The Washington times., 1935-02-19

yes.
to get Gottlieb here myself in
the first place"
well, you've had your own
way and you should be salts
fed" Madame Hubert told
him, struggling. II hope your
idea turns out all right-for
once"
Certain to!" Clipped in Won
Guerdon, with a flick in his
voice.
This was the first time Juliet
realized there was a tension
between Won Guerdon and
OHara. Again she was aston.
ished at the inharmony pre-.
vailing among the heads Of
this astonishing institute.
II don't know what you
mean by that crack, Won Guar.
don-and I don't care, because
I'm through here!" O'Hara
said. I'm not an authority on
medicine or surgery and
Madame Hubert or any Of the
manicure girls or hairdressers.
We've not had any of the ad-
vantages of Heidelberg -fortu-
nately. But when you take a
healthy woman like Mrs. Gott-
lieb in her early fifties and
send her to the grave because
you trim up her jowls-
WE'LL"
Won Guerdon smiled slightly.
my dear O'Hara," he said
coolly, "it's an established fact
that three-tenths of one per cent
Of all women over so under gen.
eral anaeStheticS fail to recover.
This is a universal fact and no
odium can possibly attach to the
surgeon"
Self-PraiSe
The tall, blond physician,
with his perfect classical profile,
turned to Juliet with a family
malicious smile.
Don't take too seriously
what Mr.. O'Hara says" he re.
marked, with a veneer of pleas.
antneSS. .'It was he, I believe,
who selected me as surgeon-in.
chief-out of 200 applicants"
The white uniformed nurse
appeared in the doorway. Won
Guerdon's brows lifted a trifle.
"Dead?"
"Oh no, Doctor, but I wish
you'd come at once" The voice
was agitated. "she's wanting to
get up and go home. Her hus-
band keeps talking to her-and
the pulse is almost normal"
Madame Hubert's black eyes
suddenly became so alive that
they seemed to snap and crackle.
Wasn't I right. thought" she
cried Shrilly. II knew from the
beginning that that Miss Rankin
was smarter than both you men
put together. It has always been
SONY genius for choosing the
right people at the right time!"
The next day and for many
thereafter, the institute was a
world Of fascination for Juliet.
In the first place Madame
Hubert had established her in a
mauve'toned office on the top
floor. Not : skimpy business
:bicle but palatial ro m with
SILK curtains stirring in the
breeze, velvet carpet, a small
feminine desk and a Settee
with graceful chairs to match,
all done in expensive and sub
dued fabrics and laquered de-
sign. In the ordinary world of
business no such offices exist:
they are to be found only in
motion picture sets and the fer.
tile dreams Of interior decora.
tors.
But this intense flare of mode
moderne applied not only to Ju-
lets office but the whole insti.
tute. Even the noiseless eleva.
tors contrived to resemble the
interior of jewel boxes,
Wherever possible, daylight
had been rigidly excluded and
substituted by a softened glow
OF amber and gold bulbs-a
vague and flatterink light,
which, coupled with the subtle
perfume in the air and the
soft carpets md the Difference
of all attenda! Us, contrived to
bless Madame Hubert's patrons
with a sense Of importance and
the Illusion that human beauty
was indeed attainable within
these magic walls.
(TO Be COntinued)
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