The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 21, 1935, Page 4

4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1935 —— ehind the Scenes | WITH RODNEY DUTCHER 1 The Bismarck Tribune} Germany—The | Ideal Place for the Olympics An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper in Washington | Wiitor’s Note: This is the fourth of a spe- @al series of stories telling exactly how lobbies ork and whet part they play in the government at Washington. eee ‘Washington, Aug. 21.—The social lobby here is etal subtle and brazen. It operates at lunch, cocktail time, dinner and frequently until long after midnight. A little food, drink and flattery go a long way—in a capital which probably is the climbingest city in the world—with some members of congress and many gov- ernment officials, Some of the most successful lobbyists are justly celebrated for their parties. A good fixer is usually a good mixer. You have to be pretty tough and stern about it if you're going to dislike all lobbyists, To understand the social lobby, bear in mind that: The lobbyist seeks to extend his social and political contacts as high as he can go. Some lobbyists are on the White House guest list and even entertain members of the Roosevelt family, to say nothing of the very high- est officials, in their homes. This makes very impressive reading in the local so- ciety columns (which unquestionably are the most syco- phantic in the United States). eee GRATEFUL AND GULLIBLE Mr. or Mrs, Congressman (or Bureau Chief) or both are likely to find themselves getting along just beauti- fully with Mr. or Mrs. Lobbyist—dining at the Lobbyist home or cocktailing and meeting various “more impor- tant” persons they might otherwise have been unable to meet. Even if the special Washington influences didn’t tig- ure, the ordinary man here might be in much the same class as the late J. B. Sheridan, “power trust” propa- gandist, placed another group of men when he reported to his bosses: “We have been doing some grand work ‘among country editors. Most of them are God’s fools, grateful for a little drink or a small favor of any kind.” In case you'd like a dash of sex in this story, I can report, aside from all the hearsay one gets, certain in- stances wherein earnest young public servants have sup- posed they were having honest-to-goodness love affairs ‘with girls who, as a matter of fact, were wangling offi- cials’ secrets to be wired to New York or Chicago. eee THEY ALL GET IT If there's any official who in the last two years hhasn’t been phoned by a lobbyist whom he rhay or may not have met—and asked out to lunch or dinner, or to fan exclusive country club, I don’t know who it is. Any- ‘one below the rank of cabinet member is likely to be in- vited out so the lobbyist may give him “good advice,” tell him how long and how well he has known his guest's boss and show that the lobbyist knows all the “inside stuff” there is to know in Washington, Sometimes the lobbyist knows more about affairs in the guest’s department than the guest himself knows— and that’s rather effective. The average congressman nets about $5000 a year, political expenses and obligations deducted, and $5000 is also a “good” salary in the executive branch. These men are up against “Tobbyists with the superior facilities fttaching to incomes of from $15,000 to $100,000—and sometimes more. An oil magnate once tried (in vain) to get sen nad ministrator Ickes off to his lodge in the woods. . byist for a certain food industry telephoned a icine a vitation to Secretary Wallace on six different days before he gave up. .. Not long ago the wife and daughter of a sugar lobbyist proceded to call on the wife of nearly every important AAA person, leaving invitations to din- mer—none of which were accepted because an alter order went out secretly telling all hands to decline. . these approaches had been accepted, I probably wouldn't know about them. eee IRRESISTIBLE TECHNIQUE But consider the case of Arthur Mullen, sometimes garded as the hardest-boiled big-time lobbyist of the rd ee ato gave a party for Senator Burke of Nebraska. A obbing society editor started her account of it thus: as seconc class mail matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Treasurer Editor Tubliskee $7 The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. 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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 All rights of republication of al! other matter herein are Inspiration for Today My sons, be not now negligent, for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him and burn in- cense.—II Chronicles 29:11. ary Negligence is the rust of the soul, that cor- rodes through all her best resolves.—Feltham. They Found It Profitable. Reports from the Yellowstone National park assert that this year will see an all-time peak in the number of persons to visit this great wonderland. On August 4, 183,857 visitors had entered the park as compared with 1934, the former record year, when 159,349 had been registered at the same time. Other national parks report much the same situation and business has been good at the Minnesota lakes, probably the nation’s greatest summer playground. All of which may be taken as an indication that better times are already here rather than just around the corner. If we take the word of the Western Associa- tion of Railway Executives, it also means some- thing else. That something is—no more and no less—“it pays to advertise.” When western railroads decided to spend f! $19,000,000 in improving their trains by in- stalling air-conditioning, they added to that sum an appropriation for advertising. Through The Bismarck Tribune and hundreds of other newspapers, they told the story of more com- fort at lower rates. They did it consistently, “It seems that every member of the New Deal was there, with senators and representatives, executives in the vari- ous departments of the government, notables from out of town and a very fine representation from smart resi- dential circles here.” Secretary Ickes has fought lobbyists more conspicu- ously than any other big official. But did Libbyist J. Bruce Kremer give a big cocktail party in honor of Ickes’ daughter-in-law? And was “Honest Harold” the star guest? You bet! Even the annual Roosevelt Ball here, for the benefit of infantile paralytics at Warm Springs, becomes an ald to the lobby racket. Lobbyists buy $1000 tables to which they invite gov- ernment officials who can’t afford it. The late Ray Baker, bon vivant ex-director of the mint, was chairman of the executive committee for the last one. He sat at a table with Mrs. Roosevelt, with Anna Roosevelt Dall and her husband, with Elliott Roose- velt and his wife. He escorted them from the ballroom at the end, to the plaudits of thousands of other lobby- ists and officials. “Good Old Joe” Silverman, act to Chairman ‘McSwain of the house military affairs committee, made fn estimated profit of $20,000,000 in 15 years from army surplus contracts and spent more than $500,000 in the last tew years on promoting his business. As to the $500,000, Joe testified: “Most of it was spent for liquor and flowers and gambling with army officers. Do I have to get your per- mission to do that?” ree SNOOTY STUFF Tf a lobbyist is on your trail, you can expect to get {Invited into the most exclusive clubs—where mere fees may exceed your salary. C. Bascom Slemp, for instance, belongs to the Chevy Chase, Burning Tree (snootiest of all), Metropolitan, Army and Navy and Washington Country clubs. “I feel mighty bold about making suggestions about the use of your shooting preserves, but you know we salesmen must do that sort of thing,” wrote a shipbuild- ing company lobbyist to his boss apropos an invitation to two senators to visit a private island down the river. And then there was the president of a world-famous Steel company who was trying to fix it up so he could meet Comptroller General McCarl “accidentally” on a golf course. (I'm told it didn't work.) President Dick Whitney of the New York Stock Ex- change, about the time the stock market act became im- minent, opened up a large house on Tracy Place, installed the steward of a celebrated New York club and used the Place for himself and gang for living, conference and entertainment quarters. If you were a congressman an SEC employe you might hope to get invited and ey such celebrities as Alice Longworth and White House Secretary McIntyre. eee ONE BUSY YACHT Sterling J. Joyner, man of mystery and agent and vice president of the Electric Boat company which makes submarines, is an example of a big-time operator. Pal of admirals and diplomats, he sent a letter of introduction to Sir Basil Zaharoff for the wife and daughter of the then Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke and urged Basil to show them a good time. He boasted of getting Congressman Joe Martin of Massachusetts and Franklin Fort of New Jersey on the powerful house rules committee and of getting a second deficiency bill passed. The company had a 50-foot yacht down here on the Potomac which Joyner used to good advantage and con- cerning which he reported: “Admiral A. T. Long and party used the Sumeru. Today the Turkish ambassador. Probably on Sunday Admiral Hughes, chief of operations, will use it. Monday, I'm inclined to believe some of the shipping board com- missioners are using it. On Saturday some of the Hoover people will use it and the party a cover several mem- bers of congress of importance . . PALS FROM HOME “Power trust” lobby technique in the “death sen- tence” fight was akin to that of the social lobby. Hold- ™mg companies Drought on scores of influential citizens from back home who ean were power company offi- clals affiliated with banks, businesses and other enter- prises. (John W. Carpenter of Texas Power and Light, “i eyed on gp Sarat Nat “Cigar Box” Patton, Deane fe ite hokding company Bill, ough when they | to get President Frank Kerr of Montana Power,! Kerr told them it just wouldn't do any good. po Voce like Joe Tumulty and Phil Gadsden called on 1} 3» While old friends from hone tearfully % Py not in behalf of any one railroad but of all west- ern lines. In a recent statement, Henry G. Taylor, chairman of the Western Association group, pointed out that the advertising, done largely in newspapers, had not only stimulated railroad travel but had caused an increased interest in the west generally. Thus, the railroads benefit. The newspapers which carried the advertisements benefited. And the probability is that the man who was influenced to travel further into his own coun- try was benefited most of all. Temporary Setback Although the death of Will Rogers and Wiley Post in an airplane accident may prove something of a set- back to aviation, it is improbable that the adverse effects will be anything but temporary—if indeed, they are felt at all, When Knute Rockne was killed on a foggy Kansas morning, the immediate effect was a falling off in air passenger travel. No such thing occurred, however, fol- lowing the death of Senator Bronson Cutting in a simi- lar mishap. On the contrary, according to the U. &. Bureau of Air Commerce, all previous records were broken last June when scheduled air lines flew 4,993,328 miles and carried 73,896 passengers. The best record for any previous month was 65,409 in August, 1931. On this basis it would seem that confidence in air lines is rap- idly increasing. But this is only one side of the aviation picture. More people are taking to the air on their own account and, while hundreds seek to step up the speed and efficiency of transport planes, other hundreds are working on the development of safe and economical plenes for use by the average man. Thus there recently was flown from Santa Monica, is almost foolproof. and 73 pilots are listed from North Dakota. years. But it is only really getting a foothold. The next five years will see advances in all phases of flying of which the average man has only the faintest hint. warned Wheeler that power interests would “destroy” him. Tumulty and the great Chairman Winnie Aldrich of Chase National bank approached Rayburn. And every effort was made to recruit the social, te litical and business friends which every congressman has in his home district. A congressman from Ohio, who wasn't persuade nevertheless said naively: is us “Funny thing, but no lobbyists came to me. Only people who urged me were just some old personal friends. T hadn't seen ‘em for years. They just happened to drop into town. Obviously, they had no personal interest in how I voted on the bill.” To which one of his more sophisticated friends re- plied: “Oh, yeah?” NEXT: What the lobbyists do to the romance of the sea, the honor of the navy, and the officer- and-a-gentieman tradition of the army. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) The Japanese are getting so sensitive that embassy representations may soon be made to anyone coming down with yellow jaundice. eee Huey Long tosses his hat into the ring, which will surprise many who had no idea he was that strong, os ao ew Yank Seana epee has to be alert these days; | r waiting le for his ticket, he’s sa to find he’s been picketing. ‘ Calif. to Washington a tailless airplane which can be turned out in quantities and which federal experts assert In the nation today there are 14,177 pilots and 6,972 aircraft licensed by the government, an increase of 455 pilots and 431 planes in the last year. Of these, 86 planes Aviation has grown steadily during the last five HAMMER THROW - JAVELIN THROW OLITICS - at the - NATION'S CAPITOL By HERBERT PLUMMER ‘Washington—“New dealers” are not saying a great deal about it publicly, but they are going in earnest about the task of emassing ammunition for use in 1936 to combat the issue of tampering with the constitution rais- ed against them. There will be no dearth of material for the use of candidates on the stump. Already printed material on the subject is being placed in their hands and more is in process of Proparation around New Deal head- quarters here. The senate committee on election of Democratic senators in ‘36 has broadcast a study of the question made by its chairman—‘Jim Ham” Lewis of Illinois. It’s Been Done Before The burden of Lewis’ defense of the New Deal and the constitution is that those acts of congress passed under the present administration were invalidated by the supreme court because of their method of ex- ecution rather than that they were unconstitutional in their object. He cites names and dates showing that during the Harding administra- tion seven acts of congress which re- ceived the president’s signature were preme court. Under the Coolidge administration the same number of acts, carrying his signature, were in- validated by the supreme court, Lewis contends. Under President Hoover, Senator Lewis charges that three adminis- tration acts carrying the policies of the government were declared un- constitutional by the supreme court. Tennis HORIZONTAL champion. 17 Velvets. 19 Lay. 23To run off rails. 28 Pertaining to the Incas. 80 Aad 48 Policeman. nobility. pionship ten- declared unconstitutional by the su- | Answer to Previous Puzsie 1 Doubles’ tennis [L[E[O[N[ATRIO[O[OTATV]7 IMCIZ] DO BOBO Boo [Ala Ale Als) MIT INE |RTAIL] WITTATe [YT [Mlo} ‘The count under the Roosevelt ad- ministration to date is six. No Novelty “This cry ‘Oh, the constitution!’ is not new,” declares Lewis. “The attempt to make it an issue has no novelty.” As proof he cites the instance when |s! President Polk on May 13, 1846, is- sued his declaration to congress for action with the respect to protection of American rights in Mexico, there (was published the following state- ment: “Upon the recommendation of President James K. Polk, the con- gress has just declared the existence of a state of war with Mexico and made an appropriation for prosecu- tion of the war. In criticizing that action the editor of the Intelligencer declared it to be ‘additional evidence of the feebleness of the constitution of the United States, which already has become a dead letter whenever it comes in conflict with executive Le ohadl @ party purpose in con- “How. familiar that sounds today,” says Lewis. “How far back our crit- ics go for the issue. How ancient and how trite it is!” He cannot be an author. Authors tell the truth sometimes. That is rude.—Elsa Maxwell, defining a gen- tleman. * * * ‘When you go into @ booth and ask for a ballot for either Hoover or Roo- sevelt, you're just asking for an in- troduction to a gatekeeper of hell.— Huey Long. “ee Money wisely spent by the govern- ment does not go into a bottomless pit but is rather like water deflected from @ stream through a turbine to gen- erate purchasing power and thence Player 17 Mover's truck. 18 Japanese coin. 20 Insect. 21 Frozen water. 10 To contend. = 22 Beret. 11Snaky fish, Ame 24 Tater. 12 Sinned. i as psoas, sFather. APTI RTE 27 She isa —— 14To require. [glA/SlEISMECIANEO handed player. 15 Loom bar. IREES|NIAIc MP 29 Sloe. Peat tele ENC) VERTICAL 34 Drunkard. 36 Iron. 38 To becloud. 29 Fowl. 50 Erases. 2Land measure. 39 Fairy. 31 Ingenuous. 52 Smell. 3 Formerly. 40 Tiny particle. 33 Pace. 53 Wing. 4 Hastened. 41 Leg. 33 Boxes. 84To inlay. 5 To scatter. 42 Game played 35 Austrian 55 Where cham- 6 Badge of valor. on horseback. 7 Yardsticks. 44 Fabric. 36To cut grass. nis games are 8 Senior. 45 Too. 37 Hair cut. played. 9 Emissary. 46 Long grass. 39 Lost color. 66 She once 128he js — 47 Cat’s foot. 48 Pertaining to defeated cham- 48 Vulgar fellow. 5 pion Helen 49 Skillet. $1Eye tumor. ai int el POL Pee et -N ie returned into the flow of trade.—H. 8. Buttenheim, New York magazine exe- cutive. ee * People of all religions declare man- kind are brethren. Yet their respec- tive bless the banners of their respective warriors when a war itarts.—George Lansbury, English La- bis Party leader. xe e Ducks don’t vote-—T. H. Beck, pres- ident, American Wild Life Institute, whén asked if any political motive lay behind Institute's co-operation | with federal government. Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answer questions Loaf to health but not dis- ease or diagnosis. Write letters briefly and in ink. Address Dr. Brady in cai ‘The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by @ stamped, addressed envelope. NUTRITION OF FAMILIES ON RELIEF Iam a minister, writes G. C. ........-+-++6.+ , at present living with my parents and serving two small churches. My elderly father makes but little at odd jobs. My salary is very small. We raise a garden and hogs and yet it is a hard matter to secure, through the winter, a proper diet. Something ought to be done about .... families on relief, as well as those who are trying to stay off of relief, for they suffer from a deficiency of vitamins, iron, protein. Thetr diet is chiefly starches. I know of many cases here (farming country in the midwest where illness and disease has claimed health and life due to such nutritional deficiencies. I know positively that families on relief have had to grovel and cower and plead to get barely enough to eat and wear. One little girl had rickets, I believe, due to wrong diet. The mother was refused fresh fruits for her, and not until the doctor who ordered the diet raised particular h--1 did she get it. . . Would it be possible for you to work out @ diet containing sufficient iron, ay and vitamins and publish it in your column? (G. C. .......s-eeseseeeees Fresh fruits have little or nothing to do with rickets. Insufficient fresh fruit or fresh green vegetables in the diet would be a factor of scurvy. Rick- ets is due rather to insufficient fresh eggs, butter, milk and cream, which are the best natural sources of vitamin D. This is the vitamin which is nec- essary to prevent rickets and weakness in muscle and bone; not only that, but vitamin D promotes development of sound teeth. Vitamin C, of which fresh fruits or their juicgs and fresh green vege- tables are the best natural sources, is necessary not only to prevent scurvy but also to preserve the teeth against decay and the gums against chronic a sponginess, bleeding, tenderness, pyorrhea, Rigg’s disease, ‘These are among the important functions of vitamins C and D. There are several other health-giving or disease-preventing effects conferred by an adequate intake of vitamins. In the winter season when fresh fruits and fresh vegetables are not available, tomato or tomato juice factory canned (not home canned) is per- haps the best source of vitamin C for infant or adult. The canning pro- cess used in the factory is the vacuum process—that is, the food is sealed in the can before it is cooked. Thus little or no air (oxygen) can act on the food during the cooking. In the home process there is more or less oxidation during cooking, and oxidation destroys vitamin C. Factory canned tomato juice is practically equivalent to any fresh fruit juice in Vitamin C content and this is fortunate for infants, for every infant should receive a daily ra- tion of tomato juice or fruit juice to insure an adequate supply of vitamin C. Of course fresh tomato juice is preferable to canned tomato juice, if it is available. Probably two eggs a day would provide all the vitamin D an adult re- Saat but an infant may need more of this vitamin in proportion with body weight. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A Lot of Cheese Last December you advised us to eat cheese, any kind, lots of it. In the Past six months I have eaten 70 pounds of smear case. My hands are just as stiff as ever when I waken at night; I cannot rise from the pew in church gracefully; nor get out of an auto any more easily than I could before I ate the smear case. But I have enjoyed the eating and I thank you for recom- mending it. (Mrs. M. C. M.) Answer—Smearcase, city hicks, is still another name for cottage cheese, Dutch cheese. Cheese of any kind is not only highly nourishing (more calories than meat) but provides elements generally needed, namely calcium and phosphorus. Every dinner should include cheese. It is economical food for everybody. Tobacco Habit ‘Three years ago I thought it would be smart to smoke a cigarette with a girl friend .... now it has become a habit and I want to break it... Iam eighteen... (Miss M. B.) Answer—Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on Tobacco Habit. | (Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) source part time work ts, etere. There che handsome DOTG- AR he offers ter the Bef Rectene a2 tle ine at Crest ke. This en: quarrel with, BRET eau « Them one te engened. Jo breaks coon es Ge ean set vores. He goes te Hollyweod. promistan to return coon. Bret Paul comes to Crest Lake as the life company decide to ture at Crest others oreive 2 tere Bree. ‘ae questions about end they quarrel, Next a calls Jo and asks ber te have ‘with him. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXVII 'UBBY glanced at Jo apprehen- “Who was that? “Yes . . . we're having bresak- fast with him.” “So 1 beard,” said Tubby. “But you can count me ont.” “Nonsense, Tubby! I want you to come.” But the buxom Davis girl shook her head stubbornly. “Not 1. You remember | eat down at the table with one of these movie men, and he told me about my figure.” “Oh, laughed Jo. not like that.” “Nevertheless ['ll take no chances,” Tubby insisted. “You just skip along downstairs, and you tell Mr. Fragonet 1 forgot 1 wanted to take @ morning walk before my bacon and eggs and toast.” Jo knew better than to argue further, and when she met Frago- net in the lobby of the inn it was without the comfort of her friend. ‘The actor, dressed in slacks and @ heavy sweater, hurried forward smiling. “It's good to see you ayer Jo...” He took ber hand, held ft so long that Jo grew ember. vassed before the alert gaze of Peyton, behind the desk of the lobby. “Please tell me you're glad to see me.” “I don't know whether | am or that was Silas Draon,” “Pet Fragonet's not.” Jo lsughed. “You've proved | Way.” rather—eball I say disturbing? — im the past.” “It won't happen again,” he promised. “Thank Heavep we won't be under scrutiny this time.” At the breakfast table he told ber of bis doings in Hollywood. and of bow he'd arranged tor the filming at Crest Lake. He asked Jo how she iiked the movie she confessed inted. fou simply must introduce : Tubby to Lolita Montez,” Jo told bim, 'Lolita’s a good e¢; said. “She works bard. she gets away like this she tries to rest.” eee UT over the coffee and morn- ing cigarets. Fragonet ceased talking ef impersonal matters. ESS UN- TAN Lowering his voice, he said, been lost without you, Jo. ft hard to leave without seeing you. The nurse delivered my notes?” “Yee. . 1” “What have you decided?” “I—I haven't decided thing,” Jo told bim. Fragonet looked relieved. “That’s fne! ! was afraid you might say you'd made up sour mind aot to return te Hollywood with me. But if you've made no decision, then f've still hope.” “But you see, i—" “Now!” be neld ap a restrain- ing band. “Don't try to decide over the breakfast table. We'll be Giming scenes bere for two or three weeks. and perbaps by theo Tl nave persuaded you.” Ais tone grew serious. “You don't have to think about Bdna now. That’s over . . . definitely.” Jo was about to speak when she heard Douglas Mersb’s voice booming jovially across the din- ing room. “Well, Pete! .. .” The two men shook hands. “I'm glad you're back again,” Douglas said. “And how are you this morning, Jo?” “Very well, thank you.” She wondered if his mother bad told him ber version of the episode in the hallway upstairs the night before. “sit down and break eggs with us,” Fragonet invited. “Hate Dranp and his crew been driving your guests away?” “On the contrary, they've at- tracted them. And of course there are the usual curious fe males who are mighty disappoint- ed to learn you didn’t come up with the rest of the company.” Fragonet laaghed easily. “That's one of the reasons why | didn’t come with the rest of the company.” “You know,” said Marsh, wink- ing slyly at Jo, “it mast be awful to have to fight of women like Pete does.” Involuntarily, Jo reddened. Marsh saw her embarrassment and was instantly contrite. He stammered for @ moment end then blurted out, “I dide‘’t meas anything by that crack, Pete.” He faltered again, and thee rushed on, “We're el} friends. Suppose 1 stop being s polite fool and we discuss this thing. Is Edna go- ing to divorce you?” “I beg your pardon, Mr Marsh,” interrupted Jo quickly. “Suppose we don’t discuss it. You see, I'd really rather not. And there’s nothing to discuss eny- any- It was Marsh's turn to grow red. “I’m sorry, Jo. [¢ was only that ['@ made s rather foolish remark and was trying te pull out of it.” “That's something s fellow should never try to do,” laughed Fragonet cheertully. Abruptly he steered the conversation into safer channels. “Drann tells me he’s going to shoot @ tew scenes this afternoon. You two bad bet- ter come down and watch. Be ing his cigaret away, he slid down from the railing and walked to meet her. “I was afraid you might let me down.” he told ber. “I was such @ fool this morning. But Tm e frank eort of cuss, and it seemed 60 silly for us to sit there and pretend.” Jo walked down the steps and out on the iswn in silence. Marsh added, “I'l admit it’s something for you and Pete to decide, Jo. But, confound it, 1 feel rather re- sponsible for you.” “Thank you.” “I mean it. I—I want you both to be sure of yourselves before you tie together, if that's what you're really thinking of.” “I haven't thought ebout it at all.” Jo told him, shading ber eyes to gain a better view of the lake shore where Dranp end bis company were already assembled. Marsh sensed that her mood of the morning bad not changed, that she still preferred not to talk about Peter Fragonet. The re alization troubled bim vaguely, made him fee! shut out from Jo Darien and her life. He won- dered just when his real interest in that life had begun—whbetber it was on that Gret night et the Olympic Bowl, or later. Perbaps, he told himself, it began on the road to the Lone Tree Tavern, the magic night he had taken Jo in his arms. eee H® disturbing thoughts were diverted as he and Jo drew closer to the shore of the lake where Drann’s carpenters bad built @ replica of s forester’s cabin. The interior was anfur- nished, and used as a storehouse for the sound and camera equip- ment, as the scenes in the interior of the cabin would be filmed at the Atlas lot in Hollywood. Ranged in s semi-circle about the front of the cabin were Drann and bis assistants, some lolling im canvas chairs, others running nervously here and there but al- ways somehow gravitating near the chair marked in huge white letters, “SILAS DRANN.” Two cameras were set up bebind him, and projecting out on 8s long erane-like arm was the black cyl- inder which Jo guessed to be the “mike” to catch the dialogue, Something had gone wrong, something was missing, and, quite evidently, Drann bad sent some- body for it. B\very quarter min- ute he would squirm around in his chair and yell, “Where ts that fellow? Where is he, anybow?” Nobody paid much attention. Lolita Montes sat rigid on her canvas chair with a sheaf of type- written pages on her lap. Her lips were moving silently, and oc- castonally she referred to the typing. Then, as Jo watched, Miss Montes nodded her head, shoved the script into a bag at the side of the chair and lit 2 Cigaret. Today, in riding breeches and a snug suede jacket, the ac- tress looked more slender than may go temperamenta) oefore | ever. he’s through and exclude all oa- do and Marsh bad joined the lookers—even the owner of the | ever-growing ors of onlookers, place!” “What time’s the shooting?” “About two, I believe Dranp vaid.” “Good!” exclaimed Marsh. ‘That's a date for 3 o'clock, Jo.” ARSH was ee for her on the veranda whep rod at twe that afternoog Tose and bis outfit were con- scious of the stares they certainly gave no sign of it. As the mip- utes passed and nothing bap- pened, Miss Montes rose isnguid- ly from ber chair end strolled Jo | around bebind the cameras. (Zo Be Continued) ss