The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 20, 1932, Page 4

The Bism: Tribune| ce 6ors and is one of the most im- An Bismarck Tribu src our Association of Commerce F THE STATE'S OLDEST can tackle. It should arouse com- NEWSPAPER munity interest in the matter. Established 1873) q 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. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year ......$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- marck) sees 1.20 Daily by m state outside Bismarcle) ... Daily by mail outside o: Dakota ....sscesssssseeeee ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, three VOATS ceccceseeesesccecnereseee ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year ......+..0.- 1.50 ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, per year . re Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Our Changing Nation Just as if the nation did not have enough problems already, it is now being asserted that we are about to enter on a period of declining popu- lation. Dr. P. K. Whelpton of the Scripps Foundation for Research in Popula- tion Problems has been studying the census figures, and he finds that they forecast such a period very clearly. Between 1920 and 1930, for ex- ample, there was @ smaller percent- age of the population under five years of age than in former years. There were, in fact, fewer children under five than between the ages of five and ten—the first time in 0 | american history that this had hap- pened. This, of course, reflects quite clear- ly a declining birth rate; and since immigration has been cut down to al- most nothing it seems fairly certain that in a few years the population of the United States will not only stop increasing but will begin to de- crease—very slightly, perhaps, but nevertheless perceptibly. This will have a number of effects on national life. In the first place, American indus- try will no longer have the con- stantly expanding domestic market Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Time To Be Lenient that it has always had in other years. Cities will no longer show steady, constant growth. It will no longer be possible for a cunning speculator veral farmers are telling stories aly : to buy up farm land beyond the of extreme plight because of their inability to meet their federal farm] Suburbs and, by holding onto it un- a The Old Cat That Refuses to Stay Put! CEP D>. \ == j of these accounts of foreclosure on|™#ke himself rich. By William Brady, M. D. farms and forced abandonment of pre Mena . Lever inertans = homes, some of which the occupants chee d uohehe lab biledretee Matias ft bats Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- i ever since the Revolution—except for ald lived in since their homestead brief intervals of depression—will re- Many of them are losing their main constant, or will even suffer a thomes; not. because of bad business slow decline. addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in if In other words, business and in-|| ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. management but rather as result! tty will have to sccommodate Address Dr. William Brady, ig care of this newspaper. of economic conditions which the i farmers or nobody else could antici- te shaded ocDeettshlin id beaded eS pate when the loans were made. aes te ee pss coe Salis i Burleigh county has some good have had something very like a con- farmers who cannot meet the terms tinuous boom in this country—but it’s of their federal loans. Some of them| ®"0ut over now. have already left their places or are preparing to do so. President Hoover, in a letter to Senator Steiwer of Oregon, recently announced that the federal farm loan banks had agreed upon a lenient policy. Much solicitude has been ex- pressed for our foreign debtors and too little in relieving the plight of the farmers. Abandoned acres foreclosed upon by federal agents, with farmers driv- en into the city bread lines, mark a rather eruel and short-sighted Pol-| resulted largely from the efforts of icy. jthe industry to encourage fire pre- Bismarck's city and county agen-} |vention and improve building codes eies should apply their resources t0/ ang fire departments so as to hold mediate between the unfortunate down the fire loss. A consistent rate farmer in our county and federal| requction is the natural evolution, agents, so that those who are worthy| and is of tremendous public benefit. and who can work out their own salvation may be left on the farms.| Turning them off the farms is hard- jy the solution in all cases. It is estimated that farm mortgage indebtedness in the United States is ten billion dollars. The nation has refused to get excited over this as- tounding situation. Great eastern newspapers write learned editorials i PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS NOT | must have a fundamental knowledge HEALTH CULTURE. jof physiology. When the high school teacher who trains his pupils in football rises to| when it is sick or working abnor- defend biology from my attacks on mally. Such a knowledge of physiol- the farce the high schools make of; ogy sufficient for his needs could human physiology and anatomy, we} be obtained by e@yery school pupil are getting off the mat a bit. That/if the study of physiology were giv- is perhaps one of the principal rea-|en its proper consideration in the sons why both hygiene and physical} school curriculum. If it is a small education are so inadequately dealt| school with only one teacher for with in our common schools. There| science, the science teacher should is no more intimate association or|be required to have the same pro- relation between physical training and | ficiency for teaching physiology as physiology or hygiene than there is|he has for teaching physics. between chemistry and general) The practice of including little housework, perhaps not as much, yet/smatterings of alleged physiology in everywhere the two subjects are con-/a shortcut joblot course which stag- fusedly jumbled together in an aim-|gers along under the ponderous title Fire Insurance Cosis The American public was able to purchase fire insurance at a lower figure in 1931 than ever before in the history of the industry. The cost of fire protection aver- aged 81 cents per $100 throughout the country—five cents less per $100 than in 1930, and eight cents lower than in 1929. For the 31 years between 1900 and 1931, inclusive, the aver- age rate was one dollar per hundred. aici i i physical instructor the whole silly|cheap tricks of freak educators, op- Lower-priced fire insurance has} cc. is left to the mercy of what-|portunists, faddists, who have’ evi- ever teacher happens to have some| dently achieved the ascendancy in spare time or even a nurse if she|cducational administration for the has nothing else to do. | time being. I am aware that students in| As long as the schools follow the tion reccive instruction in anatomy and physiology, and I am aware that students of nursing in some schools, as well as students of medicine and this country will remain what they are now, a fine lot of prospects for every conceivable line of hokum that bids for patronage with health ap- students of the arts in some Vetus :. a receive more or less physical educa- Editorial Comment | /tion."* “But 1 do not believe such training qualifies any individual to teach both physical education and physiology and hygene in any school. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Editorials printed below show the Constitution. trend of thought by other editors, They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. portant as algebra, from any point of | constitution? (C. A. J.) view. Answer—So far as I know it has no RGM ga ES A fair elementary knowledge | Without Feeling of anatomy, such as any eighth grade | other meaning than that the person pupil could gain in a term, is abso-| enjoys good health or is in poor (New York World-Telegram) ree i i lutely essential as a preliminary to| health. on our international debt situation,| ‘The insensibility of the Walker ad- ‘the aaay of Phvanieey; and preical| but all constructive effort to relieve) ministration to the present distress of |education has practically nothing to the internal farm debt or seek ts! the city is revealed in the 1933 bud-|40_with the question. refinance is branded socialistic and| .|. Before anyone can hope to learn get requests so far filed by the de. 4 class legislation. how to keep well, and that is the urpose of all study of hygiene, h Moratorium has been granted the . : Bie foreign debtor and other ways de-! X-ray Picture. have X-ray of my stomach. Will ulcer or cancer? (Mrs. M. C. F.) partments. Answer—It may. Most of the departments ask less . : than for the present year. Yet the . a — 7 alee load. Consideration! minuteness of their retrenchment a . es in a marke legree has been given/ relatively to the gigantic size of the B bl 1 t to the plight of the great financial ; $70,000,000 budget only emphasizes 1 1ca uota’ 10n institutions, and rightly too, but it) ‘he brazen refusal of the administra- s . is a reproach that agriculture has Hin, tones he neon eker Unique among the other depart- HOR!IZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 12 Another name been given so little constructive) ments is the Department of Water 1 Food SMARTEN COASTAL - for Mercury, thought or action. Supply, Gas and Electricity. It pro- 5 Verb. WI AL IR ois Fr MT TIAIWIAl messenger of Most of the farm indebtedness was{ Poses to cut $800,000 from its pres- & Interrogative IAIN cial the gods. contracted when the prices of farm|°Mt budget of $7,000,000. pronoun. psito dellow . But when a total cut of $100,000,000} 13 Weird. Mis TIOIRJE} 15 Buzzes. products were much higher than|is demanded most of the depart- 14A stretch. MIAININIE. IISIEIN] 18 Cubic meter now. The most gloomy pessimist in| mental economies—and there are 16 Pain. 1 19 Muskmelon, those days never thought agricultural fas eerie San from; 17To scold 1 {siclo} UN Z| aronged, iti 000 or $4, ,000. constantly FE jaint’s day. conditions would hit such a low bot-|""risea4 of facing the situation Peale a A S a ny ee iS] ee ae ae tom. Now the farmer is forced to| honestly and humanely the admin- saaitor SCI MDIEITIe ain 27 Violently pay his debts in grain and other pro-|istration, through Borough Presi- making sirup. TISIMI T ClO 29 Stings. ducts which bring in most cases less|dent Levy, proposes new forms of{ 20 Organ of SITIANIE ITIONILIEIT| 22 To consume. than half the price obtained when|Tevenue. His proposals admittedly hearing. METeIRI 32 Embryo bird, have merit. Yet regardless of their 21Grain LY! 33 Pronoun. Se obligations were assumed. merit, it is a diabolical commentary} 99To remain. . . 35 Definite The farmer is the only market Bis-|upon the selfishness of political ma-| 23 augury 51 Atmospheric. capitalof—— ©" article. marck has. If farmer after farmer|chines that when an afflicted city] 95 afternoon Be Palen Province of = 37 nowed, must abandon his farm, purchasing jabors Fig dotg pe ea 26 Pitcher PEREGO uals? 38 Discerns. Pi eyond ent i 8 2 Bac! = power goes with the farmer's exit|rammany gives is plans for more 36 Thick ace 55 One who anes 39 sing ater from the picture. There is no more | revenues. a8 Aunthk upbraids 4Ah! alas! ‘sa hiawee important economic problem locally} The diminutive cuts do not go to} 34 Leaves out. Bre Oe Aa e visionary 44Neither than that. Every civic body can well |fundamentals at all. They do not) 36 Fortifies kegs 6 Tatter 46 To sin. direct its attention to it touch the vast political plunder. The} 39 7 opine SS Hodgepodge. § = Nymph who 48 Plant. icaicoagied h salary grabs all remain intact. None| 49 5, 60 Short lances. agers 4h eee ahiaped Some survey should be made in|of dozens of major and petty offi-| 4; ise 61 Part of a day Pp a te Ay Pie a 4 this section to see what farmers can|cials is to be deprived of his private,| {321K 4, © 62Residence of Until NotI BA ANEINE voice be kept on their land through inter- |Chauffered city limousine. Hundreds 45Tiny green an ecclesiastic. han voles 54 Peg. vention with state and federal loan| Of Political favorites, including many) " veretables. G3 Blood pump. Laughter 6 Wrath. agencies. President Hoover's letter | city's payroll at salaries larger than 47 Like. VERTICAL sound 57 Ratite bird to the Oregon senator indicates that|they could command in the world of| 49 Large might ve 2 Erozen water. 59 Bone, something can be done in federa}| business even in better times. jess bird. 1 Calcutta is the 11 Youth. 61 Pronoun. This political plunder runs into tens of millions yearly. It was built up as the wave of prosperity grew toward the great collapse. But in the debacle which brought universal mis- fortune Tammany’s faithful emerged untouched. Jobs, hopes, even lives, Its decline impoverishes a | shattered; people. What greater call to duty| thousands is there than that millions of farms |™9Y fall land loan circles to prevent a great exodus this fall from North Dakota \al & may be children by the tens of may go hungry; homes under the hammer—yet ‘Tammany stands by “its own” and be kept in some kind cf production | rekes the public foot the bill. through a wise administration of our} But the public is not going to be rural credit system. Let us hope that! able to pay the bill the city proposes the letter of President Hoover means|‘° Present next year by $100,000,000. Shek BEL7 EEE PY * ¢/SEL/OLaek Ch /SEROnRE/ that the federal land loan banks ere! paitor's Note: Much that is written | going to take a lenient and humane | concerning America’s metropolis, ap- @ | eee rears Faeroe ot fhe plies, aeo, in part ay leset, 00 TAY N United States. our es.| N; F There are too many “diminutive” er Soatity bas wandering | cuts in city budgets where a major . N over Europe under the spur of be-| operation is : P| ee | nign American internationslists. x. ere i plenty for that rete of}, ney ie ame tm ces] | al) virtues to do right here at home-|inside the tire is the same as that w ra Locally the problem lies right at} outside. aoe He must know how the body works when it is normal if he hopes to care for it intelligently | s a | About our 12 year old boy going to} a Boy Scout camp. He recently re- covered from scarlet fever and was told by a neighbor we should not Ict him go swimming for three months, and that he must wear band around his stomach for a year. (c. D.) Answer—The poor kid. means send him to camp. boy should have a month in camp every summer. that matter. complication which constrains your physician to caution against swim- ming, the boy should enjoy all the nming possible, in the open air. Let him use that belly band to pol- ish his shoes. Anti-Venom Keeps for Years My husband is a road contractor and as I spend part of the summer with him I bought, at your sugges- tion, a package of anti-venom for preparedness against sknake bite. I have had it two years now, and as yet no occasion to use it. deteriorate on long keeping? E. F. J.) Answer—No, it keps for at least Answer—No, it keeps for at least a woolen By all Every Every girl, too, for Unless there is some That's too ridiculous. Does it (Mrs. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1932 perhead or moccasin should carry a] parks, including the Polo Grounds, package of the anti-venom in the|Yankee Stadium, Ebbets Field, race first aid kit. By following directions, tracks in Maryland, auto shows and on the package any one may admin-| Chautauqua auditoriums. ister it. Some 32 years have passed since the first hot dog barked timidly at the Polo Grounds. They weren't offi- cially known as “dogs” in those days. The idea was conceived by Steven's son, Frank, who discovered that the meat of an ordinary sandwich couldn’t be kept hot, whereas the skin helped hold in the heat of the wiener. At any rate it worked. ee * The late Tad Dorgan, creator of some of our best eat is credited - with putting the expression “hot dog” Se on the map. Noting the new sand- New York, July 20,—Because it was} wich vogue while watching a ball a particularly sticky night in a par-|game, Tad began drawing frankfur- ticularly routine suburban night re-|'rs in his cartoons. sort, we all fell to dodging the hu-| Would be talking to each other, say- midity by trying to recall snappy,|!8 “hot dog!” clever reports of famous fellows. But before “dogs” appeared by the Several experts on bon mots were | Millions, Stevens had started found- certain that the name of Wilton|1%8 ® fortune with the modern base- Lackaye must be placed close to the |All score card. Columbus, O., was top of any anthological list. One | is birthplace. recalled, for instance, the time that TODAY Lackaye was finally captured by the THE ~~ “lion hunters” of an amateur drama club. One of those marathon talking toastmasters started things off. The fellow let loose an entire dictionary of eloquence, all seeking to flatter the guest of honor. It seemed the introduction would never end, but finally the spokesman got around to this: “And now Mr. Lackaye will honor us with his ad- dress.” “My address,” came back Lackaye, GERMANS PUSHED BACK On July 20, 1918, the last of the German forces which had been push- who had become highly impatient,|ed across the Marne were driven | “is the Lambs Club!” jback over the river as the Franco- And that was that! * Oe OK COLLIER’S CRACK American forces continued their of- |fensive. German prisoners number- ing more than 20,000 had been taken, The wieners( Willie Collier, it is claimed, holds another record for speech making brevity. His retort at a certain Army and Navy Club dinner has become something of a classic around town. allied bulletins announced. While the American advance had slackened, several German counter thrusts were beaten off and U. 8S. soldiers spent the day in consolidat- roadside counter—have a thought for Harry Stevens. Collier was on the list of speakers and had waited and waited for a couple of non-stop orators to do their stuff. When his opportunity came, he bowed in the direction of the army} On the Italian front, Austrian officer and navy man who had been|troops wege forced from Monte Sta- taking up all the time. bel. “I know now what they mean by the army and navy forever,” said Collier, And sat down. * * # Some recent pennings on the sub- ject of Berry Wall, most famous of training sartorial creation. He wore|_ Men are eating out of garbage cans a cutaway coat over a shining pearl|here in Kansas City and we must gray vest, matching a similarly shad-|Work for relief, not fight over the ed derby, carefully pin-striped pants!Mooney case. The Mooney case is and other elegant adornments. |California’s problem. — Ronald E. * % * THEY’RE ALL HOT On these sun-baked afternoons when you stop before a hot dog stand, or draw the family car up before a ing their positions. British and French troops made several minor gains during another day of intense fighting. the old time dudes and dandies, re- called another of Lackaye’s fast ones. The actor had dropped into Sherry’s where Wail was trying out an eye- “What a dish!” siged Lackaye, as | Bruner, third party convention chair- he followed each detail of the cos-;™an. tume. “One need merely add spats} and stir with a cane!” I am assured the society of Tam- many will follow the banners when the cause of real Democracy is at stake.—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for the presi- dency. There was something fine and gal- Admitted king and daddy of thejlant and exhilarating in Roosevelt hot dog, his concern has for yearsiscrapping the old tradition and at hazard of bite by rattlesnake, cop- supplied most of the big eastern ball’once going to meet the Democratic convention.—_Senator Hiram Johnson of California. ‘The political problems of the Dem- ocrats, Republicans and Socialists, no matter how skillfully camouflaged, reflect only minor differences as to how to carry through the American capitalistic program. In other words, how to give the wealth and privilege to the few in an unlimited degzs-— Theodore Dreiser, writer. I will vote the Democratic ticket, as I always have done.—Mayor James J. Walker of New York. " Barbs It was apparent from the first that the Chicago gangsters had nothing to do with the Democratic conven- tion. Otherwise, a nomination would have been made on the first ballot. A physician points out that many city dwellers walk about with their eyes on the ground. We didn’t realize that modern architecture was quite that bad. A scientist has found that the sea is receding at the rate of 10 inches a year. At that rate, most of our seaside cottages must be at least 10,000 years old. STICKEBS FARM L-=== cs == 4 MULE See if you can change FARM to MULE, in four steps, by changing one letter at a time and forming a new in each move. FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: High-priced soft drinks make the buyer feel doubly a sucker. less way and if there is no official) of “Biology” is just one of those} schools or colieges of physical educa-| present dumb policy the people of! What do people mean when they! Human anatomy is at least as im-|say a person has a strong or weak/ Have been advised by doctor to] X-ray show if there is evidence of; REN RSET IIIT TTT INAHCR eR AMARANTH SOMONE TTS LEAP YEAR BRID BEGIN HERE TODAY RY DIXON, pretty 19+ old daughter of wealthy Is in love with DAN newspaper arrela with her marry her, They are married and move into a cheap aparime: Cherry's struggles with how work are discouraging. DI SHANNON, movie critic of the Cherry. News, in ‘friendly with handsome MAX PEAR- r . reconciliation but pride will not allow her accept financial ald from them. When MRS. DIXON ts stronger ashe and her husband leave for sev- eral months at the seashore. Cherry and Dan a: swimming party at sort. Dan in delayed starts with Pearson. overtnkes them and are waiting for it to pasi her he loves her, They 7 reach home but after that Cherry avoids Pearson, BRENDA VAIL, magazine writ- er. comes to Wellin) Dan mects her and she asks him to collaborate with her a play. Dan spends most of his evenings at Miss Vail's apartment. He and Cherry plan an evening together but a telephone call comes for Dan from Miss Vail. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXVIL AN put down the telephone. “I’m sorry,” he said. “Guess we'll have to see the Caseys some other night. That was Brenda call- ing. She's just had a new idea for the ending of the first act. Wants me to come over and rewrite what we did last night.” “Couldn't it wait until tomor- row?” “Why, Cherry, I can’t very well ask Brenda to wait. It’s a big op- portunity for me, you know. It's not every. author who'd be willing to collaborate with a person entirely unknown. If she wants to work on the play tonight I think it’s up to me to be there.” “I suppose you're right,” Cherry said slowly. “You'll have to go.” Dan disappeared into the dress- ing room. A few minutes later he was back, pulling the ends of his tie through to make a neat knot. “Listen, Cherry,” he said, “why don’t you come along with me?” “You mean go with you to Miss Vail's?” “Sure. Maybe we'll be through early and we can pick up somebody at the office for a game of bridge. Or we might see a late movie.” Cherry shook her head. “No, I guess I'll stay at home.” “But why don’t you come? You sald you'd been in the house all day, He rout be good for you to get out.” Cherry was not to be persuaded. “You go,” she said. “If Mrs, Mo- reau’s upstairs I'll go up and talk to her. I'd like to have her see if I've cut that dress out the way I should.” Ten minutes later Dan was gone. Cherry hesitated before she finally took the folds of yellow cloth over| scarlet beret. She looked unusual-| plained, “t! Dan and then, taking ad- vantage of Leap Year, asks Dan to on the door of the Moreaus’ apart- ment. Why should she feel jealous of Brenda Vail, this woman who was almost a stranger? What did it matter to Cherry if Dan spent so many evenings with Miss Vail?) They were writing a play—the play that was to make Dan known to the world as a talented young author. “I should be grateful,” Cherry told herself. “She’s doing what 1 can’t for Dan—helping him make a} Cherry called “Hello!” gayly and stepped into the roadster. She had not seen Max Pearson since the night of their drive through the storm, His greeting was friendly, casual. Dan wanted to know ff Cherry was sure she would be warm enough and sho said that she was. A moment more and they were off down the strect, you know, over a bed of coals. a matter of fact 1 think their kitch- ens are just about like any other restaurant’s. and not much service—which suits most folks when they're driving.” They entered the long low build- ing. Three men in white caps and aprons were serving customers who sat on high, swivel stools or lounged against the counter. As You get good food There were means everything for me, Money. The sort of life wo'v dreamed of. Happiness! Dan coul are now. He's too ambitious. Oh, should be glad Miss Vail came t Wellington and glad she’s staying! jself all this several times, shi could not quite believe it. Not in Cherry’s mind the seed of jea | some thing was there. eee Ded did not come home earl that evening or the next. Hi j last the play was progressing. Twi acts were almost completed. Th which he was ignorant. Brend seemed to know, though. If the pla: really “clicked” the credit woul be Brenda's. life. as day is from night.” miles away. she had been horribly bored. ship. been working late. 9 o'clock. in 15 minutes, est!” apartment house. sweater pulled close over her head was her arm and went upstairs to wrap | ly childish, unusually attractive, name and a place for himself. It too. never be happy with things as they Somehow, although she told her- single thing had happened to plant jousy and yet tho restless, trouble- | told Cherry enthusiastically that at third, which was to be the last act, was going to be difficult to handle. There was so much about the me- chanies of writing for the stage of “She's great!” he assured Cherry with glowing eyes. “Brenda knows She's as different from @he sort of people you meet around here There were evenings Dan did not spend working with Brenda. Occa- sionally Miss Vail had other en- gagements. Once some friends came for her and drove her to a town 60 She spent two days there, returning to tell Dan that She managed, without saying 60, to con- vey the impression that the time had been dull because she had missed understanding companion- There were other evenings when Dan had assignments or was busy at the office. He telephoned to Cherry on a night when he had It was almost “Listen, honey,” he said. “Max and I are going to stop for you in 15 minutes. Can you be ready? It's a grand night and we're going to drive out to a new barbecue place on Stewart road, Better have a coat |Cherry wanted to know. “It looks —it’s cool out. Yes, we'll be there Just like any other place to eat.” Twenty at the lat- The week had brought the first foretaste of autumn weather. There was a sharp nip in the air and e}once as they neared the limits of d| the city the odor of burning grass came to them, It must have been 1|the first fall bonfire. Overhead the 0|sky was almost black and the stars "| gleamed with chill, bright frigid- ity. @| Cherry felt Dan’s arm around her ajand snuggled close. She was glad that she had worn the wooly sweat- I-Jer suit. The cold wind struck against her cheeks and sent her blood back tingling. Her fingers found Dan’s hand, y|slipped into it, He was saying something she could not hear be- cause of the wind. Cherry laughed and turned her head. o| Dan repeated, “I sald we hadn't e| driven out on this road since June. Remember? Max brought us that night, too.” Cherry nodded. The memory of that spring night was still sweet. All the happiness she had known a} With Dan suddenly came crowding y|back. Oh, how could she have d thought for one moment that any- thing could affect her love for Dan or his for her? Of course it was nonsense! She had been making herself unhappy over nothing, Noth- ing was wrong and nothing would ever take Dan away from her! cee EARSON was talking now. He had to raise his voice so as to be heard above the wind. Cherry did not even listen or hear Dan's reply. She was glad the conversa- tion was about something at the of- fice about which they would not ez- pect her to express an opinion. They were riding along a well- lighted highway. Presently, far ahead, an electric sign loomed up. “That's the place,” Pearson told them. “Jo and I were out last week. Elegant fried chicken they serve, That is if you're in the mood for fried chicken—which I certain- ly am!” “Chill for mine,” Dan announced. “Haven't had a good bowl of hot chili for ages.” “Why do they call it a barbecue?” e They had reached the lighted building. A dozen cars were parked The 20 minutes were not yet up| by the road and there were more in when the roadster halted before the | #2 enclosed space at the other side Cherry came|of the structure. Pearson brought down the steps wearing a knitted | the roadster to halt and the three it. It was brown and | Stepped to the ground, a| “There's theory,” Max ex- the places actually barbecue their. meat—cook it whole, two girls with escorts at one end of the room, The other customers were men. One of the men behind the coun- ter was making sandwiches. An- other was filling cups of coffee for a tray that was evidently to be cat- ried to customers waiting outside in a car, eee 'HERRY and Dan and Max found Places at the counter. They gave their orders and were served al- most immediately. The hot coffee was strong and delicious, the chick- en delicately tender. Though the portions were huge Cherry finished every crumb, The talk drifted to Dan’s play. “Putting a lot of time on it, I sup- pose,” Pearson asked easily. “Every minute I can spare. You know I had no idea there was so much work to a play. It’s not just writing the lines but thinking the thing through and planning how it’s to go.” “How about the collaboration?” Pearson wanted to know. “Do you both write and put your work to gether or how do you manage it?” “Oh, we just talk together and work it out, I sit at the typewriter and do the actual writing but Bren- da has most of the ideas.” “I see. What do you think of the play, Cherry?” The girl laughed. “I don’t know @ thing about it.. Dan’s keeping the whole thing a surprise until it’s finished.” “Seems to me you might be rather a valuable critic,” Pearson said. Cherry had been avoiding his eyes but now she looked at him, There was nothing in his manner to suggest that impetuous night of the storm. Cherry was not quite comfortable in Max’s presence and she glanced away quickly. “Say, there's something I wish you'd do,” Dan was saying. “It’s darned lonesome for Cherry with me spending so much time working. Drop in to see her now and then, won't you Max? Cheer her up. Cherry doesn’t see enough people or get out as often as she should.” Pearson's hesitation was almost imperceptible, He said, “Why—yes, of course. I'll be glad to come to see her. Any time that I'm wel- Ramat Velcome?” Dan grinned. “Say, I guess you know you're welcome any time at our place. Isn't he, Cherry?” The girl sald “Certainly.” Her eyes did not meet Pearson's again. (To Be Continued)