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Established July 4 1892
‘ Published erery afternoon (except Batnrday) and Sunday morning.
Entered as second-dau matter tn tbs Postofflee.
Brownsville. Texas
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Plain Horse Sense
If you ever get tired of the monotonous day-by-day
routine of ordinary life consider the case of Henry the
English laundry horse.
Henry spent his time hauling a laundry wagon about
a regular route year in and year out and the other da\
he got fed up on it. So when his owner unhitched him
he broke away dashed down to the seashore plunged in-
to the English channel and started swimming toward
toward France.
His boss unable to catch him w'ent home and niourn-
ed the loss of a faithful worker. Next morning he found
Henry in his pasture again; put when he went to harness
him Henry broke loose once more plunged into the sea
and started out for foreign parts a second time.
This time he was caught and brought back home
and now he’s on the regular laundry wagon route again.
Anyone who is fond of animals would give a good
deal to know just what got into Henry. And those of us
who sometimes get tired of doing the same old stunt o\ei
and over day after day will imagine that we know just
how he felt.
Advice to Bankers
Newspaper reporters don t often get the chance to
advise bankers on the proper banking policy. Rut this is
precisely w hat happened at the recent convention of the
Investment Bankers at Hot Springs \ a.
A number of metropolitan financial writers were in-
vited to speak and they lost little time in telling the bank-
ers that their main job right now is to restore public con-
fidence. In the past they pointed out bankers have not
been entirely frank with the public; today as a result
the public’s confidence in investment bankers is one of
those things you hear about but never see.
“Before you can hope to persuade congress to do the
things you know’ ought to be done” one writer told the
bankers “you must restore public confidence in invest-
ment banking. You must let the public know that you are
anxious to disavow some of the things done bv some mem-
bers of your organization.”
To which the man in the street doubtless will say a
hearty “Amen.”
Thwarting Justice
If you would like to know about one of the dodges
which enables crooks to escape punishment for their mis-
deeds consider the plight of Mrs. Clara Alt of Chicago.
Mrs. Alt’s home was burglarized in 1928. Twenty
times since then Mrs. Alt has gone to court prepared to
testify against the men who have been charged with the
crime; and each time the case has been continued so
that Mrs. Alt has had the fun of going to the courthouse
20 times for nothing.
The other day a new hearing was scheduled. Mrs.
Alt was on a women’s committee to welcome Mrs. Roose-
velt to the World’s Fair so she didn’t go to court. She
W'as sent for and fined $10 for staying away .
If you can think of any system of court procedure
better calculated to help the crook defeat justice there
are plenty of slippery lawyers who would be very glad
to hear from you.
r~~.—- — -—
II ■ .
New York
_Letter_:
NEW YORK—This is the time
ot year when people driving into
New York are likely to remark that
autumn doesn't seem as tar ad-
vanced in the city as it is in the
suburbs. Even in the broad acres!
ol Central Park the autumn and
winter seasons are delayed a lull
two or three weeks and in some
ot the little garden courtyards
which are surrounded by tall
heated buildings winter doesn t
come &t all.
It is actually true that the great
mass of steel brick stone and as-
phalt which is New York holds and
radiates so much heat that it mod-
erates the climate. Most parts of
the town are ten or more degrees
warmer than its environs. Another
thing the rising heat constantly
bclds a great cloud of fine dust
over Manhattan—so many hun-
dreds of tons of particles in all
that the cloud is clearly visible to
airplane sightseers.
Public health officials deplore
it. of course but it Is a welcome
and reassuring sign to lots of
other people. Meteorologists test-
ed the air the other day and
found it contained much more
■oot than at any time since the
oarly winter of 193©—a sure sign
that more home fire* are burn-
ing and more factory rhimney*
de belching s..K»kr.
• •
Old standbys Popular
With printing presses going full
i blast on the. fall lists of the many
book publishers it seems that
Americans never could find time
even by the grace of the Blue
Eagle to wade through all the new
fiction. They'll not only wade
through it however but they’ll
also buy an equally large number
of the old standbys which nave
come to represent the real back-
bone of the publishing game The
Bible always has been a best-
seller Dictionary sales have slump-
ed only a little since the cross- i
word puzzle craze passed its peak.
And Mark Twain. O. Henry. Conan
Doyle Kipling Conrad even Henty
and Louisa May Alcott remain firm.
Of course there are many oth-
ers. among them the Elsie Dtm-
more books. To this day good lit- ■
tie Elsie is outselling a lot of fan - !
ly popular modern novels say her
publishers. You may remember
that there were twenty-eight vol-
ume* of the Elsie books In all. Of
these about 50000 copies are still
sold each year. One reason they
are purchased Is that most libra-
I ries no longer carry them; another
i is that hundreds of women who
apparently didn't own the whole
[ set in their girlhood are sending
| in to complete it now.
Recognizing the Classics
Speaking of publishers it seems
that a cruel trick wa* played re-
cently upon one of the pulp-paper
magazines. S me literary people at
a luncheon had gotten to arguing
about the relative popular appeal
o( this and that author and one
| man offered to bet that he could
; submit De Maupassant s * A Piece
[ of String" to magazines and that
it not only would be unrecognized
but rejected — The bet was duly
made the story was faithfully typed
out word for word and sent off
i with a new title and author's
I name. Sure enough it was back
In a couple of weeks with this
comment frojn one of tiie manu-
script readers: ’Would be accept -
j able if we had an O. Henry to
rewrite it"
Attempts at plagiarism rarely
| succeed though they re frequently
attempted. One New York firm
1 has received several such tr.ami-
j scripts from a woman in Illinois.
I 'Here is my latest story." she will
write. *1 ho;>e vou will like it
and send generous check tmrr.edi-
attTY" Then in labored long-hand
will follow one of the early sliort
stortes of Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Barbs
Cleveland police spent four
months looking for a dead man. If
it takes the cops so long to find
a dead man how can we expect
them to catch a live one?
• • •
There are said to be more than
100.000 nudists in the United States.
There should be many more what
with one being born every minute.
• • •
S'iencc has succeeded in trans-
mitting moonbeams by radio. But
the monshine still comes in jugs
11 mm—mmmi
I Out Our Way.By Williams
%
Daily Health
_ Talk _Jj
You must know of course that
what you weigh depends upon what
you eat. But do you know how to
choose and measure your food to
control your weight?
The amount ol food you require
depends not only on the work that
you do but upon voyr size. A man
5 leet g inches tall and weighing
150 pounds requires 1500 calories
lor 24 lvours provided he spenos
all his time in bed. The minute
he gets up and moves around he
needs more calories.
U you llvs s quiet retired life
vou can keep your weight constant
with about 2000 calories. A uni-
versity professor would require
about 2500; a lumberman or a
worker m s brickyard requires as
much as 0000 calories in 24 lvours.
Brain work doss not use up
mam calories but it does produce
a type of exhaustion which de-
mands rest rather than food
e • •
It is simple to estimate s diet and
to provide the proper substance
in relationship to occupation. Let
us presume that you want 2500
calories s day. You must have at
least 100 grams of protein for
growth and repair of tissue One
hundred grams of protein provide
400 calories.
The rest of your diet provides
tilt energy. It consists of carbo-
hydrates and fal. Each gram of
carbohydrates provides four calo-
ries.
It takes 2835 grams to make an
ounce and 453 8 grams to make
s pound. Therefore it requires s
little more than four ounces ol
protein daily to provide 100 calo-
rie*.
There are few foods which are
pure protein or pure carbohydrate.
Dietitians have prepared tables
that give the amounts of protein
carbohydrate and fat in various
roods If you want to eat under-
•standingly you should have these
tobies handy.
m • •
The food you eat has to be
burned up in your body to supply
the energy you need in work and
play. To burn this food you
breathe in oxygen. The energy de-
veloped by this process is used in
construction of your muscles and
in maintaining temperature ei your
body.
A starving person si ill can be
quite active both physically and I
mentally but he will loss weight
because In the absence of food he
wfl! burn up his own body with
the oxygen that he breathes.
The more work you do the more
oxygen you must have and the
more food you must eat to keep
your weight stationary.
Physicians have a way of learn-
ing the minimum activity of the
human body by measuring what
they call Its basal metabolism
This Is s measure of the oxygen
Intake Tn the body after the per-
son has had no food for 12 hours
and has rested quietly for s while
in bed.
I Quotations_J
You always have more cold shiv-
ers down your spine when the other
fellow is flying the machine than
when you are flying it yourself.—
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
• • •
Under our present form of edu-
cation Z am led to the conclusion
that as individuals Americans are
great men. but collectively we are
a failure Dr George Crile Cleve-
land surgeon.
• • *
A man can be a genius at 25 as
well a* a fool at M.—Joseph M
Echenck tilm producer.
• • •
Fifty years from now. when they
mention the name of Roosev*lt. It
will be asked ‘ Which Roosevelt the
100 per cent American Roosevelt
or the 3.2 per cent beer Roosevelt?”
—Dr. Clarence True Wilson
Nothing is more tragic than fhe
woman wrho closes the door to her
mind on the day of her marriage.—
Mrs. Curtis P„ Dali daughter of
Pres Roosevelt.
• • •
We’re on our way to the parson. I '
liked my ireedom. but I've found
the right man.—Polly Moran.
The World At
a Glance
By LESLIE EICHEL
Close observer* are of the opinion
that in nation will oome. The tread
is definite. With grain prices drop-
ping away while the prices ol
manufactured goods rise the de-
mand from the grain growing coun-
try for inflation will be more than
the government can resist. X quote
merely the view as expressed in
quarters that incidentally are op-
posed to inflation.
In the meantime the federal gov-
ernment is getting its financial
bouse In order before inflation
reduces the value of government
securities. It probably will recall
mere high-interest bonds and re-
place them with lower interest
bonds
• • •
STRlKtb
Strike' are expected to continue.
NRA officials will tell you that the
reason Is plain;
Die-hards In each industry make
every effort not to deal with
unions.
Strike breakers deputies and
strong-arm men are hired. Efforts
are made to drive pickets away'.
Then there is a battlefield. Most
of the casualties to date have been
among the strikers.
When the government has achiev-
ed mediation in one industry an-
other industry ia placed under a
code... and each industry has its
die-hards.
• • •
PIG LOSS
Uncle Bam perhaps wishes he
had seen only three little pigs
instead of 5060000 which he
slaughtered Net loss on those pigs.
Is estimated at 922000000. That
is. net loss to the government. The
pigs were so small that all thev
wer* good for was grease and
fertiliser tankage
True the farmer la ahead. He
not only received 921750000 from
Uncle Sam for small pigs but hog
prices went ux>.
• • •
POLITICS
Opposition to Joseph V. McKee
running for mayo# of New York
dug up the forgotten fact that
while president of the board of
aldermen he voted for salary in-
creases for the top men of the
city administration. His own in-
crease was the largest In per-
centage— 66 2-3. McKee while act-
ing mayor later declared for wage
cuta of city employes.
• • •
LIBRARY CRISIS
Libraries have too many users
now—If that be possible.
Reduced budgets have prevented
book purchases But more leisure
plus the Joblessness of the last
few years have made greater de-
mands than ever on libraries.
Librarians will hear about It at
their convention. Nov. 9-11. in
Atlantic City.
• • •
HLALTHY SIGN
Two healthy signs are observed
by Wall Street.
Rise in circulation of 121000.000
in a week and a gain of $40000000
in -other loans” are looked upon
as indicators of demands caused
by the expansion of trade.
Markets for high-grade bonds
also are opening up. following stag-
nation. The governments refund-
ing plan is said to have broken the
ice there.
On the whole feeling is optimistic
ir. New York for a slow but steady
recovery—provided there la no
radical'inflation.
Movie Sidelights
CAPITOL
Mae West who scorched the
nation with her first starring pic-
ture. She Done Him Wrong.” be-
came a national idol and then
tcok Paris by storm and revolu-
tionized feminine styles comes back
to town with her new picture. Tm
No Angel.” It opens with a mldnite
show Saturday nlte and shows
Sunday. Monday and Tuesday at
your Capitol.
Miss west is more colorful ss
Tira. the Million Dollar Beauty
who tames savage lions and men
with equal facility than she was
as the diamond bedecked Lady
Lou.
Mae sings seven scorch songs”
ounces the midway as a remark-
able dance in which she moves
Today’s Radio Features
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1S (Ontral and Eaitarn Standard Tima)
Not*—Alt proarams to key and baate elMlna or aroupa thereof unteaa ap«ri-
flrd; toui to coaat (c to c| deaianatlon inclldea alt avatlabl* atattona.
Kroflram* susjeci 10 cnan^t. m.
NBC WEAF NETWORK
BASIC — East: »e*f wlw w«| wtic
wjnr wing weeli wfi wilt wfbr wrc wgy
w ben wcae wtam wwj want; Mid: ksd
«iru<i wcfl wnc-who wow wdaf wkbf
NORTHWEST A CANADIAN — wtmj
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SOUTH — wrva wptf wwnc wia wja*
i wfla-wsun wlod wsm wme wsb wapl
' w jdv wsrab kvoo wky w faa wbap kpic
want ktbs kths wwoc
MOUNTAIN—kon kdyl kgir kghl
PACIFIC COAST — kgo kft kgw k- mo
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Cant. Eaat.
I 4 00— 5:00—Green Bros. Novalty Ore.
4 10— 5:30— Dobttl# Adventure*— to c
4:45— 5:45—Ray Haathartof*—also cat
5:00— 6:00—Dinner Concart—also ret
5:30— 5:30—John 8. Kennedy—» > cat
5:45— 6:45—The Sutlers Male Trio
6:00— 7:00—Mountalnooro—waaf only
6:15— 7:15—Billy Bachelor's Sketch
6:30— 7:30— Lum A Abner—east only
5:45— 7:46—The Goldbergs Serial Act
7:00- «:00—Rudy Vallaepa Hr.—c to c
6:00— 5:00—The Showboat Hr.—alao c
5:00—10:00— Whiteman's Show—c to c
10:00—11:00—Viola Philo Songs—basic
10:15—11:15—Moroff Orchaatra — eaat;
Lum and Abner—midwest repeat
10:30—11:30—Enric Maderiguera Or.
11:00—12:00—Ralph Kirbery Baritone
11:05—12:09—Cab Calloway's Orchaatra
11:30—12:30—Dance Orchestra Program
CBS-WABC NETWORK
BASIC—Eaat: wabc wade woko wcao
I waab wnne wgr wkbw wkrc whk cklw
] wdre wcau wip wjae wean wfbl wspd
I wjav; Midwest: wbbm wfbtn km be
kmot wr-wo wha*
EAST AND CANADA—wpc whp wlbw
wheo wlb* wfea wore wlcc eftb ckac
DIXIE — west wsfa wbre wqam wdod
klra wrec wlac wdau wtoc krld wrr
ktrli ktsa waco koma wdbo wodz wbt
wdae whig wtar srdbj wwv& wmbg waja
MIDWEST — wcah wgl wmt wmbd
wtaq wisn wlbw kfh kfab wkbn wcco
wrabt
MOUNTAIN—kvor kls koh ksl
COAST—khj koin kgb kfre kol kfpy
kvl kfbk krnj kwg kern kdb kgtnb
Cant. East.
4:00— 5:00—Skippy Sketch— east only
4:15— 5:15—Qeorge Hall Orch.—nlao e
4:30— 5:30—Jack Armstrong—oa only
4:45— 5:45— Stamp Adventures—east
5:00— 6:00—Buck Rogers. Skit—eaat;
Skippy. Sketch—repeat for midwest
1:15— 6:15—Bobby Banson—ea only;
Olga Vernon—Dizia and west
5:30— 6:30 — Eddie Dooloy — basic;
Jack Armstrong—repent for aaidw
1:45— 8:45—Little Italy Sketch——It;
Knight Oreh.—Dixie. Stamp Ad-
ventures—mldw rpt; Msmorise—w
S:0O— 7:00—Myrt A Marge—east only
8:15— 7:15 — Just Plain Bill — east.
Texas Rangers—west: O'Hare Or.
—midwest; Wlnegar Oreh.—Dixie
$:J0— 7:30—Denny Oreh.—east; Buck
Rogers—mldw rpt; Rangers—west
8:45— 7:45—Bosks Carter. Talk — ba-
sic; Between the Bookende—west
7:00— 8.00—Elmer Everett Vest. Skit
7:15— 8:15—Singm* Sam—baste; Kerr
Orchss—Dixie; Orgsnalitiee—west
7:30— 8:30— Harlem Serenade— also «
S 00— 9:00—Kolstslansta Oreh.—alto «
9:15— *15—Parana of Radio Stars
8:15—10:15—To Be \nnounesd
9:90—10 30—Phil Regan Tenor—tn e
9:45—10 45—Qladya Rica Songs-ba-
slc; Myrt and Marge—west rep—t
10:15—11:15—New# Broadcast-cat out
10:30—11:30—leham Jones Oreh.—haste
11:00—12:00—Outs Nelson Oreh.—to e
11:30—12:30—Clyde Lucas Oreh.—« to e
12:00— 1:00—Dane# Hour—wabc only
NBC-WJ2 NETWORK
BASIC — East: wjs wbs-wbsa wbal
wham kdka wgar w jr wlw wtyr wmal;
Midwest: wcky kyw wenr wls kwh
kwer Wotl wren wmaq kso wkbf
NORTHWEST A CANADIAN — wtmj
wiba kstp webc wday kfyr crct cfcf
SOUTH — wrva wptf wwnc wls wja*
wfla-wsun wlod wim wmc wsb wspl
wjdx wsmb kvoo wky wfaa wbap kpre
woal ktbs kths wsoc
MOUNTAIN—koa kdyt kfir k*ld
PACIFIC COAST — kgo kfi kgw kouio
khq kftd ktar
Cent. East.
4:00— 5 i—Women's Clubs—also cat
4:15— 5:15—To Be Announced
4:30— 5:30—The Singing Lady——at
4:45— 5:45—Orphan Annie—east only
5:00— S:0O—Dick Msssnsr's Orchestra
5:30— 1:30—Old Songs of Church—
east: Singing Lady- -repeat to wgn
5:45— 8:46—Lowell Thomas — asst:
Orphan Annie—repeat to mldw—t
•:00— 7:00—Amos *n» Andy—east only
8:15— 7:15—Thrso Muskstsers——st
8:30- 7:30—Michael Bartlett—ea. on-
7:00— 8:00—Stories of the Sea—east
7:30— 8:30—Health Adventures. Talk
7:48— 8:48—The Reveller*’ Quartet
8:00— 9:00—Oeath Valley Osya p:*y
8:30— 9:30—Wayne King’s Orchestra
8:0(5—10:00— Hands Across the Border
9:30—10:30—Schwab Concert Organ
10:00—11:00—The Three Scamps—east
Amos ’n’ Andy—repeat fordwest
10:15—11:15—The Poet Prince—also c
10:3(5—11:30—Wm. Scotti A Orchestra
11:00—11:00— Phil Spitatny s Orchestra
11 :B5—12:8(5—Oansmg la Twin Cities
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everything except her feet: puts
her head in a lion's mouth; utters
a succession of breezy wisecracks
which probably will be heard
everywhere as was “Come up and
see me sometime —until another
West picture brings us some more
Westiclsms.
QUEEN
Every once in a while there
comes to the screen a picture that
meets every appetite in entertaln-
i
ment. Beauty lor Sale” the new
Metro - Ooldwyn - Mayer feature
which shows Thursday and Friday
at the Queen Brownsville it )ust
such a picture The new film deals
with the lives and loves ot three
young women. Here in the Faith
Baldwin story they happen to
work kn an ultra-smart beauty
establishment.
The cast is particularly meritori-
ous with many important na res
sharing outstanding prominence.
There are the lovely Madge Evans
end the capable Otto Kruger in
the leading romantic roles. Than
there is Alice Brady as Kngftf
fluttery wife. ^
Literary men cannot wrtte Playa.
Shakespeare was first of all in ac-
tor and a dramatist. His b*actl-
ful language was Just something
thrown tn for good measure —Dan-
iel Prohman theatrical producer.
I
3cfzaotfm dtwikmt ^1? j I
BEGIN HERB TODAY
JOAN WARING pretty Memphis
pin. aa# BOH WESTON m if a
atlllleaalre. ateet la Memphis sad I
tall la laee. They heeome aa-
traaped thruaph the sehemlap at
BARBARA COURTNEY stha la
trylap ta ala Rah far heraalf
PAT WARING. Jaaa*s yaaapet
slater ta la aa aatamahlle aeel-
daat la which JERRY PORREST-
KR her eeeert. la hilled Heart-
•irk. Pat raaa away ta New Yerh
Jaaa fallaws aad beplae a aearek
far Pat aad alaa a aearek fee a
lak. |
■he la aapaped aa a masked
slaprr at a alpht elab. Haadsame
BARNEY BLAKE tha awaar.
praees a steadfast frtead.
Jaaa daia Pat. eery III. Dartas
Pat*# eeaealssesaes. Jaaa aad Har-
aey are drawa elaeer topethrr.
Jaaa. believing Bob la laat ta her.
proaslsee ta marry Baraey. Pal
bream aa Baraey's seeretary aad
sooa he realises that It fa Pat ha
loess lastead of Joaa. Neeertke-
lesa the weddlap plaas pa aa. be-
eaase Pat laatsta tkat Joaa mast
aat ho hart.
Jaaa wakea aae alpht ta boar
Pat ssbbfas Mttarly.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXVIII
JOAN sat down on ths edge of
Pat's bed. "Pat. darling.** abs
caid. “what ara you crying about?"
She threw an arm about ths
other girl. Lika a child Pat pil-
low «d her head against Joan's arm.
“Silly of ms to cry" Pat whispered
brokenly “when there's ns rea-
son."
"But tbsra must be a reason.
Please tell ms. dear!"
Could Pat be grieving about
Jerry Forrester? No. that did not
seem likely. Pat had seemed per-
fectly happy for weeks. And It was
just aa anllkely that Pat was
homesick. She adored ths eidte-
ment of New York. 8he was never
tired or bored.
Suddenly Joan believsd she un-
derstood. It must be that Pat was
tn love. How blind she had been
not to understand! All at once
Joan saw that Pat had changed.
Sbe was more subdued now. There
vaa a becoming reserve about her.
"Who la be?" Joan naked.
There was a moment of sllenca.
J<>an felt Pat'a amt grow tense
igainst her own. Then came Pat'a
isuel cheerful voice “Now. won't
>ou listen to Mrs. Detective!"
' Tat dear forgive me for saying
this but I hate to think you might
seriously care for Vance. I've
thought from the irat that he la
Jerry's type. I'm aorry if I'va hurt
you."
"Don't worry." Tat aaid. "I'm
using my head now. I have to!"
Then It was Vance. Joan was
amased at the revelation In the
grim young voice. How selfish she
had been. So absorbed la her own
unhappiness ahe had failed to re-
member that others had problems
too. She had known of course that
Pat was seeing a good deal of
Vance Nicholas but It had never
occurred to her that Tat a interest
was so deep.
“Pat" Joan aald slowly. “I can t
quite believe It Of course he'*
good looking—"
"Well if you had had eyes you
would have noticed that I was giv-
ing him all my time."
*T did notice but I didn't think
It meant anything."
“No use worrying Joan. Guess
I've got another emse of puppy love
aa mother would call It. I’ll get
over ft I suppose hot ft's painful
while It taste—like mumps and
measles.”
e a •
JOAN sighed. If she and Pat were
^ only at home tonight! Nothing
about thta new life seemed real. |
Memories of those weeks at horn*
•
memories of Bob teemed a hundred '
timee more genu in*
Unconsciously Joan bad boarded
every memory every gesture of
Bob’* She could ettll see tbe
steadiness of bis eyes tbe little
trick be bed of drawing bis brows
together a frown that was not
frowning at all—just concentra-
tion. the ominous set to hie chin
when he was angry and the teas-
ing smile which revealed his firm
white teeth.
She must not allow herself to
think of him. This absorption was
shutting out every one. Even Pat.
And Barney to*
Barney bad seemed troubled and
preoccupied lately. He had ceased
to question her about the date for
their wedding. Perhaps be had
been hurt by ber lack of en-
thusiasm
Pat said in a quiet voice; "Joan
when are you and Barney going to
be married?"
Joan’s beart thumping ber mind
veering frantically away from tbe
declelon again. "I don't know. 1
Why?"
And tb«Mi Pat's sober vole*
"Well. I think you ought to set a .
definite date.”
So Pat had noticed that Barney
was troubled. After a long moment
Joan said slowly. "Yes. 1 gueaa we
should. We’ll make It soon. Pat
And announce it later. I don’t
want a lot of fuss and excitement.
You know how popular Barney in.
We'll just walk off some day and
be married.’*
Pat was laughing queerly. T
was just thinking." she said "that
my last chance has gone to be
meld of honor and walk down the
aisle with you—and Barney.”
Lying in the darkness Joan bat-
tled with herself and won. She
would put aside the dream exist-
ence in which only Bob was real.
She would think of practical things
—home companionship protection.
"I’m going shopping this after-
noon" she told Pat at noon next
1 day. "Ask Barney to let you off
early. I want you to come with
me.”
"You want me to help!"
"Of course. Pat. Don't you want
tor
"I only meant I'd be selecting
things I hke. Joan—"
• • •
rpHEY spent the early part of the
*• afternoon buying lingerie-
lovely lacy frilly things piled in
lavish heaps on the counter before
them. The saleswoman lifted a
negligee from a hsnger.
‘This Is one of the prettiest we
have." she said. It was an ex
quislte shade of blue artfully cut
with lines that were demure yet
with a touch of sophistication.
Soft creamy lace added riebneas
t* tbe satin.
“Like It. Patr asked Joan.
“It’s a dream."
The saleswoman held the negll
gee up against Tat s shoulders. "It
makes your blue eyes bluer." she
smiled. ‘This shade would not be
quite so good for you." sbe said
to Joan "because your eyes are
darker."
"But it's for Joan!" exclaimed
Pat
"Oh I'm sorry. I thought you
were—" tbe saleswoman broke off
in confusion. Joan smiled. Tbe
woman thought Pat was selecting
her own trousseau. No wonder!
Joan knew that ber own expression
was far from brlde-Hko .
"I’ll taka it." Juan said.
„ __
•But Joan!* Pat protested. *11
Isn't yonr color "
"It will do well enough." Jena
■aid.
"Well." said Pat “when It comas
to clothes you hold the record tor
enthusiasm."
It was that way with everything.
Whatever Pst admired Joaa pur*
chased. "Anyone would think we
were buying my trousseau." Put
■aid on the way home.
A number of packsgee had ar-
rived before they reached the
apartment and were neatly stacked
on the floor of the living room
mute evidence of the busy after-
noon. Joan gathered them up and
carried them Into the bedroom
dropping them on the window sent
Aren’t you going to unwrap
them?"
"Not tonight." said Joaa
• • •
OAT thought Joan looked tired
* and Joan meeting Pat's wan-
dering eyes thought her sister
looked weary. It really was much
too soon after Pat’s illuese for her
to he on her feet all afternoon.
"I’ll finish tba shopping tomor
row" Joan said. "I'm afraid this
afternoon was too much for you.
There's not much more to get. Ill
need another evening drese sad a
traveling outfit."
"Oh" said Pet. “yon’M be going
away?"
“Of course* said Joan smiling
"Barney hasn't said anything about
it recently hut he used to be talk-
ing all the time about the cruise
we were to taka Some place la
the tropics. It's a cruise he thinks
Is just perfect"
"Oh." said Pat Her voles held
a hollow note.
"Pat—" began Joan wonderinglf.
"It’s just that I’ll be lonuly
while you and Barney are gone"
Mid Pat from tbs dress)ug table
behind a big powder puff.
"Sis weeks will be goo# befeem
you realise It" Joan assured MR
“Pat. dear why don’t you go boms
for a visit while we’re away?"
"No." Mid Pst brightly. “I’d
rather not Don’t worry about ms!
You know I’ll find plenty of ways
to amuse myself here" Evidently
Pst was herself again.
The doorbell rang. “It’s probably
Barney." Mid Joan and turaad
from the window.
“Let me." said Pat. and was off
like a flash. Joan hMrd her open
the door and after a moment
Barney’s voice "Well whets hap-
pened here?"
“We’ve been shopping for Joaa."
“For Joan?"
"Buying her things. Baruey. 1
thought you understood why 1
wanted the afternoon off.”
Joan did not hwr Barney's reply
hut when they were alone together
later she Mid "Barney can you
imagine Pat being upset becauM
we'll be leaving her?”
"Leaving her?" queried Barney.
“On our trip" said Joan won-
dering why she needed to explain.
"Maybe we’ll have to take Pat
along with us."
"No!" said Barney. Joan looked
at him surprised. She had never
beard his voice so vehement She
had been teasing him. of coursa
it was strange ha had not under*
stood that Something had cer-
tainly gone wrong with Barney's
nerves.
It was then that Joan made hat
decision. "Baruey" ah* said "let’s
let married soon "
(To Be Continued)
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