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What harm can it do anyone if say
like you. and you like me? You do
like me. don't you?"
you mustn't say these things"
she protested.
II always say what l feel. Why
don't you say what you feel? 1t would
do you good. you model wife"
"Oh, Dick. don't, she said. please.
We can't have fun together if you go
on like this.
"Of course we can, silly. Say. let's
20 for walk tomorrow afternoon. I'll
come for you"
mo, no, no. We'd be talked about"
well. I'll pick you up on the road"
Are you crazy?"
II want to talk to you. You're the
only person I've struck in months
whom like" He suddenly got up and
walked away from her, and then sat
down again. 81 have been ready to
kill myself. Alice. and now l feel
little like living"
"Well," she said, softening. You
can have this much. like you. You
are the first one have ever - liked -
since was married"
"Hurray for me, he shouted. Nov
l would like to hug you, but won't.
I'll dance with you instead. Come on"
This time they talked and laughed,
they stopped dancing to giggle and
Alice thought, oh dear, we're acting
like Sam and Lily. However, she was
annoyed when Sam cut in upon her,
and asked her when she was ready to
go home.
"Oh Sam, aren't you having good
timer"
Sam said he had to catch an early
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began to dance; she forgot her terror.
Well" he said. II like dancing
with you. even like looking at you"
He turned his face and pressed his
cheek against hers.
"Oh," she said, don't, please"
why not?" he asked. Il want to-.
She didn't answer; she was too
frightened. The music stopped. He led
her on until they were at the far end
of a long glass-enclosed porch.
Il was afraid to dance with you,
Alice, so | ran away to the billiard
ROOM" He stood close to her as if to
hide her.
You are good dancer, too" She
ignored his terrifying words.
1T wouldn't matter if were rotten.
It's the darnedest thing Two games
of bridge and car ride and a dinner
and dance"
"Oh don't" she begged. please
don't" She meant, don't say these
things to me, TO MTs sam GerrlSh,
with people looking at US.
81 certainly will say them," he in
sisted. and grinned. Come along and
sit down. You here, me there" She
sat down on couch, and he sat facing
her You are lovely woman, Alice"
please DON'T" she said, distressed.
I'm married. I'm -"
"Oh, Alice. don't talk like book of
etiquette" he said angrily. Its the
way feel about you Be honest, Alice.
Aren't you glad?"
II shouldn't be-"
Nov. why shouldn't you?" he said.
taking her hands. Whats the world
for? Why we're we born into it? Why
did they put hearts in our bodies?
Evening star., 1936-05-31

where she took the children to the
nursery and gave orders. Alice and
Storm peeled off their heavy coats and
went into the living room.
Look" said Storm from the win
dow. Come and look"
Alice hesitated and then went over
to him. Boldly he put his arms around
her and kissed her lips. "Oh, no. no,
no." she whispered, struggling with
him. please don't do that"
He laughed, and kissed her again.
For one brief second she felt herself
lost, then she wrenched herself free.
Dick" she whispered, you are
crazy"
"Oh no." he said. I'm a realist. I
hoped this would happen. If that Mil
dred would only stay upstairs"
But Mildred came in, Chartered,
and poured tea.
81 suppose you're going to Sally
Robbins Monday night" she said to
Alice.
Alice had to admit she wasn't asked.
"Oh, you will be asked" said Mil
dred.
Alice knew that if Sally Robbins
left her out, she would suffer. She
wanted to dance in her new dress.
She could not bear it if she were not
there, and Storm were.
She collected the children and drove
home in the starlit early night along
the snowy roads, the children jumping
about on the back seat.
Sam was in the hall, taking off his
coat. After he had kissed them, he
said, Say. Sally Robbins just tele-
phoned. She's having party Monday.
don't think we'd better CO."
"Oh, Sam, let's. 1t will be fun"
Sam shook his head and looked dis
turbed. II get all worn out. Why
Monday night for a dance?"
"Oh come. Sam. Look what dancer
Lily Lockwood has made OF you.
THAT crazy brat: she can stay in
bed all morning. Well, if I'm not dead
or in Buffalo, perhaps I'll CO."
For the first time in years, Mrs. Sam
Gerrish was really looking forward to
party. On Saturday she had her hair
set, her nails manicured. She tried on
the second new dress, and before a
long mirror, turned herself now this
way and that as if she were dancing.
Storm would see her and come walk
ing across the floor to her, his face
impassive until he reached her. and
they would dance. Sam would never
suspect - oh. dear heaven. neither
would anyone else, that between Mrs.
Sam Gerrish, the pillar of society, and
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this Indifferent dark-eyed young man
ran this tumultuous feeling.
Monday her mother gave luncheon
bridge, from which Alice did not get
home until six. and there was the
youngest child coming down with
cold. Sam came home late. irritable
and tired. Alice, on the verge of tears,
threw on her lovely dress as if it were
a rag. and hurriedly arranged her hair.
Sam was standing by the front door
yelling at her to hurry. What was the
matter with him? Why was he so
tense? He drove to the party as if he
were going to fire.
Upstairs in the Robbins house. r..ice
found balm for her disturbed spirit.
The other women raved about her
dress; she sat, eased and relaxed under
their praise, and made up her mouth
and perfected her hair. Downstairs she
saw crowds of people in the living
room, all gay. all telling her how
lovely she looked, but she had not
been there a minute before she knew
that Lily and Dick had not yet come.
Sam was standing with two men, OBJ
livious of women; she was surrounded
by Watleigh and Withers, wanting to
know if she would play bridge after
dinner.
"Oh no." she said. Lets dance
afterwards" She felt alive. sure of her
self. At any moment now, Storm
would come and whether he came pear
her or not. the party would really
begin.
To her horror, she found herself 60
ing into dinner, where she was seated
between the worlds two most unin-
teresting men.
And then she heard Mildred Har-
rison shrieking across the table about
how Lily hadn't known until four, and
at five was on her way to the airport,
and the children were leaving Monday
by train.
What is she saying about Lily?"
Alice asked her dinner partner.
Didn't you know?" he said. Tied
fell off a horse and broke his hip. Lily
flew out tonight. and dragged Storm
with her."
She could hear Lily cajoling lam.
What in heavens name was there to
keep him here? The blankness, the
deadness of the evening overwhelmed
her, the fiatness of tomorrow, of next
week.
1t was barely eleven o'clock when
Sam cut in on her and said, Lets
get out of here. I want to 60 home"
alright, dear, she agreed quickly.
(Coniinvsd on poos 15)
Evening star., 1936-05-31
Masozine Section

-HE awful fag of changing. The sill
liness of being social. The fantas-
. tic idea of going twenty-five miles
lust for a dance. The way white
tie suddenly willis.
. The awful stupidity of locking and
boiling garages the moment before a
fellow wants to get his car out. The
agony of a bumper in the dark. The
foul nuisance of keeping car at all.
The irritation of sitting on new tails.
The devilish way that batteries run
down. The curse of an engine that SIM
ply will not start. The torture of back
ing a car in the dark when you're
wearing a razor-edged evening collar.
The nasty twang of fender on
door post. The awful plague of an
engine that splutters for ages after
starting up. The lunatic who hasn't
heard of concealed driveways.
The muck people talk about the
= pleasures of motoring. Those binding
headlights. The foul manners of every
other motorist. The absurd way roads
wind about.
The hopeless dimness of your head
lights compared with every one else's.
The thought that you might be just
going to bed to read in comfort.
The way the moon makes your
lights seem feebler still. The awful
bilge people talk about the moon. The
wickedness of hump-backed bridges.
The cars revolving lack of accelera-
tion. The steadily increasing number
of cars driving like mad. The arrival in
the parking space. The absurd fussi-
Evening star., 1936-05-31

ness of some idiots about their tenders.
The final tweak at the white tie.
The dance itself
The exquisite vision of loveliness.
The hesitating offer of lift. The as
founding fact of its acceptance. The
bounding on air to get the car.
The perfect way the engine starts.
The absolute ecstasy of driving at
night.
The happy song of the engine. The
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TACT NEEDED

Dear Miss Fairfax:
He writes beautiful love letters,
but my friends tell me he Is un-
worthy Of me, and my family dis
approves of him because they have
heard he drinks. 1 don't care for
him, but | haven't got the nerve
to tell him 50. hate to hurt his
feelings. I'd like to keep his friend
ship without his lOvemaking.
IN. d. p"
He writes you beautiful love
letters and it's pretty difficult to
make a friend out of what our
grandmothers used to call a
"suitor." AS you are not in love
with him, why try to keep up a
friendship? If you tacttully
turn down his invitations and are
not at home when he calls, unless
he has very thick skin the young
man will realize that you do not
return his interest.
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Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
please advise me what the
proper acknowledgment is to q
beIated wedding announcement,
with enclosed cat home" card for
a future date? We are not close
friends and at the present time
our financial status does not per
init our sending a gift.
"The newlywedS are welltO-dO,
and are blessed with an abun-
dance of material things. Due to
our limited circumstances, /
would rather eliminate the gift
than send something that would
at the present time be within
my reach. CLAIRE"
There is no reason, under the
circumstances. for your acknowl-
edging this wedding announce
ment. To begin with. it is not
necessary to acknowledge a we'd
ding announcement. and we usu-
ally do so only when we know the
couple especially we'll or for some
other very personal reason. APP
parently you have no such special
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GOOD AVERAGE
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
my husband never goes away
alone, unless on hunting or fishing
trips. We have q nice home, and
when there is an outing, the chill
dren and 1 always go along. I'm
a good hOuSekeeper and dOSalI our
sewing, and sometimes / 90 out
as a practical nurse.
THE only unhappy thing about
our home life is that my husband
Is getting very fusSy. He fuses
with me and with the children a
good deal of the time. And yet
do everything he asks me to do,
cook all his favorite dishes, etc.
Why does he fuss?
WORRIED"
He fuses, dear lady, because
he's human, and a male creature
in the bargain. And it seems
they've got to have some faults, or
this world would be too good for
them, and they'd Sprout wings
and fly away to a better one.
If he always takes you and the
children when he goes out, except
on hunting trips, he seems very
reliable sort of husband to me.
And I'd Let him fuss. Doubtless,
his bark is worse than his bite.
Best wishes.
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MARRIED AND TELLS
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
my wife was 80 when we were
married, and she should have
known her own mind. She had
been very successful in business,
with q nationally known real es-
tate firm, and helped put across
big deals.
"In running our comfortable,
but not luxurious home, she misses
the excitement of high finance,
and has suggested several times
returning to work.
1--WE have a child of two years,
whose fate she wishes to cOnfide
to a trained nurse, she agreeing to
pay the bills, which she could well
afford to do if she went back to
her old firm. But I don't want
that kind of q wife or household,
and if the lady goes back to the
business, she takes the Reno
route.
"OLD-FASHIONED HUSBAND.
Your wife, like many another
modern woman, wants to have her
cake and eat it, too. At 80 years
of age, she should have been able
to make up her mind whether she
wanted a career or domesticity,
for to only one in a million is given
the ability to have both. At the
same time, let me urge you not
to be too haSty with the Reno ulti-
matum.
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CARD OF THANKS
Ear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
"SOme time ago my uncle died.
He was my mothers brother and
he had lived with us most of his
life, and we thought Of him as q
brother. To show my respect got
a Mass card from the church in
stead of flowers, as he was buried
from a funeral parlOr. This is
what I want to know:
was it right for his sister, who
does not like me, to send me a card
of thanks when 1 am a blood rela-
ton? 1 think she is wrong, that
she should have sent cards of
thanks only to friends and distant
relatives. READER"
I am sure that, in sending you
this card of thanks, your aunt did
not mean to cause this reaction in
you, that she meant it only cour-
teously. And if I we're you, I would
take it in this spirit, with which it
probably was sent. Certainly, you
would, on second thought, be I'M
willing to add to anyone's spiritual
sorrow in the sad days after a
death.
Remember that when we are
convinced that people don't like"
us-and you think that your aunt
doesn't like you've usually are
all too ready to attribute to them
many motives that they very likely
don't even think Of. So be wise
about this, be kind, be dignified,
and, above all, don't mention it to
relatives or friends. And don't
write that note you are contem-
plating-that would be ridiculous
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WORTH A TRIAL
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
Life went pretty smoothly for us
back in the old home town. but /
can't imagine what's the matter
with my wife since coming to
Washington. Is it the climate
that's got her wrong, the people
she meets, or what?
"All I know Is that she nagS the
life out of me, wants to move into
a more fashionable neighbOrhOOd,
hired a full-time maid, and gen
orally keep up with the JOneses,'
which we can't afford. When I
come home utterly weary from my
work at night, it is nag, nag, nag
over mOney-what her friends
have, and she doesn't have. I've
even gone into the public park to
sit, smoke my pipe, and be at
peace, but she has followed me
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TT seems that all the obstacles
l. have been overcome in this re-
ducing girdle. AS you may know,
it's hard to get one that will not
cut around the waist, and that the
flesh will not roll over the top.
This girdle eliminates that trouble
BY means Of the high point that
runs up under the bust, and is
held in place by straps that go
over the shoulders. Another fea-
ture-it's two inches longer than
the regular reducing girdles; it is
Is inches long, and they are usual
~ only ID inches. It gives you
diaphragm control. an unbroken
hipline, and it has adjustable
garters. It is of perforated, venti-
lated rubber, which as you know,
is tops" when it comes to taking
off extra flesh. It is grand for
the new princess line, and for
evening too, as it flattens you
beautifully, both front and back.
And oh yes, the rubber is odorless.
It comes in sizes "a to "a, every
inch, waist measure, and is only
S1.69.
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there, and continues her argu-
mentS.
II shouldn't stand this for a mo-
ment, but we have three children.
1 talked to a lawyer about our ter
rible domestic affairs, and he
urged me to send her back to the
small town we came from with
the children. But I'm so OutdOne
I've even been considering a d.
vOrce. "HENPECKED."
1t seems to me that lawyer gave
you very sensible advice. A man
with three children is not free
agent, you know. And you must
consider their welfare.
Perhaps the washington climate
has been bad for your wife, as it
has been pretty terrible Of late. In
your old town, she may see things
more clearly. It's worth a trial
anyhow, for your children's sake.
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M
~ WILMA LAVILLE
WILMA LAVlLLE

For Busy Housewives
THERE'S a device that will
IL save you much time and
labor-for it does your clean
ing of floors and walls in a
jiffy, and furthermore, 1t
saves your hands from the
CRIME and dirty water. 1t S
called broom-mop, because it
combines the qualities of both.
1t has the usual long handle,
but the cleaner is just long
bar of spongy honeycomb rub
Der, with a firmer center of
rubber. You can use it dry
or wet, and when you use it
wet, you wiring it out by means
of two metal wings" which
are pressed together, and take
out the water without touch
ing your hands to the cleaner.
For sweeping, use it as you
would an ordinary broom. For
walls and hardwood floors,
you use it dry. For rugs and
carpets, use it moist-dry. When
you use it for scrubbing limo
leum or floors, for which it is
ideal, use very little soap. To
dry the floor, wiring out the
mop and go over the floor
lightly. Of course, you can
wash it frequently, and be
sure it's clean, even if you
only use it dry. It's a bright
and shiny thing to have around
the house, as the wings give
it a streamlined look, and it
takes up much less room than
any ordinary mop or broom.
1t will last for many months,
and refills are said to last
from 6 to Is months, accord
ing to how much you use them.
The broom-mop, complete with
handle and all, is $1.6O and
refills are Zoe.
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ONE of the most delightful bits
" of romance that we have
carried over from the days Of
early America, is the use Of candle
Hnuffers. Needless to say, they
were in every home, perhaps in
every room, when the only light
ing used was waxen taperS. Just
one snuff, and ont went the
candle. without dripIeSS candles,
such as we have today, it was
dangerous to the wall behind the
candle, or the table beneath, to
blow out sturdy flame. So snuff
fers were a part of standard equip
ment. The hostess who uses
candles on her dining table today,
finds a Snuffer just as useful.
AnG she can have one in a charm
ing design, reminiscent of earlier
times. One downtown store is
showing them in plated silver.
with various heads, such as a
Puritan man, Puritan girl, a jug,
a lighthouse, a hat, and so on.
We've Sketched several, just to
give you an idea. They will make
a nice gift for almost any house.
holder, and are ideal bridge prizes.
They are but 81.
For names Of stores showing
the items described here, call
District 1000, Extension 459,
during business hours, or write
Miss Laville at The Times, in.
closing stamped, self-addressed
envelope.
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broke off and peeled all the time,
50 that when 1 was called to do
anything where my hands were
in evidence, I was simply petrified.
81 used to have artificial nails
attached. Then one time mas
saged them with vaseline, and it
seemed to make them so nice. Now
L have a special bottle, and 1
stick my fingers in it so that each
nail gets full of vaSeline.. The
underneath part of the nail al
ways needs lot of Dreaming, and
1 never used it that way before"
Her nails were long and beauti.
full, and it is indeed a simple
remedy. OF course the same good
results may be had by using some
Of the special nail or hand creams,
but we like simple and effective
method, whatever products may
be used.
There will be other personal
beauty secrets of this kind from
time to time.
Dear Donna Grace:
wish you would tell me II it
is possible to look well-groomed
with heavy eyebrows? My mother
always lets me keep my eyebrows
a nice shape by keeping them
thinned out; now 1 am at board
ing school, and the teachers tell
me it is wrong to pluck the eye
brOwS. My brOws are naturally
heavy, the kind that makes girl
look stupid, and / can't stand
them like that. Do you think it
is wrong to pluck them?
"HARRIET."
Dear Harriet:
II your mother has no objection,
there is no reason why you should
not shape your brows as you al.
ways have done. I am sure your
teachers will be willing to let you
do as you have always done at
home, if you will just talk it over
with them. Heavy eyebrows are
never smart.