Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1937 — Page 16
By ELINORE COWAN STONE Copyright, 1937, N
CAST OF CHARACTERS LINDA BENTON-—Heroine, daughter of a famous singer. CAPT. BARRYMORE TRENT—Hero, flying “daredevil.” MIRANDA TRENT-—Barrymore’s grandmother; a “strong woman.”
Yesterday: Befriended by Tony Abruzzi, Linda is a Christmas sensation at the night club. She is called “Titania.” It brings back painful memories of Barry.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Linda heard that name, with its tender, whimsical associations, her sudden cry of pain was irrepressible. Now that the opiate of her shock and deadly weariness had worn off, it was all there with her again— Barry’s voice; the laughing caress in his eyes; his arms about her that last evening; the agony of those sleepless nights—those worse than sleepless nights when in her dreams she had followed Barry's ill-starred course through cloudy skies. The doctor was right. If she were to go on living—and it seemed that she was in spite of the pain at her heart—she must keep herself busy. It didn’t matter much how. “All right,” she said briefly. “But if I'm going to sing tonight, I must get up now.” So that night again the Villa Abruzzi was darkened to an expectant hush. Then—this was one of Tony’s “jdeas”—a muted orchestra played very tenderly a song. A baritone voice took it up—still very softly: “Who is Silvia? What is she, That all our swains commend her? Holy, fair, and wise is she; The heavens such grace did lend her That she might admired be.” Then in a silver frame against the lustrous shadow of black velvet, the overhead light making a misty halo of her fair hair, was Linda, singing. “No hot stuff!” Tony had insisted. “No operatics! No funny business! Just the quiet, simple little tunes that take hold of hearts and twist ‘em.” So Linda sang “I Bring Thee Tales of Araby”—“The Night Has a Thousand Eyes”—the Schubert “Serenade”; and when voices in the audience clamored for “O Promise Me!” she sang that, too. ® # 8
ND her success was even greater than the night before. Tony strutted like a bantam rooster. People besieged him for introductions. Tony was soIrry— so sorry—but Miss Star did not meet people. No, and Miss Star did not pose for pictures or allow herself to be interviewed. ~ Most of the newspapermen submitted, grinning, to the ruling. It was a good line as long as it lasted. They did not think it would last long. One columnist, Reggie Grimes of the Index-Tabloid, was more. persistent. He was a fox-like man with a long experence in the theatrical field, and a flair for the unexplored. He managed to waylay ‘Linda on her way to her dressingroom. When she eluded his questions and hurried on with a faint, apologetic smile, he went back fuming to Tony. “Say what’s the girl’s name?” he demanded. “Here I am handing her free publicity on a silver platter, and she tosses me a smile and says, ‘Excuse it, please!’” # # ” ue ISS STAR does not need any free publicity,” said Tony sturdily; but he looked thoughtful. After the show that second evening, Linda was waiting in the car for Mrs. Campagno — for Tony's + sister had insisted that Linda leave her hotel and come to share her own apartment — when a man Stepped to the door and raised his
“Forgive me,” he asked, “but aren’t you—or rather, were you not Linda Benton?” Linda shrank back; then caught -by something familiar in his clipped inflections, she faltered, “I —who are you?” : : - “About a week ago, I witnessed a wedding in a town called Nord--hof” The man was choosing his words carefuly. “I have a feeling that you were present, too.” The chauffeur leaned around from his seat to ask, “This guy bothering you, Miss Star?” : “No,” said Linda faintly. “No. ‘He—he is an old friend. Please, Mr. Chadwick, come in here where we can talk.” °° ” ” 2 CHE held the car door wide, and the Englishman stepped in and sat down beside her. “3 thought I could not be mistaken,” he said, “although I saw you for so short a time that day. You are not an ordinary type, Mrs. Trent. I saw Linda Audubon on the stage years ago—a play in which she sang several songs. A great singer was lost when your mother - turned to purely dramatic work. . . . And you are wonderfully like her.” : - “How did you know that Linda -Audubon was—my mother?” “Why not? Her named appeared in your marriage license.” “Of course. I had forgotten... . But I thought you were leaving for England that day.” : but circumstances alAnd it's the merest
{dng you tonight. When I called ‘at the Trent house to give you Judges Baldwin's message, I was told that you had left town, and that your address was unknown.” . “Judge Baldwin's—message?”
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was definitely ill when I called to see you on Christmas Day, I am afraid that I should have been more than tempted.” = 2 ® INDA'S heart contracted. . . . Old Miranda ill—and bitterly lonely. She had a sharp picture of Barry’s grandmother, sitting that night alone by the-@ying fire, her fingers absently caressing the sleeve
+ « » And Barry had left the Duchess in her care, : 3 : As if piqued by her silence, the Englishman said again stiffly, “The papers are in a safety deposit box in your own bank at Nordhof. The bank will' recognize your signature. But you will need the key, of course. When I could not locate you, I finally left that in a sealed envelope with your husband’s grandmother.” When Linda did not speak, he went on, “You puzzle me, Mrs. Trent. Has all this no interest for you?” “Does it really matter?” asked Linda drearily. “Now?” Ss
her, she laid her hand swiftly on his arm. “Forvige me,” she begged in her soft, low voice. “I do thank you.
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trouble about me. I—I will think about what you have said. . . . But you won't tell Barry’s grandmother Iam?” a AINLY , not,” he said in a ed tore, “if that is your
key to any address you you write her for it.”
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KITCHEN CRIME—By Roland S. Neff
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“" ‘Open this window screen.’ ”
“* RIPES!” With that one scathing denouncement, young Jimmy Mason inelegantly worded his sentiments as he glared balefully at the huge, waiting stack of supper dishes. Hopelessly dejected, he looked about the small kitchen. Unperturbed, the clock on the wall ticked away the time as, with a gasp, Jimmy noted the hour. 7:45! Fatso and Lefty, the world’s. greatest dishwasher scorners, would arrive in just 15 more minutes! And would they jeer at the year-younger Jimmy for doing such a sissy joi! Why, Jimmy decided, they might even quit being his friends. Then
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Q—1Is the Great Stone Face (“Old Man of the Mountains”), in New Hampshire, held together by supports?
A—In 1876, it was discovered that |
the gradual effect of frosts had loosened one of the large stones forming the forehead so that it was in ‘danger of slipping off into the water below and carrying the chin with it.. Forty yeafs later the State of Néew Hampshire was induced to appropriate money to anchor the 30ton boulder in place by steel blocks, pins, clevises, rods and turnbuckles.
Q—Has the U, S. Government! gone into the business of propagating reindeer? - A—Under an Act of Congress approved Sept. 2, 1937 (Public No. 413) the Secretary of the Interior is to establish a reindeer business in Alaska for the benefit of the Eskimos, and is to acquire title to all the reindeer by purchase or other means, including the right of eminent domain. Ownership of reindeer by nonnatives is forbidden and only the Government or natives can range or deal in reindeer within the territory.
Q—Where can I get information about th use of radio in the operation of airways in the United States? ’ A—Write to the Bureau of Air Commerce, U. 8S. Department of Commerce, Washington, O. C., and ask for Aeronautics Bulletin 27, entitled “Aeronautic Radio” issued July 1, 1937.
Q—Where are the headquarters of Jie United Mine Workers of Amerca . A—At present: they are in the Tower Building, 14th and K Sts., N. W., Washington, D. C.. As soon as ' alterations are completed, the offices will be moved to their own building on McPherson Square, Washington, D. C. Q—How large do the giant squids of the North Atlantic grow?
A—The rare giant squids of the North Atlantic sometimes grow to a length of 20, feet for head and body, and the slender tentacular arms are 35 feet and they have eight powerful sessile arms’ about six feet
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he'd never get a steady berth at tackle on the neighborhood Sluggers’ football team! i'rantically, he dumped the rattling dishes into hot water, vividly recalling his mother’s last-minute warning. “I don't care if there are 10 picture shows,” she had declered at the table. “Your father is going to lodge meeting and I'm going to Mrs. Nelson’s. You may be 14 years old, but if those dishes aren't /done ‘when we get home,
indifferently out the ) window to the flat roof -of the one-story building next door, he
observed: Mr. Swircky’s jewelry store [light still shining, visible through the ceiling trapdoor “He's open late,” Jimmy thought—just as a police wristle shrilied on the street below. In one mad moment, Jimmy almost ran toward the scene of action. [Then he remembered his mother’s ‘warning—and that Fatso and fty would get wise if he didn’t | get those dishes put away quick. Resolutely, he his hands back into the ter. He listened, fidgeting, re whisties and squad car took up the alarm. But from
ught. aloud. ’re right, kid,” replied a voice behind him. Jimmy around. “Open this window screen,” the. voice, desperate, went on, ‘I want in. And no monkey business, see?” ” " ”
J MY did see now. From the ropf outside a masked figure peered in, a terrifying, long-barreled revolver cleriched firmly in his right hand.| Frozen, Jimmy hesitated momentarily. Then as the gun moved slightly, “Yessir, yessir, I will!”| He unhookec. the screen and the interloper jumped into the room, Jerking off his mask in thé same motion. “You alorie, kid?’ “Yes—yessir!” : “O./K. Tken keep quiet, or I'll use this rod on you, too. if you don’t do what| I say. See?” The prowler looked at the dishes. <i “Doin’ dishes, huh?” Swell. Gimme a towel. Quick!” Jimmy, wide-eyed, obeyed. “Now start washin’ again!” Keeping. the gun concealed beneath the towel, the trespasser fumbled at drying a dish. Jimmy, tesiing his voice, ventured a question. “Are you the one they want?” he asked uagrammatically.
“YF yeu mean the cops, sure,” boasted the intruder. “I stuck up the old man downstairs. Some mug must of seen me from outside, else the coppers wouldn’t be barkin’. But they won’t get me!” He wiggled the hidden revolver. “I'll just stay here til it gets quiet.” a For another minute Jimmy and the robber silently did dishes. Jimmy’s mind was racing. He glanced at the clock, 7:52! Lefty arriv: on tire they'd be busting |in mighty soon! Listening intently, he realized the police hulla-
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Jimmy. “Gosh, what if mom came back for something? Maybe she forgot her key, and had to knock like that!” Action, that’s what was needed! Quickly he jammed his hand into the sloppy water, Then— “Hey!” he bellowed. \ “What the h—!” The robber turned. Opening his eyes in surprise, he ducked. But too late. The wet dishrag slapped smartly across
second he staggered. Jimmy, automatically, threw a snappy Sluggers’ combined tackle and body block
two dived, head first, toward the porcelain sink. The gun skidded across the floor. There followed a dismayiny crack, a slight groan. Then the interloper lay quiet. Jimmy £05 up. “Nice work, lad. Mighty nice work!” Jinimy, shaking, wheeled again toward the window. Two uniformed police were coming in. Jimmy dropped breathlessly into a chair while the silent figure was handcuffed and rolled over. : 8 #8 8 .“ EP. It's Diamond Ike, all right,” said one officer to his companion. He turned to Jimmy. “Sorry we couldn’t come in sooner, son. 'We trailed this fellow to your window. Didn't dare risk gunfire. Might have hit you.” “Give me police headquarters,” the other patrolman was saying into the Mason’s dining room phone. As
he dic, the heavy pounding was repeatecl at the hall door. People marched in. :
“Gosh, mister, you didn’t have to knock the door down,” Jimmy heard Fatso compla; . The door slamnied shut again, and a fellow, pencil and paper in hand, followed a photographer, rushed into the kitchen. : “Gee whiz!” whistled softly as they surveyed the all over their faces,
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Mind Your ‘Manners
Test your knowledge of correct social usage by answering the following questions, then checking against the authoritative answers below: 1. Is it good manners to criticize church rituals which are different from those to. which you are accustomed? 2. Is it all right to put on one’s wraps during the singing of the doxology at the end of the service? 3.If one is in a strange church and there is no. usher is it better to seat oneself in the front or back .of the church? 4 ’ 4. Is it customary to give a fee to the clergyman who conducts a funeral service? 5. Should flowers for a funeral be sent to the house or to the church? . : What would you do if—An intimate friend of yours had died and you would like to attend the funeral, yet the newspaper notice read “funeral - private”? : ! : A. Call a member of the family and ask if you may Soocome® oo aE B. Assume that your friend- + ship would grant you the ._ privilege of attending? C. Wait to be notified by a | member of the family? 3 2 8» 8 :
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YOUR HEALTH
By Dr. Morris Fishbein American Medical Journal Editor A A ENTAL disease constitutes one ; of the heaviest burdens which the well people of the country carry on behalf of the sick. a _.Definition of the mental defective is not 2 definition of mentality, but of the social capacity of the person concerned. We judge the defectiveness of the individual, from the ‘mental point of view, by his inability to get along with other people. . It has been well established that dull people of low intelligence are likely to have children of low intelligence. Some 75 per cent of people
with lessened intelligence are de-
rived from such stock. Of course, an occasional case of idiocy may develop even in a family in which the parents and the grandparents are found to be of a high order of intelligence. This merely means that normal people can carry, over several generations, a certain amount of defective strain. ” » tf J
| MSE than a million people in
the United States are seriously handicapped as wage earners. The list includes 35,000 blind adults,
45,000 hard of hearing and speech-| |
less, and between ‘300,000 and 400,000 mentally incapacitated. Through .occupational therapy the blind and the hard of hearing are able .t10 earn small sums, but little pas been done for the mentally dicapped. It has been estimated that they represent an economic loss to the United States of $300,000,000 annually. There are many types of mental
‘defect, some of them associated
with physical disturbances. ' There are some ‘children in whom the brain has been injured at birth; others in whose brains fluid has ac cumulated. A condition known as hydrocephalus. Children born with brains much smaller than normal are called microcephalic. (a are born with a J mental disturbance in the form of idiocy; in others, the glands fail to develop and function properly.
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may go insane as a result of shock. | We realize today that shock does
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be the precipitating factor. Most people manage to adjust themselves to serious ¢ c people find it difficult to make such
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