Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1946 — Page 4

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DECATUK DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Bvery Kvanlag ■scept Bunday Ry THU DKATUB DEMOCRAT CO. I Incorporated Entered at the Iterator, Ind, Font Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller «. Preaident A. R. Holthouse, Sec y. * But Mgr Dick D. Heller .. Vice-President •übacrlptlon Rates By mall, tn Adama and adjoin Inc counties; one year, |4; ala month*, 13 26; 3 montha, 11 75. By mail, beyond Adami and ad joining count lei: One year, IT; C montha, 13.75; 3 montha, 12. By mall to servicemen, any place In the world: One year, |350, ala mouths, 11.75; three tuontlu. |l. Hinde coplea 4 cent*. Ry carrier, 20 cent* per week. Business la good, but don I rock the boom. —o Senator Cliff Townsend &ound»| right with the people. —O-0 "Darkest Egypt." aa we uned to , call her. la lighting up again alter | long agea. -0 - The Fourth ol July la only ten daya away and from then on the summer season will be on the de cline -0 The hardest and at the same time the most rewarding job in the world is bringing up a child in; the way he hould go. 0-0 To a machine-age boy life on a farm needs no inducements when the plowing is done with a tractor it is much more fun than urging Old Dobbin down the furrow. — O O— There seems to he a jinx on hotels this season, the latest catastrophe being the refrigerator ex plosions at ballas, Texas, which I killed a half dozen person.-, and in jured nearly fifty others in and out of the building. - o—o—- — poet once wrote that "ail this rad world needs Is just the grace of being kind." Apply this rule to the grace of courtesy In public, and we have a double barrelled rule very much worth observing. 0 0 The increase In the price of coal. will he mote than 40 cents a ton. for that amount is the boost at the mine. Then comes the increase in freight rates and cost of handling Local dealers still do not have def Inite price schedules, although they are doing their best in trying to fill the blns in ttw meantime 0 0 , Golf wag once thought a sissy game, and the player on his way to

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By Herman N. Bundeten, M. O When an operation is nec.-Hsaiy the condition of the patient at the time he roc- on the table is ax important to the final outcome aw ix the skill of the mircron Therefore, doctors are always searching for new ways of building up the patient's strength, and so rendering the ordeal of aurßery more toler•ble, Toils goitre or hyperthyroidism is a condition in which, along with enlargement of the thyroid gland, there is an enormous speeding up of ail activities of the body. It is as if all the drafts In n furnace were opened and kept fhart way. The result is a roaring conflagration in which fuel (food and aven body tissues) Is burned at a terrific rate, the heart races fever ishly, and the nervous system re acts with hair-trigger irritability until at last. If the process Is not stopped, the whole mechanism collapses in exhaustion. The way to atop ts, In to remove the greater part of the oseractive thyroid gland, the source of all 4Jtia trouble. It Is easy to see. however, that a patient in this over ctimulated condition may not stand operation well and that to add the strain of surgery to that already produced by the disease may prove fatal. Formerly, doctors used bed rest and doses of lodine to bring racing body processes to a more normal tempo so that operation ctmld be undertaken. About two years ago. however, a now drug called thio uracil, was Introduced for this pur Kpose. It has resulted In the saving of many Ilves, having proved even more cffwtive than earlier methods In preparing for operation. Preparation Used Hr Frank H. t-ahey and hl* co workers of Boston, have “tnp oyed the preparation in almost two

I th* course protected himself from ridicule by slicking to the back | Htrcets. How times have changed j Is shown by the fad that over 13,Oilt people paid to witness the tilth National Open Gulf Tournament at Cleveland. Golf is now a people's sport, and everyone knows by now that real success in It In one of the hardest things in the world to attain, -0 The meat shortage will be felt more in the cities than In the rural sections, according to a survey , made In the state. Much meat is bored in the frozen locker plants Mattered over the state. Indianapolis, with more than one-tenth of the stiiti's population, has only i three locker plants, which thrown j the greater part of the quest for i meat on the retail markets. O O It will cost more than II million I dollars to operate the army and navy for the fiscal year ending July 1, 1947. It is planned to have an aimy of a million men hy that date, half of which will he located ' in foreign countries. While the ai mount is the largest ever approved by congress for isiaretlme operations. it is less than half of the total for last year. Gradually government expenditures are coming down and it appears that not in the too distant future the budget will be balanced at around 20 billions. If tax collections continue at the high mark, the treasury can then start paying off the debt, hut < haliers are congress will want to placate the people with tax reductions before inroad- are made In liquidation. —o The travel rush is on. Now that summer is here families are setting out to explore new parts of the country on the first real touring vacation since lite beginning of the war. Owners of trailers and ''tents arc lucky. lircausc they cari ry tlteb housing with them. All they nerd do as precaution Is al low a little more time than they think they'll need to find a camp j site, because more people than ever before will be flocking to the desirable spots this summer. It's a good summer to travel for the carefree who think the sights and the change are worth taking a chance on makeshift over-night accommodations. Hut the tourist who counts on a comfortable hotel room and a hot bat It wherever he happens Io be al the hour when he wants to stop, is in for some disappointments.

hundred patients with severe toxic goitre, varying in age from 11 to 77 years. Unless the patient is extremely weak from the hyperthyroidism or from some other condition such as heart damage resulting from toxic goitre, the treatment with thioUracil can be tarried out while the patient is up and about. Patients are advised to eat three full meals a day. with lunches in between. They are examined at intervals of ten to fourteen days, at which time the number of white cell in the blood is determined, since in some occasional instances, the thio untell may produce a lessening In the number of white cells. The drug is given three times a day and colnllnued until Its greatest benefit is reached, the ojwral ••st benefit is derived. Once this point lx reached, the operation may be carried out. In all instances when the thiouracil treatment wa»t carried out long eoiigh. the rate- of bodily activity was brought back to normal. In smne of the patients it was found that, at operation, the thyroid gland was soft and bleeding a great deal. Or. Lakey determined that this could be overcome by giving an lodine solution together with the thlceuracil during the three-week period immediately before* operation.

Turing the last week before <q»* eratlon the thio-uracil wax discontinued and the lodine a Imlulstered alone. When thia treatment was carried out, reaction* following operation were eliminated. During the counw* of treatment, in oits out of ten of the patients treated, there were reactions to the thlo-urecii such aa a decrease in the number of white cells, fever, muscular aching, and skin rash. These cleared when drug Hopped.

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Household Scrapbook | | By ROBERTA LF.E Clear Windshield Probably the simplest and most effective way of keeping the automobile windshield clear of rain or snow io by use of either glycerin or a soft potash soap to which sufficient glycerin ha* been added to make a thin paste. When a thin coat of either of the**.- has been applied to the windshield, the condensed m liriture spreads out to a fll mand does not collect in fine drops on the glass which obstruct the vision. Hard Paint Paint that u» hard and useless < an be softened by pouring an in< h of turpentine on top of it and letting it stand for a few days. Then stir with a stick until soft. Dyeing Feathers If feathers are to bo dyed, use acid or basic dyes. Remove the natural grease before dyeing by washing in a weak soap or ammonia solution. 0

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June* 24 The Pawns .McNaryHaugen farm relief bill is defeated In the U. S. senate, 45-39. Jesse la*Brun buys the Mrs. (Tabhw property on Third street fro mthe Aliteon estate The school hoard employs .Miss [tesolee Chester Os Van Wert O-, as music supervisor of Decatur achoole. Walter Krick, principal of Decatur schools, will leave Tuesday for Columbia University in New )ork City. Cord loiu ing cars can be delivereel by the Adams County Auto com pany for 3413.89 Hugh H<dthou*e and Golden Engeler are working in the Kansas harvest fleldo,

William Hart Dies Laie Sunday Night Noted Movie Cowboy Dies Os 'Old Aqe' Hollywood, June 24 (CP)-Wil-liam S. Hart, 75. Broadway "Hamlet" who switched his style to become the greatest gun-totln’ cowboy ever to ride the movieland range, died last night from what his do< tor drocrllied an "old age.” Death c ame to the veteran actor at tl:3o pin I*BT Sunday. Hart sank info a coma at California Lutheran hospital after a critical three-week illness. He had been ill for several years. "His ailment waa nothing you could give a name to.” hospital officiate aaid. “It was just the result of growing old.” Dr. H. D. Van Fleet said Hart died in hlu sleep. His son. William 8. Hart. Jr., waa at the bedside. Hart, who earned a fabulous lio.ooo a week In the silent flicker days fighting bad men and Indiana, died three days after a Judge awarded custody of hte wellbeing to his son. William 8. Hart, Jr., and hia oldtime pal, 0. H. Frost. The decision came after a ten* day court battle in which young Hart asked to Im named custodian of his father's health and fortune. The Judge granted Fn*st sole control of the estate.

Hart retired from the screen 2»» yeaia ago—juitt le-fore the talkies came in. But hie name han remained a legend to a generation of movie goers. Hart'a portrayal of the grim cowhand who risked death to defend a fair maiden'* honot -*hiie the old. silent camera ground awayupped him to fame along with ** J;.

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.Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and the late Douglas Fairbanks as "the big four" of the film industry's early days. In 1924. after 12 years in the movies. Hart and Frit*—the pinto who helped him ride down many a villtan in the old western thrillers —retired on Hart's 5300,nun ranch at Newhall, Cal., 20 miles north of Hollywood.

Four Are Drowned In Storm On Lake Ship Builder, Three Others Are Victims Marinette. Wla.. June 24 —4UP) Leaf hex in D. Smith. Great Lakes xhip builder, and three others were drowned last night when a flash storm sank Smith's boat tn l-ak<* Michigan's Green Bay. Alvin Washburn, executive of Smith's company, Howard Hunt, and Mary l-oomix. daughter of an official of the Illinois security division. were the other victims. Smith's daughter. Patsy, reach ed shore about 1:30 a. tn. today after a 13-mile swim in the ley lake waters She wore a life preserver she said her father forced on her before the hoat overturned. Miss Smith told authorities that the party was sailing from Monomlnee. Mich., to Sturgeon Bay. Wls . across Green Bay. Shortly after fi p. m.she said, a storm approaching tornado Intensity. hit the boat, which was swamped with water. Her father, she said, got life preservers on herself and the Loomis girl. Miss Smith said she towed the Loomis girl for "several hours," before the other girl slipped from her grasp. "I saw her go. but there was nothing I could do about It." she said. The storm. Miss Smith said, lasted only about a minute and a half. This morning six airplanes and scores of tugs were searching the area. At least one more boat was believed to have been lost hi the squall. The Imat was a 33-foot sloop. Smith. W, was president of the Leathern D. Smith Shipbuilding Co. and the Leathern D. Smith Coal Co. both in Sturgeon Bay. During the war his shipbuilding firm turned out cargo vessels and sub chasers for the government In record-breaking numbers. Smith was horn tn Sturgeon Bay tn 18HI5 and attended the Universliy of Wisconsin. He married Alva Frederickson in 1928 Besides Patsy, they have another daughter. Susanne. . Inventor of the self unloading equipment service for ships. Sm th was a member of the Propellor Club of Chicago and maintained business offices In Chicano. He was a Republican and In 1944 was a candidate for the U. 8. Senate.

_____ —o Loco! Girl's Poem 1n Colleqe Moqozine ••The Moon", a n»tore poem by Lnona Marie Hoile, daughter Mr. and Mtn. Otto E. Holte, 648 Mercer Ave. appeared In tho final edition Os "The PhttenU", literary magazine recently published at Illinois Wesleyan university. Bloom fngton. 111.. It *■* revealed today. Th<* magazine Is published by Black Bookmen, honorary literary •octety at Wesleyan, Under the Wed student* actively intafrestotj te*gr«M|ve 1 literary work -an cp. to bold m«^!in»ti , i ey < bretge ld®», and listen to compositions produced :nq'q>te’na A freshman at ? WeattyM» Mist?.Hoile was (graduated from "’the Decatur high school, iast year.

wok.RF.sinim «•* THK tltlM« FIBCI IT tOl** IN VACATPH. ISW We. ITM" slate <>r liidieee. <<>»■< y «S I hnrlrs 4. Hiiras lan Plaint ill* VN John upvnrrr. M el ISrrrsrfnnfa Now come th'- plaintiffs *'» rc"l I. Lltterar. their attorney, .<n<t rue their <-<>mplslnt herein. together with the affidavit of a competent that the residence "non dHlsrnt tnquire l» unknown of the following named defendants, towlt John Npeneer, John Maguire " lit. Huth Hp»m*r, Abraham hH )', rn , Hannah T Dehaven, JohnJflaiiffer, Margaret K'auffer, Dtvld WbHehlll. Marsh Whilehill. Jam<-« Vannord- • trend. Jtti.annn Vannnrdatrsnd. Junies Van Nordstrand. Hu-anns \an Nord*lrand. Jam,* Patterson, KI X* Patterson. Kllsa A Patterson. Fitz• Ann Patterson, Samuel Patterson, hint,•» M Unas, Mlella M. Hoes. ' tn- , Inna 11• Richmond a Fort Wayne Railroad Company. K A Patteroon. Hllsa J Patterson. Henry Krick W Moyers and John W. Tyndall. I'altlel W Meros. Anna J Myres, Marsh <■ Krick. Mary H Tyndall. Krb k liyndall A Co. a o«uporation, Krl< U Tyndall A Company, a corporation, old Adams Coontv Hank a torpor*Hon. Henry Krl' tt president of Krl< k Tyndall * 'o, John W Tyndall Secretary of Krick Tyndall * I >an H Tyndall. Use of Hie Kri'-k Tyndall Co.. Kr(. k A Tyndall. The Ansoln iFurn.-i'-' Company, a corporation, trnledo-Wt lauils A Western Hallway Company, Angola Furnace Company, Ito-atur Furnace Company, IHebard H Movers. re,<|y«r of tieiatur t-'iirna,>■ Company, t*--catur Foundry-Furnseo and M<- < hlne Company, The |a-<-ntnr Foundry, Furnace A Machine Company, The Decatur Furnace Company. * < orpnrntlon, fsadore V Kaivt r as stockholder of the Decatur Furnace Company, a coiptnatios and a» a representative of th'- class eonstltiltinu all of the stockholders of the Decatur Furnace Company a corporation, D. I. ilullfoKi,. president of Decatur Fairnsce Company. Krastua Frltslnger, Dyonis M< hmltt as president of |u-«atur Foundry, Furnace A Machine Co. W .1 Iteano as secretary of Decatur Foundry, Furnace A Machine Company, 1,. A. Graham, whose true Christian name Is to plaintiffs unknown as director and stockholder of the alur Foundry. Furnace and .Machine Company and a« a representative of the • lass constituting all of the stock holderw of the Decatur Foundry, Furnseo amt Machine Company, First National Hank. Theodore Hobrock as vice-presid- nt of First National Hank. Theodore !■' Giallker as cashier of First National Hank. Theodore Hohns k as stockholder of First National Hank and as a representative of the class constituting all of the stocklioldeis <>f Flrot National Hauk. The unknown husbands and wive* respectively of each <>t Hu- above named and designated persons, the names <,f all of whom are unknown to the plaintiffs; The unknown widowers amt widows n> spei-tively of i-a< li of tinabove named and designated persone, the names of alt of whom are unknown to tht idaioiltt-. The unknown children, descendants, heirs, surviving i re. dltors and udmlnlatrators of the estate, devisees, legatees, trustees and e»ecut«>rs of the last will and testament, successors In Interest and assigns respectively of each of the above named and designated •!• • ceased persons, the names of all of whom are unknown t„ ths plaintiffs. All of the women on< •■ known 16' any of th* names and designation* a to, ye stated whose nann-s may have lieen changed and who are now known hy other names, the names of all of whom are unknown to the plaintiffs; It he spouse of alt the per»o!lk above named, described amt designated a* defendants to tins action who are married, the names of all of whom are unknown to the plaintiffs,

All person.- and corporation* who axiwrt or might assert any HU*-. ■ lalm or Interest In or Hen upon the real estate described in the. < omplalnt In this action by, under or through anv of the defendants In thl« artion named, described, designated in said complaint, the narm-e of all of whom are unknown to the plaintiffs. That said action is for Ihe purpose of ipilellng title to real estate In the State of Indiana; that a cauae of action exists against .ill of said defendants; that all of aald defendants are necessary parties to -aid action and that they an* belle* ed to lie non-residents of the State of Indiana. The following real estate In Adame County, In the Klale of Indiana. Is ilem-rlbed in said complaint, towlt: Pari of the east half of the southwest quarter of section :i. containing 2 acres In the City of lyeeatur and more particularly described »s follows, towlt: Commencing on tin* east aide of Tenth Street In the City of Herat ur. Adams County, Indiana, at a point which Is one hundred seventy six <IT»I feet east of a point which la one hun<lr-d sixty two <IS2I feet south *>f the northwest corner of the east half of the southwest quarter of section three lJ l township twenty seven < 37» north rang*- fourteen (II) eaat, Adams County, Indiana, thence south along the east line of Truth Street one hundred forty four Hill feet to the north line of Elm Htr<-et In said City, thence east along the north line of Kim Street five hundred nlnty ttlnr* and one half takvu* fart to a point sixty six ISH) feet west of the west line of the right of way of th* Grand llapldx and Ipdiana 'Ralkwav Company, thence north east parallel with the right of way of the above named railway company one hundred forty four and one half «1«I Vb t feet to the south line of the right of way of the Toledo, Mt. Ixxuls and Western llallroad c-unpany, thence west six hundred thirteen and one half t11.1%1 f*-et to the place of beginning. containing two <•!) acres of land more or leas,

Thin iv-tlon lx Instituted and prosecuted by said plaintiffs for the purpose <>f <|nl>*tloK I heir title to th<* real <>stat«* above daxurfbed against all r-lalniantx whatxo-vcr. Notice U therefore hereby given that unleaa they Im* and appear on the 2nd day of the Neptember Term, Hit, of the Adams Circuit Court, being the 3rd day of Septemlier 1 SIX. to be begun and lioMh-u on the 2nd day of Keptetnber t»l«, at the Court House in the City of Itccatur, said County and Htate, and atwwer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined In their abaence. In Wltneae Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the xeal of said court In the office of the Clerk thereof, tn Ihe « Hy of becatur. Indiana, thia Mth day of June. l»l«. Clyde O. Treataer t ier* es tdaaaa I irealf < aart. Herd U Idilerpr..AHtwney r Modern fttiquette By ROBERTA LIB • « Q. If a msh Is at ■ social gathering and find* nnuHctr seated by the side of a girl to whom he has not been introduced, Is It all right

lor him to to Bw! . \ Vrtt; h* tnny tntrr»luce himmay I f q When « m«« k* letier tn a woman with whom h.« l« h„t .tightly a.qualnb'd. <-l<ai<. the letter with Hint erely youi*"2 ... ... y "Very truly yoorx I* preft r- ' ** F * , Hi Q When you help yourself to gravy, where I* Ihe proper place l« put It? A. Ort the meat. SAMUEL BROWN H'antlnne* From Page <>■»» villa, Okla., and a atep-brwther. Frank J. Houk of Huntington Park. Calif. Funeral eervlca* will be held at I; jo o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Zwl'k funeral home, with Dr. M. 0. Ix’ater officiating. Burial will be 111 the Decatur cemetery. Friend* may call at the funeral home after 2 o'clm k Tut aday afternoon. n— - - Indicative of the improved technology in manufacturing, cenau* flgurea show that while population Increased 2fi million between 1920 and 1940, and the index of manufacturing production rose 40 percent in that period, the dollar value of manufactured prodtida and the number of wage workers engaged tn manufacturing remained practically unchanged. DECATUR YOUTH H aallaueg Prsm Pag* us»l years at 'he Pendleton reformatory ami ha* been released after serving a minimum sentence. Swygart. however, pleaded not guilty al the time of his arraignment after bet%* Indicted by the Adams < Ircnlt <onrt grand Jury on n second degree burglary count. Ills ease had been recently set for trial during the Heptember. 1914 term of court. Charges were not placer! against Anderson in Ohio since he pleaded guilty local portion of the breakins. Imai police stated.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE NINA lowered her eyes to the empty glass in ber hand. "I'm sorry, my friend, 1 got you so bothered.” He sneered: "A mind reader, too.” “I don't have to bo especially literate, soldier. You're awfully obvious.” She was twisting a braid loop on her Jacket. "Look, soldier, I’ve no objection to kidding around to pass an hour on a train .. "Give the boys a good time." She said somewhat wearily: "You said 'boys’ that time," and then paused to prepare a fresh start "You needn't go bitter on me. I’m just not the girt who likes wrestling with strangers after two drinks. I travel this way to be able to pick my own company. You looked like a gentleman. I Invited you in. If I’ve made a mistake, why then—*' His face, he knew by its heat, must be crimson. He stamped out the cigaret she had given him, no savagely that the black ash receiver fell out of its clamp, spilling ashes and butts on the carpet “May I ask," he said, his tone frigid with frustration, "what do you usually do with a Bunday? Pose for holy pictures, perhaps?” She stared at him in amazement and then threw her head back and howled.

While ahe sputtered with laughter, he crouched to pick up tho butte. She aaid: "That’a enough. I’ll get the porter to clean up the rest. I should make you do K. P. for penance, but I won’t That line saved your neck ... Now, alt down. And be a good BOY. I meant BOY, You act like a kid.” He aat down at the far end of the sofa. He studied the can»st It was the ugliest carpet he had ever seen, a grotesque interweaving of tan and black, with amaO flecks of bright blue, the aort of floor covering they had in the cheaper commercial hotels. He heard the empty wire hangers beneath her coat whine with the away of the train. She had lifted her legs from the stool and again drawn them up. The gay, easy, rye-atimuiated give and take waa aU gone, evaporated with the speed of the liquor itself. Minutes aped by like the landscape, while they sat apart, silent he studying the carpet, she the green swamps. Finally, he sat straight, turned in her direction. He summoned hia moat formal air. "Madam, may I aak how you like our Florida scenery ?" She turned half around. He could see relief in her eyes at his •haage of manner. “Is that your beat? I find it—welt, repeUtloua." And warm tor March, don’t vou think?* ’".•mxyou "Outside or In?" He bared hia teeth In a wide f” 11 ’* «»1 Inside. Chilly, tSt •* torJi Thljj here now, it freeate you solid." Tkiok, I know where to get more of th»‘ rye.” 1 She shook bar head. "Don't Waite your money.” /Would you ear* to go for a

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walk, to warm up?” i She glanced at her wrist watch, i "Florida's long but it can’t last forever. We ought to be pulling I into Jacksonville before long. We 1 can hop off there for a stretch.” | "If you'd like to go slumming— I meet the people—see how the 1 other half travels.” < "No, thank you. I might meet some more like your chum.” "He isn’t my chum.” 1 "He acted that way." "Look, has that guy been pester- 1 ing you?" "Not me. He couldn’t My ; grandma warned me against people like him. 'Don't talk to strangers on trains.' That's what ahe said. She must have meant you, too, Lieutenant Corbett." He answered, “Oh yeah,” automatically. He was threading his fingers and she knew by the scowl on his face that he was thinking of something he hadn’t told her. When he suddenly asked: "Bay, have you heard anyone on this train mention losing a purse?" the detour bewildered her. Then she caught on: "Why, has he? Did he? Do you think—" He shrugged: "I've been reading too much Dick Tracy." “Dick Tracy?" "The all-American detective. The funnies." "No kidding! You read the comiut?” "And why not?" The sharp edge turned up again. "Oh, my dear, not men like you! Men with ail those ribbons!" "Listen, sister, some of the best guys I know, some of the best guys on earth read the comics." "Superman f"

"He's my boy. And Mandrake the Magician. The Batman.” "You Blay me." "Okay, then, you’re Main." “That'a America for you! Our heroes read comic books. No serious reading, discuoMona?” “Certainly, certainly.” ■For instance what?* "Topic A." "And what, pray, to Topic A?" He was irked by her tone, Queen of Sheba, an right 'Topic A, my dear friend, to dat ole debbil sex. Giris, women, female*. Too bad we can't all spend the war on your high intellectual plane . . . Ut'a see what you're reading, my beauty.” He reached to the etool and picked up the top magazine. He studied the cover a moment, flipped over the page*. He etopped. He read a few line* to himaelf. then read them aloud: "Women today have never been *o busy nor so active. No wonder underthings have aaeumed a new importance." He stole a glance at her face. A blush brightened the tan. He leafed one page, and another. Again he read: "I’ve decided that thia is a year of decision* and what decisions! The future of mankind on this globe, for Instance. ;Wtfr* 1 standing onkthat brtoth-taklng ' peak of history. 1944. How can I comfort myself best as a tiny hut very prpud atom of that history? . . . I’ll |ry to look a* wen a* I feel . . . )'H clothe myielf in color and softnesa.” Bhe said angrily: "Look here.

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soldier, that’s my trade. ■ niy living from that. ■ “That's the old E.r.ntefl he said placidly. He «ul himself now, chortling efl page. He read: "The fl landed a pilot H*r cofl was always so rhamingfl so wonderfully red h/kifl "Stop it," she cried and fl ed to snatch the n.agazfl his hand. I "Oh no, you don't aiatfl hugged it to his cheat fl funny as the devil. You fl send this across to thfl They'd give up a whole fl Mandrake for just one ofl He waited until she was J her corner and then acaifl a page. "A ruffle is fl weapon, dangerously fl: fl neath a hem,” and anotfl ''Memorable moments, fl perhaps between trains. J time lived in miniature, fl inglv confident in her sifl pearance . . . Sister " Hre back on the sofa. "Whfl is this?" j “But you don't understare •aid hotly. "These things ■ portant to women. You l*fl fectly well that you t»y»-| "Don't say boys.” ■ She ran past his “ . . expect us to Be gla j ’ He put his thumb in tfl He snapped: "Don't be a V She gnawed her Up- < came back in a momtre sharply than hr. "*°“ re J Just playing *' * Pty-JI in the foxholes dream lean girls. Pin "P thc, Ll You KNOW they doyou yourself-t.hert's naj of girls on this train- 1 vou come here to me. J "That's easy. Because 1 m a dish. Oh. I m I Thank you so J generous nKI tell you why. P 1 because I ha<i » 11 * ' J you boys have been JI shout Because I max I business to well and even smcll *1 * You’re not 1

- and ahapelc.-s ” E n He *‘ an; fl T?' but They manage to him off. . h .. r jg|| -They'd for a lipstick. “ s stockings" don "Listen, «l«t cr - 1 IM—- ' yjuat bec ® ,^ tl ? r becati Mra-HNer have war ° r c ° )ooU M gH of women t® ’ to « p°«‘ We .; Jto try that it Uni trea»' am art " .. «pon’t I* l