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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-03

Intelligent Musical Comedy
Edna Ferbers "Show Boat" in Music Form at
Ziegfeld Theatre

lust how a mediocre novel by Edna
y Ferber could be metamorphosed
into brilliant and highly entertain
ing musical comedy, is now being re-
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Nancy's eyes were wet POW.
stop. Nancy O,Day WIN you
stop that crying
she gritted her teeth and made 4
bee line for the door, grabbed the
handle and fairly ran up the steps
straight into the arms Of 4 pleas
ant faced woman with gray hair
parted in the middle.
Nancy thought she looked q lit
tie like Mrs. O'Day, only younger.
We'll. well, well, the woman
laughed. you are In hurry.
aren't your
The woman's pleasantness en-.
couraged her. She pulled out the
letter addressed to Howard Wes-
colt and thrust 1t into her hands.
The woman proved to be just the
person Nancy was looking for.
She said she was in charge OF the
employment Of girls, that she
would have the letter delivered TO
Mr.. Wescott's office Immediately,
and would she please be seated?
AS Nancy sat on the hard bench,
she watched the girls who htir-
ried through the passageway. OF.
flee girls. factory girls, girls. girls.
girls--she wondered how they all
lived. What kind OF homes they
had.
mr.. Wescott win see you. Miss
o'Day."
The words brought her to her
feet. and before she had time to
be too frightened, she was stand
ing in an inner office. thickly car
peted. before a large. lass-topped
desk at which sat Howard Wes-
colt. He had John Blair's letter
on the desk before him. He rose,
offered his hand, and asked Nancy
to be seated.
Yes, this was their busy season;
the mills needed girls. What could
she do? What had she done?
Howard Wescott asked these
questions almost in one sentence.
II, you see, t."
Nancy. tried to tell him that she
had never done anything much but
work in a depot restaurant. She
lied. foolisi1y
i've always stayed home, Mr..
Wescott. I've never really worked
before"
No sooner had she uttered the
falsehood than she hated herself.
She thought OF all the fine girls
she knew who were working. She
blushed. Mrs. O'Day had so often
told her never to be ashamed Of
any kind Of honest work.
In that case believe I'll have
to put you sorting. It's very SIM
pie work and I'm sure you will
learn very readily"
Howard Wescott was the soul of
business courtesy. He wasted no
words. He was just about TO ring
for the woman whom Nancy had
bumped into the hall; he lifted his
hand from the button, looked at
Nancy closely, and asked:
Where have ! seen you before.
He put his hand to his forehead,
thinking.
Nancy thought that he must
hear her heart pounding across
the room. For the second time in
the space of five minutes she
found herself telling a lie
4 don't know, Mr.. Westcott. /
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oon tnink I've eYsr seen YOU ~
The gray-haired lady came III.
noise1essly and Howard Westcott
asked her to show Nancy to the
sorting room. She Was To come to
|. work In the morning.
All In all, Nancy hadn't been
inside the doors Of the Wear-Ever
Knitting Mills for more than Is
minutes. She ran down the steps
of the building and into the street.
She wanted to dance. to sing.
She had job. She hummed q
little song and headed north to-
ward Wisconsin Avenue.
Ginger greeted Nancy's enthusi-
astic story OF her new job with q
loud laugh, and the more she
thought about it the more she
laughed.
''oh, my Lords' she said be-
tween her spasms Of laughing.
"Can you imagine little Goldie
Locks. our little lily Of the valley
wastin herself away in a dirty
old factory, Sorting socks? A
socks sorter. Oh my Lord
She stopped laughing suddenly,
pulled her cigarette from its long
imitation ebony holder and sat
up.
"saay Kiddo,'' she said. you
know like you. Just taken an
awful fancy to you. You're such
a kind OF an innocent or some
thing, an / want to help you.''
How'd you like to go modelin'?''
Nancy had to ask her to repeat
that.
Modelling? Modelling what?"
Why, modelin' clothes, stupid.
Clothes. The glad rags that is so
important to us females lives, the
sables and satins that us girls, be
We one hundred years or one hour
old, just must have to make us
happy"
She stood up, draped her ostrich
trimmed robe about her pretty
form, struck naughty pose and
trailed across the room.
This Is what I mean, sweet
one, this
She trailed back, pirouetted
about, holding open the sheer silk
robe as though it were a sable
coat and she was exhibiting it's
silken lining. She relaxed, came
out OF her pose, sat down and
lighted another cigarette.
Her mouth went down in one
corner. She leaned over toward
Nancy as though she was going
to tip her off to something very
secret.
MY sweet old sugar cookie"
sc began, II can see that you're
as green az the well known grass.
but ] like you. Seer, An / want
to help you. You just put YOUR
self under my training for a week
and I'll teach you the ways"
She paused to inhale from the
cigarette.
Ways, what ways?"
Nancy was beginning to be a
little scared. Ginger seems so
mysterious, 30 hard. all of a sud.
den.
Why the ways of livin' with.
out working your head off In a
sock factory, or poundin' a damn
old typewriter all day. / know.
I've tried 'em both. You don't
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some 81 the soft stuff, can do
anything with old zisselbaun.
I'll talk to him about you tonncr
row when We start rehearstn' for
the style show.
..ziegelbaum? Who y zIegel-
baum?''
1t was the first word Nancy
could get ii since Ginger had
become so aroused over the fulfil
ity OF pounding b typewriter or
sorting stockings as compared
with modelling.
Ginger stopped pacing and sat.
down on the edge Of the unmade
bed.
'ziegelbaum's the works. Hes
the big guy down to Ziegelbaunn p,
Inc, you know, ziegelbaum' 3.
Inc. Hats, Wraps. Gowns. He's
my boss, and i, Goldie Locks, am
his favorite model il T do say 1T.
myself. An IL / do say ii my
sell. here's the reason"
Ginger threw back the dressing
gown from her white shoulders
and stood before her powder-be.
srneared mirror, turning this way
and that, to get the best possible
view OF her slim young figure.
She wore the frothiest kind OF
lingerie, rainbow tinted.
It's my girlish figser that holds
me my job. It's just the kind Of
q figure Zieggie-th what I
call him sometimes. zieggie falls
for. and the old boy sure has fell.
hard That's why I'm sure that
can get you in to do some
modelin'.
why say Goldie? It amt
every girl I'd bring in to run me
competition that way. But gee.
kiddo., There's something about
you that like. You're 50 darn
innocent and pretty, and ! just
can't bear to see you workln
In sock factory"
Nancy didn't see. All the time
that Ginger was walking back
and forth, smoking, talking.
Nancy's spirits were sinking lower
and lower. She had rushed into
the house, bubbling with happi-
ness to tell Ginger of her luck in
landing the job, and she was
told to keep quiet, to listen-to
this.
"But-Ginger," she said. II
couldn't be model. /, why
don't know how. I've never had
even seen q style show. think
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J get nowheres that way What
you want to learn, GOldie, Is how
to use your sex appeal Say.
five minutes of the old appeal
used the right way win set you
farther than five years working
your head off hammering i type.
writer, or sorting socks.
She said the st-sorting
socks half derisively.
"I'm not going to sort socks
always" Nancy tried 10 say, but
Ginger started talking again.
Say. Goldie, let me do the talk
In. / can see you're the kind
Of d girl that's got 1T but you
don't know 1t. You know what
Elinor Glyn made herself famous
for-discoyering it" Just you
listen to what Ginger has to say
and then decide FOR yourself.
Ear be 1t from me to influence
any little innocent like you. Ais
] want to do IL wise you up and
then you can take my advice or
leave it. I'm older than you and
/ know. See? was just like
you about five years ago. Fresh
from q little burg up north. See?
Tt wasn't any town like Apple
ton, with college stuff, under
stand. Just a little hick town.
I amt tellin' where It was. I'm
through up there and them Main
Street SANDER hounds are through
sharpening their tongues on Gin
ger. See?''
She made a characteristic mo-
ton with her hands, dropped the
corner OF her mouth d bit lower
and took another puff on her
cigarette.
what you want to do, kiddo.
II to go modelin', like me. You
got the looks and you got the
figure, and with q little train
In right here, / can get you wise
to the swagger. All'e you got to
do Is to think high hat, and pre-
tend your blood is blue instead OF
red. And then you put q gimp
look on your face. One Of those
nobody home looks, and start
trailins.
Say, Goldie, it's just . trick.
Us models puts that strut on an
off just like we put on the glad
rags and takes them off. And
believe me, the life Of model.
rotten as 1t may be, is q damn
lot better than workin' in . sock
factory.
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Heart ThrObs, Thrilling Situations and
Needless Love Abound in This
Serial Of College Life

} men at the house I've gathered
that you aren't clear oe this
thing yetso long as the town
believes some mysterious person
welded money and power to set
YOU out Or I'll. That damn Oscar
johnson fatty refuses to give any
accounting Of his decision to re.
lease YOU; but he's up for re-
election and il It chooses the town
can make him act,
with this propaganda about
Simon floating around. you're In
for d bad time, Linda, unless we
make move to upset Doyle,s at
tack. s wish / had killed him
with that cruet. But I'm willing
to concede now In cool blood that
killing him might mess things up
worse. wouldn't be much good
to YOU III jail. Then, fiercely:
And I'm going to get you out
Of this, Linda without q scratch. !"
She looked at him YEARLY.
How
Tom frOwned. Weli, I'm going
to find out ali about Pete Da-
4 nnoras' murder first The pplice
here haven't scratched the SUR.
face III that mystery. And when
I've cleared up that. I'm going
to marry YOU. n.
The girl shot him 4 quick,
shrewd glance.
He smiled ait her. q Yes, 4 am,
Beautiful You'd be very foolish
I to refuse. We could step right
out Of this mess and leave the
whole damn Ineddlesorne town
holding the sack. I guess that
would scotch the scandal, wouldn't
it?
Lindass eyes burned. She stood
up. $50 you think you'd like to
make an honest woman 81 me,
Tom? oh dear. Oh dear. Then
she began to laugh. too ahrilly
for the time and place.
Hush. Linda Tom caught
her arm and tried to draw her
back to the window seat.
But she wrenched away from
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just now's she stood. arms
aIrinnbo. giariig down at Linda.
when the girl did not answer,
she burst out sim more anerily:
II feli you want to know who
went out Of that front door,
Who've you been having IA your
room at this hour ~ the night
Answer met
Linda reused Ut that. Fl
haven't had anybody III my
room, she said Then she
added softly. absently dedly.
mot that its any of your busi-
ness
The womanss Immense form
auivered under wave Of fury
Not my business In my own
house, and me accountable 70
the Dean Of Women twice
month for All rules broken here.
+ Not my business
Linda shook her head But
she seemed TO have retired out
ok hearing. She stood up and
started toward the haiI Mrs.
Morris saw her silk nightgown
peeking out from under the vel
[ vet robe. ana her hare Icet in
their little slippers.
Ho Be Continued Tomorrow
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Continued from socal page
her first pay day and she
didn't even have B job.
Sitting here thinking about It
won't help. she said to herself.
With gesture Of determine.
ton, she jammed her belongings
into her purse and decided that
right then and there she would
start for the Wear-Eyer Knitting
Mills on Broadway.
1T seemed hours before she
reached the great buildings: be-
fore she stopped before Unit
No. I; Employment Office to the
left"
Her eyes fastened on the big
black and gold sign; she could
hear the hum OF machinery. the
unmigtakable sound of the knit
tiers. 1t was the same sound
she had heard so often in the
Appleton Knitting Mills, which
she had passed nearly every day
OF her life.
employment office to the left.
She couldn't pull that door open.
She was heartsick, homesick.
frightened. And though she
didn't think about it right then,
she was hungry. She walked to
the end OF the block not knowing
what she would do next. Then
she started scolding herself, OBJ
livious to anyone on the street.
AtNancy O'Day, you're a little
coward. Open that door. Walk
in. Present your letter and get
a job. If you don't do that you,n
starve and be a disgrace to Mud
and Dairy, and they're the dear
est friends you have In the world.
Beside they need your help.
They're depending on you"
Mud and Dairy OfDay.
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DR.. Smith, well-known eye special
let. saws that exposure to heat. sum
flare. smoke, dust or wind often
weakens the eyes and causes eye
atrain and wrinkles due to squirting.
re tells how to avoid this and
strengthen the eyes. Many whose eyes
were failing gratefully say that they
nave had their eyes restored by the
simple process he advises. One man
says; 1T was almost blind: could not
aee to read at ALL Now I can read
everything without my glasses and my
ewes do not water any more. At night
thew would pain me dreadfully; now
they feel fine ali the time. IT was like
4 miracle to me-" A lady who used
Y says: ,l;th a,Os s,ns seemed h,, may
fifteen days use everything seemed
clear. can even read fine print with.
ollt glasses" Eye troubles OF many
kinds may be wonderfully benefited
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in the following simple manner: Go
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Bon-Opto tablets. Dissolve one tablet
in fourth of a glass OF water ana
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Many hopelessly blind might have
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NOTE: Another prominent physician 20 whom
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Il very remarkable remedy. its eonstituent IN
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The formula Is printed on every psckass. IN, dns
81 refund the money. Is sold under guaranty
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until Mrs. Morris stood IN the
entrances to the aIccve kimolio-
clad gaping Ut her. The sight
stopped her laughter. She sat
heavy and cold scarcely curious
as 10 what would happen next
Mrs. Morris took step to-
ward her. What's all this m
her voice Was sharp with an
novance ana suspicion. who
went out 81 that front door,
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him Is though his touch revolted
her, and went On Laughing. I'm
10 Be married to reform me-
saved from Mrs. Grundy BY the
first young Galahad who's willing
to exchange his spotless name for
my furnished one. oh, dear!''
He caught her again, almost
roughly. Linda. for Gods sake!
Mrs. Morris win hear you and
throw ns both out. You're why,
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She did not even hear the front
door slam. or the heavy steps
that iabored across the han y mo.
ment after.
The tights flashed on down
stairs, filling the upper hall with
d DINNER radiance. Then the
heavy steps crossed I'd the stair.
case and began to ascend with
surprising speed
Linda did not lift her head
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I'd BE- afraid. don't Intend to be
j sock sorters IS you eay. for the
rest of my life. Just as soon as
i can save 4 little money I'm
going to Miss Browns School 0f
Business, and learn TO be Sec
rotary, Or something.
sRighto, kiddo. DO Just AZ yoiI
please, but remember the advice
Ginger gave YOU. And IL you
ever change your mind just let
me know.
Cro BE Continued Tomorrow
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cant let you be caught like this
with me. But III come back.
Linda; I'll come back tomorrow. I,
He turned. leaped from the al
cove and ran down the stairs.
Linda paid no attention to his
going. She had sunk down. on the
window seat the moment he re-
leased her, and was still sitting
there laughing In crescendos and
dininuendoa of shocking mirth.
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YES 1t was In the Crows
Nest. He jabbed 1T me with =
nteak knife. and the only thing II
could get hold Of was the cruet.
The stopper came out and dis
!. concerted US both. 1t covered
Doyle like : salad dressing. In
fact. should say, la cookbook,
he was well n1arinated and thor.
Roughly chilled His buddies car.
fied him out, and Dulcy cried
over him"
Why did You fight, in the first
placer asked Linda. But she
knew why.
Because he said you had been
Simon WhitlocIx's mistress. =
Tom pronounced the word duly,
with no change Of infection. But
Linda started as though he had
Kissed at her.
They stood silent III the dim
alcove, facing each other, until
s Linda moved step or two away,
to break the int0lerable spell Of
Inertia. Tom turned and caught
her hand. but she drew 1t away
from him.
ITS no use, she said. We've
got to fight free Of this thing
She broke off vaguely and stood
!. staring out Of the tlIrret windows
at the desolate snow scene out.
side. The boy gazed at her
naiserably !.
sTeI me exactly what Doyle
said tonight. I've heard hints
from Leonard and DuIcy, but
from you want the truth.
He spoke in rush OF feeling.
Linda, darling. I'll tel you. IT
doesn't matter really Every
body knew he was lying
She faced him grinlly and cold.
: What did he say
Toms mouth worked for an in
ntanf, and then he plunged into
his story as though by rushing it
he could leave the whole sorry
affair behind, out Of memory.
He simply said the village Of
i RedhilI gossipped when Simon
sent you here said some spiteful
things about hotel mattresses and
so forth-spDke OF Sirnon's calm
ness when his daughter died as
though that proved he was al.
@1host glad 70 get rid of her, 50
that Re could take ilp with you
snd give you her clothes and
things
sSimon's daughter was beast, !"
said Linda with toss OF her
head. He WAS glad when she
died anybody would have been.
Co on.
Toms arms moved as though to
appeal to her, and fell back at
his side.
''Oh. there isn't any more-that
matters. You know how that
rotten gossip goesa all lies and
'innuendoes and slippery half
truths that nobody can put his
finger on. You've got to forget
IT. Linda, dear, close THE chapter
and never think of 1t again. =
'sGo on said Linda, with lips
that scarcely moved. Tell me
.tE1e rest
well he answered, there is
more That y really what brought
me here tonight.
This move Of the county at.
torney' pleasing you for lack
OF evidence has stirred UP q lot
aof curiosity in town. Word has
gone around that a mysterious
stranger appeared at the court
&aouse and caused your release.
Some imbecile reporter started
the story.
Doyle advanced the theory
Aonight that Simon Whitlock
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Linda, you're hysterical, crazy!
Stop laughing like that
Her laughter climbed still higher
up the treble scale.
There was the sound Of hurry
ing feet In the depths Or the
house. Tom held her still, APP
peaIed once more. Linda; Linda,
won't you listen to me?r The
steps downstairs were louder.
..Oll. Linda. I've got ID 30.
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the
uncomfortable
trimmed u mauye would bear with any nat here
Of
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ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST

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Infantry landed VadvOstok Siberia August - 1913
This regiment had stationed in the Philippines and was
sent from there to Siberia
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Doctor Says Heat and
Glare of Sun Weaken
and Iniure the Eyes

to Strengthen the Eyes and Protect Them
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24

which is followed through Morrisville,
Bouckville and West Winfield to Rich
field Springs. A short distance beyond
Richfield Springs turn off the pike and
follow the shore of Otsego Lake TO
Cooperstown.
Leaving Cooperstown continue the
Journey southwark to Oneonta. Here
cross over the Susquehanna River and
run via Davenport to Stamford at the
western edge of the Catskill Mountains.
Stamford, known far and wide for its
pre-eminent location in the heart OF
the mountains, with its advantages Tor
rest, recreation and amusements, has
often been called the Queen of the
Catskills."
Next after Stamford comes Grand
Gorge, where one again turns south as
far as Margaretville; here turn east
and run through Arkville, Fleischmanns,
Big Indian, Shandaken and Phoenicia
to Kingston. A short distance before
reaching Kingston one passes the Ash
okan Reservoir. 1t Is possible to make
a circuit of the reservoir, which covers
distance of 40 miles.
From Kingston, back to New York
City the best route at the present time
is to run south on the west bank through
Highland to Newburgh, then down TO
Bear Mountain and over the bridge 70
Peekskill and through Tarrytown and
Workers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
Motorists Use
l.9 Castings Each,
Survey Reveals

Each motorist in the United States
during the year ending April /, 1928,
wore out 10 castings and "a inner
tubes in the operation of his auto
mobile, according to compilation of
the American Motorists Association,
based upon figures showing that dur
ing that period 45,929,000 castings
and SIS ,251 900 inner tubes were man
ufactured and sold in this country.
A fact of interest to the motorist
is revealed by the figures showing
that while the net registrations dur
ing the l2-month period increased
more than 1,125.000. there was no
corresponding increase in the num-
Der of inner tubes used by the mo-
florists. The comparative figures
show that during the year ending
April / there were 55.25l, 900 inner
tubes sold. compared with 56,72l 900
sold during the year ending April l,
1927.
This Is due to the fact that low
pressure balloon tires are becoming
more common and experience, as
we'll as the actual figures, shows that
inner tubes in balloon tires last
longer, 1t is pointed out by Thomas
j. Keefe. general manager OF the as
ISOLATION.