Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 276, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1936 — Page 5

JAN. 27, 1936.

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BKGIN HERE TODAY Jolla Crair. pretty young letrflirT to C.rnrre Woodford of the law firm of Woodford A Brook', I' ambitious to hrnm* a night club sir.ger. Julia sbarr* an aparlmrnt with Amjr Sanders. Peter Kemp. also employed hr Woodford At Brook', is in lore with Julia, but she distouragrs his attentions. He fives Julia a letter of introduction to Henri l.imb. band leader, but. in the letter, asks lamb not to five her a lob. Julia dieover* thl* and tells Peter everythin' is over between them. Roval Nesbitt, friend of Amy's, promises to help Julia And a job as a singer, but davs pass with no word from him. Woodford tells Julia he Is f ivinf a weekend party on his vacht and asks her to rome to sins for his guests. Smith (jarland, cifbt club owner, is to be in the party. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER SIX AT the mention of Smith Garland, the best-known night club owner in the state, Julia's heart literally skipped a beat. Woodford smiled as her mouth opened slightly and she stared at him unbelievingly. He knew perfectly well that to any one with Julia’s ambitions the name of Smith Garland was magic indeed. Once the leader of a nationally known orchestra, he owned two night clubs, one in another city, and had even become a political leader in the state. "Os course,” Woodford went on, "I don't know that Garland can do anything. But it won't hurt to have him hear you. Like to come along?” ‘‘l’d like very much to,” said Julia quickly. ‘‘Good! We expect to pull out some time late tonight. But I suggest you go along to the yacht club about 9 o’clock and get aboard. The name of the boat is the Wood Nymph. I’ll phone the skipper to expect you.” “Thank you, Mr. Woodford. I can't tell you how much I really appreciate—” “Forget it, Miss Craig.” He smiled up at her. “I need a singer aboard, and you’re a good one. ’ *• JULIA hoped so. She hurried back Into her office, her thoughts In a whirl. For the rest of the afternoon she went through her work like an automaton, and got precious little done. She could scarcely wait to get to the apartment, to tell the good news to Amy Sanders. But Amy wasn’t at all surprised that Julia was to get her chance. But she was astonished at its source. “I knew you'd finally bump into a break, Julia. When a girl wants a thing as bad as you want this, she finally gets there. But it does bowl me over that you’d find the rainbow right in your ov”~ office: Right in the place you’v been trying to get away from.” an tt JULIA 1 ughed. ‘T've found the rainbow. But not the pot of gold yet. Nobody knows whether Smith Garland will like my singing.” ‘ Nobody but Smith Garland.” admitted Amy. ‘‘But think what a break it is for him to hear you aboard Woodford’s yacht. He’ll know you work for Woodford, and that you’re a guest on board, and ” ‘‘Not a guest,” amended Julia. “I'm just going along as an entertainer.” Amy gave Julia a long look. “Do you really believe that?” “Why, of course. Mr. Woodford said he needed a singer, and he happened to hear me spoiling all that lovely radio music ” “Listen, Julia,” her roommate interrupted. I’m about five years older than you. So that makes five more years I've watched the male of the species in action. Woodford could have got all the singers he

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wanted. He wants you to go along.” “If I thought you were right I wouldn't go.” “Oh, I don’t mean he doesn’t want you to sing, darling. And I don t mean he asked you for any other reason except that he liked the way you sang. He probably doesn’t realize it himself as yet—but he thinks you're a pretty neat dish." u u a YOU'RE talking a lot of nonsense, Amy. Mr. Woodford doesn’t know I exist except as a secretary.” “He will after this yacht trip. It's funny how an evening dress can change a female employe into a woman.” Julia smiled. “You've been seeing too many movies, Amy!” “Laugh if you must at this old gray head,” Amy misquoted cheerfully. “But you'll see.” In her rush to be at the-yacht club, which was a considerable distance from the apartment building, Julia quite forgot Amy’s wellmeant warnings. From the depths of the dressing room she called out, “Anything special you should take on a yacht trip, Amy? I’ve never been on anything but an excursion boat in my life.” “Don’t worry,” Amy told her from the other room. “Wocdford’s yacht is probably the size of a hotel. I'd suggest that white evening gown —a sports outfit, with some soft-soled shoes in case he’s fussy about the deck paint—and a package of seasick* remedy.” There was a long silence, and then Amy added: “I saw some collapsible rowboats the other day. They were made of canvas, and you could probably fold one up and get it in your week-end bag—” A shoe came hurtling out of the dressing room, successfully terminating Amy’s advice. tt a WHEN Julia reached the boat moorings the clubhouse itself was dark except for a dim light at the desk in the lobby. The sleepy night-caretaker directed her to the slip at which the Wood Nymph was moored. “She’s all lighted up,” he said. “You can’t miss her. Big white ship.” The Wood Nymph was a big white ship, indeed, far larger than any of the other boats which Julia passed as she hurried along the board walk of the mooring dock. Its white paint shown eerily in the darkness, and its brass work

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gleamed in the light from the cabin and the after deck. Her bag in hand, Julia hesitated by the small gangplank which led to the deck. But just then a white uniformed figure appeared from the cabin and touched his cap. “I’m C&pt. Bakely. Looking for the Wood Nymph?” Julia told him that she was. “I’m Miss Craig, and I believe Mr. Wood'ord said I should be here about 9.” “Os course, Miss Craig. Come right aboard and I’ll show you to your stateroom. Mr. Woodford and the other guests aren't aboard yet.” When Bakely had taken Julia to her stateroom and deposited her bag on the berth, he paused a moment at the door. “Please make yourself at home. Miss Craig. There are deck chairs aft.” “Thank you. I think I’ll just stay here a whilq.” He nodded “I’ll tell Mr. Woodford when he comes that you’re aboard.” tt a WHEN Bakely had gone, Julia looked about her. The stateroom was small, but very pleasant and furnished in quiet taste. She wondered whether she should accept the captain’s invitation to sit on the after deck, but at length decided not. Bakely might not know that the owner had invited her as an entertainer rather than a guest. The safest thing, Julia told herself, would be to remain in her stateroom until Woodford arrived. • Taking a magazine from a little table in the corner of the room, she sat down to read. She read through one story and began another. Then, impatient, she looked at her watch. It was after 10, but she had heard no one come aboard, yet the gangplank was quite close to the portholes of her stateroom. “But he said they wouldn’t leave until late,” Julia told herself, and resumed her reading. When another hour passed, however,.. with no word from Woodford, she began to wonder. All she had heard were vague sounds from below her, possibly in the engine compartment—and the occasional soft fotofalls of someone on deck above. She was about to put on her coat and go above when there was a light knock at her door. It was Capt. Bakely. “I’ve just had word from the clubhouse that Mr. Woodford telephoned and said ther’d be some delay in getting the rest of his party aboard. He suggested you needn’t wait up unless you wanted to.” , a u tt JULIA thanked him, relieved—and decided that she wouldn’t wait up. After all, the day in the office and the ensuing excitement of Woodford’s interview hadn’t prepared her to be at her best. “I’ll get a good night’s rest,” she tlod herself, “and see what the world holds in the morning.” A moment later she was between the sheets of the berth and the stateroom was in darkness. With the water lapping rhythmically against the hull of the boat, Julia wa& soon asleep. She awakened with a star, conscious of anew, yet still rhythmic, sound. Unmistakably, it was the sound of the yacht’s engines. Julia tossed back the covers of the berth and looked from a porthole. Dock and gangplank were gone! All she could see was an expanse of water which dissolved into the pitch blackness of the sky. But beyond the soft throb of the engines and the swish of the hull driving through the water, there seemed to be not another sound aboard. (To be Continued)

Child Deaths May Be Responsible for Betterment, Says Expert

BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON I am sad tocny. A lovely little girl has died, a ch.'d who had everything to live for, full of beauty, grace and character, and yet she is gone. Seldom do I write to the mothers and fathers who have lost children. It is something I have avoided deliberately. Because years ago I lost a child and the wound never | has healed. Perhaps it is why I have turned champion to the little folk. The mother who has been thus bereaved I becomes more sensitively attuned to growing life. She may not be a j better mother, but she has, I think, i in some mysterious way, been given ; a special understanding and insight into the hearts of children. Drown Sorrows in Work The great things of the world so often have seemed to come out of : death. I do not attribute this altogether to sensitiveness of spirit refined through agony, but partly to the fact that men and women so bereaved so often have turned feverishly to hard work. To forget the travail of the heart in the labor of the body and the mind. There is nothing on earth so healing as work. A million times I have thanked heaven for it—work that consumed and left no time to think of what might have been. Time, as we know, is a merciful healer, but we can not always wait for time. It often takes its toil of us in other ways while the heart is returning to life. Hard to Understand We wonder why a child dies. We ! are quick to say. “Why did an angel have to be taken while so many ! terrible people are permitted to live?’’ It is hard for our limited minds to conceive a Providence working out a definite Plan, operating in this way, and leaving a devastating trail of crushed hearts in the doing. Our visions are very hampered. If we try to get the larger view, looking back through history, we will find some of the greatest achievements of all time rising out of death. Many of the world's greatest men and women would never have been great except for a death, and the legions who have benefited by this devotion to duty would have been deprixed of the great good. However, it is not to the great that I hand the palm of victory. of us will have our names on tablets or our figures carved in stone. It is to the mothers and fathers who patiently endure and go bravely about their everyday

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affairs that I subscribe by gratitude and honor. Each Builds in Own Way Each in his way or her way is building just as magnificently as those others whom chance selected for prominence. Perhaps this is at least part of the answer to the death of a child. Perhaps the finest of all our pres-ent-day blessings are due either directly or indirectly to the deaths of children in the past. Who knows? We can not see it, but it seems to me it must be true. The path of progress, they say, is strewn with the bodies of martyrs. Isn't it so, then, that the path of spiritual achievement, a far finer thing than progress, may be strewn with the broken hearts of parents? We who have lost children are an army, a big one, with high courage and hearts that have learned acceptance in its deepest sense. Let us carry on the world’s work, then, not to a requiem but to the chant of victory. Entertains Alumnae Mrs. Roger Williams entertained Saturday at her home, 4921 Guilfordav, with a bridge party for members of Indianapolis Alumnae Club of Phi Omega Pi Sorority and their guests. Mrs. Willard Bennett assisted the hostess.

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HAND TIMED TO WIN

Today's Contract Problem The contract is six hearts by South. How would you play the hand to make seven-odd? During the play East discards a club. 4k A 10 9 8 VA Q 9 0 10 5 * A K J3 , N s- < Blind) W E (Blind) Dealer A J 2 VKJ7 5 4 2 4A Q 8 * 9 5 None vul. Opener-— Jf, 4. Solution in next issue, 20

Solution to Previous Contract Problem BY W. E. M’KENNEY Secretary American Bridge League npHE most difficult thing for the beginner at contract to learn in the play of the hand is the timing factor. I know a number of players say they never have made a squeeze play or a grand coup. Well, what is the difference, since squeeze plays and grand coups are very rare? But on practically every hand the timing factor plays some part. Sometimes it is the all-important part, as in today's hand. West's opening lead is the three of diamonds. East goes up with the king. The natural inclination is to win the trick, but you must say to yourself, “If I win this trick, how can I time the play of the hand? I w 7 ant to ruff a diamond and some clubs. The only way I can make this contract is to crossruff the hand.’’ Why not let East hold the trick? You have to lose a diamond trick anyhow, and it looks as though he is going to be forced to return a diamond. If he returns a spade, you know it will save you a spade trick if the queen is on the wrong side. When East returns a diamond, the trick should be won with the ace. Now a diamond is ruffed in dummy with the three of spades. The ace of hearts is cashed and a small heart played and ruffed with the seven of spades. Declarer cashed the ace of

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A AK9 3 VaJ 8 4 2 ♦ 10 5 ♦ 6 4 N IA Q 5 2 VK63 w r V Q 9 7 5 ♦Q9 6 3 w - c ♦KJ 7 2 * QM3 d.LI* K1 ° A J 10 8 7 V 10 AA 8 4 AA7 6 5 2 Duplicate—None vul. South West North East Pass Pass 1 Pass 1 A Pass 3 A Pass 3N T Pass 4 a Pass Opening lead—A 3. 20

clubs and leads a small club, which East wins with the king. East is forced to return a small heart, declarer ruffing with the eight of spades. Now the five of clubs is played. 1 Declarer must be careful to ruff this trick with the king of spades, otherwise East can overruff and return a spade. A heart is ruffed with the 10 of spades. The six of clubs is played and ruffed in dummy with the ace of spades. East, of course, is forced to underruff. The jack of hearts is returned and East is helpless. Declarer is bound to make his jack of spades and in this* manner lose only a club, a diamond, and a spade. (Copyright. 193S by NEA Service. Inc.) ST. MARY'S CLUB MEETS TOMORROW Indianapolis Alumnae of St. Mary's-of-the-Woods are to attend an alumnae club meeting at 6:30 tomorrow 7 night at Meridian Manor. At the business meeting scheduled officers are to be elected.

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with contrasting trimmings. The low-heeled sandal appears again for evening in gold kidskin with white zigzag trimming. Gay and pastel colored hosiery in a 1936 fashion introduced for winter resort daytime and evening wear. In place of the conservative beiges, neutrals and nudes there are silk stockings of purple, seafoam green, primrose pink, buttercup yellow, oxblood red, burnt copper and golden orange.

Says Features Over-Stressed in Beauty Hunt BY ALICIA HART “A woman is truly beautiful when she is radiant with health, vivid with enthusiasm, keen in her intellect and warm in her human understanding and sympathy,” says Eleanor Royce, lovely young English dancer. “As long as the features of a girl’s face aren't actually out of proportion—not really homely—they matter a good deal less than many people seem to think,” the slim little dancer continued. “Perfect features may be essential for mere prettiness, but for real beauty they aren’t necessary at all. If a woman has clear, soft skin; if her eyes are lovely; if her smile lights her face, and she is vibrant with health, I defy the most critical connoisseur to say she isn’t beautiful,” Miss Royce ended her analysis. Then the girl, who with her brother has created a considerable furore among lovers of exhibition dancing, went on to talk about magnetism. “Without it no woman can be beautiful,” she said. "It springs; largely from an overflowing vitality, which is, in turn, born of perfect health.’’ To attain the health that makes for magnetism, Miss Royce recommends dancing, swimming, tennis and long, brisk walks. “Another important help is relaxation. And when I say ‘relaxation,’ I don't mean half-way measures. It must be complete to eradicate strain and the effects of driving modern life on the nerves. “If I were to select the one thing essential to the achievement of magnetism and maintenance of beauty of face and body, I would say relaxation. Every one should learn to ‘let go’ with such absolute abandon that not a nerve, not a muscle is taut in the rest period.”

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Their Fight Isn’t Yours, Youth Told Perhaps Mother Inspires Husband’s Abuse, Says Jane. Tut tout csf before Jne Jordan, who will studr sour problems for rou and answer your questions in this column. Dear Jane Jordan—Last evening mother and dad were invited to r party. One of the men, a very close friend of father's, asked mother to sing while he played the piano. She sat on the piano bench

and sang. There was no harm in that, was there? But dad made harm out of it. He not only pouted at the party, but quarreled with mother the whole night through, and insisted she was vulgar, bad, no good and I hate to say the name he called her. I’ve heard

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him call her thus so many times that I know what it means. I know my mother, and I swear she is all that is good and true, a perfect mother and loyal. If only I could do something about it! I hate my dad more and more every day. Sometimes when he is acting up I feel like I'd like to kill him with a gun, but I know it wouldn’t do any good. It would only bring disgrace and shame to mother and the kids and death to me, which I wouldn't mind if it brought them happiness. Any one can ask any person who knows my mother about her moral character and the replv would be nothing but the very best. I love my mother and I do not intend to have her accused of things which I know she never will do. Dad threatens to leave, but doesn't. Wouldn't it be marvelous if he would leave and we could stay in our little home which we are buying. I'm asking you if you don't think father needs to be examined. PUZZLED 13. a a u Answer—You must reconcile vourself to the fact that you can not solve your parents' problem for them. To be sure their infantile squabbles and childish behavior | make you feel so much older and wiser that you actually reverse the situation by conceiving yourself as the parent and they the naughty children. But no matter what your faurics are, you arc powerless to change the facts. They are chronologically mature and have made their own lives for better or for worse. You are young and your immediate job is to break the ties of the family, not to cement them further by the fruitless effort to correct a situation not of your making. I have not the slightest doubt that your mother is far superior to your father, but she does not merit the complete exoneration which you give her. The person who permits constant and continuous persecution is the victim of his own willingness to be persecuted. It will be difficult for you to see what possible satisfaction your mother can receive from your father’s ill treatment, I know, but for one thing her policy of nonresistance has fcisured the loyalty of her children which she might have earned in some more productive mann-er. It is not strength of characer that keeps a person supine and patient under adversity, for real strength will not put up with abuse for long. In families where there is a team composed of persecutor and persecuted, I often have noticed that the persecuted unconsciously inspires attack in countless subtle ways, the better to enjoy the sympathy of the audience. If you wish to help your mother at all you can not do so by rescuing her from her predicament and carrying her responsibilities on your own young shoulders. Rather should you encourage her to turn on her foe with the courage before which all bullies quail. Even if you spend your whole life stewing and fretting over parents who should know better you only will succeed in using up energies which should go into establishing a normal life for yourself. By the sacrifice of yourself you only invite the kind of life your mother has lived. Try not to repeat her role all over again. It only spells defeat for you and distress for those who love you. “ HAIR-BOW ” HATS ARE LATEST WHIM “Hair-bow” hats are fashion’s latest whim. One of the first was glimpsed on Jeanette MacDonald, film star. The hat, created in felt, gives the appearance of a huge hair-bow poised on the head. A tiny jeweled ornament, placed cn the knot of the bow, is its only adornment.