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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-04
CHAPTER ii

as Dad worried about business
these days, Mother?" Victoria, four
teen years old, asked one day.
II don't think so especially, dar-
ling. think he was a little cross
because they wanted me to be in
the theatricals.
"And shall you be?"
81 don't know. I'm trying to
think it out. I hate" Mrs. Herren-
deem said, smiling through the sud-
den tears that filled her beautiful
eyes 81 hate to trouble Daddy.
But he does seem to me unreason-
able. Men have their pleasures,
and women have theirs. 1t isn't
my fault that the nicest-actually
the nicest-persons in this part of
the world have been so. extraordi-
narily generous to me-"
"But why don't they invite him?"
"But they do, my dear! Of course
they do! Daddy could 60 every
where that I 60, if he would. But
he doesn't enjoy it."
Victoria pondered this awhile in
silence.
"When I'm asked to a smart din
ner, or the opera, or to stay down
in Hillsborough for some special par
ty, am I to hang my head and say,
oh, thank you, but Mr.. Herrendeen
likes me to be at home nights'?"
81 don't think he'd mind if it
was only now and then," she sug-
gested uncertainty.
"Ah, but that's the trouble, Vic.
You can't play fast and loose. In
three months they'd all have for
gotten me. Their lives 60 too fast.
They go abroad, or to New York or
Hawaii; there are always mar
riages-people coming and going
changes"
divorces, Victoria supplied
simply, as her mother paused.
Magda laughed, with little touch
of color in her face.
'Well, yes, divorces. Everything
is whirling all the while-visitors
from the East, the polo teams, the
golf people. You can't let 60. To
get out of it for two months-to de-
cline five invitations in row, Vic
would mean you were out forever"
Again Victoria looked at her
thoughtfully, puzzledly.
"And would Dad like you to do
that, Mother?"
ITO BE CONTINUED
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Cuitar-Strumming
Cards Practice Up
on Victory Theme
M ORNING among the Mudcats:
o New York Post.-wNu Service.

M ORNING among the MudcatS:
AVA 81 wonder" said the reporter,
''If any of the Cards are up. +"
"You wOnder!" There was in
finite scorn mingled with baffied
rage in the hotel clerks voice. "Ask
some of those guys there. Ask"
There was pause while the clerk
sought to soothe another sleepy-eyed
gentleman who had come down
the stairs, tooth brush in one hand,
suit case in the other.
The reporter glanced at the horde
of other similarly attired and irate
gentlemen galloping through the
lobby. Now and then one of them
would collapse exhausted on a
lounge. A moment later tired eyes
would close in grateful slumber.
The reporter wished he had been
built in the Richard Harding Davis
mold so that he could get line on
such unseemly doings in the lobby
of great hostelry at the unearthly
hour of 9 a. m.
"Okay." The clerks voice had
lapsed into that sad, sweet resigna-
ton which comes to men who have
encountered the worst and have re-
solved no longer to combat it. eco
on up. Where? Just get on the
elevator and use your own judg-
ment. That'll be them"
The reporter did and it was. But
even then he was surprised. It
scarcely seemed, even judging from
the increasing tempo of the advance
warnings all the way from the first
to the twenty-first floor, that all that
noise could be made by mandolin
and three guitars. He hesitated in
the doorway. After all if the Gas
House boys could take on a ESQ
pound journalist before dinner what
chance would a little gee have -
Impelled by a blind loyalty to his
masters he stumbled in. The
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last year. So easily done in single
and running stitch, you'll find it
fun to embroider these large and
small nosegays. Choose all the
gay colors you wish, in wool, silk
floss or chenille and know you're
in style. In pattern 1901 you will
find a transfer pattern of one and
one reverse motif TIA by 8M
inches; one and one reverse motif
51s by 6 inches and six motifs 3A
by 3A inches; color suggestions;
illustrations of all stitches used.
To obtain this pattern send Is
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept, 259 w.
Fourteenth Street, New York,
N. Y.
Write pattern number, your
name and address plainly.
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Ords. Four of them belong to Jesse
Owens. They also stand as
world records Mrs. Paul
Bowser, wife of the wrestling inn
presariO, was the woman wrest-
ling champion of the world as Cora
Livingston years ago. Harry
Kipke predicts that Minnesota's foot
ball team will be in class by itself
next fall. He gives his own Michigan
eleven as good a chance as any
other to finish second in the Big Ten
The billiard cue was invented
by Capt. Minguad, one of Napoleon's
officers, while locked up in Paris
Jail.
Ten years ago seven specialists
told Freddie Steele, middleweight
boxing champion, he would have
to quit the ring because of a kidney
ailment. Because the sun was
bad in Shibe park during the first
game of double-header Jim Dykes
once tried to use outfelder's sun
glasses while playing third base for
the Athletics. He tossed them
away after losing couple OF pop
fouls. Soccer is the major
sport in Shanghai. The Shang-
hal Football association is affiliated
with the Football Association of Eng
land. All players in China
are registered with the British group
Johnny Baldwin, captain Of
Notre DANES 1888 basketball team,
is working for the American air
lines. Earl Brucker, the Ath-
letics' smuggling rookie, and Pid Pur-
dy, the old Cincinnati outfielder, we're
the same age when they broke into
baseball together. /. Now Purdy
is thirty-four and Brucker thirty-two,
according to the Athletics roster.
Wally Pipp, Lou Gehrig's prede-
cessor at first base for the Yankees,
is deaf in one ear as a result Of
having been beaned in batting prac-
tice by Charles Caldwell, rookie
pitcher fresh from the Princeton
campus. Earle Mack wishes
his illustrious father would receive
fewer invitations to be honored guest
at banquets and parties when the
Athletics are on the road.
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for WOMEN only

CARDUI is a special medicine for
the relief of some of the suffering
which results from womans weak
ened condition. 1t has been found
to make monthly, periods less dis
agreeable, and, when it's use has, been
kept up awhile, has helped many
poorly nourished women to get more
strength from their food. This medi-
cine pronounced "Card-u-i'O has
been used and recommended by
women for many, many years. Find
out whether it will help you by
giving it a fair trial. OF course, IL
not benefited. consult a physician.
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the porch with her heart hammer
ing like a wild birds and her ears
strained, and her whole little body
tensed with fear.
go, then," said her father out
of the pause. They hadn't gone to
sleep then; the quarrel was still on.
"Oh, no; I won't 60 now" her
mother said gently and sweetly, in
a normal voice.
"Well, now I tell you to go, that
doesn't suit you'll"
''It would be impossible for me to
go now," Mrs. Herrendeen muir
INJURED firmly, as if the whole mat
ter were settled.
'Now, why do you want to act
like that about it, Magda?" the
man demanded, with faint hint of
uneasiness, of change, in his tone.
Silence. Silence. Victoria heard
her fathers snore, light at first,
swiftly deepening. Her heart began
to beat more quietly. A night bird
cried in the garden; the sea rushed
and retreated on the rocks.
A whimpering sob broke through
the other sounds; Victoria froze.
Her mother was crying; bitterly,
brokenly crying, and keeping the
noise o. it soft, so that no one should
hear.
Victoria suffered as if from physi-
cal pain. The crying went on for a
long time; a clock struck one for
some half-hour; struck four. It was
four o'clock!
The world was gray in shadowless
light when Victoria slipped noise
lessly from bed and stepped to the
open window. She looked in. Her
father was asleep, no doubt of that,
for he was still healthily snoring.
It was at the lightly covered form
of her mother that she looked stead
lily; was she sleeping?
No, the beautiful dark eyes were
wide open, fixed on Victoria in the
window. Mrs. Herrendeen beck
oned, and Victoria flew to her arms,
and they kissed each other, the child
Rugged down against the tumbled
covers and the little lacy pillows.
"You muggins, what walked you
up?" the woman demanded in a
breath that was less than whisper.
Mother, are you all right?"
Perfectly all right, sweetheart"
"But. Mother, were you crying?"
81 got too tired, and that's why l
cried, and I'm very silly mother.
Victoria laughed the shadow OF
her own rich affectionate little
laugh. and there were more kisses.
Then she went back to her cold
tumbled porch bed. and snuggled
down. inside it. and was asleep be-
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per Martin has difficulty keeping up
with the conventions when standing
on his head playing guitar.
Would you mind playing some
thing soothing" asked the reporter.
81
Frenchy Bordagaray patted his
cerise pajamas. We'll give you
our theme song" he offered. They
did.
I'VE are mud cats, tough as wild cats.
Our ears are made of leather
And they flop in windy weather.
Gosh all hemiocks
We're as tough as pine knots.
We're from Oklahoma, can't you see"
'Nice song" the reporter inter-
rupted by crashing bureau to the
floor after the fOrty-ninth repetition
of the verse. "GOt it all over those
things Berlin and Gershwin do.
Those birds handicap themselves by
sticking to a special tune"
"Shucks," Pepper Martin, who
had been trying to introduce vari-
alton by playing his guitar with one
hand while hanging from outside
the window ledge with the other,
chinned himself back into the room.
II can write 'em with one hand tied
behind my back. I can. Say,
think that's Frisch rooming below
here. You gotta treat the manager
right. I'm gonna serenade him"
He disappeared over the window
ledge again.
''Well," remarked the reporter
after a while. ''It looks like you've
lost a good guitar"
"Tut, don't mention it," said
M'sieu BOrdagaray. 1--WE can get
plenty more of them. There's a
music store that feeds 'em to us.
This Bob Weiland he's up there now
getting left-handed guitar. That'll
get us some place. What / say is
there's not a club in the league that
couldn't use good sOuthpaw and"
The phone rang. Pitcher Bill Nc
Gee practiced playing the mandolin
with one hand while picking up the
receiver with the other. "Zut," he
screamed. "Canaille. Bourgeoise. {"
He slammed down the receiver and
began playing the mandolin with
both hands so as to catch up with
the others.
Probably the hotel complaining
again." said the ever polite M'sieu
Bordagaray. "Those travelling
statesmen haven't any appreciation
of art. They always want to sleep
and"
A hand and then a head reap
peared on the window ledge.
wasn't Frisch at all" announced
Pepper Martin. @vN
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brought it over in a box. And an
other blue dress, too"
They walked along in silence for
a while. Presently Victoria said:
We've had a happy day, haven't
we?"
"I'm glad you have" her father
said, stopping to bend down and
kiss her.
Victoria had to sleep on the porch
cot that night, as she always did
when Dad was there.
In the night she wakened, and
heard their voices-her fathers
and her mothers. Her mothers
was almost inaudible, and had a
''please hush note in it with which
Victoria was entirely familiar. Her
fathers was not very loud, but
clear:
"I'm not saying it's easy for you,
Magda. say it's simply your luck.
We had it-lots Of it. And God
knows l didn't hold out on you then.
Now we haven't got it any more.
and that's your bad luck.
Silence. And then Mothers voice,
very low and gentle:
"Keith, know how hard II is for
you, dear. And IL you feel that way
simply won't go. But it does seem
wonderful chance. We happen
we four, the Harwoods and Grace
Cuthbertson and Ito play mar
velous foursome of bridge, and Col
lins-that's the brother-cuts in now
and then, so it makes it perfect.
They're only to be gone five weeks.
could get Victoria's things
Strengthened out. and ask Hetty to
get your dinners :"
There was another pause. Pres
emily the man said:
"You have no further affection
no interest in either one of us, I
know that"
"Oh, pleased" the woman's voice
protested mildly. II suppose this
will 60 on into the forties and the
fifties, boarding houses and Pine
street apartments!"
at won't be forever" Keith Her
rendeen said.
"Itll be until I'm too old to
care!" Victoria heard her mother
say. Then there was long silence,
while the little girl lay listening on
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NOT in THE BOX SCORE:

" DUNG Lee Handley's hitting and
fielding undoubtedly have helped
Pittsburgh's Pirates this season. but
his most important contribution
seems to have been neglected by
the public comm entatOrs. refer to
his fine clear voice, which he Is not
afraid to raise in whoops of en-
coura cement and protest. Before he
injected some elan into the outfit,
Pittsburgh pitchers used to have to
look around every few seconds to
make sure they had q team on the
field with them.
Just to prove that there is a COM
mon denominator for all of us, Glenn
Cunningham, who holds the indoor
and outdoor records for the mile,
looks like a knock-kneed stenog-
rapher when running for subway
train in New York. Sometimes he
doesn't even make it and gets sore
like the rest of us, too. For instance
there was that day recently when
Grand Central guard accomplished
that which Gene Venzke has been
trying to do for years with scant
success-closing a door in front Of
Glenn's flushed face.
When Van Mungo staged his one
man tw0-day rebellion last summer
a DOdger director explained to me
why the pitcher just had to quit on
his teammates. 1t was because Van
is fast ball pitcher and that Stengel
makes him keep trying to throw
curves when he's never had to throw
curves before" Now National
League players are explaining why
MungO is having such rare success
this season. 1t is because Van,
who used to be nothing but fast
ball thrOwer, now has a swell and
well controlled curve to fool you
with. Frank Keogh, international
riding star, now is patrol judge
on metropolitan courses Rigan
Mckinney will not ride in any
steeplechases this year. He is on a
world tour. Like Pete Bostwick, also
on the sidelines, Mckinney is said
to have received retirement orders
from the missus. Jt g. .-54
Walter E. O'Hara, who frankly
styles himself as a promoter and
not as a sportsman, pays all hospital
bills for jockeys injured at his Mar
ragansett park. There's no insur-
ance gag either, the money coming
right out of his own jeans. The
real name of Tony Malinosky, re-
cruit infielder of the Dodgers, is
Malununus. Tony, a Lithuanian,
changed the name, explaining that
he had taken Malinosky for short
and did not notice until some time
later that both names have nine
letters. Art Lasky, former
heavyweight title contender, is try
ing to get job as referee in Cali
fornia. Gilly Brack, hitting sem
sation of the National league, who
several days this spring led the
league in batting, works in Louis
vile bat factory in the off season.
When signed by the Dodgers he
threw away the bats with which he
batted .229 in the American asso-
citation and designed twelve w
models especially adapted for hit
ting major league pitching.
Ray Schalk Picks Best
Athletes Of Diamond
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fore the mornings first chill blan-
ket of fog began to creep in across
the level dim floor of the ocean.
When they were at home in the
city, Magda Herrendeen never got
up for breakfast. She always said
that she loved getting UP in the
morning when there was anything
to co. But in the five-room apart
ment on Pine street there was not
much to do.
Keith got himself a cup Of coffee
and boiled two-minute oats for Vic
toria, or scrambled eggs for them
both. The rest was just bread and
butter, and milk poured from the
bottle.
Magda sometimes got up and got
herself some orange juice, or even
a cup of tea. She would come back
with the mail, the newspaper car
ried with a smoking cup or the
glass. Settling down again, she
would yawn YEARLY; what horrible
things were in the house for dinner,
and what should be ordered?
At eleven the telephone would
ring, and then there would be a
change. A change in her, and a
change in the general atmosphere.
my dear, / don't think I can to-
day." she would say. "But it sounds
too divine! How late would we be?
I see. Let me think
What are you wearing, Ethyl?
Yes, l have; I could wear the blue
that Eleanor brought me from Paris
Yes, / know. But Let me think
about it and call you again!"
Victoria knew how this went; she
had heard it many times, for after
all she had not been long in school,
and there were always long Satur-
day mornings at home. Her mother
would hang up the telephone only
to seize it once more. She would
be all vitality, all energy now. Her
beautiful eyes would be dancing, her
manner absent-minded but sweet
and happy again.
"Vic, could you 60 down to Flor
ence's-or wait over at school until
six? Daddy'll be here early, you
know; I'll leave message for him
to call for you :"
And while she talked, Magda
would be packing things in her
handsome suitcase, laughing, glanc-
ing at the clock, snatching the tele-
phone again. Perhaps she would
talk to a man this time.
Rudy, this is Magda. Ethyl and
all of them are going to James to-
night; are you? Oh, wonder
full! When are you going down? For
the polo? . Oh, fine! Could you
take me along? Well, you're a
darling know, but anyway
you're darling In about an
hour? In about an hour"
But after her eleventh birthday,
after that visit to the beach house,
there was a change between her
parents, and Victoria saw it, or
perhaps felt it rather than saw it.
Her mother was gentler, sweeter,
more affectionate than ever when
she was with them, but she was
with them much less.
On the other hand Victoria's IA
Their grew silent, and gray, and dis
agreeable, as the months went by
and were years. He rarely spoke
at all at home, and in the evenings
he almost always went out.
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so Years

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Everett Scott, o ! d
Yankee shOrtstOp, is
the best bowler { o
come out of base
ball; Carl Hubbell is
a better pitcher than
Dizzy Dean; Ty Cobb
was the greatest
player of all time,
and Joe Jackson was
the best natural hit
ter Ohio State
athletes hold seven
of the Is Big Ten
nrrfInnn rnaH ~an
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Swarthy gentleman
in cerise pajamas
waved one languid
hand while cOntinu-
ing to pick energet-
ically at his mando-
lin with the other
paw. The unshaven
and hairy chested
gentleman made a
similar gesture of
greeting with a fat
fish foot. 1t was not
that he meant to be
SIsA-
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SYNOPSIS

Victoria Herrendeen. a vivacious little
girl. had been too young to feel the shock
that came when her father. Keith Herren.
deem. lost his fortune. A gentle. unobstrusive
soul. he Is now employed as an obscure
chemist in San Francisco. at q meager
salary His wife. Magda, cannot adjust her
self to the change She is beautiful WON.
an. fond OF pleasure and magnet for
mems attention. Magda and Victoria have
been down at q summer resort and Keith
Joins them for the weekend.
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Earliest Mustard

English mustard was first made
at Durham about 1870, and the rec
ipe was kept a secret for many
years by an old woman named
Clements, of Durham. She ground
the seeds like wheat and made a
little fortune by going from town
to town on q packhorse.
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Frocks Mode Cay
With Stitch Flowers

Fashion DEGREES that flowers
bloom on OUR dresses in embroid-
cry this Spring and Summer.
Give this smart touch to that new
frock-surprise yourself and all
your friends too by what lit will
do to renew that plain dress from
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Foes Anger

The anger of an enemy repre-
sents our faults or admonishes us
of the duty with more heartiness
than the kindness of a friend
Taylor.
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WOMEN

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SOUVENIRS

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Evening star., 1937-06-22
PAUL WERE ROUNDY
'0F SURVEY IS DEAD
Geo|ogist and Pa|eontoIogist
Was Distinguished in
Oil Work.

Paul We're Roundy SO, distinguished
geologist and paleontologist Of the
Geological Survey Of the Interior De-
partment, died yesterday of a cerebral
hemorrhage at his home, 6804 Meadow
lane, Chevy Chase, Md.
During the World War Mr.. Roundy
supervised Oil production in Oklahoma
and some years ago conducted oil in
vestigations for the Government in
California, during a general check-up
after the famous Teapot Dome oil
case. He had been with the survey
about 20 years.
A native of CooperStoWn Junction,
N. Y, Mr.. Roundy was the son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph w. Roundy.
He attended Syracuse and George
Washington Universities, receiving his
A. B. degree at the latter.
He was member of the Paleon-
tologlcal Society, American Associa-
ton OF Petroleum Biologists, Society
OF Economic Paleontologists and
Petrologists and the Geological So
clety of Washington.
Surviving are two sons, Paul v.
Roundy, jr., and Willard H. Roundy,
both OF Chevy Chase. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at 7:3O pm. today
at Hines funeral home, 1901 Four
teenth street. Burial will be in South
Thomastone, Me.