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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-30
MARyr. ar FLIGHT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. = The Capital marveiled at Commander Byrd's hazardous but successful flight over the wastelands of the South Pole and extolled the cour- age and adventurous enthusiasm |of the youthful explorer.
 President Hoover sent radio message through the New York Times saying:
 We are proud of your courage and your leadership. We are glad that the proof of great adventure still lives in our thoughts and appreciation include also your com panions on the flight, your col- leagues whose careful and devoted preparation contributed to your great success
 Commander Byrd sent message to Gilbert Grosvenor, President of the National Geographic Society thanking him and the Society for the aid and encouragement given the South Pole Expedition.
 Commander Byrd took off at 7;29 o'clock Thursday night on the l,600-mile flight to the South Pole and back.
 Byrd, who was flying with Bernt Balchen, pilot; Harold June, radio operaor; and Capt. Ashley c. Me- Kinley, photographer, was in a big tri-motored airplane he took to the Antarctic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-30
POLAND LEADS IN WEDDINGS

WARSAW.-Poland claims the highest marriage rate in Europe by virtue of government figures show ing 9-8 weddings for every 1000 of the population.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-30
sTEwARTs HAVE BOY BABY

An eight pound baby boy has been born to MT. and Mrs. R. l.. Stewart, at St. Ann's Hospital. Mother and baby are reported fine. The father is in the office Of B. D. Stewart. Federal Mining En- gineer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-30
BERLINERs SUICIDE

BERLIN.-City statisticians reck- oned that 809 Berliners committed suicide in the first six months of the current year. The men num- bered 528 and the women 281.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-30
By FRANK I. WELLER Farm Editor

Associated Press Feature Service)
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-In hir- ing w. A. Schoenfeld, one of the best field men in the bureau of agricultural economies, the farm board has indicated second time the probable scope of it's future re- search in factors affecting market and price.
 The first came when the board, by order of the President, took over bodily the bureaus division of CO., operative marketing.
 There is no suggestion that the board intends to absorb the whole bureau or any other part of it, but the law provides that the President may turn over to it any govern mental agency it needs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-30
AUSTRIA BUYS STEEL CARS

VIENNA, Nov. 30.-The Austrian federal railroad administration has decided to scrap it's wooden third class coaches and replace them with modern steel conveyances. AL together about $15,000,0O0 is to be used for new rolling stock and half of that sum will be laid out for passenger cars,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-30
FARM BOARD WIDENS
 PROSPECTIVE SCOPE
 OF TECHNICAL WORK

research work when the bureau laid plans to interpret price trends.
 By reason of senatorial opposi- tion the bureau no longer forecasts the price trend of cotton, but it does predict trends in other farm commodities. The service constants ly is becoming of more importance to the board. It makes continuous use, too, of the crop reporting board. As 1t expands it may find that these two branches and others of the bureau. could be operated with greater facility if attached to the board.
 Various research, service and reg ulatory activities of the bureau in the Pacific northwest have been CO., ordinated under Schoenfeld's di- rection
 While he is to represent the farm board. his services still are to be available to the bureau. particulars ly in connection with economic and marketing research work of special interest to the beard,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-30

Schoenfeld is former assistant chief of the bureau. He has been chairman of the federal crop re- porting board and was in charge of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-30

Twenty students at Oklahoma A. and M. college work their way by operating college farm.
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N. C.. Meet Results

state; Brscey tRics Instifate5: second;
d2an foarh hder h Sotre Dams
fifth; wilcox Kansas. sixth. Time, o;os 4-lo
by D. J. Kelly, Howard Drew, Charles Pad
dock, Cyril Coaffe, Chester Bovman0
2?o7YARD DAsH1Won by Simpson Cohio
Rice institutel. third: LELAND lTexas Chris
tDenison). sixth. Time, 0:20 $40.
t40-YARD RUN-Won by Walter North
second eo2Ins, Bowen .PittsbITFh1, third; Lewis
Hursley 5Missourit, sixth Time o:47 9-io.
Sso-lARD RuNaWon by Genung tWssh-
Illinois, Third; let's lchicsSo'H,' tosr Htht
P Pedss tcMSaShngto sxfb h HsusnH abilene
s5Fisa: iii, . soSssgn5: fulfill 9Suns
M, sixth. Time, 4:is $40. '"''O''' a. p"
TWo-MILE RUN1Won by Abbott IN:
union), sixth. Time, $50.
o s1sie Sy Rock Sex
ond; Anderson .Washin.tonl, third Rosers
h n0 Grant toq Uts k sRh o lime cf yo
22o-YARD Low HURDLEs---won by An
sssse s.oon5 \ 9nyne ho
MAJ MAJ third sentmsn SlllinOs: fourth; Kane
California;, sixth. Time, O;23 $40.
feet inches. Gordon iowa, feet
inches. second; Brady tLouisvillel and Car
ter 9oeSf5 feet ns6 ed for third
Insttute). Carr illinois, Davis (Miamp,
Sanford (geo3rsia1 Grant Utah dacks
feet 10 inches, tied for nth. 'A"-'''
BROAD JUMP-Won by Gordon Iowa., "a
csiiioPns fset INCHES third r T2mSon
feet 6l4 inches, sixth.
DISCUS THR0W-Won by Rasmqs Ohio
81 ?s inches sseend
Rss. Ass. Is, US ssSis
NTH Krenz Stanford. 1873 feet ll2 inches,
sixth 'RasmuS, distance q new world rec &c
ord, was established III the preliminarieS
Yesterday
HAMMER .THROw-Won by Gwinn Pitts
PgrEh, ls3 feet O.. inches Kstz !. ,Mti6h1Ean,,
"a ieet = inch third; Beattis ocqI9Tsd DO
Gi en 3SIc cwa Ia feet IS. inches, sinh
sHoTPrT-Won by Bother ,st q to9f ;o 50
o. inches, third Jessup lWaShingtonl, g
fss fourth Pay I9stitsss q
feet o. inches. sixth New N. C. A; A. rec
BY Johnkuok KANSAS State Teachers Col
legel, 1926.
POLE VAULT-Wahne (Northwestern) and
S7s inches Candy IoWal and Packard
tPlttsburEhl tied for third and fourth, l3
MAJ. McDermott Gllinoisl and McAtee
Michigan Statcl tied for fifth and sixth, 13
feet. New n. c. A. A. record former rec
orn OF 10 feet So inches made by r. w.
Edmonds Of Stanford in 1929
JAvELIN THROW-Won by Mortensen
Harmon tSouthern Methodist University.
20l feet = inch. second; Floyd tTexaS A. d
M. 1877 feet third; HarpStr'te tMllllkenl,
1876 feet az inches, fourth: Bartlett albion,
Michigan College,. 1875 feet 3 inches, NTH
Whitlock tOregon Aggiesl, 1875 feet Az
inches, sixth
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THEVENOW, IN GOOD TRIM,
REJOINING PHILLS TODAY

e ST. LOUIS, June 8 tF).-Manager
Barney Shotton of the Philadelphia Ma
tionals announced here today that Tom
my Thevenow, star infielder who has
been out of the game so far this season
AS a result OF having been seriously IN
iured in an automobile ACCIDENT this
Spring, will join the PhillieS here to-
morrow.
Shntton said he talked with Theve-
now this week in Cincinnati. and that
he believes the former star Cardinal
shortstop will be able to enter the line
up As a regular with few days OF
practice and limbering up. He said
Thevenows physical condition Is excel
lent
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National College A. Il. Champions

CHICAGO the 1929 champions crowned
Ae Association track and field
and School. Time or Distance
*lOO-yard dash-George Simpson,
hurdeS-Rchard RockaWay Ohio State OLAF
422O-yard dash-George Ohio State, 0208
Anderson Washington OBS
run-RusseHs Walter, Northwestern, 0:479.
i Genung, Washington 1855
lbur Getz Hired
Two-mile Abbot Illinois, $40.
Broad jump Edward Gordon Iowa "a feet 812 inches
TShotput-Harlow Rothert Stanford. so feet 3 inches
High Jump Shelby Oklahoma, 6 feet inches - .. -,
JavenJesse Morensen Southern California 1913 feet
Hammer hrow-Donald Gwnn Pittsburgh 1863 feet 92 inches
Stanford tied). Is feet 77e inches.
*New world
NOUN q
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0'DOUL AND WAIVER OF BIG
SIX DROP FEW POINTS

BY the Associated Press.
With the entire American League half
kept idle by rain, the big six produced
very little in the way of hard hitting
yesterday. The leaders of the National
League contingent, Frank ODoul and
Paul Waner, slid down the scale few
points each getting but one hit in four
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WILDERMUTH Is BEATEN
6 INCHES IN N. VA. c. DASH

NEW YORK. June tP)-Karl
Wildermuth of Georgetown. Eastern
intercollegiate 1oO-yard champion, lost
out in the final of his favorite event at
the New York Athletic Club track and
field games on Travers Island today by
matter of inches.
Adner Kurtin, Columbia sophomore,
with 6-yard handicap, edged Wilder
muth out in 10 seconds.
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RUCKEYE FLASH BECOMES
WORLDS FASTEST HUMAN
Defeats Bracev by Stride, with Tolan Third, in
National Collegiate Meet-Conditions Such
Mark Seems Sure to Stand
BY CHARLES w. DUNKLEY,
Associated Press sports Writer

youth shock of brown
hair brilliant Cnder path by
Y the fastest human of the
- George Simpson, 1.-THE, spindle legged streak from
state University.
Competing the field brought together in
100yard
from recognized worlds mark
performance aided his teammates enabled
Ohio State triumph for the championship honor
Buckeyes, the Is and placing 2
others amassed points, University of Wash
second, with AZ.
illinois, the outdoor championship third
3d.
Stanford the intercollegiate A.
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scoring. Iowa was sixth with "a points,
Michigan seventh with %, Pittsburgh
eighth with 81. Northwestern ninth
with 10, and Chicago tenth with IS.
Rice Institute Houston, was eleventh
with IA and Indiana and oregon
twelfth with II points each.
Trailing the Hoosiers and Oregon
we're Alfred and Oklahoma with 10
each: the Oklahoma Baptists. Purdue,
Southern Methodists, Wichita and
Texas Christian followed with 8 each.
The following teams each scored
points: Cornell Texas A. & M,
oregon Aggies, Denver. Colorado Ag-
gies and Wisconsin The remainder of
the points were scattered.
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Simpson eedOwn Farms IhinsJ ohn0
PILOT CONTENDS SCHOOL
CONTROL WILL AID GAME
Sees Sandlots and Colleges Recruiting Sources
for Big League Prospects tot Be Developed
i'm Syndicated Chain of Minor Clubs.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

recruiting sandlotS
x in of looking the circuits for
thinks Walter Johnson OF
the bud must be procured at these
controlled
organization expected to after its worth proved the pilot
organization would the
heavy made for the maintenance OF hghss cup
Washington unburdened himself OF THESE deaS
yesterday afternoon during tkfest in the clubhouse after the
the Indictment weather Purchase OF the Atlanta
the acquisition of franchises in two leagues lower
efficient schooling system for prospective
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times at bat O'Doul's homer left him
at 1886, drop of three points. Waner
slid to .339. just two points ahead Of
Rogers Hornsby, the active man of the
day. Hornsby got two singles in four
trips to the plate, raising his mark six
points.
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South Atlantic Association.
Knoxville Greenville, rain.
Charlotte, Al: Macon, 2-5
Columbia, SIS. Augusta. 3-3.
Asheville, 8; Spartanburg, J. second same
postponed darknesS.)
Three Eye League.
Evansville S. Terre Haute, 2.
Sprinsield, Is: Quincy, 5.
Peoria. 4: Bloomington. 3.
Decatur, II; Danville, 2.
Blue Ridge LEAGUE.
All games postponed; rain.
STANDINGS.
w L. Pct. w. L. Pct.
Hsserstown 10 9 $40 Frederick. II Is .42s
Martinsourg IS 10. 643 Hanover. II y .3S3
Chamersbg Is IL ST. Waynesboro. 8 20 2se
Eastern League.
Providence, Z; Albany, 5
BRIDGEPORT. 6; Hartford, 3,
New Haven, 10: Springheld. 3;
Pittsfeld Allentown, postponed; rain.
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WESTERN LEAGEE.
PACIEIr CnAl

Denver. I. DeS Moines. 4.
wichita, I; Tulsa, s ia innings,
Topeka, 8; Oklahoma City, ?.
Pueblo, 4; Omaha, 3.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Los Angeles, II; Missions, Q.
Portland, 8; Oakland, 2.
San Francisco, 8; Hollywood, 2.
saarazAsnts, - SeattlsS =.
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Eastern LeaEue.
MIp.ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Rochester. 1870; Buffalo, pa.
Toronto, 4; Montreal. 3 90 inninss).
Reading Baltimore-Rain.
Newark-JerSey City-Rain.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Kansas City, s; Minneapolis, 5.
At. Paul. 10; Milwaukee, 9.
Indianapolis, a: Columbus, o.
Toledo Iouisville, rain.
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BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS
American League.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Washiugton-Detroi wet grounds.
Chicago. tt; Boston, "a.
st. Louis Philadelphia. rain.
Cleveland-Nev York, wet grounds.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
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GAMES TO-DAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
Cleveland at Wash. Cleve. at Washington.
Detroit at Boston st. Louis at N. Y.
St Louis at New York Chicago at Phila.
Detroit at Boston.
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MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

Southern Association.
Birmingham, 9; Chattanoosa, /.
Mobile. 81 Little Rock. 2.
Nashville, 9; Atlanta, 2.
New Orleans, s; Memphis, 2.
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GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW
Boston at Chicago. Boston at Chicago.
PITTSBURGH at Bklyn. Ekiyn. at Pittsbursh.
N. Y. at Cincinnati. N. Y. at Cincinnati.
Phila. at St. Louis. Phila. at st. Louis
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BABE JUST RAR|N'
TO TACKLE MACKS
Interesting Invalid Returns
Soon Cites Fame's Toll.
Is OH Exhibitions.
BY ALAN J. GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n YEW YORK. June 8.-Babe Ruth,
N the not-so-pale but always
VI interesting invalid. granted an
4 audience today to the repre-
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NV ~ TIT
Sfanhh MRa
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-03-01
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WIN
STILL ANOTHER GAME

A bus load of carefree, happy
students started from the High
school to Tellequah to go by way
of Tacoma to Black Diamond,
where they played the last game
of the season. All the way to
Black Diamond the students sang
and cheered for the teams.
Both teams were handicapped by
the small gym and were constant
ly coming in close contact with
the walls. But this did not keep
the girls team from piling up the
score of l6 to 5. The boys, al
though distinctly outelassed by the
Black Diamond coal miners put
up good fight TO hold their good
record. The final score was q 10
Z. favor of Black Diamond.
With the exception Of the loss
of suitcase full Of clothes, no
other mishaps occurred and every
one wished that there were more
trips to 60 ON.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-03-01
THE STORY OF 1.-THE SHOP
WORN ANGEL IN PROSE

America prepafcs for war. Can
tonmcnts fill with eager youths,
excited by patriotism, sobered by
the fear Of battle. In New York
d parade awakens Daisy Heath
from sleep and annoys here. She
rs a sophisticated chorus girl,
That night on Broadway, Private
Tyler is alone when humorous
traffic accident brings him into
contact with Daisy for a brief mo
mcnt. Tyler pretends to the wise
boys" that She is his girl and.
when they plan TO call his bluff.
Daisy, impulsively, rescues him.
Events develop Tyler's love aad
Daisy's eufiousity at this new mas
culine specimen. Tier interest in
creases as she sees that he IDEAL
lies her and is unaware of her life
or Of her Relationship with the rich
houlcvardier. Bailey. who is acting
as her protector.
Bailey shrcwdly convinces her.
however, that her love with boy
Ike Tyler is impossible. disastrous.
He shows her that Tyler cares for
her fur what hs thinks she Is, net
fer what She is She finally real
izcs ihis is truc and agrees never
in SEE Tyler again She continues
with Bailey
suddenly Tyler's company IS
ordered to embark for France. His
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-03-01
BURTON


The Brammers are moving this
week into the Mcintyre residence
and the Halls into Uye's Apart
ment house. Is that sign OF
Spring?
Mrs. A. j. Van House was call,
ed to Tacoma Sunday by the ser.
ious illness of her sister, Mrs
Hoyt, who was in the hospital
with pneumonia. She is some
what improved at this writing.
Mrs. Ella Lamin, from Elkader
Iowa, who is visiting her sister
Mrs. Walter Cliff at Ellisport, was
in Burton with Mr.. Cliff one day
last week looking over this part
of the island and enjoying the
"trip each way.
There is little baby girl in al
Aberdeen hospital that is bringing
joy to the parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Hitchcock and extending il
on to Grandmother Hunt in Bur
ton. Baby Janice was borr
February 21st.
The Burton Circle of the Ladie:
Aid will meet with Mrs. Eller
Crawford, Thursday, March 7th
for an afternoon of work and pro
gram.
Mrs. Edith Heupe Bourck spent
a week in Seattle with friends an6
Mrs. E. R. Stewart was also il
Seattle at the same time to meet
Mr.. Stewart, who is engineer or
THE S. S. Montana and who vii
soon be home for short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Marsh o.
Cove attended church here Sun
day morning and were guests fol
the day at the Hunt home, stop
Iping over for the evening to set
the screen pictures of France al
1.-THE church.
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DocKT0N
By Mrs. A. J. stuckey

Mr.. c. Amundsen is installing a
new engine in his boat the Robin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Anderson and
family of ssteilacoom, were here for
the weekend.
The Ladies Aid will meet at the
home of Mrs. L. Mass on March
9th.
Mr.. Noryald Danielson is visit
ing his mother and other relatives
over the weekend.
The chicken dinner at the Com
munity Hall was great success,
both socially and financially.
Mr.. 0. Peterson, Stan Nelson
and |. Martinolich came home for
the chicken dinner feed and visit
ing friends and relatives.
Mrs. j. Danielson has a touch of
flu and is in bed at this time and
we hope she will soon be all right
again.
Rev. Odergaard of Gig Harbor
was dinner guest at the home
of Mr.. L. Danielson Sunday.
-
Miss Dorothy Reed from Taco
ma, was the guest OF her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Theo Berry
over the weekend.
Mrs. Davis Belts and grandson,
who have just returned from a
three months visit with relatives
and friends in Wyoming, had quite
time getting back on account OF
lots of snow in the passes and on
the mountains.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-03-01
CLUB MEETING
HELD TUESDAY EVENING

On Tuesday evening the Com
mercial Club held an intensely in
teresting meeting which was well
ATTENDED by not only members, but
also many outside the club.
The first part of the meeting
was given over to the discussion OF
matters pertaining to the local vel
fare. Problems confronting us at
present are the necessity of larger
and better dock facilities at the
north and south ends of the Is.
land and also Burton. AS usual
the matter of a more desirable
ferry schedule was discussed.
The greatest amount of time
given to any local matter was the
discussion of the educational prob
lens confronting us and the vital
Importance of the bill now before
1.-THE legislature which will make
possible the building of the new
high school. Mr.. Robertson ex.
Iplained both this bill and the Sho.
walter bill, showing conclusively
their Importance in our local sit
uation. The information giver
was materially the same as that
published in the News-Record Of
last week. The club unqualified
" endorsed these bills.
An interesting program follow
ed the business meeting. Miss
Lillian Larsen, who represented
the Island as Miss Vashon at q
recent banquet of the clubs of the
South End gave a short account OF
that pleasant experience, ending
with a delightful little poem tell
ing the world the facts concern
ing our Island. She then intro
|duced Miss Ena Hamilton who was
chosen Miss South End for this
year. MISS Hamilton expressed
her pleasure at being with US in a
very charming manner.
The music for the evening con
sisted of a group of songs given
by two pupils of The Cornish
School. These We're followed by
a short talk by Mr.. Jones. mem
Der of the faculty, telling some OF
the facts concerning the school.
Mr.. Ryan, of the West Seattle
Commercial Club, expressed the
goodwill of his organization TO-
ward rs, and a desire to cooper
ate with us in any way possible.
j. Harold Champion, secretary
of the Consolidated SdSith End
Clubs gave an interesting talk on
the possibilities OF giving our
neighbors a chance to help in solv-
ing some of our local problems,
as they have done on the main
land. He not only offered sugges-
tons, but made a concrete offer
of assistance in regard to secur-
ing action in the matter Of larger
and better docks.
The address Of the evening was
given by Thomas b. Hill, manager
of the State Chamber of Com
merce. His subject dealt with the
present prosperity we are now en-
JOKING, nationally and locally, and
he stressed the fact that in our
building of today we must take
into consideration that present
conditions were making necessary
larger vision for tomorrow. Among
many other instructive and illum-
mating statements he very force
fully brought the application home
10 us, and showed how we, being
on an island, bad unique aud UNI
usual possibilities for planning for
the future. He stressed the need
of forgetting all ideas of section
alism, and all neiehborhood ieal.
ousies, working toward the good
OF the entire Island as one com
murity.
A pleasant social hour conclud-
ed the meeting.
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love, his insistent fear Of this war
his need of her sends him to her
"a. VOL. They spend their last
day together. II brings Tyler S
declaration of love; Daisy s fmal
break with Bailey; her promise TO
marry Tyler
At the wedding overcome by her
emotion, Daisy faints, breaking up
the ceremony. Tyler is torn away
from the uncompleied marriage,
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the regiment is sailing. lie does,
however, inspire Daisy's love. with
courage to face what the war may
bring. Daisy is left alone, dazed
and broken.
Daisy avoids her old life. suffers
lardships and finally seeks minor
job at a theatre. As Daisy rchear-
SIS q sung and dance, she sees Ty-
Ter in France through her Tears.
She feels near to him in spirit.