The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1933, Page 4

ff i" THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1938 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper 1 THE STATE'S OLDEST 5 NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by ‘The Bismarck ‘Trib- une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered 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 ....... 97.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- MACK) 2.0 ..eeeeeesees Port Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) Daily by mail outside of North Dakota 6.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three years ‘Weekly by mail outside of North » AE cseeeseeeeee bE Wenig ty nant te Canada, per much of the nation’s business is year .. seeeeenene + 2,00/ bound to be pretty important. 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. Praise From the Enemy North Dakotans will be interested to know that, in the opinion of Sena- tor David Reed of Pennsylvania, one of its sons has been given one of the most important posts in the federal government. The appointee, of course, was J. F. 'T, O'Connor, who has not forgotten his friends in North Dakota, as was aptly evidenced by his reference to this state upon his induction into of- Tice. Answering a pleasant remark by Secretary Woodin that California's loss was Washington’s gain, O'Connor called his chief's attention to the fact that he also considered himself as being from North Dakota. This is said to have made a “hit” with a number of North Dakotans in Wash- ington, some of whom O'Connor had not known before. But to return to Senator Reed and his comments upon the North Da- kotan’s appointment. The Pennsylvanian opposed the nomination of O'Connor for the comptrollership, but in so doing he 00/ get director, ers of the United States; and I found while I was in the treas- ury it is more important to have in that position a man who is free and independent, without a biased mind in any direction, than to have someone who has had tech- nical banking experience.” done to the country. But the significant thing, after all, 20|18 Senator Reed's rating of the im- portance of the job. President, bud- and comptroller. It seems a queer line of succession, but it is accurate in many respects enough. 2.50] The man who controls the bankers, who control the banks, which control Something to Sell story about night riders in the to- Tennessee. fields and otherwise chastized those who refused to pool their crops. The pool system, by the way, was Supposed to be the cure all which would lift the tobacco growers straight. to prosperity by their bootstraps. The Pool idea was not noticeably success- ful, and yet the tobacco growers have been making no complaints in recent years. Théy have been getting good prices for their product; so good, in fact, that the new farm bill does nothing more than peg tobacco at the relative price which farmers are re- ceiving when, compared with manu- factured goods. The answer lies in the popularity of certain brands of cigarettes. Essen- tially a luxury product, their sales have held up remarkably well during the last three years and some of this Prosperity has gone on down to the farmer who grew “the makin’s.” Not every tobacco grower benefited, of course, for many produce types of the weed unsuited to cigarettes, but the average was 50 high there has been no general complaint from the tobacco country. The answer to a lot of the farm Problem, therefore, is to improve the consumption of its products. And in this connection it might be noted that cigarette manufacturers There was more, with other De- mocratic senators defending the ap- Pointment and commenting scathing- ly on what banking experience has It seems only a few years ago since the newspapers printed an occasional bacco areas of Virginia, Kentucky and They burned barns and heaped more praise upon him than| are the biggest buyer: one usually gets from a friend. The Sportal ioe ino sole basis of his objection was O’Con- nor’s lack of banking experience. He All Will Benefit was willing to concede, and said 60} Revision of the food and drugs act, openly, the integrity and ability of/to include cosmetics and to regulate the man from North Dakota’s prairies} the advertising of food, drugs and who went to Washington via Los|cosmetics, will be welcomed both by Angeles. responsible manufacturer's and re- In opposing the nomination Sena-|putable publications. tor Reed said: ‘The proposed new draft now is be- “I am assured by those who know|fore the jusitce department after him (O'Connor), and I am quite| having been prepared in the depart- ready to believe that he is a gentle-| ment of agriculture. It does not pro- man of integrity and ability. But the| pose censorship of advertising in ad- Post to which he is appointed, that of] vance of its use but false advertising Comptroller of the Currency, is one of|may be penalized by Prosecution in the key positions in the Government.|the federal courts. Prosecution for It is a position which in this time of} false advertising will be directed crisis and banking difficulties is prob- ably, outside of the Presidency and the office of Director of the Budget, the most important single position in the United States Government. “Mr. O'Connor has never had any banking experience whatsoever. He thas never been an officer of a bank. He has never been a director of a bank. He has never been counsel for a bank. So far as the Finance Com- mittee could learn, he knows no more about banking than any depositor would know from having had a check- ing account. Yet he has been put in- to this position of great power, of great responsibility, of great author- ity over the entire banking system of the United States, and, because of his inexperience, it is necessarily going to take him months before he can learn his job as Comptroller of the Cur- reney should know it. I am extreme- ly sorry that President Roosevelt should have seen fit to appoint a man 80 inexperienced to a job so vital. “It ought not to be a Job. It ought to be a position and yet I can not discover, in what we learned in the Finance Committee, any single reason for selecting Mr. O'Connor for this Position except it be his general re- putation for integrity and his reputa- téon for general ability, I have no doubt that, like most lawyers, he has Yearned to cram on a case rapidly, and to get the necessary knowledge to function; but he ought to have that knowledge at this moment. It is like appointing him to be captain of an ocean liner in the middle of a hurricane. Doubtless with his ability he would in time learn to be captain of an ocean liner and doubtless he will learn the duties of this position, mistake.” Answering & question by Senator McAdoo, Senator Reed reaffirmed| One editor says that when the pres- that his only objection to O'Connor was|¢nt administration took over the his lack of banking experience. And then he found he had put his foot into a bear-trap. six years as treasury secretary and the history of the comptrollership,| reaches “the high places and low said in his opinion the things Reed pee a , gets or el e information conceded to O'Connor were the very that the railroads of this state will reliever ,000 of taxes and His view was that the comptroller) the outside land owners a little more things most needed. against the source rather than against the medium in which it appears, This will put the responsibility for truth- ful advertising squarely upon the manufacturer, distributor, or dealer. The truth or falsity of advertising will be measured essentially by the same standards as those employed to determine the truth or falsity of label statements, Manufacturers will favor the change because it will protect them from un- fair competition, The customer should favor it be- cause he will know that failure to observe the law will mean a penalty for the purveyor of adulterated goods, The newspaper and magazine pub- lisher will approve because it will still further intensify the public's confid- ence in advertising, a thing which he has struggled hard to deserve and to maintain, —__ ‘The new farm act will be adminis- tered by civil service employes, chosen from those already on the depart- ment of agriculture payroll. That fact alone will go far toward creating public confidence in the de- Partment’s honesty of intention and ultimate success. Cracking the whip of political patronage creates doubt in the public mind. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, ‘They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. The Sales Tax North Dakota Times (Finley, N. D.) There are some newspapers in this but he does not know them now and|state that have aseaed on ardently I regard his appointment as a great! favoring the sales tax and their ar- guments are just as inconsistent as those proposed by the administration in its support. state coffers overdrawn $500,000. He conveniently for: should have hed experience, not so] than $1,000,000 of taxes next year. much with banks as with bankers,| The respect. Continuing he said: ; “The controller's office is the statutoyy policeman of the bank- Places with an increase in taxes. The United States uses 16 times as much coffee as it does tea. teins of government they found the ‘That 4s very true, but that did not seem to stop them from authorizing a ‘The lanky Californian, recalling his | further $250,00 expenditure for a new light plant at the state penitentiary. He says further that this tax sales ae Grd nay ie high : Places as well as the low places but and O'Connor could qualify in that| the trouble is that it reaches the high Places with a reduction and the low CONTINUED Geneva Delegate Says Reich Ready To Accept Scheme ot signing international pledges with- out sufficiently clarifying what pledges the parties thereto really meant. “Were Japan surrounded by normal states, we could give a clear cut an- swer, accepting wholeheartedly. If »|the world recognized the great wall as the boundary between. Manchukuo and China, we would accept un- reservedly. “However, it is Japan's impression that the appeal was framed hurriedly in order to forestall Hitler's speech May 17 and hence the president prob- ably was unmindful of the complexi- ties of the Oriental situation.” He indicated that the outstanding reservation, although it possibly may not be specifically included, will be concerned with the troops proposal. The spokesman indicated readiness te accept the other proposals “in prin- ciple,” with the exception of the Mac- Donald plan, concerning which Jap- anese counter proposals at Geneva al- ready have indicated Tokyo's stand. STRONG ARMY IS FRENCH ANSWER TO HITLER Paris, May 19.—(#)—Maintenance of a strong army was the French re- ply to Chancellor Hitler of Germany. Premier Daladier, categorically re- jecting a further cut in war expenses, declared in the senate that the French army is strong and must be kept strong. This firm stand suddenly squelchea talk of a meeting between the premier and Chancellor Hitler of Germany. The government also officially de- nied that such a meeting was contem- By William || self-addressed envelope is enclosed. INFECTED TONSILS The studies of Dr. Albert D. Kaiser of Rochester, N. Y., Dr. Ruby L. Cun- ningham, of Berkeley, Cal. and Dr. Albert 8. Welch, of Kansas City, Mo., have brought about a great change in the attitude of the medical profes- sion towards the treatment of in- fected tonsils. Dr. Kaiser has carefully observed the effects of removal of tonsils in thousands of school children, and he has compared the health and sick- ness records of these with thousands of children who have not been sub- jected to tonsillectomy. His study, carried on through a period of many years, has taught us the unwisdom of. the radical and indiscriminate re- moval of tonsils in children. Dr. Cunningham has compiled data on the health of college women, com- paring the health status of those whose tonsils have been removed with that of other thousands whose tonsils have not been removed. Her study has convinced many of us that the radical attitude of the past 30 years has been wrong. { Dr. Welch has made a pathological study of a thousand tonsils removed in the clinics or dispensaries of Kansas City, and the actual findings, which I have repeatedly quoted here, have confirmed a belief that I, for one, have long held, namely, that the plated. The premier told the senate that war economies had been made but that they had not impaired the army's strength. “T affirm,” he said, “that we can have confidence in the army and I af- firm that our national defense is as- sured.” GENEVA DELEGATES HOPE FOR SUCCESS Geneva, May’ 19.—(#)—Sessions of the world armament conference re- sumed Friday, with delegates hopeful that the conciliatory foreign policy pronouncement of Chancellor Hitler and President Roosevelt's plea for in- ternational cooperation have pointed the way to an agreement on reduction of arms. A feeling. of optimism that the deadlock into which the conference had fallen could be broken was aroused by the chancellor's declara- tions before the German reichstag. ‘The American president's direct ap- peal to other nations was heralded as setting the stage for a possible agree- ment on reduction of offensive weap- ons. A number of the chief delegates meanwhile, awaited from Norman H. Davis, American ambassador-at-large, an exact definition of the Washington stand concerning participation in an international pact against an ag- gressor. ROOSEVELT BELIEVES OUTLOOK IS FAVORABLE Washington, May 19.—(#)—Prest- dent Roosevelt believes that the gen- eral tenor of the reception of both his Peace message and Chancellor Hit- ler’'s speech has improved the whole tone of the Geneva conference and distinctly eased the international sit- uation. The president feels that if the in- tentions so far expressed in the re- Plies can be translated into action something really can be done at Gen- eva toward reducing armament. Most of the world powers have re- sponded in formal messages to the President’s appeal for disarmament and non-aggression. Meanwhile, in the domestic economy drive, President Roosevelt has in mind @ reduction in the officers of both the army and navy, even before any understanding is reached at Geneva. While this decision is not final, it appears to be a definite part of the administration plan for getting gov- ernment expenditures within its re- ceipts. ‘ The president does not believe any- thing will be done at Geneva to in- volve the United States in any “en- tangling alliances.” Italy’s Budget Asks 80-Per Cent Debt Cut Rome, May 19.—(#)—An 80 per cent reduction in the debts of the former allied governments to the United States was suggested Friday in the budget report of the ministry of fi- nance, which was presented in the chamber of deputies by Finance Min- ister Guido Jung. Signor Jung returned Thursday from the United States, where he par- ticipated in President Roosevelt's eco- nomic discussions preliminary to the world economic conference, Deputy Giuseppe Mazzini, wrote the report, said 20 per cent of the debts is all the debtor countries can pay after sacrificing 90 per cent of German reparations. This was true, his report said, even if inter- European allied debts were cancelled. The 80 per cent reduction was the first official suggestion since the Fas- cist grand council on April 8, 1982. ‘urged cancellation of both reparations land debts. I think the principal duty of the Republicans today is to help make good the Democratic promises of a re- turn of prosperity and of employment. | - mi Hayes, former postmaster gen- eral. ‘who | * standard operation of tonsillectomy, as done by good surgeons, is rather @ crude job in any case, and an un- justified assault in too many cases. The tremendous gain in popularity which the diathermy method has en-: Joyed in the past five years, as an alternative for the major operation of tonsillectomy, has given us good reason for still further conservatism in dealing with infected tonsils. In a considerable share of cases it has happened that the patient, suffering from some focal infection, has ex- perienced such marked improvement following the first or second dia- thermy treatment, that we have had to admit the obvious explanation— namely, that the first or second coagulation has sterilized or disin- fected the septic focus in the tonsil. If the principle of focal infection (it is @ principle, not merely a theory) is scientific, then we must admit that having sterilized, drained or destroy- ed the septic focus we have accom- plished all that is necessary, and we cannot consistently say that the re- maining tonsil tissue must be re= moved, No one has ever shown that uninfected or normal tonsil tissue does any harm in the throat. ‘When I hear a physician or sur- gpon cavilling about the incomplete- ness of this or that method of treat- ing tonsil infection I know at once that he is not a good surgeon though he may be « fine operator. I call the standard tonsillectomy “the old Spanish custom.” I mean to imply that it is a crude and dan- gerous procedure. I now prophesy that this operation will be obsolete within a few years, and sane con- servative methods of dealing with in- ve tonsils will replace it in prac- tice. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Scars ‘What to use on scars? Severely cut on face four years ago. (E. M.) Answer—Nothing you can apply will help. A skilled esthetic surgeon (plastic surgeon) can probably im- prove the appearance. Pyorrhea Is pyorrhea contracted from some one who has it? If so, in what way? (Mrs, R, A. H.) PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF, vein in giving an injection of me- Brady, M. D. Letters should be brief and written dicine? (A. D.) Answer—I believe it would be harmless. In one experiment D’Abreu found it necessary to inject 24 ounces of air into a vein to kill a 500-pound bull. That would be equivalent to 7 ounces of air for a man weighing 150 pounds. (Copyright 1933, John F. Dille Co.) Walton League Will Meet at Devils Lake Devils Lake, N. D., May 19.—()— Members of the North Dakota Izaak Walton League will hold their annual state convention here June 21 and 22, 8. Lynn Huey of Devils Lake, vice President and general chairman, an- nounced here, At the same time, Huey announced the appointment of committee chair- jmen to arrange for the meeting. They ‘are F. P. Mann, Jr., transportation; A. |Z. Johnson, banquet and lunches; Noel Tharalson, registration; L, P. |Dawson, sports and exhibits; 8. W. Thompson, speakers and program, and George Casper, refreshments, Pollution of streams, water conser- vation, game laws and other phases of Waltonian activities will be among {topics to be discussed by the group. Other program features include golf events, sports exhibits, and a trip to Camp Grafton, where the national guard will be in training. ss J. E, Campbell of Jamestown, state President, will preside at the sessions. i to it acl ext it qui Other state officers are E. E. La- John, vice presidents. Funeral for Charles Dutton Is Conducted Funeral services for Charles F. Dut- torian who drowned during the Moffit school picnic last Tuesday, were con- ducted Friday afternoon from the Glencoe church, Rev. Walter E. Vater, pastor of Mo-| ‘Cabe Methodist Episcopal church of Bismarck, officiated. Pallbearers included Henry Wei- renga, Howard Slater, Warren Doehle. Russell Dralle, Raymond Argast and Alvin Thompson, all friends of the} dead youth. Charles, son of Mrs. O. N. Dutton, of near Brittin, drowned in the swim- ming hole of Long Lake Creek about three miles east of Moffit, Rail Board Approves Electric Rate Slash The state railroad commission has approved a schedule of reduced elec- tric rates filed by the Central West Public Service company which fur- nishes electric service to the villages of Eldridge, Windsor, Cleveland, Me- dina, Streeter and Gackle. ‘The company purchases current from the Otter Tail company at Jamestown. Recently the Otter Tail’s application for reduced rates was ap- proved by the railroad commission. The reduction in residential serv- ice rates is from 15 to 20 per cent, commercial lighting 15 to 25 per cent, and power from 12% to 20 per cent. CARD OF THANKS ‘We take this opportunity to thank our many friends for their sympathy and assistance during our recent be- Answer—"Pyorrhea” is not a de- reavement. We wish to especially thank those who contributed the beau- finite disease. So far as we know,|tiful floral offerings and the lovely there is nothing communicable about | musical selections. the common inflammatory conditions} Mrs. Kate Stedman. of gums or tooth sockets. Air in Vein ‘What would be the result if a doc- tor injected a bubble of air into a Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Stedman. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Stedman. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mrs. Gertrude McKnight. . City in Nevada | Ls s HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzale 12 Death on UFounder of account of a Christian cause. < Scfence. 14 Reserve fundg “5 Greek athletic 17 Sally. contest, CH 19 serves. 13 Nobleman, 20 To temper, 15Genus of 22 Gaseous shipworms. nt. 16 Correlative of HIA) 24 Subsisted. grooms. IRIAJ 25 Scene shifter 18To proceed on. Diu 19 Strife. IGIA 21 Part of a fe) lobster iL iA 23 Therefore. 24 Need. 40 Aids, 26Retirement. 42 Behold. 28 Showery 43 Toilet boxes. 29 Toward 44 French board- 31 Issue intro- ing house. duced beneath 46 Cleared from skin. weeds, 32 Buffoon. 47 Company 33 Part of a 48A form of a circle. tore. 35 Cotton 50 Work of skill. machine. 51 Platform, 36 Genus of 53 Nervous dis. cattle, eases of graz- 37 Sorrowful. ing animals. 38 Auto shed. 55 Famous song 27 Form of “a.” 28 Inhales. 30 Public speaker. 4 32 Mammy singer writer 34 Vinegar bottle 57 Woolen fabric. 36 Inclination, 58 Debt vouchers. 29 Assistance. - be Johnson, @ soldier, lawyer and manu- facturer. Johnson is a former member of the old war industries board and @ close associate of Bernard Baruch. He is a native of Kansas and a ton, 15-year-old high school valedic-jetaduate of West Point. When he re- ILLINOIS MAN SEEN Manufacturer in Line For Ad- dent Roosevelt has been conferring with Hugh Johnson, “Moline, manufacturer, on the industrial con- trol program now before congress; but was said Friday at the white house as having yet to make his appointments These important appointments, of course, must await final congressional Meanwhile, however, Johnson has an office in the state department house, making ready for putting the Although it was said at the white house that offers remain to be made, With Lewis W. Douglas, director of the budget, Johnson has been work- ing long hours of late on devising the industrial legislation which the presi- ent recommended to congress Thurs- Sy. Many weighty decisions will fall to his lot, if and when the appointment expected by his intimates is made and he accepts. ‘The almost unlimited power con- ferred upon the chief executive under the industrial control-public works bill to approve agreements within in- France, Bismarck, secretary; Fred F.|dustry and enforce them through li- Dewey, Mott, and Dana Wright, St.\censing of plants4f necessary, would eral holding the distinguished service medal, President to Name Shoals Commission ‘Washington, May 19.—(?)—A presi- dent's vision for model development of the sweeping Tennessee Valley soon ‘will begin to take form. Roosevelt signed the Muscle Shoals bill Thursday and within a few days will name the men to carry out gov- ini: " ernment operation of that giant power alias ole of Reconstrue: DIARY AEG Aavelop the weed GURETY: tion Statute )|side to its maximum service for the “| community. Meanwhile, a department of justice investigation has been started into charges that private companies, which have leased Muscle Shoals in recent years, misused and damaged the hyd- ro-electric plant. Arthur E. Morgan, president of An- tioch College in Ohio, was mentioned Friday in congressional circles as be- ing seriously considered by Roosevelt for service on the government cor- Poration of three directors which will supervise the entire Tennessee Valley Program. As soon as funds are appropriated construction of a dam at Cove Creek in the Clinch river in Tennessee will be started as one of the first steps. Evangelical Pastors Will Meet at Kulm McClusky, N. D., May 18.—(#)—The 1934 session of the North Dakota con- ference of the Evangelical church will be held in Kulm May 24 to 27 it was voted by the conference here Thurs- day. Rev. H. C. Lehner. of Martin was elected conference secretary, naming as his assistants Rev. W. W. White AS ROOSEVELT AIDE IN INDUSTRIAL PLAN Washington, May 19.—()—Presi- Tm, administer the huge set up in event, is written into law. tion. ross the street from the white tensive provisions into effect. was being taken for granted in high jarters that Johnson was in line. finally of Drake; Rev. E. K. Heimer of Wishek; Rev. E. J. Schroeder of Cav- alier, and Rev.Z. H. Bruns of Holmes. Rev. Mr. Lehner likewise was elected conference representative of the Dea- coness society to the Bismarck hos- pital board. District superintendents stationed were Rev. C. A. Bremer, Fargo, and Rev. A. W. Heidemier, Bismarck. The gathering was opened by Bishop George E. Epp of Cleveland, Ohio. Losses sustained through fire in} shifted to the broad shoulders of tired in 1919 he was a brigadier gen-' 1932 were nearly $450,000,000. CONFESSED SLAYER HAS BULLET IN HEAD Golden Valley Officials Await Recovery of Frank Dennino, 62-Year-Old Dwarf 4 Doctors have discovered a bullet in the head of Frank Dennino, 62-year- old Beach dwarf who has confessed to slaying two aged women May 9, State's Attorney A. M. Kuhfeld of Golden ‘Valley county said in Bismarck Thurs- day. Kuhfeld was here on a business trip. ‘With no equipment with which to. make an x-ray examination available at Beach, doctors found the bullet with a fluoroscope but were unable to determine whether the pellet has ea the brain or is lodged in the Officials are awaiting Dennino’s re- covery, prepared to prosecute him on charges of first-degree murder for slaying Mrs. Rosalia Dodge, 86, and her daughter, Mrs. Mattie Steger, in 8 fit of anger about 4 a. m. March 9. He shot each of the women twice with a long-barrelled .22-calibre re- volver, Kuhfeld said. In his attempt to commit suicide later, Kuhfeld said, Dennino fired several shots. Most of the bullets have been found. One was found on the floor of the ‘women’s home while another was dug out of @ rafter in the basement of the home. It had gone through the floor after piercing the arm of Mrs Steger. — | Barbs t —_—_——_—_——_—_ Congressman has proposed a con- stitutional amendment that no one shall have more than a million dol- jars. Wrong idea, congressman. What we need is a constitutional amendment that no one shall have tess than a million. ee * Latest style dresses have rows ne Tows of hooks-and-eyes. tf ting ready for a nation wide hook-up. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO “You'll ruin your voice, you darn fool!” Gwin wired her from Long Island. “No, you won't,” Tony said, “not while you keep your voice forward, | and don’t force it.” And after that it was easy, so easy that it never again seemed hard. She was singing in the chorus of, Madame Butterfly. In the second act, Rosa de Rocca, who was sing- ing the title role in spite of a seri- ous throat affliction, found herself unable to continue. They hustled Lily Lou into the costume, told her she’d have to go on. She waited, cold and a little weary, in the wings, while the an- nouncement was made. Heard the subdued banging of seats, the little indignant murmur of the disap; pointed, who were leaving... . “They’re all leaving, down front,” somebody said. That would have unnerved her a year ago. It did not matter so much now. This was her chance, her big opportunity, and the audience was walking out before she started. It would have mattered frightfully, once. But she was used to disap- pointment now, and there was no- body left but Tony to care. Her mother gone... Ken... Ken, who ‘was to have come to the end of the world to see her make her debut, gone, God only knew where... Almost from the first she knew that the audience—what was left of it—was with her. She didn’t have to throw herself into the part, she WAS Butterfly, waiting, believing, despairing,-giving up at last... “Bravo!” someone shouted from the gallery. “Success! Success!” Tony was on the stage, embracing her almost be- fore the curtain fell. Tina brought Lily Lou the morn- {ng papers, while she was still in bed. She turned to. the drama pages, saw the headlines... Turned away, @ little sick with the excite-| ment. After five years . after she had almost given up . cess... 59To slumber 40 Masculine VERTICAL pronoun, 1To recede. 41 Earlier 28hort lance. 44 French 3 Desiccative. soldier. 4 Warbles. 45 Sugar sand. 6Preposition. 47 Light wagon. 7 Recent. 49 Drizzles, 8Cockscomb, 51 Lair 9 Famous city in 52 Courtesy title, Nevada. 54 To harden. 10 To total. 55 To exist. 11 Toward. 56 Northeast. Young Robin, glowing and happy, after his early morning play in the park, opened the door a crack, came running to the bed to throw his arms around her and ask to play’ Indian—“just a minute, only a min- ute. I p’omised Tina I wouldn't play, only a minute with you!” She pressed his cold cheek scginst tett, hugged him until he juirmed— ete lay, mother-er—Le’s play!” So she submitted to being scalped, ‘and they hunted for scouts under the pillow. After that Tina led him away, and she turned once more to the papers. But she knew what was in them. She’d known ever since lest night, almost from the moment that she made her first entrance she knew. “Lily Lou Lansing rises from the night clubs, to sing the second act of Butterfly... romantic figure, young, slim and beautiful, sessed of a superb soprano voice that soars effortlessly into the higher reaches...” "The telephone began to ring. Re- porters came. Strange people to congratulate her. Strange agents with contract “A wonder Tony said. “Dramatic, do you see? In the midst of @ dull season, the new prima donna—out of the night clubs! Of course you're no more out of the night clubs than I'm out of the Royal Navy, but it makes no! to play with!” os) hi tul piece of luck,” difference, it sounds well. You're made, Lily!” “Thanks to you, Tony—and Nahl- man, and Gwin and my mother and my Uncle Eph, and all the others—” “I’m afraid not, ‘darling.” “Then let’s not go, mother. Let’s go to Coney Island instead. Shall we?” “I’m afraid it’s too late to change our minds, I’m afraid we'll have to go out west,” she told him, and she knew that she was sorry. She shouldn’t have decided to go. “I don’t feel flaming, Tony. Just tired.” * e * He laughed, kissed her limp fin-| gers. “You will rest!” She laughed, too. “Of course!” But she wouldn’t tell Tony the truth—that it had been too hard, that she was too tired, spiritually, to really care. Success was just life for Robin now, education, advan- tages. For herself, it was all over. She had accomplished what she had struggled for. And it wasn’t worth while. Well, no turning back... on and on... She sang Butterfly again to a standing room only house. Sang Violetta, in Traviata next, sang it with all the frail charm of which Tony dreamed. Sang Mignon three nights later, with vivacity and bril- liance, then Butterfly again. New York was mad over her, Artists wanted to paint her. Adver- tisers wanted her to endorse van- ishing cream, toothpaste, cigar- ettes, and wave lotion. “But she knows a dozen— two dozen roles!” Tony said. “She’s just’ starting! Didn’t she troupe for two years with Toscani?” She had, and she did. Revivals of old Favorites were promised, Lily Lou Lansing to sing Gildas, Lucia, Tosca ... rumors of a new opera created for her... Tony’s Balkis. The youngest prima donna, Lily Lou Lansing, not yet twenty-one! Lily Lou was almost twenty-six, but that’s the way with it. There was a special nurse for, Robin now—a French one, for old. times’ sake, and Tina was to be her personal maid. She kept the same apartment, though she had it alone now, Maxine Rochon had gone back to Los Angeles. Some sort of job in pictures. Friends? Oh, yes. A star has friends. And cronies—Tony, half a dozen real friends. Happy? Is any- one really happy, she asked her- self. Sometimes she thought that after all it might be simpler to marry Tony. * Still, she didn’t love Tony. She didn’t want to marry. It was just that Tony wanted her, and he had been so good to her. While she was trying to make up her mind, there came the chance to Madame Lansing, Lily Lou Lan- sing, youngest Metropolitan star, guest artist with the San Francisco Opera company, registered at the Fairmont hotel in San Francisco. Lily Lou read all about it in the Papers. She read all the notices about Lily Lou Lansing, Metropolitan star, with an avid interest that was more than half impersonal. She never felt that it was really she. She wasn’t this glamorous person she read about. She was just her- self, Lily Lou, who used to live in Woodlake, and had a broken heart once, and a little son now. Still... it was she! She had paid all the, old Lily Lou’s debts with the new Lily Lou’s money. She could buy the pretty things she saw in shops. A pink shaded lamp in a decorator’s window. ... Her sister May would love it, All right! Charge it to Madame Lansing... . A smocked dress for Irene’s little girl, charge that, too. ... Too bad she couldn’t buy pretty things for Robin, but he was so boyish now, a tall, sturdy 5-year-old who knew his ABC’s and could count, and wanted to go to school like the other boys, please moth-er! Did he miss not having had a father? She didn’t know. Some- times she wondered. He asked her so little. She was away from him so much. The French woman, Marie, and the maid, Tina, meant more to him than she did, she thought sometimes. Yet they were such chums, They had such glori- ous plays together. He did so ad- mire her in her costumes and wigs. She could never look at him with- out a lump in her throat, without wanting to take him into her arms and hold him tight and cry over him... Foolish... May came to see her the day she arrived. May grown a little heavier, @ little older. Still working. Still broke. Looking with eyes of envy at the luxurious suite, Lily Lou’s lovely gowns, “I'd rather stay over in Oakland with you,” Lily Lou said truthfully, “but I couldn't impose on you with Robin, and besides, one has to put up a front—” “I could endure it,” May said dryly. “I could stand a forty dollar worth of clothes to please my pak. to ub- lic. But I do think it was fc filly CL ite TAY Line 08 t weste you at pany. Three roles, Mignon, Travi- ata and Snow Maiden, for the last matinee. She hesitated at first. It would be hard to go back, and there was feally no one left to care very much whether she did or not. Dad . but he never wrote.... May said that they didn’t even know where he was, half the time. There was the matter of Robin, too. She wouldn’t make the long trip without him, and if she took cs : A i E é Fi im. 6 Well, what difference did it make? What could the world do to her now? Even if they did find out, her position was assured, and Robin's, too. She sighed. “Robin, we're going out west, you'll see your grandpa,” she told’ him. “And your aunts, and your cousins.” Never having met them he was unimpressed. “Will there be In- dians? I would like a little Indias é E é : E : F ue ES | (To Be Continued! Conrright br King eatures Syadicat, te,” le PY se a Be ArHekow —s eS