The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1931, Page 6

T SYNOPSIS: Radic and a por- celain mask cpen a new life to Ailcon Gray after an accident énds her ctage r. She be- adomeic-dls Masque,” ‘necr of the micro- 2id cf Dwight with the stict who makes the Jimmy Crane, press agcnt who loves hor. When a woman schoots and Ainold Krenberg, movie while he is making the sender shot Kronberg but will throw the blame on Aileen. Vivienne tings done for theatre by Krcnberg's new Channing. She and Ailcen at- tend the opening, but as strang- ers to allay Kronberg's suspi- cicne. Vivienne becomes engaged to Channing. Max Klein, pro- duccr and fricnd of Aileen, is trying to learn “Adrasteia’s identity. Chapter 31 AN ALLURING HOPE 1t wac Vivienne's first experience in a broadcast studio. Both the and the precision with everything was done held ranced as she listened to each stage of the program. Sascha Lezinska appeared to hold his orchestra in his hand. His fin- gers, his eyes, and the very ges- tures of his body were expressive of command. He would signal one group of musicians, wave another into silence—dampen their volume cr bring them all into a crashing crescendo. Then Aileen began to Vivienne listened entranced. Un- geen, her hand found Channing's, and pressed it tenderly. The words of the Valse breathed new charm and witchery Never before had Vivienne been £0 delicately susceptible to the love motif of a song. Its seductive lilt galvanized her into a surge of emo- ticn. Glancing at Doctor Saunders, she sensed that he, too, felt the gpell which held her by its mag What Aileen’s sensations might be were concealed by the porcelain mask. Only in her more plaintive notes was there as suggestion of her dept hof feeling. A conscious- ness of it stabbed Vivienne. She realized the self-suppression that Aileen unwittingly v . Her song e the despairing cry of an sentenced by fate was 1 infinite capac to longing. Viv felt Channing's touch on her arm. Aileen was just finishing the final phrase of her chorus. back was toward the control room. Viv was glad of that, for as its Parfum Masqch Her | }jlwl to lay aside the mask—to be able to face the world dgain?” he asked persuasively. “There’s even |a possibility—that you might be very love It’s marvelous what we |can do in that way these days. |arew out a silver frame. In it was| For & légitia;;mios}fm?::d S a picture of a girl dressed as Santa |5 e 4 ! . i"nmn she put her hand in his and' Claus—one of Aileen that had ap- I ed in the paper prior to her| opening in Sara’s Chtistmas Stock ing. Stuck in the frame was a blank card with a single typewrit- ten line—"To La Masque from Miss gave it a gentle pressure. If you wish me to—I will,” she greed, “And—I hope—I'm doing right.” Yet even as she promised, Aileen had vague misgivings. (Copyright, 1930, by The Macaulay Santa Claus”—but there was no| signature. Company) As its meaning grew clear to her, | xS Aileen swayed and would have fall- Temcrrow Max_ Klcin, solves [ oy en if Saunders had not caught her, | (Wosmysterics. took the picture from limp fingers. With an ex-| # n of mingled pain and rage ed it to Channing. J she cried, as she saw stretch Aileen on the | davenport and bend over her. | | “Please! Doctor, please—" | But it was too late. The band of | the porcelain mask had slipped | from about her head, and Aileen/ |lay unconscious with her scarred | S > fac> exp e ‘\I ’ “Don’t worry, Miss Gray.” Saun- | h’ ders sought to pacify Vivienne. ¢ (She saw ready svmpathy and some- | |thing more in his fine gray e¥eS., .o papisnment of the so-called | “It really doesn't matter—you see % o 30 o dlied Vasiday % “sand wedge” as a legal instrum;'n = 2 2 G in the royal & el ¢ has | Late that afternoon, Alleen lay ..., M) ]Ca?:dozzm‘,::yg,ctlxl::elleiz back and listened as Saunders talk- | ooc o T e e ;d‘lfl:(“ f‘:ro‘;“”:’:’fi:_cslsoi:eiab,’:n;;]‘men( makers not to turn out any ]‘p m:f‘r bt s g-table N trick tools for the trade before get- | e % . iting sanction of the powers Aileen was quite calm, after hav-'that be, ctherwise the United States ing spent all of Christmas day in Golf ociation. |bed as Saunders ordered. She was| ave had some reaction, of | finding it rather amazing that to the abolishment of this had not even guestioned his author- |wedge,” Herbert H. Ramsay, the! |}ty — how completely willing sheinew chief executive of the U.. S. |was to place herself in his hands.|G. A. told me recently. “In under- |1t was a comfort also to feel that|stand the manufacturers feel a bit| her sister's future need no longer harsh but there is no question this itruuhlc her. She said as much to|implement comes under the head- ;Sn}mders. & |ing of a ‘contrivance.’ | ‘IL must be a relief,” he agreed| “Someone got the idea we had; ;Wl!h her. “But what you feared tacitly decided to do nothing about | for Vivienne should convince you of the wedge; in effect to let its use |the seriousness of your own situa- go along. As a matter of fact, the |tion. You can ignore Nature’s de-|association’s executive committee| mands.” i(iid not consider the question until u“Hubt T‘.m:\"}x has ha:’p;nd'ed;{or a meeting late last year. The de- e best, ileen reminde im. |cision then was clear-cut. | “Now lhnt. all this horror—over| “That's all there was to it. Since| Kronberg—is cleared up, what have then, I have had a visit from a| T to worry abo_ut—af't,er VlVl?nnC‘man representing a firm intending | n}arncs? Mé voice will take care to make a variation of the wedge.| of me handsomely—and I shan't!'1t just dawned on them that be- have any more foolish attacks, S“Ch:Iorv they put it on the market it as I had at your hospital, and that |would be a good idea to find out one last night. Once I really get before-hand whether it would be used to it all, I'm going to enjoy jlegalized by those in control of the it immensely.” |game. So the warning, at least, has “No, you won't,” he warned her.|been fruitful.” “For the time you're a mystery. ‘The average person doesn't suspect | The U. S. G. A. has about defi- ng behind the mask. Buu nitely decided to hold the new scc- that phase won't last always. The|tional qualifying competition for, public is naturally curious. Peopl2 the National Amateur champion- !you mo2et, as well. And even il ship in the same strategic cen- you could preserve your preseat|ters now serving the purpose of incognito—you would always know.” |qualifying grounds for the open “I'll forget—in time,” she in ’Ed-i'tournamcn!. They cannot, however, | “For a time, perhaps” Saunders|pe held concurrently because of THE DAILY AL IGOV.PARKS A PIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 1931. WICKERSHAMTO MAKE SPEECHES Will Be Main Speakers at Capitol Dedication, Chamber Is Toldl (Continued ffom phge 1. ity existing here, but everym:le of them wanted to be given.a free site and wanted to be financed by funds from local sources. None of them had the finances required to establish the necessary facilities, Mr. Gardner said. Under such con- ditions, the wise procedure, he add- ed, would be to organize a Juneau stock company to go into the | marine ways business. The Com- mittee, he added, is now working alcng that line. Unemployment Is Increasing | Unemployment is greatér in Ju- neau today than in many years| at this season, and is growing| steadily, yet at the same time| there are more men employed in local industries than is normally the case, declared Secretary G. H. ‘Walmsley. This situation resulted from the steady movement of men to this port, looking for employ- ment. Most of them are without funds and have no resources for| sustenance. If the movement is not | checked, he declared, it might be | necessary for a bread-line to bc! established. | Word of Juneau's fortunate po- sition has been spread widely abroad and unemployed men, hear- ing that there is little local idle- ness, have turned their steps here | in the hope of finding work that | does not, in fact, exist. Many of | them have been directed here from | Ketchikan, it was declared by M. S. Whittier. At his suggestion Sec- retary Walmsley was authorized to telegraph the Ketchikan newspaper | authority to publish a hotice was ROMANCE against unemployed coming here to seek jobs. New Bear Publicity Alaska is about to get some pub- licity from the brown bear and {one of its notable defenders—Stew~ lart Edward White. An advance | copy of an article to appear short- |ly in the Saturday Evening Post Ihas been received by the Chamber from Mr. White. It was read at the | Chamber of, Commerce teday but its publication in a newspaper is | prohibited. 1t is known that Mr. White has {advocated the creation of a new naticnal, park, to be comprised of Chichagof Island, for the protec~ tion of the brown bear, Opposition to the project was | voiced by various members of the Chamber, including Judge H. B. | LeFevre, Attorney General Rustgard .and others. “Alaska 1§ being starved to death to enter- | tain the romantic, tourist,” declared | Judge LeFevre. Mr. Rustgard volunteered to pre- pare an article for the Chamber to be submitted to the Post to answer Mr. White’s proposal. Offers Lend Support Saying that it could not under- take to foster the movement to es- tablish a recreational center, the Chamber has informed the Juneau Women's Club it would gladly lend its assistance to any organization which would sponsor the matter. It suggested that some fraternal or other society might take the leadership. The Parent-Teacher Association was' suggested by R. C. Mize as the proper body to promote the enter- prize. It is meeting this evening, and Mr. Mize said that anyone in- terested could present the sub- ject at that time for discussion. The United States Signal Corps sincerely desires to curb interfer- ence to local radio reception, said from H. W. Irvine, Chief of the lo- cal Signal Corps office. Any radio fan bothered by interference from the Government station here is in- vited to telephone Mr. Irvine, giv- ing him all the information. A communication from the Vet- shut out from their lives John| a letter received by the Chaniber! if you| important. You'd go mad attempted permanent sezlusion deor opened silently, just long enough to admit them, Colonel Sherwood and Kronberg stepped That would be unnatural—wrong. into the studio. You are young, healthy, intzllizent| “Dwight!” Viv whispered to Chan- —and you're starving for happiness. ning. “She mustn't .talk .to him Even before this happened, you alone! If he dares—" |were making an unwise sacrifice. “But he won't,” sald Channing. That’s what ails your nerves—not “Suppose we go cver and Joln just the thought of these ccars, al- them. Perhaps it's time that Kron- though they complicate the trou- berg was presented to my fiancee.” ble.” As they approached, Kronbergl “That part isn't—going to mat- smiled. Whatever caustic comment ter. I'm not—going to let it.” he was about to make, was silenced| “You can’t help it,” Saunders by Channings announcement.itcld her. “Every normal woman Kronberg managed to murmur well wishes to live her life completely. phrased congratulations, but &s Love—when it comes—has a right his eyes met Channing's, their ex- to express itself. Aileen, I'm a pression was not lost on Aileen or plastic surgeon. I was able to do Vivienne. A faint raising of Kron-ia lot for a number of men who berg's eyebrows gave evidence of | were terribly mussed up in the war. his taking up the gauntlet that I'm sure I can do as much for you Channing tossed him. —if you'll let me try.” “At least,” he smiled ironically, “one of our current mysteries is|worse?” she asked pathetically. edlved very pleasantly. N'est-ce-pas,|“I've seen myself—and I can’t be- Mademoiselle?” He turned mocking-lieve I ever could look—human.” 1y to Aileen. Then with one of his| “Won't you trust me when I tell stiffest bows he wished them alycu_mm I'm certain I can help? mérry Christmas and walked off Some day, you're going to meet a with Colonel Sherwood. man, and you're going to be tey- All of them felt a distinct relieflrib]y cruel to him if you don’t take when they arrived in Mlaen‘slthls chance. But totally aside from cuite at the Ambassador. Jimmy that, you have your future to com- Crane and Klein had already ar-isider. You're not the kind to flinch. rived, and with Nora Nolan's help.‘Su, by refusing what I suggest, the three were busy trimming a youre even more cruel to your- miniature Christmas tree. self—and - to those who care for “Suppose we open our presents,”iyou.” Viv proposed, impatiently aware of | Forgetting that her face was one that she knew awaited hen,blre Aileen lay there with closed “You start, Aileen,” she added asteyes, grappling with herself. Al- she noticed Channing's fingers Imough she could not see him, she dip into his waistcoat pocket. |was aware of Saunders looking at “All right,” said Aileen, as eager her with more than professional as Viv to see the engagement ring.|interest. The hope he held out for corrected Hher. “But that is least the difference in dates, the openi |stances. being played in July and the ama- teur finals in September. President Ramsay says: “The only objection I have heard | voiced to the new sectional plan for the amateur is that we cannot find 150 players qualified for this championship event. This objection might be made under any circum- It probably is based on fact but what we are mainly inter- {ested in is giving every good golfer a chance to qualify. “The sectional preliminaries will be a step toward accomplishing this, without altering for the time {being the championship tournament itself. As a matter of fact the field will be about the same size as Beverly this year as it was at Me:- ion. last September—about 150. | “By a more selective preliminary | K g iprocess, we will give more oppor- “Wouldn't it only make matters tunity to a bigger number of play- | {ers. Medals will go to the winners jof the 20 sectional qualifying events, so that some further dis. Itinction will be attached to the competition. “We will in this way deveiop championship talent more quickly. As to whether, in the future, we may alter the finals, to eliminate the much-discussed 18-hole match- es, I cannot say. That may come. Now we consider the combination of medal play 18 hole and then 36 hole match play as the best all- around test.” i SR G L BILLION IN AUTO TAXES WASHINGTON, Feb. 5— Motor vehicle owrlers in the United States paid a tax bill of $1,060,000,000 in 1930, more than double the total She began to untie the packet Nora her was alluring, and yet it frigh- had handed her. It was flat, ob- tened her. long and from the inner tissue she| “Wouldn't it make. you ha Juneau’s Pacific Apfa(:;d Fuel Coast to Merchant Wharf C%g L for Phone: } 135 Years . 412 ppy— ' mobile Association. PACIFIC COAST COAL COMPANY taxes paid by the railroads of the country, says the American Auto- All Grades of Coal .and Diamond Briquets (S oy | ] : ( sl = — \Quickly, But Marriage Is Brief ‘MOSTAR, Jugo-8lavia, Feb. 5.— Sheig Mahmud of the Wahabis of Arabia had the experience herc of winning, losing .and divorcing a| new wife within a few hours. He came to' Mostar to organize | the 1031 pilgrimage tC Mecca among M o h am medans Herzegovina. Shortly after \.“ arrival he met a comely maides upersuaded her to marry himi. He chut up his bride in a roopm an - inn, then went forth to. telebrite. Btt he tarried too long at the table, for . when he returned his bride had flad with a younger man. ) THe noxt morning Sheik Mah- mud, went back to the Moham- medan priest who had married him |and obtained an annulment of the union. documents, including the Declara- tion of Independence and Federal Constitution, for schbols;, ete, to combat the growing propaganda {being spread throughout the coun- try by Communists. The propa- anda bureau of the Communists, iit said, is particularly directing its efforts toward children throughout ‘the country. To date the Chamber has re- lceived a total of 133 renewals of memberships for 1931, as a result of its mail campaign. The total re- ceipts are $2,372, of which $1267 was in cash and the balance in | pledges, ecretary Walmsley re- ported. !ber received 57 requests for infor- mation of various kinds. All of them were answered by the Sec- retary’s office. MRS O N A Seventy years after he died in ‘'mid Lake, Nev., a monument will be erected to honor Capt. Edward T. Sterey, Georgia-born Indian fighter of early western days. The St. Louis Browns have sched- erans of Foreign Wars offered tojuled only four games with major auspices of the Women of Moose- provide the, Chamber with framed lcague clubs for spring training. | During the past week, the Cham- action against Pah-Utes near Pyra-| | DOUGLAS NEWS WOMEN’S CLUB GIVING | YEARLY AFFAIR FRIDAY The annual event, card party and dance, of the Douglas Island | Women's _Club occupies the social Ecalendar for tomorrow evening. To raise funds for carrying on their |community service is the object of |the affair which is to be held in| |the Eagles’ Hall i The entertainment will start at 8 o'cleck with the card playing. |There will be tables for both bridge and whist, and good prizes |are offered. Refreshments will follow the cards, and then dancing |will wind up the evening. Every- ;one will be welcome and a large! |attendance is hoped for. | | REFRFSRmz~+~ 20 FOLLOW FIRE MEETING TONIGHT A feed has been prepared for the Douglas Firemen to follow the! regular meeting of the department tonight. You couldn't guess what| |they are going to have so we might as well tell you—“chicken fricasee”, the committee calls it. So all the firemen are expected to turn out. MASQUERADE There will be three prizes for the women and three for the men at the Valentine masquerade dance to be given Saturday night in Moose Hall according to announcement | Imade today by the special com- mittee in charge. ‘The prizes are for the most ap- propriate, most original and most comical. The masquerade is under the heart Legion. 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