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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11

she thought, sweeping the living
room with her glance. She went on
into the bathroom and looked for
long time at the cleaning tiles,
the mammoth bath, the great
thick towels. She turned her back
on them and went out to close the
last Of her three trunks.
Not for many years was she ever
to know luxury like that which she
was leaving. But the years were to
be filed with greater happiness
than sybaritic pleasures had ever
brought her.
She was putting on her hat when
sharp knock sounded at her door
1t would be the porters coming for
her trunks.
Come in" she called.
1T GU g h I'd surprise you, .
Ticky draWled in his nice, easy
voice from the door.
"Nicky" She flew across the
room, kissed him and told him thu,
he was the proverbial sight for sore
eyes.
whats all this ?" he asked, way
ing his hat in the general direction
of her luggage.
I'm moving. Going out into the
cold, cruel world" she said, sud-
denly feeling sorry for herself
She added, Pm moving down tc
Twelfth street with Ellen Chap
man. Remember her? l wrote you
about her"
Remember her." he snorted
1.-THE woman that ruined my lif
How rue the day I ever consented
to drive you to those slums: What
is this strange power this female
has over you? She must be q She
wolf in sleeps cloth"
"That'll do, Nicky Ellen is the
one real person I've known in my
life and she hasn't done anything
but show me the way to the most
interesting thing I've ever done. If
you knew Ellen, you'd feel the same
way ! do about her." She looked
at him then and said, mo, l don't
think you'd see Ellen'S qualities.
But she was quite wrong.
II drove up this morning witt
the Jackson's," he told her. They
are waiting for us at the Meadow
brook. You can do your moving
..ater."
But I said I'd be down by five y
Nicky picked up her coat. Come
along, old girl. Well have cock
tail and move you later. You'll need
something bracing on a day like
this."~
It was CHEEKY at the Meadow
brook. Mirabel and Frank Jackson
were full of good gossip, horse talk
and plans.
Fabienne forgot that she had
promised to be at Ellen's at five
When she rcr1er1 bcrcG, she thCuGht
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, Dec 11-Announcement
by the State Highway and Public
Works Commission that it plans to
establish public relations division
is being greeted by news men here
with somewhat mixed emotions.
They are none too certain that
press agent for the commission will
give them any better view Of high
way affairs than they now have: but
they are confidential least this cor
respondent speaks for himself and
believes he expresses the opinion OF
other news gathers-that any change
is bound to be for the better.
Since Frank Dunlap became chair
man of the highway commission, the
road department has been the hardest
nut that neWsmen have had to crack.
Nobody has yet figured out whether
Dunlap Just doesn't know news when
he sees it; doesn't know what it's all
about in his own department; or just
naturally is a believer in the old
theory of tell 'em nothing.
Whatever the reason, he has be-
come the standing joke among news
gathers here. Just ask one Of them
what's happening and he'll almost
invariably crack back, Fore God
if anything's happening l don't know
it,; and when he does he's just quot
ing the usual Dunlap reply TO any
and all questions about his depart
ment.
On the other hand there are sew
eral division heads and technical eX-
perts in the highway commission who
have been splendid news sources;
and there are fears that the new
public relations division" will cut
them off from those sources.
Most of the reporters here know
w. M. Jones, who is to get the job,
and know him to be a competent
newspaper man. If he isn't hamstrung
by others from headquarters, he'll
give good service.
Comes this one from the Raleigh
| office of the North Carolina State
Employment Service: There was an
applicant for whom an interview
with prospective employer was ar
ranged. Fearful that he might not
arise early enough, he asked the SER
vice to call him on the telephone
The Employment Service did, and
the appointment was kept, the job
secured.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11

| remembered that he had forgotten
to ask her new address. He wanted
to see more Of her. Elihu WillOugh-
by had been one of his best friends.
Fabienne couldn't have given him
an address. Her rent was paid at
the hotel for another six days.
After that, she hadn't the slightest
idea where she was going to live.
Where did one live, and how did
one live for four months on five
hundred dollars?
Somewhere she'd read that one
should pay a quarter of ones in
come for rent. A quarter Of five
hundred dollars spread over four
months came to the sum of thirty
one dollars and twenty-five cents
per month. What sort of a place
could she find for that money?
She shivered with distaste at the
prospect.
And then she remembered with
what high-handed dismissal she
had received Ellen's proposal long
ago that she come to live at some
place Ellen said she could find for
her.
With some girls, Fabienne would
not have swallowed her pride and
gone back for that very help. But
Ellen was not like other girls. Ask
ing a favor of Ellen would not
mean swallowing her pride.
She went to Ellen after an after
Moons struggle with budgeting for
the first time in her life.
ELLEN, 1--we got to economic
for the next few months and I need
some suggestions. I'm moving out
of the Plaza-to where l do not
know. Some place really ineXpen-
sive. I can't afford more than
thirty-one dollars a month rent"
Ellen was Immediately UNDER
standing and sympathetic. "You
haven't LOST mean"
Fabienne smiled. mo, I haven't
lost my income. I've made-made
sort Of an investment that keeps
me stripped"
Quite unexpectedly, Ellen picked
up check and held it before Fa-
bienne's gaze Would this be it?"
she said. Fabienne had once told
her that Andrew Hardy was the
family lawyer.
Swift color painted Fabienne's
face with embarrassment, giving
her away completely. Nonsense"
she said. 10 you think I'd do any,
thing like that? What about the
housing problem, Ellen ?"
Come and live with me, Fa-
bienne. My place is cheaply rented,
but it's quite big. have whole
floor, you know. I'd like to have the
kind of person you are living with
me-"
Fabienne experienced a series Of
reactions. Her first was delight; her
second was feeling Of warning
if she lived with Ellen, she would
have to see a lot of Bill, who was
Ellen's Bill. Then she remembered
that she had to have some place to
live.
She said, Thanks, Ellen. I'd like
to, but I'd have to be sure of abso-
lutte privacy. Could 1 have tucked
away room somewhere ." Some
place where she would not have to
see Bill and Ellen together!
Ito Be Continuedl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11
~TELL Bill GOODBYE
Ia '= 4s.s G ~: .a" .as 5s:ss' dVuze &zurd

monthly check in that case. If 70,
could let me have it at once.
should appreciate your giving me g
check made out to Wiiioughb,
mouse, or rather sending it there
Inc lawyer had opened a cheek.
DOCK. With his finger OF blank
sheet, he paused and gave her q
startled glance of inquiry. did ]
understand you to say Willoughby
house? ?"
You did. I'm very much in.
terested in that enterprise, Mr.
Hardy"
He sat back in his chair with
thoughtfully furrowed brows. re.
garding her with new and approv.
ing interest. Whats the story. Fa.
bienne ?"
She told him, sparing herself
nothing, of her motives for going
to Willoughby house in the begin.
nlng; OF the promised gift that was
not Forthcoming; of Rose Riccic
and her own feeling of responsible
ity.
Don't look at me that way, Mr.
Hardy" she said when she had fin
ished the story. There's nothing
noble about me. Some things are
written in black ard white and
nothing in the world can change
them. This is one of the things. I'd
like to change it, but can't love
living in luxury. and all my COM
forts are mighty important to me.
Let's call that the white of that
black and white The black is" :
she made funny little face at him
meant to indicate that she didn't
like the idea at all" plain duty.
Something's been put up to me and
can't escape it,"
We'll, WE'LL" the old man was
thinking, so there's someone in
the family, after all, with some
thing of old Elihu's stuff in her.
He'd be pleased and proud"
Aloud he said, Congratulations.
Meanwhile, what are you going to
live on? I understand that you live
at an expensive hotel?"
Did" she corrected. I'm NOV
ing out. I've got a little money to
live on for the next three months. "
She didn't explain the five hundred
she'd got from Ned and which she
intended to repay into the fund.
Hardy picked up a pen and be-
gan to write. He paused a moment
and said, Suppose I make a little
gift of this money on my own ?"
She shook her head. protesting.
This has to be on me, Mr.. Hardy.
Thank you just the same. If we
need more, perhaps I'll call on you"
Has tO-er-be on you?"
Yes. 1 don't think l ca explain
it, but I'll try. You see, I've got a
new slant on-on life these days
1t seems that sacrifices pay divi-
dends that I've never experienced.
l told you l was selfish. am. L n
still trying to get new thrills for
myself. think this may be a way.
And. incidentally. if there are any
questions about where this check
came from, will you please say that
it came from a client who wishes
to remain anonymous ?"
II will, my DEAR" Andrew Hardy
said. Also, I will see that the
check is delivered by messenger at
once"
After she had gone, he suddenly
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11
CHAPTER NINETEEN

THE SENIOR partner of Hardy,
Hardy and Hardy, Counsellors at
Law. regarded his earliest visitor
with grave interest and approving
ewes. He hadn't seen Gertrude Will
loushby's daughter since her debu-
tante days, but his memory was
clear and he saw a change, and that
Fabienne was developing into a
very different type of person from
her frivolous mother.
He was therefore disappointed
when she opened her conversation
nv saving, Mr.. Hardy, I want an
advance of fifteen hundred dollars
on nv allowance. And I must have
it at once"
NV dear child, you should go to
Quentin or Nicolas" Quentin and
Nicolas were the banker trustees of
Elihu Willoughby's estate.
II know" she told him. But you
are also one of the trustees and l
hoped you would handle it for me.
You see, I don't want to have to
explain why I want the money at
once"
Old eyes swept over the graceful
length of her seated in the chair
opposite, over the expensive gown
and furs up to the string of fine
pearls around her slim throat.
Andrew Hardy sighed. The g'r'
was. after all, like her mother.
And you wish to-er-meet
pressing bill?" he queried. per
haps. in that case. ! should explain
that certain sacrifices"
She smiled, reading his thoughts,
and shook her blond head. Il know
what you're going to say, sir.
You're going to tell me that I must
learn to live within my income be-
cause there isn't any more to be eX-
pected Right ?"
Right" he agreed.
I'm going to do that. Now, III
.eI you what I'm going to do with
this money. I'm going to build a
theater."
Hardy's hopes that had risen fell
again a theater?' he asked, I'M
believingly.
Yes. It may cost more than hf-
teen hundred dollars In which
case" she shrugged her shoulders
and added, I'll need more"
My dear child, l consider it the
height Of lolly! You've always been
able to afford whatever plaything
you desired--"
This is not a playthlng, Mr.
Hardy" she told him solemnly. DO
you think it can be arranged?'
He hesitated. II might ad-
vance you the sum myself"
That might be the right way,
sir. If you would be so kind. I'll
arrange to give YOU nv entire
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11
Steel Head Says War
No Business Aid
CONTINUED From Page One)

would end their bellicose activities
likewise as speedily as possible
Challenges Statements.
'To many Of US, Desvernine OBJ
served, "refrain from challenging
such typical statements as those of
the Nazi foreign office that groups
of American prOfiteers went to reap
huge gains with the blood and ruin
of others and the assertion by Rus
sian Foreign Commissar Molotoff
that the American bourgeoisise is
interested in intensifying the war SO
| that its uncroWned munitions kings
can fatten their Golfers enormously.
81 wouldn't" continued the steel
president, "dignfy these absurd ut
| terances with refutation but for the
regrettable fact that so many we'll
intentioned people are cajoled into
believing them
Furthermore, there are VOte-gath-
ering politicians, self-aggrandlzing
demagogues and star-graZing theOr-
lists who keep shouting these phrases
until they almost have become pop
ular slogans and have gained con-
siderable credence from the force of
| mere uncontradicted repetition.
Gun Makers Lose, Too.
"Why 1 can testify from my owr
business experience that war is I'M
profitable even to munitions maxi
erS. 15
Even assuming for the sake Of
argument that vast profits were real
lied currently out of the last war
what permanent benefit remains to
the so-called profiteers? The newt
able readiustment that ensued Ii
quidated them and today, as a result
OF conditions unescapably caused by
the war and the political and econO-
mic disturbances which arose from
them, can it be denied that business
is worse off than before the first
World War began?
"The effects of that war were felt
for 20 years. The effects Of the new
war will be felt at least through the
1940's. If, it lasts long the cumulative
effects of the two wars will continue
beyond the turn of the century"
That, if good guess, would mean
another so years of economic dislo-
cation. Nobody old enough to be in
business now would live through it.
President Desvernine submits that
the average businessman is far from
dence enough to welcome a prospect
of that sort for the sake of an
ephemeral boom.
The industrialist called attention,
also to wars effect on government.
''The last war;" he said, "and es-
pecially the conditions resulting from
it, gave us a terrific impulse toward
both economic and political totali-
tarianism.
eff participation in another war
would have the same consequences
as we experienced from the last, and
from which we have not yet eXtri-
Gated ourselves, we would find our
selves living afterWard in a new
world in which democracy and free
enterprise could find no place.
els it conceivable that any Amer
lean industralist would want to risk
this possibility for the sake of pro-
olematic and illusary profits?
drastic powers already possessed
by the president for use in emer-
gencies, together with broader pow
ers proposed, furnish a dsquieting
and perpleXing element even while
the country remains neutral"
That last sentence contains the nib
of President Desvernines objection
to any war at all, whether or not
Uncle Sans a participant.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11
CHAPTER TWENTY

1T RAINED the Saturday that
spacious, luxurious quarters to the
small room at the back of Ellen's
apartment. It was cold, spirit
chilling rain that sluiced over the
windows and dripped drearily on
tin roofing of the terrace below Fa-
bienne's windows, beating out a
dirge to mark the passing of COM
forts. -
The room at Ellens had a big
four-poster bed that took up most
of the space, a writing desk and
big easy chair, fresh frilled cur
tains at the windows and lamps
that cast a CHEEKY glow over the
freshly painted walls. 1t was COM
Portable and attractive. But it's
single window looked over a brick
court and presented view very
different from the one that Fa-
bienne faced from her hotel Win
dow.
The broad areas of the park, for
all that they were brown and gray
with winters blight and January
rain, gave her a feeling Of space.
Space, space, she thought wildly as
all men do when the limitless fields
of peace are not within the domain
of their own hearts, l must have
space! AS if an answer lay ovc-' the
far horizon, an answer to the mar
ticulate cry for fulfillment.
That cry was deep in Fabienne
Seymour, although she did not
know it for what it was. If she had
had a gift for divining the Depths
of herself, she would have known
that chance had sWerved her from
the destiny toward which her
twenty-four years had been pointed.
Who is there to know that the fit
CT pique that sent her footsteps on
the unaccustonned path of service
was not something more? A pre-
ordained means, perhaps, Of sound
ing the sleeping good that had been
wasted in the soft, selfish pattern
by which she had lived.
For the changes in her character
had been many since that autumn
day when she had first come 20
Willoughby house. Not that she
was willing to recognize a growing
strength and grace and unselfsh-
ness in herself Later, she thought
it was the gift of love that had
erased her former values and
taught her the real meaning of life.
In a sense, at this period ofa her
life-this nOvitiate that was her ex-
perience in working for others-it
was not Bill Mallory, or her feel
ing for him, that was molding the
fine, strong lines of her character.
It was her feeling for him that had
first made her aware OF d quicken.
sense of living. But il was the pcor,
the unfortunate themselves-cn
Ellen Chapman-who had made her
feel a sense Of responsibility tha-
she was never to rid herself of.
AS fol. her feeling for Bill, she
had met that problem twice. The
first time she had told herself, with
conviction, that her brief unhappi-
ness had been only Illustration. The
second time had been recent; it was
on Christmas day that she had de-
cided she wanted to have him for
her friend.
The cry within her was not stri-
dent, was not voiced. Not even once
did she say to herself, This is the
man want. know now that I
want and need love-" No, for she
believed that it was not true.
And yet when Ellen invited her
to share her home, instinctively
Fabienne had said she must have a
room that would guarantee her pri-
vacy.
1t would not be privacy like this,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11
$4,000 Of Turkeys Sold

Wadesboro, Dec 11.-More than
$4,000 worth Of turkeys have been
sold this season by Arson county
farmers, reports j. w. Cameron,
farm agent of the State College EX-
tension Service In two days alone
recently, 1876 plucked turkeys,
weighing 1902 pounds, were ship
ped from the county. Another boom
period is expected within the next
Ten days as orders pour in from
the Christmas trade.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11

would end their bellicOse activities
likewise as speedily as possible.
Challenges Statements.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11
SYNOPSIS

THE CHARACTERS:
rABTENNE SEYMOUR. rich. young
and beautiful.
vTcKY BARTLETT. wealthy and in
love with Fabienne.
ELLEN CHAPMAN young and cap
able mistress of Willoughby house.
DR.. BILL MALLORY. close friend of
Ellen's.
YESTERDAY: Fabienne starts out to
raise some money for a theater prof.
ecf at the settlement house. With a
friends help she wins $500 and de-
cides to procure an advance on her
own income.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11
TELL Bill GOODBYE -
90 :a:s:": : :=ss#s:' HM@ne BLIZZARD 2;NA
SYNOPSIS
THE CHARACTERS:

THE CHARACTERS:
FABIENNE SEYMOUR. rich, young
and beautiful.
NICKY BARTLETT. wealthy and In
love with Fabienne.
ELLEN CHAPMAN, young and cap
DR. BILL MALLORY, close friend of
Ellens.
YESTERDAY: In order to economic,
because she has drawn on her income
for theater project, Fabienne goes
to live with Ellen. asks for her own
room so as to avoid Bill.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11

Chairman John D. M. Hamilton
(left) of the Republican National
Committee and Rep. Joseph W.
Martin, Jr., of Mass, at meeting of
national executive committee in
Washington, confer on 1910 cam
paign tactics. eve are going out
to win," said Hamilton.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11

Yawn Yawnson says some lazy
men really earn their wages. Don't
they, he argues, but in full days
Ishirk?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-11

Even war has its points. Shortage
of gasoline in Great Britain, accord
ing to cabled story, has cut down
the number Of Sunday drivers.
Evening star., 1939-08-13

1920 Bird ST N.W-ENTIRE SECOND
floor overlooking Soldiers Home PARK:
ami: very attractive: S65 Rand $500 :.
1871 KILBOURN PL NV ROOMS
semi-private bath: first floor; back yard.
Also room with porcb ~ 'N
Evening star., 1939-08-13
3 RMS, KIT. B-S42 so

II Lincoln ave. Takoma Park Md ~
DIX. brs' newly remodeled bldg: also
larger apt: heat incl DIXIE REALTY
CO. Natl $3.50 Sun Wood oIoO
Evening star., 1939-08-13

1449 ST. N.W-2nd FLOOR, FRONT.
Two rooms. kitchen. G. E. refrigerator
Janitor services North 54oS
Evening star., 1939-08-13

272l ADAMS MILL RD.-THREE ROOMS.
and attractyely s "9 furn FxcmsiveiH resi
Dental, directly opposite park. near 18th
and Columbia I'd: reasonable: references.
Evening star., 1939-08-13

CATHEDRAL MANSIONS, NoRTH-FOY-
er. living room. bedroom twin beds hath.
dinette kitchen. Reasonable Permanent
possession. Adams 617S
Evening star., 1939-08-13

;,s2 1st ST. Sc. CAPITOL HIIL-TWO
] gas. TIGHTS. furn.: Frigidaire: S25 mo
Evening star., 1939-08-13

LADY, PERMANENTLY EMPLOYED. TO
snare attractive, cool apt with another
1880 X st. NV, Natl. 90s6. Apt. sos .
SUBLET CONARD APT. 18th AND EYE
SIS 8 mos; very reas. Natl 9010, Apt
Evening star., 1939-08-13

ROOMS McDERNLY
EQUIPPED Kit tile bath, shower: new attr,
cool, very reasonable Met 5s95
BASEMENT. FRONT FULL-LENGTH WIN
COWS not damp; refrigeration. bath elec
ana gas l3lS Hann
Evening star., 1939-08-13
COOPERATIVE APIS For SALE

MUST BE SOLD TO CLOSE Estate
Chestnut 81 40, Monday
APARTMENT 1O4. AT "7O7 ADAMS MILL
rd-Attractive and cool. Open Sunday
Evening star., 1939-08-13

TAkOMA PARK. Md ROOMS AND
path. porches; hot water, garage. heat;
"a 80. rooms. $50. A. L. ROBERTS
22 Manor Circle Takoma Park Nd. (Un-
furnisked)
Evening star., 1939-08-13

Mr.. NAVY YARD us eth Sc" RMS
stont, SS nn newly decorated; gas. elec. incl;
Evening star., 1939-08-13

CONN AVE, 2700-105, SUITABLE =
iaoles or couple l room. private bath,
Evening star., 1939-08-13
HOUSES FURNISHED.
HOUSES FUR. OR UNFUR.

''~OVSS YIN 0Ns
z ROOMS, OIL HEAT, GARAGE. TREES
and sarubbery. 5341 Broadbranch I'd Furn
800; unfurn., $40 Owner Woodley 5nl3
ARLINGTON ROOMS AND BATH AT
tractlveiy Turn; oil heat: fireplace 2
screened porches; large lot; a real home.
Chestnut 1925.
701 ALLISON ST.-COOL LOCATION, CON-
Venlent transportation, constant hot water
congenial western family. Gentleman.
S12.5O-S16
l543 FOXHALL RID. NW,-ATTRACTIVE
seml-detached house. six rooms and bath
with garden and garage; decorated; avail
Call THOMAS j FISHER & Co INC, f3s
18th st. NV. District $3.50
1927 ADAMS MILL RID. N.W.-HoUsE
overlooking Rock Creek Park: beautifully
furnished: B bedrooms. 2 adjoining sleep
ing porches baths; oil heat; Gear ga
rage. Columbia 6192 or Dupont 43sl
Evening star., 1939-08-13

TAKOMA PARK. ZOE GARLAND AVE
Entire lst f., 3 rms, kit, tile bath: near
bus and stores. Shep 4496-W
HYATTSVILLE-1 LARGE LIV.-BEDRM
kitchen. bath, hall; new home ST.
Evening star., 1939-08-13
APARTMENTS WANTED

SEPT. 1st-2 FUR RMS. BATH. KIT.
no linens; NV or Arlington; conven down
town: S35-S4O. Box 473-T, Star IA.
YOUNG MAN DESIRES FURN. APT, IN
quiet neighborhood. Sc. or ne; works
nights; S25 to $50 per mo. Box 326-S
star IA
FURNISHED . RMS. KIT. PRIVATE B !:
couple and child 8: NV, near school, S45-
500. Box 49-G. Star.
COUPLE. APT. MGR OR SIMILAR DU-
,lesc for furnished apt; reference. Box
YOUNG, REFINED JEWISH COUPLE De
Slres rms; kit. bath, utilities, S35-S37 so
Randolph 1865. 9-l2 noon. after $40 p m
NE. OR NV RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS .
rooms; kitchenette dinette. bath: October
!: unfurnlshed. Box 122-S Star
> R.. K, B.. UNFURN. APT. SEPT /:
hrst floor suburban home: pvt. ent.. yd
utll. incl. 2-yr. child; must be reasonable
Box 23-G Star
YOUNG MAN. WELL EDUCATED COMPE-
tent. wishes work dur evening early morn
ing exchange rental. Box Gig. Star.
COMPLETELY FURNISHED APARTMENT
in apartment building, duplex or private
home. NV. Two bedrooms or equivalent
shower bath. Not over S75, utilities in
Guided. Box 47-G. Star. I3.
? ROOMS. CONNECTING BATH, KITCH-
enette: furnished: sublet; Walking distance
Government bldgs. Box 479-T. Star.
ROOMS, FURNISHED REFINED, QUIET
neighborhood; reasonable price Reply,
giving complete details. Box 305-X. STAR