Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1939 — Page 16

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CAST OF CHARACTERS nk ; SUSIE LAMBERT—She served waffles || : to] J aM IE in 3 t- A : PARK, / : ; ; ’ READ WHAT . > FURNISHING A. BENCH

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DICK TREMAINE—He liked waffles but he couldn’t see Susie. = ( ZZ oY

JEFF BOWMAN—His chief concern was to make Susie as beautiful as she wanted to be. | . Westerday: Jeff, without knowing it, is in love with Susie and Susie, now beautiful, is thinking only of Dick Treinaine, the man she once loved.

CHAPTER TWENTY

HE days hurried by. On Sun day, Susie’s picture, togethe: with articles of clothing and al lure, filled one page of the paper. She was carefully posed, giving the pression of smartness without _ sophistication, glamour without conscious artistry. She was pointed out : 2. in restaurants’ and on the street : NS 13 Nd : ; she was interviewed and talked! |- : El NE wh VE 1 BP? A ‘ = “anti 8) Cm about. Nd \ ' Rl ed g oy (=) D8 {She talked sweetly with patrons {. 4 0h Me Lay 2] : . nA AR pe r . A 8 ne Store, she smiled Jou he : . Sih | / = 7 Lo Athy on ee felt like a stiff mask, she pose Marlee Ze . p wie displayed her finery’ and al- a wh PROOF OF THE WOODEN TRWIDAMS, lowed herself to be scrutinized until | | : hs har ; . . zr27. § little of the first rapture wore off. LI'L ABNER : : : : . o AIC he assured hundreds of doubters are beginning to thin out.” ; Sa ; — a ' that she was the fat, dowdy Susie HOLD EVERY ee 8 t B-BUT-WHEN { WAL-AH WARN'T/” : > y app first pictured. RYTHING AH JEST AXED ) R-RECKON .AH GOT IA few days before Christmas, in ; ; YO’ T' MARRY YO BY A TRI e interest of publicity, to keep it AS i FA : AH alive as long as possible, John Hark- ; = FOOLIN'” { AH WANTS . { Wr 2 er gave an exclusive little party. He oN Ny . SON AN’ IT'S 7 / % Ro RASSLIN' MAT took Susie, Edna and Jeff to the / H-HAPPY Ambassador for dinner. He ordered "a prominent table and flowers, he let it be known that Suzanne, product of Harker’s, was to be present in the Pump Room. Not entirely in sympathy with the scheme, he acted on the advice of Clifford Kane. Jeff thoroughly disapproved of the plan and Edna was only mildly in accordance. ? = Jeff, waiting for her in the hotel lobby, accustomed to the change in her, sucked in his breath when she alighted from the elevator. Susie, late from the waBflg irons, was a ; dazzling revelation the triumph | | =a Sar 5 WE | | of man over matter. 7 | 1 : —- ” | . ; —By Bushmiller

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” = ” 4 CHE had not been told that the 3 Srl : ? “1 Ion PLEASE aN - ZZ] I dinner was a stunt. She was : LEA RAIN oH) EN ow BLL AS Aue es : - unaffectedly delighted to be step- RR ! N 21 GUYS TO KISS MY ; ping into Chicago night life. iE) / i GOlL-- BUT DIS . And the Pump . Room patrons were charmed with Suzanna. She stood in the doorway, a quaint little figure, so out-dated that she was the last word. Hair piled high on top of her head in fat, finger curls, lavish earrings on her small, uncovered ears. Her gown was a sensation in simplicity, shining slipper satin with draped shoulders. : Svcs She stood beside Jeff, unaware | losses COPR. 1939 HY NEA SERVICE. INC. 2°27 LEIS. .that.necks craned, that an excited “Quick, Junior, run in and get my camera!” © murmur rose. : - : : v They were ushered to an or-|FLAPPER FANNY | By Sylvia ml! : . = chid-banked table, the master of ; : : = ERNIE BUSH AC IER. } 1 WASHINGTON TUBBS II Lj y paves eal =

ceremonies bowing from his platform, the orchestra bleating out al} : " | . RK os LL SO WASH TURSS IS GONG TO MARRY MILLIONS, EW? [SEE HERE, ROWDY WHY, WASH, vou OKAY, SOREHEAD. AND, ~~ SHELL UNDERSTAND, AN! ! JUST TO SHOW YOU MY HEARTS

fén-1oke. Sues Silvee sandals A 7. SS Na ao peeped in an out from beneath the ; E : WHO: LEEADY GETTING OLD McKEE DOWN OM SPLENDIX, N' ) : tulle, taffeta whispered, she walked ; 5 )... | Wia= ow To START on CAROL. §— a: yoo with the confident grace of healthy, . PZ © G : BOSS. BUT WHEN : : | ix TUE RIGHT PLACE, exuberant youth. . 4 ’ VOU MAKE ME WORK - : : ge Edna and Jeff did their best to : § . : Zo | LATE AT NIGHT, i . appear natural, u.iconscious of the : ji 5 an : 4 : 2 || YOU KEEP . stares and curious comments. John 7 < Sl \ ie. “ ARAN FROM Harker was silent and dignified. 3 3 ; V GIRL / _- He didn’t like it—didn’t like it at| [yh 1 i all. In some vague way he felt his| NJ y ! aie | store was cheapened by this par- | 17 Wi, : i P mone

ticular display of its wares.

Jeff, murmured to his mother, “I Sa nu ® : ele , ’ feel like a monkey in a cage. Ne SE fe oH 3 ; . : Fa : ; 3 : Wouldn't be surprised if they BE wm FF y yl. | : : ~ = 2 us

| Ee undetsiantingly BORE ay Nh R= Ss | é 7 { e laughe understandingly. E : i} NJ . oH z ; os ms Ae 4 oo . = 7 \ % 9, aC > no y @ 2 2, : a : ¢ 5 > p : i Z “ =o 4 er . ro! a 2% 7 ~ 7, nO 4 3 939 BY NEA —_ WM. FR 2 ¥AT. _ oi A 1]

“\ “It’s all right; Watch Susie—she’s so cute about it all.” Nae 0 OW : : : . ” cho | | FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

” 8» T was really Susie who saved the : Situation, stanly herself, she Kr IAN ; | a7 \e > ; ms ac e par i A '{ 7 FRECK 2 : Pr paiy on gn-oniine i DN TY \ ) -. | 7 BACK IN THE CRONE ne Jou : Gee | sTrazinsk) § I SEE NO REASON,YOUNG Tt was after the fish course that | ) } : AND HERE'S HOw WELL Do (T/ : RE TY Mar WH TE SINCT Be Jeff said in a low tone to Susie, “A | = BACK. CERTAINLY WOULD A =D} friend of yours is sitting directly| | ; | SWING M LIKE TO MEET HIM! — ‘behind you.” : . / ‘ : p 9” Susie, moved her eyes \ sidewise, without turning her head. “Who is it?” “Dick Tremaine—didn’t you say he was a friend of yours at the University?” : Susie nodded. She neither paled || 2.29

nor caught her breath. In a way she was not at all surprised. It was “Playboy ?—why, he’s jgot a whole list of telephone numbers.”

fate that she and Dick should meet “Yes, and if you're pot on ii, ypu're better off.”

again. It was quite natural that he should return to Chicago for the THIS CURIOUS WORL ; By William Ferguson

holidays. Why, then, not the Pump | } Ea j Nn a EE SEE Room? : MYRA NORTH, SPECIAL NURSE

m | “He got in this morning,” Jeff : | ent on - Say him at the Athens| § TE WHOEVER FINDS THIS MAY THINK | | THE GARMENT WITH ITS IODINE MESSoo 1001. : == IT'S A GAG -BUT IT'S THE LONG | | AGE 1S CAREFULLY ROLLED UP INSIDE | Although Susie had neither gasped 7 = =] : CHANCE IVE GOT TO THE BUNDLE OF LAUNDRY AND PLACED nor fallen in a faint she no longer : TAKE! IN THE LIFT,.... wanted her food. It took consider- wa | able self-control to keep from turn- | ing around in her chair. Dick sat 4 | ~ just behind her. p : z : | | “Shall we dance, Jeff?” she asked, l= g E 2 unable longer to sit still. 2 \ | Jeff went to stand behind her . chair. “No sooner said than perpetrated,” he said.

” = » - QUSIE arose in a swirl of tulle. Rising, she faced the table beune her Where four young men . dine gether. Dick sat at the right, his blond head as shining, OVER LONG PERIODS SHOW THAT THERE ° jhe je of his shoulders as unbe-| | Is 1S NO BASIS FOR ievably gorgeous as of old. Susie |THE Y/N AND found herself looking into his ad- a = - ema— miring eyes. They were alert eyes, | LAMB T THEORY I HOPE YOU HAVENT THOLGHY I'D j ™ EOERY CEN (TREYRE { \ ARE wou Row) flatteringly intent, She raised her | REGARDING | BOOTS I'M MORE OETERMINED S| 20 SANS BRGCTS EYRE SETING ME Wor our A | [OS mE Fon peor ER TO GET AN EDUCATION Xk CORRESPONDENCE PROPOSITION ABOUT DINNER 7 ROW ABOUT cf eyebrows slightly, long eyes that | | MARCH o COLLEGE IN THE TAM. THAT WILL. ENABLE ME 0 || BUERNIAWG © : did something remarkable in the 2 WEAT wy oe = CRE Ee : KEEP UP WITH MX CLASS way of provoking interest. 3 THER. ., TOE NEUER 10st | EE ARG SEEN Jeff said, “Hi, Dick,” and Dick : | | i WAN TATA WN Nou For I ; = ON ARNDY TIE . gbsent-mindly returned, “Hi, old ; : REECE AN \NSTANT, vy \ Me man.” If Susie and? Jeff had not 2; HANDY Sin gone to the dance floor they might have| heard him say to a compan“ion, “Who is she—the girl with Jeff Bowman?” His friend replied, “Some new beauty busily knocking the eye out of Chicago.” / While they danced Jeff mentally CIN fi put. two and |two oases, The \ wEMES FROMN 1 answer, four, came like a shot. o Yi LA R 7 i “Its Dick ‘Tremains, isn't it?” he| | 4 4 REE rs Nee = p— 1 > ER Sm -—

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love—" | ANSWER—No, This island, a colony of Grea CR be Ne I she st sirply. NSW y of Great Britain, is a seif- | JA J How COULD YOU OF GIVE UPA \ BETTER GLY THAN ME. BUT-IL. QAR oraeslagnpy | sovesing dominion. | WN [% SELL FELALKE AL ff |) HEADED LUS HCH HARTA MAKE ABETTER GLY OUTA IREYES FOR A RAISE" LIKE DICKIE GOONEY--AND 4 y EZ

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the steps. He smiled ingratiatingly at Susie. Al energy “We are honored by your pres- ) <5 ence,” he said. “May ‘I introduce you to the guests?” Susie drew back “I'd rather not,”| hl 4 \ \ iu ; gp declined, shaking her head. ; ¢ - 2 a 5 ie Solin a DED el opie pve wn

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