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Beautiful WOrldly-Wise and Eagerly
Seeking FrivOlity, Is Derry
Heroine of the Story
WHAT HAS HAPPENED so FAR

Derry Thomas business GIRL while shoppng
mts whom she has not met to
for dress fabric which afford He leaves her without
Tearing Mr. Ostrander dealer antiques her employer
abroad leaving his business in her charge her promise not
three Derry wins admirers among them
OHey wealthy detante; Cole, playwright and Prof.
Walter Baey psychOanay cousin of Greenways
Wowdean leading lady in Coles plays turns out to be
ghOod Greenway offers divorce his wife II
Derry win marry him. Wowdean becomes interested IN bake
They all meet frequently at the Recherche fashionable night club
Derry LandOr there but he gives sign of having met
her. Martin Cole becomes jealous of Bkey and Derry urges
business and her ball She sailing alone
with Oy They caught in fog and forced spend the
night the The morning Derry by swimmer
off of the shore clubs WiOwdean brings Of Blakeys
hypnotic globes and leaves It in Derrys Martin Cole gives
party and Wiowdean imppres Derry e make Bakey come
Derry Tony LandOr take her secluded the
He mpuve kisses and then apologies Hidden from
sight, they Wiowdean confess her love for Bakey
Derry discovers that bachelor Otey, who has been
asqueradng under false unmased by the sudden
Of his wife, Claire Eway Mrs. Eway tells Derry that
husband love with her. Derry Geenway becomes jealous
Tony and threatens to India She Persuades him to wait
Preston Smith husband WOWdean
tries to make Derry call off the trip with Greenway and Derry
wonders where WIlowdean love for Baely win her. Tired
she tries sleep in vain The morning lumines the
hypnotic globe and Derry gazing It. drifts into strange dream
DeFrys sister thinks she dead and calls Preston Smith He
Land0 and WOwdean Baky and discover
has ypnotzed herself Derry and asks what
and Derry becomes suspicious Greenway myseOusy
India Wwdean refuses give Bake and Derry eOnesses
she is afraid Of Tony Lander.
NOW co IN wTTH TTFR SToRy:
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did he want to marry you-did
he ask you that, Rosemary"
She shook her head and tried
to free herself from PhiIs envel.
oping arms.
did he? Tell me. dearest. did
hep
"No, he didn't. He didn't want
to be married. But is that a
crime?" she burst out defiantly.
do you have to marry everybody
you know"
He smiled at her vehemence.
Same old spitfire! Still going
good! You big baby-gosh. ]
ought to have dragged you up
North with me by the hair when
/ wanted to, last year. Poor kid
-v-then you wouldn't have fallen
for this drugstore cowboy and
got into this dirty mess. But
never you mind-it's all over
now. We're gonna forget 1.-THE
whole darned business. and you're
coming with me, and you're
gonna have the cutest darn little
bungalow you ever saw in your
whole life, and-say. can't we
go sit down someplace for
minute-what's the idea. staying
out here in the hall?"
She led him into the apart.
ment. the long shadowy room she
had run from in terror a few
short minutes ago.
He walked around. switching
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place. Old timey. / like lots OF
light. and things more up to
date. Wait till you see this
place l piclrad out, class lie the
word" He sank into big chair,
pulling her with him, holding
her close to him. kissing her.
Soft Stuff
''Now-don't you love your old
man? Don't l make your big but.
ter and egg man look sick? Love
me. Like you used TO. What's
the matter? Rosen1ary-for Gods
sake-don't look that way-like
you were dead! Amt twice the
man he was7 Rosemary--don't
tell me you don't care any more!
After l told the boss. and j got
the house picked out! Love ME
please-I--I can't go back without
your
He hid his face against the
chair. turning It from her. Her
whole soul aehed for him. He
loved her. she was going to hurt
him frightfully. break his happy
pride. And when that was brok.
en-. when he hadn't that to sus-
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INDUSTRIES
AT WAR

THE great American stomach Is
4 in, for a wonderful time. says
Merle Thorpe. in Nations Business
Magazine. The United States
Fisheries Association has decided
to spend $500 900 to teach US to
eat more fish: the same week the
bread industry set aside 500 900
to expound the virtues of white
bread. The Department Of Agri.
culture announces publicity
compaign to increase the use Of
domestic rabbit meat. The same
day 1t announced it's intentions to
cooperate with growers and deal.
ers in a nation wide campaign to
increase apple consumption.
Sauer Kraut and green olives
and ice cream and whalemeAt;
bananas and oranges: raislns ard
canned salmon: oysters: medicinal
cooties--all are fighting for a
place In the NATIONS stomach.
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DIFFICULT TO
BELIEVE

SocIAL prestige and position
~ are useless as far as gaining
favor with the theater-going public
goes, points out Rudolf Kommsr
In an article In this weeks
Liberty Kommer. describing the
difficulties Morris Gest and Max
Reinhardt had in finding a suit.
able person for the Madonna part
In their religious spectacle, 1.-The
Miracle" tells how Gest was
accused Of trying to exploit Lady
Diana Manners high position when
he selected her for the part.
That this was not true Is
shown. according ito the writer,
by the fact that Gest subsequently
selected for the same part the
daughters OF. respectively, a
Florentine pa try cook, an Ameri.
can writer, an East Prussian
peddler, New York shopkeeper,
an Ukranian. pea SAINT. an English
actor, and Middle Western news.
paper man.
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By Hazel Livingston

E6THAT's all Rosemary It's ell
L gossip-alI rot-the othings
they are saying?"
Her blue eyes. clear as noun
tain water. met his squarely. Her
little white face. stamped with
suffering. was tranquil now. Yes.
Ph:l-lt's all lies. the things
they're saying. But It IL true /
Iove1 him-I still do
The. big butter and egg man
the guy that showed you a swell
time and then beat It when things
got hot. Never a squeak out OF
him when the old dame died"
She hung her head. She was
Ashamed for Sloan She wanted
TO defend him, but she couldn't.
There was nothing she could say.
She could only keep silent. hid.
Ing her eyes.
Listen. Rosemary. Did he
ever meet the folks? Did Ma
like him, or the boys?"
"Oh, plea e don't please
don't" She couldn't tell him,
couldn't bear to remember. that
she hadn't wanted Ma TO meet
him. She had been-not ashamed
Of Ma-oh,- no. no.-not really
ashamed of Ma-but of the old
house, and Mas kitchen aprons,
and the old slippers she wore.
"Now-we5re gonna have this
out. once for all, honey. | want,
TO get II straight. for all Of US.
I want you to get It straight. too.
It isn't any OF my business-but
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.sYou,re g darn unexpected."

"Why?n
you're SO darn unexpected"
Derry and Tony subsequently
confided their respective impress
sIons to Wiilowdean French. Said
the girl:
II never ate such a dam
neutral meal IN my iife'.
WAS Tony stupid?
He talked like q snappye dla.
Ioguo In Act III. But be was 20
poisonously impersonal."
Said the man: -'It was the
hardest Job of my life not to
grab her and tell her l was
crazy mad about her and there
was nothing / wouldn't do to
get her."
WiIlowdean held up a threaten.
ing finger. Curb that impulse.
You'll lose out II you don't. /
know Derry"
''iow long have got TO keep
this up?
Until after Claire EIwayss
party. anyway"
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Yes. But you'll hardly notice
the fact"
Tony emitted q groan. vii
lowdean, II lose her now! There
was a moment, at first Wbrn !
thought she was going to- tall
on my neck. Then 1t was all Off.
and then again-ofi. i don't know
where / stand"
Claire EIway's place. character
istically named Go as You Please.
rambled along an lndented shore
mile OF a long and narrow
mountain lake. Everywhere money
had been spent without stint Tor
comfort and convenience: no.
where q dollar for show or need.
less luxury. Guests were ex-
pected to furnish their own
capacity for amusement: all the
outer mechanism was ready to
hand. from canoeing 20 golf,
from roulette to mountain climb.
ing.
One rule and only one was en-.
forced; everyone was expected to
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tain him. he'd slip back into the
old way. the old slipshod. lazy
way. He'd be the old Phil again
1.-THE ne'er-do.well--
She couldn't do II. Couldn't
send him away that way. And
she couldn't tell him she loved
him. when she didn't. Couldn't
marry him. loving somebody else!
ooh, what shall do-what
shall ! dom And aloud she
said, Don't Phil-don't. You'll
break my hearth
He lifted his head at that.
shook back his hair. with the
old impatient. nervous gesture.
What do you mean?''
II don't know" she said truth.
fully. 81 don't know. Phu."
"You don't know
'No-I'm too upset. just got
out of jaIlr' She tried to laugh.
but the laugh died in her throat.
And that woman died here"
"Tha devil she did! Oh. Of all
the laundering fools I'm the big.
gest. OF course she did-how did
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

noons thereafter, to find him. as
she looked up from her work.
blocking the office door. Ten
dollars. yes, twenty, would she
have gladly given not TO have
dropped her pen. She collected
herself and pointed to II gayly.
Indicating visitors, 8 she said
And here I am be confirmed
"why?''
"Lunchl II you don't mind.
VIII your
yes
''Ball gamer"
''No."
''Busy?"
Very"
He sat down to wait. Derry
retrieved her pen, wrote five
painstaking words. then
Tony" she said confidentally.
81 hate you.''
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CHAPTER Xxx

TONY LANDOR did not choose
4 to come around to the Re
cherche. TO Derry's growing an.
noyance over his unaccountable
behavior, there was now added
q touch Of nlisgiging. She really
I'D not want him TO get away
entlrelys that IS, until-weIl, UNI
iess-anyNay. he was acting very
uaeeFly.
Was Tony becoming interested
in someone else? Claire Elway,
perhaps. There had been talk Of
an old affair between those two.
In that case Derry certainly
would not oppose his being asked
TO Ciaire's weekend party. She
WOULD show him that she was
good sport. But In order 10 show
him, she had to see him. didn't
she7 And he remained unseen.
She was quite unrepared, some
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reverently termed next to WILLOW
dean on the second floor.

reverently termed next to Willow
dean on the second RIoors
The men were mostly ID the
shore house. q few beink lodged
on Bachelors Rock. also part Of
the EIway ownership. tiny rug
ged islet half q mile put Ia the
lake. All the summer widOwers
circle was there: the cream Of the
cast OF Hands Up," and a dozen
well:picked outsiders. -
From the first. Derry was made
TO feel that the party was In her
honor: festal send-off before the
parting. Not that any except her
very few intimates credited her
purpose. The others predicted Gun.
fIdently that after a short absence
she would come back to them.
Something doing every minute
was the obvious schedule Of every
day. 1t Ii wasn't sailing 1t was
mountain climbing; IL IL wasn't
dancing It was roulette or faro;
and always the bar kept up to the
demands Of Its patrons.
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answer the long roll for first,round
cocktails at $50 prompt.
The party had grown on Claire
ElWay's hands. both IN time and
dimensions. A second great tide
of heat ha wing crept IN upon the
oppressed city, the homogeneous Of
Hands Up" after two OK ths east
had collapsed. declared tempo
rary closure after Wednesday,,
whereupon Claire. with Willow
dean for assistant. had Eeorganized
her plans. made 1t q rest-of.ti1e.
week-and Sunday invitation, en-.
larged her list 70 capacity Of her
house. and started the whole cav
alcade In eight cars and an Ice
chest bearing convoy at midnight,
utter the performance.
They arrived at q little after
sunrise. after having violated the
speed laws OF three States. five
cities and So Villages. and parceled
themselves out for g few hours
sleep. Derry found herself In the
"Hencoop." as the main house, re.
served for women guests. was ir-
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Forgot to tell You. ! went there
for you. and she said 70 bring
you. and tell you to move over
there for a while"
II don't want to 60" she said
obstinately.
why not3 You don't want to
go to your own sister"
mo. After the way she talked
to mel think It would be better
II / didn't" She tried to go on.
but she couldn't. She could only
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Story Of q Washington Girl Who,
Dared All for Lore and Freedom

make little. speechless. helpless
gestures and grab for her hand
kerchief. I'm always cryingls' SO
burst out angrily. '.It.s disgust
Ing. You ought to go away and
leave n1e-I'm not worth foOllna
with"
Forget Il. will your" He kissed
her quivering mouth. handed her
q big. neatly folded handkerchief
out Of his coat pocket.
Go BE Continued aonday.l
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By Fay King

NOTHING is more important in
~ a mans life than the woman
whose influence is most felt!
When you hear a man say that
all women are alike and don't
amount to much-you see the re-
suit of some woman who fooled
him and gyped him!
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When you see man respectful
and fine to all women you may
know that is the result Of some
woman who means much to him
and whom he has found worthy
of respect and loyalty
The right Woman in mans
life can inspire In him good and
fine things, and the wrong woInan
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- and what are you hanging
around for
Il was Just going"
Sure you were going. And say.
we're going to Gertie's for dinner.
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Martin Cole was one Of the most
ardent and steady customers.
When he wasn't drlnkine ne was
lnoping and wandering about IKE
lost soul. obviously looking for
NVilIowdean. who was seldom TO-
be found TO the regular house
party there were daily and nightly
accesslona. Izanguid young atll-
letes and tanned. tawny girls from
the country club few miles a way,
buzzed % iii cars or dftftsd IN IN
Informed her. adding that to be
canoes, mingled In the party whit
being welcomed on their own
terms.
An Innocent Lad
One Of these casuaIs. q youth
OF apparently undergraduates call.
Der and OF cherubIc innocence OF
countenance, fixed his guileless
blue gaze upon Derry and decided
that she was good. as he promptly
perfect freedom and assurance Of
really good in the all.arou6d sense.
one needn't be bothersonelg good
III certain PARTICULARS, How would
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THE SECRET STUDIO

on the lights. ''There-that's
better. SO this 10 where you've
been living. Kind of dismal if
you ask me. / like things more
cheerful. Candles, and a fire
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she like TO take 8 little run n the
little old speedhaak to & little shoot
ing club few miles away and
have D little supper and q little
conversation
Derry replied deInureiy hat she
would adore Il abupe all thingh
but The damp air from The lake
was had for her weak lungs
Seeing that Tony had 81
the ardent attentions Of her gnuur
cavalier, Derry dellberat ely pro
Ionged 4Ile tete-a-tete. meanwhile
enjOying the latest collegiate pa
ter. When she had finally dir
missed the cileTub. Tony rose from
his chair. Now he WINS coming
Derry composed for herself 4 So
and casual little smile. Tony turns
ed. looked about him, his glance
ranging some six feet above her
head. turned again and walked
down the steps.
Well. OF all tl1ings
tcopyrikhE. 1929. - McCluee's Maeazine
Intefnatiouai Publications. Incl
(To BE Continued MOnday.l
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can drive him to any ends and
means to win her favor.
Men are like little boys--they
want little, and show and orna-
ment and social activities mean
little in their life. They are much
happier roughinE it-hunting. fish
ing. campingl
II they like another fellow-it
means little to them whether he
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has much or little. 50 long as he's
a good pail
It's the women In q mans life
who govern his social activities.
and train him into the little tricks
and pretensea Of that realm.
But the right woman also con
siders the man! She wants to see
him make good-as much AZ he
can honestly and in good time.
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But she would rather have less
honestly than more dIshonestIy
But the right woman n often
80 selfish and greedy and ambitious
to outshine every other woman
that she viii drive a. man to any
means and end 30 that her every
whiTn and ambition which calls
for more money may be gained.
she would see him die In debt,
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or prison. rather than deny her
self the extravagance she cravea
II doesn't take 4 man with com
mon sense long 10 see Just which
sort OF girl he Is dealing with.
and OF course, it's his business "a
do as he likes. Bnt every man
likes q winner and yet he VIII
play a losing game ia life Tor the
wrong woman!
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-16

nance shall be transferred from one
person or corporation to another and
shall not cover any place of business,
other than that for which it was
specifically issued.
Section 5. That all licenses issued
between the first day of January and
the first day of June, following said
January, shall be issued upon pay
ment of one-half of the fees men
toned herein.
Section G. That applications for
license hereunder shall be made to
the Common Council of the City OF
Pleasantville and shall be granted
by resolution of Common Council
upon payment of the said sum OF
| fifteen dollars for each automobile
| licensed.
Section z. That each application
| for license shall state the name ant
address of the applicant and if a cor
poration, the name of the agent il
! charge of the local office. The APP.
plication must also designate the 10.
cation of the terminus of the sait
person or corporation in the City o
| Pleasantville, the number of automo
biles to be used in the said business
of automobile transportation, thei
make, manufacturers motor humble
and State motor license number
with general description of the au
tomobile or automobiles, to be uset
in said business; the minimum seat
ing capacity of each automobile ant
the rate of fare to be charged from
the City of Pleasantville to adjacen
communities.
Section 8. The mercantile apprai
ser shall give the licensee certifi
cate of license, which shall be con
| NJ cI IN .
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ORDINANCE NO. 305.

AN ORDINANCE to license and reg
ulate persons or corporations en-
gagged in solicitinga selling and fur
niShing automobile transportation
from or through the City of Pleas
antville to place or places of deS-
tination, outside Of said City and
maintaining a terminus in the City
of Pleasantville for the conduct of
the business of such automobile
transportation.
Be it Ordained by the Common
Council of the City Of Pleasantville
Section /. That no person, persons
or corporations shall engage in the
business of soliciting, selling and
furnishing automobile transportation
from or through the City of Pleas
antville, for the conduct of the bust
ness of such automobile transporta-
ton. without having first obtained q
license for that n'irpose.
Section 2. That the license fee to
be paid for the conduct of such au-
tomObile transportation business be
and the same is hereby fixed at the
sum of fifteen dollars, for each auto
mobile used by said person, persons
or corporations, within the limits OF
the City of Pleasantville.
Section 3. That this ordinance is
passed for the purpose of raising
revenue from the fees to be collected
hereunder.
Section 4. That all license fees
shall be due and payable to the mer-
camille appraiser of the City of Plea
santville at his Office on the first day
Of June, each year, and all such Ii
censes shall expire on the first day
of June, following such payment, and
no license provided for by this ordi-
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who shall violate any of the provis-
ions of this orlinl. zoe shall, upon
conviction thereof before the Police
Justice of the City of Pleasantvilie,
be subject to the raymsnt OF line
not exceeding One hundred Dollars.
for each offense and violation and
shall, in default q the payment Of
said fine. be imprisoned in t'i, City
or Coun :ail for a perlod nos ex-
ceedirs thirty days.
Sec ion 10. That this ordinance be
and the same is hereby construed not
to 7 fer to automobiles operating as
jitn vs. or taXicabs, within the CITY
lin s of the City of Pleasantville. y
Section IA. That this ordinance
shall take effect immediately after
final passage and publication, as re-
quired by law. 80
Notice is hereby given by the Com
mon Council of the City OF Pleasant
vile that the foregoing ordinance
was introduced and passed nrss
reading at regular meeting heiu
on the 5th day of April, 1926. and
will be further considered by SAID
Common Council at a regular meet,
ing to be held in the City Councli
Chambers, City Hall. Pleasantviile:
on the 10th day of April, 1926, at
O'Clock in the evening.
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS.
Dated April 6. 1926. City clerk.