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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
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TRANSATLANTIC AIR SERVICE REGINS
Honeymoon
Mountain
Flying Ships.'
JMlovie • Radio *
the
UO-
CHAPTER IX—Continued
fame* and luxuriout dining. There wat ■
Garbo
a
Microphone fright la a strange thing.
my h<*art to know that he
you would.”
is
the Ger-
passenger service, Doctor Eckener ad- week—Town Hail Tonight, the March
Bryn will ho
money within
apron
to the automobile, and radio and_dlie_ _frtr llghter-than-alr craft. It waa ru-
caste
»_k_
/OvfM ooiei
to make
time or
mored In the press that the venerable
pioneer of the airways, In Hitler’s die-
favor for refining to allow the Hlnden-
was six, haa the right kind of mother;
consequently he ia now beard on about
12 Important network radio shows each
are much anfer than they were even
two or three years ago. They have
increased in range and efficiency; they
now have the added advantage of the
controllable-pitch propeller, which gives
them a sort of “gear shift” comparable
By FRANCES
SHELLEY WEES
Is ro-
an old
sigh. “I
Deborah
will have
news reel boys oho was so frightened •
that she could hardly apeak I
“There is no doubt in my mind,” waa
the way Sir Hubert put It, "that if
airships were built In such numbers aa
to bring down the cost of construction,
they could be operated on a higher
profit basis than the big sea-going lin-
ers of today."
The primary purpose of the Hinden-
burg’s crossings this summer will be
to attract financial backing for a com-
bined German-American transatlantic
one visible eye of the painted animal
la represented by the elephant which.
In moving, gives the painting a. Ilf»
like effect—Ollier's Weekly.
ice which would have been extended
acrott the Pacific at well at the Atlantic,
but the deprettion wiped it out.
Meanwhile, America may perhaps
look forward to having Doctor Ecke-
ner’a ex|>ert advice In any future plana
These are the days when a talented
child Is a better investment than
stocks, bonds or real estate. The great-
est difficulty is that, provided you have
the child, you’ve gpt to be a talented
parent as well, for success Is likely to
spoil the child, and then movie and
radio contracts go by the board. -
Toung Walter Tetley, who Is fifteen
Copyright by
Frances Shelley Wees
WNU Service ■
mrrnnr.--------------------------
The United Slater had cooled off la
almon ter a in itt tympathier toward air-
thipt at a retufl of the Akron and Macon
ditatlert, but it it hoped that the new
“tepf making regular tript will win
back Amdricn’t confidence. There war e
wheme in 1929 to back tuck an air tore-
The China Clipper, Giant Mall and Passenger Plane, Uncle Sam’s Contribution
to the Quick Spanning of the Pacific.
Now that ths reticent Garbo baa
broken down and talked and been pho-
tographed and been In-
terviewed by reporters,
almost anything can
I
stay, you
Germany’s Newest Challenger for Tranaatlantlc Air Supremacy, the Zeppelin
Hindenburg. Dr. Eckener Supervised Its Construction.
Sylvia Sidney wanted to dodge tbe
people who appeared to interview her
when she traveled from Hollywood
East, but she hsd a good excuse—make-
up poisoning, an aliment that cauaes
a good many of the stars to suffer, and
in some cases does lasting damage.
-W'-
CDDS AND ENDS . .
cave/ry <Vr»Ay>4. better than any-
one elte hat ever built them, may be
only the forerunner of a teriet of trant-
atlantic air tervicet to be etiablithed be-
tween Europe and America thit rummer.
All of the other services now planned
to span the North Atlantic are to be
maintained with heavler-than-alr ships.
The Hindenburg on Its first crossing
made the jump from Frledrlschafen to
Lakehurst In 61 hours, or, as the sched-
ule calls for, approximately 2H days.
But the airplane, being so much faster
than the airship, Will be able
the crossing in one-half the
less.
It has been announced by
Lehmann as
the wonders
board,
us," he said.
again. “But I
can explain to
VIRGINIA VALE***
did not move. Grandmother
eyes and looked at Pllnr
"You modern girls are so
she said, “in my
STAR
Evil Eye
Tbe objection which a high
Brahman of India has to being seen
eating by a low caate man is based
on a belief allied to that of the evil
Victor M^cLaglen. In fact, the whole
cast is good. And The story! No doubt
you’re familiar with it; it has been
popular ever since Ouida wrote it,
years ago.
not successful
Deborah explained
happen. Arriving in
New York on her way
back to Hollywood
from Sweden, she
made no effort to
dodge newspaper men.
She did her best to
give a good interview •
but was so nervous
that it was almost piti-
ful. After all, facing
cameras and reporters
is no essy thing to do; it’s an art; oho
for which most of our movie stars al-
most go into training.
By WILLIAM C. UTLEY
HE biggest news in theiNeW York newspapers the first Sunday
in May was not on page one. It was not even in a news story.
It was an advertisement buried 'way back in the travel section,
or part 11, which the average reader reaches about Tuesday
afternoon.
This is what the ad -said:
“The. Travel Event of 1936.
"Europe by Air in 2# Days by the World’s Greatest Airship,
the Zeppelin ’Hindenburg* of the German Zeppelin Company.
“Lakehurst, N. J., to Frankfort, Germany. Staterooms with run-
ning hot and cold water. Spacious♦
promenade-dining salon, smoking room,
bar, lounge, reading room. 1400, includ-
ing berth, meals, tips.
"To Europe: May 11, May 20. June
24, July 5, July IS. August 0, and Au-
gust 10; regular schedule September
and October;" .
Ad Understates Importance
_ The advertisement then went on to
list the ticket agents and other per-
tinent information. For the common-
place tone of the "copy” it might have
been for any ordinary week-end tour,
■nd not the herald of the experimen-
tal beginning of regularly scheduled
passenger air service over the North
Atlantic.
The great Hindenburg, 803 feet long
and the 129th lighter-than-air craft to
leave the plant named after the German
Count Zeppelin, who left the Kmter’t
........sin—
IF YOU’D like to see a motion
picture that has everything, be
sure to be on hand when “Under
Two Flags” is shown in your
neighborhood. It’s great 1 Ronald
Colman donned his Foreign Le-
gion uniform again for this one. »
would take a job Io this country.
• Wsslarn Nswspapsr Unlsa.
robot pilot have rethoved much of the
hazards and rigors of navigating them
An airplane depends upon sustained
.forward speed to keep It aloft, and If
the motor stops for a fraction of a
second (which means that If any one
of thousands of delicate parts goes
wrong, even with the wear and v’bro-
tlon of many hours of flying through
all kinds of weather at high speed) It
must land.
“Zap” la Grand Sight
Rut the seppelln only Nies 60 to 90
miles sn hour, normally, and the air
plane flies two or three times that fast.
Since mankind has never yet refused
"And What happens next?"
There was'a queer note tn her voice,
and Deborah looked up quickly. But
Pilar * face had not changed, a ml Deb'
orah'a eyes fell again. “Nothing." she
sold. "We have to go on until the end
of the year, or I do not get the money.
The marriage must last for a year.
And It must go on for Grandmother's
sake, anyway, for that long. After
that ... I don’t know what we shall
dn to exrdoln to Grandmother, hut
there will,he something.
free, then.) of course.”
“You cannot get tbe
a year?"
“If the marriage Is
to that extent.'
carefully, "I do not get It at all."
“Your grandmother seems very fond
of Bryn.” \ .
“She loves him," beborah said, with
a little catch In her breath. “He is’
wonderful to her.- Even If the estate
were not so tied, I don’t see bow we
could be . , . divorced . . . before
thnt time without breaking Grandmoth-
er's heart."
Pilar turned the Ivory holder be-
tween her long browned fingers. "It
seems rather a long time out of Bryns
life," she said. "A year."
“I know."
"I should think there might have
been somebody else. Deborah. Some-
body you might have paid for nis name
and his lost year.”
Deborah looked up again, but did
not speak. Pilar was watching her,
After a moment she said. "Of course,
It’s *U very romantic, and you *r*
really quite. pretty. Any man would
llketo be the prince who awakens the
sleeping beauty." »
Deborah's eyes flew to the long oval
of Pilar's faee. Her own cheeks crim-
soned furiously, and her eyes flashed.
(TO BE CONTINUED/'
Among tbe most uncanny decora-
tions art those of} the grotesque ani-
mals painted on tbe sides of elephants'
heads during festivals la India. They
regularly and so often between Fried-
richshafen and Pernambuco. Brazil,
that no one even notices its comings
and goings any more.
Mariners have long considered the
weather of the North Atlantic some-
thing to be feared, and they are borne
out by the New York weather bureau,
whose chief. Dr. James H. Kimball,
made surveys of January flylng weather
over the China Clipper's route In the
Pacific and the route which will be fol-
lowed by the German planea across
the Atlantic. He laid out both routes
in 12 degree squares; It waa learned
that the mildest square in the Atlantic
route was twice as stormy as the rough-
est square on the Pacific.
“Can’t Improve the Weather”
Doctor. Kimball pointed out that the
weather had. always been like this over
this part of the ocean and would llke-
ly"conTTnue to-be?-------------------“
"Weather gets no better,” he said In
his report. "You can improv# airplanes
and motors, but yon cannot Improve
the weather. With the help of radio,
however, and a better knowledge of
existing conditions, it is possible to
outwit the weather. That Is the way
the Atlantic has got to be flown—by
outwitting the weather.”
Zeppelint are able tn outwit the weath-
er by flying around the ttormi. Thit it
becaute of their greater cruiting range
and the fact that, if wont comet to worn
and they run out of fuel, they al lean
can remain in the air at a free balloon
for tome lima, The fad., that all that
needt to be done to keep lha thip above
the water if the moton flop it to let out
a little ballon giver the “tep” a tafety
advantage over the airplane on the long
inter-continental tript. x
But Improvement In ships and motors
has come quickly In the past few years
and today the heavierthan air ships
man air ministry that the Nazis will
also attempt to be first In the field
with the service by heavier craft.
Within a few months. It has been Indi-
cated, the giant Lufthansa seaplanes
will be dashing back and forth be-
tween the Spanish or Portuguese coast
1 and Charleston, 8. C., stopping en route
nt the Azores and at Bermuda, where
they will refuel? *•
Between the Azores and the Bermudas
Is the longest hop of the journey, more
than 2.000 miles over was that are
ordinarily stormy. To provide the max-
imum amount of safety for this jump
the Germans Intend to maintain a float-
ing airport and fueling atatlon midway
between the inlands. Thia, It
ported, will be constructed from
freighter.
Britain Enter* Field
Planes will land on a fabric
to be towed behind the freighter, and
will then be scooped up tn the deck
by s giant crane. When they have re-
fueled. a catapult will send them once
more on their hurrying way. The float-
ing station will be equipped with a
powerful radio broadcasting station to
keep In touch with the flying ships IT
■11 times.
Another bidder for the traveler'i pat-
ronage over tbe North Atlantic will be
Imperial Airwuyt of Great Britain, who
(dan ten fliglne thit rummer and may
begin carrying the mail between Eng-
land and Canada before fall. Pan Amer-
ican Airwayt hatstwLindicated'that it
it alto eel to begin ter vice acron the
Atlantic.
transoceanic air passenger service is
not so new, of course. But because of
the treacherous weather which pre-
vails on tbe yeas between America and
Europe, It has never been attempted
on tbe North Atlantic before. The fly-
ing clipper ships, now on regular ached
ule, have an paster time of It over the
Pacific, the Caribbean, and the Medi-
terranean. And the Graf Zeppelfa, now
able at you would find in a pullman car.
There wat even a radio broadcatt of mu-
tic and tpeechet from the tpaciout talon
of the thip.
In an address from the ship aa it
sped across the sea. Dr. Hngo Eckener,
veteran of airship navigation who ac-
companied Capt. Ernest
special adviser, told of
experienced by those on
“America Is ahead of
"About three hours from, now we will
he approaching Nantucket, lightship and
tomorrow morning before sunrise we
will have left Sandy Hook behind. Our
trip from coast tn coast will have lasted
Just sbout fifty hours.
Describe* Inspiring Day
“1 want to greet you all In just these
few words. This present trip is like a
dream to me.
"Earlier In the day we had a mar-
velous piano concert. Now our pas-
sengers have gathered in the social
hall and smoking room, having a grand
time. All this at a speed of ninety
miles an hour and an altitude of 1;000
feet ghove the clouds.
'Many pattengen told me today ell
thit teemt unreal. How long will it be
until all thit will have become jutl lha
ordinary thing, that will cauee fear to no-
body. and will hardly bo mentioned in
the neutpapert? ,
"You know, this trip and thoae that
are to follow are only experimental.
We want to be on safe ground before
proceeding to the inauguration of reg-
ular airship travel across the Atlantic.
The beginning Is Indeed encouraging.
I think we could learn a lot during this
trip, and I am convinced that in due
course we shall gather enough experi-
ence that wll| enable us to cross even
In unfavorable weather conditions, not
employing too much time.
"The Interest Is tremendous. . . .**
sir Hubert Wilkins,-the noted ex-
plorer, who, with his wife, was a pas-
senger on the Hindenburg, expressed
ttn ophrton that the- strsMp-waa-tho
more desirable mode of travel for jour-
neys of more then 15 hours over tbe
water.’
Want to enter a beauty contest,
glrlsf If you do, you'll bo Interested
In knowing how st least one experi-
enced Judge works. Ho Is Max Fac-
tor, Hollywood's make-up king, who
haa judged more than 1,400 beauty
contacts during the 27 years he haa
been In Hollywood. Here's the way ho
plcke winners.
Skin and complexion get IS points-
Regular, well-formed foaturoa especial-
ly large, clear eyes, count for 1S more.
Five points for soft, well-groomed hair,
■nd. five for slender, well-manicured
hands. And 15 each for a well-pro-
portioned figure, graceful carriage, ■
pleasant, vibrant pereonsllty, and In-
herent Intelligence and poles.
older, safer one, it is certain that the
moat important developments In trans-
atlantic air travel will come from
heavier, faster craft
Nevertheless, the dirigible will
tain a grandeur that can be easily
derstood. Anyone who has seen the
Graf, the Loe Angeles or the Hinden-
burg knows thst the seppelln compares
with the airplane as a giant ocean
liner compares with a cabin speedboat;
the one Is ponderous and majestic, the
other is sleek and awift
The Hindenburg on her maiden Amer-
ican voyage carried 107 pertont. o/ whom
51 were, pattengert. The pattengert
found all the comforlt of a firtl claw
hotel, according to tha account of Jamet
MePitlie, Chicagoan who made the trip
and'had had hit retervalion in tince
glble In every way. so flue ‘ If a girl
had been his friend always, as you
have been, my child, then she would
have been expected to marry him. and.
Indeed, she would herself have expect-
ed to marry him. I d» not quite un-
derstand the new camaraderie which
allows of such close friendships with-
out any thought of marriage or roman-
tic love. In my day. so queerly uncon-
trolled was human natirre then, the
sort of friendship you mention would
have been potentially dangerous If
either the girl or the man—particular-
ly the man—married elsewhere.”
Pilar’s eyes narrowed the faintest
______trifle against the light as ghe looked
st Grandmother. Grandmother was sit-
ting up a little straighter than Deb-
orah had seen her sit for some time,
and there was a little pink In her
cheeks. Rut her eyes aa they met
Pilar's were calm and kind, and Deh
ornh pushed away the thought that
Grandmother anspected something nnd
was taking her own way to combat
the hint of danger.
Pllnr rose and stood for a moment,
tall and lissome and full of grace, be-
side the door. She was smiling. "Cus-
toms are very different now." she mur-
mured. and begged to he excused, and
' went out through the door.
There was a little silence when Pilar
was gone. Deborah looked up from
tbe puppy to find Grandmother stitch-
ing away placidly again, her eyes on
her material, and Sally and Madeline
looking at each other with steady
meaning. Sally and Madeline didn't
understand. They dldu't know what
It must have been Tike for Pilar to
- love Bryn, to have loved him for years,
and then to have him suddenly marry
another-glrt. They didn't know what
It meant to love Bryn. Simon and
Tubby were all right, of course, and
.perfect darlings, but they weren't
Bryh. Deborah's eyes burned, and the
Bad lump came hyk In her throat.
There was a knock at the door. It
waa one of the maids, wanting Deb-
orah. The root would tike her orders,
rhe mntd sntd respect full y Deboeah
went out nnd shut the door behind her.
Deborah stumbled down the hall to-
. ward the kitchen. Tn her mind's eye
she could see herself sitting on the
• wall the other night, with Bryn lean-
ing close beshle her She remembered
what she had wanted to do. Bryn's
' face was so close, and he was such a
dear; she had wanted to take his face
between her own two palms aafl bend
down and pot her cheek against bls
forehead She had almost done It
when he said > . . "Deborah, do you
“My dear, yon are more than wel-
come,” Grandmother aald warmly.
“Any friends of Bryn's are our friends,
too, and our home la always open to
them. And I am delighted to bear
you discussing details of modern so-
ciety. I am sure your talk will be ■
liberal education for Deborah, aad
help her to establish herself more
easily when she goes out into Bryn's
world with him.’*
Pilar's black eyes rested momentari-
ly on Deborah. They were quite ex-
pressionless. “There will be no dlffl-
ctaltles for Deborah,” she said tender-
ly. "She la ao adorable that alie won't
need to make the slightest effort. Ev-
ery one will fall tn love with her at
first sight"
"Just as Bryn did,” Sally added, and
looked fleetingly at Pilar.
"Just ns Bryn did," Pilar repeated.
|>ut her mouth tightened a little, Deb-
orah saw, at the corners.
“How long are you planning to stay.
Pilar?” Madeline said evenly. "Are
you going home for the yacht races?"
"I really hadn't considered It.
wasn’t sure I’d be Invited to
see."
Gtandmothgr gave a little
am so thankful that when
does emerge Into society she
dear Bryn to take care of her. Re un-
derstands so well wlint her life has
been, and he-Is so thoughtful nnd lov-
ing. It takes n great load off my mind
to have him so."
“Bryn has always been a dear," Pilar
agreed at once. “I don't know what 1
■bould ever have done without Bryn,"
she went oh. "For years, now, he has
been my staunchest comrade. No mat-
ter In what dftficulty 1 found myself,
there was always Bryn, and he brought
me alt Ms troubles and Joys as well,
it delights
is happy.”
Deborah
lifted her
frankly. '
honest and open,
day a girl would never have dared to
make such a statement about a man.
She would have been afraid of being
misunderstood.”
"Misunderstood?” Pilar murmured,
flicking open the lighter.
“In my day.” Grandmother explained,
"there were few young men such as
DUST
was glad she hadn’t done It, because
he wouldn’t hsve wanted her to. It
was Pilar he loved. He had aald so.
He bad told her bow dearly he loved
this other girl . . . and if she hadn’t
been so blind she would have seen in-
stantly that his telling her of the other
girl was sure proof that he didn’t love
her, Deborah.
And If bo did love Pilar ao dearly,
then Pilar waa a very lovely person.
Madeline and Sally didn't like her, but
they didn’t understand. And Bryn's
heart must ache, now, to think that he
waa Shut away from Pilar for so long;
snd Pilar must be suffering dreadfully.
When ahe waa finlahed In the kit-
cbenK Deborah weht up the back atalrs
swiftly and along the hall to her room.
Someone came lightly along tbe hall,
and she caught her breath lest it should
be Bryn. But It was. Instead. Pilar;
and she was In search of Deborah, for
her own room was down In the other
wing with Grandmother's. She glancea
tn through the open door.
“Ah, there yon are, sweetie,** she
said. "I wondered If you'd run away.
Where’ve you been?"
"1 waa down In the kitchen,” Deb-
orah explained, praying that her voice
sounded as usual. "Then I came up
to get some embroidery. I And myself
with no work at all to do these days.”
Pilar was watching her. “You are
refreshing," she sighed. "But really.
Deborah, you must begin to make some
changes In your life, or you will be
completely bewildered by Bryn's gay
world. Bryn travels pretty fast, dear.”
Deborah sat down slowly, with the
Italian embroidery tn her hand. She
fingered it absently. "Hasn't Bryn ex-
plained It all to you. Pilar?” she asked
at last, lifting her dark eyes.
"Explained what?” Pilar asked, after
moment. / . .
"I know he . . . hasn't told the
others. Sally, or Madeline. I don’t
think even Tubby knows. I’m not
quite sure why he hasn't. For a while
I thought It was on his own account,
but now 1 think he has l>een doing it
for me, sb that I wouldn’t feel so
queer anti; left out.”
"1 don’t know what you mean.
Deborah looked at her.
“You know that Bryn couldn’t be In
love with me." she said.
Pllnr did not move. Not by a flick-
er did her expression change. Her eyex
were Mack and fathomless.
“Not In love with you?" she re-
pented.
"Surely yon knew, Pilar?”
"Even If I did.” Pilar said aoftl,,
"you wouldn’t expect me to . . . men-
tion It, Deborah?”
“No.” Deborah said after a moment.
At Pilar’s words her heart had fallen
like lead. So Pilar did know. Bryn
had told her.
“Bryn, of course. Is a gentleman,”
Pilar said. "He does not tell any more
than Is necessary.”
.. “No.” Deborah said
cau tell you, Pilar. I
you.” ,
"T was . . . hoping
"T don’t want to go Into detail,
Deborah said. “1 think I can tell you
In just a few words. It was like this.
I had to be married by my twenty-first
birthday or lose roy grandfather's
estate. I went down to San Francisco |
to meet the man I was to marry. He j
was . . . I couldn’t possibly marry ,
'TiTrin~~XnT’flryn~came albng'Tiy acct '
dent, and saw thnt I was frightened, !
and I told Mm about 1L and he offered
to mnrry me Instead, That’s all.”'
Pilar straightened. “1 see,” she said,
and then, “The day I came. Tubby
dragged me away and threatened me
with murder If I called Bryn by any-
thing hut Graham. The man you were
to marry Is named Graham?”
“Yes.”
“Your grandmother thinks Bryn
the man?”
Zeppelin Hindenburg Will Make Crossings Regularly; Schedules Are
Also Planned for Heavier-Than-Air
r | be the newe reels show you over and
over again. Take the case of Nellie
Grainger, the air lino hosteas who
showed such remarkable courage whan
the plane aha waa working on craahod
not long ago. Her bravery aaved two
Buck Jonoc oxporionood one of hie
worst momenta recently In Max Fac-
tor's studio. Buck Io
planning to do his next
"western” In color, and
wanted some advice on
make-up for It, ao be
want, naturally, to
Factor, who haa spe-
cialized In Technicolor
make-upe ever elnco
Hollywood began going
color-mad; has respon-
sible for the realistic
affects In "The Trail of
the Lonesome PlnO.**
And though Buck haa
bean In pictures for years, he was em-
barrassed almost to death when he
walked Into tho salon and had to tell
tho hostess, in front of a lot of. bgau-
tlf zl ladies of tho movies, Just whjn' ho
waa there.
Radio has done something to Fill
D'Orsay that Hollywood couldn’t do.
Per fiery temperament used to be the
bugaboo of tbe directors for whom ahe
marfe pictures, but when aha gets’up
In trout of a microphone, with
20.04,000 people listening in, J
doesn't dare blow up. No M
bo* she rages inwardly,
wltbcut a break, and
time the broadcast h
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