The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 28, 1950, Page 3

FRIDAY, April 28, 1950 TOM & JERRY Chapter 1 “TC ATHERINE,” her aunt, Mrs. Best, called from the foot of the stairs, “breakfast is ready. Don’t keep your uncle waiting.” Katherine felt the feeling of fear which she always had if anyone spoke coldly to hamed. To want to be liked was! a weakness she had acquired when her parents had been alive and she had been so well and truly loved. Her parents had made her. dependent on their love, so that she felt cold and afraid without it. They had ined her to appreciate of sight and sound, par- the beauty of the writ- rd, and had left her at six- an emotionally defenseless ure who, durihg the two s she had lived with her fa+ brother and wife, had tried sperately to acquire an outer ell of hardness, like a dispos- ssed hermit crab. CAUSE Z SPEND ALL My SLURP JUST SOT ANOTHER RAISE MONEY ON HER Y SEEMS NE A LOT OF HIS ALLOWANCE, DAD. = Si sng, at FOOLISH SPENDING, SLURP YOU'LL BE A SPOILED Boy IF YOUR DAD KEEPS HANDING YOU MONEY LIKE THAT. OH, No, ZT CAN'T SPOIL ME, MR. DEAN- BUT IT COULD SPOIL DIANA /. the kitchen, because Mrs. Best r lit a fire until the middle the afternoon,’ There was a ge shed full of coal, carefully No one ever knew what pective ice-age Mrs. Best was ng for, but .she was always nking of the future. Kathe- |. vine’s very presence in her house AP Newsteatures Qi Brrus= looked censoriously on her r-in-law’s way of life—the ant country house, with its old furniture, its blazing es, its dogs and cats and books, and pictures; the music, the visits to the theater, the trips abroad, the money spent on Katherine's prospective career; dancing, speech training, dramatics, “Ev- S gone overnight when t iving to the full extent of the'r income ..and a girl less likely than Katherine to..carve a place. for k elf in the theater, I never did Strings Straighten Out YOU SEE, LAST NIGHT I WAS KINO OF LOST / wBUT TODAY IT KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! /E2 e “THANKS TO | s TELEVISION / ‘ OU SPENT THE NIGHT HERE IN MY LITTLE COTTAGE uw AETER T FOUND 4OU LHING (OUS OW THE Jk WAS-- J | WHY, | 4ou SEEMED TO SNAP RIGHT OUT OF [TaWHEN HIGHW. rine sat down at the ast: table, answered their and began to butter her toast. She hoped they were not going to consider her future-to- day. The matter had been getting more and mote urgent. This was the last term. of her scholarship CAPERS ON TELEVISION’ HEAH YEAH «THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, POP! I'M FEELING FINE NOW 4 = Swi Fate \ (EX 2072 She had tried to get’ work, buf.so f r had, not passed an. audition, There were so many. girls who | had’ all> she‘’had ‘and so much moze; poise, confidence, beauty. ‘J DID not hear you come in last night, Katherine,” said her The little noise made her glance up. apprehensively; She said quickly, “No, I tele- phoned, but. there” was ho one home. I went toa poetry reading with some of the students.” “We were honing vou would be “MRS. C. CURTIS DILLINGER iy REQUESTS - UM iN! BUT HOW 7 THAT CAR IS ONLY PART OF MY PRESENT TO YOU, FAL - <= POR FAVOR - - E2 sENOR DANIEL FLYNN--HAY LETTERS == GOSH, THATS NOT SPANISH ALL NATURE IS MAGAZINE'S FIELD NEW YORK.—(4)—One story CERTAINLY, SIR, TWENTY , SIX. OF THEM ANY - WHERE, AS LONG AS 1 CAN DRIVE THIS YOU'RE STILL TO FOLLOW MY IMPULSES! TO Another tells of the life and times of the African black rhinoceros, ; You go on a journey. down a | swift, wild river in Néew'Guinea ! with Papuan -natives, or. watch , Eskimos build theit sleds, yt get acquainted with New. Zed- land’s strange natives, or WE'RE NOT HANGING | | £231) familiar r, and of which she was so the, © went down into the kitch- | it y always had breakfast in! was a moral triumph. She had al- | e: ind capable “good morn- | uncle, smartly tapping his egg. | tells you how a volcano is born:| You} that was haunted? YOU CAN FIND BETTER By Mary Howard “You must be sensible,” cr AP Newsfeatures ied her aunt. “The theatie is not for you!” in, as we wanted to talk to you.” Katherine gave a little start keeping a Keke upon her plate, frightened lest she reveal the ap- prehension in her eyes. “Yes?” she said, and saw the flicker of impatience in her aunt's 5 e: “We really must get down to hard facts, Katherine,” said her aunt. “After all, you are eighteen. It’s not that TV ha anything against the theater, and it’s very. nice for you as a hobby, but quite frankly, I don’t think you're: the type ler uncle glanced at her, not unkindly, and glanced away. He said in a voice that was milder than his wife's, “You must be! sensible. Katherine, You must un- derstand 'that,what We do, we do for your sake.” “Oh, I do, Ido,” said Katherine gratefully, warming at the hint of gentleness, “Very well then.” She sensed his hurried with- drawal, was ‘instantly miserable. | “What.do you suggest?” she asked. | |: “Well; I've ‘been speaking to ,our senior partner I think the | best thing would be for: ‘you ‘to Hfinish your term out at the ATA, you into.the firm... filing and, general office work. 1 suggest you | take shorthand and typing at! night. "You could’ easily pay for that yourself out'of your salary, }and it’ would, help you to obtain ja better position later on. It's ‘a very pleasant office: you would have an, opportunity of meeting | young péople.” Opportunity of meeting a young | }man whe would marry her. A inice little job until she married, i that, Wes what they were think- ing. Well, perhaps they were! ‘right. She looked up at her uncle! get acquainted with New Zea- land's »strange. flightless Kiwi bird, or puzzle whether there may be some form of life on the moon. ‘That’s only a light sampling of the range of contents of a non- profit educational magazine, Na- tural History, now marking ‘its 50th year Published by the ‘American. Museum of Natural y. “I think it’sya nent, Unolt.* 1 I find Her y pleased.tat _ her reasgi and her quick agreement. magnanimoys. “Of co of course. H you should -ge part between now and the end of the term, that's another -maiter.. I should nat dteam of standing in your-waw?’ The very kindness in his tome told her he did not think this ‘to be at all likely. The te ended at Easter. Three we for the miracle .t happen, for her to obtain what the whole hool talked. aad dreamed about—a part. She sighed as she walked to the station. She crossed the railway bridge, and looked down at the platform; Esme, her friend, who also lived in Wardham, was already on thé platform, arently waiting, fox e waved franti lly. She Ss she. usua did ig, wildly accentuated. syflas bles. She did not give Kathening; time’ to: speak. ' aoe “Katherine, the most rite ma ® at the Academy of Theatrical Art. | and then. 1 think we could take| fantastic thing has happeneds: is heyond ‘dreaming. It's really, ton maddening.” *s ine soberly. : “You may well ask,” ‘said Esmé darkly, “I ‘I wrot i. |) tions tis vibe Ree no aay Katherine's: héart: twisted," bit she managed to say without, em,’ ~ vy, “But Esme, that’s’ wonderfil® “Wonderful? My. dear, they, ark” both at the same time and at 4 ferent. theaters, and I don’t know: which one to choose. 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