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nounced Mickey's approac
from the second floor.
"Jim-hello-you're early,
aren't you, honey? Dinners not
nearly ready" she said breath
lessly.
Plenty of Time
"It's all right, sweetheart.
Plenty of time-Mickey and I
have big business for a little
while-here you, Fitzpatrick,
not so much noise" he broke
off as Mickey burst into the
room with a wild yell.
Hello, Dad. Gee, maybe
there's time to play awhile be-
fore supper. I sure am glad
you got home!" he cried ex-
citedly.
$50 am I, Mickey, because
you and I have high doin's on
tonight. Sit down, Patrolman
Fitzpatrick, while I give your
mother a kiss" big Jim smiled
a happy smile, dropping the
cares of his office from his
shoulders in the fun Of the
game which he and Mickey
played each evening. He gave
Mary a kiss and a hug and
then turned to the center
table with its big box.
"Patrolman, it has come to
my attention that you have
been unusually conscientious in
the pursuit of your duties, that
you have faithfully followed
the instructions of your superior
officers and that you have on
several occasions valiantly de-
Tended the honor of the depart
ment by your courageous be-
havior in the face of danger or
adversity-"
"Oh, say, if you mean fightin'
about Uncle Ed, that wasn't
-" Mickey broke off, realiz-
ing that his mother had said
not to mention that episode to
his father. But fightin' Jim
didn't seem to notice.
And in view of this we have
decided to reward your most
commendable efforts by pro-
noting you to the rank Of
corporal. Here, Corporal Fitz-
patrick, are the uniform and
accoutrements of your rank"
Jim finished his little speech
with a flourish and handed
Mickey one by one the blue
uniform. cap, night stick, and
badge, which he had had made
in miniature duplicate of those
worn by police officers, and de-
signed by the tailor who made
his own uniforms.
Mickey was speechleSS. He
looked at the uniform. He
CONTINUED on 2nd Comic Page J
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
BY MAY CHRISTIE
Sunday morning at the coun-

Sunday morning at the coun'
try club.
Laurel - after her near
tragedy-had spent the night
there, according to the order
of her doctor.
The burns were not serious.
But she had had a shock and
must stay where she was that
night. In the morning DR..
Harvey would come in and
have a look at her.
That thought buoyed Laurel
up. She slept rather fitfully.
Each time she woke her mind
winged to the incidents Of the
evening. What had he
THOUGHT of her?
Was she in love?
Was there any other name
for this strange surge Of emo
tion he aroused in her?
He was attracted to her.
When she had regained con-
Sciousness and opened her eyes,
she had seen a tenderness in
his eyes and yet a fire too,
as he bent over her!
She'd foster that. She
wanted him. Wanted to bring
that light into his eyes again.
Wanted him to belong to her.
Was all this love? Shed
never felt the same for any,
body before. It had been moth
ing but "B. W.. Biological
Urge. with Roger.
Connie had stayed at the
club all night, too. In an ad-
joining room. with in the call
of her daughter.
And Imogen, who adored to
be Gin" on everything, had
grabbed the excuse of her
friends accident and Comics
hysteria in order to be Comics
guest because I simply
wouldn't DREAM of leaving
you!"
She Had to Pay
She insisted on staying over
night and of course in decency
although Connie didn't care
for 1mogen at all-Connie had
to pay for her.
Connie was annoyed about
the whole series of happenings.
Laurel and the good-looking
Bruce Harvey-HER gueSt-out
in the darkness for goodness
knows how long, and evidently
flirting!
Thereafter, when chided,
Laurers impertinence to her
mother.
Then the mad, Bacchanalian
dance with Diaz, who was Con.
nie's particular admirer!
That Laurel had looked beau
tiful in the frail chiffon dra-
peries didn't dispel the fact
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THE HIGH SPEED GIRL -"

It was 7 a. m. She'd better go
in and have a look at Laurel
who might be awake.
Connie slipped into an orchid
peignoir, with mules" to match,
and walked through the com.
municating door.
Hello, Nuns! Got a cigar
.ette?"
Good morning, dear. Are
you feeling better?"
II feel fine, except for a nip
here and there"
"Such a narrow escape!
Imagine, Laurel, if you'd been
disfigured!"
Don't be a scare cat!" But
Laurel shivered.
If her beauty had been blotted
out? What then? She'd moth
ing in the world to take its
place. 1t would have been the
end of everything.
Only yesterday morning, in
one of the "tabloids" she'd read
of a beautiful girl who'd been
badly burned when out motor
ing.
The car she was riding in
had crashed into something,
and turned turtle.
The girl-a well-known ar
lists model-had been pinned
under the wreckage.
But that wasn't all, bad as it
was. The gas tank had ex-
ploded.
Flames had scared that love.
ly face, and burned the skin
from that exquisite body.
But the girl didn't die, though
that would certainly have been
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If some Of US chose to compete with
the lovely lady who leans against the
proscenium pillars of the theater and
bemOans a man, what a torch song we
could sing for ourselves! was think
ing of that, on one weary night when
"me and my man" had sought the foot
lights with every right to expect a good
time, and found ourselves burdened
down by, bored by, assailed by,
looking lady torchiere with no voice, but
a million monotonous words.
Thought l, l know many q song that
could make up about a man-but it
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that she had danced three
quarters naked!
Bold as brass she'd been, in
her seductive postures. And
Mr.. Delahunt, and others re-
marked that Laurel had drunk
too many cocktails.
Like a moth she'd fluttered,
literally and metaphorically,
close to the fire. had danced
provocatively close to young
Harvey.
Her dress-if one could call
it such-had gone a-blaze and
plunged the whole place into
pandemonium.
Laure's screams had sent
Connie into hysteria. It had
been a CHASTITY scene, and
might have had a tragic de-
nouement, if it hadn't been for
the plucky, lightning-quick &C.
ton of Bruce Harvey.
He'd burned his hands while
beating out the blaze. Connie
noped that Laurel felt grateful
to him.
Add how-when she "came to"
Laurel didn't want her own
mother near her :?
Laurel AwakenS
She wanted to be alone with
Bruce. A thought sped through
Comics brain-"Is Laurel in
love with him?"
But Laurel had sneered at ro-
nance, many a time E.
laughed it to scorn had
classed all such feelings under
the indelicate title of biological
urge"
B. u, these youngsters called
it. Was that what Connie felt
for Diaz?
She looked at her wrist watch.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02
O out of 10
Screen Stars know
the Secret of
Keeping
Youthful Charm

YVES, I am 3d." says Beverly
/ Bayne, much beloved favor.
ite of the stage and screen.
"No woman need look her age
nowadays-it's so easy not to. On
the stage you have to stay youth
full so we all are very careful about
our compilations.
"PVe used Lux Toilet Soap for
years-almost all actresses do be.
cause it's such a sure way of keep
ing your skin youthful and at
tractive."
The charming Beverly Bayne is
only one Of countless beautiful ac-
tresses who use Lux Toilet Soap.
Of the 694 important Holly
wood actresses, including all stars,
686 use this fragrant white soap
both at home and on location.
Surely you will want to try
this gentle, luxurious way to COM
plexion loveliness!
The Washington times., 1932-02-02

would not be "torch" in the burning
up, burnt-out sense that the lady who
bored us of thoughts of murder means.
1t would be carrying a-torch-in humorous
and romantic praise. There millions
of women who carry a splendid flame
in the marriage parade lighted by "a
man and boy" And sweet and funny
thought! They do not know which is
which. They take delight-real, ador-
ing delight in the Boyishness of the Man
and the Manlines of the BOY. While
the boy atuffs himself with knowledge
and romance, quietly sunk in an easy
chair after the ardours of baseball
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and arithmatic, the man crouches upon
the floor of the attic-"fixed> up" for
the edification of these two-and
chortles and groans with his tongue out
over the joys of ties and rails and
homemade switches, his heart in
sleepy glow, his mind on fire; after the
ardours of the office desk and the
battle of the subway.
What" cries little Missus, what can
| do with them-but what would ! do
without them! When | know for sure
and certain inside my silk-covered head
which is Man and which is Boy, then
open my eyes and look again-and they
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Advice to the LoveIorn
BY Beatrice Fairfax

Child Means the World to Him
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am a girl of 10 and con-
sidered nice looking and have
many friends who are true to
me, but I'm deeply in love
with a married man, % years
old, who has one child. He
tells me that the child means
the world to him. but he can't
get along with his wife.
I have. been going with him
off and on for two years. What
would you advise me to do?
I can't give him up. I have
tried hard to forget him, but it
would only break my heart.
M. I. M. w.
Well, my dear, did you ever
ask yourself Just how respon,
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have changed places. 1t is the little one
with the bangs who is crying because his
dog has buried his Tootsie Toy and the
big one who cannot "be bothered" to-
night. Again l look with my eye, and
now it is the big one who is little boy
mad because his engine is too heavy for
his power, and the little one who uses
big words and says, "Mommy, you do
not know because you are not a man."
Nevertheless the black-satin crooner
lady who wearied my soul gave me
an idea!
NELL BRINKLEY.
The Washington times., 1932-02-02

held the lone K. In any event,
only the missing K of trumps
was dangerous. For his seventh
trick, B led low heart and
trumped with dummy's 9. The
fall of the K left good BIS last
heart.
B had no idea just how
many spades Y held. His rebid
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A 81
y J8 s
= 3 2
= Q j 10 7 43

Y made a legitimate third
hand opening bid of One Spade,
which B overcalled with Two
Hearts. Both z and A passed,
although an onlooker might
wonder why the latter did not
ask a shift of make of B, by
Bidding Two No Trumps. Per-
haps A hoped that Y would
rebid spades and that B would
not oppose. Hearts happened
to be Us second best suit.
What better could he have
asked than to have the make
stand? Under the circum-
stances, Y should have passed.
Instead of allowing opponents
to play a losing contract, Y
bid Two Spades. B escaped
from a dangerous declaration
into a game-going make by bid
ding Four Clubs to show his
great strength. AS an oppo-
nent had opened the bidding,
BIS jumped shift was not an
absolute demand that A re-
spond. but it was a strong
invitation which A was glad to
recognize. He bid Five Clubs.
Y doubled.
Zeled his top spade. Dummy
"split honors" by playing the
10; Y put on the Q and the
declarer trumped. The only
entry to dummy was either BY
ruffing a heart, after B had
led his ace, or, better still, by
leading a low diamond for
dummy to win with the ace.
The latter alternative was
chosen. Dummy's only heart
was led; Y played low and the
trick was won by a finesse of
the @. One of dummy's dia-
monds was discarded upon the
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with his 3, but then B could
pick up his bare K of clubs
when next he was in the lead.
If Y had not falSe-carded in
clubs, and if Y had no more
diamonds he would have to ruff
with his K. AS B saw no posi-
BILE way of making a grand
slam, he did not care if Y
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sible you were for this state of
things in the mans family? A
marriage going on the rocks,
very possible a little child's
home broken up, and very likely
all because the man is in love
with you. No man can be happy
with his wife if he's dangling
around a young girl. You're
only 10. with the whole world
before you. You ask for my ad-
vice. It iS-PleaSe do not wreck
a home where there is a little
child, You have friends who
are true to you. Surely this
means that you have the gift of
making and holding friends.
My advice is to cultivate these
friendships and try to find
someone else whom you may
love.
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showed at least five, which
would give him another dia-
mond. In case Y held originally
six spades he had no more dia-
monds. The safest lead from
dummy appeared to be a dia-
mond. If Y had false-carded on
clubs he could trump the dia-
The Washington times., 1932-02-02

ace of hearts, and dummy
ruffed the third lead of hearts,
giving B his fifth straight
trick.
The sixth trick consisted of
dummy's 4 of clubs, Y's S, BIS
8, and rs 2. Unless one oppo-
nent or the other was false-card.
ing, z held the 3 of clubs and Y
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How a Menacins Specter
Terorized a Big City

adapted from the original
motion picture story Of w. D.
Burnett with screen play by
John L. Mahin, and produced
by Cosmopolitan Productions.
Metro G GOldwyn-Ma soon to
be shown here at LOew's Palace
Theater.)
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trumped diamond lead. Dunn
my's last diamond was led, and
Y ruffed with his K, but every
card left in BIS hand was a win.
ner, so that he fulfilled his
game contract, doubled, with
one overtrick.
Copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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HoWvtoP|dy
Contract
Bidse
BY E. v. SHEPARD

Unless you can outbid oppo-
nents with safety, or unless
you can defeat an attempt at
game. pass a bid that cannot
go game, provided its bidder
sits at your left. Had Y acted
in this manner B would have
suffered a loss at hearts in.
stead of going game at clubs.
Holdings about the table were
as shown below.
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NELL BRINKLEY.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12

O. Henry and Lewis Carroll have
done their best to make us think OF
cabbages and kings In the same
breath. But the fact remains the cab
bage is a thorough commoner, out OF
place in such company. Not that 1t
would enjoy the narrow circle OF roy
atty anyway, considering that 1T has
always enjoyed wide popularity In the
true sense of the word
AS proof of this popularity, hardly
a people but has paid the cabbage
tribute in the fashion nearest its
heart. Frenchmen have included my
little cabbage" among their most
priced terms of endearment. Britons
have dignified the cabbage as the very
source Of the conquering race in one
of their most frequently recounted
fairy stories.
Germans have made cabbage In
picked form the most famous dish In
their cuisine. Americans have linked
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12
SYNOPSIS

acting in good faith to aid neigh
Dor, Ruth Ingraham, in a business way,
Edward Patterson, cashier of the Chi
cago agency of a life insurance com
wife, Julia, of infidelity. Her accusa-
ton units him for business, and he
takes a short vacation. On his return
tsr Ed dHapS telling him 0y his s
belongings are In the spare room,
having. been removed from the. room
which had been his and his wife's bed
as proof of his wife's belief in his
guilt Edith, seventeen years old. Is
worried over the .estrangement of her
parents. Her mother only partly sue
The son, Edward, Junior, is at college.
A business matter brings an "inven-
tor" James Mariner, into Pattersons
iife Mariner ne, needs $1,000. with which II;
choke, and Patterson, after brief in
vestigetion, decides to go in with him,
supplying the money and taking part
his family, he resigns from the insur-
ance company, devoting his whole
time to the pushing Of the, invention.
An old friend, Albert Willard, is frank
Patterson tells his wife Of the change
he has made. She accepts the situation.
Edith Is made aware Of the change
ene her She has decded to part
with. the cook. she and Edith to do
the homework. At Christmas Edith's
school, private one, puts on a play,
in which the girl has a part. Her
Brother Edward comes from college
for the holidays With him is Roger
Morgan, whom Edith had known as
child Her mother asks Edith to leave
her present school and finish her stu
dies at the public high school. 1t will
mean saving of several hundred dol
lars, and Edith agrees. A talk with
Roger Morgan heartens her Edward
tells her he is going to pay his own
way through the university. and she
to become her fathers stenographer.
He is hurt but her determination is
evident
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12

good, is he?" she asked. ooh, dear,
wish you could get somebody that
was some good. Or wish :"
She didn't 60 on to complete the
alternative and presently he asked her
what it was. He didn't much want to,
somehow. But the silence forced the
question from him.
II wish you'd go out and sell the
thing YOURSELF" she said, "just to
show them up"
He tried to laugh that off as SIM
pie absurdity, but he found he couldn't
let it go at that. II doubt if 1 could
show them up, in the first place." he
said. "You see I've never sold any
thing in my life. There's Especial
technique about it that I've never
learned. And then, of course, have
to be here, really; especially now that
Mr.. Mariner has practically aban-
doned U.S." He essayed smile.
There has to be somebody on the
bridge, you know"
"Well, I'd be here" she reminded
him. II mean, usually know what to
tell people now when they telephone.
And I've sold three chokes this week
to people who were driving by and
stopped to see what 1t was like. Oh,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12
BABY
F r Z F u L,
r ES TLESS S?
Look to this cause

When your baby fuses, losses and
seems unable to sleep restfully, look
for one common cause, doctors say.
Constipation. To get rid quickly Of
the accumulated wastes which cause
restlessness and discomfort, give a
cleansing dose Of Castoria. Castoria,
you know, is made specially for
children's delicate needs. It is pure
vegetable preparation; contains no
harsh drugs, no narcotics. It is so
mild and gentle you can give it to a
young infant to relieve collie. Yet it is
as effective for older children. Cas-
toria's regulative help will bring re-
la1ed comfort and restful sleep to
your baby. Keep bottle on hand.
Genuine Castoria always has the
name:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12

od-looklng-Enough Face wore
Fatuous Smile.
of course" she concluded after a
pause, Il know you really are too
busy. I was only-wishing. l know
that anybody who was any good could
sell those things"
The afternoon mail came in just
then, like godsend, and gave them
something to do. But that talk Of
theirs wasn't forgotten. He didn't be-
lieve, at least, that she had forgotten
it. AS for himself, it kept gnawing
away in his mind like persistent
mouse audible whenever the silence
gave him a chance to hear it.
He couldn't be expected, could he,
to rush out whenever he found free
moment and peddle their article about
the neighborhood? Cant 1 interest
you in the Mariner Auto Choke?" OF
course it was preposterous.
All the same he grew acutely self
conscious about the periods of unwel-
come leisure which kept cropping up
during his business days, and he re-
sorted, sometimes, to rather far
fetched occupations to fill them up.
Did Edith suspect the hollowness of
his pretenses? If she were to see
through him, what would she think?
How would she account for his I'M
willingness to turn salesman, now and
then, when he had chance? Would
she decide that he was lazy-or
afraid?
OF course he believed in the auto
choke. He believed it was valuable
adjunct to car. He believed that it
actually was better, more to be relied
upon, cheaper-in the long run-than
any of the other devices in the market
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12

Many talk for the sake of talking.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12
Billfsh a Fighter

OF the men who set out from Bos-
ton, Gloucester and Portland to catch
swordfish, perhaps six during the en-
tire season are fortunate enough to
land billfishes. The billfish is rated more
belligerent than the swordfish and can
be landed only at great risk, yet
swordfishermen think it all kinds Of
good luck to catch one.
The billfish is one Of the foremost
of the round-sworded spearfishes. Or
dinarily it is an inhabitant of southern
waters, but occasionally it accompa-
MES a school of swordfish as far north
as Georges bank. 1t varies from 6 to
20 feet in length and from 100 to 1000
pounds in weight. In New England it
is called the "skillagelee."
When harpooned, it will make spec
tacular charges at it's attackers
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12
NaA51zgIAu
c A S T Q R IA
:SsIl| aISl ~
Log Finally Vanishes

A spruce log, % feet long and IA
feet in diameter, which was the butt.
cut of tree that took II flat cars to
carry, finally went down to the bay
with tide after being in the Column
bia Box and Lumber companys mill
pond at South Bend. WASH, for 20
years. The log could not be hauled
into the head rig without tearing out
part of the mill building. 1t finally
was pushed into the current-a much
SCARED derelct.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12
Cabbage in High Place Throughout the World

cabbage with corned beef as fare most
suited to the man of action. Even
Russians and Poles have contrived to
agree over cabbage: it hibernates
efficiently and goes equally well with
black bread or game and wine, which
ever the times offer.-Chicago Trib-
une.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12
After They Are Married

Nothing gives young man who
thought his sweetie would go through
life with her arms around his neck
a greater shock than discovering how
quickly she takes up back-seat driv.
ing after they are acknowledgements
natl Enquirer.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12
Fell Right in

eyes," said Freeman to his friend,
VI started out in life with the theory
that the world had an opening for
me-"
"And did you find it?' asked his
friend.
II certainly did. Pm in terrible
hole now."-London Humorist.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-12
Ancient Lake Dwelling

The remains of one of the lake
dwellings of the Gaelic period, forth
fled against Invaders, was discovered
on the bed Of a Scottish loch which
has partly dried up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-11

stohk Girls and Indianapolis Glove. and
an odd game win FOR MarOts Shoe Shor
and Geisen Products from Roepke Floral
and Antler Allev Five.
rolling 500 with a dandy 236 in her first
try. Johns led this Don in individual
Dlav. having a seasons mark OF 1870 Daw-
son was next with i7S and Shea third on
Optical League performance bv winning
the penant in this loop. ten games IN
the lead Of thu Marott Shoe Shop girls,
with q record OF rs wins and % defeats
10 the end. losing second place by one
game. In the Block Optical loop. these
two teams we're tied for second rlace.
which tends to prove the law OF average
REGARDLESS OF the drives used for play.
Captain Bob Darnaby entertained his
1892 champion Puts OF the Avalon
Bowling League. with a banquet at the
Avalon Country Club. The team. COM
posed OF Ghere, Hammer. Campbell. Oath
pin average OF 937. and won 81 while los
ing p 10 cop top honors.
Norman Hamilton and his Citizen Gas
team used the final night OF the season
70 break loose. Hamilton tossing in a
and the team rolling series Of 3.035
10 cop high threc-game prize for the
season. HamilsonS games were 236 25S
and 24a, and the team rolled l.0l4. i03l
and $50. In addition 70 Hamiiton's score.
Hill had 500; Dowdell 49s: McKinnon. Gle.
and Underwood. 5s7 The Gas team won
the pennant in this loop. followed BY Cres-
cent Paper. while Compac Tent showed F."
Individual averages finds Dad Hanna.
the A. G. w. Of A. star. az the top OF the
McAllen was next With le4. while Hailton
showed on $50.