The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 29, 1932, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1932 ‘The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST is NEWSPAPER 1 (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune | Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- | tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as Second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. 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(Official City, State and County i Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS & BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK Hindenburg’s New Fight Paul von Hindenburg, running for re-election as president of Germany at an age when most men have long been in retirement, is undoubtedly the sentimental favorite in the race—on this side of the Atlantic, at any rate. But in order to understand the kind of race the grand old warrior has en- tered, it is necessary to realize that this German election is utterly un- like the ordinary American presiden- tial election. Dark clouds hang over all horizons, and the thunder rum- bles ominously. The road ahead has three forks, and two of the three lead to revolution and turmoil unspeak- able. ‘The Communists—fourth strongest party in Germany in the last election and strongest of all in Berlin—hope to lead the nation down their road. The Nazis—German name for the ascisti—headed by the flighty Hitler, hhave another road in mind. Von Hin- denburg is all for the third one. Until recently, the Reds and the ‘Nazis had things very much their own way. The Nazis have cloaked, beneath a platform of irresponsible nationalism, the aims of a reaction- BOSTON ary big-business clique, which hopes; to use the party to crush the labor) unions and the Social Democratic party and to give Germany a dicta- torship of wealth. Caught between two extreme forces, the ordinary citizen has at last begun | to organize into a group known as’ “The Iron Front.” This group draws; its recruits from the leading repub- lican organization, the Reichsbanner, | from the labor unions and the Cath-| olic Center party; and like its oppo- nents it has organized into a semi- military outfit which already owns a; fleet of autos, motorcycles and air-| splanes and which is prepared to match blow for blow with either Reds or Nazis if it comes to fighting. ‘The peculiar character of the ap- proaching German election thus be- comes apparent. A victory for either Reds or Nazis would probably mean civil war—which, in its turn, might mean any kind of catastrophe you care to imagine for the rest of Eu- rope. Only if this “Iron Front” group, behind Von Hindenburg, triumphs can the rest of the world breathe freely. It is probably the old soldier's last fight. But it is one in which the rest of the world will wish him well. A Welcome Loss A little over a year ago a young! Philadelphia stock broker bet some friends $2000 that within 12 months hhe could dine with President Hoover, play golf with John D. Rockefeller, either golf or motor with the Prince of Wales and play golf with Bobby Jones. His year has expired, and according to current newspaper dispatches he sueceeded in only the first of these four jobs—and that only by dint of scraping up an invitation to a ban- quet at which President Hoover was | @ guest. Unless he has concealed his triumph, then, he is out $2000. One hesitates to rejoice at another man’s loss, of course; but it is hard to keep from being glad that the young man lost out. The unmitigated gall which would be necessary to induce a man even to try to win that kind of a bet is @ dismal thing to think about. Making s public pest out of one’s self is hardly the best way to win public ‘spproval. No “War Birds” Wanted Canadian dispatches reported the other day that 80 aviators, released from the Canadian Royal Air Force ‘wecently because of a governmental ‘economy program, have offered their i } i 1} ite fight with Japan; but the i} @onsul general in Canads, after satvices to the Chinese government in Chinese ‘thanking them, explained that he _ Agpew of no way in which his country take advantage of the offer, ‘no preparations have been made for taking on foreign flyers. 4 Only one American, to date, has ed under fire as a flyer for the aviation corps—and he was killed recently when Japanese airmen shot him down in flames a few days ago. In this connection it is worth re- membering that the U. 8. consul gen- eral in Shanghai recently warned American aviators that Shanghai is no place for be-winged soldiers of for- tune these days. The Chinese air force is small, and it evidently is not ready to recruit airmen from this side of the Pacific. The jobless aviator who would like to do a little fighting will, apparently, have to possess his soul in patience for a while. New Football Rules The new football rules promulgated recently indicate that the rules com- mittee has given its best thought to the problem of making the game safer without robbing it of its distinctive features, It will take a couple of playing seasons to show whether or not they have actually succeeded; meanwhile, it is evident that these changes would never have been nec- essary if the proper spirit had al- ways been observed in the playing of the game. ‘The urge to win at all costs, appar-| ently, has been largely responsible for many of the injuries that have given football such a black mark. Rules depriving linesmen of the! right to use the rabbit punch, and prohibiting players from “piling up” jon a ball carrier would not be nec- essary if coaches had uniformly taught their boys to play the game as jsportsmen. The fact that these ‘changes were needed is a direct re- |flection on the coaches as a group. | | Passenger Parachutes? A bill was introduced in congress the other day which would require all air transport lines to provide para- chutes for every passenger, much as steamship lines required to pro- vide life preser and, as might be expected, it has stirred up a good deal of argument on both s' In theory, perhaps, the idea is a good one. Any transport company certainly is under a moral obligation to do everything it can to ensure the safety of its patrons. But, as officials of the transport companies have been pointing out, there are plenty of ob- stacles in the way of this measure, In most airplane crashes there would not be time for all the passen- gers to jump to safety even if they did have parachutes. Novices might operate their chutes correctly, if they did manage to jump in time, and they might not. esides, the expense of providing parachutes for everybody would put most air transport com- panies out of business. A New “Obscenity” Bill | The New York iegisiature is consid- ering a new “obscenity statute” which ‘looks as if it would make an excellent pat It would put the responsibility; | for the sale of an obscene book on the ' publisher instead of on the retailer, } as is the case now; and it would not only free book-sellers from the harrassings of official and unofficial snoopers, but would probably prove a more effective weapon against im- proper publications than the present law. The book-seller has to take many of his books on faith. There are 10,- 000 or more printed annually; how can he go through them all? In many cases he decides to play safe when- ever any small group protests the sale of a book—and thus makes possible an unofficial but highly effective cen- sorship. The new law would piit it entirely up to the publisher, and would com- pel him to stand back of every book he issued. The arrangement would be more logical and more effective. Editorial Comment Aditorials printed below show the If Duluth Must Move, Why _ Not Ahead (Duluth Herald) The Association for Tax Relief is circulating petitions requiring the charter commission, if there are sign- ers enough, to submit to the voters a new city charter reverting to the old mayor-and-ward plan, somewhat re- vised as an evident experiment in city government. A _ council of fifteen, eleven from wards and four at. large, would do all the tax-levying but no spending, and a mayor would do all the spending and no levying. The association says it takes this step because the city council has failed to reduce the tax levies as the association asked it to, and because there is disappointment in the work- ing of the commission plan after twenty years. Of course there is disappointment in the commission plan, and there will be disappointment in the working of any plan of municipal government that May be proposed, because the uni- versal tendency is to put too much ‘stress on forms of government and not enough on the public spirit of the electorate. And there is sure to be disappoint- ment if a change in the form of gov- ernment is looked to for tax relief, because there is no city in this coun- try that is not complaining about: taxes, no matter what kind of gov- ernmental form it uses. Japanese ‘Prints’! a LEAGUE OF NATIONS By EN Harlem's Hot Spots New York, Feb. 29.—Harlem’'s hot and frolicky night spots continue, af- ter a period of years, to originate the most amusing novelties of the enter- tainment world. Whatever may be the state of mind ‘and the headaches in the mid-town sector, Harlem refuses to be depressed in its efforts at invention. Out in this section you'll find the Mills Brothers, when they're not on the radio; Cab Calloway’s band goes trav- eling about the nation; Duke Elling- ton’s fevered musicians manage to squeeze a week or so in their old Cot- ton Club before dashing back to San Francisco and way points; at this spot crowds gather to follow the adven- tures of “Minnie the Mooch,” that in- triguing and ribald young woman of the “scat” songs. That Fat Pianist Somewhere just before dawn, the over-plump pianist at Tillie’s ap- pears to attack the keys with a trip- hammer in‘a repertoire as tireless as that of a player piano. Back in her little coop, the rotund Tillie sits like some transplanted southern mammy over the funny pa- pers. The while, a slightly foggy crowd calls for fried chicken and yams. * kK Lillian Roth at Cotton | Dropping in at the Cotton Club the i other night to say “howdy” to “The; Duke,” found the place jammed with the Broadwayese crowd that gathers, for special Sunday night affairs. An | interesting New York spot this— where a dozen song and dance vogues have been born! Amusingly enough, the floor show is operated by an Irishman, Dan Healy! One of the best steppers to shake a wicked hoof, Healy has chosen to di- rect the darkies through their pro- gram. Saw Leo Reisman, older and his musicianly hair in place for a change. .. . Saw Bill Robinson, Harlem's greatest tap dancer. . And, up the room, Ray Bolger, the youngster who found himself in the bright lights by taking comedy falls looking a bit | during his eccentric dance routine. . .. And the attractive Lillian Roth, late of the screen, with a party of theatrical folk headed by Irving Mills, the gent who sends bands on tour. * * Beauty Contest Blah Meanwhile, found myself seated be- side Russell Patterson, the ijlustrator whose pretty gals adorn so many mag- azine pages. ... And fell to talking about winners of beauty prizes. “You know,” said Mons Patterson, “that one of the toughest roles an artist can play is to be called in as judge of a beauty contest. The ideas of beauty of the average show pro- ducer or man-on-the-street and that of an artist are—well, so different! “One of the big hotels had a crowd of so-called beauties rounded up the other day and I was a judge. “I looked them over and decided that, in fairness, not one of them could pass an artist’s muster. So I went quickly to the phone and called up a couple of my best models. The minute they arrived the show was over. “The crowd on the side lines cheered and applauded. They won in a walk. And the others, mind you, had been the selections of recognized theatrical pickers. So what?” xk * Debate on Beauty? Incidentally, Patterson informs me th&t Howard Chandler Christy is one of the best-read and best back- grounded gents in the popular art pro- fession. He's trying to rig up a debate with one of the Carrolls, Ziegfelds or Whites on the beauty subject. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) Use the Want Ads STICKERS oe eFeee || Can you substitute letters for the dots 80 as to obtain a seven-letter word which. spells the same forwards and backwards? Such a change as this should be made only after due reflection has made it clear that it will improve things. Progressive cities quite gen- erally have condemned and many of them have repudiated the mayor-and- ward system, to which it is now pro- posed to revert. Progressive citizens, here and elsewhere, hope that when change seems necessary—though there 4s no very visible necessity here at this moment for any change at all— it will be a change forward to the council-manager plan, not a change back to the mayor-and-ward system. The present proposal, therefore, seems, an anti-climax. — THIS CURIOUS WORLD. — The bath-tub is a good place to brush up on your reading. | HE TODAY ANNIVE (a) GERMAN ATTACK FAILS On Feb. 28, 1918, a German sur- prise attack on positions near Dix- mude held by Belgian troops was re- pulsed. The German attack was made in force and. was beaten back only after heavy fighting. Heavy German raids in various sec- tors of the western front were gen- erally regarded by Allied observers as forerunners of the long-promised March offensive. The chief purpose of these raids was to discover how strongly the var- ied Allied positions were held, and at the same time to keep secret the act- ual spot chosen for the great of- fensive. New stories of Turkish attacks on defenseless Armenian cities were told in Europe, following the collapse of the Russian army which had con- quered much of that territory. tinued to advance as peace approached a climax. My own belief is that if the cosmic process is doomed to pass out of ex- istence there will be, and probably are already, other world orders of which we know nothing.—Dean William Inge of St. Paul's, London. * * Credit is the blood’ stream of our economic life—President Hoover. ee 8 All mankind is looking to this con- ference—Arthur Henderson, chair- man, Geneva conference. * * * ‘We are all in the same boat.—Otto H. Kahn, capitalist and philan- thropist. " s. If Britain can only rule India by the sword, we should come away.— George Lansbury, of the British House of Commons, I congratulate labor on its new champion in this country, Senator Bingham of mnecticut.—Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska. x % Our powerful neighbors to the south caused and brought on this depres- sion, It is their duty to end it—Sen- ator Raoul Dandurand of Montreal, Canada, * * * All I want to say at this time is that the plan we are working on will be 100 per cent perfect before we spring it—Colonel Frank Knox, head of the anti-hoarding campaign. * * OK I have no fear for the future of the railroads.—F. E. Williamson, pres- ident of the-New York Central. * * America needs Herbert Hoover again as president.—State Senator Jo- seph G. Wolber of New Jersey. * * * I have not declared and I shall not declare for any presidential candi- date.—Jouett Shouse, chairman, Dem- ocratic executive committee. tions between the two nations rapidly By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Now that football casualties have had due attention, medical experts are beginning to focus their attention on the winter spo! tball and hockey, which are also associated with a considerable number of injuries. A German investigator has recen! recorded observations on injuries re- ceived at hockey as they occurred in 2152 games in which over 23,000 play- ers took part. He divided all of the injuries into two groups, according to whether the Lake Mepery was obliged to give up play! three i ite mates or to abandon the game altogether. * * * In men’s teams the incidence of in- juries was 0.35 per cent; in boys’ teams 0.25 per cent; in hae Noes irls’ teams, 0.34 per cent. - ake number of persons injured is 0.33 cent. en 38 per cent, the injury was caused by the hockey stick, in 19 per cent by the ball, and in 43 per cent by accidents which were not partic- ularly hockey accidents, but might oc- cur in any sport; for example, @ fall or collision with another player. Of the injuries caused by the hockey stick, 43 per cent affected the head and 33 per cent the legs, 17 per cent entire time to testing bad liquor. (Copyrgiht, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) People’s Forum ine wel- Note a guafecis of ta it terest. Letters dealing with con- troveraiat religious subsecte, which attack individuals unft Play wilt ben returned. ay wi + Writers. Allletters MUST be If yvu wish to use a pseudonym, sign the pseudonym first and your own name beneath it. We will re- spect such requests, We reserve the right to delete such parts of letters as may be necessary to conform to this policy. e od | Barbs | ne If hats keep flying in, the Demo- crats will have to get a bigger ring. * * * An ex-postmaster is going to enter Al Smith's name in the North Dakota SUPPORT FOR RAILROADS Sweet Briar, N. Dak, Feb. 24, 1932, Editor, Tribune: I am writing a little piece on rail- roads and if you think it is worth printing would like to see it in the paper. If the railroads of our great coun- Daily Health News DANGERS OF HOCKEY SMALL IN CONTRAST WITH BENEFITS the arms or hands, and 7 per cent the body generally. Only three out of 30. players injured by the hockey stick, nd only three of the 15 injured by the ball were incapacitated for play- ing longer than a month. However, of 34 players injured through other causes, such. as col- lision with other players, 20 were un- tly | able to resume playing after a month. Three players out of 23,000 had to give up hockey altogether—one from injury to the kidneys and two from injury to the knee. * * * . Obviously this is a very low per- centage of danger as associated with any sport; certainly far less than oc- curs in football, in which among 23,- 000 players there would quite surely have been deaths and many serious injuries. By comparison with football it is interesting to realize that the greatest danger comes from collision with oth- er players, which is the most prom- inent type of injury in football. All sports carry with them an ele- ment of hazard. Considering the-good that is to be derived from hockey, it would seem to hold a high place for its contribution to muscular move- ment, grace and speed, without con- tributing anything like so large an element of danger as is involved in other sports. man, the chemists can devote their | sponsibility and enact measures which will put it on @ basis of equality in taxation and regulation with com- peting forms of transportation. We find the freight truck, passenger bus and government subsidized water- ‘ways in operation, in competition with the railroads. Is it fair competition? Who pays for the building of roads and water- ways? Did the freight trucks, pas- senger buses, barge and steamship lines build them? How much taxes do they pay toward building and main- taining them? What share do the property owners pay? What share do the railroad companies pay? Should the railroads cease to operate, and” they must unless we throw our loyal support to them, what will become of many of the various industries? ‘Which will it affect most? What will happen to the farmer; the merchant; the stockman; the manufacturer and varipus others? Should they fail, ev- ery individual will feel the lasting and far-reaching effect. It is time that we became alarmed. presidential primaries. Maybe he Is it not time for us to wage a cam- wants his job back. try should fail to function, what)paign for, and patriotically stand by * e % would happen? The railroad is one of jour railroads? ‘War Looms Between China and Ja-|the chief industries of the United ‘Yours very truly, pan, reads a headline. From that you/States. It has followed the trail G. J. MOHR. might gather that the battles around |blazer. It has played its part in ——— Shanghai were just practice. building empires. It thas brought HE’LL STAY FAT * eK closer together the east and the west,} Long Beach, Cal.—Although Ben A beer strike has been called in Ger- many, and in some towns there it’s impossible to buy it. Maybe we'd better keep prohibition! * * If the $100 head tax on Kentucky colonels goes through, many of them will be reduced to ranks, * * Now that the last two elements have The German army in Russia con- been found and named by an Alabama the north and the south. It has spent billions of dollars in building lines, terminals, yards and various other improvements. It has given employ- ment to many of our people in its con- struction, maintenance and opera- tion. Each year it pays hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. This great industry is now in distress and will cease to function unless the peo- ple awaken to their duty and re- ‘McLenden isn’t what you'd call fat, he doesn’t care to reduce any even if he gets to weigh a lot of pounds. The reason is that Ben was held up when he got home. He had a $2500 ring on his finger. The thief demanded he turn it over. Ben tried but couldn't remove the ring from his finger. He still has the ring and his fat fingers. BEGIN HERE TODAY aniesgirl in Barclay’s Depart: 8 lives with her extravag: MOLLY ROSSITER, MIKE. hall hostess until the sum the hostesses must ing and dincovera the ai He lends Ellen a when she refuses to wit len forgets at Dreamland she me LARRY HARROW- rtist. Later she learns ‘thong belle: philanderer she im. Killen quarrels with her mother, refusing to break an engagement with Larry to a one from Barclay. She goes to ey Is- land with Larry and finds herself more and more in love with him. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XV yygonnae was sale day at Bar- clay’s. Monday was the day the basement invariably reached its peak for the whole week. Tue girls dreaded Mondays. Most of them on Sunday critically examined the store advertisements to determine which counters were to be inun- dated. That particular Monday Ellen and Jenny Elkins, her coun- ter mate, were the victims. Their counter drew a large and vocifer- ous proportion of the crowd. Nine- teen-cent cretonne, hundreds of bolts, apparently were passionately desired by every woman in New York. . Ellen as she mechanically cut lengths of gay colored material and tossed them to the wrapper, as she tried vainly to keep some order among the bolts on the counter, as she again and again assured cross and weary shoppers that any one of the patterns was precisely what was wanted for summer draperies, had not a minute to think of her- self or of Larry. She had dreamed of him the night before, No dream had a chance of survival at Bar- clay’s on Monday morning. Toward 11 Ellen began to notice that Jenny Elkins, a little chatter- box of 19, was strangely silent. Or- dinarily nothing could stop Jenny’s active tongue. She was always talking and giggling between sales or during them, calmly oblivious of the fury of her customers, Ellen missed her cheerful chattet and her breathless confidences of what “the boy friend” had said or done the night before, During a temporary lull, she ven- tured to move to Jenny's end of the | Beautiful ELLEN ROSSITER, a "FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: | ani her nd her young ‘The two girls counter to ask how she had spent the week-end. The other girl continued making out her sales slip, Since Jenny did not speak, Ellen decided that she had not heard the question. She re- peated it, Jenny raised a flushed face. *“Doing nothing much,” she an- swered coolly, “I haven't done anything to of- fend you, have I?” Ellen asked in surprise, “Of course not,” Jenny responded afrily. She tore off the sales slip, handed the carbon to her customer and af- fably urged the perspiring woman to come again to Barclay'’s. She was so affable that the customer looked a bit startled as she hurried away. She was less startled than Ellen, Ellen knew how Jenny felt about customers. Unfortunately at that moment her attention was diverted by a renews Tun on cretonnes. -~She was com- pelled to dash back to her own place. Eventually she decided to ask Jenny to lunch with her. She really preferred to lunch alone, but she had no intention of permitting her counter-mate to sulk over an imaginary injury. At the stroke of 12 and before Ellen had a chance to speak, Jenny disappeared, That was odd, too. Generally there was some casual discussion of luncheon plans. Ellen tah toward the employee's stairway and caught up with Jenny who was making her way to the rest room, “I'll set you up to lunch if you don’t go over 50 cents,” she offered guilefully, knowing how broke Jenny invariably was. “Sorry,” answered Jenny. “Look here,” Elien began sud- denly and with spirit, “if you're noyed with me over something I in- sist that you tell me what it is.” ‘The stairs were full of hurrying girls. All at once Ellen was pos- sessed of the notion that Jenny did not wish to be seen with her. Cer- tainly she was galloping up the stairs in an unusual manner. “Tell me,” she urged again, “It’s nothing,” Jenny responded sulkily. q “It is too, or you wouldn't act this way,” Ellen persisted. “You're not in such a hurry as all this. Let’s stop a moment.” She walked through the door at the second floor and into the prac tically deserted furniture depart- ment, After a longing glance at the stairs and a fearful, fascinated glance at Ellen’s back, Jenny fol- lowed. “Now, out with it,” Ellen said. She looked at Ellen uncomfortably, started to speak but instead locked her lips in stubborn silence. As she regained her composure Ellen saw with growing nervousness that Jenny had assumed a look of covert curiosity as though there were something new and disturbing about Ellen which she had never seen before. “I've always liked you, Ellen,” she said at last weakly, “but a girl has to think of her reputation.” “What in the world do you mean?” Ellen demanded angrily. “It's your fault,” Jenny con- tinued, gathering confidence. “You've always pretended to be— oh, well, sort of different from the rest of us. I wouldn’t have said word if you hadn’t insisted. But the whole store’s talking.” Ellen remembered abruptly that when she had gone to the lockers that morning a small group of whis- pering girls had been gathered around the mirror. She knew most of them, but as she had approached they melted away before she had had any opportunity to greet them. “What are they talking about, Jenny?” she asked. “I guess you know well enough,” Jenny replied, airy again. “It's you and Mr. Barclay. His secretary got the bill this morning from the florist shop. I saw it myself.” “Why, Jenny, how can you be so silly as to think that his sending flowers—” Ellen began, “There’s more to it than that!” Jenny interrupted. “Mrs. Bondy knows someone who saw you com- ing out of his apartment at 3 o’clock on Sunday morning. Ellen Rossiter, I'd never have believed it of you! ef Ellen was appalled. Mrs, Bondy was a notorious gossip who held forth from the linens on the fourth floor. A sharp-eyed, aging woman she saw everything, heard every- thing, told everything. Time and again she had been proved wrong in her facts but her stories were so circumstantial, so with titil- lating detail, that seldom was her veracity questioned. Bllen saw that it had not been questioned in this case. Shaken and horrified, she real- ized the futility of protest. She knew the store too well for that. If at that moment she had sworn to Jenny that she had at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning been miles from Barclay’s apartment she would have told the truth. But Jenny would not have believed her, Already the other girl had begun to enjoy her- self, was doubtless, Dilen thought, storing up the interview to relate to her friends and acquaintances, “Bo you see how it is,” Jenny concluded. “A girl has to think of herself.” She shrugged ever so slightly and moved away. Ellen remained standing near the Jenny was plainly embarrassed, elevator until Jenny had slipped out of sight and the door had swung =! after her. and started stiffly down the stairs. She would not go into the common test room where others would cease leir conversation as she entered. Preséntly she turned She would not risk their staring, curious, inferential glances. Not # now. There was only one thing to do. After a lunch hour spent walking blindly up and down Fifth avenue Ellen decided on that course. She would see Steven Barclay no more, She would give him any excuse ex- cept the real one. She could not give him that, Let him think that she was ungenerous, that she de ised him, that she was a false friend. Let him think what he would. He would never, she thought, hit upon the truth. Surely, n0 one would be bold enough to carry tales to him. She would say nothing, offer no explanations to the curious, She would have to stare them down. There was nothing else to do. Throughout the afternoon she treated Jenny Elkins with the same cool disregard that Jenny herself had shown in the morning. She succeeded to the extent of giving that young woman a puzzling and uncomfortable afternoon, It was nearly 4 and Ellen had begun to feel the lack of her lunch when Molly Rossiter telephoned, with her usual disregard of the fact that Ellen was supposed to receive only business during business hours, Jenny wered the tele- Phone and very formally told Ellen that she was wanted. \ At that moment Ellen knew she could have brought Jenny back to her, chiefly because it was agony for that little magpie to be silent for any long period. Instead Ellen, with just as much formality, ace cepted the telephone. For once Molly was not in trou- ble, For once Ellen was glad she had broken the store rules. Her mother’s voice was very dear to her Just then. 3 “Don’t you suppose, honey, you could get away from Dreamland to- night?” Molly began, “We're having guests.” * “I can easily, I was going to anyhow,” Ellen replied, conscious that Jenny lingered in earshot. She added curiously, “Who?” ina voice so low that Jenny missed it. “Why—” her mother hesitated and then bubbled with laughter, “Bert's coming.” “T'll be there,” Ellen promised, ‘As she moved back to the end of the counter she wondered why her mother called Myra’s fiance “guests.” For years Bert had ron in and out of the apartment much as if he lived there. But Ellen was tod troubled and worried by her own problem to ponder long about so small a mystery, (To Bo Continued) | a | an