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The House of Morgan and the Public
The investigation into the affairs of J. P. Morgan &
Co. is important not so much because of sensational dis-
closures which may be made as because it provides the
general public with a free look into what is in the last
analysis the public’s business.
Recognition of that simple fact is one of the most
wholesome developments that have come out of the new
deal at Washington.
The boundary lines between private business and
public business are hazy and ill-defined at all times. By
tradition of course what a man chooses to do in his own
office in pursuit of his own designs is strictly his own
concern; but in practice it doesn’t quite work out that
way and the more important the man is the more does the
public have a right to inquire into the things that happen
in his inner sanctum.
The conditions under which all of us live and work
and play are determined partly by what our elected rep-
resentatives do at Washington and partly by obscure econo-
mic forces which we do not wholly understand and which
we have never yet had much luck in controlling; but a
third factor which in some ways is the most important of
all is the activity of a few men of great wealth and high
position—like Mr. Morgan and his partners.
Under our present system these men are responsible
to no one. In the general run of cases there is no appeal
from the decisions they make. Much of the time the or-
dinary citizen does not even know what their decisions
are; sometimes indeed their connections with his place
in society is so involved that he doesn’t even realize that
the decisions they have taken will affect him.
Nevertheless the kind of job he is able to get the
amount of money he is able to make the prices he will
have to pay for what he buys the amount of security he is
able to have in his own niche—any or all of these things
can be influenced profoundly by the things that such men
do.
That is why it is so necessary that the public have
full information about the things that go on in offices like
those of Morgan & Co. In putting these kings of finance
on the witness stand and scrutinizing their books the gov-
ernment is not stepping into a field which is properly
closed to it.
v Democracy can be nothing more than a sham if some
f6rm of social control cannot be made effective over the
men W’hose day-by-day decisions affect the lives of in-
numerable citizens.
Even-Handed Justice
Judge Harry S. McDevitt of Philadelphia recently
had before a deputy city collector who had pleaded guilty
to embezzlement. Instead of sending him to jail at once.
Judge McDevitt remarked:
‘Til wait until I see what sentences those New York
bankers who stole millions receive. Then I can give him
a sentence in fair proportion to the time they’ll have to
spend in jail.”
There is little doubt that this attitude will appeal
immensely to the people in general. That sort of talk from
the bench ought to do a great deal to re-establish confi-
dence in the theory that big fish and little fish must fare
alike when they fall into the net of the law.
I
The
Once Over
Bf H. I PBZLUPB
LICENSING THE BUSINESS
MAN
Under the Roosevelt recovery bill
the Government will issue licenses
to business which may at any time
be revoked for cause. Any business
man may be told to “pull over to
the curb” and asked to show his
license during the next two years.
* • •
Business men will presumably be
required to pass an examination
in a manner of speaking and show
that they are qualified to operate
a business safely. A special dem-
onstration of ability over rough
roads and in getting out of ditches
morasses and sloughs of despond
will be required.
• • ■
Possible
Application Blank
1. Have you ever operated a busi-
ness before?
2. If so through how many re-
ceiverships?
3. Has your business license ever
been revoked for any of the fol-
lowing causes:
(a) Driving through caution signs.
(b) Operating recklessly.
(c) 1 Operating a business with de-
fective brakes or steering gear.
(d) Overloading.
(e) Operating with one arm around
the stock market.
(f) Ignoring stop lights.
4. What model business do you
own?
5. What make?
6. Is the power gas electric
steam or political?
7. How far has your business
been driven?
8. Do you intend operating the
said industry for business or pleas-
ure purposes?
* * *
General Intelligence Test
1. You are operating a business
satisfactorily and making a reas-
onable profit. Somebody comes
along and suggests that you double
your plant and issue new stock.
Which of the following things would
you do: Agree at once? Yell for a
cop? Punch him in the nose?
2. You are running a business
sanely and conservatively and
growing normally with a splendid
return on the investment. The
directors suggest that you cut a
melon and take over six smaller
companies none of which is doing
much business. What should you
do? Scream? Accept the pl»n?
Jump through a window?
3. You have built up a nice busi-
ness after years of hard work. You
own it outright. A friend urges you
to borrow on it and buy the oil
stocks. What is the proper course
for you to follow7? To grab the idea
at once? Invite him to lunch?
Throw7 him out? Whistle through
your teeth?
It looks like a dizzy two years.
And don’t forget you can have
your license revoked for running
over a competitor and not stopping
to see how badly he is hurt.
With Proper Credit Where Due
After reading Mr. Morgan’s frank
testimony Elmer Twitchell has a
new alibi the next time his wife
rebukes him for a loss in the stock
market. “Lissen honey” he will
protest ‘‘even a Morgan makes
mistakes.”
Norman Davis tells Geneva the
United States will not run out on
any enforcement of the nonaggres-
sion pact in Europe. But it may
walk a little fast.
To the salaried man on getting
the latest tax news new deal would
seem to be ad clubs and no hearts.
The R.F.C. has $1468 left of its
$300000000 relief fund. It feels as
embarrassed as anybody else about
it no doubt.
Women may be allowed to enter
the Government reforestation
camps says Mrs. Roosevelt. It is
to be hoped they will include the
radio girls who have been singing
“Trees” ad these years.
The bar today is deplorably in
need of gentlemen. Too many men
who should have been plumbers or
paper-hangers are practicing law.
—Justice Frank E. Johnson of New
York municipal court.
I Out Our Way.By Williams
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_ TV4E. WART* c 1«33 by hea scwvice. iwc reg u s.p»t.orr. t-9i
New York
_Letter_
BY JU£JA BLANSHARD
NEW YORK.— Everybody who
has carfare and spare time is run-
ning down to Washington for a
day to take in what Washington-
ians call The Greatest Show on
Earth—meaning the Senate inves-
tigation of the House of Morgan.
The high spot the other day
from a human interest viewpoint
was the moment when J. P. Mor-
gan discovered that somebody had
sat on his new $100 Panama hat.
His smile faded. He looked the
retrieved hat over straightened
out the crown and smoothed the
brim and then handed it to some-
one who started to put it down on
another chair.
“Here” Morgan said peremtor-
ily reaching for his Hat “I don’t
want that sat on again!” Just
then young Thomas Lamont. a
Morgan partner came in. "Hello
Tommy” Morgan greeted him.
“Here hold my hat will you?”
Lamont took the hat and proceed-
ed to hold it out of harm’s way
during the entire session.
The talk around both Washing-
ton and New York is that the list
that really would make a sensa-
tion if published is that of the
very prominent men who were of-
fered special stock and accepted
and then when prices slumped
and they hadn’t yet paid welched
on their acceptance and let Mor-
gan’s firm stand the loss...
* * •
Mixed Personalities
One of the most interesting spec-
tacles in the Morgan investigation
is the personal clash between Sen-
ators Fletcher and Glass. Together
their ages total almost 150 years—
Fletcher is 75 Glass 74_Fletch-
er’s red nose gets almost purple
whenever one of Senator Glass’s
sallies angers him_Glass who
made himself a master of finance
by sheer hard work after he came
to the Senate is a tiny chunk of
dynamite bitter and fearless when
aroused—and careless of the fut-
ure since most of his political
life is behind him.
Garner’s Quandary
Vice-President Gamer has a
decision to make every day of his
life. It is: “What gavel am I going
to use today?’’ More than 300 have
been sent to him from all over
the U. S. and Canada the majority
from Texas....In his office suite
he has several dozen though he
has sent the majority to Texas for
a museum-They are all sizes.
all kinds. One two feet long is
made from cactus rattlesnake and
Longhorn steers’ horns and wood
from trees in Garner’s district...
A sleek small one is made from
part of the wood from the elm tree
under which General Sam Houston
concluded a treaty with the In-
dians....One has over 5(» varieties
of Texas trees inlaid in it_An-
other has a handle of pecan wood
from Garner’s own grove.... One
was a gift from a colored women’s
organization...
The Vice President in his office
off the Senate sits at his desk
under a handsome chandslier that
used to be in the East Room of the
White House—the chandelier un-
der which Grover Cleveland was
married—Garner rarely goes out
evenings-He even has given up
the movies. The last time he slip-
ped into a film house for a quiet
moment or two with Mrs. Garner
the spotlight was turned on him
and he was asked to take a bow...
He stays home now.
• • •
Idolized Idahoan
Fighting Senator Borah now has
a hideout a private office with
no name on the door a long dist-
ance from his office suite_ Hf’s
the Dean of the Senate now—has
been there since 1908_ Every
morning at 10:30 the Senator has
his tall glass of buttermilk_He’s
still the man in the Capitol whom
most tourists want to see_Also
the man to whom everybody in
trouble anywhere abroad particu-
larly in Russia writes_He has
the most surprising hands in the
world for such a warrior. Artistic
painter or musician hands in direct
contrast to that rough-hewn head
and face.
Daily Health
Talk
Millions of words have been writ-
ten about shoes and every shoe
manufacturer seems to have his
own ideas.
There are shoes with flexible
shanks and shoes with rigid
shanks as well as shoes with semi-
flexible and semi-rigid shanks.
People without any foot troubles
according to Dr. Philip Lewin will
do well in flexible shank shoes.
Those who have foot troubles how-
ever and who require both exer-
cise and support will sometimes
feel much better with shoes with a
rigid shank.
• * •
It is believed that the best type
of shoes have round toes medium
width shanks and are made over
a last with a straight inner border.
Extremes in the height of heels
are undesirable and a good heel is
neither too low nor too high nor
is set too forward or too far back-
ward.
Few people understand how to
take care of their shoes properly.
' Shoes will last much longer and
give much better service from the
point of view of protecting the feet
if they are changed at least once
daily and if the pair that is not
in action is kept on a suitable shoe-
tree or shoe-form.
The rubber heel has proven so
well its advantage in minimizing
shock to the feet and thereby to
the other organs of the body that
there is no longer need to empha-
size its virtues.
• • •
It is now well established that
the circulation to the feet must b«
well maintained if the toes are *o
be healthful. Such circulation is
not maintained when the upper leg
is too greatly constricted by tight
garters or by rolling the stockings
in a hard ridge or knot.
This constriction causes interfer-
ence with the regular flow of blood
and tends to break down the valves
in the veins resulting in varicosity.
A recent improvement is the de-
velopment of stockings with a
slight flexible top thus preventing
constriction and making garters
unnecessary.
moved the limits on liquor pre-
scriptions we’ve noticed an increas-
ing number of persons who are
eager to sit up with a sick friend.
• * 9
Roosevelt has given the Bonus.
Army jobs in the forests and now 1
the boys will raise trees instead of
something else.
• • •
We’ve been sitting here 15 min-
utes now trying to think of rea-
sons why Mr. Morgan should ob-
ject to the higher income tax rates
proposed in Congress. And so far
we haven't been able to think of
a single one.
9 • •
One-half of the world doesn’t
know how the other half lives
says the adage. Yes. but in these
days of Senate investigations it is
beginning to have its suspicions.
• • •
Pictures of old-fashioned bath-
ing suits show that girls once I
dressed like Mother Hubbard when :
they went for a swim. The 1933 !
styles however strongly remind
one of her cupboard
9 9 9
“Woman Claims $5000 For Loss
Of Thumb’’—Headline. It must
have been the one she kept her
husband under.
Quotations
The defendant was no more guilty
than those who sold nearbeer as the
real thing.
—Judge Oscar C. Bell of Cleveland.
in dismissing case against restaur-
atuer whose beer tested above 3.2
per cent.
9 9 9
We take altogether too many
young people of mediocre and de-
pressing personalities bury them for
a few years in a library knight
Today’s Radio Features
FrtIDAY JUNE 9 (Central and Eastern Standard Time)
Note—A11 programs to key and basic chains or groups thereof unless speci-
fied; coast to coast (c to c) designation Includes all available stations.
programs subject to change. P. M.
(Daylight Time One Hour Later)
NBC-WEAF NETWORK
BASIC — East: weaf wlw weei wtic
vvjar wtag wcsh wfi wilt wfbr wrc wgy
when wcae wtam wwj wsai; Midwest:
wmaq wefl ksd woc-who wow wdaf
NORTHWEST A CANADIAN — wtmj
wiba kstp webc wday kfyr ckgw cfcf
SOUTH — wrva wptf wwnc wis wjax
w't'la-wsun wiod wsm wmc wsb wapi
wjdx wsmb kvoo wky wfaa wbap kprc
woai ktbs kths
MOUNTAIN—koa kdyl kglr kghl
COAST—kgo kfi kgw komo khq kpo
kfsd ktar kgu
Cent. East.
2:30— 3:30—To Be Announced
3:00— 4:00—Arlene Jackson—also cst
3:15— 4:15—Austin Strong Plays—toe
3:30— 4:30—Winnie the Pooh—to cst
3:45— 4:45—Paul Wing's Story—east
4:00— 5:00—Meyer Davis Or.—to cst
4:30— 5:30—To Be Announced
4:45— 5:45—Will Cuppy’s Just Relax
5:00— 6:00—Mountaineers—weaf only
5:15— 6:15—To Be Announced
5:30— 6:30—Harding Sisters. Pianos
5:45— 6:45—The Goldbergs Sketch
6:00— 7:00—Orch. A Cavaliers—c to c
7:00— 8:00—Tom Howard and Others
7:30— 8:30—Victor Young’s Orchestra
8:00— 9:00—Jack Benny Show—to cst
8:30— 9:30—The Country Club—east
9:00—10:00—Meyer Davis Orchestra
9:30—10:30—Mark Fisher Orchestra-
basic; Tom Howard—coast repeat
10:00—11:00—Ralph Kirbery Baritone
10:05—11:05—Don Bestor’s Orchestra
10:30—11:30—Harold Stern’s Orchestra
CBS-WABC NETWORK
BASIC— East: wabe wicc wade woko
wcao waab wnac wgr wkbw wkrc whk
ckok wdre wcau wip wjas wean wfbl
wspd wjsv. Midwest: wbbm wgn wfbm
kmbe wcco kmox wowo
EAST AND CANADIAN — wpg whp
vvlbw whec wlbz wfea wore efrb ckac
DIXIE — wgst wsfa wbre wqam wdod
wnox klra wrec wlac wdsu wtoc krld
wrr ktrh ktsa waco koma wdbo wodx
wbt wdae wbig whas wtar wdbj wwva
wmbg wsjs
MIDWEST — wbcm wsbt wcah wmbd
wtaq wkbh kfab wisn ksej wibw kfh
wmt wnac wkbn wgl
MOUNTAIN— kvor klz koh ksl
PACIFIC COAST — khj koin kgb kfre
koI kfpy kvi
Cent. East.
2:30— 3:30—U. S. Army Band—c to c
3:00— 4:00—Don Lang's Story—c tp c
3:15— 4:15—John Kelvin Tenor—to c
3:30— 4:30 — Skippy Sketch — east
only; Between the Bookends—west
3:45— 4:45—Dancing Echoes—also cst
4:00— 5:00—Stamp Adventures—also c
4:15— 6:15—Martin’s Orchestra—to o
Cent. East.
4:30— 6:30—The Happy Bakers—east
only; Skippy Sketch—midwest rpt
4:45— 5:45—Just Plain Bill—east
5:00— 6:00—Mildred Bailey—also cst;
Stamp Adventures—midwest rpt
5:15— 6:15 — Buck Rogers in 2433—
east; The Madison Singers—Dixie
6:30— 6:30 — Travelers’ Quartet and
Orch.—east; Leon Belasco Orch.—
Dixie; The Devil Bird—midwest
6:45— 6:45 — Boake Carter — basic;
The Collegians of K. C.—west
6:00— 7:00—Nino Martini. Tenor—to c
6:30— 7:30—Foreign Legion—c to cst
7:00— 8:00—Irvin S. Cobb—coast out
7:15— 8:15—Street Singer—also cst
7:30— 8:30—Edwin C Hill Interview
8:00— 9:00—Lou Holtz & Orch.—c to c
8:30— 9:30—Little Jack Little—c to c
8:45— 9:45—Rich's Columbians—also c
9:15—10:15—Do Re Mi Trio—also cst
9:30—10:30—Friedman Orches.—c to c
10:09—11:00—G o. Hall Orches.—c to c
10:30—11:30—Don Bestor Orch.—c to c
11:09—12:00—Dance Hour—wabc only
NBC-WJZ NETWORK
BASIC — East: wjz wbz-wbza wbal
wham kdka wgar wjr wlw wsyr wmal;
Midwest: wcky kvw kfkx wenr wls
kwk kwcr koil wren wmaq kso
NORTHWEST & CANADIAN — wtmj
wiba kstp webc wday kfyr ckgw cfcf
SOUTH — wrva wptf wwnc wis wjax
wfla-wsun wiod wsm wmc wsb wapi
wjdx wsmb kvoo wky wfaa wbap kprc
woai ktbs kths
MOUNTAIN—koa kdyl kgir kghl
PACIFIC COAST — kgo kfi fcgw komo
khq kpo kfsd ktar
Cent. East.
2:30— 3:30—Arcadian Ensem.—also c
3:00— 4:00—Neil Sisters Harmony
3:15— 4:15—Concert Favorites Orches.
3:30— 4:30—The Singing Lady—east
3:45— 4:45—Orphan Annie—east only
4:00— 5:00—Eddie Lane's Orchestra
4:1^— 5:15—King Kill Kare—east
4:30— 5:30—Major Sharp and Minor
4:45— 5:45—Lowell Thomas — east;
Orphan Annie—midwest repeat
5:00— 6:00—Amos ’n’ Andy—east only
5:15— 6:15—Maud & Cousin Bill Skit
5:30t- 6:30—Pastoral Concert Orches.
6:00— 7:00—To Be Announced
6:30— 7:39—Adventures i i Kcai.
6:45— 7:45—Phil Cook and His Act
7:00— 8:00—Concert Organ Recital
7:30— 8:30—Phil Baker Show—c to c
8:00— 9:00—To Be Announced
8:15— 9:15—Irene Franklin Comedy
8:30— 9:30—First Nighter—also coast
9:00—10:00—Sizzlers’ Trio — east;
Ames 'n’ Andy—repeat for west
9:15—10:15—Dorothy & Jimmy Songs i
9:30—10:30—Phantom Gypsy—to coast
10:00—11:00—Duke Ellington's Band
10:30—11:30—Teddy Black's Orchestra J
I
INDEPENDENCE
1111 ■ ■■ ■
WELL DEA12-
WHAT VO YOU SAY
WE CO FOR A DRIVE |
I/Si THE COUNTRY?
V )
fe. .
/ ■ * #
them Ph. D. and turn them loose
on oncoming generations as libels on
the fair name of education.
—Willis J. Ballinger former Smith
College economics professor.
♦ * *
The bigger the target the easier
it is* to hit.
—Ferdinand Pecora chief counsel
for senate committee in investi-
gation of J. P. Morgan & Co.
* * *
Women must learn to be inde
pendent. In the past they have been
dependent on men. but the day of
geld-digging is over.
—Dr. Stiaart A. Courtis educational
consultant of Detroit public
schools.
• • •
No woman In the world is worth
shooitng. The penalty is too great.
—Judge George W. Martin of N. Y.
* * •
The striking fact about what has
been done since March 4 is not the
The average American likes to
think of himself as an incipient
capitalist.
—Sherwood Anderson novelist.
• • •
Economic considerations aJone
should condemn the proposed bar-
gain with the brewers and distillers
to trade off the 18th amendment for
liquor revenue.
—Dr. P. Scott McBride general sup-
erintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of America.
DflRunG rooL~ga
BEGIN HERE TODAY
MON NIE O’DARE yonng and
beautiful. sails (or Europe with
an old friend. MISS ANSTICE
COREY. Monnle believes DAN
CARDIGAN with whom ahe has
long been In love has lilted her
partly beeanae his parents look
down on Monnle who ts poor
Dan's pnrents want him to marry
wealthy SANDRA LAWREM E.
Sandra pretending to be Monnle’s
friend does her best to win Dan.
even telling him Monnle is going
to marry CHARLES EUSTACE
another admirer.
ARTHUR MACKENZIE a rich
middle-aged New Yorker sails on
the same boat as Monnle. He
showers her with attentions and
one night in London asks her to
marry him Monnle hesitates
promising to give her answer next
morning. While she is trying to
make np her mind what to do she
receives a letter from Dan ex-
plaining his past neglect and beg-
ging her to forgive him
Monnle decides to return home
taking the first boat. Mackenzie
who has been called back to New
York on business ia also sailing.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY-
CHAPTER XXXIX
pHARLES EUSTACE tall lean
'■'* and elegant In nls dinner
clothes lounged against the fire-
place in Sandra Lawrence’s home.
“I asked you to come In” San-
dra said softly "because there
was something special 1 wanted
o talk about Sit down."
The young man shot her a
rapier glance out of keen dark
eyes then subsided Into a deep
red chair. The girl affecting a
demureness and shyness foreign
to her stared into the flames.
“You’re going to the party to-
night. 1 suppose.” Charles ven-
tured In the awkward silence.
"Oh yes. That was it.” Sandra
said. To Charles' puzzled stare
she continued. “Someone told me
you were angry at me and 1 did
so want to get things straightened
out before we met when there
were people present. So awk-
ward—” her voice trailed off.
Charles grinned. “Angry at
you? But that’s absurd. Why
should I be?”
“I don’t know!" Sandra gave
aim a fleeting glance from under
long lashes. “It does sound
silly doesn’t it. when we knew
each other really so little. Only
—well 1 fancied perhaps someone
nad talked about me prejudiced
you against me on account of
your friendship for someone else.”
This was arrant nonsense and
Charles said so. His agreeable
voice seemed to soften the blow. ;
‘What precisely” he inquirec
amiably “do you mean?”
Sandra laid ber cards on the
table. “You do like Monica
O’Dare awfully don’t you?”
He stiffened. “Yes i do. Does
she come into this?”
Sandra shrugged a gesture she
nad perfected. “A bit. You see. !
she used to want Danny and he s
mine.”
“Oh ye3?” Charles seemed
faintly bored but any close ob- j
server would have noted the sud-;
den gleam in his eyes.
“He always has been really
said Sandra warming to her topic '
A year or two ago be and Monnic '
had a bit of a flirtation. He ^
didn’t take it seriously but she
did. Poor girl she hadn’t much
eaperience with beaux and Dan Is '
such a lamb he didn’t know she'd
misunderstand.”
• • •
QUARLES stood up. not likin'-;
^ any of this. “I'm not at ai»
sure she did” he interrupted
“My impression always has been !
that the affair was about fifty i
fifty/’
“Aren’t you quaint?” trillra ;
Sandra “It wasn't at all » I
know them noth so i nave the!
straight of it”
“But wbcat." demanded Charles
with some impatience “has all
this to do -with me?" He looked
rather ostentatiously at the watch
he had been lingering tor a mo-
ment
“I thought I’d like you to know
how matters stood” the girl told
him glibly. “1 didn’t want you
to believe I'd dine any poaching.
Someone todd me you'd said—”
”1 never talk about women”
Eustace said a note of harshness
coming into nis voice. “1 leave
that to thear own sex. You must
excuse me now. I’m overdue at
my uncle's."
He was fuming as he took nl£
hat and coast from the maid at the
front door. The girl was a fool.
There were no two ways about it.
What did she expect to gain by
talking about Aionnie to dim?
Was she really as Kay believed
such an enemv to Aionnie that she
would deliberately try to under-
mine her with Charles after nav-
ing stolen Dan from under ner
nose? Or was It a bit more com-
plex—was Sandra such an egoist
that she wished everyone even
Charles Eustace who knew her so
casually to think well of her?
However itwas she was a nasty
little cat and he sincerely disliked
her.
He walked off into the autumn
night frowning. Why hadn’t he
told her exactly what he thought
of her he asked himself. She
hated Monnie—that much was
plain. How had she dared to
speak of her in that tone to him?
Charles acknowledged with a
pang that Monica’s absence cost
him a great deal. He was missing
her more than he would have be-
lieved possible a year ago. She
was so Bweet. That was It—so
everlastingly sweet and clean and
desirable! She made all these
other girls with their poses and
affectations amd meannesses look
drab and uninteresting.
Monnie—be admitted it to him-
self at last—had c*me to be the
core and center of his life. He
loved her—and she was in love
with another man. There was
nothing he could do about it. Un-
consciously he groaned to himself
Nothing he could do he repeated
except to stand by and be her
friend if she needed one. He
rather thought she would.
• • •
THE party of which Sandra had
spoken was a barn dance at the
summer place of the Bliss’s some
15 miles out on the river road.
The great studio barn was heaped
for the occasion with sheaves and
decorated witii pumpkins corn-
stalks russet leaves and gourds.
Charles bored with the idea of
assembling a special costume for
the affair knotted a bandana ove*
his crackling shirt front and
lounged on tbc sidelines watch-
ing the merriment. Geraldine
Cardigan looking rather prettier
than usual in a fresh blue ging-
ham. whirled by in the arms of
one of the Payne boys and waved
to him. He saw Dan dancing
with Sandra and looked away
There was no doubt about It. the
girl was attractive in a feline sort
of way Dan. he observed wat
rather the worse for wear He bad
been stopping at the punch bow.
in the corner a nit toe often and
his step was slightly unsteady
Sandra seemed to be in her ele-
ment. She d’dnJt. Charles thought
drink at all but she was gayer
than those wto did Her trillinc
laughter soundsed often Her full
skirted rrock of yellow stuff. Dll*
lowing about her. was the merest
burlesque of a milkmaid’s cos-
tume. A milkmaid from the Rue
De La Pal*.
"Good lookin’ girl!” Charles
turned to find Lance Waterman
one of his cousins at his elbow.
Charles grunted.
“Hear they’re makln' a go ot
it." Lance indicated Dan who
was weaving in and out in the In-
tricacies of the dance.
"I believe they are.”
"Her 'ather’s been helpin' old
man Cardigan ever since the mar-
ket took that dip.” observed Lanty
disappointedly and Charles rej
fiected that it was a disadvantage4
in many ways to live in a town
where every one else knew your
business. He had hoard the gos-
sip. too. and felt rather sorry lor
Dan. even though he disliked him.
The fellow had charm of a sort.
De could quite understand what
Monnie saw in him. Dan was
what most girls called "frightfully
handsome.” Yes. there was
something about him. But what
a bounder—to pass up a chance
at a girl like Monnie because he
wanted money Or was he judg-
ing Dan unfairly. You could
never be sure.
Charles was bored wanting to
go home but too kind-hearted to
offend his hostess by so doing.
Everything palled on him nowa-
days—especially these parties
where there was a noisy band and
everyone shouting above it. Those
picnics with Monnie and her fam-
ily last summer—he had enjoyed
those. He had been really happy
then. Happier than he’d ever
been before.
• • •
TTE could not have told when he
noticed something was in the
air something quite obviously
apart from the party itself. There
were whispers in little groups.
Something electric imparted itself
to the gathering. Charles was
mildly puzzled and amused too.
The party was evidently turning
into a gossip-fest.
It was very late and he was Just
about to make his departure when
ho found himself without rhyme
or reason dancing with Dan’s sis-
ter. Geraldine usually cool and
distant seemed fairly crackling
with excitement.
“Such doings!” She was pre-
tending to be scandalized.
“What is it all about?” Charles
asked lazily without any real
(furiosity.
She giggled. “You are a de-
tached person! Haven’t you no-
ticed who’s among the missing?’’
He looked about him. There
were some 30 or more at the
dance so it was not easy to teM at
a single glance. Besides he was
sure several guests had long since
withdrawn.
“Couldn’t possibly guess” he
told her. Then after a moment.
"Oh I don’t see Sandra Lawrence
—or your brother."
She smiled again meaningly.
“1 see nothing to get excited
about in that.”
“Oh don’t you?” Geraldine
mimicked his bored tone exactly.
"I suppose you’d think an engage-
ment wasn’t news?”
Charles whistled softly. He
hadn’t really thought it would
come so soon. "Interesting" he
drawled “if true.”
Geraldine tossed ner head. “Of
course it’s true." she said with
some neat “He's my brother and
I think 1 ought to know.”
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