Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1935, Page 39

DAILY SHORT STORY-: CHANGE OF FACE By George Morrison. searching glance she colored. “Well, you know what I mean!” Suddenly a roar arose from the crowded stands. Both girls craned their necks to see what was going on, but only man- aged to see a knot of players and a couple of men in blue suits at the home plate. “OwW -w-w-w!" The man behind them was again vocalizing for his own benefit and ROM a choice vantage point back of the screen in the grandstand of the Washington ball park Daisy fanned herself with her program card and gazed without much in- terest at the game. It was her first ball game. “Your new boy friend wasn't so dumb, unloading those tickets on you.” Jill too, looked a bit bored with the proceed- ings. “I think it was nice of him to think of me when he couldn’t use them,” Daisy de- fended. “Heseem- that the redoubt- ed real anxious for me to come.” | able Tomlinson, who was catching, “I suppose he had to work this| had been spiked while putting out the afternoon.” runner at the home plate to retire “I don't know. I haven't known |the Yankees. The frenzied fan was him very long . . . I don’t know just | again pounding Daisy’s seat with his what he does for a iving.” | bottle, as the speakers on the posts “Maybe he's a millionaire playboy!” | blared the substitution in & raucous Jill joked. | mumble. “I'd say he was & civil engineer or | “This guy's getting in my hair, what something, he’s so tanned and all. | with all his noise and everything.” in general “He gets himself spiked wnen he's next up, tha dummy!” Suddenly a roar arose. It would seem He looks just like one.” Daisy smiled reflectively. “He’s tall and has curly hair and drives a cute car.” “Some girls get all the breaks,” Jill envied. Down on the sun-drenched diamond there was an exciting play in progress. The man in the seat be- hind them was jumping up and down and shouting. “My goodness,” Daisy said, “all the excitement about a couple of grown men in knee-pants sunning back and forth befween a couple of sacks!” el | Daisy spoke a grifle exasperatedly, | Bk K X OWN on the field two of his team- mates were aiding Tommy to the hidden dugouts under the right-field | stands. The home players were trot- | ;intg in off the field for their turn at at. “What do you say we beat it now, | Daisy, before the crowd is jammed at the exits.” | “No, wait a minute, Jill. Accord- ing to the scoreboard there is only another half of an inning or what- “JUST shows you that all men are kids at heart,” said Jill. “ITl bet even your Jim would be acting the same way if he was here.” “Well, I guess not! He's got too much sense to get excited over an old ball game.” The man behind pounded with a pop bottle on the back of Daisy's seat as he shouted at the bat- ter. “Two men on!" He stood up. “Slug it a mile. Socko!" With the crack of the bat he jumped up and down gleefully. “What's happening now?” Daisy inquired as the stands roared with applause and shouts. The man in back was shouting like a madman. At the innocent question the man Jowered his pop bottle and glared sus- | piciously at Daisy. “What are you trying to do, kid somebody, sister?” Daisy shook her head and explained her ignorance of the game. “That's different,” he smiled. “You see—Tomlinson, the guy that socked the homer, is on our team, and so are the other two guys on the bases, so when he hits a homer, that brings in three runs for us.” “I see,” said Daisy. She didn't see exactly, but she thanked the man. “This is the last half of the eighth, and the three runs that Tommy just brought in tie them with the Yan- kees,” he continued. %k ‘T ALL meant very little to Daisy, but she bought some popcorn from the candy butcher who came down the aisle and settled back to watch the players. “I wonder how a base ball player's wife feels, being married to a man who plays games for a living,” com- mented Jill. “I can only imagine,” Daisy as- serted. “Not for mine. Give me a husband with a real man’s job. 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I'd better play safe.” “You must be nuts about that guy,” { 1aughed Jill. “Well, maybe I am!” admitted | Daisy. “After all, he is nice!” Daisy's voice was drowned by the staccato beating of the pop bottle on | her seat and the plea, “Get a hit, get | a hit, sock the old apple, it's your last | chance!” Daisy munched her pop- corn and glared backward at the an- noying fan, put he paid no attention whatever. | “This is the first . . . and the last ball game I ever attend,” she in- formed Jill. “Too much annoyance and no in- terest, I say,” her friend agreed. i THE loud speaker blared the substi- tution for the injured player. The girls didn’t understand a word of it. A new player stepped up to the | plate and swung once, twice. “Oh! Oh! Two strikes! Hit it, Jim Pierce, you big slob!” Daisy whirled to | look first at the man behind and then down at the batter who was picking up some dust to dry his palms. | An electric current seemed to run through her. There was no mistaking | the name, or the husky, well-set fig- ure. It was her Jim! “Oh, you. * * *” Daisy’s mouth | straightened into a determined line. Jumping up on her seat she faced | the heckler, took deliberate aim and | smeared the contents of her popcorn bag over his astonished face. | Then, with an excited laugh, she | turned and yelled, “Kill it, Jimmie,” \,umping up and down and waving | her arms. “For me!” | And she knew that this would | just her first ball game. (Copyright. 1 - be tem — you owe it to yourself to give Honey Krushed Wheat Bread a fair trial. Make This 10-Day Test Eat Homey Krushed Wheat Bread regularly with every meal. It is delicious, plain or toasted. You'll say it's the most tempting bread you ever tasted. And you'll quickly see & marvelous improvement. Avold imitations. Ask for Homey Krushed. LOOK SEAL OF APPROVAL HONEY KRUSHED BREAD quirements of scientific re- search. - TLY DISTRIBUTED BREAD BE SURE IT'S Honey Kruwshed! THE EVENING LOBBYING REPORTS ASKED BY PROBERS Companies Throughout U. S. Sent Questionnaires on Legislative Acts. ‘The Sénate Lobby Commitiee yester- day sent out questionnaires to com- panies throughout the United States calling for an exhaustive report cn any part they may have taken in op- posing or favoring the Wheeler-Ray- burn utility holding company bill, “or any other Federal legislation,” at the last session of Congress, The document consists of 35 ques- tions and requests that the answers be submitted under oath as soon as pos- sible. Chairman Black indicated the questionnaire was being sent to utility companies and to any other business groups that mély have taken part in opposing the holding company bill. PETTTT P TP P e T e e e e e e T P P P LT T T T T L T T L T LT T T P L LT T T T L P PP P PP P PP e D e e STAR, WASHINGTON, ing for the salaries and expenses of any persons connected with the com- panies whose services were used either in favoring or opposing the utility holding bill, and requests that the reply itemize the amount paid for the expenses of such persons in connec- tion with any Federal legislation. Companies also are asked to report any money contributed since January to any association or group for use in influencing legislation. Another ques- tion asks for the names of all persons who were in Washington since Jan- uary 1 in connection with legislation. — Two Couples Married. ROCKBILLE, Md., September 27.— Out-of-the-county couples married in Rockville within the past few days in- cluded Miss Elizabeth M. Philipoon | | and John R. Kersey, both of Alexan- | dria, Va., by Rev. Charles R. O'Hara, and Miss Mary Frances Eades and James Malcolm Scott, both of Wash- ington, by Rev. George R. Mays. A | license was issued yesterday for the | marriage of Henry G. Schaff, 23, and | mittee, said. D. C, WOMAN’S CLUB HITS DEFENSE HIGHWAY Riverdale Group Adds Demand That Road Be Improved and Made Safer. Special Dispatch to The Btar. RIVERDALE, Md., September 27.— New demands for improvement of the Defense Highway were voiced yester- day by the Woman’s Club of Riverdale. Because the road is the principal thoroughfare used by residents of Riverdale and vicinity in reaching the‘ State capital and bay resorts, the members are thoroughly familiar with | its hazards, Mrs. E. B. Dunford, chairman of the Resolutions Com- “Due to the inadequacy of the road to meet pgesent traffic needs and to the insufficiency of police supervision, travel over it is fraught with peril” a | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1935. adding that “the appalling number of fatalities and injuries due to traf- fic accidents on the highway is a mat- ter of serious public concern.” ‘The club urged the State Roads Commission to take prompt action to improve the highway, asked the county commissioners to provide for better policing along it and com- mended The Star for calling atten- tion to the dangers of the road. - $12,000 HOLD-UP Salesman Reports Theft of Jew- elry and Silverware. YOUISVILLE, Ky. September 27 (#).—Thett of $12,000 worth of sample jewelry and silverware by three armed men was reported to police here by William E. Mumler, 54, Newark, N. J., salesman. Munler said the robbers, in a large sedan, forced his automobile to the side of a road near Brandenburg, Ky., bound his arms and legs with ‘The questions go into detail in ask- | Jewel Moses, 21, both of Washington. | resolution adopted by the club stated, | neckties and escaped in their car. - e, and ;nhammnunntnntn:tnmantn*thtnimtntfl-nmt*mttimwfl*tmuwmtmttmmnnmnfitnnmg: at of e stan WED 56 YEARS Special Dispatch to The Star. | CULPEPER, Va., September 27.— | Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Biedler of Wins- ton, near here, celebrated their ffty- sixth wedding anniversary Thursday with -a family reunion of their six children, 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mr. Biedler, years as a rural mail carrier, is 80 years of age. Mrs. Biedler is 74. Na- tives of Page County, they moved to this section 42 years ago. 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