Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1930, Page 110

16, Gadc be—— A ———————————————————— Yea'a First-Run Fic- tion by the Highest Paid Writer of Short Stories. And You May Know the Characters of Miss Hurst’s Un- usual Yarn. HE was one of those girls in the clever ! position of being able to debate between her mind and her emotions the advisa- bility, the pros and coxs, the yeas and nays of marriage. : That is, she had a business college degree, Conway. There were after all countless iderations which made it somewhat more gomplicated than is usual for a young woman like Mercina to ing her well furbished wardrobe. There was every reason for a girl in Mercina's position to hesitate over the prospect of marriage to a boy like Frank; every reason except for one outstanding impediment to rea- son—she was in love with him. It was not was intelligent (without, it is true, being bril- liant), witty in a frank appealing way; clean, ambitious and head-over-heels in love with ation, was the thoroughly” yet none-the-less nerve racking inability of Mercina to make up her mind, 6r having made LT §§§§!‘! 4 zé%- _ ’x 43 5 : : i i z | { i el B’E}%s i sgég‘ | il § §§ i gi §e i i E E ; ? i ] E ¥ § i ; 5 THE SUNDAY.STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. C, MARCH .16, 19)., “T’le idiotic fact is that you love me. ‘That's got to be enough to oover & : - : multitude of my shortcomings.” , : tomorrow. “We can't make the grade, Frank,” “I am frightened dearest! What if I dis- appoint you and turn Into one of those messy domestic wives whose interests don't reach out beyond their new electric refrigerators. I am in a class fine by instinct, Frank. I am ex- pensive, an orchidateous hothouse plant that needs a very special kind of soil. You can't keep me happy, darling. Let me go.” “Of course I am not fit to pay your orchid bills even if I could afford it, Mercina. . That's got to be énough to cover the multitude of my shortcomings.” : “Let me go, Prank.” “Why of course, if you feel that Mercina, I will let you go if it kills me.” way, The Loves of Continued from Tenth Page write for sound pictures, Straus does not pre- tend that he looks upon Hollywood as a glamor- ous adventure or an opportunity to experiment in a new medium. thubeenbmchtover.hewenmvs,be- cause of his past successes, and %0 it is little more than a routine experience. He is not a particularly keen film enthusiast. Nor does he see how any gay, light Viennese touch can come out of so hectic a civilization. ‘The sort of atmosphere which made the famous waltzes so universally popular could never be ., found in a speakeasy. The casualness of continental life is missing. Aflnmthenctmtheunummu’u- of telephones and tears from Mercina, and forgiveness and tenderness from Frank. - the nerves of the two of them the strain of the situation. “Marry me today, Merc, and let's end this awful uncertainty.” “It's no use, Frank, let’s try it apart for & you find that life can go on without me, the end of the month, you are to I will understand. Don’t let me hear from for the 30 days, and at the end of that time I will call you up.” Curiously, and because of the strain of the months that had gone before, this kept between them, and the experimen Oscar Straus. Au.tluslsvery‘wellum'ultmbut it doesn’t go very far with Straus. He is too thorough a convert to the Viennese school. That's natural enough, for Straus is more Viennese than was Franz Joseph. He con- ducted many orchestras the A Famnie Hurst T was six days bfore the termination of the Imomh thét.a restless, harrowed, lovesick -young inan, yearning for word from Mercina, met up through a mutual friend, with a young woman from Mobile, Ala., named Libby Leed. She was an agile, red-haired girl, fresh from the laurels of considerable local dramatic trie . umph in Alabama, who, having captured the enormous interest of the dean of New York theatrical producers, was about to be fedtured in a forthcoming musical production. _ They met, these two, Frank Conway and Libby Leed, and five days later, he was asking her to-go down to the City Hall and marry him, and she was replying by throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him soundly and roundly against the lips. i . “You are sure you aren’t making a mistake, sweetheart,” he asked her. “You have so much “Ah guess ah am makin' a mistake honey,” she said in a Southern lisp that was adorable to him, “but you caint have everything in this life and I want you more than anything I can think of. Come on, honey, let’s hurry. Life is short.” (Copyright, 1930.) Babson on Religion. Continued from Eleventh Page ern professors are stealing His stuff. Besides, He was a scientist. 6N\JATURE'S greatest law is the law of equal reaction, first presented to the world by ;!esus of Nazareth. Seventeen hundred years later Sir Isaac Newton presented it again. “Jesus said, ‘With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.’ “Newton said, ‘Every action is followed by an equal reaction.’ ? “Newton’s theory dealt = with mechanics. Jesus’ dealt with men. He commanded us to love, that we shall also be loved. To forgive, that we may be forgiven. To trust, that we ourselves shall be “Once, T supposed that ‘loving my enemies’ - was simply a duty. And hence a sacrifice. didn’t want to love them. I preferred to hate them. But recent experiments have proved Mt.heonlypmfiedwtyotvinnmcnnd conquering them, is to make them like me. And.lnorderwdothll.lnut,flnt.uko them. It is not altogether altruistic. But then I think that Jesus was not formally an altguist. Rather a wise economist, a great psychologist help me get a job?’ “And here is the answer I sent him: ‘Replying to your request for help, will state that what get a job. Moreover, you can get these qualities, if you will pray and work for them. As a starter, I suggest that you make this prayer three times a day for 10 days: = ¢ “‘O God, may I remember that when You say that “with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you,” you m remember that I am just as . I know thatill come, God, if I do something to deserve it (Covpyright, 1930.) - Too Big to Span. Continued from Fourteenth Page your, schemin’