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Evening star., 1939-03-19

of competitors gloves. Miss Brewer said to
bring these gloves to you. They were on sale
in FlaCks and | wasn't at all sure of them. |
thought Id better buy them for comparison"
Nothing had altered in Jocelyn Perrys
face, and yet Amy was tinglng with sense of
stiffness in Bills assistant, of cool resistance
1t was surface coolness. Secretly Jocelyn was
still smarting over the shock of her early
morning arrival. 1t had been bad enough -
Miss Brower's blunt remark in the outer
office. Mr. Kent's gone Ziegfeld He's actu-
ally hired smart. good looking shopper, -
without detecting in Miss Browers associates
an air of expectant relish as if-well almost as
if Bill in the role of the playing mice who
thwarted the absent cat had spiked the guns
OF jealous assistant.
You're the new shopper" .Jocelyn asked
Yes"
You didn't report to me this morning."
Miss Brewer gave me my assignment last
night so could 60 directly over to Brooklyn"
Jocelyn reached for the gloves and examined
the fabric. You could have taken pair of
our gloves with you and compared them with
these - discreetly. of course - in Flack s.
Amy's color rose Hard to get away with
Nevertheless" Jocelyn said evenly. ''ex-
Evening star., 1939-03-19

give me job! Somehow unless you faint and
get some action into it, you simply can't tell
anybody that you re dreaming nights of lamb
chops and baked potatoes. I'm not starving.
I'm just hungry for anything but bread.'
Eat your soup" Bill grunted. We'll.
Bernhardt," he added. you win. Report to
Miss Brewer at $50 tomorrow morning.
know that's a rotten hour. but the mer-
chandise here has to be shopped for COM
parison before the store opens. On your way
out give this to the comparison department
cashier It's salary advance
Amy's first encounter with Bills assistant
took place few days later, while Bill was in
conference in his father office.
1t was part of Miss Perry's job to weed
buyers mistakes out of Kent and Company's
stock - buyers. Claire Kendall had told Amy.
dreaded her daily peregrinations through the
store - and when Amy that morning opened
the door of Bill office, Miss Perry was staring
in disgust at picture frame on her desk
ingeniously made of gilded pine cones. Jocelyn
Perry. black eyed and slender. made her thinl:
of velvet and vivid lacquer, of something per-
fectly finished.
Miss Perry" Amy said, unwrapping pair
Evening star., 1939-03-19

Miss Perry Bill explained, was little
shaken up last Saturday night in motor
collision but she ought to be back by the end
of the week. Suppose you come in then and
talk to her.
"A - womanr Amy said
Bills glance briefly betrayed the males dis
approval of a woman's distrust of women.
Don't you like women?" he said.
'Why, of course. do!' Amy said, aston
ished "Only since left college I've chased
exactly thirty-seven jobs, and when you ask
man for job you can always tell - mean,
a mans either grouchy, absent minded, f1irta-
tious or strictly business But women are
different. You can feel - sort of stiffness
come over them - unless they're motherly
and the mothers are always busy somewhere
else. If you're girl you know from the start
that woman in authority is - is just natur
ally braced against you!''
"Nonsense" Bill said Amy quietly tainted.
Bill leaped to the water cooler in the corner
and emptied the icy contents of a paper cup
in his applicants face. Amys gasping inhala-
ton was prompt and slightly militant. Part
of loaf" she muttered. Part of loaf and
sixteen cents!
Look here =" Bill said, Mortified, "are
you - hungry"
Her lashes wetly f1uttered open. How
stupid of me! You see, kept thinking that if
didn't get job today I'd have to wire my
brother he's married in Hillsdale, Massa-
chusetts - and even then I'd have to save
slice of bread for the train -"
Bill groaned, seized his telephone and
demanded the restaurant on the top floor.
"Soup!" he ordered. And several bottles of
milk . Soups safe, he told Amy, standing
over her precisely, she thought, Historically,
like St. Bernard in blizzard!
Bill was upset A wholly senseless impulse
to kiss Amy was racing in and out OF his
head The impulse made him angry.
will you kindly tell me- he challenged,
why every year dozens of college girls stream
into this metropolis badgering business men
and stage managers and big department
stores? Living around in furnished rooms and
small apartments instead of going home to
green lawns, old shade trees and whatever the
vitamin is in fresh spinach. There's not sim
gle human necessity down here that you
haven't got in Hillsdale."
In Hillsdale," Amy explained, shakily
wiping her face, I'D have to live with my
sster-in-law and she thinks she just married
Bud and not me"
The point, Bill perceived, could be i'm
portant. When the restaurant tray arrived he
settled Amy in chair at the end of his desk
Il know where saw you before. In Sunday
supplement picture of daisy chain at Vassar.
You were the third girl in the chain. A cousin
of mine - Enid Mitchell - was right behind
you"
'Enidw Amy said. Then can't go on"
Cant 20 on with WHAT"
THE soup and everything Ends friend
of mine!'
Bills eyes betrayed increasing mystification.
IF you're really cousin of Enid's,' Amy
declared forcibly, "all of this is like hitting
distant relative when he's patting you on the
head! - didn't - faint"
Bill jumped up from his chair.
Don't shout" Amy begged. Il didn't
have a single other argument to make you
Evening star., 1939-03-19

~ 20 MATTER what" Amy Wentworth
III thought, ''I'll have to talk him
into it, small shudder rippled
emptily through her stomach.
Mr.. William Kent Jr. - comparison de-
partment head in big Fifth Avenue depart
ment store that belonged to his father -
drummed consideringly on his desk. Where,
Bill wondered. had he seen this girl before? Or
hadn't he? Lots of girls, of course, had dark
resolute eyes and hair the color of pale brown
autumn leaves in sunlight; but her face -.
Yes, he must have seen her face before.
Who told you we needed another compari-
son shopper" he asked curiously.
claire Kendall" Claire was shopper
whose resignation had taken effect on Saturday
night. few days before her marriage. This was
sprouted under the applicants feet. Wed
about decided" Bill began, Ito coast along
with one shopper less until the January
sales
''Months!" Amy thought in desperation If
Mr. Kent didn't give her job today. her
immediate future held the rest of loaf of
bread and sixteen cents
Bill wished that Miss Perry - Jocelyn
Perry - his handsome assistant, were not in
the hospital. Jocelyn would know exactly how
to handle an urgent applicant like this.
I'm afraid" he said reluctantly, that in
this particular instance the fact that you've
never worked before does make difference.
It's our advertised policy not to be undersold,
and to see that we never are. we employ only
experienced shoppers. A green girl, shopping
competitors merchandise, is too often de-
tected. These days, it takes the talent of
Bernhardt and Sherlock Holmes to fool
Fifth Avenue sales girl
But" Amy contended in a bright rapid
voice, there are 50 many shades of green -
even in green girls! And l assure you, Mr..
Kent, I'm - we'll - a pale green Very pale.
For weeks, when haven't been hunting
job, I've been comparison shopping all over
the Avenue First with Claire Kendall learn
ing the ropes, and after that alone"
"Practising?" Bill queried incredulously.
miles and miles! Nights read the news
paper advertisements and early mornings l
tising competitors. On Tuesday you must
have had to cut down a lot of beach robes
seven cents apiece to compete with K. M.
Brumbach's beach sale, and Thursday, if my
records are right, you had to shave some
eggbeaters!'
Records" Bill gasped.
Amy pulled some sheets of paper out of her
handbag Bill looked at them. well, he said,
astonished, ''your alleys certainly full of the
right barks However, my assistant. Miss
Perry, always picks the shoppers. She seems
to have an instinct The point is, Miss
Perrys in the hospital
Hospital" Amy said involuntarily. AT
this hour, Claire Kendall had told her. Mr.
Kents unimpressionable young assistant
would be prowlng around in the stores mer-
chandise, absorbing information.
'Bill Kent alone in his Office is your only
chance" Claire had said. "Jocelyn Perry's
never been known to hire good-looking
shopper. don't know whether she's big
game hunter or whether she's really in love
with Bill Kent. but she certainly keeps an eye
on him.
Evening star., 1939-07-16
Charringtons
Plan to Sail
This Month
Other News Notes
Of WarrentOn
Neiehborhood

WARRENTON, Va, July 15.-Mrs
Francis A. Winter, Mrs Edmund G
Chamberlain, Miss Mary Stuart
Chamberlain and Edmund G. Cham
berlain, jr., of Washington have re-
turned from visit to the New York
Fair and are at West View, home OF
Miss Effie Smith, for the summer.
Mrs. Arthur M. r. Charrington
and Miss Elizabeth Charrington eX-
pect to sail July "a for cruise to
North Cape and the northern coun-
tries of Europe.
Mr.. Gordon Trow and Mr.. William
N. Trow have gone to Maine to spend
several week. at camp with their
uncle and aunt, DR.. and Mrs. Earl
Clark of Washington.
Mrs. Buckner M. Randolph has
left to spend the summer with rela-
tives at Radnor, Pa.
Mrs. Crosby Hornblow of New
York is at View Tree Hall, home of
her father, Mr.. Oscar Terry Crosby
Mr.. and Mrs. Beverley Herbert
and their daughter, Miss Mary Her
bert Of Columbia, S. c., are at their
Virginia home, Woodside, near Dela-
plane, for the summer. Miss Georgia
Evening star., 1939-07-16

week into their new home Just COM
pleted on Lee street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howell G. Peoples of
Washington are the guests of Mrs.
Morton G. Douglas on Culpeper
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Trainham, jr. :,
Miss Alice Virginia Maddux, Mrs. M.
M. Maddux and children of Mar
shall, Va, are spending q week at
Westmoreland Beach, near Warsaw,
Va.
DR.. Jeter Roy Allen, Marshall, Va,
has announced the marriage of his
daughter, Miss Ethel Roy Allen, to
Mr.. Charles de Grau of Kenilwort,l,
NJ. The wedding took place July 8,
Judge F. D. Gaskins officiating. The
young people went at once to Eliza
beth, N. j., where Mr.. de Grau is in
business.
Evening star., 1939-07-16
Leave for West

Mrs. Nancy Raymond and Miss
Ellen K. Ramsay left yesterday for
tour of the West. They will visit
the Grand Canyon and the Golden
Gate Exposition at San Francisco
From there they will 60 to Seattle,
Wash, and return through the
Canadian Rockies, visiting Lake
Louise and Banff.
Evening star., 1939-07-16
Plan Vacation

Mr.. Carroll B. Merriam, a member
of the Board of Directors of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp, and
Mrs. Merriam will leave early this
week for Whitefield, N. H., where
they will pass some time at the
Mountain View House. They plan
to return to their apartment at
the Shoreham in a month.
Evening star., 1939-07-16
Herbert, who has been visiting Mrs
j. H. G. Beverley at Selby, has joined

Herbert, who has been visiting Mrs
j. H. G. Beverley at Selby, has Joined
them there.
Mrs. Fleming
Has Guests.
Mrs. r. B. Lee Fleming has as her
guests at Greenmont, The Plains,
her daughter, Miss Harriet Fleming
of Washington, and her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Minor
Harris of Boston, with their son
Michael.
Maj. and Mrs. A. Cooper Smith of
Fort Leavenworth and their sons,
Albert and Robert Smith, are the
guests of Mrs. E. Albert Smith at her
home near Broad Run.
Mrs. Kerfoot Shute has arrived at
her home in Upperville for the sum-
mer. She spent the winter in Cali
fornia and has since visited her sis
ter in Maine.
Mr.. Jack Hamilton of Philadelphia
Is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. S. A..
Appleton at MarSchf1eld, Warren
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Murray
Black entertained at a supper party
Monday evening at their home, Sum-
mer Field, near Warrenton.
Miss Audrey Bishop left this week
with a party of friends for an ex-
tended motor trip to visit Yellow
stone National Park, the Grand
Canyon, and the Golden Gate Ex-
hibition.
Rev. and Mrs. Ryley
Leave for Florida.
The Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Ryley of Upperville left Wednesday
to spend a month at Florida beach.
The mayor and Mrs. Wallace N.
Tiffany and children moved this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-13
KIWANIS CLUBS
 IN CONVENTION
100 New England Cities to Be Represented at
 Poland Springs

Poland Spring, Me, Sept. i2-An imposing array of speakers will ad- dress Kiwanians from over 100 New England cities and towns when they gather here for the New England district Kiwanis Convention, Sept. 2i, a and 2S, John L. Hooper, of Auburn, convention chairman rec Vealed today.
 Included in the list will be Ben- nett o. Knudson, of Albert Lea, Minn., Kiwanis International presi. dent; Governor Lewis o. Barrows, of Maine; Hon. Joseph B. Ely, for- mer governor of Massachusetts; Dr.. Allan Stockdale. New York.
 Franklin O, Haven, New York, fn- ternational Kiwanis trustee; Justice Harry Mansur, Auburn; Captain A, A, Nicholson, New York; Rev. John F. Connolly. Hebron, Maine; Roy P. Cooke, New England Kiwanis gover- nor,
 Hooper said that the coming event has "every indication" of being the largest in the 2i-year history of New England Kiwanis,
 Of l07 clubs in the territory ba have registered 100 per cent, he re- vealed indicating that between 800 and 1000 Kiwanians would attend the event.
 Thus far, Massachusetts clubs were far in the lead with % clubs having sent in 100 per cent regis- trations to convention headquar- ters. Maine had i7 clubs register ing 100 per cent, New Hampshire five. Connecticut three. Rhode fs- land one and Vermont one. Last minute registrations are expected to boost the entire list to approxifn- ately 75, Hooper stated.
 A tentative program drawn up today promised Kiwanians c busy and enjoyable three days here.
 Dinners, dances. bridge parties, luncheons, teas and concerts were listed for social events.
 On the sports calendar were golf tournaments for men and women, putting contests. softball games, horseshoe pitching, tennis and ex- hibitions in archery and shooting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-13
BY ELMER Q. wALxER United Press Financial EditorI

New York, Sept. lS - (UP) = Stocks opened firm in active trad- ing today while bonds made an ir. regular advance and cotton futures were mixed.
 Blocks of sizeable amounts 'ap- peared in the share market. Most leaders had gains ranging to . point. M aA.
 Copper shares continued weak with American smeltinR off Ia ct 6i l-2. Sugars registered small losses, A few special issues eased.
 A majority of the industrial lead- CTS showed small advances and fractional gains were registered in rails. Utilities were firm. .. s, Steel, which shot up in a spurt late yesterday, opened 5000 shares at 7s% of 3%. The issue firmed from the opening. Bethlehem opened 5000 shares at eb Ia off 3 b-8 while It's 6 per cent preferred made Q small gain and Republic held steady. Youngstown Sheet 2s Tube lost l 6-e.
 Chrysler opened 1900 shares at 90 of M.
 Union Carbide gained nearly e point and one point advances were noted In American Sugar Refining and Allied Chemical. General Foods
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-13
Your Social Security
PART V
In . series of Questions and Answers on New
 Amendments to the Social Security Act

A. Each receives an amount equal to half the workers own primary benefit.
 e, What amounts are paid to sur- vivors?
 A. A widows benefit is equal to three-fourths of her husbands monthly benefit; for a dependent child or an aged dependent parent, the monthly payment Is one-half the amount to which the worker would have been entitled,
 c. What is meant by currently insured9"
 A. The status of having been currently insured" applies only in the case of worker who has died before becoming fully insured. A currently insured" individual is one who has worked in covered employ- ment for at least half the quarters during the three years prior to his death.
 o. What survivors benefits may be paid with respect to a currently insured individual?
 A. If an individual was currently insured, the following survivors benefits are payable: CD Monthly benefits to dependent children and to a widow with such children in her care; (2) if there is no survivor entitled to monthly benefits, lump- sum death benefit.
 c. Then dependent children and widows with such children are as- sured of monthly benefits, whether the worker was fully or currently insured?
 A. Yes. But aged widows or de- pendent parents may receive month"; ly survivors benefits only If the worker was fully insured.
 o. Under what circumstances do the amendments provide for the lump-sum death payments?
 A. If wage earner who is fully or currently insured dies. leaving no survivor entitled to monthly bene- fits at the time of his death. lump-sum death payment will be made to the widow or widower, chill dren or parents. of the deceased equal to six times the monthly bene- fit that would have been due. If no one of these is living. a payment covering the funeral expenses will be made to the person who paid them.
 c. What will the lower and upper range of monthly benefits be under the revised plan?
 A. Benefits will range from $i0 "a benefit payment will never be less than $l0--to Q maximum of $85, or 90 per cent of the workers aver age monthly wage. or double. his primary benefit. whichever is the smallest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-13
REPUBLICAN, IN
 JUICY POSITION

Hartford, Conn, Sept. is,-(Up)- Rep, W. Ellery Allyn, R., Water- ford, chairman of the legislative cities and boroughs committee, has been employed in the state comp troller's office at Q $S500-a-year sal- ary as property control examiner, 1t was disclosed today.
 Allyn's appointment was made c month ago, Comptroller Fred R, 1el- Ter said.
 The representative will head e study of state property and ma terials. with inventories totaling more than $5,o00,00o," zeller said, Ut seems Q poor state of affairs that we have no inventory control"
 The appointment was not within the merit system,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-13
SURVIVORS OF ATHENA HOME
22S Americans, Canadians
 Are Brought Into New York Port Today
BY GARDNER FROST United Press Stan CoErespondentl

(Unttou ktSsS StAn Corfe6p0ndent)
 Halifaxb N. S., Sept. iS--(UP)-- American survivors of the Athenia disaster corroborated stories that the British liner was shelled after being torpedoed when they reached the North American continent to- day.
 Women, dressed in tattered cloth- ing and wrapped In blankets, wept aS the City of Flint, an American freighter, brought to port 22S Canad- ian and American survivors of the wars first marine disaster, Rela- tives and friends of the survivors lined the shore.
 The flag on the black-hulled City of Flint flew ct half staff in mem ory of Margaret Hayworth, 10, of Hamilton, Ont, who died of head injuries suffered when Q torpedo ripped into the Athenia.
 From the deck of the ship Q small boy waved a crudely constructed toy airplane and shouted:
 Hello, daddy"
 Father First On Board
 John Hayworth, father of the girl who died, was the first person al- lowed aboard the City of Flint, His wife ran up to him and said:
 "Dear God, John-she's gone"
 Hayworth and his wife clung to- gether, sobbing for e moment, then he helped her aside and they were lost in the crowd that damned the decks,
 Mrs. Franklin Dexter, the former Mianne Palfrey of Beverly Mass, whose husband was taken to Eng land by another rescue vessel, said:
 Tt was the most horrible ex- perience l ever hoped to have, I was with Franklin In the dining room when the torpedo struck, We were coming home from Q wedding trip to Europe.
 T had just finished eating and was reaching for cigarette when there was an explosion and rips ping sound.
 "rhe whole ship tipped over to one side, the tables slid along the floor and several women screamed.
 Ran For Decks
 Naturally we all ran for the decks l got Into c life boat and found that Franklin had disap- peared. The lifeboat was overcrowd- ed and poorly manned and in Q few minutes 1t tipped over and everyone landed In the water,
 T swan to another lifeboat and that was half full of water with many people clinging to the side, Most of us managed to get into the boat, but 1t was full of water and sank under our weight.
 We had almost reached the pleasure yacht (Southern Cross) by that time. swan for the ship. but they started up and ran over sev- eral of us. It seemed as If l was In the water for hours,
 ''Finaly I was taken aboard the Southern Cross and then later was transferred to the City of Flint.
 Sick Several Days
 T was sick for several days after that but understand that Frank. lin remained aboard the Athenia until morning and then was taken off. The Athenia floated until morn- ing and then, I understand the destroNers (Hritish) took people off and sank the ship so 1t would not be q menace to other ships"
 Huddled in the shelter of Q life- boat was an elderly gray-haired wo- man and baby.
 She was Conosla Strohmeier, nursemaid, and her charge was M. cola Lubitseh, l0-month-old daugh- ter of the motion picture producer,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-13
RELIEF DEMANDS
 SHOW INCREASE

Demands for relief increased largely during August, In Connee- ticut cities, the office of Welfare Commissioner Robert J. Smith an- nounces, Waterbury registered both increases in case load and welfare costs,
 Much of the increase Is attributed to the large number of WPA dis. nissals required as q result of action by Congress to curtail the WPA program.
 Waterbury's case load increased by g. per cent during the month, MT. Smith states. The largest jump was in New Britain, where the case load showed an increase of 2S,6 per cent Costs for relief increased 5,A per cent In this city.
 Tho report states that 1867 re- lief cases were listed here last month, with the cost to the city be- Ing $23,4i3,
 The five largest cities of the state reported 6 total of 9,460, which rep- resents c total of more than Se,0o0 persons dependent on relief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-13
THANKSGIVING
 WILL DOUBLE UP

Hartford, Conn. Sept, lS-S (UP)- It appeared likely today Connecti- cut would celebrate two Thanks giving days this year.
 Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin was re- ported ready to follow tradition" and proclaim Nov. 30 as Thanksgiv- ing day for Connecticut.
 President Roosevelt already has announced intention of proclaiming Nov. 2S as Thanksgiving Day.
 In face of this emergency, approx imately 250 Connecticut business men adopted resolution at a meet ing here last night favoring Presi- dent RooSevelt's version and urging the Governor to change his mind.
 There was no indication he would.
 Democratic Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy and Edward N. Allen, president of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce. came out boldly for MT. Roosevelts date at the business mems dinner last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-13

PART V
 In . Series of Questions and
 Answers on New Amendments
 to the Social Security Act. Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
 c. What is meant by primary insurance benefit" under the old-age and survivors insurance program9
 A. An inusured workers individ- ual benefit, based on his average monthly wage from employment covered by the program.
 c. What does the term fully in- sured" mean, as used in the old-age insurance amendments?
 A. In general, a fully insured worker Is one who has worked in covered employment for a period of time equal to half time after 1886 Cor his Fist birthday, if 1t Is later) and before he reaches 65 or dies. The minimum period necessary to be fully insured is six quarters in covered employment. After @ worker has 10 quarters of coverage, he is fully insured" regardless of whether he is in covered employment there after.
 e. What benefits are payable with respect to a fully insured" individ- ual?
 A. Any of the benefits available under the system, the benefits actu- ally payable in a particular case depending. of course, on the circum- stances: CD The workers own monthly retirement benefit; CD sup- elementary monthly benefits for his aged wife or dependent children: (3) survivors monthly benefits-for an aged widow, a younger widow with dependent children in her care, and the dependent children them selves; or if there is no widow or children entitled to benefits. aged parents; (D lump-sum benefit if there is no survivor en- titled to monthly benefits.
 e. How are supplementary bene- fits for the aged wives and depend ent children of an annuitant fig- ured?