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For your reading pleasure during
the long winter evenings
- ENTITLED
Starlight For Sally
By Amy Miller
OI4APT7dR L
The Call of Adventure.
"For she's a. jolly good fellow!"
They had been toasting ,Sally
Frayne in the room over the City
restaurant, where the employees of
the Golconda Insurance 'Company
hold their IPesltive gathering, and
from where she sat alt the head of
the table, Sally looked around at
the young men and gir5ls with their
raised glasses.
,}his was a farewell supper to
those she had worked amongst for
six years past, ever since she had
lett school, and she was leaving
them in a blaze of glory, so to
speak.
For Sallyhad come into a for-
tune.
Not a great fortune, from the
,point of view of people accustomed
to luxury, but wealth to a girl like
her. It meant freedom from worry
over housekeeping (bills at home;
freedom from all the petty pinpricks
of insufficient means,. Above all it
meant liberty to go where she liked,
and do ae she liked.
Many things had been quite out of
reach had come within her grasp
now, and still she could hardly rea-
lise it. She had wanted something
different from the office routine, and
the constant drain on her resources,
but now she was saying good-bye to
her former companions, be heart
was soft toward them. They had had
some jolly evenings in this, room;
some happy times together. They
were a nice crolwdt taken altogether
and this was the last evening she
`would be one of them,
In her mind she had determined
to give them more good times. Brt
then, one never knew. She was
going to a new life, though she had
veep little idea what she would find,
going out to seek adventure.
She had some lovely new frocks,
bul• to -might she had put on an in-
expensive dress, though she would
have ball to save up for it six
months ago. Sut tonight she was
stili Sally of the Goldcond'a, with
her friends, who had brought their
brothers and .sisters and their
Sweethearts.
"SPeeoh Speech!" they were
tailing.
"Thank you very much," she
heard herself saying, not very stead-
ily. "And this isn't goodbye, you
know."
It touched her more. than she
had foreseen, this leave-taking
,with all the signs of goodwill. She
was glad when the tables had been
moved, they could dance.
;This is yours, isn't it, Frank "
She smiled at the young man beside
her. Her eyes were too kind, and 1
he knew it. Nick a chance, as bra
had realised for a long while, but
she was the only girl in the room for
him.
She wasn't the pretties or the
Smartest, most people would have
agreed But then, as Frank Hiliyer
ewpressed it. "There was something
about
"We shall miss, you," he was say-
ing, as they danced.
"And I shall misty you," she re-
turned frankly. "I've been very
happy with you—all.''
"It's different for the one who
goes away," said Frank, "You writ
forget us, but you'll find new
friends, And I hope you're going
to have a good time."
"Everyone's, been Sweet to me,"
she said.
"You deserve everylthimg that's
best," he told her. "You've been
such a brick to your .people."
of things I've wanted."
"It's time you thought of your-
Wedue!sday, January 24tH], 1940
sty...., ,..,,
'Th. put 0.1 Iorr I. WI,Id,
tobacco can be ,aoier
come errinellse, but et the back of
her mind was the consciousness that
the occasion was more emotional
than she hada ,fores'een,
It ,w.ae a relief when she was
away from the effusion of the
crowd; running down the road with
Frank, snaking dor the lift, and hut,.
ming along the gusty pasaiages to
self," said Frank. 'I knew bow much
you've given up."
"Not more than most girls do
when ,they live at home. Nat so
much as some. And I'm luckier than
most. I'vd earned a good salerY
for years."
'That's it. You have earned it,"
said Frank, "Mr, Ferraby will be
lost without
you.,,
"I'm very fond, of ,them. Lt's
lovely to be aible to make things
easier at home, I'm not sure that
isn't best of all. But I don't know.
I'mu looking forward to ha,bing lots
"Hilda Forbes will get on, just as
well. And I'm glad she's got the
job. 0 must give George Gates the
nest dance, Frank."
the platform.
They were in time for the last
train 'but one, and for the first few
stations some of the Golconda
suppengarty were in their carriage.
These dropped out by twos and
threes. The train Sped on, past the
famddiar adiverti5sememt into the
darkness aril out again.
',Say geod nigivt, `Frank.
Station next," she said.
"I'm coming with you!'
"But it's so far."
"I san get ,back. There's a tram,"
There -rata no more to be said.
Sally let it go at rrtlrait. She sat
back, in the wrap she bad worn so
erten, sitting in the Tube by Frank's
side.
"Tired, dear?" be asked.
"Not really. They were all so
sweet, weren't they You're quiet,
too."
"i1'm wondering," he said, "what
You'll do with it."
"The money? 0'1'1 find lots of
ways," she laughed.
"I wasma meaning that so much
as the other ,things—what it's going
to buy for You. /it eon do so
much—money! "
"I wish sometthieg would happen
for you, too, Frank."
"I'm promised a raise neat year,".
he said quietly.
"I didn't mean, that. I meant
something big, thrilling."
"if ever it does; I shall have it,"
he replied. "It won't happen to
me at the Golconda, that's very
certain."
"And. yet you stay there." She
was sorry the moment the word's
were spoken that she had said
,them.
Be answered, "So did you."
She was afraid to pursue the sub-
jent. But he had: told her more
than ever before. Looking at him
as he sat beside her, she felt as 1f,
in what night easily be their part-
ing hour, she saw him as never be-
fore.
"Yes, I know. But you'll let me
see you home, won't you?"
"Yes. web go in the Tube"
"No; a taxi to -night."
"The Tube," said ]Salty. "I want
everyithing to he the same as
usual,"
"Oh, Sally!" said, Frank, with a
queer laugh in his voice, and
aboipped.
jt course, she knew how he felt
about her, just se she 'knew he
couldn't really afford taxis to the
outer suburbs and would not bare
hiked her to pay the fare. They
,would make a dash for the last Tube
Train, as they used when they lived
at Balham. No long rides in the
intimacy of a taxi, when they
were both tenderly regretful at the
close of a Chapter, Besides', she
really did want to pretend for e
little while that nothing was
changed.
The party had to break up before
midnight, • because of the restaurant
rules, Sally would not have Pro•
longed, it for more reasons than one,
She knew that dor some of her
guests late taxis were an unwel-
A VICTORIA JANUARY IDYLL
wain® .� a
Vancouver Island's reputation as Canada's Evergreen Playground is upheld 1»' this idyllic scene
photographed January 6th at Victoria, B.C. The lamb is a real one, only lax days old. It Was born
ladyis Sall
tw
o -and-
T.ear Victoria, The pretty little Y,
January 1 on the farmhof E. J, only Wood of C n ( "Ton ") Wright R.C.N., and Mrs.
a -half -year-old daughter and child of Commander It. A. ( Y
`Wright, Esquimalt. The flowers were picked in the gardens of the Enipress hotel, Canadians, and
;dneericans are visiting Viotoria in large numbers this winter, theidea1 weather permitting than to
enjoy winter golf, tennis, fishing, riding and hiking under splendid conditions.
Your
been, such good friends, Why did-
n't I see 11 t etfors."
S'he+gnrrrt iu love with Fi'ank 1
Iilbiyet ]She liked Iilim, and ]phot
was the crux of the Whole situation.
But sine thought. "We Shall say
goodbye very, soon, I may never
see him ,again. It seems a pity."
The train slapped. The doors
Slid bask, ansI she and Trask went
up to the fresh aur od What hag boys
the country not long ago.
A new estate bad sprung up, and
in one of the pleasantest roads
,Sally had found a new home for her
people; a pretty house where alt
was, fresh and clean.
"Arent the spars glorious to-
night," said: Firank.
"I've never seen them (brighter,
have you ' Sally answered.
This was how it might have been
11 she had grantedl Frank's, unspok-
en wish. He and she going home
together, to a little house, Street
lamps twinkling below. only a few
lighted windows here and there, and
that strange magic of the starlight
overhead,
''We1P, here we are. Good night, 1
an
Frck!,•
"Goodbye, dear!"
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There be sat in his conventional
lounge suit and correct shirt and
tie, well-dressed, welligromoed as
he was expected to be on a very
modegte salary, He was in, the
prime of early manhood; tall and
strong amt good-looac4rag. ,She knew
his face and the touch of his hand,
and she had never had a glimpse of
the prisoner within him until now.
It was strange how the revelation
came, but she was in an emotional
mood. She realised, that not only
bad he stayed in the' Golconda of-
fices because she was •there, but
that he had been submitting to a
mode of life that was as bondage
for him.
Those restless longings that ehe
had known he knew them, too. He
wanted a wider world, a more ac-
tive lite. Yet he had seemed to ac-
cept his lot. She had thought luim
dull sometimes, had been impatient
.with him.
He had been just Frank, part of a
life that had held no romance such
as she wanted.
If he had made love to her she
would have been more at ease.
Every girl who earns her living
in, a world of men knows how lightly
flattery is, spoken, how easy it 1s for
a man's eyes to melt when. they
Yell on a young dace, Slily could
flirt chanmingly, and hold her own,
but she had never flirted with
Now she thought, "We could have
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More Than Twenty
Operations Every Day Keep
Hospital Surgeons Busy!
One of America's Great
Hospitals Treats Children
Only
During a visit to Toronto recently,
your reporter called at the Hospital
for Sick Children on College Street.
I had seen this Hospital mentioned
In news reports many, many times.
ep
epidemic of 937. It was high time,
I thought, to do a little private In-
vestigation and Lind out why this
Hospital should be so much In the
news.
WHAT HAPPENS EVERY
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
I interviewed Mr. Joseph Bower,
the Superintendent of this busy In-
stitution. He told me that during
the twenty-four hour period pre-
ceding my visit, nineteen operations
had been performed . . fifty-two
X-ray photographs taken two
hundred and eighty individual pre-
scriptions filled in a completely -
equipped dispensary . twenty-
eight
wentyeight bed patients were admitted
thirty-three children discharged
as cured..... more than fourteen
hundred meals served ... ten chil-
dren had extensive dental work
done .. 05% of the beds were oc-
cupied, leaving only 10 beds free for
emergency cases.
And according to the Superinten-
dent, the twenty -tour hour period
was an average one, insofar as typl
cal hoepial activity was concerned.
VISIT TO PUBLIC WARDS
After this chat on Hospital acti-
vity, I was kindly shown through
the Institution. We visited the
Public Wards, the kitchens, swim-
ming pool (necessary In the treat-
ment of Polio and other cases), the
orthopaedic workshop, the dispen-
sary and operating rooms. It struck
me as being a completely -equipped
hospital with much epecial equip-
ment.
Every Ward we visited, Mr. Bower
would say: "Thio Is a Public Ward,'
I was quite surprised to learn that
95% of the patients treated here are
in Public Wards. The Hospital is
taxed to capacity with little children
whose parents are unable to pay
even the low Public Ward rates.
The case history of one little ebap
I had chatted with, while wanting
through the Ward, was very .inter -
eating and quite typical,"He .wu
brought here one cold Whiter day
in 1937, t, His parent had driven
more , than a hundred miles to the.
old farm truck so their little child
might have heapial treatment.
'After examining the little tallow,
our doctors told the bat'ent/ Wil hi
seeded attention Inunadatsljr . .
that a complete cure would take
many months.
"Upon hearing that bad news, the
father and mother were all for
bundling the little chap up and
leaving for home. They could never
begin to pay for that much treat-
ment, they said, 'We had hoped it
might be just a week or so'.
"It took quite a while," con-
tinued the Superintendent, "but we
finally convinced the parents that
just because they couldn't afford to
pay for the boys care was no rea-
son to deprive him of the only
chance he had to get well. We ask-
ed them to leave their son with us
and let us worry about the cost of
the treatment.
"The boy is going home nett
week after almost two years of con-
tinuous hospital care, many opera-
tions, several X -Rays, special diets,
orthopaedic equipment, ete. He's
feeling pretty fit now and his par-
ents have been able to pay but a
little toward this wonderful treat-
ment. When a sick child needs hos-
pital care, he gets, it regardless of
race, creed or financial ,.circum•
stance " •
This led to a discussion on the
operating costs of the hospital. I
was given information which is in-
teresting and well worth passing on.
In round figures, the operating
expenses of the Hospital for the past
year amounted to more than $545,000.
The operating revenue—from Pri-
vate, Semi -private patients and the
comparatively few Public Ward
patients who are able to pay, grants
from Toronto, other Municipalities
and the Provincial Government—
amounted to just a little more than
$394,000. This means that the Hos-
pital, although run on the most et.
fletent and economical basis, suffer-
ed an operating loss of over $149,000.
Part of this deficit is met by the in-
come from investments made with
moneys bequeathed or endowed over
a sixty -year period. There is still
a deficit of $90.000.
And that la why thle Hospital con-
ducts an annual appeal at this time
to secure enough funds to offset this
operating loss,
if everyone who reads this item
could visit the Hospital for Sick
Children and see, as I did, what is
done here for Ontario's little ones,
then they would do as I did. Dig
down deep into the pocket for a do-
nation to help continue ths splendid
work.
It you are able to send a sift please
do b now. Send your donation to
the Hospital for Sick Children, 17
CollegStreet
, Toronto.
You'll certain
satisfaction
bynspppporti the. rats
ca, You'll
hw helped give the groat* eft
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