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"SECRETs"
By John Richard Finch

ever loved. I've loved him always. Somehow to-
night he seems very close to me-"
Phemie slipped noiselessly across the room and
knelt by her mistress side. She felt a very deep
love for this matriarchial lady. Mistress and
servant, both the last of their line. Why,
Phemie's great grandmother had been old mis-
tress nurse! They sort of belonged to each other.
"Yo all musta loved Mastah Vaudreuil pah-
full much" The black girl spoke in an awed whis-
per-
The old woman chuckled. That's the secret
Phemie. It wasn't Master Vaudreuil whom
loved It was boy who disappeared nearly go
years ago on the day married the man of my
fathers choice" She looked at the girls startled
face. A kindly hand found its way to the brown
chin and squeezed it affectionately. Two tears
slipped out of the corners of the dark eyes and
ran down the smooth rounded cheeks into the
withered white hand. Come, run along now,
child. It was secret couldn't keep any longer.
It's made me happy to tell someone After all,
you're one of the family Phemie"
'Yas'm. Ah-ah sho is happy to shah yo'ah
secret. It's - it's beautiful, Mistes Vaudreuil.
An don yo fret yoself. Phemie nevah tell no.
body
Mrs vaudreuil smiled. she knew the girls
heart. Phemie would keep her secret
And do you think you will recognize love
when it comes, Phemie?"
An COulQQL ever 10 get Wndl yO al IOl
me- Ahll know TO sho', Mist'es Vaudreuil'
The old woman nodded contentedly. "Take
this tray away and bring me some fresh, hot
coffee, Phemie," she told the girl
"Yas'm." The negro girl picked up the tray
and started toward the door, Suddenly, she
stopped. Half turning, she hung her head, speak
ing with panied hesitance. "Mist'es Vaudreuil
-ah's got secret too" she confded.
you, secret? Upon my word, what is it,
Phemie? You haven't done anything wrong 2"
nHEMIE hesitated a moment, apparently
struggling for words. "Ah-ahs been goin'
barefoot 'cept when ah comes up heah. Aftah
yo all tellin me what yuh did, like ah was one
o. dah family. ah feels 'shamed In keepin' any
secrets from yo, Mist'es Vaudreuil."
For moment the old lady didn't answer. She
was fumbng with handkerchief. When she
spoke her voice was unsteady.
ITS nice Of you to tell me- Phemie Maybe
was wrong! II It makes you happy to go bare
footed--well why not? My. but this 10 q night
for sharing secrets, isn't It, child?"
Later, when old mistress was safely In bed
dreaming her dreams. Phemie stood by the
courtyard gate waiting for Sammy. She didn't
want to 20 to dance now. She would ask him
to take her down by the river. When he held
her in his arms tonight she would know Il be
was her man.
Copyright 1887
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but then, Mrs vaudreuil never came into the
kitchen any more. 1t was safe here Carrying
tiny cup of strong black coffee with which
her mistress always finished her evening meal.
Phemie climbed the stairs to the sitting room.
Pushing open the door, which swung inward
with a raucous creak on protesting hinges,
Phemie saw her mistress standing on the
wrought-iron balcony overhanging the ban
quette Her dinner lay untouched on the tray
beside her chair. Six candles burning in sill
yer candelabra, were the only illumination. A
vagrant breeze from the street beyond the bal
cony, heavy with the perfume of honeysuckles.
toyed with the yellow fingers of lights. throw
ing weirdly dancing Shadows on the white
plaster walls. Faded family portraits gave up
faces that peered like ghosts from gold-leaf
frames without turning around. the old lady
spoke.
"Phemie, come here" the surprised girl heard
the quavering voice directing her.
''Yasm" Phemie set the DENT tasse on the
table and went obediently to her mistress dde.
why, B1st'es vaudreuil yo amt touched z
bite of yo'ah dnnah All hope yo all amt comin'
down Wit duh misery again.
mo, Phenie. my rheumatism has entirely left
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yard after her mistress was tucked safely in
bed Sometimes the dawn blushed in the sky as
dark arms entwined in parting caress in the
old garden. But of late, Phemie had been slip
ping out to parties Her soul needed music,
laughter. dancing and song. Tonight she was
going to dance with Sammy. tingling sensa-
ton sent warm, sharp needles pleasurably stab
bing their way through her slim body. She
wondered if it was love- How was she to know?
It was nice, anyway She began to sing-the
song Sammy had written for her-as she en-
tered the kitchen.
",Mensbah, honey, ,ohat Gh toP yuh-
Yo'ah s,ceetah dan duh sioeet magnolia"
RHEMIE heard the familiar tinkle of bell
coming from the floor above and stopped
singing abruptly. Her mistress ringing for her
coffee The girl quickly slipped on her shoes.
Mrs. Vaudreuil didn't like her to go barefooted,
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know how to do everything :. and thought
there was better life than the desert
part of the year to build them up and
he hoped they'd learn to be young eagles !.
like Lndy.
Long years ago he bought one of Gould's
former homes at Lakewood and later
built huge place on Long Island where
he had his polo ponies mostly and another
place on the Mojave Desert in California
and one in Miami, Florida.
He kept fit horseback riding his hours
were regular and he went to bed almost
every night =. at 1890 :. . regardless of what
guests he was entertaining.
His To-day" was the third most widely
column in the world :. but he derived
more income from his own private publishing
ventures and his real estate investments
:. than from his writings He was veri-
table walking dictionary he carried light
portable debating machine nearly everywhere
with him most of the people he wrote about
he had never met =. though he led you to
think otherwise. =.
He was critical to the extreme . :. analytical
and sarcastic . but to be with him in his
home you would never guess his paror-pink
tendencies thereby he easily beed his true
leanings. :. At heart he was an ardent nation
alistic patriot.
Though he attended church he was
skeptic and though he thought that all
children should be brought up strictly orthodox
he himself an agnostic. >.
Mrs Brisbane is one of the most charming
women we have ever met . many, many
years the junior of her distinguished husband
i. for any man is distinguished i. !. who can
make of himself character :. :. such as Brs-
bane had done for himself and posterity.
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BAREFooTED NEGRO GIRL in a guinea

BAREFCOTED NEGRO GIRL in guinea
"A blue wrapper and a red tignon knotted
across the top of her head shufled across the
fagstone courtyard. She paused at the corner of
the house, giving her shoulders rhythmical
dip-and-swing as, from somewhere in the dis
tance, the "St Louis Blues" being thumped out
on discordant piano, came to her ears. She
smiled into the blue haze of dusk that was set
Ting over the tops of the palm fronds. Moving
on she lighted the oil lantern hanging from the
trellis in the garden. She f1cked the match care
lessly into the bushes, and. plucking cape jas
mine held it to her nose, twirlng the stem be-
tween her brown thumb and index finger as she
walked leisurely back toward the house.
Phemie was old Mrs. Vaudreuils girl She was
born under the Vaudreuil roof, across the court
yard in the old servants quarters, as was her
mother before her. Her father mulatto. had
worked on a Mississippi River boat, and even
her mother knew him only slightly" "A Mem
phis man." Nanny Toukatou told her-"pah-
ful big and han'sum. but wifi wanderin' itch
to his feet"
Was a time when Vaudreuil was a name
among the prominent Creole families of New
Orleans The old Vaudreuil house on Royal
street ia the vieux Carre was once showplace
Of the South but now, little more than heap
Of rusting ironwork and mouldering plaster, It
Uas but the ruins of faded elegance. the pa
thetic decay of which was only slightly softened
by the dreamy dusks, quaint nickering candle
lights, and the swooning perfume of the oriean-
ian evenings The servants quarters were de-
serted; the garden, still rampant with oieanders.
crepe myrtle and jasmine. had only the indiffer-
ent care Phemie could give it. for Nanny Touk-
atou had been dead these four years, and Phemie
was the aged Mrs. vaudreuils only servant
the once fabulous family fortune had long since
vanished.
Phemie loved the dignified and kindly white
haired old LADY, who sat proudly in her red
plush easy chair waiting to die. But at 20. the
negro girl felt the ebb and flow of vibrant,
virile life. She wanted to dance. and sing, and
love. Life with her mistress was very conaning
Phemie was pretty. She was slender and well
formed The white blood. inherited from her ia
ther showed in her milk chocolate skin. Men
looked at her wherever she went. Even white
men eyed her with approval Moses Brown, the
undertaken who had layed out Nanny Toukatou
twice her age. OF maybe nore--trembled when
he talked TO her. His eyes deyoured her. And
he wasn't the only one! Naturally. Phemie was
drawn to youth. There was that boy who played
the drums at the Golden Slipper, and then. there
was SAMMY Lee who worked on the levee load
inc cotton Uma umh-couid that boy love! And
so tan and straight and strong. with such white.
even teeth, and q voice as powerful and fine AZ
his body. He had made up song, too-just for
her.
She used to meet her beaux In the court
I. PAGE TWO
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EXPLAINING

the unexplainable is q thankless labor. Yet.
everyone has had unusual experiences adven-
ture sudden good fortune. unbelievable illusions.
warnings and premonitions Of happiness or dis
aster We're making q collection. Send them In
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\ 10 DOUBT you are amused by this pic
IN ture of the tall pedagogue, who when
he is away from his lower room is not
aware that the children are playing pranks.
This is an artists strange conception of the
frailty of human nature, and it means more
than meets the eyei
We are all children and life is the peda-
gogue. WE ALL DO THE THINGS THAT
ARE RIGHT WHEN THE WORLD is
LOOKINGi
If we are really APT" pupils we shall
learn finally that living splendidly is more
important than learning the three Rs"
reading, writing and arithmetic.
If we are really wise we will strive for
the strength to be on the level with this
teacher LIFE and do the things that make
for noble living at all times.
1t is more important that we make the
world a better place in which to live than
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it is to be able to use the Kings English.
That we rise above avarice and greed, that
we cultivate patience and tolerance and
above ALL that we learn to forgive seventy
times seven"
It is also important that we learn from
life this fact: 1T is NOT IMPORTANT
WHO GETS THE CREDIT FOR DOING
A THING SO LONG AS A NOBLE AND
GENEROUS ACT is DONE. SO LONG AS
THE POOR ARE FED. AND THE PAINS
OF THE SUFFERER EASED. Rivalry
among those who achieve has often caused
the downfall of otherwise estimabe men
We will be really fine individuals when we
are able to do kind act and go our way
without praise or commendation.
Charity suffereth long and is kind char
ity enveth not; charity vaunteth not itself,
is not puffed up
lean Rendlen
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that he must keep for
ever in the limelight
which is better publicity for
the Standard Oil than reams
and reams of else and
his dimes the Vaccinations
of Ivy Lee, his late able pub
lie relations counsel) he
still considers the cleverest
single bit of propaganda
in use by anyone.
What led you to believe
that a wise father
should put full and undivided
business trust in his son ?"
asked him. We were
on the links at Daytona.
Florida one clear, SUM-
shiny day in the early
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THIS ADVENTURER WRITES

Dear Skipper
II send an experience which doesn't seem
much to me, but you might think it interesting.
"Deep-sea divers run into strange things, and
recently was hired by so-called salvage COM
pany. The job was just one of those sporadic
things that start up overnight, and someone
had told this outfit about ship that was loaded
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"ILLUSIONS"

A NOTE from Bob Ross of Thompson Falls,
~ Montana-deep-sea diver, lad of 27 who
feels 81, fingers and muscles stiff and almost
immovabe from experiences in going down for
treasure. Inevitably the same fate overtakes
many divers, but few stop to tell about what
happened.
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Editors Note-The Author of "Fare-
we'll to Fifth Avenue" and Many Other
Best Sellers, Herewith Begins a Series of
Short Biographies on the Thousands of
Great Men of the World Whom He
Has Interviewed. This Is Exclusive in
the United States With the Five Star
Weekly Mr.. vanderbilt-)
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BY Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
4 + 4 X
John d. ROCKEFELLER, SIR.


THE super-man is no different to look at
| than any other octogenarian millionaire
or pauper.
Essentially John ID. is practical in golfing
he makes his own tees . clothes himself with
out valet still writes in longhand and
trusts no one outside his immediate family
circle He knows. also, that he is genius
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He looked so fragile
one felt wisp of wind might upset him
if it caught him off his guard sometime
"Wal," he said, in a high-pitched voice
.trustin in the family's jest akin to living
it's nothin' wonderful ter put all yer faith in
yer son an specs he'll be a-doin' the same
thing with his when they grow up -
And John D., Jr. the worlds greatest
practical philanthropist assuredly has fol-
lowed his fathers example with his own
children.
And so has II specs Henry with Edsel Ford
and many many other fathers, too. -.
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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.

urHE moral duty of every honorable person
- lies in candid, frank open-hearted-
ness constancy with his God. :" This
from John d. Jr. in his first interview
after assuming the leadership of the
mems Bible class in his New York church.
A square-set . square-jawed deter
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UTILITY LAWYER
IS CITED BY FPC

Q.N.S). The Federal Power
Commission is determined to exc
cute, right up to the hilt. provi-
sions of the holding company act
calling for dissolution of inter
locking directorates in the power
industry.
This was plainly evident as
Clyde L. Seavey, vice chairman, or.
dered C. Edward PaXson, counsel
for subsidiaries of the Associated
Gas and Electric Company, to
show cause before the Commits
sion not later than Friday why he
should not be barred from fur
ther practice before the power
body.
Swift action was taken against
the New York attorney after a
statement by him that the COM
mission was trying to force expert
enced men from their positions
with utilities companies was
branded as "impugning the in
tegrity" of the FPC.
Parsons statement followed
declaration by FPC Chairman
Frank R. McNinch that the resig-
nation Of seven A. G. and E. Off.
Gals on the eve of commission
hearings to determine the pro-
priety of their continued tenure in
multiple key Offices, was Inter
esting and probably significant"
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new SEC HEAD
BEGINS DUTIES

GNS0. Taking UP his duties
as the new chairman of the Secur-
tiles and Exchange Commission,
William o. Douglas today called
upon industry and finance to in
stitute standards of conservatism
and simple honesty, and pledged
himself to protect the interests Of
small investors.
The 38-year-old Yale University
law professor interrupted his vaca-
ton in New England to outline his
detectives as head of the New
Deals powerful and influential
economic agency.
Assuring Wall Street and other
financial centers that the COM
mission would administer its pow
ers in a judicious manner, Doug
las made plain, hwever, that his
body would act as the investors
advocate"
Douglas warned Wall Street that
the commission will be ever vigi-
liant against pool operations and
manipulative practices.
One of the first tasks the
commission will undertake, he
said, will be to simplify pros
pectuses of corporations which
seek to float stock and bonds.
This will give better information
to prospective investors.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg R0, of
Michigan, in which the Michigan
Senator also suggested "realign-
ment of political parties"
Senator Copeland spoke in this
Michigan town of 900 where he
was born and raised.
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The party would be the spear
head in the drive to prevent Presi-
dent Roosevelt from seeking a
third term, or to prevent election
of a Roosevelt candidate in 1910,
he indicated.
His remarks followed by three
days a speech by U. S. Senator
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Morris Resigns
Tax Board Post

HYDE PARK. N. Y, Sept. %
G.N.SO.-President Roosevelt TO-
day announced acceptance OF
the resignation of Logan Morris,
of Utah, as a member of the United
States Board of Tax Appeals.
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Proposes
New Political. Party

DEXTER, Nchr Sept. % GNS).-After warning against
dictatorship in America under yrant ruthless the worst
in history" United States Senator Royal S. Copeland D Of
New York today urged formation Of major political party
Chased the principles of Jefferson and Lincoln for Repub
and anti-Roosevet Democrats.
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WILLIAM o. DOUGLAS, SO,
militant champion of the ''little"
investor, who assumes the chair.
manship of the Securities and
Exchange Commission today.
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PRESIDENT OFF.
TODAY ON SWING
TO WEST COAST
Leaving Without Word
From Justice Black
BY GEORGE DURNo

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept. %
QNS0.-Presid ent Roosevelt
packed his bags to head West this
afternoon on a 6,000-mile cross
country swing that will carry him
to the Northwest Pacific Coast
and back in IS days.
The Executive was leaving Hyde
Park without any word from Hugo
L. Black, his first Supreme Court
appointee, now returning from
England by slow boat, to answer or
ignore charges he holds a life
membership in the Ku K1ux Khan.
INFORMAL APPEARANCES
Between now and October 6,
the President will make number
of informal" appearances in Wyo-
ming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon,
North Dakota and Chicago. Politi-
cal factions will follow his tour
with keenest interest to see
whether he carries to the country
his demand for a revitalized Su-
preme Court that will interpret
the Constitution along sufficiently
liberal lines to meet the New Deal
program.
Prior to his 4 p. m. departure,
Mr.. Roosevelt held a final confer
ence with John D. Biggers, Toledo
glass executive, who will head the
Administrations voluntary regis
tration" of the unemployed.
JOB CENSUS MAPPED
Biggers brought to Hyde Park a
tentative QUESTIONABLE to be dis
tributed by the Post Office De-
partment to those who are job
less or partially employed. The
President and his new census
taker are agreed that success of
the registration depends largely
on simplicity of the QUESTIONABLE.
Friends of the President denied
emphatically that Mr.. Roosevelt'S
tranScontinental tour was inspired
by a desire to be out of Washing
ton when the Supreme Court
meets on October 4 and Justice
Black is entitled to his seat.
The President explained that
should he conclude his swing at
Hyde Park instead of Washington
it would be to greet his 83-year-
old mother returning from Eu-
rope.
TO INSPECT PORJECTS
He also ridiculed published re-
ports he was avoiding Nebraska
and Montana. Senators Burton
K. Wheeler of Montana, and Ed
ward r. Burke Of Nebraska, were
two Of the leading Democratic op-
ponents IN til Senate to the Presi-
dents effort to enlarge the Su-
preme Court.
Although Mr.. Roosevelt has
closed down the Public Works Ad-
ministration, his swing through
contemplated inspection of a num-
Der of PWA projects, Bonneville,
Grand Coulee, Fort Peck and
Owyhee dams weer among them.
The Presidents final caller to-
day was John Montgomery, Amer
lean minister to Hungary. From
Montgomery, the President sought
first-hand information concerning
the threatening situation in Eu-
rome
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flies Another Famous Song in His
Series Of "SOngS That VIII Live For.
ever" Reproduced in Full Color in
Tho American Weekly, With Sunday
Washington Herald.
Evening star., 1937-10-03
Pay of Poet Laureate.

The pay of a poet laureate of Eng
land is 81 pounds-about S485-a
year, John Masefield. present laure-
ate, told an interviewer in New York.
Evening star., 1937-10-03

outstanding figure in the administra-
ton. His fall has been the frank OBJ
jective of Mussolini, who would hail
it as the Germans hailed the fall of
Delcasse after the Panther incident
But nothing is less likely than the
qualification of that wish. Eden has
become the embodiment of British
policy and he has modified national
opinion behind him in a measure that
was undreamed Of year ago. While
maintaining his prestige with the
right, he has won the confidence of
the left, and all suspicion that his
moderation was due to weakness has
been dissipated by the boldness and
firmness with which he has tackled
the crucial question OF the freedom of
the Mediterranean.
Brave Stroke Of Policy.
That is on all hands accepted As
the bravest and wisest stroke of policy
that has been struck since the chal-
lenge Of gangsterism was launched
1t is the thus far and no farther" OF
an outraged and insulted civilization
and its effect both in Europe and at
home has been electrical Nor has il
been diminished by the magnificent
stage productions in Berlin Of the
"Berlin-Rome axis" in operation.
1t was characteristic Of Mr.. Eden
that, in his speech to the League AS
sembly at Geneva, the fact of realities