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Editorials
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Monday. Oc lobar
1941
Pag* 2
Conlrol-How 11 You Have It?
Who will not control himself must be controlled
If everybody could or would, control himself
in his relations with other people, there would not
need to be a single policeman in the world
Policemen the world has regretfully found, are
necessary. Why'5 Because there are a certain number
of people who can not, or will not, exercise such con-
trol over themselves and their acts as make others
reasonably safe.
Why is a free country free? Because, by and
large, its people have managed to exert enough self-
control, self-discipline so that their affairs are run
without continual control from outside, or above
The American people now have a magmficient
opportunity to show themselves worthy of freedom
from strict control The country admittedly faces
certain dangers, and not the least of them is the
danger of runaway prices and inflation.
There is talk of government price-fixing, gov-
ernment setting of wages, government limitations on
profits. Why? Because if there are no limitations on
those things, inflation is inevitable, a common dis-
aster dragging all down with it. The state is bound
to protect against such disasters in one way or an-
other.
Nobody wants complete state control. Farmers
don't want state-set prices Workers don t want state-
set wages, to say nothing of state-set hours and job
locations. Manufacturers don't want state-set limits
on profits, any further controls. How to avoid them?
Self-control seems to be the only way. The
farmers must not object to release of agricultural
surpluses, even though that keeps prices down, and
they must resist that hankering for $2 wheat. The
workers must not strike for arbitrary reasons, reasons
connected only with politics and union administra-
tion; only as a last resort to protect their position in
relation to a cost of living that has already risen.
The manufacturers must not seek extraordinary prof-
its, or try to corner defense business at the expense
of the small producers. The ordinary consumer must
not rush to buy goods produced in competition with
armament; he must reserve his spare spending power
by buying Defense Bonds.
Those are hard words, but true words. If self-
restraint of this kind is not exercised, control must
come from some other source, and nobody, not the
farmers, not the workers, not the employers, will
like it.
There is only one way to avoid centralized con-
trol in times like these—that is by exercise of rigor-
ous self-control.
Mind Your Manners
Test your knowledge ol correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
1. Is it good manners to say
to a woman who is satisfied with
her own hair-dresser, "I wish you
would try my hair-dresser”?
2. Does it show poor taste for
a girl to make a play for a mar-
ried man at a party?
loves to see you dressed up, do
you dress carefully all the time
— or do you look any old way
around the house and concentrate
on looking stunning when you go
out?
If HE loves to read, have you j
learned to sit quietly for an eve-
ning amusing yourself with a book
—or do you keep interrupting him
to comment on your day’s doings?
If HE is interested in a hobby-
do you encourage him by making
it easy for him to pursue it and
by adding to his equipment at
Whottalife
Begins at 40!
t-' \
Never, Never, Never!
Why must Hitler fail
the long run?
The dispatch recently printed in the Swedish
newspaper Dagens Nyheter gives the clue. According
to this paper, the "after-the-war" plan for Norway
has been agreed upon between Quisling, Norway s
betrayer, and the satrap Terboven, in active charge
there for the Nazis. The Germans would remain in
the important towns as a garrison and a guarantee
of the security of the country." Norwegians would
be allowed to govern the rest of their country provided
that the Quisling faction became "so deeply anchored
in the rest of the country that its permanent leader-
ship is considered assured."
When that happens, the "New Order" in Europe
is assured And when will that be?
Never, Never, Never!
3. Does a woman of good j birthdays and Christmas
breeding discuss the details of her
love affairs with other women?
4. Should a girl who has been
jilted go around admitting as
much to her friends?
5. Is it rude for a woman who
is talking to another woman to
desert her the minute a man
comes into the room?
What would you do if—
You are describing an up-to-
date woman who has never mar-
ried—
ia> Call her a spinster?
ib> Call her an old maid?
ic* Say she is unmarried?
Answers
1. No. It is like saying ‘‘I
think you could do better in your
choice of a hair-dresser.”
2. Yes.
3. No.
4. No. She should keep quiet
about the whole affair.
5. Yes, very rude, even to the
man.
Best “What Would You Do”
solution—(c».
or di
you complain that it takes up too
much of his time and is entirely
too expensive?
If HE likes a midnight snack
before going to bed, do you help
him raid the ice-box, even though
all you take is a glass of milk
—or do you tell him not to dare
touch the baked ham because you
are planning to have it for the
next day’s lunch?
If you can say ”Yes” to the first
half of each of those questions
you are pretty safe in your nat-
ural assumption that you are giv-
ing your husband the companion-
ship that every marriage needs.
But if you answer "Yes’' to the
last half you may be taking a lot
for granted in assuming that you
are the “right woman” for, as
well as the wife of, the man you
married.
How to be fair though 40 is
demonstrated by Hedy Lamarr, I
made up that way for a new
picture.
NEW ENGLAND STATE
A Horse's Tale
From Black Beatuy on down, many a tale has
been written about man's best friend, the horse Or
is it the dog? ,
But the newest horses tale is soon told, and its ..... ,
a bright one, full of light if not of sweetness In Col- j papers is more than I call under-
orado ridinq academy and auto association repre- stand"'.’
sentot.ves have agreed that horses ridden on the hfe^ do" Z
highways at night must wear light reflectors on their usually have at least one cup with
• We, The Women
By RUTH MILLETT
That companionship is one of
the cornerstones of a successful
marriage is a familiar truism —
so familiar, in fact that many
wives never give it a thought. Do
you? Check yourself by answer-
ing these questions:
If HE gets a kick out of the fun-
nies, do you read them too? Or do
you say, when you hear him
chuckling out loud over some
comic character, “How in the
world a grown person can find
anything amusing in the funny
tails.
Paul Revere, if he were to make his famous ride
today would have hod to have three lights provided
for him: "One if bv land," and "two if by sea," and
a third on the bouncing swaying last section of his
mount to pass a qiven point just in case the British
mechanized stuff came up too fast behind
Our idea of anyone marrying for money is they're
not worth it.
National Fire Prevention Week, Oct
reminds us that the one and only place to
home fires burning is in the furnace.
5 to 11,
keep the
him — or do you tell him that he
is going to ruin his health drink-
ing so much coffee?
If He has a few favorite radio
programs, do you sit down and
listen to tthem with him — or do
you take that time to clean out ,
your bureau drawers or bang
around in the kitchen1
If HE likes the out-of-doors,
have vou learned to rough it with
him — or do you stick close to
home where you can wear your
high heels and not worry about
chipping vour nail polish1
IS YOUR DRESS FOR
HIM OR OTHERS?
If he notices vour clothes and
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured
state.
6 Its chief city.
13 Doctrine of
those who
deny the
Trinity.
15 Fabulous
demon.
16 The sun.
17 Lukewarm.
18 Mongrel.
19 Fencing term.
21 Establishment
(abbr.).
22 Fervid.
23 Lieutenant
(abbr.).
24 A pool.
25 Grain.
27 Relativ e
amount.
29 Mythological
maiden.
30 Public way.
34 Something
drinkable.
Answer to Previous Puzzle
42 Removes
trimming.
46 Swiss river.
48 Unit.
50 Rodent.
51 Heating
vessel.
52 One who
ropes.
54 160 square
rods.
55 Great Lake.
39 Blood (Greek 56 Abound,
prefix). 57 Former.
40 Cereal grass. VERTICAL
41 South Amer- 2 Capital of
ica (abbr.). pictured state.
3 Inactive.
4 New Irish
Republic
(abbr.).
5 And (Latin).
6 Anything
owned.
7 One who
makes oils.
8 Sun god.
9 Explosive
(abbr).
10 Untruth.
11 Snake.
14 Candidate for
honors.
15 Leopard-like
animals.
19 Distant.
20 Yellowish
antiseptic.
26 Weight
allowance.
28 Evil spirit.
31 Conjunction.
32 Ostrich-like
bird.
33 An age.
35 Russian news
agency.
36 Silver
(symbol),
37 Hatter’s
mallet.
38 Thin.
41 Few.
43 Allowance for
waste.
44 Uncommon.
45 Neuter
pronoun.
47 Rave.
49 Silkworm.
51 Before.
53 Whirlwind.
12 New Mexican 54 Part of “to
Indian (abbr.) be.”
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I AH KIT NO RESPONSI-
BILITY FOR YOUR ESCA-
PADE CONSIDER IT DIS-
GRACE TO ENTIRE FAM-
ILY YOUR LACK OF CON-
SIDERATION PAINS YOUR
MOTHER AND ME IM-
MEASURABLY
JUDGF, ALLEN.
“It doesn't tost more to wire
big words than lillle ones,” Judy
told the attendants who had given
her the message. "Will someone
please give this piece of yellow
paper to the Common Pleas judge? ,
I liked him.”
Judy sat down on her cot. She
couldn’t cry. She could not talk
either. The tears made a small,
hard ball in her throat around ;
which no words could flow. May- j
be this would be funny some day!
Maybe in 60 or 70 years when no-
body eared one way or the other.
Philip! Where was he? You
couldn’t get your courage up to
a point where you’d be willing
to marry a girl one afternoon, and
a few hours later refuse to go on j
with the bartering because the
bride had taken a fall—or could
you?
Anyway, the daredevil who had
caused all this confusion had to
suffer.
No more messages came from
anyone but Sandy the rest of that
day. Judy steadfastly refused to
read them. At 8 o'clock she fell
asleep, worn out with waiting for
good news.
She didn’t awaken until the
matron returned with a gray
calico dress, a cup of strong coffee, j
a piece of hard toast without but- '
ter, and some cereal buried under !
blue milk.
"Another man to see you today,” j
the matron whispered. “Right j
outside the door. He looks cross |
but he’s handsome. You choose
the good-looking ones, my dear.”
• • •
lUDY’S knees grew wobbly. She
** sat down quickly. The matron
slipped the gray dress over her
head and zipped it up the side,
then gave the girl » fmekat <«mh
wllh whii h to rn ike a row of curls
on her net'll. Lastly, the matron
proffered hci some powder toi
her shiny, tillsd host
Judy drank tin coffee and mo-
tioned the woman to carry .iway
the tray
She felt hot. .Shi felt cold She
felt frightened. She felt unsure
of herself.
When she stood up to welcome
Phil her eyes danced. She felt
like Mary queen of Scots receiv-
ing royal aide in prison, in a dress
that was swift and harsh.
Suddenly her door was un-
locked, the lights came up, and
Phil was present—Phil, perfect in
his morning attire.
“Phil, it was good of you to
come!” she said, much more quick-
ly than she had intended to say (
it. Phil did not smile. He ignored .
her outstretched hands. He did
not put his arms around her or
kiss her.
His eyes were cool, his smile
strange and reserved. He held his
hat and cane and gloves and he
did not so much as offer to shake
hands. But he was handsome.
He was security and happiness and
love. He would drop everything,
sweep her to him in a second. He
was dismayed now, and wonder-
ing. ...
"So you decided to change from
the wedding dress?" he asked in
an impassive voice. “It looked
rather well in the papers yester-
day and this morning."
"Oh, yes. the papers. I haven't
seen them.”
Why didn’t he shake her, beat
her, scold her, if he blamed her?
Anything was better than this
superiority.
"Did you have fun?” he asked,
still carelessly careful.
• » •
epHEN she got it and the pride
sent color into her white
cheeks, fire into the dark eyes.
Her head flew up and with it her
mouth, her eyebrows, her slightly
tilted nose.
“You think I wanted to go rid-
ing with—with Sandy?"
“Judy, I'm not such a fool that
I believe that story about the kid-
naping. There isn’t a man alive
z fin wnlltrf date that mm h f*4
invf lodnj
"Oh. mV*
#,No!”
Slit looked al turn closely M#
! ilightened her Ills face w§< •«
hard as Ills voice This wasn’t the
Phil she knew. Maybe it was one
she didn’t know. .She wanted to
go somewhere and cry Cry with
someone wlu> understood. Some-
one like—like Sandy . . . ahe
caught herself up with a start.
Sandy was daring, adventurous,
inad, but he was not cruel like
this. Anyway she hated him.
i Hated him a lot.
"Why don't you marry Sandy?"
I Phil asked. "You're the same kind
of people."
Judy stood in her cell, eyes as
cool as the ones she faced. "Wh.y
not give him the same idea1 I'm
sure he never thought of it."
"Well, anyway, I agree with
your father that you need a les-
son. 1 hope you profit by this/’
A roguish gleam captured July’s
eyes. "And meantime, I wonder
just what you ever saw in me.
Why did you try to marry me? I'd
die lor the man I love. . . ." It
I was oddly true, but she would.
1 Not for Phil, though. Never for
1 Phil.
It was a strange way to solve
a problem, but she felt better.
Before Sandy had liked Peg, her
heart might have done a flying
trapeze act for him. Then, re-
membering how much ill he had
caused her, l>er anger against
Sandy mounted again. Slowly she
removed the diamond ring from
her linger. It left no crease, be-
cause she had worn it sucit a little
time. "Please go," she said quietly.
* * •
i CHE was glad that he left im-
mediately. Glad. too. that he
left her the morning papers Now
she could see how the public felt
about Iter. Site caught her unshod
foot against a rusty nail and the
jail physician came to cauterize it
with an electric needle, but first
she tore strips of tulle from the
wedding dress in a vain attempt
to stop the bleeding
The matron brought news that
Sandy had spent the night on a
chair in the outer office, and be-
tween the time of Judy's arrest
and now, he had used up all hi*
money in seeking aid for her.
"He said he wouldn't be back
again," the woman concluded.
Judy nodded numbly, folding
the torn wedding dress (rto a ball.
(To Be Continued I
«•
• SERIAL STORY
BRIDE FROM THE SKY
BY HELEN WELSHIMER _
cowmaHT. iaat.
NCA aCRVICC. INC.
SANDY’S SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XXIII
rpHE world had not been a com-
pletely terrible place as long
as Sandy was there. Not so fright-
ening. J Not so lonely. True, she
had (refused to see him, had
banged doors in his face.
Yet all of the time she had
known that he was within call,
or that he would return. He had j
caused all this trouble because he J
loved her and had believed she
loved him.
Now he was gone. . . .
She would take the door in her
heart marked Sandy and lock it
forever. She would throw the key
high, through the upper windows
that fringed the cells, and maybe
a stranger would pick it up, or
kick it into the sewer. She never
would know, she never would
care.
She had hoped that Sandy j
would stand watch, then she re-
membered that he had contributed
to her criminal record. Quite
probably he had gone off to Peg.
New papers were brought in
and she studied pictures, read j
stories, and cried a little. It was j
foolish to cry for someone whom i
you didn't want, and who didn't
want you. Funny to be crying j
for two people. She grinned a
little, remembering that she was
saying goodby to Philip, too.
She wiped her eyes and leafed
through the newspapers again.
Calico dresses were selling for j
$1.59. That was nice. Hers was i
bordered in rick-rack. Hers prob-
ably came to $1.79. She should
feel well dressed.
• * •
gHE turned another page. Ah, ^
there was a picture of Sandy
with his ship. There was a brief
story, reviewing his records. One .
fact alone stood out from the story
—Sandy Ammerman had with-
drawn from the cross-country
competition. His entrance fee had ;
been refunded.
The fee was $1000, Judy real-
ized. What a silly thing to do.
He might have won $10,000 in
the cross-country flight Then he
could work harder on his para-
chute He was a reckless, unrea-
sonable fool and she might as well I
turn him in since nobody else
would.
That was something she couldn't
do, she discovered. The courts,
one and all, wouldn't listen to her
because she was under local juris-
diction. Had she been turned over
to the aviation commissioners im-
mediately, she could have been
released and a search warrant
issued for Sandy.
For a trembling moment, half
ecstatic, half fearful, she wondered
if the gay young aviator intended
to use the money for her bail.
What if he had thought of this1
Maybe Peg had told him her fam-
ily would pay the bond and save
a pride that already was page one
stuff everywhere.
• * •
rpHE courthouse clock across the
street gave four long gongs. :
From the upper window Judy
could see three marble angels up-
holding the clock. Nearby, church
chimes sounded a medley of
hymns.
“Long distance call for you,
Miss Allen,” a turnkey said. She j
stepped from the unlocked cell
and went to the booth reserved
for prisoners who had friends who
kept up the relationship.
"New York City calling,” the
silvery voice of a distant operator
answered Judy’s hesitant "Hello.’
“Is this Judy Allen?"
"Yes, I'm Judy Allen.”
“Judy darling!" A woman’s
voice enthused.
“Oh, Miss Barnard! Then you’ve
been reading the papers, too1"
She tried for lightness that did
not come. "Am I fired1"
“Fired? You better knock that
idea into a cocked hat. You’re
promoted' To one of the two asso-
ciate editors. We need a column
on courage for girls and you're
the one to do it. Features are on
your schedule, but no collecting
hats and gloves. . . .”
"Miss Barnard, you're peaches
and cream and caviar, but I’m
doomed here. My family won’t
bail me out and won't appear be-
fore the court tomorrow. I'm
stuck here for 50 years."
"Don't worry They’ll come
across or I will. Judy. I've always
wanted to go to jail, but crashing
a traffic light is my worst offense
Report in as soon as you can.”
the lovely, lilting voice that was
so crisp and capable sung mi
“You've put Under Twenty in
every paper in the country. I love
the publicity as much as dear,
dear Philip hates it.”
* • •
Jj’OR the first time in two days
Judy laughed happily. “You
mean you've seen him? He was
at your office?”
"Proud and angry and a perfect
frump. Judy, how did you ever
come so close to joining him nt
the altar?"
Judy's voice was filled with
laughter as she answered. “I
haven't any idea. I think Sara
will console him and they’ll make
each other happy now.”
Why she answered thus, Judy
did not know.
"The reason he played you, my
child, was because he liked you,
liked you very much, but I knew
her aunt's money lent weight to
Sara's campaign. Sara liked his
profile and neckties, too. Anyway,
Sara was a sieve and a Pharisee
and now she is placed where we
I can watch her."
"Sara didn't care about injur-
ing others. Just me,” Judy an-
swered, her voice growing bitter.
"Judy honey, Sara didn't want
your by-lme—oh, yes, I saw those
delayed proof sheets, but it was
too late to do anything about it,
so I kept still—Sara wanted your
man. You’re safe."
* * •
JUDY felt better as she returned
" to the tall, narrow cage that
had been her home for so many
days.
It was good to know that her
contact with the outside world
had been re-established. Good to
know that her magazine wanted
her. For a fleeting moment (the
thought of Sandy. It was ao un-
like him to let her down.
Maybe he was asking the (Jor-
dans to help him so he could in-
crease his $1000 and help her.
Yes, that was it—only she would
never accept help from any at
them. Sandy could take that rush-
ing cross-country flight.
She went to sleep and did not
waken until the matron sum-
moned her for the opening of
court. For a moment she remem-
bered Sandy, tried to hate him.
wondered why she couldn't, ttteo
toko wed the matron
(To Be CaaataM)
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