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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
The letter it contained ran as fol-

The letter it contained ran as fol-
lows:
Dear Harry:
Your imitation Of Chefs voice
t2lis afternoon was so amazingly
good that ! must surely have mis-
taken you for him but for the fact
that he was sitting in this very
room when you telephoned. In
cidentally, he had never before
been in the house with me alone.
But when I realized how despic-
ably low-down you were in laying
that trap for me, I couldn't resist
the temptation to lead you on,
Also. I made q momentous deci-
sion during our conversation.
For almost three years Chef has
been in love with me. For almost
that time I have been in love with
him, but tried to bluff that was
not. ] was old-fashioned enough
% believe that il was my duty to
stand by you so long as you treat
ed me decently. Chef made no
attempt to coax me away from
you.
He did not 60 to Rye today. He
decided overnight to 60 of to Eu-
rope and live there for a year or
so to try and get me out Of his
mind. He came to tell me that he
was sailing tomorrow.
After putting up the receiver
this afternoon / kissed Chef for the
first time in my life; then / an
nounced that would 60 to Europe
with him. So now / am through
with making ends meet in the sub
urbs for a husband who obviously
did not think much of me. Chef,
as you know, is very well of, and
he will be able to take good care
of me both before and after we
are married.
Good-by, Harry. Give up doing
imitations-and being one.
Your ex-wife,
Audrey.
For several minutes Harry Small.
wood stood there like man In 9
trance. Audrey would never come
back to him. He knew her.
The light sound Of the letter fan,
ing from his hand to the rug oh.
truded on his thoughts.
He looked about at the familiar
things in the living room-the cush'
ions, the chairs, the standing lamps
Somehow they looked different from
when he had last seen them. It was
as though they accused him of rob.
bling them of their mistress.
He began to walk slowly through
the house.
The kitchen was immaculate
Audrey always kept it so.
In the bedroom there was faint
smell of the perfume. she used
From the night table he picked ur
the book she: had been reading the
night before. Then, suddenly, Harry
Smallwood felt unexpectedly tired
and old. He sank heavily on b
Audrey's bed and lay there with his
face buried in her pillow.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
Surf Is Treacherous In
the Blustery South Seas

Steamers which call at outlying
islands of the South Seas often find
it impossible to land passengers
through the gigantic waves which
break almost constantly On their
shores. In this case, particularly in
the Samoan group, the natives come
out in their long rowing canoes to
take ashore perhaps single pas
senger.
These boats, called fautais, have
70 be particularly well built to with
stand the racking strain of running
the surf. They are cross between
the now extinct Polynesian war
canoe and our own New Bedford
whaleboats, writes a correspond
ent in the Washington Star.
In the bow of the 50-foot boat a
brown-skinned drummer booms saw
age time on an empty five-gallon
oil drum, while 20 rowers pull the
slim boat over the water with all the
skill of a racing crew. A huge
figure, Tulife, the village headman,
to whom you are later introduced,
grasps a gigantic 20-foot steering
oar at the stern and brings the boat
alongside the steamer in an easy
swing. Baggage is lowered, you
follow and soon find yourself sitting
in the stern sheets almost between
the chiefs big, brown feet.
Surf never looks bad from sea-
ward, because the hollow undersides
of the breakers are not visible. But
as you coast in toward the white
sand and see the curling tops Of
the waves and hear their thunder
on the beach you realize what the
boat and crew are up against.
These Samoans handle their boats
much the same as Hawaiians do
their surfboards in the smaller
breakers off their islands. That is,
they pick good sea, then pull like
mad to keep on the shoreward side
Of its crest, where the downhill slide
Of the boat gives greater velocity
and the water of the wave provides
added depth to cover the jagged
coral heads which lie just beneath
the surf.
As the giant swell carries the rae
ing boat along, the inshore combers
are clearly visible. Close in, the
backwash from every wave leaves
the wicked coral bare. but next min
ute q l5foot wave thunders IN and
covers it.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
Strawberry American

Historically, the strawberry is one
of the younger fruits. It he's been
cultivated for only about sir centu-
ries. Found growing wild in Ameri-
ca by the early explorers, the straw
berry has benefited by travel. Ear
ly it went to Europe-returned lat
er much-improved berry Now it
grows in every country in he world
that has a temperate eli nate.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
"that the gas flows freely through the gasket.
''Be sure, "
said MRS. MOLLA PROpP.

WELL. my dear, it was my
" 6rst buggy ride in years.
=" Right after dinner Henry
said. "Lets take a ride out into
the Hill country" and was 20
thrilled because that's the way
we used to drive when Henry
was counting me. -,
We must have driven until
pretty late, when-all OF a sud
den-the lights went out and the
car stopped. Gosh" said Hen
~. that's the battery. ] was
told that this might happen any
time"
And I didn't have the heart to
scold him-much anyway-be-
cause I remembered so many
things he had told me on that
road and some of them were true
:. sometimes ! wish he'd tell me
these things after we were mar
ried, too.
We could see q light and
walked over to il. Sure enough,
il was a farmers house and they
invited US in and ! played the
Copyright. 19S
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
Queen Christina Of Sweden

Christina OF Sweden was born at
Stockholm in 1926. She, succeeded
her father, Gustavus Adolphus, in
1852. After her coronation she fell
under the influence of favorites and
ceased to interest herself in state
affairs. She resigned the crown to
her cousin, Charles Augustus, in
1854, embraced Catholicism and
lived for some time in Paris. On
the death Of Charles Augustus in
1860 she vainly endeavored to re-
gain the throne. She was an ac-
complished inguist and friend and
correspondent of many famous lit
craft. She died in Rome in 1889.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18

city on one of the main highways
to the coast and turned off into
quiet ranch road that ran between
groves Of orange trees decked IN
glorious blossom.
The air was full Of sweet per-
tune, and the sun shone warmly.
Martha looked simply enchanting.
However, she proved to be coy.
81 appreciate the honor awfully, DR..
Pike" she said demurely. 'But
now that things are the way they
are-it's difficult. Poor fathers In
an awful tangle, and I must help
him out by earning something to
repay him for all his kindness"
She was hoping against hope that
DR.. Pike would say something about
assisting her father, and was deeply
disappointed that he didn't. Not
that they would have accepted his
help anyway-it wasn't up to him.
But still she was disappointed.
Would you come and take me
away out Of the lunch counter?"
she asked suddenly.
Take you away!'' said DR.. Pike,
startled. All his life he had hated
scenes. Surely you can. 60 away,
quietly? There doesn't seem any
need for heroics."
"But there is" she persisted. 81
have a reason"
The subdued smile on her face
made DR.. Pike suspect she was jok-
ing, and he promised to call for
her the next day.
It struck him as strange on enter
ing the Boulevard Lunch Counter
the following noon to find the place
deserted.
"The kitchen staff's on holiday"
the tall dark man explained, cycling
DR.. Pike coldly.
There's nothing but cold stuff"
DR.. Pike took a ham sandwich.
Martha was not in sight, but pres
emily she appeared, apparently as
the result of some kind of signal
from the tall man. She was not in
uniform, but looked very genteel in
a pink blouse and dark skirt. Then
Mr.. Summers came into view, sfnil-
ing, and in his carpenters apron.
Gentlemen" he said, taking
Martha by the hand and leading her
forward. who claims this girl?"
II do" said two voices simultan-
eously-the voices of DR.. Pike and
the tall man.
"And who will take me thrown
in with her?" continued Mr.. Sum-
mers, still smiling.
81 WILL" said one voice alone.
It was not the voice of DR.. Pike.
"Going-going-gone!" said Mr..
Summers, and before the astonished
dentist quite knew what was hap
pening the tall man had taken the
counter at a flying leap and en-
folded Martha in his arms.
"You see, DOCTOR" said Mr.. Sum-
mers kindly, while you hesitated
another fellow came forward and
offered everything he had. But as
it happens / won't need to be a
burden on anyone-Pve just got
word that my funds were not all
lost in the smash-up. am going to
put money into this business-we
will run it as a family affair-en-
large, and so on. I'm not blam-
ing you, you understand, but / be-
Ieve if you had just been little
quicker you could have :"
"Oh, nonsense, father, he
couldn't" broke in Martha from the
tall mans side.
But DR.. Pike was sport enough to
know he had lost out. And he was
also sport enough to be best man
at the wedding.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18

organ and we all sang old-tin /
songs, and Henry said Il was, Il I
most enjoyable evening he
spent In Q long time. He w. /
pretty sentimental for a man / /.
MECHANICAL as he Is.
When II was time to 70 home
they let Us have q horse and bug
gy and ! steered all the way ant
Henry sat and looked at the stat
and said nothing. II was ,alrno
two when we unhitched m
Henry watered the horse n
staked It IN a vacant lot, while 1
went back into the buggy ard
thought Of old times =.
The next day Henry brouEI1
the horse back. ! insisted on e.
ing along, and while he was prt.
ting a longer battery In the car
the other being short, and seei,u
Il the displacement was all rigid
/ walked around and got 4.
quainted again with many thin !
I'd almost forgotten. I'm gonif
back soon for another bug3
ride.
-Iohn Jensen.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18

Wedding anniversaries: first year
paper; second, calico; third, mus.
lin; fourth, silk; fifth, wood; sixth
iron; seventh, copper; eighth
bronze; ninth, pottery, tenth, tin;
fifteenth, crystal; twentieth, china;
twenty-fifth, silver; thirtieth, pearl;
thirty-fifth, coral; fortieth, ruby;
forth-fifth, sapphire; fftieth, gold;
fifty-fifth, emerald; seventy-ffth, di
almond.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
The Craters Of the Moon

The area designated as The Cra-
tiers Of the Moon takes ir only a
fraction of a region of extremely
interesting geography. The Snake
river desert includes severe thou
sand square miles of arid Il nd I'M
derlaid with lava. On an / rizons
the desert is trimmed by snow capped
mountains, faint in the j. e dis
lance. To the west are u. Lost
River ranges, where the ] ig and
Little Lost rivers have the head
waters. After leaving the m ntains
these streams wander abou in the
desert some 80 or 20 mil s, and
finally, as if IN resignation vanish
completely in the Lost River sinks.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
Meaning Of Fiat NJ suey

According to CrowelIs dictionary
of Finance, fat money is paper
money issued by a 81 ,ernment
against which neither 81 nor sill
yer is held in the trea NY. It is
money by fat (decree) Of govern
ment.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
WHY It Is Rife-Fu d

The name rife-bird o: 'rifeman
bird is applied to birds { paradise
of the genera Ptilorrhis and Cras-
pidornis because their p9mage re-
sembles the green and lack full
dress uniform of the Z itish rife
regiments.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
Called the Pink CT

Jaipur in India is often .alled the
Pink City. Many of the buildings
are of pink or rose stuce and the
effect of the picturesque costumes
of the natives and the bi chilly col
ored displays of arts an6 crafts. on
the streets gives it aim, It q the
atrical setting.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
CITY Named for hief

Oshkosh, Wis, got its me many
years ago after an election was held
in the kitchen of a settler. Whites
and Indians of the town chose to
name it after a famous Menominee
Indian chief, Oshkosh. =
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
Use of Word Cape

The word "cappella" originally
referred to a mantle WI n by st.
Martin. Later the Wort was as
ISOLATED with a church. The Nex-
preston, ga cappella," as applied
to choir refers to the fact that the
singers do not have inst umental
accompaniment.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18

Masquerade Commas Practice
There is always mo- or less Of
a masquerade" said icle Eben.
even young man 60 g home on
q vacation hopes people N the train
win size him up as q sthart drum
mer for a big business .oncern."
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
Butterflies Hunt I'm I

Butterflies Hunt I'm Couples
One species of butter " found on
the island Of Jamaica 9 ways hunts
in couples. Both are isrked with
green and black bars. n one green
predominates; in the OF er, black.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
Danube Beautiful but Not BIN

Danube Beaut1fM buc N0S Blue
The Danube is blue postcards
and in a famous waltz :,ut other
wise it is like the gefig al run OF
rivers. This famous e r has its
source in the Black fol- ast Of Ger
many and flows into tn Black sea.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
Doubling On

LA SALE, MICH.-Sacred Heart
school here has six sets of tw;rs
ranging IN age from six to forrtss.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
BY BILL DIsMER, Jr.

Unless Coach Ray Flaherty can jack
up his pass defense in the next three
days, the Washington Redskins are
going to be in for a miserable after
noon Sunday when they open their
home schedule against the Brooklyn
Dodgers.
Statistics Of the first game, in which
the Indians beat the Eagles at Phila-
delphia last Sunday, were kind to the
champions; too kind, according to
their red-headed mentor who saw red
on several long passes Of the opposi-
tion. For II the champions had any
outstanding weakness 1t was in their
lack Of defense against those lengthy,
high, SLOW floating passes which travel
nearly nalf the distance Of the feld.
Statistics Hide Weakness.
Oddly enough, their weakness Is
hidden by statistics which show that
the Eagles were able to complete only
one-third Of the passes they attempted.
But the passes that counted-those
which were labeled touchdown-were
successful much too often.
On the surface, it would appear that
those lazy looking passes which ap-
parently afford all the time in the
world TO get set against would be much
easier TO break up than those quickly
snapped over-the-line pitches. Yet
the champions knocked down four out
of every five Of the latter type Of
aerials, but couldn't get near most Of
Evening star., 1938-09-14
K. c. HORSE SHOW
SPOT FOR RANDLE
Has Chance for Permanent
Possession of Trophy in
Weekend Event.

U. S. Randle can win permanent
possession Of the Knights of Columbus
Trophy for hunter champions during
the fourth annual horse show of the
Forest Glen Council of the knights
Of Columbus at Meadowbrook Satur-
day and Sunday.
Randle, who also has 4 leg on the
Rosensteel Trophy for the Corinthian
class championship. has won the K.
Of c. cup for the past two years. His
first leg on the Rosensteel award was
gained last year.
A third trophy. presented for the
first time this year, is the Mayor
Jackson Cup which will be at stake
In the open jumper class. The Balti-
more omcial will be present Sunday
to make personal presentation of his
cup.
Some Of the best riders and horses
Of the District, Maryl.nd and Virginia
are entered in, the show which already
has record number Of competitors.
The committee is making plans to ac-
commodate more than IS horses many
Of which never have been shown
locally before.
The show will start both Saturday
and Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock
with both afternoon sessions getting
under way at 1:l5. Fifty-five cents
will be the general admission.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
V.M.I., Banking on Great Shu,
Expects Winning Grid Season;
Battles Macy and Maryland
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, Va, Sept. l3.-Pound-
ing Paul Shu, product of Alexandra
High, who as a sophomore last year
pranced and plunged his way to high
scoring honors in the Southern Con-
ference, will be "a lot better this year
passing better, running harder and
kicking better"
That's the prediction of Head Coach
Pooley Hubert, and it just about sums
up prospects for the v. M. I. team as a
whole.
The former Alabama star, in his sec
ond year as v. M is head mentor,
forecasts little better than $3.50"
season.
The Cadets face a tough 11-game
schedule. which includes October con-
tests with Navy and Maryland.
Our main trouble" Hubert analyzes,
will be depending on sophomore
tackles"
Soph Tackle Gusts Veteran.
One Of those sophomores. however,
is good enough to have won a starting
berth over senior letterman and have
led Hubert to utilize to full advantage
the weight and speed Of the second
year man-Byron Ripper" Walker,
1Ss-pounoer from Blytheville, Ark
by giving him the unorthodox assign
ment Of defensive tackle and blocking
back. Dick Strickler, 202-pound senior
Evening star., 1938-09-14

who came from Washington and Lee
High OF Arlington, is the other starting
tackle. Two huskies from the Tide
water-Red Echols, 100, Of Portsmouth
and Woody Gray. 200, of Norfolk
make an aggressive pair of guards.
while Dick 1rby. 1sO- pound senior from
Blackstone, holds down center.
Ray Taylor. 1T, Ashland, Va, will
start at ope end and Winston Coleman,
173, Roanoke. will handle the other.
Oscar (Doc) Saunders, l75-pound
senior from Roanoke, is a fixture in
the safety position, but may have to
take 1t easy at first because of a leg
operation Capt. Andy Trzeciak, 1T,
from New Kinsington. Pa, playing his
last season, will bear the brunt in
backing the line. blocking and calling
signals
Sees Big Year for Kovar.
Coach Hubert predicts it will be the
best year, for Bud Kovar, l65-pound
jackrabbit from Ford City, Pa, who
will alternate with Phil Chapman. lso-.
pound junior from Dallas Tex, In the
No. spot
Shu will be used sparingly in early
games to give him chance to regain
the strength in twisted leg, and this
will give the fans a look at Son Shelby.
156-pound sophomore from Eldorado.
Ark. sharpshooting passer in his
own right.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
By the Associated Press.

Census Bureau officials are get
ting ready for their little-known
part in the making and breaking of
football teams.
The Government cuts down a
lot Of backs and takes many
tackler out of the play" said DR.. D.
T. Murphy today.
The reason? Many States have
age limits for players, but birth
records are not always available at
home.
From now on through the foot
ball season." explained DR.. Murphy,
"the Census Bureau is called upon
to furnish the ages of dozens upon
dozens VI players"
The Government, through the de-
cennial census, has the birth date
Of every person in the United States
who IS old enough to play football.
Evening star., 1938-09-14

kTUWu CtCl Ao IN1lllCA va oPA AAAS ~ OAAA
the head of Jupiter. Now do not ask
me who created chess for it is an idle
question. In the first place neither I
nor any one else knows. But great
scholars lean heavily on the concept
that the game was invented as a unity
by some ancient philosopher. meth
ematician or warrior. Even a wise
woman is credited with the origin of
the kingly game.
The fact is that chess is here. 1t
exists. It furnishes its cohorts with
many hours of entertainment. 1t trains
the intellect. 1t is valuable cultural
asset and like music it is common to
all nations of the earth. You may
play chess and understand music with
out knowing a syllable of foreign
tongue.
Soviet Subsidies Game.
In Russia for the last i've years
chess has been subsidized annually by
the Soviet government which expends
more than 81 100000 yearly to teach
the game as an obligatory subject in all
schools.
Chess is taught in certain
British schools. For 800 years
It has been taught and woven
into pageantry by inhabitants Of
Strobeck, Germany.
Milwaukee, Wis, includes chess as
part of its recreational program. Du-
luth, Mimi, Incorporates the game In
high school curricula. Buffalo, N. y,
abetted by w. P. A. aid, has chess
as a recreational project.
Locally the game has found recog-
milton among five secondary schools
that have faculty chess
clubs. But it remains for credit to
be accorded the girls and boys who
are active in chess studies.
Frankly the study Of algebra, solid
and analytical geometry Is . waste Of
Evening star., 1938-09-14
BrouneH Has Tough Foe in Smith T. S. Amateur Match
Redskins Must Tighten Pass
Defense to Av0id Miserable
Day IN Battle With DODGERS

the longer and slower heaves, two Of
which ended up over their goal line.
Flaherty knows why the short ones
failed and why the long ones sue
ceeded. Veterans like Erny Pinckert,
Ed Justice and Vic Carroll and two ex-
ceptionally good defensive rockies like
Micky Parks and Jay Turner were
backing up the line. but only rockies
were playing the safety positions. And
the latter still persisted in the college
habit Of playing the man instead of the
bali, with the result that both got
way from them.
Rockies Must "Wake Up"
II he can impress upon such fresh
men" as George Karamatic and Rink
Bond the necessity Of playing the ball.
he will have gone long way toward
patching up his defense against those
aerials which come to earth near
the goal line.
The news that Don Irwin is ready
to start will do much toward remedy
ing the situation, as in addition to
being power runner, Irwin Is one
Of the best safety defense men In the
league.
And with Ace Parker, a great passer
while at Duke, and such an end
as California's all-America Perry
Schwartz Of 1887 coming to town
with the Dodgers. the Redskins will
need all the pass protection they can
get.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
BY LAWRENCE PERRY,
SpAciAl CorreSnondent of The St q

PRINCETON, N. j., Sept. LIT
would not be advisable for rivals to
take princeton's football eleven too
lightly this season Much will depend,
Of course, upon how the players absorb
the. very fine brand. of coaching now
on tap at old Nassau. But. assuming
they drink somewhat copiously Of
the font of gridiron instruction now
spouting freely on university field, the
Tigers may defeat some elevens which
are seeking to prosper as a result Of
the departure Of Fritz Crisler and the
time normally required for a new
coaching system to get under way.
There are various university centers
where the atmosphere of football, the
spirit of the game. is prevalent. You
get it on the Charles River flats at
Harvard, at New Haven, at Lincoln,
Nebr., at Ann Arbor. at South Bend,
at Urbana and at Minneapolis. to name
a few places where the visitor imbibes
the very essence of the game. Drinks
it. as one may say, out of the air while
listening to the soft rahrah of the
tangy autumn breezes. But nowhere
does one get this more grippingly than
at Princeton, where the traditions of
the long past Of the game, IL months
short of 10 years. are merged with
current enthusiasm.
Team Training Needed.
Tad Wieman's squad is nothing like
that Of Cornell or Dartmouth, yet. 1t
Is filled with lot of husky looking
young men whose legs have that
sturdiness and set which betoken foot
ballers equipped by nature for the
game. And they have the faces Of
men Of action and the general physique
Of athletics geared to rugged sport.
In not a few cases, the science of
football will have to be applied to these
players. Natural ability must be built
upon, and, finally, there will be the