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Zurich Herald, 1938-06-02, Page 2alkeles Belliev Bride by Ruth Harley Synopsis Maris Trevor is .discouraged be- cause Rod O'Rorke spends all his money developing an invention which be hopes will provide an income so that they can marry. Maris thinks they should enjoy the present rather than deny themselves for the future. She becomes uncertain of her love for Rod. Perhaps there would be Amore happiness with someone else, CHAPTER VI She crumpled the note and put it in the wastebasket. They wouldn't likely be home for at least a couple of hours. She'd just make a cup of coffee and have some cake, for probably Patsy was going to give them a swell supper. Swiftly she remembered how disappointed Pat had been that Rod had missed the duck dinner. Maybe she had planned this sur- prise for him. Pat was always think- ing about other folks and doing nice things for them. Well, she would be disappointed once more. For a moment Maris wondered how Rod was making out, but only for a moment, because she suddenly realized that one of her favorite features was almost due on the radio, and turning the dial, she flung her- self down in a comfortable chair, waiting for the coffee to "perk". Then came the musical motif that signified the approach of the feature and a moment Tater she was com- pletely transported to other realms. It was not until the players had been on the air for about hof anur It at she rerneinoered the coffee. Jumping from the chair, she darted into lithe kitchen just in time to sal- vage half a sun, and with that and a n 0 Rf, c ke She Lew% 9,'pee more to the Iiving. room to listen to the end of the play. But she was hardly seated till the door opened and Patsy and Johnny entered. Left For CIeveland "Home so soon?" questioned Mar - is as she greeted them. "Didn't you go to the movies after all?" "Yep," answered Pat, "but it was a rotten picture. Where's Rod? Hasn't he come over yet?" "No he left for Cleveland today!" "He did?" cried Patsy. "What's up—got a new job?" "No, he's got a chance to demon- strate his radio gadget." "Say, that's great," remarked Jimmy. "Good old Rod; I sure hope he makes a hit with it." "So do I," exclaimed Pat. "But I suppose that'lI mean he'll want to marry you right away and take you to the country," she added, looking at Maris as though she expected her to confirm her suggestion. Maris smiled, but made no remark. Then, noting the coffee cup on the table, Pat said, "You haven't looked in the ice -box, have you?" "Of course not, although I'm starving." answered Maris. "But I thought you'd have a bite before you came home tonight—you usually do that on my night off." "Oh, it's all right, Pat. I worked late at the office." "You did?" questioned Pat. "Yes," a plies1 Maris, almeet too eagerly. 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LIMITED) Perth, Ontario ,EL-zEnna i t1 n for local treatment or* soothing io o k )Eczema Psoriasis Poison ivy Dermatitis Prnz'itie Ani en Issue No. 23--'38 _.D at the show. She looked gorgeous.' "I don't believe she's any prettier than you," remarked Jimmy. "All right, folks, let's eat," Pat said. "You can come and help m.e, Maris, and. Jimmy.,can get us some good music and not these blood -and- thunder dramas you're so crazy about." What Are You Doing? "It's too bad Rod couldn't be here," declared Patsy, opening the ice -box and revealing a sumptuous meal of cold priced tongue, with vegetable salad and a delicious frozen dessert. "1 just hope this trip will bring him some luck. Don't you feel excited about it? is he going to call you up?" "I don't suppose so." "What do you mean, Maris? You're surely not keeping up that silly fight with him, about Dulcie? You must be crazy if you'd let a thing like that come between you— or—" Suddenly Patsy stood stock still in the middle of the kitchen floor. "You haven't thrown him over for the chance that one day Stan may talk to5you?" 1-Ier eyes seemed to pierce the girl beside her. "Don't worry, Pats, and work yourself up into a state. I'm not worth it, really. Only you may be interested in knowing that I've a date with Stan tomorrow." "A date with Stan?" Patsy -re- peated incredulously. "Oh, Maris, do you know what you're ioing?" "There, Pat, don't get all 'het It's only to tell him something about an announcement for the exposition. guess he wants my reactions to it." Laughing lightly, Maris shattered the tel}pionn of the moment. "IVell, I'm glad, though you had mei worried r a ;Mute," "That's silly. Stan's engaged to Rowena Quirk, so he hasn't any eyes for other girls." (At least not just now, thought Maris to herself.) "If only I'd her money, what stun- ning clothes I'd have!". "He's really engaged to her?" de- manded Pat. "Yes; one of•the girls saw the an- nouncement in the papers, so not one of us girls will have a look -in, though it's a darned shame, for rich husbands can't be picked up at every crossroads." • Should Do Better "It's better so," commented Pat- sy, and for a aliment—Maris felt furious at her. Even if she was per- fectly content with Jimmy Doyle and his future, other girls had dreams of really rising themselves through their marriages to important men. "Stan Fayson," remarked Patsy, "would probably turn some working girl's head with his attentions and wealth, and then she'd find herself left high and dry when he got tired of her. Well, I guess we're ready to start. Come on, Jimmy." "All right, sweetheart," he an- swered as he came into the dining room and put his arm about Patsy. Maris caught the look of affection that passed between them. Somehow it annoyed her. Patsy was a jewel of a girl, but how could she be satis- fied with Jimmy? Yet she seemed to adore him. Somehow that very fact ,eem .d to make her feel like threw - mg Roca pentenently into the dis- card. Maris felt with her beauty she should surely do better in the mar- riage market than marry a man who merely had a job—even if she loved him. Well, she thought, now, as she glanced again at the couple, she wouldn't make a mess of her life by letting her heart rule her. What did marrying for love do for anyone? A cynical smile curled at her lips. Now she was glad she had not let herself be carried away by her emotions. She must keep them under control. Whatever came of love matches that folks raved about, but disillusion when the couples came up against the practicalities of life? But suddenly all her calculated plans received a jar when Jimmy said "I guess Rod will be a rich man one of these days. One of the engi- neers down at our place was talking about his gadget. He thinks it will revolutionize radio reception." 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I've a hunch he's going to make good with it all right," an- nounced Patsy, "Yes," echoed Jimmy. "I feel that way too, although it may take a lit- tle while to make adjustments on it, but when it's ready for commer- cializing I guess the shekels will simply pour in. Say, Maris, you've got a good thing in Rod." And he grinned at the girl. "Maybe that's what you think," she answered. After that the conversation swung into a different channel. No further mention was made of Rod or his gadget, and Maris was glad of it. She would not tell them she wasno longer interested in Rod. Late that night as Maris stood at her window, looking across the roofs of Manhattan, a'remark of Jimmy's echoed insistently in her ears. "Yeah, it's the rich guys that are the big- gest racketeer's in. the country: lows like young Fayson often have tie-ups with folks you'd never dream of; That's why so many of these in- vestigations into rackets suddenly go up in thin air—the big guys behind them have flung around a bit of cash and everything's okay again." Heard Something As Maris watched the lights dis- appear from window after window she felt strangely troubled. Jimmy had as .much as said that you couldn't find a decent rich fellow; that if you made any investigations about him you would surely discover something pretty damaging about him. But the thought that a fellow like Payson should be linked up with racketeers was staggering. What good would that do him? He bad plenty of money. Why should Stanley risk such shady connections when he would one day be the head of a big im- portant business? But then, Jimmy did talk a lot. Sometimes Maris got bored with his talking, but going around as he did, probably he heard a lot. Still it was unthinkable that a man like Stan Fayson should wish to link himself with anything of a questionable char- acter. Yet Jimmy had said some of these rich hien were so money -mad, that even the big risk they took in such undertakings was quite dis- counted, when they felt that more money would be theirs if they could transact such shady deals. Somehow she felt troubled as she remembered how Jimmy had insist- ed that he could mention more than Carefree Comfortable Knit Blouse Delicate seed -stitch is used for this pullover with lovely accents. Openwork marks the graceful raglan shoulders and edges the unusual bib effect. Pearl shoulder buttons at neckline and tie belt above the ribbed peplum are nice details. In a soft shade of yarn, this model serves as a charming blouse for any occasion. 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"Chiba Attacked Japan" Italy 'was forced to fight in Ethiopia because the Abyssians attacked her; she was forced to fight in Spain be- cause the "Reds" attacked the Fascist principle and endangered the future of Italy's security. (This is exactly paralleled in Japan where even edu- cated opinion holds that Japan was attacked by China and forced to fight the present war there.) In the average Italian mind is the idea that Italy really is much more powerful than she really is. Noxi -Ita- lians find this almost inconceivable, but it 'is the fact that many Italians believe they have intimidated England' and France in a military sense, that the great powers are afraid of Italy. Believe They're Tops The hard facts of the Italian eco' nornlr (no coal, no steel, no gold, no lcotton no rubber, nothing to makee war with except what Is bought from abroad) have been obscured by all this rhubbub over Italian victories 'in Abys- sinia and Spain, re that quite sensible Italians have come now. 1 c e to regard their country as the leading military ern - pin of Europe, and their dictator as a man practically irresistible. Open -Toe Shoe ' Here to Stay Feet Get Better Care as They Come More Into View NEW YORK —'The advice is to put your .best foot forward means some- thing these days. Time was when feet were scarcely mentioned in polite 'society, and they never appeared unclothed, even on the bathing beach. Ladies wore stockings even when they went swimming. High shoes were the vogue, too, the shoes that laced or buttoned well up the leg, and slippers were worn only for evening wear or in the boudoir. Feet have come a long way since then. Dancers dance in bare feet. and bathing beauties parade around in bare tootsies in the soft sand; and even the best dressed feet poke out at toes and• heels 'and are well aired at the sides. For times have changed. Bedroom windows have. been thrown open so that we may breathe fresh air while we sleep. And- sun and air have been found to be beneficial for every part of the human body — and that includes the feet. Open toed shoes were just a "crazy fad" of those people who go in for ex- tremes in every kind of wear. But now the most conservative women are• ad- opting the style, and toes are out in the world for certain. This fad has called attention to the feet, so that our pedal extremities are given much better care than they ever before received, and they have bene- fited by it. Feet, after all, are import- a;.t parts of our anatomies. You ariatb ,marred ony" l'roolur u ldirl,y 1 ' r d wedding iisigs—tire choice of t nm•idia 1 brides for 48 years. )bl'e'd ns low 08 $1.05 in 10 karat gold and ns low as $12.50 Set with three guaranteed diamonds. Free sterling silver miniafitre horseshoe pre- sntad with evory i'IlOCTOR "husky" wedding ring for good luelr. 262 yonge St, Toronto, one 'w.ell known man who was the brains- of some racket—men whose wives, even, would not suspect them of such activities. Of course she would not want to marry that type of man—there could be no lasting happiness with a back- ground of this sort. Surely Jimmy must be mistaken. Everything about Stan Payson seem- ed to assure her that he was a gen- tleman in the fullest sense. of the word, Oh, why should he suggest such things, even hint at them, when this. dark -eyed, debonair young man (night play such an important part in her life? She tried to banish Jimmy's words, tried to tell herself he was "just talking". But when she slipped between the sheets and her hot cheek pressed - against the cool pillow, there seemed to be something sinister hovering about young Stan Fayson. Then suddenly all her fine theories of a girl bettering herself by marry- ing a rich man, seemed to lose their power. Something within her cried' out for Rod. 'He was straight. He was true. He would never link him- self with anything shady, Had she made a mistake in passing up the love he offered her? But before she had reached a decision, drowsiness stole over her. Jimmy's pronounce- ments lost weight. Everything seem- ed to grow blurred. Maris had fal- len asleep. Straight Shooter Next morning when Maris reached the office, she hurried at once to her desk, read the announcement Stan had given her, and finding nothing in it which she could improve upon, she decided to put it on his 'desk at once. But as she started down the corridor, old Mr. Fayson's door op- ened, and Stab almost coldided with her. Handing the paper to hint, she said, "There isn't a thing to be changed as far as I see." • "That's fine," he answered quickly. "Thanks very much." But as he turned to speak, Maris felt his eyes look questioningly into hers, and her cheeks grew rosy. Something told her, he was aware of her for the first time. With a smile on her lips, she hur- r'ied back tc her ' desk to meet the wide-eyed gaze of Milly. (TO BE CONTINUED) Victorian Art Show Features Oddities NEW YORK. — Remember "the exhibition of bad taste" back in 1913 when they gave a moustache -cup tea, and invited all the men with walrus moustaches? Last week, a quarter-century after that show provoked the mirth of art circles on two continents, the woman who planned it opened a second ex- hibition—fantastic and amusing art ornaments of the last three centuries. There was no imitation Venus de Milo with a clock in her diaphragm as there was in 1913, when Frank Ward O'Malley „came to the gallery every day for weeks—there were no pillow shams embroidered in turkey red cotton, "Mr." and "Mrs.". But there were, to regale New Yorkers: r" Bulldog In A Nightgown A porcelain bulldog clad in a rose - covered nightgoi'vn. A straw desk. A chaperon chair, really three chairs attached by a left wing — two for a courting couple, the third for a spinster aunt. Wooden hands—they used to adorn Victorian tables. Busts of a king and queen, with the tops of the heads used as vases for marigolds. Helen Hayes, the actress, loaned for the exhibit a Victorian clock with a mass of roses on top, and chirping birds which moved through them as the minutes ticked. 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