuated with
ARLENE SMITH, stenographer at
Blxby's, but she fancies herself
In love With GEORGE BLISS.
Handsome THERON REECE has
been forcing unwelcome atten
tions on Eve.
Unknown to Dick, Eve has been
playing the stock market on
money borrowed from her mother.
MONA ALLEN, copy writer, dis
likes Eve and tries to make
trouble for her. When an error,
costing the store S2.000, appears
la an advertisement Mona Is
really responsible but the blame
falls on Eve.
Eve sells her stock market
holdings at a gala. Elated, she
arrives home to hear the tele
phone ringing. < She answers an#
recognised Mona Allen's voleo.
Mona says, “They most have
given me the wrong ■umber” and
the connection Is broken. Eve
wonders If Mona has been calling
np Dick.
WOW GO OW WITH THE 8TORT
CHAPTER XXVIII
C1 VE entered the offices of the
^ brokerage firm of Sloan and
Sanford with trepidation. Yet she
felt no urge to turn back. She had
made one investment through the
bank and now was exploring new
fields. Eve had decided to shift the
scene for her next financial ven
ture.
She asked for Mr. Sanford and
this time he was at his desk. Her
naivete must have amused him, for
more than once she noticed a
twinkle in his large blue-gray
eyes.
Tm through with Pure Soap,"
Eve told him. “I don’t want to
overdo any one thing, you see. I
thought I might like to try one of
the industrials. Will you tell me
about them?"
Mr. Sanford told her about the
Industrials and agreed with her
that it might be well to invest in
one of them. He advocated Atlas
Coupler. Eve placed her money on
Atlas Coupler.
As she left the office she won
dered vaguely what a coupler was.
She had not felt like asking Mr.
Sanford. At any rate, it was listed
on the stock exchange. She noticed
this when Charles brought the
stock edition newspapers into the
office that afternoon.
Eve liked the atmosphere of the
brokerage house. She longed to
feel the same ease of manner dis
played by the men she saw trading
there. Yet she could not quite
smother a sense of excitement each
time she visited the exchange. She
formed the habit of dropping in
frequently during lunch periods.
Usually she asked Arlene to go
with her, since she felt timid about
appearing alone among a group of
men devoted to watching market
quotations being chalked on the
board.
“I certainly get a great kick out
of coming up here,** Arlene as
sured her. "If father could only
see me now! He thinks anyone
who invests in stodks is bound for
perdition. And he couldn't, for the
life of him. understand that I'd be
#•*
Interested in this place without
Investing.*
• • •
rnOESDAT was pay day at Bixby’s
and the following Wednesday
found Ark-e in Mr. Sanford’s of
fice with Eve. Arlene was being
initiated into making her first in
vestment
"I think It would be fan to mar
gin." she commented when the
methods of Investing were ex
plained to her. “I’d love the ex
citement of It!"
So Arlene also bought Atlas
Coupler.
To Eve It had always been neces
sary to share each new experience
with Borne one. Only after confid
ing in another and reliving the
event did she get the utmost joy
from it Hence her spirits were
greatly exhilarated after Arlene
made her Investment and they
watched the trend of the market
together. There were days when
both of them felt the stimulation
of a rise of a point or two in the
valuation of Atlas Coupler. And
there were days when a slight de
cline sent them into the very
depths of discouragement.
Atlas Coupler had long lain
dormant. Eve learned after looking
up data concerning it After the
patent rights had been secured
there had been a lengthy, uncer
tain delay in marketing the de
vice, owing to the power of the
holding company behind the coup
ler that was to be displaced by At
las. But now contracts had been
signed and manufacturing had be
gun. A reliable brokerage con
cern guided the activities of the is
sue and demand for it caused an
extended flurry in the stock. The
girls had every reason to believe
quick riches were to be theirs for
their risk and they anticipated
their return eagerly.
• • •
■pVE really longed to tell Dick of
■Ll her investments, but she felt
she could score a greater triumph
by waiting until her gains were
substantial. Not that she wished
to flaunt her success, she assured
herself, but she must be able to
justify her desire to earn her own
money.
Eve felt these days an almost
overwhelming sense of hope and
expectancy. She attributed it to
the apparently established upward
trend of Atlas Coupler, but it might
have been born of the springtime.
Mrs. Brooks, who was in her gar
den at six o’clock each morning,
watched for Eve often and gave her
a bouquet of fragrant lilies of the
valley for her desk. Then came the
week toward which the entire
household had been looking for
ward when tbe lilac bushes were
in bloom and purple and white
clusters filled the air with their
fragrance.
“Dick!" called Eve softly from
the shabby old front steps where
she was sitting with her arms
locked around her knees. Dick,
lounging in a gay steamer chair
on the lawn below, looked np at
her. Tbe moon was sending beams
of light through the onrlylitM
maple trees and fantastic shadows
danced on Eve's face. *T Just love
this place!" she declared.
Dick blew a curling wreath of
smoke rings from his pipe upward
toward the star-sprinkled sky.
Then he answered slowly, content
ly, "We'll never find a better place
in the city." »
"I wish we could stay here Mb*
ever!” Eve went on. T mean
happy and peaceful, just as we are
now."
"U-um!" responded Dick.
And then Miss McElhlnney. one
of the teachers who lived upstairs*
came out on the porch. "It's such
a gorgeous evening and you look
so snug here! 1 hope you dost
mind if I join you.”
• • •
CHE perched herself on the newel
^ poet, nearer to Dick than to
Eve. Before many minutes had
elapsed she was off on a monologue
which threatened to continue for
hoars.
"You see,” Miss McElhinney
confided in her slow voioe that held
a suggestion of a lisp. “I do like
to come out of my character! AH
day long I have to be the stem
‘schoolmarm’ and after hours I long
to be jast the little girl I feel!"
Dick coughed but refrained from
comment
Eve studied the newcomer with
some misgiving. Apparently her
line was flattery.
“I think,” Miss McElhinney con
tinued, facing Dick directly, “that
you are wonderful in accomplish
all you do. Building that beautiful
theater! And giving orders to so
many men. Engineering must he
so thrilling. I used to watch yoga
on stormy winter mornings as you*
waded through the snow to get
your car. It was so cold I hated
even to get out of bed. I would
take one look at the 'froseo north*
out in the yard and then slip hack
under the covers until almost thus
for the school bell to ring.”
Presently the girl's voice dropped
to a lower, more confidential tone
that seemed to exclude Eve. She
moved nearer to Dick. Twice be
turned and tried to draw Ma wtts
into the conversation. Eve, angered
by Miss McElhlnney’s impudence
and irritated at Dick for not din
couraging her chatter, answered In
monosyllables and presently ram
abruptly and went Indoors.
When Dick did not follow, aa she
bad hoped he would, she went to
bed, though It was still early. Half
an hour later she heard Dorothy
McElhinney’s husky laugh as ahe
bade Dick goodnight in the hall
Eve fancied there was an exultant
and excited note In that laugh.
Dick paused at the bedroom doer
with the comment that the wheth
er had changed and a sharp breeee
was blowing in from the kka
When Eire did not answer he dosed
the door softly and settled himeM
for the evening with his pipe asfl
a book. He had made no apology,
no explanation. Eva, nervoaa and
tired, cried herself to sleep. That
husky exultant laugh echoed mock
ingly in her ears.
(To Bo Onjthsi»