The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 13, 1933, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1933 The WHITE | by MIGNON G. COCKATOO EBERHART PO RO CHAPTER 1; HOTEL IN ARMENE HE thing began, as it ended with the white cockatoo. His name was Pucci, and he zave me a doubtful glance from his §hining black eyes and sidled nearer, peering over my arm while I wrote, as if what he saw might confirm his suspicion. He cocked his head on one side, ruffled up the pale yellow feathers of his crest, and watched my pen in a knowing fashion while I filled out the card of arrival which the hotel clerk— who was also the manager—had handed me. The card had thoughtfully been printed in two lan- guages, French and English, and I filled in the bianks rap- idly. Date: November 29, 1931. Surname: Sundean. Chris- tian name: James At place of residence I hesitated; I wouldn’t say Mos- cow, for I loathed the place, and as a matter of fact 1 had not been in Moscow but north of it.& —- My thoughts hovered indecisively | sound but distinctly congratulatory York, Chicago, Denver. The card 5 a soft white feather which had plainly said “Permanent residence,” | clung to his beak, and took another and pernianent residence was a sidelong thing L had not. The cockatoo's| The manage Rl s a ca 4 looke waiting black eyes, no less than the hudos cit” in g fousness that the swarthy, fat various aid: “Pucel, Pue- atmy s ire on the register. He was a short, fat fellow, dark- ish and inclined to glisten. He wore four heavy ring | set with stones, one of which was a very dubiously cut diamond, and his creased and rounded waistcoat would have been derably improved by a trip to himselt | the cleaner’s. beak under I was at a loss to guess his nation- Lhere v a touch of the Ger- ut him and, faintly, of the Itali his gestures were French, across the desk and to write my|ang there was something vagtely name also in the open register| Hebraic about his full red mouth which the manager was polding o | ang his dark eyes, which were set | ward me. e page on which Lwrote | just a hair's breadth too close to- was entirely bare except for an ink | gether above the coarse.y aquiline blot. and it gave me what, | later | yridge of his nose. It was therefore found, was a quite correct impres | something of a shock when he met sion that in November there were| my eyes again, beamed broadly, not m: t the hoetel me | did not cons manager across the desk was noting tation. nudged me to New York Arriving | in | my brief b decision, and 1 wrote Occupation: engineer. Be ec from: The vigorously, | katoo scratched urved it hurried the one wing; he withdrew | ati | to | an g Iy watch me push paper gons rubbed his fat hands together, and | | said: b The cockatoo | when 1 put d l “§ TOO. | hand me, am an American” His | ( the ne in it and | w r desk and | put m hoar ble as tor the pen; nhe mur which w | | | | Notices for" this churcn comumn must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sermon topics. etec. | And never —Edgar Guest 11:30 a.m.—Bible Sc Asserts His Kingship.” Mark 11:1- (‘F First Church of Christ, i Scientist \ 3 Sunday serviees will be held at | 81 am. in the First Church of‘Mlswm' ‘ Christ, Scientist, Juneau, on Fifta| 7:30 p.m.—Evening service. and Main Streets. The subject will | Special music will be had at bn!}\ be, “Mortals and Immortals.” | cervices, A cordial invita 12:15 p.m—Suraay School. given to attend all these Wedtiesday. 8:00 p.m. “Testi- | L€t us remember Mother. oria b AR 3 | Wednesday —7:30 p.m.—Midweek Christian Sclence Reading Room | Praver f‘ Y In church building. This room is| A cordial invitation open to the public Wednesday aftec- | Attend these services. noons from 2:30 to 4. 1"‘ The public is cordially invited to | pttend these services and visit the| reading room. 5 f | 2:30 pm. — Services at Douglas| | services. is given to! | Corner of Third and Malin Streets ! REV. ERLING K. OLAFSON. | Pastor. \ “The Frienaly Church” No services as pastor is attending! Catholic Church Church of the Nativity 8 Fifth and Gold Streets Rev. WM. G. LeVASSEUR, 8.J., | Pastor 6:30 am.—Holy Mass in Hospital Chapel. 8:00 a.m—Holy Mass and In- structions in Church. 10:30 a.m.—High Mass and Ser-| mon in Church. | 7:30° pm.—Rosary and Benedic-| Most Synod in Seattle. | 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School. Mrs.| Belle Knudson will have charge of| senior boys. & {4 Al | The Vy. Rev. CHARLES E. RICE, Dean. 8:0C am.—Holy Communion. 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11.60 a.m.—Morning Prayer and| Serm.cn. | Social meeting of the Guild Wed- | nesday afternoon in Trinity Hall. Confirmation Class meets Tues-| day evenings in the Cathedral, at [7:30 o'clock. Toly Trinity Cathedral tion of the Blessed Sacra- ment. 8:00 a.m. Daily—Holy Mass Church. 7:30 p.m—Rosary and Benedic- tion of the Most Blessed Sacrament each evening during the month of May. " First Presbyterian Church wl‘ in | ¥ Metropolitan Methodist | Iy Episcopal Church | “The church with the cordial wel- come.” Fourth and Seward Streets Rev. HENKY . CROSS “You look surprised to see us]. put — | DAVID WAGGONER, Minister. Sunday services: 1 10:30 a. m.—Mother's Day. “Let every day be Mother’s Day, Make roses grow along her way | We plan to be here regularly. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG HE'S GITTIN' WORSE !! ‘WOT'LL WE DO, JERRY % DO, AL BARNEY'LL > | Resurrection Lutieran Church ' | | to honor - ] | Northern Light Presbyterian lit a pleasing tribute if we attend ~ 'SNOTHIN' WE CAN ANY MINUTE WITH THE \ SPECIALIST--- *Mine is in Chicago. My name is Lovschiem. Marcus Lovschiem. Well, well. I've got a brother in New York. He took out his papers of citizenship the same year [ got mine. He s In the bootlegging busi- s rather unpleasant; damp, per- haps. “Glad to see you. Glad to see you he went on hear “Many Americans come here during the tourist season. They come to see the palace and the old Roman ruins. | ness and,” he added simply, “he’s 3ut not many, during the winter. | doing very well.” So your home is in New York?" 1 thought it possible; indeed, i probable. But I wondered what this selfstyled American citizen was do ing here in a.small, forgotten French town. He knew my thoughts. 1 was | was obliged to say that It was, After all, N York as well as any other—cr better, as far as choice Fe “Dear Ch tell little scared us, I want a church my wife and s sake, how you why. The other day 1, 13 years of age, sort en’ she s: Mam! what the inside like’ I turned id, ‘Mary, for heav- are we bringing up May we su We just eat and|at 10:50 and enj ' t 0 way Moment which live, and tot ungster You neced Let’s start to do fferently.” We| the church neceds yor had sense enough to talk it over| pleasuer of greeting ke up our minds that no ours would ever So here d to keep slip by n the may rence ral prayer, Thy Moth- A oken will be given to see 9 mother attending this serv- looks fo en that _you ‘0 the s wreh, and u—give us the you this Sun- come he an o ice? ¥s one This 3 VERNON ed in your home. “Where hungry satisf 1 even Pastor ouls are am. to 12 noon—Fami We invite all the mothers to sic by the, Choir. Story and sermon Pastor. | Lec : Regular service. 8 day Worship. of the this ser Junior by the Sabbath, M 1:30 p.m.—Sabbath School 2:30 D.m.—Sermon, pm. — Evening Worship. Bethel Pentecostal Assembly and help ng some of he old songs that used to be sung so many homes around the 0. The chorus will sing “Moth-| Sunday services: Too Weary” and the 11:00 am. Morning wors} tte “Mother’s Day Dox-| Subject, “Honor Thy Mother.” Lieutenant Bender, of the| 12:00 noon—Bible School. 'my, will be the speak-| 7:45 p.m—Evening s Her text will be found in 2/ Tuesday and Friday, T: Timothy 3 verses 14 and 15. | Evangelistic Services. “I was glad when they said unto, Everyone cordially us go into the house of)these services. the Lord.” May gladness fill your| The Lord’s Supper the first Sun- i heart as you accept this invitation'day of each month. Mother by coming our Heavenly Father's house. 7:30 ! CHARLES €. PERSONEUS. Pastor. sver = ¢ e The Ezlvatiun‘ Army :, - Charch Sunday, 7+ - 1% | ing. Corner . Fourth and Franklin Sts.| Sunday, REV. JOHN A. GLASSE, Minister School. Mrs. J. C. Stapleton, Director j Sunday, Mrs. Trevor Davis, Organist ,m(-p;mg, 2:30 p.m.—Praise meet- Sunday 6:30 p. m. 7:30 pm, Salvation “Where Welcome and Worship e | Meet” o) 3 o “God could not be e erywhe:-e"('r";{ Bill GI“JPSR' i oosevelt 1gic s0o He gave us mothers'—that isj | g I gy, but we can sym-/ y 3 | conecad R 4 Control of Money pathize with the one who thus, d to pay a fitting tribute to| Mother. Would mother consider| ‘CO}ILinuefj from Page Ome) church this Sunday, Mother's and distributors. Day? y 1. Provides for a $2,000,000,00 10:00 am—Sunday School. = An jssue of 4 par cent Federal Land hour of song and study that you Bank bonds, interest to be guar- will Irke. anteed by the governmer 11:00 a.m. Morning worship. 2. Authorizes the land banks to | Minister's subject, “The Mother- purchase first mortgages or ¢ hood of God.” Anthem, “Mother exchange the bonds for them, on a Love” , (Christie). Solo by Mrs. basis of unpaid balance of 50 per - / SV~ How LONG IS THE DOCTOR GONNA KEEP ME WAITIN'3 WHAT'S HE DOIN' IN THERE 7?2 SOUNDS LIKE HIM AN' HIS LADY ERIEND ARE EATIN' ICE CREAM OR SUMP'N . WHEN HE QUGHTTA BE TENDIN' TO BUSINESS - LISSEN . = D'YE HEAR o = 3 5 BE HERE invited to aii; to discover that he frequently kuew s thoughts. *You are asking yourself why 1 o am here? dark hand from his cockatoo’s erest to point roguishly at me—"isn’t that Circumstances, Circumstances. This post offered it- | self, and | took it, gladly.” 1 had no reason whatever to sus pect as I did that the circums were unsavory. end and had no intention of be coming that, and I dislike roguish right? fr plus 20 on ized nde TORGERSON BROS. - Phone 16 to farme Poultry and Egg Station Little | cent of the appraised land valu2 per only five fran bill, but.a rc diflicult, s a day added to my m with a bath was T was here that, reached toward there occurred a thing. He didn’t try to keep me. It is a loug and lean seasom, win ter in Armene, with few tourist braving, for more than a night two, its bitter, incessant wind, yet this manager was apparently quite willing to see & paying guest walk out of his hotei and go to another. It did not, however, occur to me at the moment as being strange. 1 was preoccupied with another affair, Such small things decide one's destiny, Things that are wildly and absurdly out of proportion with the trains of events they involve. What I'm trying to say is that at that mo- ment the deciding factor was for me a faint, delicious smell of roasting meat. It was as prosaic as that; welirdly prosaic in view of what fol- lowed. Lovschiem had not spoken. When I dropped my bag and faced him again 1 surprised a look in his dark eyes which fled back at once into the murky depths from which it came, but which nevertheless I was to remember. Isaid: “But you do have an empty room with a bath?" “Yes,” he said, barely. reluctant “But it is over there, across the court.” He motloned toward the door which led into a large square courtyard, which 1 had barely noted, getting out of the taxi which brought me from the train and crossing toward the lighted door of the lobby, as being a cold place of bare, gray-white paving and walls, with dark-blue shadows moving here and there as the rising wind swayed the shrubs and vines that grew densely In the corners. It was enclosed on three sides by the hogel and on one side by a wall with an arched entrance. The north wing, we my rather ness, Moreover, I was tired and cold and hungry. : 1 sald no doubt and that 1 should like a room with a bath. On this he became thoughtful. Rooms with baths were a little dif- ficult. The hotel was old, 1 surely unders d while it had plumb- ing, still, the plumbing had been added many years after the hotel had been built and was not, even now, quite adequate. 1 could have a bath, yes; I could even have a daily bath if I insisted, which would be Ah—" he lifted his fat, my friend. nces But 1 was not his 7. Reconstru poration loans interest on out- nd bank mortgage loans Cor- for Finance $100,000,000 ion cent of improvem:nt of iptions of in surplus paid | litate land b: the pro; nks to fac ram to Mrs. Reocdvelt’s Magazit o to Quit Finan condition luce inter and susp 1 on ¢ NEW YORK, May 13 mad by Inc., Just Babie anklin Rc as Fadden F TS, & D ed pervis tinue tion with the June ue, until financial condition: publica “at least improve." directly opposite, loomed a black bulk and fooked deésolate and gecre- tive, rising there in the shadow. “It Is, as you see, the north wing, and a little chilly perbdps when the wind’Is from the north. It is a nice room, however, and it bas a bath. But people do not like the north wing in winter, and it is quite de- serted.” “Let me have it,” I said. will dinner be served?” He told me and summoned a porter, 1saw no one save the porter 1 followed him and my bags through a cold and rather barren- ooking lounge, with wicker chairs and a bare floor and a few anemic- looking potted palms, toward the vator. It was a very small ele- vator, so small that the porter was obliged to take me up to the second floor and then return for my bags while I stood in the upper hall and waited, The hotel was, I saw at once, much larger than my hurried glimpse of it through wind and dusk had led me to belleve. But I did not, at that time, particularly note the curious architecture of the place. The lounge was a kind of inside court, extending upward past two stories and their railed passages, which made encircling galleries, to the skylighted roof. We left the lounge well and apparently the main portion of the hotel and wound our way through half-lit, car- peted corridors, down a little flight of steps, and around several unex- pected turns until we reached the north wing. There we turned abruptly through a door and walked along a very cold and narrow passage with closed, dark doors on one side and a wall of windows on the other till we reached at the very end of this high- ly unprepossessing passage the room that was to be mine. There was no sound but the eerie wind. There was no human near. (Copyright. 1933, Mignon Q. Eberhart) “When as Sundean overhears a low- voiced consultaticn, Monday, Te go with that 'K YOUR GROCER FOR Genuine Rye Bread with Caraway Flavor Made with the Best Eastern Rye Flour WHITE LINE CABS 25 cents in City by Expert TELEPHONE 444 White Line Cab and Ambulance Co. - PHONE 31 Direct from Producer to You Telephone 263 ——'"3,,—,_.—"_—_—) UNITED FOOD CO. 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