davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-04-24

| SAID.
Hal" Tam said. "Open the back,
there. Have you opened the back?
Sometimes there's a monogram"
The man, with a dirty. big. split
fingernail, pried open the back Of
the watch; there was Q picture there.
Tam held 1t to the light. Under
her makeup the color drained from
her face.
Il know whose 1t Is" she said.
Eyes, I'll take it. It belongs to-
know-Ill take it. Thanks, joe"
She snapped it shut, walked toward
her dressing room. There was .
trunk standing in the cluttered pas
sage behind the wings and for q
dizzy moment Tamara sat down on 1t,
breathing hard.
II don't believe I'll" she said aloud.
When she reached her dressing
room. George Davis was still there,
sitting just as she had left him, star
ing moodily into space.
Il know damn we'll I'm not the
sort of man you like" he said, look
ing up.
Have you been brooding on that?"
Tamara smiled at him; her maid
had helped her of with the frogged
and braided blouse and she looked
young and tumble-headed and hot
in the thin, frilled shirt. The man
got to his feet: he and she were close
together and she looked up into his
eyes with an odd look in her own.
| II like you," he said. II guess
Evening star., 1936-04-24

she turned back to her mirror, and
there was long silence in the room
George, who once or twice made a
movement to interrupt her, was lost
in amazement now, and only sat star
ing.
You're only the most remarkable
woman I've ever met" he said pres
emily in respectful tone.
Thanks" Tamara said, coldly and
briefly.
Did 1t ever occur to you that a
woman like you might make anything
she liked of me?"
mo, 1t never did Let me open
this drawer, will you? Mariella, whats
become of that big lace handkerchief
If you'd be my friend" George
persisted. He had brought small
chair to stand beside her own and had
squared it about so that he faced her
with his arm along the back OF her
chair.
TOO many lovely ladies have been
your friend already"
Tam, seriously"
"My CALL" Tam said and was gone
1t was some 40 minutes later that
coming back through the confusion OF
wings and sets to make a complete
change, she was stopped by stage
hand holding out a mans old-fash-
ioned gold watch on a fob.
Miss Todhunter. did you drop this?'
Tam took it. turned it about.
mo. Where'd you find it?"
1T dropped out of your coat, Billy
Evening star., 1936-04-24
THE STAR WASHINGTON c. FRIDAY APRIL a.

every one does. But ] know I'd never
have chance with you'll"
Tam's eyes did not stir from his
eyes.
Then why don't you make your
self into the kind Of man I like?"
she breathed.
There was Q long silence; Mariella.
unnoted In the background, discreet
ly rustled something.
Don't say things like that" George
presently said, in guarded voice.
What am I to say?"
The man cleared his throat
"say when9"
when I like a person-when he
could make me like him If he chose?"
Tam answered, In q whisper.
what are you getting at7"
Georges hands were like a wise on
her shoulders. slim and straight in
the soft silk shirt.
"Oh, wait!" She freed herself with
an abrupt jerk, displayed the watch
that was still in her hand. Isn't
that yours?"
yep" He took 1t indifferently,
disappointed by her change of mood.
MY mother gave me that" he said.
II was timing you at the rehearsal
yesterday-remember?-and I laid it
somewhere. Tam. listen q minute.
I know you're rushed and I know
I've got to get out But just listen
q minute. I've talked like q fool to
Evening star., 1936-04-24
Vf;Ir%WWM%%&%@}' ~
kN&W%kATHLEEN NORRIS -

dogs have probably been missing me.
I suppose you're trying to indicate. in
your tactful feminine way. that I've
gone to the dogs. Where'd you get
that idea? I work darned hard when
do work. There's nothing the matter
with mel"
If you don't really think there is"
Tamara said seriously, then that
seems to me the worst thing OF all"
"Of all WHAT"
"Of being you," Tamara said simply.
ITS a bad thing to be me. is it?"
well, I don't know" Tamara said,
busy with a comb. Il think you're
unhappy; that's always bad. You told
me yesterday that you were ambitious;
you want to get on. get into politics
and run for the Senate. You're GER
tainly going" she hesitated, "a
funny way about it," she ended.
The man was silent awhile, watch
ing her.
Does 1t occur to you that that
sounds at all smug?" he asked.
Yes, it does" Tarara confessed,
unperturbed. But you invited 1t. You
asked mel don't know how serious
you were-but you asked me to marry
you. I'm not going to marry any one,
as it happens. But if I we're"
She leaned close to the mirror, frown-
ing at an eyebrow. stopped short.
1T wouldn't be man like me-" he
supplied. Tamara turned about to
face him over the back of the dressing
table chair.
That's the worst of it," she said.
1T would. 1t might. You say I'm
SNUG. God knows I haven't got much
to be SNUG about I'm second-rate
stock actress in Ain completely un-
important city, theatrically speaking.
I'll never be anything else. and don't
want to be. When I'm too old for
ingenue parts I'll play varnps and
then I'll play mothers. and the nurse
in Juliet. I've no pride. I've no am
bition. You have! You can talk with
any one; you can do anything. You
could build yourself q life I couldn' t
touch-a home with gardens and-and
garages-and distinguished people
coming there. and a ibrary-every-
thing I couldn't. You're college
man and an aristocrat and I'm moth
! ing! l was born Of cheap theatrical
people and Ill never be anything else.
| You make me tired!"
| Fired almost to tears by her own
eloquence and its childish conclusion
Evening star., 1936-04-24
yNSTALLMENT XVIII.

INSTALLMENT XVIII.
IN THE Uttered, hot dressing room
the lights were very bright. They
shone boldly upon Tamara's haW-
L less skin, covered now with the
smooth color Of makeup, and the
close crop Of blond curls that were
brushed back, boy fashion, from her
forehead. The braided. frogged collar
OF her military blouse was open. the
breast decorated with orders, a sword
hung at her side and fine fril OF
lace fell over her hand.
And the lights pitileSsly revealed,
too, the type of man who faced her.
He was still young, perhaps in his
early 30s He might have been hand
some if the face had not been marked
so deep with dissipation. 1t was an
intelligent. even aristocratiC face,
with a once-White skin and black eyes,
a wide mouth and deep eye sockets
under waves of thick black hair. Tam
had known him only a few days. but
she had seen him at frequent inter-
walls during that time, and she knew
tlIdI NY lCpuldllOll IlC wac A4Cafy
drinker-brilliant and worthless. He
was a lawyer-the politician type of
lawyer-witty. clever, eloquent. Pete
Wiley had told her that George Davis
could have been anything he liked if
1t were not for alcohol and roulette
tables and dicing and races and all the
other things that usually dragged a
man of his type to destruction, and
Tam could read a confirmation of 1t
in his disorderly dress and blotched
complexion. his hoarse voice and care
less manners. And yet there was
something likable about him. fine in
him, even now At Pete's dreadful
anniversary dinner, when every one
had gotten so intoxicated. this man
had been seated next to her, and be-
fore he had been too far gone he and
she had one of the most refreshing
conversations she had ever had with
any man. His keenness, his quick
ness, his knowledge of and interest in
world affairs, books. persons. had i'm
pressed Tamara tremendously. His
cheerful dissipation had in 1t nothing
low.
He took a hurt, lofty tone now.
Listen! Don't talk about me as if
I were lost soul. A little drinking
and a few bets on the ponies aren't
such crime" he said to her, affecting
amusement. When you say that the
Evening star., 1936-04-24

and he looked better. Wrapping the
Chinese robe tight about him. he sat
down on the foot Of the bed; Q sudden
memory cleared.
II threw you down last night" he
said.
II thought you might
God, I'm sorry!"
"1t's all right"
CTo be continued)
Evening star., 1936-04-24
TOWNSEND QUIZ CALLS
FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 24.-Public
hearings on affairs Of the Townsend
old-age pension organization, which
congressional Investigators said were
forced" by reluctant witnesses. will
be held here Monday and Tuesday.
Representative Joseph A. Gavagan.
Democrat, Of New York, a member Of
the inquiring committee, repeated his
prediction of Startling revelations"
and said I'VE have been forced TO the
extreme of calling public hearings by
the reluctance OF certain witnesses
whom we called ON for voluntary
statements of conditions that they
knew existed in the Townsend organi-
ZatiOn.
I'VE couldn't get our information
that way, so We are resorting to sub.
poenas and enforced testimony"
Evening star., 1936-04-24
WI ~
the 3O-day trial

eeeuuse this Lektro- Shower IS new, us df-
ferent and It sokes 30 days TO get your foee
conditioned to II. Mony Of our customers
tell US thot at the outset they had some
difficulty becuuse their faces were not &C.
customed to the new method. :. BUT ot
the end Of the THIRTY DAYS they were
getting the smoothest. pleosoatest shdves
Of their lives. The shaver MUST Be used
every doY to get the hair to grow out from
The skin instead Of along tie skin. This
eaabaes the shaver to meet each hair
squorek and lop It off close 10 The skin.
IT TAKES THIRTY DAYS to bring this
about. To nuke sure you're perfectly sat-
hfied We give you THIRTY DAYS to fry il.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
ROBLES KIDNAP
CASE WILL BE
OPEN TO PUBLIC

TUSCON, Ariz., Oct. 90. UP)-
The results of two years work by
/ department OF justice agents in
/ tracing down clues in the June
Robles kidnapping will be presented
TO federal grand jury here late
i'll December. Asst. D. S. Atty. John
Daugherty said today.
II has been known unofficially
for some time that federal opera
tiveS have concluded their work on
the case. the only publicly unsolved
kidnapping in the nation. and have
turned over their findings to U. s.
Atty. Frank Flynn in Phoenix.
Flynn said some time ago new evi-
dence unearthed by the G-men
would be presented 10 grand jury
this winter.
Daugherty said the grand jury
session will not begin until after
heavy trial session of federal dis
trict court is concluded.
June Robes, then six, was kid
naped April 25, 1884, as she walked
home from school. A few hours
later, her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carlos RobleS received a note de-
manding $4,000 ransom for her re-
turn.
The child was found l9 days later
in corrugated iron cage sunken
into the desert floor nine miles from
here. She said she had been in the
cage since she was taken away in
an old automobile by dark" man
Her discovery was on written in
structions airmailed to Gov. B. B.
Moeur from Chicago.
Last year, Oscar Robson, child
hood friend of June's father. was
indicted on charges Of sending one
of the eXtortion notes through the
mail. He has not been tried and
was the only person named during
that session Of the grand jury.
At that time, j. Edgar Hoover,
chief of the federal bureau of in
vestigation, announced the Robles
case has been solved to our sat-
isfaction" He did not amplify this |
statement then or later, however, |
and Arizona agents of his depart
ment have refused to discuss it.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
StrolIs Thru HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. %. WP)-Do
ing their Christmas chopping early
film stars lead by Claudette Col
bert have formed q Grapevine
Protective association" to cut petty
Yule-tide racketS Oft at the roots.
Plan calls for a round-robin
check of all Christmas solicitations
and sales offers to weed out phonies
which Colbert says cost film players
thousands each year. Each mem
Der is pledged to investigate all
suspicious proposals and carbon
copy other members on findings.
Charter Grapeviners include Fred
MacMurray. Jack Benny, Carole
Lombard, Gladys SWarthout, Bing
Crosby, Ida Lupino and Martha
Raye.
Colbert says ofers and appeals
are usually made by telephone, and
that most common plants are per-
fume that is odorless except on the
cork, parchment" greeting cards
that turn out to be tissue paper,
bogus jewelry and lace, and tickets
for benefits" that are never held.
90
That William Powell jean Harlow
slow motion romance got a new
fillip when Harlow's engagement
finger was discovered limping under
the weight of a diamond the size
of As slug, surrounded by rubies.
Said Harlow blandly: My mother
gave it to me- 1 meant to wear it
on my second finger, but the ring
was too small"
Said Powell with an expressive
shrug: What would you expect
me to say? Why ask me?"
Disillusiohed Joe Sproul, middle
aged movie extra, is a victim of
over-emphasis on film football.
when I started in this business
eight years ago was typed as a
college football player" he explain
ed. Since then I've made the
varsity every year at yale"
Princeton" Harvard" "Notre
Dame" and a lot of other colleges
scenario writer's invented.
But when I call for my suit this
year, what happens? They tell me
You're too old. We can't use
sophomores with greying hair and
bald spots. From now on you're an
alumnus.'
That's okay with me. Even Red
Grange had to slow up. But there
aren't enough alumni jobs to go
around, and after spending eight
years playing movie football I don't
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
Man Claims He
Shot Brother in
Self Defense

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30. W.R)-
Elmer Colson, 45-year-old service
station operator, today told su-
perior court jury trying him on
murder charges that he shot his
brother Ebert in self defense.
Speaking with difficulty and still
troubled by a self inflicted head
wound, Colson-only defense wit
ness-said:
He (EberD reached into the
pocket of his automobile. I thought
he was reaching for a gun to shoot
me, SO I let him have it."
Colson admitted two women,
Mrs. Alice Harley and Mrs. Mildred
Brown, were involved in the quar-
rel beween the brothers, but de-
MED he shot Ebert because of jeal-
ouSy, as the state had contended.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29

tIlal seven lndlNlquA campaigns
Hipass Health camp is sponsored
by the Veterans organizations o1
the county and has received state
and national recognition as one OF
the outstanding programs carried
Oh by ex-service men.
Its purpose is TO care for q group
Of children between the ages OF
six and IL who are underprivileged ed
and undernourished; 10 give the
children the advantages Of preven-
tative measures such as regular
hours of sleep and rest. - scientific
ally balanced diet and daily check
on general health. proper exercise TO
develop posture and health. train
ing in nature study and arts and
crafts. fostering of social adjust
merits, and the giving TO each child
q knowledge of Americanism and
the fundamentals OF citizenship.
This camp was organized in 1881,
operated by the county tubercu-
losis association in cooperation with
the American Legion. In 1882 the
Veterans organizations took full
charge and cared for a total Of 43
children at cost of Sl66l, the camp
being operated for the regular
eight weeks period. In 1888, 81
children were cared for at an ex-
pense of S2025.
Since then reports have been
MADE on the basis of the actual
child weeks in camp In 1894 the
expense was $3.50 for 27l child
weeks; in 1885, S1596 for 333 child
weeks, and in 1896, Sl700 for 3l2
child weeks for &c different child
ren.
Each child attending the camp
is required to have the diptheria
antitoxin and smallpox vaccination
and an examination by licensed
physician before entering camp,
showing that the child is free
from communicable diseases. A
trained nurse is in attendance at all
times and regular weekly exam
nations are made by physician.
The camp has been successful in
the high type of its personnel pro-
viding for character training by ex-
ample as well as by more formal
methods. 1t has been recognized
by those in charge that good ply
sical conditions must be maintain
cd before moral training can be
made effective, attitude having i'm
proved at camp as the child'S ply
sical energy improved.
The program which We have
carried out in the past can be i'm
proved and has been improved
steadily in the past" said Glenn
Kieffer, director. Such improve
ment usually mean a greater fin
ancial outlay. This community has
during the past years given sub
stantial sums for Hipass Health
camp, their full share in proper
ton to children cared for, and the
committee in charge has full conf
dence that this will be continued for
the coming year"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29

/ known anything else. Maybe I'll
have to go to work as a movie
sports writer"
Ben Hecht and Charles MacAr-
thur have signed to wrest a screen
play out of "Gunga Din," the late
Rudyard Kipling's verse about a
Hindu water carrier. If they man.
age to get a scrip out of its lots
of other writer's will be glad to say:
You're a better man than I am
Gung Din"
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, chub-
by Austrian composer, is back from
Vienna vowing he'll live in Holly
wood for keeps. While abroad he
polished off an opera, katherine, "
which will be produced in New
York and Vienna this winter. Here,
he is set to score "Danton, Terror
of France"
Victor McLaglen gets a crack at
a new kind of role, for him, in the
goth Century-Fox Private Enemy"
story of the President William Nc
Kinley assassination. McLaglen is
to play No. bank robber of a gang
terrorizing the nation.
90
Thanksgiving dinner will fly
across the continent to Fay Banter,
Broadway actress laboring on the
RKO lot. Studio won't let her go
home to New York for the holiday,
so her husband, r. s. H. Venable
and their 13-year-old son will fly
to Hollywood with turkey and fix
ingS raised on the BANTER farm
near OsSining.
Katherine De Mile has preempt-
ed Barbara Stanwyck's portable
phonograph for educational pur-
poses. She's learning Spanish from
records, and says it such a cinch
she'll be ready to tackle French
within a few weeks.
90
Cutting Room Scraps Fran
els Lederer back from Chicago =. E. g.
Bob Burns takes no chances Of los
ing his apartment key-carries it in
his shoe Peter LORE off to
New York to rehearSe Napoleon
T. -. Fred MacMurray has given
up pipe-smoking because its too
much work" :. Ida Lupino learn
ing to ice-skate "They Wanted
To Marry company has troubles
of it's own with Emily" trick hon.
ing pigeon. Whenever bird is re-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
Baxter Bags Elk, Hobbies Home

Still
wearing his
famous grin,
Warner
Baxter,
film actor,
arrives in
Hollywood
after an elk
hunting trip
in Utah that
ended dis
astrously
for hunter
and hunted.
Just after
Baxter
downed a
300-pound
bull elk he
fell, frac-
turing his
ankle in two
places and
spraining his
leg. He
rode three
hours horse
back and
drove his
auto 40
hours -
for reaching
medical
aid.
q
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
Deputy Sheriff Made
Butt of Odd Theft

DETROIT, Oct 20. U.R)--A man
approached Deputy Sheriff William
Hauseman on a street corner today,
said I'm a policeman" and rifled
his pockets. When he found Hause-
mans badge he turned and ran.
Hauseman was SO dumbfounded it
took him several minutes to regain
his lost dignity and call police.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
'Redwine' Seeks Office
On Prohibition Ticket

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Oct.
20. WP)-Oklahomans may wonder
with Shakespeare Whats in a
name?" when they troop to the
polls on Nov 3. Under the heading
of Prohibition party they will find
that the candidate for congress-at-
large is named Lewis S. Redwine.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
Strip Dancer Named
Queen of College Event

NEW YORK, Oct. 30. WP)-Sen-
iors at Columbia university, faced
with the problem of choosing a
queen for their annual dance, Sc
lected Miss Gypsy Rose Lee, most
famous of all the burlesque strip
tease artists. 1t was announced that
Miss Lees dancing that night will
be confined to the ballroom yari-
etV
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
Vandals Break Into
Minnesota Schools

SLEEPY EYE, Mimi, Oct. 20. UR)
While inhabitants of this village
lived up to its name last night,
vandals broke into several neigh
boring schools, upset desks, tore
pictures from the walls and stole
textbooks.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
Young Fiance Dies
Just Before Wedding

CLEVELAND, Oct. 20. WD-
While Jean Zalewska sewed on her
wedding dress, Edwin Chick work
ed happily on his car, fixing it to
move furniture into their new
home. There will be no wedding
now because the night was cold
and Chick closed the garage doors
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
HOME FROM HOSPITAL

Will E. Tackett, who recently
suffered an operation for appendi-
citis, was taken to his home We'd
nesday His condition is said to
be satisfactory.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29

leased to act it goes home &.
Sylvia Sidney's apartment was for
merly the home of Ben Lyons and
Bebe Daniels
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
FORMER SOLDIERS
BACK MOVEMENT

H1pass Health camp is of the seven organizations
which have united in combined drive funds known
as the character building agencies campaign which has
been sponsored by the Coordnatnc council in the belief
that big drive is better for the agencies and the public
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-12
JUNGLE HUNTING
EASY, BUT ZOO
GETS HIM DOWN

Hans Nagel, curator of the Hous-
ton (Texas) zoo, says stalking wild
animals in jungles is tame job COM
pared with that of keeping them in
captivity.
From 1904 to 1912 Nagel roamed
Africa III search of reptiles, beasts
and rare fowls for ZOOS. And in those
eight years he met with an accident
only once-a ioness lacerated his
leg.
But in wild life in cages-that's a
different story, one that has meant
hospitals and suffering to Nagel. He
bears scars from head to foot. A
boa constructor once almost squeezed
his life out. Caesar, the zoo lion,
bit him through the shoulder. A
stork dived from the top of the bird
cage and knocked him unconscious
A kangaroo has kicked him to the
ground and bitten his arm. Civet
cats, lobo wolves, kinkajous and mon
keys have gashed his hands and
arms. Bobcats and hyenas have at
tackled him. Elephants have trod on
his feet. ''Big Jim," largest of the
zoos alligators, sent Nagel to the
hospital for 1O5 days when he sought
to halt its escape.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-12

ual affair. But he did not know
that, and In his state of mind shad-
ows were taking shapes. This eve
ming Ezra and Young had their
heads together for long over the
doctors motor :. but West, watch
ing, had not been fooled. Their
talk was not of mechanics, he felt
sure.
He walked on home, not daring
to enter the store and be seen by
others.
And across the way Kerry Young
lay in his blankets, that strange
numbness persisting. His eyes were
open; sleep would not come. In
boyhood he had thought he knew
suffering, but now he realized he
had not even skirted the edges of
the fields of human misery.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-12

The time for gay little cotton
prints both for older sister and the
younger set is at hand, and nothing
could be simpler than this darling
dress-so easy to make-so comfort
able for nimble dears-and so smart
to wear.
The French bodice effect and but
toned panel are cunning details
which all little maidens love, espe-
cially the flared skirt, because it pro-
vides ample freedom for playtime.
Decorative features are hidden in the
contrasting collar trimmed with ruff
fled edging, and brief puff sleeves.
The material may be printed per-
Gale, lawn linen or gingham. If it is
made in a plaid or checked gingham.