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Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-06
BY Priscilla Honey Wright

broke that devilish double key
board affair with a monkey
wrench"
THAT was brilliant. Didn't you
hear what I told Rondell about
your"
II heard you mention a Miss
Smith,"
There was silence as they stood
looking at each other, a silence
pregnant with pulsing beat.
The girl spoke first, sinking
back into her chair and removing
her hat with a weary gesture.
With a start he saw her hair, like
a golden mist. 1t was rumpled,
the waves were softened, broken.
- I'm sorry. I never should have
come here" she said in a low,
hurried voice. 1T was that COM
mittee meeting. I had been so
bored until you came and then
it was as if" she hesitated, then
went on doggedly-"as If lights
went on and violins played, I felt
so warm and happy inside. It Is
that way, you know, when you
meet certain people. I thought 1t
would be wonderful to know you.
thought you'd like me. I never
had any trouble making people
like me before" she added visit
fully.
$50 l waited a little while,
then I came down-And that's
the end of the true confession
hour" she finished gallantly. "As
Mr.. Rondell said these modern
young girls lack balance"
Carelessly she put her hat back
on again and rose unsteadily.
Take that thing off," he COM
manded, and suddenly she was
in his arms, and his face was
buried in her hair.
"You can't go, you can't CO."
he said brokenly. IT'S been bad
having you here and it would be
unbearable if you went away. I
know I've been etestable-but,
oh Claire, I've been so hungry for
you! To see you here every day
and know I couldn't have you"
The girl stayed in his arms.
Her face was pale and her eye
lashes were wet. Then she said
gently, II won't go very far
away, Peter"
He released her now but stood
looking at her, shaken and
abashed.
II don't suppose we really could
get married, could we ?" he asked
humbly.
II don't see why not" she
countered. Possibly we might
wait until Dad gets back from
California. He'll like you, know
He always likes what I like"
4 X 4 X X
A moment later Peter was car
rying her down the stairs. Two
weeks ago she had stood before
him. II always get what I go
after" she had announced. He
laughed down into her blue eyes
and kissed her.
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-06

"All SET" she said. II can hop
if you'll help me. And in the
morning 1 wish you'd break the
news Of my resignation. For rea-
sons-a sprained ankle and the
inability of the idle rich to stick
to anything very long"
you're not coming back ?" he
asked slowly.
mo, I couldn't come back"
She gave little shudder.
But you must" he exclaimed.
Your work is good" he added
lamely.
She shrugged her shoulders.
How about the bean supper ?"
THAT didn't count"
"It seemed to count a great
deal. And tonight's hold-up. /
suppose that was good work ?"
"It would have been better if
you'd pulled the trigger on him."
And Of course you know I
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o~0 Famous Quotations o~0

Praise from a friend, or censure
from foe,
Are lost on hearers that our
merits know.
Hom~-Iiiad PobsJ Tran5ianon.
Our praises are our wages.
Winfey't Tait.
With faint praises one another
damn.
Wyebs,isJ-Piain DsaiW.
The love Of praise, howe'er con-
ceal'd by art,
Reigns more or less, and glows,
in ev'ry heart.
YoKng--Tbs Lore Of Flame.
I grant the man is vain who writes
for praise.
Praise no man e'er deserved who
sought no more.
Young Nisbf TboHsbn.
The most pleasing Of all sounds
that of your own praise.
Xenobbon-Hisro.
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1OAA = ANA DdltA4A 6ll
hair Combat it
by following the
famous Glover's
System. 1t con-
sists of condition
in g the scalp
using Glover's
M a n ge Medicine
with systematic Mas
sage. Shampoo with
Glover's Medicated
Sosp.AtallDruggists.
Your Barber can
give you GIoVers.
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Chew, Sing or Laugh
without "DEkTURE STATIC"

Plates gripped tightly and comfort
ably by FASTEETH for "a hours every
day don't reveal the fact that you wear
false teeth. No betraying denture static
from loose plates. mumbling. kissing,
lisping. clicking or popping out. FAS-
TEETH, the new improved powder. is
alkaline to prevent sore gums, burning,
bad breath. Tasteless. Not gummy. Get
FASTEETH at any drug store. When
mouth tissues change. see your dem
tist. - Adv
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What Happens When 4 Wealthy Gi
0ITt DeCLfeS OUe " WIbS IO M
Ab0ut The Man who Mt,1eHes II

AbOHt The Ma
welcome. The local
yarns were copied
by the big city pa
pers who promptly
sent on men of their Il
own. And to them " ~
all Mr.. Rondell dis S.,4,
played gorgeous pa z,,;.ft, "
jamas, a testy tenn -srsS. y
per, and ferocious - y
bodyguards. .a.l-E
The little game .!s<SZ 4
became vastly en- -
tertaining to the n I
Ledger staff.
Nov, in my opin-
ion, we're all work.
ing on the wrong
track" said Mcken-
zie. Instead of
bothering about that II
senile sheik we "a r..
should concentrate yM M
on the dogs" NJ
A chorus of growls ~
= !; :: :: :: : :: ); :: ;:
and woof-woofs met fh
this suggestion. f~l
Absolutely" went
on Mckenzie. Make IS
friends with 'em. yA
Now 1 propose we n
chip together and "
disguise O'Brien, here" \
O'Brien was the obese men,
ber of the staff, a bald, cheer &,
full man of fifty-"as a ST.
berian cheese hound and send
him up to get acquainted"
Another chorus of canine howls
greeted his remarks.
Merely a thoughtful sugges'
tion," went on Mckenzie calmly
as O'Brien reached for a pot OF
glue. But in any case, I hereby
announce that to the person who
secures an interview from ouI
famous townsman I will aware
the historic fur-lined cuff links!
During the enthusiastic hear
hears" that followed. Peter Kent
came to the door.
"Shut up, you guys" he
growled good-humoredly.
Then he caught sight of Claire
Dufresne. She was sitting on the
edge of a table, swinging her
slender legs-her eyes dancing
her lips parted in laughter.
And get to work." he added
with sudden sharpness.
They looked at one another
after his departure.
"He said work." observed
little Fellows gently. Work, al
half-past three in the afternoon
You may do as you wish, gentle
men, but I'm going to the bowling
alleys"
IT WAS a bean supper of the
Helping Hand Circle that Claire
Dufresne was assigned to cover
the following day and which she
forgot all about. The staff felt
sorry for her-Kent was so coldly
disagreeable about it.
Peter was on edge. He knew
it only too well. He went to the
Office that night as usual after
taking a walk-and sat staring
at a perfectly clean piece of pa
per, smoking one cigarette after
another. The girl would have to
go despite her competence. He
could not stand having her
around.
He had just reached this con-
clusion when he heard someone
coming heavily up the stairs. The
hall outside the office was dark
so that he could not see the new
conner until the latter stood in
the doorway. 1t was Hedley Ron
dell and in his arms was a slim
limp figure.
Peter gripped the side of his
desk.
What have you done to her ?"
he asked harshly, confronting
Rondell.
mot a thing" exploded the
actor wrathfully. After hound
ing me all week you send some
body like this" he looked down
at the girl, "this chit :"
"Give her to me-" said Peter,
his white lips barely moving.
Rondell transferred his burden
willingly. AS Peter took her in
his arms he felt a warmth pour
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DAN D r UFF

Don't let Dandruff rob you of your
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Copyright, 1887
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store, to discover that most of
the "gadgets" for convenience
and comfort, most Of the trick
contrivances, like umbrella-canes
and seatcaneS and a lot Of other
ingenious devices which you never
saw before, have been invented
for men. It is a revelation to
any woman!
Or you can put up at any Of
the most luxurious hotels, and dis
cover that, as far as the hotel
architects heart is concerned,
there is only one sex in the world.
All of the closet shelves are above
the reach Of even an OUTSIDE
woman; the bathroom mirror is
too high for any average woman
to see to put on her makeup, but
Just RIGHT for a man to shave
by: and, title there is rarely a
socket for n U curling iron, there
are always q coTk-Screw and a
beer-opener. The hotel room,
everywhere, is a subconscious trib.
ute to the glory and supremacy
of MAN!
It Is true-and some men con-
tinue to resent it-that all the
old sacred hauntS Of men, the
barber shop, the smoking car and
the corner cigar store. have been
invaded BY women. Not even the
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The Human Side of the News = By EduOin c. Hill

tween times, and finally, some so
years ago, set up as a profeS-
sional gambler, as a bookmaker,
at the race track in Hot Springs,
Ark. In 1898 he opened the
Beach Club casino at Palm
Beach. Ever since it has been
a gold mine.
A very interesting gentleman,
Colonel Bradley of old Kentucky,
sub. He's gray, poker-faced, dig
nified, reserved, remote-his life
something of a mystery in a
country where the careers of
most rich men are open books.
A bit taller than the average
h eight, STRAIGHTFORWARD, still
minus a waistline, he is a most
fastidious dresser and is seldom
seen without Spats and high,
Starched collar.
One Of the most celebrated
breeders of thoroughbreds in the
Blue Grass, or in the world, his
great thoroughbred breeding farm,
Idle Hour, near Lexington, is
like corner of the old South
before the Civil War. Colonel
Bradley is the only man who ever
won four Kentucky Derbies. The
name Of every horse he breeds
and runs begins with "B."
BRADLEY'S AIM
His swanky gambling house on
the Gold Coast at Palm Beach is
the most famous gambling resort
from Paris to Papeete. The dizzy
heights of its play, the severity of
its management, and it's survival
in this age combine to project its
fame.
Bradley, immensely rich, has
two great aims in life-to win
again the Kentucky Derby and to
maintain the Beach Club, his
Palm Beach palace of chance,
without mutter Of scandal.
A motion picture m a G n t.
screamed one night that his $780,.
900 loss at chemin de fer was not
solely due to bad luck. Colonel
Bradley bowed coldly, ordered the
cashier to return the gentleman's
money, and wished him good eve
ming permanently.
He is a very charitable man
the Kentucky colonel. Every yeal
he distribute; $4,000 among the
orphans Of the country. He built
a fine church in Palm Beach
only a block from his gambling
house, and every Sunday, while II
the Blue Grass, he leads the EN-
ployes Of his breed farm to mass
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Syndicate. Inc
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Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROWLGIld

bars and saloons are exclusively
mans. Woman has broken in
wherever she saw a closed door
and helped herself to whatever
she wanted.
But look what the men have
GAINED by her invasion! They
now have TWO smoking cars on
trains where there used to be only
one. Nice clean, comfortable, up
holstered smoking cars, instead OF
the grimy ones with hard, un-
padded seats. And club cars with
soft, large cushioned chairs and
lovely silk lamps to read by.
And in barber shops, what a
transformation! No longer must
they confine their literary tastes
to the Police Gazette while they
sit on straight chairs against the
wall and wait their turn. All the
better and smarter magazines are
right at hand-even Good House
keeping.
But the saloons (now called
"tap-roomS" or "grills'D have been
trahSfigured, uplifted and Iemi-
nized most of all! There is no place
any more for 1.-THE Face on the Bar
Room Floor" because it is now
covered with expensive thing in
stead Of with sawGuSt. "BarroomS'
are now done in artistic color
schemes by the best decorators
and adorned with soft, intriguing
lights and hung with mirrors, in
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COVERAGE

Readers of 'tNicky's News" were
not at all surprised that the 9-year'
old son of Russell M. Arundel ap-
peared at the Judiciary court hear
ing. Nicky had announced ms
intention of covering" the court
for the Nicky'S News, the little
four-page paper Ae edits.
Nicky was given an open
hearted welcome by the Senators,
and sold some Of his papers right
in the hearing room. HIS an
nouncement read like this:
"The big news on the radio
this week is the Supreme Court.
Also the big news this week Is
the awful strike. The President
wants the court bigger, but this
has not been done yet. The
people who want it bigger are
still trying. Nicky is going to
sit at the press table in the SEN
ate and hear these people who
want it bigger and also those
who want it to stay not SO big.
From now on Nicky's News will
have scoops about this bust
ness"
WaShington's five daily papers
had better look to their laurelS.
Milky, however. is not the only
youngster who thinks the Supreme
Court problem is the "big news"
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Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

A member of the House Of Rep
resentatives appeared on Capitol
Hill Monday with his two sons,
who looked we'll under the age Of
IL. In corridor he met another
member.
"Hi, Charlie" the second mem
Der greeted the father, "theSO
your SOns?"
"YOu bet"
"Are you going to take them
on the floor of the HOuSe?"
Papa looked at the boys and ona
Of them piped up: .-
NAV, we amt going on the
floor. There's nothing doing in
the House and the Senate. We're
going over to listen to the nine
old men,"
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suggested an amendment to the
act that was earlier held uncon-
stitutional and made the new act
valid.
He ought to know something
about law. He was district attor-
ney for Nye county, New, 19O6-OS:;
associate justice, 1895, ana
chief justice, 1918, Of the Ne,
vada supreme court, and is noted
for his many standard legal opln'
ions on water, mining, corporation
domestic relations, criminal law,
and civil procedure.
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lea, the Beach Club, will have
to shut up shop.
For years Col. Edward R.
Bradley's Beach Club has been
the home of high play, running
without interference by the au-
thorities. It has been just about
the lone survivor of the big
gambling houses, such as Rich
ard Canfield's, which flourished
up to the early years of this
century. One by one they were
wiped out by the hard hand Of
the law. But Bradley's man
aged, somehow, to escape the
blight. and year after year, con-
tinued its highly profitable bust
ness.
Entree to the club was never
easy to secure. The rich people
who flocked to Bradley's after
Moons and nights in the Palm
Beach season were as sensitive as
century plants. Many Of them are
at the head of large business in
terests. The Beach Club. there
fore, is guarded like the White
House. One is impressed by the
quaint old-faShioned appearance,
inside and out, Of this swanky
house Of chance, where million
aires buck the tiger and the sky
is the limit.
LIKE A CHURCH
It's as rustic as a country
church. The house itself is a
sprawling, white-painted, wooden
structure, on a business street of
Palm Beach, some distance from
the beach itself and the big hotels.
Its severely appointed rooms. done
in plain green and white. have a
Sedate, almost pious look. Visi-
tors speak in low voices, even at
their gambling.
The place might be the UMPIRE
tentiouS home Of an elderly dea-
con or Of a maiden lady Of IRE
proachable principles. One
wouldn't be surprised to hear the
rolling tones Of a pipe organ or
q choir chanting q hymn.
The whole interior is undistin-
guiShed and lacking in the gor.
geous decorations of the beautiful
Casino Of Havana or the brilliant
gambling clubs Of the Riviera. But
the astute Bradley knows his bust
ness. The interior Ii plain BE-
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WITH A SMILE

The elevators seem to have it to-
day.
Representative James w. WadS-
worth Of New York was on an
elevator which stopped at a floor
to receive Representative John E.
Rankin of Mississippi.
Said Representative Rankin:
"Ah, here is q statesman and
I mean he is a statesman"
Representative Wadsw ort h
thanked his colleague for his kind
words and then with smile said
he bet he didn't know the defini-
ton for statesman.
"a statesman" said the New
Yorker, sis a dead politician"
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TENSE MOMENTS

Imagine the surprise of a door.
keeper in the House Gallery.
He was admitting group OF
tourists and admonishing them
that they could not carry cameras
into the gallery. One man held
an object in his hand.
whats that, a camera?" the
doOrkeeper asked.
''NO, it's a hand grenade" was
the calm reply.
The doorkeeper almost Jumped
out of his shoes. It was a hand
grenade, sure enough. The visitor
gave a sudden flick Of his wrist
and the grenade opened to disclose
that it was a cigar lighter.
At that the doorkeeper wiped
his brow and let out a great sign
of relief,
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cause it best shows off the Paris
frocks and the jewels of the fem
mime patrons.
A long hallway in green and
white leads to a large room at
the rear where the only works
of art are the roulette wheels,
noiselessly spinning. Above stairs
are the rooms where the big play
is carried on, at night, in the
season-the tables for chemin de
fer and baccarat. One OF these
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stead Of with pictures Of prize
fighters, or with one big, fly
specked chrome Of an undraped,
over-stuffed Venus.
Oh, yes, this is still a mans
world-but a heater, more beauti-
full, and more comfortable world
slightly denatured by womenI
Copyright. 1897, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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a PIP e a r S in a
new role today
"a cons t itu-
tional author
ity, no less.
M o n d a y,
when the Fra
zier-Lemke q c t
was upheld by
the Supreme
Court, Senator
Henry Fountain
AShurSt arose TO
pay honor to
the s e n a t o r
from the Sage
brush" S t a t e
I In sold
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tables, at least, has seen a single
individual drop 100000 in one
nights play.
Col. Edward Riley Bradley, the
master gambler of America, is
II and has lived as colorful a
life as anyone I know. Born IN
Johnstown, Pa, he went West as
a young lad, punched cattle. rode
with the United States Cavalry
as a scout in the Apache wars,
proSpected for gold, gambled be-
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This is still a mans world, in
spite Of all that the women have
done to feminine it; in spite of all
the improvements and finishing
touches they have put on it, and
in spite of all the sacred mascu-
line privileges they have grabbed
for themselves.
If you don't believe this, you
have only to stroll through the
mems section of any department
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M a y b e you
needed
To make that
mistake.
M a y be you
needed
The salty sea-
soning'
OF that fool
ishneSS,
4GS GcLI4pCAA
sense
And balanc-
in g sound
ness,
M ore than
you've ever
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MONUMENTAL

Such modesty needs mentioning
or perhaps it was Just that the
lobbyists have made certain mem
bers of the House little wary.
At any rate there were four MEM
berS on a House elevator recently
when a man entered it. He chirped
up brightly:
Good morning, gentlemen"
And not one Of them 40
knoWledged the greeting.
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success III your u1S'
Successes? Yes,
They're swell!
Doing the
Right thing at
The right time
That's mighty soothing
To ones self-esteem.
But maybe, pal,
Your Self-eSteem
Needed jolt!
Maybe you needed
To be a fool
So you could better
Understand other foolsP
Maybe you needed
To be a sap.
To bring you down. level
With other sapS.
Being good
Doing right
Coming out tops
They're all q rose
In your buttonhole.
They make you feel
You're sitting pretty
With Gods
Elected saints.
But sometimes, perhaps,
A little shot
OF hell is helpful
For what ais you, kid.
Sometimes an ounce
OF tolerance
Is worth Q ton
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n o it'll ed the
city fathers OF
aim Beach
t hat bucking
the tiger will
no longer be
C o u ntenanced
in that gold
pla t ed resort
of the mil
lion a ir es. If
the COVE rnor
makes the or
der stick, it
will mean that
the most IA
nous gambling
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Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That it be the sense of this contention
that committee should be appointed By the Congress
of the United States to make study of and to report
on the granting to the residents of the District of
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia,
June &C. 1886.
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AN AUTHORITY

Senator Pat McCarran, known
most widely as a friend of labor
and the Government employees,
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Wise Words

You cannot make a crab walk
Observation-Disclosures.
Everything comes if q man will
only wait.-DiSraeli.
knowledge is the antidote to
fear.-Emerson. ..-.. -s.
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Governor Cone of Florida,
leading a new anti-gambling
crusade in that sunny State, has
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MADE A MISTAKE?

You've made a mistake?
Well, what If you have?
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Listen, World!
Blu Elsie Robinson

OF righteousness.
Sometimes a little
Purging shame,
Belittling foolishness
And cleansing failure
May do more for
You and your world
Than a carload lot ->
Of harps n halos. =
And so I'm saying.
Get up, kid,
And get goingl ="
Made a fool - 49,
OF yourself? "-,.,...--,.
Gone gutter? =: -
Turned swine? IT =
Been-all Of a sudden.
A first.rate rat?
Well, s'pose you have "
That's life! IL.
That's just as much
Part Of life :
AS singing t.. ID" -
HallelujahSl
Growing is -s..7..
A funny business.
Dirt is made Of
Curious things.
Lilies sometimes
Start in dung heaps.
VioletS
Were garbage-once.
Get up, partner, ...
And get going!
Never mind
The hurt and shame.
Take 'em!
Use EN-!
Thank God for them!
Thank Him for
This larger learning.
Use it for.
A larger living.
Maybe out of
All your garbage L..
You may raise some
Violets, YET!
(ThiS column welcomes GRG
requests comments. Letters pre-
senting personal problems maj
also be sent. All letters tDiIl b
handled confidentiGIIy and an
SDered promptly If stamped, I'd
dressed envelopes are included
Copyright. 1887, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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Where the Bill Is Bad
It Is HOrrid

DIsTRICT appropriation bills they come from the
~ House appropriations subcommittee are seldom
wholly good or wholly bad.
The measure reported by Representative Ross A Col
lins of Mississippi to cover the Districts expenses for
the fiscal year beginning July l. follows that general
pattern.
This must be said about the BILL however, that where
it is bad it is horrid.