The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1929, Page 6

PR yon to that extent? I'm all afire for THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, OCT. 31, 1929. E LUXURY HUSBAND DU P LG BY MAXSIE SRELQ A ‘“SYNOPSIS: While Barbara [in the show? Maybe, Ray, we'll both futilcly attempts gaiety in her (find ourselves famous @coision to reopen her country | “I know . BOme with a gorgeous ball, a | #imple party at Bill Foster's wpurtment cclebrates the suc- | of Rav's “Grievin’ Blues” at | ficlnb that night. Included | ‘ambng the gucsts is Pete An- Welm, millionaire manufacturer @t floor lamps, and a friend of Wita’s since childhood. Anheim, “Barbara? . .. . “My wife,” he nodded much.” Her face cleared So it was like that. There was always nother Jong reconciled to Rita's laugh- | woman somewhere in a man’s life. iz refusals of his marriage | “You don't care for cach other?” Proposals, is convinced Ray is | “We do—that's the worst of i Ber choice and determines he | he exclaimed, suddenly. “Money shall be included in a the trouble with her—too much of Petc has under comsideration. |it. Care to hear about it, Rita?” The next night, Rita comes to she nodded listlessly, “Sure—go $he ciub in cxcited happiness— 'ahsad.” | with 'good news for Ray. | Presently he began talking softly, | telling of how Barbara and he had |loved in the heyday of his wealthy |boyhood—then of his father’s sui- Rita lived in an ungainly stonc|cide and his own disappearance. apartment house, inhabited mainly Later of meeting | Barbara on the, by theatricals, musicians, artists|Vendena and of the events that had and the like. | Chapter 28 DREAMS—AND REALITY culminated in their marriage. Fin- Despite. the lateness of the hour, |ally he told of the mental agony a8 she and Ray climbed to thethat had caused him to break defi- third floor a medley of sounds came |nitely with his wife. out from the surrounding apart-| “But I intended it to be only a ments. | temporary measure,” he concluded. *Not much peace and quiet, eh?”)“I love Barbara. I've still hopes that laughed Ray. we'll eventually patch it up again. “orhis i§ the time when they live |If I can put this score across, it here. During the day it's like a|may be soon—gloriously soonl!” morgue.” ' The girl forced a smile. She felt Bita’s apartment was artistic, yet {suddenly all dead inside her, buf combined solid comfort. The fur-|Ray, carried away by his own sur- miture, mostly old, had been pur- | prising good fortune, didn’'t notice ichased at auction sales, the new-Ithe change that had come over her. ‘est articles in the living room being two stupendous floor lamps. “Pete’s offering,” smiled Rita. As Ray wandered about, examin- arig the collection of signed photo- graphs of girls and men who wore |course, he might have told her the undeniable stamp of the the-|sooner, but he had never suggested atrical profession, Rita brought sup- by his manner that they were any- pér from the kitchene and laid it {thing more than fricnds, in the table. Presently, standing by the open| i/ “What's the celebration?” Ray in-{door, she watched Ray. disappear | quired. “You haven't told me the |down the stairs, two at a time, and big idea yet? Women seem to de-|heard his happy, excited whistle | Hght in hanging onto good news|growing fainter in the dl.‘»(an(‘r‘,.; in'a tantalizing manner . . . And|She shut the door with a little] men hate awfully to be kept in|snap. suspense.” Life was a queer tangle. Con- ‘But she persisted in keeping si- [tinually you awoke to find your- Ignt about it. Leisurely she pour-|self in love with some one who did efl the coffee, experiencing all the not reciprocate. keen delights of anticipation. She straightened herself with a ““3t's this, Ray,” she told him at|jerk. She didn't have to cure her-| M4st. “You remember meeting|self of the emotional madness of | ?ébe Anheim last night? Well, he|past weeks! But—she would have to| Seehs mighty struck with your|help Ray work on that score. She fiusic. At lunch today he told|couldn’t be so rotten a sport as to mme that a young fellow in whom|let him down now! e 'is interested has written a book | And she was a good as her word. mevlle. They're aiming to put it|In the weeks that followed, she ‘on Broadway. Petc’s backing it fi-|rendered invaluable assistance to| méneially and he thought that it! Ray, encouraging, criticizing and might be a first rate chance for|taking down notes as he played $ou if you were to have a shot at/them. Gradually they drifted into 'f!t]ng the score.” the habit of returning to her apart- "RAy was staring at her dazedly, ment after the club had closed Mis face working convulsively. The |down and of working on, sometimes ekt moment he had sprung to his|into the dawn. fe8b, almost upsetting the table. | Those first days Rita tried to “Ritd—do you mean that?” make herself believe that her chief #Bure. You don’t think I'd kid|interest in Ray lay in their mutual wotk, but she was too basically honest to fool herself for long. Hours when they were not together seemed interminably long, and there came & time when she frankly ad- mitted that she could not volun- tarily have given up Ray, even had she wished to. “Yowll help me, won't you?” “Yes, I'll help you, Ray—" She was trying to be a good little sport. She couldn’t blame Ray for being in love with his wife. Of you to begin. I'm sure you've got the stuff in you—the stuff that mne public . . . ” e was striding up and down the ‘littlé box of a room. Suddenly, coming to a standstill, his hands shot out and he grasped the girl by.‘the shoulders. She forced herself to live entite- {745 can't believe it yet! That|ly in the present. With a philo- frdend of yours, Mr. Anheim, must |sophical shrug she concluded that be m peach! But, of course, it's|many things might happen. His really you I have to thank for this!wife might grow tired of waiting ~When am I {o begin on it?” and find consolation elsewhere. Ray # At once. And I could help you |nimself, might grow to prefer her. with it—if you wanted me t0—" ' In the meantime life was very “Sure, 1 want you to!" quickly.|good, well worth while. The day “IN never be able to thank you|the producer approved their ini- sufficlently . . .~ tlal efforts they were like two de-| L#There doesn’t need to be any mented creatures, intoxicated with thanks shooting around among pals | joy. - What dreams they shared| % that night over the dinner table! i“Pals,” he exclaimed, taking her|with renewed vigor they returned wp quickly. “Yes—that's what we; e, 85 . a3 POLLY AND HER PALS COME, PAW, TELL US WHAT Y'SAW IN ASHUR'S OFFICE! BEHOLD. HON. FA, qi5 ONLY L. THE HUMBLE NEEWAH A DROP OF | HIS LIFE, — T IN By CLIFF STERRET'iI‘M BUT SEEIN ITS i MEBRE HIS | LAST WISH, 1D BETTER FETCH | HM A CupP! to their work. Success stimulated | them to an amazing extent, z\nal‘ lyrics, brimful of melody, came (0} DOUGLAS life almost too fast for them to| put on paper. | Rita was alternately wildly hap- | py and strangely depressed Ray, absorbed in his work, was happy, dreaming of the day when, with a | jazz crown of fame, he could claim | JOHNSON Barbara for his own again. i (Copyright, Dial Press) MISS ARRIVES Miss Hazel Johnson, successor to Miss Martha Brennecke, as third, | fourth and fifth grade teacher, ar- rived on the Northwestern yester- day and assumed her duties in the Douglas school today. She plans to “batch” with Miss Shier. e — FINANCES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE The solitary paths of Bar- bara and Ray cross again in to- morrow’s chapter. ——————— NOTIC! Mrs. Henry Sully wishes to an- nounce that her shop will be closed | LIBRARY indefinitely. —adyv. SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION No. 2986-A In the District Court for the Dis- trict of Alaska, Division Num- ber One, at Juneau. HELEN CURTIS, Plaintiff, VERN CURTIS, Defendant. To VERN CURTIS, the abovel named defendant, GREETING: IN THE NAME OF THE UNIT- ED STATES OF AMERICA, you are hereby commanded to appear in the above entitled court holden at Juneau, in sald Division and District, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff filed against you in the above entitled action, with- in thirty days from the date of the service of this summons and a copy of said complaint upon you, and if you fail to so appear and an- swer, for want thereof, the plain- tiff will take judgment against you for the dissolution of the bonds of matrimony - now existing between plaintiff and defendant, and the custody of the minor child of plaintiff and defendant, and will [able evening. apply to the court for the relief N demanded in said complaint, a REBEKAH CARD PARTY copy of which is served herewith and to which reference is hereby made. The date of the order for pub-| lication of this summons i8 Octo- ber 16th, 1920. The period of pub- lication prescribed in said order: is four weeks. The first publication of same is October 17th, 1929, and the last publication of same is No- v!iab;r ll:‘u;l ;9?9, dnn;i i:he time| 1In celebration or Hallowe'en, the wi which defendan to ap-isixth, geventh and eighth grades pear to answer this summons h.nim'p?flithedzeulI‘ly evgenmxz, thirty days after the completion of - - : the last publication. 1 - NO MORE CORNS CAL At the meeting of the Douglas Library Association yesterday, it was found after checking up re- eipts and expenses, that the play ‘Aunt Betty of Butte” netted the library $66.35. ‘The total receipts Vvs.|were $91.75 and expenses $25.40. Library ladles still have a surplus of cash for future use. 5 AR SERVICES ¥On "ATHOLICS In observation of “All Saints” day, mass will be held in the Doug- las Catholic church Friday morn- ing at 8 o'clock. ————————— HALLOWE'EN DANCE TONIGHT Everyone is invited to attend the dance belng given in the Eagles Hall tonight in celebration of Hal- lowe'en. Douglas' new dance or- chestra, “King's Tricky Trio,” with a repertoire of the very latest music will play, assuring a lively, enjoy- Next Saturday evening the Re- bekahs will entertain with a card party in the Odd Fellows hall, starting at 8 o'clock. Preparations are being made to accommodate a large crowd as guests from both sides of the channel are expected. i WM TSR HALLOWEEN PARTIES . Dated at Juneau, Alaska, October 16th, 1929. (Seal) JOHN H. DUNN, i S Tl B OB R r ‘w weite: END-O-CORN LAB- %-rofl & 1 Garfeld Bivd, Chichgo o that you receive a 1 Deputy. First publication, Oct, 17, 1929. Last publication, Nov. 14, 1929. B — are—wonderful pals, isn't it, Rita?” *“Here, stop your ranting and have somie more coffee.” J “Bhe laughed, but there was a sus- | plgjous throb in her laughter. His Btain was in a whirl! To be asked to write the score for a revue! | “you'll have to step on it,” Rita was . “Pete’s going to get the uger .to send the book ‘'round morrow.” > orrow? I wish they weren't ct: in Bill's apartment about affer midnight—that's the time I febl most inspired.” \#Why ‘can't we work here on my ino? ‘No one cares how much Yow you kick up. Did I tell you that Pete is going to get me placed VICTOR RADIO | 10 Tubes Complete $178.00 A Late Assortment of VICTOR RECORDS Now Being Demonstrated JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Temporary location over Dr. Pigg's Office To Attend A Peppy i . Hallowe’en | Dance Take the Ferry to Douglas Thursday : Night King's Tricky Trio will furnish the music Eagles’ Hall DOUGLAS . Gentlemen $1.00 Repairing AERIALS ERECTED A compleet stock of Batteries, Tubes, Aerial Wire, etc. Capital Electric Co. Edison Mazda Lémps ABSOLUTELY THE STANDARD OF COMPARISON Alaska Eleetric Light & Power Co. Juneau—Phone No. 6 Douglas—Phone No. 18 3 LAUNDRY SERVICE” idat X for Dry Cleaning and Pressing ALASKA LAUNDRY In New Building on Shattuck Way “THE LAUNDRY DOES IT BEST"” “YOUR ALASKA After settling their accounts, the| Clerk of the Distriet Court for the it Opras, G0rms betw District of Alaska, Division No. G A e One. e ) 05. o ki om ol nfltm By N. B. COOK, | imea “‘“‘gk eominit heRY. mornie | October 30 in tnew: crass rooms. The sixth and seventh graders, under the supervision of Miss Shier, Gastineau had appropriately decorated mmr‘ Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Dunbar, H. room with orange and black stream- |~ antelow, Oliver Anderson, Se- ers and colorful drawings on me‘nttle; Mrs. ¥da M. Frey; J. B. Dar- {boards. In the early part of the|,op jr, Los Angeles; Frank Wil- |evening games were played. Tyra |y, 1, St. Michael; Chester John- | Wahto won the peanut race. son, Petersburg; Jerry Wootan; Prizes for costumes were awarded | orporal C. G. Barber, Prince Rup- | to ner Shafer, best-dressed girl|e¢ B. C.; W. R. Selfridge, Ket- |ana Albert Fleek, best-dressed boy; |chikan; H. McN. Fraser, H. Clough, to Mary Loken, most comical girl;|yancouver, B. C.; Calvin S. Hall, Dickie Kilburn and Gordon Mills, | gaines; James Troped, Skagway; | most comical boys. M. McDonald; O. K. McManus. Just before refreshments were Alaskan served, horns were passed out, and| Mrs. H. J. Raymond, Baranof; the noise that followed made it|Mrs. E. Felton, Hoonah; O. G. {sound like New Year. Hillues; R. E. Deardorf, E. H. Dar- | Freshmen were the guests of the |tholf, Taku; A. F. Stander, Seward; eighth graders at their party. They |R. Selist, Seattle; Paul Peterson,| |played games, had guessing con-|Gus Trolander, Skagway. | tests and answered questions. Dif- Zynda | ferent stunts were performed, after| A. W. Fox, Hyder; Mr. and Mrs. | which the prizes for best costumed |Growning. characters were awarded to Albert ———————— Stragier and Astrid Loken. Y I To wind up the fun, refreshments | HALLOWE'EN MASQUERADE | were served. ! e+ Ferry will leave iux Douglas at N 1 o'clock Friday morning LEAGUE MEETING OFF : g i The regular weekly sewing session the Moose affair Thursday night. |of the Ladies League, scheduled for —adv. tonight, has been postponed, accord- ng to an announcement made late | this afternoon. — il Dell E. Sheri, vuneau’s plano uner. Hotel Gastineau. —adv G | F.0.E. 1 HALLOWE'EN DANCE EAGLES’ HALL, DOUGLAS Thursday Night, Oct. 31 Music by the “SNAPPY JAZZ TRIO” ORCHESTRA 1 Admission, Gentleman Sl.' JAARRRRRRRREERERRO AR | | NOTICE | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN [that I, JOHN H. WALMER, have |purchased the interest of Thomas |M. Darby in the “Old U & I Cafe”, lin Juneau, Alaska, and that the | partnership hertofore existing be- tween John Sisul and Thomas M. Darby, now deceased, has been dis- solved; that all debts of said busi- ness contracted up to and includ- ing Oectober 20, 1929, will be paid by said John Sisul and the estate of Thomas M. Darby, deceased; that |debts contracted from and after October 20, 1920, will ‘be paid by said John Sisul and John H.| |Walmer, who will continue in said business as a co-partnership con- |sisting of themselves. This change in said business took place as of October 21, 1929. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, October 25, 1929. JOHN SISUL, JOHN H. WALMER, THOMAS M. DARBY, now deceased, by Esther Darby, as Administratrix of the estate of Thomas M. Dar- ! by, deceased. 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