Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 October 1939 — Page 43

. FRIDAY, OCT. 13, 1939 ? ic THE INDIANAPOLISTIMES. iret _ PAGE 43. J oan of GRIN AND BEAR IT OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople out OUR WAY ; i By Williams

UMM! 50-100-150-15t-152~153 suv AH, HOWDY YERSELE, MAJOR! WHEN HE CRAWLED AROUND ON * WELL, HE'S TELLIN' : : i THUERE,OFFICER CLANCY! GUARDING: I I SAW YOU GOIN'INTO TH' BANK t| : THE GROUND AND PICKED UP ME TH BABY PICKED : D f) THE BANK AGAINST ROBBERS? HAW! Ql CAME ACROSS TH' STREET, KNOWIN' SOMETHING AND PUT IT IN HIS UP A CIGAR BUTT AND, r a n Sa S x a 2 154-155 156-157 ame HAR-RUMPH! : OUT OF Wi THIS AIN'T TH' SEASON FER NEW DTT ENS THEN FELL OVER, 2 SICK AN iy kT e— i cor MEI Jl DEFERENCE TO YOUR UNIFORM, CLANCY, J CALENDARS, AN' THINKIN' MAYBE A some rLoUR EE ; By JERRY: BRONDFIELD AT SAR a y =n | PERHAPS I SHOULD INFORM YOU 1 HAVE ‘GR YOUR EYESIGHT WAS A LITTLE RUSTY DER. ON HIS FACE~-WHAT - | : . ” Ld edd] ae 74 JUST SOLD AN IMPORTANT INVENTION, KNOWN I AND YOU WAS LOOKIN' FER TH' + CASS OF CHARACTERS ¥ JEG | [A AS THE HOOPLE-IZER, FOR $10,000, AND JP BUTCHER SHOP aus SURE, T KNOW JOAN JUHNSONa® Mysicrivil seed, 18 : 9 DET | [7 ROYALTIES ARE BEGINNING TO ROLL IN? Jf WHERE YOU CAN BUY A HORSE slangus gf RE What | ; ~— B g : = ve fl BY THE WAY, WHERE COULD I PICK / Jil wun TH' BREWERY IS ADVERTISIN® | back, head for All-America honors, Be 2 IAL 7 UP A SPIRITED HORSE FOR A SPOT = . A TEAM OF DAN/WEBBER—the blocking back who : yA RE pi hd Y, V1; OF HUNTING ? clears Keith's way; a steady, industrious . x : 2 oF t] } DN a student. : E ; \ 4 H 3 YESTERDAY: Joan of Arkansas sets the Alpha Nu house sgog.. When Carol tells her that Keith is a hard-to-get glamour boy, Joan accepts the challenge. The arrival] of her luggage—iwo trunks, four suitcases—make the girls wonder if she owns| a department store.

THEY REGARDED Joan quizzically as she supervised the job of dragging her belongings upstairs. |, «If you don’t mind me asking,” isaid’ Kay, “just what do'you have n all those cases?” : j 7 Joan registered surprise. “Why, | ; 3 i: : , J J SL \ : ; 5 :there isn’t much here at all. Had figs Cai 1 ; [ Lae i =) : ih / 1 AN EN 2 iG : . to leave a lot of stuff at home be- ! ; E : 2 n hk SN or i » : A ; An) wr ‘cause I didn’t think there'd be[{ 3 : : oA oF Ee 2 y - : =z : === (WO 53 Hi ; / | ‘enough room for everything.” - ; E 4 15 A : ' : ; > A" f= ; 4% “You mean you had more than ee, : J ; gay a 1 E : - $ R18 this at Northwestern?” Bonnie ; Ey > f TRWLLAMS Harris inquired incredulously. == Te oh .. “Sure.” Joan struggled with” a 3 ! ; 4 o lock. “But there were only two in © y ES yadionte, ne > : . wiz i i BOYS since NONE O’ YO HAS 8 Pom, ore. ; ; be : MARRY MAH POTTER AN GOTTA “Oh!” Kay sald significantly. “Snodgrass must be in a bad way financially—I hear he’s been dropped J — \\ TAKE ; FIRM MEASURE S/” ya Joan caught the note. “But don't . from three sucker lists!” . . DAY = to ‘at’ me wrong,” she added hastily. . , , " Tere ought to be plenty of room | HOLD EVERYTHING .~ By Clyde Lewis here.” z “Of course,” Carol cut in. Then, glancing at her watch, “Just about have time to unpack before dinner, Joan.” | : “I'll help| you,” Marianne offered brightly. For Cone” an a half hour Mari-

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anne “oohed” and “ahhed” at each thing they hung away or placed in cramped drawer space. There were six formal gowns, HEL . 9 / Arr : i 0 oH when no one else in the house had nfl ! ~~ 4 ” / poesiss more than three ... tricky sweater / DOGPATCH:) ~ 4 { ? ) ? | A i w= AR 5a 4 AAS MABE 4 sets and sportswear of every de- foe i mn) A AN ANNUAL AFFAIR « scription . , . and Marianne count- ¥ . - . ed 11 pairs of shoes. ~N : HIM WAS PART '“Gee,” she said breathlessly. 0 4 HAT ie ~ {NO H “Where we going to put all this? ! LITTLE : ; . LOOK. The room is bulging at the seams already.” ‘ Joan looked up, her face flushed. “I give up,’ she replied mournfully. “Guess I'll have to ship some of this junk back home.” There was a sacrilege in Marianne’s voice. “Junk! I wish I had junk like this.” 4 Carol’ met Joan at the foot of the stairs after she had showered and changed clothes. She.ushered her into the living room for more introductions. It wasn’t instinct which told Joan she was the center of all eyes. : 2 _ 2 : C : : 3 It was too a rent. # ” . SW idk SDA ar oenl z CE WAIT'LL THE KIDS HEAR THAT HEY, KIDS!--- ; oY--T NY quite so theatrical. 10-13 COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. I'M MOVIN’ AWAY--- I HATE I'M MOVIN’ . ; WERE HEARTBROKEN! TO BREAK THE NEWS TO AWAY FROM (7? MY. de THIS HOW ABOUT

As graciously as possible she set| «pye heen on the wagon eight weeksh, dear, but I can’t hel ; ; ) s p what ‘EM == ‘ ; about breaking through their re- happens when I walk in my sheep!” EM 1 DON'T LIKE . : serve. “Have any trouble with CRYING SCENES! ; NEIGHBORHOOD! THAT PENNY diets?” she asked Carol. FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia —" YA BORROWED?

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Carol laughed. “Oh, once. in a © while some of the girls star counting calories, but for th2 most:part we manage to please everyone.” She looked at Joan for a moment and then continued. “Why—anything in particular to which you're allergic?” | “Absolutely nothing. I'm one of . those fortunate souls who can eat : "a i ; E gr anything.” . . £3 C2 After dinner, girls who were ex- : ) = : 2A 222 ) yi pecting dates .went up to dress. 9 . : 2 4 og. ©: : AANA 2 ERR ud ii — ERA BISIIIL LER, we OCT-13] The rest, Joan included, adjourned NS - : : - a—p—— — to the terrace. | SO p ‘ THE NEARER | THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY : IH THAT'S NOT QUR FAULT. ANYWAY, I BETCHA MAYBE HE WILL EVEN YET] - Marianne] and | Elaine Chesbro CY , s . ; WE COME TO \WASH, GET iT OUT OF YOUR : THE LAVA WAS BLOWN AWAY MR. MSKEE WILL BE SCRAPED UP A JUG lounged in a glider beside her and : THE U.S.A, TH' bar THAT WE'RE FAILURES. 22 DURING THE ERUPTION, DISAPPOINTED. told er about school, the Tech E I DREAD / Zia — ARTHL ESS | ANP NO MAN ON EARTH $ shapter of Alpha Nu, and them- h : COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT relves. About an hour later Carol ; } 7 ? BEAUTY SECRET, ; came out and suggested they walk down to ihe Varsity for cokes. 8 |

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THE VARSITY was a typical college hangout. Twosomes and foursomes filled small booths. Someone put a coin in the electric nickelodeon| and got a hot Kay Kyser number. | They squeezed into a booth and after ‘a few minutes a “perspiring, harassed student waiter took their orders. c “We did okay,” | hesbro observed. SN ser rare is | \ / ) > Ls 2 “Orders taken in |four minutes as Tre lini Q We BACK, HAV 7 , 3 Now THAT SHES SATE 5 You 3 TURNED You

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walked in with | Barney Hughes, football captain. | . / -Almost immediately, it seemed, “Why, it was so too a fair fight! Both of ’em were bitin’.” Keith spotted them and picked his “Yeah, but Dora’s got braces on her teeth.” way over while Hughes stopped to — chat at another booth, THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson

“Howdy, folks,”| he greeted, but COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. . , r he looked: directly at Joan. REG.Y. & PAT. O87.

They returned | his greeting in HOUSE chorus and then | he looked above : their table and grinned. po CENTIPEDES “You. sure picked the right pew. 2 iis WHICH Cduldn’t done better myself if I'd y MOST PEOPLE

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“It's a date,” he promised, and waved a goodby salute to them all. aS “on Fred MY Rhodes is wast- NN N ing little time,” Marianne observed a 7 oy as they walked back to the house. ’ ° - ’ : : —— “But if you're smart youll discount rs : CAN (NG OA / ER a JRE AMOK 0 A that grin of his about 70 per cent. MAMMA : ) 1h A S oA) RG 7) | ERE WOODS WEETOUT THAT LOVELY ONE WHO IS EBN Three dates with one girl is just| - ; bE ga\/ Jamil oP MY HEART /! BY GAR-THE ENGAGEMENT= SHE ebout par for the course with him.” HAVE NO CRE : \7; a \ Tee Ba SHE'LL BE TELLIN'THE || EES NOT YET-ANNOUNCE// SOMETHING MIGHT: [a COLLAR-BONES. orn ; 2e 2p : \ WORLD O'MER ENGAGE- || HAPPEN! SOMETHING ALWAYS - »a 2 hn : BE Rou MENT TO THAT MILLION: LUCKY WALKING UP THE steps at the| NE W270 we Sloat oc will | EET-DOES NOT-S-S4Y | AIRE. ER=SHALL WE BE administration building the next 9 \ W / a) 7, ; TONIGHT YES 2 STARTIN! BACK NOW ? morning she almost bumped into A Ci 7 on TF ORIN . Dan Webber. - / ag } “Hi, there,” she cried. “What're you trying [to do—block me out of the play?” For the briefest second—but not too brief for her to notice—he took

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- “You will—and like it,” he said| “No doubt—not. But the teleflatly, ; graph company will be glad to fur“Oh, will I?” Her tone was chal.|nish a messenger to stand in line Wn ~ sar’s office. | lenging, conspiring. She walked|t0 pay my fees for me,” she ex- ay "Looks like all the late-payers|over to the pay station by the wall.|Plained brightly. SAL in school had the same idea we|He followed more out of curiosity| “You're too clever,” he said almost t IRE NY 2 did—get here early and avoid the/than anything, ; renomously, and walked over to take ow Shows + stampede. Well, we're just doomed| “Going to call Prexy and tell him|his place in line, : Oe 5 Toa long session in line.” ol What you think .of the nasty way| . io pn i 5 i a a. a % gh \ ,” she wailed, “that'll take newcomers, no doubt?” : » Comtinued) ~~ |N BN MN BN WN