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Miss fairfax Advises LoveIorn

he Is coming especially to see
me, or Just because F. comes
to see my sister. He has been
acting very peculiarly and aloof
Of late and can't think Of
anything I have done to make
him so. I like him very much,
so won't you please tell me
what to do? Is his interest
fading? Is there any way by
which I could hold his inter-
est? DIANA.
I think, Diana, 1t would be
quite all right for you to sug-
gest walk to this young friend
Of yours. It is very possible
that the constraint that you
notice may be traced to the
fact that he wishes to be with
you alone and that he is EN-.
barrassed by the presence Of
others. When you are with him,
put him at his ease. Get him
to talk about himself, his job,
sports, his men friends. Boys
and girl friends ought to make
each others interests their own,
If the friendship Is to have a
substantial basis,
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floor unheeded. She had had
enough Of them.
What would her mother say
when she read them? The
thought had occurred to her
hundreds of times during the
night, during the morning.
She must know-by now. And
Babe-Dennis-
you never gave me that
letter." she gasped.
Il have a copy Of it here II
you wish to see it," He took
a sheet of yellow paper from
his pocket and handed it to
her through the barred door.
Cold typewriting. A copy Of
the letter.
Dee reached for 1t through
the bars of the cell. It didn't
seem as if she were reading
letter of Dennis. There was
none of his sprawling, familiar
writing, none Of the words that
invariably found themselves
Joined together
Dee, my darling, you can
reach me at the Mirador
Hotel, Los Angeles, for a month.
Tell that husband of yours
whom I've never met, to take
good care of you for me. The
check enclosed is part Of one
which was hard earned on my
part, but which I want you to
spend as you did the one
sent before-on yourself for
something you've wanted
damn long time. Go out and
blow 1t on a string of beads.
Myrna and I send our love-
mine. of course, a greater
bundle than Myrna's, but re-
member even If hers is
smaller, it's something. Your
Dennis"
A Check For $500
"A check came in the letter
for 5000. We're holding it
for you," Cook explained.
A few tears gathered in Dee's
eyes. The first she had shed.
Dear Dennis. Now, at least
she knew his address.
will you wire to this ad-
dress for me?"
If you wish. Will you write
out your wire?" He handed
her slip of paper torn from
his notebook, and a stubby
black pencil.
The message she handed him
a few minutes later, he read
carefully, and then tucked in
side his coat. 1t was simple,
short.
II need you. Can you come
here at once? Dee"
"Win you send 1t right
away? Now?" she begged.
I'll have to take it upstairs
first. Then If it's ok. it'll go.
Glad to do it for you"
Have you-did you phone
my mother?" She was afraid
to ask this. Afraid of what
Mrs. Bradley might say.
She's upstairs now. Came
early this morning. I guess she
had read the papers,"
Does she-want to see me?"
II guess so. They told her
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NoW Continue

about. Praying every minute
Phil wouldn't die. that they
wouldn't suspect Tony.
Hoping they wouldn't find
but what Tony was DOING.
Everything in Papers
Here it all was. Everything.
Where she had gone to school,
where she had worked. Her
picture. They must have
searched in her trunk for it.
She knew it had been there.
She hadn't taken any of her
snapshots out since she had
been married.
Phil's picture. Phil who
might now be dead.
rs he-still alive?" she asked
Cook, who was still standing by
the cell door.
He nodded.
Still alive! Perhaps he would
mt die. Perhaps he would live.
He had to live!
She was weak, dizzy when she
turned back to the paper. The
matron brought her some break
fast, but she couldn't eat it.
She thought she could never eat
again.
# only Tony would send her
some word. Tell her he was all
right. Some message.
When Roche dies" Cook an
nounced slowly, you will be
charged with his murder. :"
Murder! A low cry left her
lips, and she turned frightened
eyes on the sergeant. Murder!
No-not that
One Chance In Million
"We're holding you now on
the charge of attempted mur-
der. AS soon as Roche dies,
you'll be held for his murder"
He was watching her as he
spoke.
Her body swayed, and he
thought she was going to faint.
When she sat up again he
looked relieved. A game kid
she was. Stood their question
ing last night without a mur-
muir. But why-had she shot
him? She wouldn't admit a
quarrel.
What does the-doctor say?"
THE doctor says Roche has
one chance in a million to live.
The bullet pierced his lung"
Then it wasn't his heart
he might live. He had to live
The papers dropped to the
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Your Health
and Diet
BY DR.. Logan CIendening

"The doctor said for me to
eat spinach to reduce, and
don't like spinach"
Some such similar wall goes
up. Well, you can eat any
thing you like and still reduce.
A good system for doing it is
the checking account system.
Just like a checking account
in the bank. You have q bal
ance and you check against it.
1000 Galleries a Day
You can have 1000 calories
a day. That is your balance.
It is distributed as follows:
100 grams of carbohydrate, so
grams of protein and 80 grams
of fat. (This adds up to
slightly more than 1000 cal
ories, but the difference is
negligible)
You can draw out this bal
ance any way you like. Sug-
gested amount: 300 grams Of
10 per cent fruits (t1is means
10 per cent of carbohydrate),
100 grams of 10 per cent cereal,
grams of IS per cent but
ter (85 per cent fat), 80 grams
Of bread, 400 grams, Of milk,
300 grams Of per cent NVege-
tables, 100 grams of. 10 per
cent vegetables, 100 grams of
20 per cent vegetables, 100
grams of 20 per cent meat or
fish GO per cent protein), 70
grams cottage cheese. / gram
of egg.
Breakfast-100 grams 10 per
cent fruits, 100 grams 10 per
cent cereal (two heaping table
spoons), five grams Of butter,
100 grams of milk, black coffee
(no value).
Lunch-20O grams 3 per cen'
vegetables. 100 grams 20 pc
cent vegetables, 100 grams ]
per cent fruit, one gram eg
100 grams milk, so grams cS
tage cheese.
Dinner-100 grams 8 per ce
vegetables, 100 grams 10 I
cent vegetables, 100 grams
per cent fruits, 100 grams
per cent meat or fish,
grams milk, 20 grams colt;
cheese.
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Interesting and
Timely Facts

A new electrical system Of
automatic train control was re-
Gently tested in England which
causes q whistle to blow and
sets the brakes when the sig.
mails are against the engineer.
The device is operated by q
shoe mounted beneath the en-
CINE which makes an electrical
contact with a movable ramp
between the rails.
A new streamline airplane
tire has been developed. It is
paraholic in shape, with the
narrowest part of the tire at the
tread, and Is designed to cut
through the air with a minimum
of resistance. A lower air pres
sure than usual Is maintained.
The danger Of ground-looping
also is said to be reduced by the
shape Of the tire.
A "camera-mirror" which re-
fleets a persons image as that
image will appear when photo
graphed has been invented in
Germany. The mirror is based
on the principle that the cam
era's eye takes in only q GER
tain part of the light spectrum,
giving q different tone In a
photograph from the image as
1t appears In natural light.
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BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
An Authority on Problems Of
Love and Marriage

Love and Marriage
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am 10 years old and en-
gagged to a young man who
acts as a mechanic around an
airport. But he has no ambi-
ton or pep and I find myself
growing cold to him. He has
been up in the air only twice
and then said it made him
real sick. He doesn't seem to
care about going up any more.
Well, Miss Fairfax, I'd like to
marry a man full of pep and
courage like Lindbergh, Post
or Gatty, so I'm thinking of
giving this bird the air. I love
ambition.
DAISY B. N.
II that's the way you feel
about the young man-that
nothing less than risking his
life will please you'll think it
would be better for him if you
did "glNS him the air" as you
put it. Not every man is born
to take the supreme risks of
the heroes you name, any more
than every man who crosses a
river in a ferry boat is born
to be a Christopher Columbus.
Very plainly you don't care
about the young man and I
can't advise you to keep on
with him.
Boy Friend Is Younger
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I seem to have a weakness
for falling in love with some
one younger than myself, but
this time I am really serious.
Several years younger than I
am, he did not seem to mind
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photographs in all the news
papers.
When . man says he's
Through" he's through. But,
when q woman says she's
Through" that is usually the
point where she takes a fresh
start and begins the argument
or the campaign all over again.
The first time she marries,
a girl wants q show-wedding,
with a crowd Of witnesses to
her triumph" but, at her
third offenSe, she wants just
as few people present as posi-
BILE to throw 1t up to her after.
ward.
Clothes do not make the
wOman-but they make the
men LOOK at her.
Copyright, 1881, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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BY Mrs. =. Beeckman
"The Mermaid in the ZOdiack"
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
/. What is the correct pro
nunciation Of zodiac? Is the
&C pronounced as "awk" as in
awkward or as lack" as in
acknowledge?
2. Is it ever correct to pick
lettuce up in the fingers to eat?
3. Is it correct to pick up a
leg of chicken in the fingers
when eating?
4. When a lady speaks to
anyone on the street whom she
knows, should not the young
man with her Lift his hat. My
friend says only older men lift
their hats. young men only
touch them.
/. The last syllable Of zodiac
is pronounced like the ack in
acknowledge. The poet Keats
makes a brisk rhyme of this in
his delightful poem THE Mer-
maid Tavern:
And pledging with content
smack
The Mermaid in the Zodiac.
2. No, lettuce should either
be eaten with a fork, or, If you
prefer, with the salad knife
and fork.
8. No. Chicken should be
eaten with the knife and fork.
4. Your friend is a bit con-
fused on this, I should say. I
never heard of such a differen-
tiation. All men should lift
their hats under such circum.
stances, or when they meet a
man with whom they are
acquainted who Is accompany
ing q woman, whether or not
the woman is o stranger.
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that she could come in at 10
o'clock" He took his watch
carefully from his pocket and
looked at it. Nearly 10 now"
The Visitors Room
He went away and came back
soon after with the matron,
who opened the cell door. Then,
motioning for Dee to follow
him, they went down the mar
row corridor and stopped be-
fore another barred door. THE
visitors room." he said. as he
waited for Dee to pass in.
In this room-rather O cell
than a room-there was a
bench. Her mother COM
ing here seeing her like
this in jail. =.
1t was just a few moments
that she sat there. but it
seemed an eternity to her. The
seconds crawled and she gazed
pleadingly at Cook, who was
outside the door.
''Dee!" Mrs. Bradley was
there, and the girl half rose to
greet her. then fell back again.
Only reproach in her face. an
ger. No sympathy. nothing she
wanted, needed, so badly
Mrs. Bradley made no move
to kiss her daughter. She sat
stiffly down on the chair, and
glanced around the cell. dis
gust, horror, on her thin face.
Dee, how dare you do this
thing? How dare you disgrace
me in this fashion?"
'Don't-mother-" She be-
lieved it. Believed she had
shot Phil. Believed what the
papers had insinuated, that Phil
was her lover
Dee, this is too terrible
awful. I can't think what to
make Of it."
Mother, don't scold now. I
can't stand it"
Shocked to Death
Babe and were shocked to
death. Babe is home now. I
came here early to see you, to
ask you. Oh, Dee, why did
you do it? Haven't you any
regard for anyone2 Don't you
understand" She broke off,
abruptly.
please" More than she
could stand, having mother
talk this way. Believe 1t all.
"Just like Dennis, that's what
I thought when I heard it.
Just like Dennis"
Dee didn't hear the rest.
Mother blaming Dennis for
this. Always blaming Dennis.
Close in here. She had been
cold before, but now she was
hot, suffocating. Close. Her
hands touched her throat and
she fell over in a faint.
Ito Be Continued Monday
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THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Born July 26

For Those Born July 26
The coming year will bring
you much intellectual progress
and your mind will be on the
alert and well able to cope
with all arising emergencies.
There will be a tendency TO-
ward legal disagreements which
In the end will be decided in
your favor. Use great caution
In your dealings with the oppo-
site sex during the months Of
September. october and Novem.
ber, particularly turing Octo-
Der 27-31, December 1918, guard
your health during October H.
II, January Gil, 1924; avoid
quarrels, accidents, ETC., during
September 1923, December IT.
19.
A child born today will be
very intelligent and easily will
grasp all the studies. He will
be quick witted, resourceful and
will be able to succeed through
his own ability.
For Those Born July "a
The coming year will bring
you many lasting friendships
which will be Of benefit to you.
II delays and little disappoint-
mentS crop UP in the everyday
affairs do not give way to q
tendency to worry over them,
for in the end things will be
adjusted to your satisfaction.
Guard your health and use
general caution during October
1914, January Oil, 1924; be-
ware. Of quarrels, accidents, ETC.,
during September 1928, Decem-
ber 1920.
A child born today will have
a serious mind and a great
power of concentration and as
he Is liable to periodical spells
Of melancholy it will be well to
bring him up in a bright and
cheerful environment.
TOmOrrOw's Birthday
Tendencies for tomorrow: The
morning is under a bad aspect
OF the planet Venus and caution
should be used in all dealings
with the opposite sex. The
afternoon is under the dynamic
force Of the well aspected planet
Mars and provides o good time
for the expansion of business
and new undertakings.
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He Has Been AIoOf
The Marry-Go-Round
BY Helen Rowland

The Sweet and LOwdOwn
It must be difficult for a
man who thinks he is Gods
Gift to Women to understand
why so many of them manage
to slip past him without paus-
ing for q second look.
When a man begins roasting
women, listen for the wedding
bells; a confirmed bachelor is
too sure of his immunity and
to indifferent to the other sex
to waste time talking about
them.
An old.fashioned woman is
one who watches the skirts go
down and the waistline go up
with a tremulouS sigh, and
secretly prays that bustles,
high-button shoes and pompa-
dour rolls won't come back to
torture her before she dies.
The more intoxicating the
summer love affair, the worse
the headache when you dis
cover that 1t was just . com.
bination of moonlight, imagi-
nation and cocktail parties that
was making the world 60
round"
Give the first mate time to
season and the first marriage
time to "jell'' before you take
them back to the Exchange
Desk and trade them in for q
new set Of troubl s. problems
and Establishments.
Some girls would never feel
actually married" without at
least five bridesmaids, a 20.
pound wedding cake and their
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What Do You
Know?

ANSWERS To Today's Test
Questions On Editorial Page
/. Flesh. 2. Lares and Pc
mates. 3. Thomas Moore. 4
Reduction Of the human body
to ashes by fire. S. Moving pic
ture. 8. Bible. Z. Alaska. 8.
Philadelphia, San Francisco,
Denver. 8, In agriculture. as a
fertilizer. 10. Iowa, Illinois.
and Nebraska. II. Advocate of
woman'S suffrage. IL. Ameri-
can novelist. =. Actor who
killed Lincoln. IA. Probably
visited America in the year
1000. IS. Helped to improve
the treatment of insane.
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CHAPTER 80

CHAPTER 80
It was in all the papers.
Girl Wife Shoots Stock
Broker. Mrs. Dee Curtis, wife
Of Anthony Curtis, Held in Jail
IN Attempted Murder"
All there. Even a picture Of
her, enlarged from a kodak
snapshot. A picture Of Phil.
Curtis is out of town, and
does not yet know of the
tragedy" At least they hadn't
found Tony. They believed her
when she said he was away on
Q short trip.
The daughter Of Dennis
Bradley, former Cleveland
architect.
Philip Roche, rising young
stock broker Of the firm of
Roberts, Zaner and Roche. ..
dying at Huron Road Hospital.
Dying! Still unconscious. unable
to- say a word about the
shooting. >.
Dee's eyes hung on this
paragraph! Phil dying!
She was alone in a small cell
IN the county Jail. They had
taken the dress she had been
wearing away from her, and
she had on a gingham apron,
too big for her. Ill fitting.
Dying. Still unconscious!
They had given her the
papers. She hadn't asked for
them. Indeed, she had thought
nothing about them until
Sergeant Cook had come in
with them under his arm and
handed them to her. He was
outside now, watching her read
them, watching her closely.
Hard to read in the cell, the
light was bad.
Questioned for Hours
Last night-had been so
terrible. They had kept her
upstairs in a room for hours,
questioning her. Five officers
grouped around her chair, one
pelting her with questions,
then another, and another.
Why had she shot Philip
Roche? Why had he come to
the flat? Why had they
quarreled. Why-until she
thought she would go mad from
this word. Why, why. it was
still singing in her brain.
Was Philip Roche her lover?
No, no, no. they didn't be-
lieve her. She knew it from
the consultation they had said
when she insisted he wasn't.
Knew 1t from the look in their
eyes.
All she would say was that
Phil had brought a letter for
her. The letter Sergeant Cook
still had. That was all. She
didn't know why she had shot
Philip Roche. They hadn't quar-
relied. She had just shot him,
that was all.
"You don't shoot men without
o reason" one Of them had
said, the biggest of them, q
burly. great man in a civilian
suit.
Finally at 4 in the morning
they had taken her down here.
They would question her again
in the morning. they said. Ex-
pecting her to sleep after. she
had tried, but couldn't. So many
things to worry about, to think
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LOVE BLIND
Storyofa a GirIWhoLoved
Life and Adventure
BY ROB EDEN
The Story Thus Far

Bradley pretty girl of 49, meets and maes Tony Cur
tS careee handsome fellow Unknown to her, TOnys
Job which he secured after their marriage bOOegng Tony
arrested Rather than help from Cary TOnys
poyer, Dee bail Phil Roche Phil serious
minded successful is s in love with her. Tony Is
fined him Dennis father,
Piled the Tony promises REFORM and Dee through
the influence Of sister, Babe old job back
Tony job cIerking evening
to find Babe Tony kissing his job Tony
back bOOtleggng. going
baby Phil calls to deliver letter from Dennis Tony In
intoxicated Phil tells PhlS cOndl
tiOn is serious. Dee is held for ATTEMPTED murder
Now Continue
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the difference until lately. It
comes up every once in a while
as a sort Of barrier, otherwise
he seems to care a great deal
for me. It will be hard to give
him up. Must I?
r. G. L.
The trouble, probably, is that
you've been stresSing, in your
own mind. this question Of diff
ference in ages too much. On
consciously you've probably
dwelt on it, talked Of it and
made the young man conscious
of it. If you continue this
friendship, try to ignore the
question of age entirely. The
best way to keep young is to
be vitally interested in a num-
ber of things. Don't sit in a
corner and rust.
He Has Been AIOOf
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I have been going with a
boy for two months. He comes
every week to see me, usually
the same night as my sisters
friend. I don't know whether
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Your Ruling
Star
By William Shwader

Tomorrow's Birthday:
George Bernard Shaw, born 1855.
English Dramatist.
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and success had for their heroes boys who
climbed from humble beginning to the heights.
But in these days girls are even more restless
10 go forth and find that easy fame and for.
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When Manners
Are Correct

By Mrs. C. Beeckman
"The Mermaid in the Z0diack"
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
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photographs in all the news
papers.
Evening star., 1931-06-18
Everyday Psychology
Urge of Infantilism.
BY DR. JESSE w. sPHowIs.

Perhaps you have noticed that chill
dren are delighted when they find out
that their elders are paying attention to
what they have to say. Children can
hardly wait to grow UP. They feel that
they have made a gain every time they
are taken seriously. The big urge in
childhood is to hand out information.
No matter how widely psychologists
may disagree in other respects, they
all agree in one, namely: Infants long to
be rid Of their infantilism.
Freud, the student par excellence OF
childhood, asserts that we never fully
get rid of our infantiliSm. Freud, OF
course, was talking in terms of emo
tions or urges. The now hundreds OF
intelligence testers find that as q nation
we are not more than IL years old, men.
tally speaking; that the mental age Of
the average normal adult Is about the
same as that Of a normal adolescent.
Cali this the stxteen-year intelligence
level, and you will not be far wrong.
Suppose these findings are correct.
What Of It? Accept the facts. Assume
that the vast majority Of your dealings
with others must be negotiated on q
rather elementary plane, very generally
so far as the emotions are concerned,
fairly generally so far as the intellect is
concerned.
One thing seems certain. Let the
other fellow do most Of the talking. II
you happen to be the superior, he'll re-
spect you for allowing him to feel that
he Is as grown up as you.