Zurich Herald, 1933-06-29, Page 2THE',
Mystcrious Masquerade
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SYNOPSIS.
At a London dance club Molly Car-
stairs; a pretty Unemployed secretary,
meets Roger-Barling. who promises, to
get her a job. The following morning
Molly is stopped by a policeman who
takes her to the police station, showing
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home. At the police station Molly meets
11Ir. and Mrs. Silver of Hampstead, who
profess to be her uncle and aunt. They
persuade Molly to aconipany them home,
Molly is treated with the greatest of
kindness. but is nevertheless a prisoner.
She is presented with a, new evening
frock and that evening meets a number
of guests, who are a somewhat mixed
lot.
CHAPTER VIIL—(Cont'd.)
As for the mels, they were cut from
the same mould—all boiled shirt and
• an air .f expansiveness. They greet-
ed her effusively. Most of them were
middle-aged and being middle-aged
were mare than ever susceptible to the
charms of young womanhood. They
talked in innuendo, and one fellow
who looked like a successful grocer
and whose talk was equally sugary,
had the audacity to wink at her ever
so slyly but with what he considered
to be unmistakable effect.
Molly gathered that his name was
Wilkes; that his wife was passionate -
Is fond of bridge but that he prefer-
red a whisky andsplash and a talk
with a pretty girl any old time.
But Molly did not encourage him.
She flitted about the spacious rooms
like an attractive butterfly with a few
word here and a few there, but all
the time keeping open a watchful eye
for something else. ,She saw Paul
Silver in his correct evening clothes
handing out cocktails and other seine -
tante to his guests. As usual he was
jolly and affable- determined appar-
ently that none should leave his party
able to cast any suggestioiof a slur
en his hospitality.
In an adjoining room someone had
turned on the radio and the strains of
dance music cane to Molly's ears and
she turned in the direction of the
sound Crossing the hall she encoun-
tered one of the young men on. whom
the had lately bestowed a smile, and
the youth halted in front of her.
"Do you dance, Miss Carstairs?" he,
•" asked. "But of course who doesn't
these daysl Silly of me to have asked,
wasn't it?"
"Of course," answered Molly, glad
rf the diversion. "Is there to be a
dance?"
For a moment the young man re-
garded her in wonderment, then he
remembered that Silver had said that
his niece had just returned from Paris
and that she had had same trouble
with her memory. It was odd, he
thought, that this girl• didn't look the
kind to have anything wrong with her
grey matter, yet surely she e'ught to
have known that they always had a
dance at Silvers.
"They're dancing now," he smiled.
"Would you care?"
So they danced. There were half a
dozen other couples on the floor as.
other
that a
•ed
mbei.
1 remembered welland Molly
dance' two nights ago when she had
met Roger Barling. How different
that -had been! Tonight the gaiety in
her heart was strangely absent In
Its place was .a furtive fear—a fear of
the future that seemed to be increas-
ing with every hour that sped. Might
Et not be better, she thought, to get
1.way from all this at the first oppor-
unity. Tonight perhaps. Surely that
atefur watcher in the grounds would.
le off duty. But before she could come
to a decision the music ceased and a
Nasal voice was announcing the title
- bf the tune that had just been played.
"That was topping," enthused her
partner as they drifted from the room
towards the lounge. "You dance
Awfully well."
Molly smiled. "Do I?"
"I should say so` I must take you
wn town some night," he ventured
"dldly, "I know an awfully cute little
pgee, just off Shaftesbury Avenue.
gwas in a raid there once. Had my
ame dotted down by the 'busies' and
dii]y appeared in the dock at Bow
greet. Awfully, good fun,"
"I'm. afraid I'ni not so venturesome
las that" Molly replied. "And now I
must be running alon. Auntie will
be looking everywhere for me."
"Qh, well, any time you are, Miss
Carstairs," persisted the youth, gal-
lantly, as Molly slipped way
The lounge was almost deserted.
There was no sign of either of the
Silvers, and at that, all thoughts of
leaving the house vanished from the
girl's inind. There were a few men
in the dining room where the drinks
were being dispensed as Molly looked
in, but Paul Silver was not among
them. Then, at the far end of the
corridor she saw a door open and two
men emerge. Quickly and before they
had time to see her, the girl stepped
back into the angle of the staircase,
pressing herself into the shadcws.
As theemen came !fearer she could
detect their voices distinctly.
"I'll bet Kennaw ay's sorry he didn't
come along tonight," she heard one of
them say "He'll fairly lose his wool
when we tell him what a stunner she
is. Fancy old Silver keeping her in
the dark all this time. Jolly unsport-
ing of hint I think:'
"You've sure said'it, kid,"- answered
his companion. "And did you' notice
her eyes. Oh, boy, what eyed!''
"'Her eyes are like two stars so
bright," mused the other as they drew
abreast of the girl.
"Cut the poetics and let's get after
the pearl," objected the other, eagerly.
"I wonder where the devil she's hid-
ing herself?"
Molly's heart raced as she heard
them. There was no doubt at all in
her mind that she :was the object of
their oration. Sothat was the plot
was it! The -Silvers had brought her
here to attract custom, but custom for
what? Alit what was, the game the
Silvers were playing? What was the
reason for these free and easy gather-
ings out at Hampstead? Molly de-
cided that the door at the end of the
hall would answer her question -
Waiting until the men had turned
into the lounge, she slipped from her
hiding place and ran lightly along the
hall towards the door. For a moment
she paused, her hand resting lightly
on the handle. Slowly she opened it a
crack and the hum of voices came to
her ears. In front of her was a flight
of stairs leading downwards. Above
her head an amber electric bulb glow-
ed from the sloping underside. She
closed the door quietly behind her and
felt her feet touch the thick pile car-
pet with which the treads of the stairs
were covered.
.At the foot of that flight of stairs
was a door covered with green baize.
Again the girl halted, her heart beat-
ing wildly. Then she pushed it open
and entered the room. No one seemed
to heed her as she stood with her back
to the door even though her eyes were
wide with surprise. Here N. as a room
—a basement room—luxuriously fur-
nished, sumptuously lighted; the at-
mosphere hung with a pall of blue
smoke from the cigars and cigarettes
of the men and, women who sat around
the tables. From the tense expressions
on their faces Molly knew that the
stakes for which they
playeded
must
high. At one of the tables she saw
Paul Silver. There was no trace of
tension on his face! his eyes were cool
and bright. She watched him raking
in the stakes with the air of a profes-
sional croupier. At another table
Flora . Silver.. was playing bridge,
homely and charming.
But the sight of it all sickened the
girl. This house to which she had
been brought was nothing more than
a gambling den. She had penetrated
to camouflage of the "party" and the
"few friends." This was the real
business of the evening. -
Cautiously she edged herself into
the room and joined a group standing
at one of the roulette tables -
She did not understand roulette and
for a few moments she forgot the first
flush of horror at her discovery. The
little swirling ball fascinated her.
Then she was conscious of a chair be-
ing pushed aside shortly after the
wheel bad ceased to epin. A young
man arose and as he did so their eyes
met. Never before had Molly seen
despair in a man's eyes mirrored so
surely.
"Cleaned out," be managed to smile,
grimly, as he passed her.' "Every
bean."
"I'm so sorry," she smiled, sympa-
thetically. •
He halted.; and turned to her almost
impulsively.
"You really mean that?"
She nodded.
"I'd give up this filthy game if I'd
someone like you—to live for. But
-what's the use," he ended despondent-
ly.
espondent-iy
"Love's a gamble, too," she remind-
ed him, laughingly,
His eyes seined to pierce her own
as he stared at her.
"That may be," he said grimly, "but
it's not crooked."
And with that he turned from her
and she saw the green -baize door open
and close again.
A. cold fear surged through her
heart. If what the young man had
said was true, the Silvers were crook-
ed, but she reminded herself that it
was going to be 'difficult indeed to
substantiate.
CHAPTER IL
Most ,young moil like to imagine
1ISSUE No, 23—'33
British Playwright Favors
Warship
Noel Coward, after a• success-
ful run on Broadway, is pictured
at Bermuda, where he will board
the warship Dragon for South
America.
News Flashes
From Germany
Long -Distance Photography
--Development of Musical
Instruments
The publication in a Berlin illus-
trated paper of pictures taken at a.
distance of 125 miles gives some idea
of the great progress made in photo-
graphy during the past few years. On
the reproductions, valleys, roads and
rivers in the foreground were not
easily distinguishable, but towns avid
the general landscape at greater dis-
tance
istance were quite clear. Such photos
were made possible only 'through the
use of the infra -red ray which can
penetrate vapor and fog. Until about
a decade ago, it had been generally
assumed that for photography "light,"
that is, rays visible to the human eye;'
were essential. Then, researchers
starting from the assumption that for
a photographic plate other conditions
may apply, began experimenting with
both the visible and invisible rays
which constitute ;what is generally
called light. The infra -Ted rays, that
is, rays which according to the spec-
troscope have a greater wavelength
than 760 millionths of a millimeter,
yielded encouraging' results. By us-
ing a special emulsion the photo-
graphic plate was made sensitive
enough ` to register a ray of an 800
millionth of a millimeter. There ap-
pears no limit to the application of
photography for registration pur-
poses. In the future the "visible" and
"invisible" will have no control over
its activities. By the use of such
rays, the diary of Andree, the North
Pole explorer, was deciphered••after it
had become a mere welter of decom-
posed cloth and earth, resulting from
"long exposure to extreme weather
conditions.
PIANO HISTORY•'
By the recent throwing open to the
public of the Neupert Museum of Mu-
sical History in 'Nuremberg, the visi-
tor to Bavaria will henceforth be able
to see what is generally regarded as
the largest private collection of in-
struments illustrating the origin and
development of the modern piano.
Examples from every stage in the
history of stringed instruments whose
sound is produced by percussion ap-
pear to have been assembled, in orig-
inal or model, by the Neuperts, a not-
ed Bavarian piano -making family.
Here one may follow through the de-
velopment of the Greek harp, the
psaltery and dulcimer, and among a
number of clavichords, harpsichords,
spinets and virginals to the instru-
ment of today. Among the specimens
of outstanding individual interest are
the clavichord of Johann Sebastian
Bach, to which he wrote 'his "Well
tempered Clavichord," preludes and
fugues, and some valuable sixteenth
and seventeenth century instruments
from the Netherlands and Venice. The
art of Streicher, who built the piano
on which Beethoven composed, some
of his best ;work, is also well repre-
sented at this museum.
AIR TRAVEL SPEEDED UP.
that when they have formed a certain
opinionabout a girl they have sud-
denly been blessed by an infallibility
savoring of the miraculous.
And more particularly is this so
when those particular young men
chance to be in love. They feel, and
rightly so, that the subject of their
choice has been,weighed carefully in.
the balance of blessed comparison and
found not more deficient than might
reasonably have been expected. To
make an error of judgme.it in such
cases, or even the suspicion of an
error, is much more disturbing than
the uninitiated might imagine.
Let us take, for example, Me Roger
Barling. Here we have a young man
of undoubted experience in the ways
of the world. Unhampered by econ-
omic ties he is free to roam where he
will. At thirty years of age he is a
free-lance resident among the teeming
population of London. He lives in a
bachelor apartment -with an elderly
manservant answering to the name
of Cleveland as his devoted slave, the
genii of the domestic lamp.
An investigation of his past would
reveal few blots of any consequence.
Apart from an undistinguished career
at Oxford and being the brother-in-
law of a peer of the realm there was
nothing against him. On coming of;
age he bad inherited the family for-
tune which, reduced to common lan-
guage meant that he had an income
of approximately eight thousand
pounds per annum. He had also a "lit-
tle place" down in Surrey known as
Dalton Towers, where he occasionally
spent week -ends and usually contrived
to be "in residence" fora full month
during some period of the year•
(To be continued.)
Latest in Navy Head -gear
�ssK u•:��e,�,u_\. y mese tir•v
Nelson Watts Washing.
ton, D.C., navy yard is here seen
sporting on:e of the rakish new
gob caps soon 'to be issued to ell
enlisted; met by the United States
navy department.
of
the
J. P. Morgan Poses
Financier J. P. Morgan, who had dodged cameras for years, let
himself in for a panic when he shook hands and nursed Midget Lye.
Graf, 31 -year-old circus -lady. Here he is gravely shaking hands as
cameras -lick
tables will result from this experi-
thent.—The Christian Science 1VIoni-
tor.
With the introduction of summer-
time time -tables on May 5, two im-
portant improvements were made by
the traffic authorities. By agreement
between the German and English air
were
companies, London and Beilan v
brought into closer connection than
probably existed between this city and
some of its near neighboring towns a
century ago. The London business
mann can now leave at 7 a.m., arrive
here at 11.55 a.m., do four hours'
business, and be back in London at
9.29 p.m. the same day, having been
away less than 1414 hours. Such a
development is possible not only be-
cause of the high speed of the planes
used, but also, since the Berlin air-
drome (Tempelhof) is so near to the
centre of the city, much valuable time,
so often wasted between hotel and air-
port, is here saved.
The Flying Hamburger, claimed to
be the fastest train in the world, also
began regular services on May 15. It
is reported to be able to do the 178.2
miles between Berlin. and Hamburg in
2 hours and 18 minutes, thus making
an average speed of 77.46 miles• per
hour. Regular express trains between
these two cities have also been speed-
ed up to more than 60 miles per hour,
with the introduction of new special
four -cylinder superheated steam loco-
motives with a speed capacity of over
93 miles an hour on straight runs.
CANNED FOODS PUT TO TEST.
An interesting experiment was
carried out in connection with the
German Agricultural Exhibition in
May. One hundred and seventy cases.
of foodstuffs, mainly ;canned, and of
the kind intended for use on board
ship or in very hot climates, were
sent an a long voyage from Hamburg
via Cape Town. and Portuguese East
Africa back to Berlin, in order to `test
their resistanceto heat and weather
generally. These cases, which belong-
ed to 110 different firms, though trav-
eling separately from, they rest of the
cargo, were not given any specially
prepared rooms. In theirtwo voyages
of love you more than tongue
can tell."
"Then let the parson do the talk-
ing."
Goodness
I think that good must come of good,
And 111 of evil -surely ifhto all
In every place or time, seeing sweet
fruit
Groweth from wholesome roots, or
bitter things.
.Brom poison stocks: yea, seeing, too,
how spite
Breeds hate—and kindness friends
—or patience peace.
y—Arnold.
•
Gems from Life's Scrap -13016i
Beauty �.!'•o"I'-----.••
"Beauty4-•"The fringe of the garment
of the Lord'."
"Byes raised toward heaver are al
'ways -beautiful, whatever they lie." -
Joseph Joubert.
The most natural beauty in tie
world is honesty and moral truth." --i
Shaftesbury.
"My sense of the beauty of the met
verse is that beauty typifies holiness,
and is something to be desired."
Mary Baker Eddy.
"Beauty is God's handwriting, -1
-wayside
s c
n t.- � a Fame —Milton.
"Unity and simplicity are the two
true sources of beauty, Suprema
beauty resides in C-od."—Windkeb
mann.
Remember: The blind who could n
see the face of Jesus, were irresistthl
attracted by the beauty of the Masi
ter's character.
"My experience teaches me that the,
State is less efficient -in , conducting
business than is private enterprise."—+,
Albert Einstein.
"Have we not had enough of enmi"
ties and war? Have.we not had enough
of attimpts to settle issues by force?
--Ramsay MacDonald.
TOP PRICE FOR LAMBS
From all the information we can gather there is a fairly heavy crop of
lambs this year and -methods of marketing likely to be somewhat different
due to the fact that Abattoir C'ompanies have decided to place less lamb in
cold storage and maintain a greater quota of fresh lambs the year through,
so,ae-to meet the requirements of the consumer.
During the last few years the quality 'of lambs have shown a `decided
improvement, and by doing so you have done much to stimulate greater corm
sumption, hence demand for greater volume. This has been accomplished
by better.beeding, better feeding and castration of buck Iambs. Light thin
lambs do nbt produce good quality, of lamb- meat. Heavy Iambs are also
undesirable for the market, but good fat Iambs yielding a dressed carcass of
thirty-five to forty-five pounds are desirable and will command top prices, 'or iri
other words well finished Iambs weighing 70 to 90 lbs. live weight at the
market are desirable. Lambs weighing over 90 pounds at the market are
likely to be discounted in price. With all these facts before us we feel
disposed to recommend you to ship out your lambs as they get fat and hold
unfinishod•lambs on the farm until fat, but the chief feature is to keep send,
ing them out as they get ready, believing as we do that prices will be betted
during file early season of marketing rather than fall months when receipte
are likely to be heavy.
We are anxious that farmers may receive the best possible returns for
their lambs, and are asking our shippers to co-operate with'you by maintain,
ing a regular shipping service and assure our readers that we have a full
staff of 'experienced salesmen and in a position to handle all 'glasses of live
stock.
Ship your live stock by BAIL or TRUCK to YOUR OWN COMPANY,
who introduced CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING, where your stock is sold
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a
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the equator they were
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