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Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24
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be. No one seems to know anyone
else. The whole point seems to be
to drink as much as possible and
never have more than one cocktail"
mo, I can see where that wouldn't
mean anything to you. What about
the men?'
IT don't like them either. Isobel,
and I think the trouble must be with
me. They send me flowers, take me
to grand dinners =. oh. all that sort
| of thing . but they're well.
haven't met any that could mean
anything to me; not that it mat
ters." H..
But it does matter terribly. my
dear" Isobel crushed out her Gig
aret. "Your chief trouble is loneh-
ness and its the kind of loneliness
that can't help YOU with or can
any number Of people. You need
someone to share your world with
and then all this seeking will be
over. Haven't you ever met anyone
like that?"
"No-o-o." Isobel knew from Carols
voice that there was someone but II
the other girl didn't want to talk
about 1t, Isobel would not force a
confidence.
"How are you and Morris getting
on? hear you were at the Mayfair
club with him one night"
Carol smiled. "Oh. he's sweet.
can't understand him. He does so
much for me. You know he engaged
Kaufman for me and he does any
number Of nice things"
ANY naughty ones?' Isobel asked
with half smile.
why. no. Why should he?" Carol
asked innocently.
"Carol. when I talk to you. l feel
like a wicked old woman but it's just
about time someone taught you
few of the facts OF life. OF course.
may be wrong but when theatri-
cal producer who has to duck the
most beautiful women in the world
who throw themselves at his feet.
seeks out q girl who never saw a
stage from the rear view. gives her
dancing lessons so that she can make
the chorus eleyates her to a second
lead. pays a tutor to teach her that
business. think he has a card up
his sleeve Or uaybA I'm wrong;
maybe he's got religion or there is a
Santa Claus or something. but from
all I've heard. ] don't think am"
Carol flushed. II can take care of
myself. IsobeL Sometimes I've won
dered about his interest myself but
he never does anything that could
really well -. J"
" tsobel caught the infection on the
word really" and she guessed more
than Carol had told her.
RIO BE O0N2INUEDJ
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24
4-H CLUB GIRLS TO
GET CHICAGO TRIP
Trip to National All Con
gress Offered Four North
Carolina Girls

College Station, Raleigh, Sept "a
A trip to the National All Club Con-
gress in Chicago in December is be-
ing offered four North Carolina All
club girls this year.
The delegates are to be selected
from among club girls who have
made outstanding records in clothing,
canning, food preparation, and rec
ord-keeping projects, said Miss Ruth
Current, specialist in girls club work
at State College.
Miss Current will accompany the
young ladies so fortunate as to be
selected for the trip and they will be
entertained by number Of local bust
ness firms while attending the con-
gress. Sightseeing trips and visits to
places of interest will also be on their
schedule of activities.
At the congress the club members
will have opportunity to see the work
being done by other club girls Of the
nation, Miss Current stated, and to
discuss with these girls various things
of interest regarding their home COM
munities their lives, their work and
play.
The girl to enter the dress revue
in Chicago will be the winner of the
annual All dress revue to be held at
State College on October 25. At this
time will be announced the winners of
the canning, food preparation, ana
record-keeping contests.
The latter winners will be selected
on a basis Of girls records sent in
to the home demonstration depart
ment by county home demonstration
agents.
To enter a girl in one or more OF
the four state contests, Miss Current
said, county must conduct local eli
mination contests. Five or more girls
must compete in each of the county
contests
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24
CHAPTER IS

1T WOULD have made a good
story If Carols natural grace had
been sufficient to have fallen easily
into the intricacies Of a chorus rou-
tine but it wasn't. She was willing
but she was awkward.
His voice hoarse with shouting,
exhausted with the days work
Benny Rubin took her aside when
she started to leave and, writing his
name on a card. told her to be at
Ted Wayland's dancing school at
nine in the morning. He'd leave di-
Hectiops for her there.
BY that time Carol. exhausted with
all the excitement and the late hours
Of the party the night before. was
too tired to question any irregularity
that might have risen in her mind.
She made her supper on a bowl Of
milk and crackers and fell into her
bed to dream of herself standing
alone on a brightly lighted stage. her
arms full Of flowers. She smiled at
q face in the darkness. 1t was Owen
Craig's but when she moved toward
It, 1t was Gary Crandall and Man
fred Morris who was trying to pull
her away.
Rehearsals for "Stellar Perform
ance" were to start in a week. The
show was to open May is. Carol
had a week to learn the simple dance
steps in every chorus girls routine.
Only a week to make her body sup
pie and that week was hard, Cruel
ling one with every day ending in
torture. Her back screamed with
pain. Her ankles burned and. when
she fell into bed at night. she felt
that she had not the strength left
TO breathe. Had she time during
those days or nights to ask herself
If 1t was worth that effort. she who
had no overwhelming desire for the
theater. she might have quit but
Carol wa: taking everything that
life offered her in this. new bright
era and was finding it exciting.
The rehearsal period began and
Carol discovered that that first week
was a vacation compared to the
weeks that followed For 'he dane
Ing, bending. kicking. wheeling
walking did not end with the day
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24
READ THIS FIRST:

Fan, parties, pretty clothes and
ibeGMG are things MnGttrGctiUe Carol
Kennedy had s1eVer desired aGnt1 she
looked into the eyes OF Or. 'Oa0en
Craig, 6dnce Of her cousin, Kdthy
Prentice. Kdthgi is marrying Queen
for his social prestige alone. When
Carol, an orphan, comes into q cast
fortune. she suddenly decides to leGve
her old home in Connecticut and
seek freedom and happiness in Neac
York. Isobel Bronson, an old school
cbunp. takes Carol to her first COCK
tai party sCbere she meets Gary
CrGmddH. Dlayboy. Ioho agrees to
shOt0 her Hoa1 to become q fGscf-
mating tcomG1l. She emer0eS from a
beauty shop q changed girl and,
t1ith proper clothes, finds herself a
most GttrGctiVe person. ISobel helps
her find an apartment and GGry
finds her q Job, k1l01ciTO nothing OF
her 1ceGlth. At q party she meets
Manfred Morris. theatrical producer.
When her other Job fails to ma
teriaIiSe, Carol is persuaded by $50
bel to call on Morris. Morris sees
possibilities in Carol as an actress
G,ad sends her to the the0ter aohere
his 'aeaO nuNsical shOtC is in rehearsal.
Carol learns the chOrNS routine after
much hard cork. the shO1c opens and
proUes q hit She a1orts up to the
second lead and learns that Morris
IS auGitinO in her dressing room after
her first performance in the ~eac
role.
NOW 90 ON WITH THE STORY
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when the show closed she would mo
another kind of work.
They were changing into their
costumes for the last number When
pom Keelin called INTO the dressing
room:
Miss Kennedy call TOT MISS
Kannedv Mr.. Jacobs wants to
see YOU in his office after the show
Forty hands rested on 20 pairs u
shapely hips. Twenty pairs OF eyea'
fastened on Carol and then on eacS
other with an expression that PLAIN
ly said, $50. she gets the job! whose
baby is she?
There might have been more but
the curtain call came and Carol wore
the same smile as the others as they
pranced on in their crinolIne gowns
Carols heart beat faster under her
| criGoline bodice. She wondered
she were going to be fired,
Jacobs handled the blue-coVered
script. "Read it over tonight. Carol
| Be here at two tomorrow: well run
over it then with Miss Bach. You're
elected and there's a raise in it for
you
Carol wanted to hand it back and
yet she wanted to keep it. She knew
how badly the other girls wanted the
role and surely one of them shoulG
have it. She didn't need the extra
money and she had no ambitions to
| be a Katherine Cornell Yet in
every girls heart there Is desire
to prove her talents and while CaroA
did not deceive herself into thinking
she baG theatrical talent she was
anxious to test 1t. ..,...
II wouldn't study SO hard, If / were
you," one of the girls said tartly one
day when she found Carol studying
the part as she ate her supper.
Bach hasn't been known to miss
| performance in IA years. They say
she tainted once but didn't close her
eyes til the lights went out on
Broadway"
Carol hoped that was true. She
began to suffer stage fright every
that would be the pcrforman when
she would be called on.
Gracia Bach showed no signs OF
illness or inclination to miss a per
formance for which Carol was CRATE
full. Gracia. however. was an impul-
sive lady and. when Jules Vetter Of
fered her his yacht. his private car.
his racing stables and his name.
Gracia lost no time in accepting.
She caught morning plane for Chi
cago and Jacobs called Carol at II
o'clock to tell her a special rehearsal
had been called for that morning.
"There now, don't be nervous"
Miss Bach's ex-maid comforted Carol
as she slipped the gown Of silver
scales over Carols head and busted
the smooth whiteness Of her back.
Your hands are cold as ice but
you'll get over that when you get
out there"
At first Carol knew that her tones
could hardly be heard beyond the
footlights but she soon forgot her
nervousness in the concentration OF
remembering her lines. Eventually.
or what seemed like five years later.
the performance was over
Behind the lowered curtain. con-
fusion and noise reigned as the sets
were moved and the company dis
banded but, like wildfire, whisper
went through the ranks:
Morris is waiting in Kennedy's
dressing room" "He has a box
of flowers" Morris is the boy
friend" "Have you heard? Ken
nedy is Morris new heart"
"Wonder if Carita knows !" And
so it went.
no BE Continued
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24

The department has allotted preliminary FUNDS TOT
veying Florida which will run from e
Port nglis and shorten the distance between 4ba
Orleans bv 900 miles per round trip canal will bring s
Mississippi valley 1000 miles closer to its European
plans a depth of only 80 feet Naval authorizes w M
saying the As feet Deep the depn O M
Preliminary funds allotted by President ooo
to $5,OOOOOO Total cost is estimated at ~lOOO'd
Proponents of the canal its chief advantage
have been observed during the recent hurcane would pr0V
from Gulf Of Mexico to the entire east COAST ~
ting the dangerous Florida keys
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24
CHAPTER 16

FLUSHED WITH compliments Of
her fellow actors. props, old Pop
Keelin and the enthusiastic recep-
ton OF Buelah. her maid. Carol
opened the door OF her dressing room
to ,6nd Manfred Morris waiting for
her.
WAS It was it all right?" she
sNsked. This was her first meeting
with him since that day two months
ago when he had sent her for the
Job yet she could think Of only these
words to say.
"Very NICE" That was all He lit
the eternal cigar and sat down.
Like the theater any petter"'
TITS very exciting" she said, I
suppose now you'n engage real
actress to take over this role?
"No." he said it with an lnnection
-s''Wen give you n few dramatic les,
sons and see il we can't make real
actress out Of you" :,
y.s"That's very kind of you, was all
she could manage to say. She feiE
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24
"GOod night. Keep up the good work"

that she should have said much more
but nothing more occurred to her.
''Well." he picked up his hat and
waited but when Carol said nothing
Goodnight Keep up the good
work. By the way. the flowers are
for you"
THANK you. Mr.. Norris" she said
finally. THANK you for all you've
done for me. 1 appreciate it from
the bottom Of my heart" 3.
"Do you? We shall see!" He left
then.
''Now that you're practically a
star" Isobel told her on the phone
few days later. surely you're not
going to high-hat your old friends
. ;. let's have a long tea and talk
fest this afternoon. Wen &C
| over to River House and watch the
boats and talk until time for you to
go to the theater
Carol was supposed to pose for
some fashion pictures that after
noon. Kaufman. her dramatic coach
was expecting her at four. She
wanted to buy some wool to knit a
bathing suit. She wanted :. oh she
wanted to do lots of things but when
she talked to Isobel. she realized that
more than anything she wanted to
get as far away from Broadway as
she possibly could. She wanted to
talk to Isobel about college and
green lawns and she wanted teacups
instead of cocktail glasses.
IA n T1IlU QffnrnnOn hnT
and sultrv Carols cool-looking
green sheer frock clung to her hotly.
"Why don't you take cruise. Iso-
bel?" she asked. Nov that you're
closed the Office"
1T will if you'll go. with me. dar-
ling"
.You know can't do that Mr.
Morris has been so wonderful about
lit all. can't walk out now. But
Halter. nerhaps. The show, is closing in
August and is going on the road in
the fall"
"Are you really crazy about N?"
Isobel asked.
Carol thought long while before
she answered.
"T don,t know. I've tried to think
II out don't have that al-con-
suming love of the theater I've read
about at ALL The scents and sounds.
the whole atmosphere do not fill me
nm the way it seems to affect the
other GIRLS I've mot but yet oh.
guess ] like the excitement"
"But sou are having good timer?
mot particularly" Carol twirled
the mint in her iced tea But am
hnsv ana i've met dozens of people
For PoG' the h arst time in my life I'm lp-
aren't at all as l thought they would
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24

ugh+ Rehearsals wenr on TAR into
the NIGHT and she dragged herself
OUT ~ bed in the morning drugged
with sleep with which she thought
she vould never get caught up.
THAT was her whole life. Gary
was at White Sulphur. She talked
to Isobel on the telephone but she
had no time to see her. Ned Banks
had called to apologize for not ap-
pearing that morning and to ask her
if she'd go down to Kentucky for
the Derby on a party he was arrang-
ing.
AS for Manfred Morris. his name
was mentioned in awed tones In that
company with which she passed her
time. She saw him frequently sitting
in the darkened house. She saw him
riding away from the theater with
Carita Hillman. the singing star o.
the show. She never saw him to
speak 20 and she dared not call him
on the telephone to thank him for
the Job He had apparently forgot
ten her She was just another girl
he wanted in his show and that was
that. Carol had no interest in him
other than gratitude. And he had
none in her.
1t didn't occur TO Carol that there
was anything unusual about a
chorus girl being sent to Ted Way
lands for special lessons.
On the night of May Is. New York
turned out in all it's brilliance to
MI ~ GSfn1loT
Performance" Carol thought she
might have had stage fright had she
been able to feel anything. The
| words on the telegram Isobel and
John had sent her blurred before her
tired eyes and all through that first
public appearance. the only conscious
| thought she had was that soon she
would be able to sink into sleep.
Isobel wanted her to go on to sup
per party but she couldn't make it.
The show was a hit. The new
crop Of Morris beauties was the
| talk of the town. People sought in
PRODUCTIONS There were parties
after every performance. Carol de-
clined all invitations. That did he1
popularity with the other girls nc
good. Carol simply didn't like the
idea Of late hours. too much drink
ing, too much shrill laughter and
tinsel. She didn't belong. She made
overtures to the other girls and oc-
casionally her luncheon invitations
were accepted. She took her guests
to the Japanese garden at the Ritz
Then the whispering campaign
began, whispers that brought g
doubtful respect. Still waters rur
| deep. Meek as Moses and sweet
as pie but is she smart! And who
is the angel? You never can tel
about these quiet ones. Wouldn't
go on parties with the girls but
wears Paris clothes and gives lunch
cons at the Ritz. Careful too
Doesn't bring the boy friend around
to let him get a look at the other
girls. Carol. Of course. knew moth.
ing of the gossip and conjecture
about her that went on in the dress
ing room she shared.
Gracia. Bach played the SECOND
lead in STELLAR Performance"
Gladyce Cramer. one of the chorus
girls, was her understudY. an honor
coveted by all the other ladies of the
ensemble. The night that Gladyce
! caught her heel in ruttie and tum.
bled headlong down the stairs ant
INTO a hospital with a broken ankle
| there was much excitement in the
ranks of her sister chorines. Whf
would, get the coveted understudH
| job? Carol didn't take part in theil
excitement. She had decided that
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24

Bert Sloan, one of the worlds
greatest tight wire artists, pictured
above is one of the hundreds OF circus
stars that will be in Henderson Tues
day, October l, with the big Sparks
managed Downie Bros. Circus when
it cCules here for matiness and night
performances on the circus lot.
Now on his first American tour this
daring artist has amazed circus au-
dances everywhere with his binding
speed and uncanny skill his routine
ranges from the snappiest of dance
steps to a complete somewault on
slender thread of steel.
There are hundreds of circus stars
in the all star cast of the new big
circus which has been greatly enlarg-
ed since it's last appearance here. The
1895 Downie Bros. Circus is rated as
the third largest circus in the world
featuring such stars as the Hanne-
ford family of bareback riders who
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24

star, George, the incompareable rid
ing clown, the Famous Flying,
a daring aerial troupe who perform at
the very top of the big tent, the fam
ed Frisco's performing seals, perfor-
mers from Father Neptunes kingdom
that are truly uncanny in their per-
formance, Ruby Hughes, a petite
English equestrinne, who brings her
worlds champion high jumping stall
lions to the American circus, hun
dreds of aerialiSts, acrobats, gym
nasts and equestrians as well as an
army Of the worlds funniest clowns
two herds of performing elephants,
three groups of liberty and high
schooled horses rounding out one of
the most elaborate and most sensa-
tional circus offerings the veteran
Sparks has ever offered.
The street parade which will leave
the grounds at 11:3O a. m. will be
staged as an added attraction.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24

For each of the contests in which
the State may send a girl to Chicago,
there must be at least Is counties en-
tering girls in the State contest.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-09-24

Warden Holohan and Tom Mooney
Mooney breathe "free air. The 53yeao labor
leader who has been wagng 19year fight for ndicaton
the San Francisco Preparedness Day
the San Quentin Cal prison for Jail in San Francisco his
fourth battle for freedom The hearing being
San Francisco before referee A. E. Shaw, named by the California
supreme 1t is the third time Mooney has left prison
He is shown with Ward1 James Hoohan of San Quentin who
with guards police Iooney bay Francisco
Evening star., 1935-08-21

The Edison Electric Institute re-
ported today power output in the
United States for the week ended Au-
gust IT at 1882, 2,695 900 kilowatt
hours, an increase of OF Of ! per cent
from the previous week.
Compared with the same week Of
1884, production last week was 9.5
per cent higher, and for the week
ended August 10 the rise over the
corresponding 1884 week was 81 per
cent.
All sections Of the country reported
an increase last week over the 1884
week. The percentage gains follow:
New England. 81; Middle Atlantic,
6.3; Central industrial, 90; West
Central, 68; Southern States, 80;
Rocky Mountain. 39.5, and Pacific
Coast, 8.3.
Evening star., 1935-08-21
MERGER PLANNED
BY PACIFIC G. & {.
California Holding Company
Moves to Take Over Utility
Operations.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the ASSoclateo Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, August III
Nine public utility companies of Cal
ifornia, whose stock is owned chiefly
by the Pacific Gas g. Electric Co.,
have applied to the State Railroad
Commission here for permission to
dissolve. They asked that the P. G.
& E. take over their stock and operate
the companies.
r. w. Duval, P. G g. E. attorney
said the move could be called "P.
G. g. E. plan to get out Of the hold
ing company business"
Four applications were filed yester-
day; one was by the Great Western
Power Co. Of California and five sub
sidiaries. Combined capitalization of
this group was given as about $685.
o00, 900.
The second application covered the
Mount Shasta Power Co., a s36,000,-
900 concern, and a third was by the
Sierra & San Francisco Power Co.,
capitalized at s77,00o,000.
The fourth application covered the
Modesto Gas Co.
Evening star., 1935-08-21
ACTIVITY DECLINES
AT COTTON MILLS
Spinning Industry Reported
at 1876 Per Cent Level
During July. s.
By the Associated Press.


The cotton spinning industry was
reported today by the Census Bureau
to have operated during July at 73.5
per cent of capacity, on a single shift
basis, compared with 74.6 during June
this year. and TAB during July last
year.
Spinning spindles in place July 81
totaled 30,1l0,078, of which 22312, 1874
were active at some time during the
month, compared with 30,435, 1894 and
22,709,20 for June this year and
30,937,8l6 and 24,4l7,682 for July last
year.
Active spindle hours for July totaled
5,157, 7,527 1856, or an average Of I'll
hours per spindle in place. compared
with 5,083, ,383,3 1903 and 167 for June
this year and 5,l5l.97e,342 and 1877
for July last year.
Spinning spindles in place July 81
in cotton-growing States totaled 49,
340,858, Of which 16,265,210 were ac-
tive at some time during the month,
compared with 19,339,4l6 and 1896
278 during June this year, ana IL ,326, =
462 and l7,127,942 during July last
year.
Active spindle hours in cotton
growing States for July totaled 3,977,-
811 ,450, or an average Of 206 hours
per spindle in place, compared with
1901 ,206, ,789 and 202 for June this
year, and 3.84s,3 ,3s5,222 and 1879 for
July last year.
Active spindle hours and the average
per spindle in place by States follow:
Alabama. $50, ,582 1882 and 1873; Geor-
gia, 753,979,0l8 and 223; Mississippi,
20 443,736 and 1872: North Carolina,
liza, ,372 OPT and 1877; South Carolina,
1,342, Az, 1865 and 230; Tennessee, 49,
348, ,493 and 226; Texas, 23,005, ,728 and
l08, and Virginia, 1856, 6,559.61e and 209
Evening star., 1935-08-21
MOUNTS $1,000 BARRELS
DAILY OIL PRODUCTION
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 21.-Daily
average gross crude oil production IN
the United States increased $1,000
barrels In the week ended August II,
totaling 2.70s,650 barrels, the Ameri-
can Petroleum Institutes weekly sum-
mary indicates.
Refineries representing 89.5 per cent
of estimated total capacity, operated
at 75.2 per cent Of their capacity, re-
ported daily average runs Of crude oil
to stills as 2,560.000 barrels. Daily
average the previous week for ref1n-
cries representing 89.5 per cent Of
total, operated at rs per cent Of
capacity. was ASS, 900 barrels.
Imports totaled 100000 barrels,
against 646,o0o the previous week.
Evening star., 1935-08-21
Wood Sees Climb
To Best Business
Levels Since 1929
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DULUTH. Mimi, August 21.-Gen.
r. z. Wood, president OF Sears, Roe
buck g. Co., said here that business
Is definitely on the upgrade"
Regarded generally as a cautious
speaker on matters Of business, Gen.
Wood emphasized In an informal talk
to business and professional men Of
the city that in his opinion condi-
tions "are pointing to business pros
perity" to a greater degree than at
any time since 1929.
"Our mail order business, definite
and certain criterion Of conditions
generally, is increasing surprisingly as
the months 60 by, and we look for q
return to better business times within
the coming months" the business
executive said.