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something that would click. I've
ever done some short stories and
started on a full-length novel"
Romany said, pleased:
"Oh. that's lovely. I'm sure youu
sell Them"
Il doubt it." Bax gripped the
wheel. But at least it keeps guy
from going off the deep en2 to work
at something. Who is coming to the
party2" he asked then. changing
the subject.
"Cissie mas invited lot of people
to drop in. l imagine it'll be sort
of a mad house tomorrow. Tonlght
Dover is coming out to see CHAR
lotte, of course. And Brent Nelson
and Hal Trotter, the director, Will
stay over night and tomorrow"
"Oh" Bax pretended to be haV-
ing difficulty seeing through the
rapidly falling snow. NELSON Is In
town fer Christmas. too?"
YES" Romany nodded. HE mas
broadcast tomorrow"
"Of course-Bax managed a grin
1--WE would assume that the
steady would be around for the
holiday"
Romany was silent, avertlng ner
face. Bax looked ahead.
II presume everything Is anou.
all set for a June wedding. or Will
it be sooner?"
Nothing is all Set" Romany said
firmly, I'm not engaged to Brent
yet, Bax"
"Not-yet. Then you mean you
will be?" >,
"I-don't know" Romany said
uncertainty. Il really don't Know
Bax. Turn here" she dlrecteu.
This is Johnny Cake Hill. See the
lights of the house through tne
trees?"
She was glad to drop the subject
of Brent Nelson md her engage
ment or marriage. The subject was
as painful to Bax, but he had want
ed to know the truth. AS tney
stopped in the driveway, BaH
touched her cheek fleetingly Will
his lips.
That's for Christmas" His race
was close and white. And sun
say if it were possible for me TO
get in the running. I'd use up a NJ
tie of the time that Nelson guy 10
taking too much Of"
A servant came out to take t,ie
car and Aunt Cissie stood III tne
!; great front door. There was nv
time to answer, but Romaiiy
| heart was beating with queer re-
, lief. r.,,.
Merry Christmas" Aunt cissie;
called gaily, welcoming them 10
, the Hill, II see you corralled nlm':
Romey." ,..,'
The tall, thin young man wi.a
the sensitive, brilliant face lookeu
J down at her, blinking with aston:
ishment. , T:
, so this is Aunt Cissie! =
= thought you were an OLD laaS .
! Romany didn't tell me she hao
\ twin" -, and
His face relaxed into a grim en-
Cissie decided in a flash, ioo thaf
, quickly from her niece to him, Iii 10,
y thew were in love. 1t was tnere Che
+ their faces. for anyone to see' S
: smiled. s,
q (To Be Continuedl
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an arm around the small girl be.
side her.
You and l both have d lot Of
ideas we're going TO have TO
change, I'm afraid, if we're ever
going to make my boy happy"
II don't know what you mean"
Charlotte said puzzled
do you love my son?" Mrs.
Hayworth leaned toward Charlotte,
searching her eyes. Il mus: know
the truth"
Cholly's eyes lowered. Then she
said in a small voice what she
never had admitted before, even to
herself.
Yes. love him."
well" Carrie stood up. That
settles it. Let's call him in and tell
him so and get all this suspense
over with so we can all enjoy our
dinner. I'm starved"
Cholly looked at Mrs. Hayworth
speechlessly. The woman's eyes, so
much like her sons, were twin
king. Impulsively Carrie reached
her arms out and, in second,
Cholly was a sobbing little heap
against her ample bosom. The
mother joined her in relieved tears.
Here, here" Carrie said finally.
well look a fine mess Ct dinner if
we don't straighten up and put a
little powder on our noses. But be-
fore we do. what do you say we
have another glass of that punch?
I feel a little shaky."
Charlotte poured the beverage
with trembling hands and when
they had finished it, Mrs. Hayworth
went to the door and called to the
men:
Come in, father and Dover"
In the living room Dove looked
from his mother to Cholly. Mrs.
Hayworth pushed Cholly toward
him.
Here's your Christmas present!
She finally gave in. But had quite
a time convincing her we We're good
enough fer her"
Mother Hayworth then shooed
lher grinning husband into the L.
brary to join the rest of Tie guests,
From the looks on the parental
faces Cissie and Romany knew e%'
actly what was taking place unceF
, the mistletoe in the old living room
It was a merry dinner party. But
afterward the radio brought news
; that Romany feared might emo
Cholly's happiness almost before II
had begun.
Ito Be Continued
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loved Whimsically.
II know Nom. She's trying to
say you're not half bad, darling"
Carrie HayWorth looked away
from her son as if she found it very
hard to 60 on. Her husband
watched her with amused affection.
Carrie was set in her ways and he
knew what she was about to 40
was the most difficult thing she haf
ever done in her life.
Suddenly the older man got up.
"Son, suppose you and l leave
your mother and Charlotte alone
for a little while. think they have
some things to talk about.
Both Cholly and Mrs. Hayworth
were taken by surprise. When they
were alone, it was the mother who
spoke. She smoothed place on the
divan and motioned to the young
girl.
Come here and sit beside me,
child"
Cholly's heart beat swiftly, bu;
she obeyed at once. Dover's moth
err lifted her chin and studied the
sensitive. lovely face gravely
Then she sighed:
"You think I'm a pretty hard
hearted old lady, l guess. And
can't say l blame you. l suppose
you know how angry I've been be-
cause my two men folk insisted
upon being kind to you"
Cholly nodded. finding her voice
But I understand"
The mother sighed again. tive
opposed you. my dear, because yot
weren't in Dover's social set. But
know now I've been a stupid. blind
old fool. You are the one person
who can bring my boy happiness.
| Carrie reached out and touched
the girls hand.
you're a genius, my child, and
much greater lady than any of thu
young girls Dover has met among
the so-called best people. l know
how you've refused to elope will
| him and that you wouldn't let hin
loan Or give you money when yo'
were desperate"
THAT" said Cholly simply. is on
of the first things my mothe
taught me. That I must never &C
cept money from anyone l couldn'
pay back. And of course any poo
girl with common sense woul
know it was foolish to marry
wealthy man and be snubbed by hi
family and friends. She couldn' .
HAPPY"
4 Carrie smiled materially, putt:ri
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/, some of the radio crowd out for
the holiday, and she ordered me to
come and bring you"
Bax hesitated.
Tim sorry, Romany, but I'm
afraid l can't CO."
Romany walked over to him
swiftly and put her hand on his
arm.
"Bax," she faltered. please
come. Bob Lane told me you are
going away. You mustn't go with
out meeting Aunt Cissie. She has
read your scripts and she's crazy
about them. She wants to meet you
so much"
It sounded silly and childish,
Romany knew suddenly. and she
flushed a deep pink.
"Besides." she added, raising her
head and looking into his question
ing brown eyes. Il want you to
come"
DO you?" Bax cupped her soft
| chin in his hand. will you please
tell me why, Romany? Why do you
bother with me? Is it because you
feel sorry for me? You're on top
and l am on the bottom"
She cried out sharply:
"Stop. Bax. Of course it's not
that. On, will you stop being foo
and put some things in a bag anc
come out to Johnny Cake Hill with
me before I'scream?"
Baxter was completely Devil
dered ov ner vehemence. He
grinned:
"okay. Glamor Gal. You win"
Romany sighed. relieved, anc
walked to the door.
I'll wait for you IN the car
She turned, her hand on the knob
It's won't take long," Bax lolt
her. Pm leaving for New 4ort
tomorrow night and I've pullman
bag al ready"
In ten minutes Bax joined Rom
any in front of the apartment III
whistled when he saw the new ma
room roadster.
Il presume the new BUS L
. yours" he grinned.
Romany- nodded.
Aunt Cissie's Christmas pres
cnt. Would you like to drive?'
Sure. It's been a long time sinc
I've enjoyed the luxury OF haVin'
my hands on the wheel OF cal
, Which way do we go! $780,
Romsny gave him the dlrectie:ts
They had driven but a few oloch
when snow began to fall. They "er
lovely, downy fakes that stage
r where they fell and did not seem
be melting. =,
2 oh" Romany sighed happily
, isn't it lovely? Cissie has pee
; praying for a white Christmas.
1T should be perfect" Bax e
S Taxed deeper into the seat II
: afraid I'm going to have a goo
time. Wouldn't it be terrible :!
4 81 should think So" Roman
s looked at him sidewise. "YouV
been enjoying being morbid an
c sorry for yourself for so long: II
:, surprised you have any frienc
left. Or have ycu?"
VI "Only brunettes. The blends an
n the red-heads have all given me U
It as a bad job. But l haven't NEAR
O to be rude, Romany. I've been VIII
e ing like the devil, hoping to {
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c1sSIE LED BaX and Romany
into the great old living room,
where Cholly. Dover. Hal Trotter
and Brent Nelson hailed them nois.
ily from around the log fire.
The hostess served her very spe-
cial Christmas punch from the big
howl on the center table. Shaking
hands with Brent, Bax at first had
an uncomfortable feeling of self
consciousness which he soon got
rid of in the holiday atmosphere
that pervaded the friendly circle.
Breathing the air of pines and
with the punch warming his VEINS
his thin face took on color and his
ewes lost their dull, despairing
look. Cissie managed to seat Rom
any and BaX side by side and sat
down next to Brent.
Were dining late" she e*-
planned. Il wanted to be sure
everyone would get here. l think
this completes the party"
The words were no sooner out OF
her mouth than a butler appeared
in the door.
More guests are arriving, l be-
lieve, madame. Shall | admit
them?"
That's my job on Christmas
eve." Cissie jumped up. I'm: afraid
III miss Santa Claus. wonder
who it could be-"
A moment later an elderly man
and woman stood in the doorway
with an amazed Cissie. Dover got
up hastily, taking Charlotte's hand
tits father-and mother" he
whispered. chin up, darling. I'm
with you"
He crossed the room and Cholly
followed. She had to, because ne
wa. still holding her hand.
"Wellm the Hayworth son ano
heir grinned uncertainty. This is
surprise"
1--WE were out making a fe"
calls" Mr.. HayWorth clustered
land we decided to drop in and see
if you were around here"
"Where else would be-" Dover
put an arm around Cholly, smiling
boyishly. Mother, I'd like you t
know Charlotte. I believe you've
heard me speak of her"
Carrie Hayworth smiled dryly.
1T seems I've heard you mentor
something about a girl namef
Cholly."
With a tact bordering on genius
Cissie had slipped around he'
guests and shooed Trotter. Brent
Romany and Bax into the library
Family session." she explained
hastily, very much excited will
the possibilities of the call from
the syrup manufacturer and nj
wife. She slipped back into the liv
ing room to hear MIR. 4aywortl
say, heartily:
II thought it was about time w
all got together. I told mother sh
should meet our famous Haywortl
star"
1T was very kind of you Il
come" Charlotte's voice tremble'
a little, and her face was flushed
do sit down and let me Civ
you some punch" Cissie smile
graciously. Then l must run bacl
and have look in at the kitchel
to see how things are coming along
You'll stay for dinner, of course.
"Oh, no thank you," began Mrs
Hayworth. But Cissie broke in:
TITS too long a ride back with
out your dinner. l wouldn't thin
of letting you CO."
She served the punch and wa
gone in an excited whirl. CARR
studied the small, red-headed gil
seated beside her son for Ion
moment. She still chung to Dove
hand childishly. Suddenly the moth
er smiled.
$50 this is Charlotte O'Neil!
must say, my dear, you're niue
different from the girl expecte
to see."
"Arn II" Cholly asked unce,
tainly.
Dove looked down at the girl h
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CHAPTER FORTY THREE

CHAPTER + u. l = -1hEE
CHRISTMAS week dawned clear
and crisp, but the weather man
promised snow. Cissie took her staff
out to Johnny Cake Hill and opened
the great old Harlowe mansion
early one morning.
In the afternoon when Romany
drove Cholly out in her new car.
the place was a bedlam of servants,
caterers and deliverymen-
Cissie was in seventh heaven,
dressed in Stacks, directing the cut
ting of trees and boughs IN the
woods back of the estate. She rode
in on a truckload of them. waving
to Romany, waiting for her on the
front veranda-
-Oh. Tannenbaum, oh, Tannen-
baum" she sang gayly. I've been
wishing you girls would hurry. You
should see the big tree in the front
room. I'm dying to start in on It.
It reached to the ceiling of the
great old beamed room. On the
other end cracked a great log fire
and the place smelled like forest
Romany and Cholly hurried into
stacks at Cissie's suggestion. They
decorated until dinner time. tAeu
after pausi g long enough to dine
went back o their task until mid.
night. When they had finished, the
great room was a fa;ryland OIL
lights and boughs. Clusters of mis-,
tletoe hung over all The doors anc
holly lent color and charm to the
windows.
The afternoon before Christina!
Eve, Cecilia called Romany at In,
terstate, where she was rehearsing
II want you to drive out ant
bring that writer friend of yor:'
for the party, darling. If he spurn!
us again, let me know and I'll com,
in and get him myself"
,Romany hesitated.
-Do-you really think | should
Cissie? 1 wouldn't want him t,
lIllllh III SIllSiIiS nun.
You do as | say" Cecil;
laughed. Don't telephone him
warning so he can duck. a Halle al
ways gets her man"
Dover was driving Cholly out I
Cissie's farm, so Romany set on
for South Shore drive, moi withou
trepidation. 1t wasn't easy to thro,
yourself at mans head when ii
hadn't even as much as called yo
on the phone since the night he frs
kissed you weeks before.
A little brcathlcss Romany ran
the bell and. when the buZze
sounded. she sighed with relic
Bax was home She ran up tn
stairs and again, as he had don
when she called before. Ba
stepped back with surprise.
"Oh," he smiled crookedly, lit
you, Glamor Gal. This IS a SUI
prise"
1T shouldn't be-" Romany Wake
inside and Bax closed the door. 1T
getting to be quite Il habit"
May I have your mink" ST
noticed that his face was thinnc
with little pang.
Aunt Cecelia's mink" Roman
cor. ~cted him with an unccrta
little smile. mo, l won't take
off. I've come to carry you off
the country. Aunt Cissie 10 haylr
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Golf is not proving very popular
in Germany-SpOrt item. Shucks-
and we were hoping to see what
Goering would look like in plus
tours.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11

That's what one thinks aS-stop-
ping now and then to chuckle out
loud-one reads 1.-The Good Old
Days." a history of America from
1905 to the present day as seen
through the Sears, Roebuck mail
order catalogs.
What were the women spending
their fathers or husbands money
for back in the early nineteen-hun-
dreds?
Why for shirt-waists, walking
skirts that daringly cleared the
ground two inches, hip and bust
pads Chose Mae Westian effects
often had to be faxed, pettNoats,
cotton drawers, body-crushing cor
sets, false hair for rats" and POM
padour combs to keep the rats in
place. mo money went for silk
stockings them.
What was the etiquette of the day
Gas prescribed in the etiquette books
sold by mail ORDER? Well, the young
ladies were advised mot to attempt
arguing with gentlemen on politi-
cal or financial topics. Truth is, the
female sex is really as inferior to
the male in vigor of mind as in
strength of body"
They were told that the reputa-
ton for being a flirt was one to "be
dreaded by young ladies'" They
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Nsi.. +
PATTERN 971
MATRON'S COTTON
PRINCESS DRESS

Even though it's an about-the-
house and marketing sort of day,
modern matron likes to be fresh and
pretty. And when style is as quick
to cut and sew as Pattern OIL,
there's no excuse for not looking
your best at all times. Choose a
fresh-faced cotton fabric for this
Claire Tilden dress. and do use gay
buttons and ric- &C edging to &C
cent the slim princess lines. Those
straight up-and-doWn seams are SO
easy on your needle ard shears; so
stream-lining to your figure. You'll
like the simple side ties that adjust
the waistline to your own measure
ment, or you may prefer an all
around back-tying sash. The side
bodice sections are full-cut for bust
line softness, and are held smooth
with darts at the shoulders Add the
pockets for style plus convenience;
shape the neckline in a straight
square or in an interesting zig-zag.
There's a choice in sleeves, too
make them in loose, comfortable
flares or in trim puffs with neat
SleevebandS.
Pattern 971 is cut in women's
sizes SO, SO, 40, AZ, A, 46, 48 and so.
Size So requires 4 yards IS inch fab
ric and IL yards ric-rac.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS Q5c) in
coins for this pattern. WRITE
CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS
AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to the Waterbury
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Please advise whether vitamin A
treatment has proved of any benefit
for exophthalmic goitre, and If so,
how much vitamin A is required and
for how long. IF. M. c.
Answer-Daily doses of 10000 TO
100000 U. S. P. units of natural Wit
amin A (not carotene) over period
of several weeks have proved bene-
fetal in a majority of cases in the
experience of various physicians.
This seems to diminish the rapid
heart action and nervous hyperex-
citability and bring about increase
in weight. 1t can do no harm to try
it in any case-taking, say, six or
eight capsules daily, each capsule
containing $4,000 units.
Modern Treatment
Time to express gratitude for your
recommendation Of DR.. -- for
treatment of hemorrhoids. He found
some infected crypts as we'll as
hemorrhoids, and now am all cured
the treatments, done at his Office,
gave me almost no discomfort.
(Mrs. j. W.
Answer-Injection treatment Of
hemorrhoids and associated rectal
conditions, condemned by most ply
sicians as dangerous" not SO many
years ago, is today the method Of
choice. In the hands of qualified
physician it gives rather more sat-
isfactory results than the old sur
gical operation ever did, and the
patient is not detained from ordi-
nary activities.
Wheat to Eat
Please send me q pound of wheat
germ or tell me where to get it and
how much to take. (Mrs. F. H.
Answer-Buy wheat germ from
any mill, or sometimes food stores
and drug stores have it. Use one
third of one-half wheat germ instead
of that part of -four in any recipe
calling for flour Eat two to three
ounces of it daily to increase your
vitamin B complex intake, or buy
a peck or a few pounds of plain
wheat from farmer, mill, feed store,
and use it in various dishes In the
daily dietary. Suggestions in mon
ograph Wheat to Eat"-for copy
send stamped envelope bearing your
address.
protected by John F. Ollie CO..
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GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

The science of nutrition embraces
not merely the study of food or diet,
as so many gullible customers be-
lieve, but among various impor-
tant matters the study of growth
and development. And since the
processes of growth and develop
ment depend on digestion, absorb
ton, assimilation, oxidation or meta
bolism,( and excretion, it should he
evident to any one who can think
for himself that no particular food
or list of foods can be considered
an adequate, well balanced diet for
every one. Nor is there any ground
for the notion that food products
purporting to contain umpteen ele-
ments or an assortment of vitamins
are entitled to the designation
health foods"
Many of the popular conceptions
of the present time are based on
medical theories which have been
discarded. For instance the idea
that certain foods are easily di-
gested"; or FOODS cooked in a GER
tain way are more easily digested
than the same foods cooked in
other ways; or certain foods are es-
pecially ''nourishing' or Strength
ening' or "fattening" or building"
foods; or certain foods are benefi-
cial to the nerves, the blood. the
complexion. while other foods are
injurious. We know now that the
grain of truth there may be in some
of these fancies is not worth con-
sidering when outlining a diet or
choosing food.
1t is true some foods are more
quickly digested than others, but
what of it? If you imagine the
stomach, duodenum jejunum, ileum,
cecum, etc., require a rest between
meals, shouldn't you feel even
greater concern about the constant
work of the liver, the kidneys, the
autonomic nervous system, the en-
doctrine glands and other parts of
the body machinery that never rest
at all?
1t seems that some one discov-
cred long ago that pork takes longer
to digest than, say, lamb or chicken,
and misinterpretation of the fact
has led to the common belief that
pork is hard to digest. Hard for
whom or what? If pork takes longer
to digest it is worth the time re-
quired to digest it, as food. Pork
has twice the nutritive value of
lamb, three times that of chicken.
Another common misconception,
rleict of an old medical theory, is
that heterogeneous material, protein,
particularly meat, places a burden
on the kidneys. There is no more
scientific ground for this notion
than there is for the still popular
belief that meat eating causes high
blood pressure; especially dark or
read meat.
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False hair curlS and rats" to puff
up pompadours were hot stuff for
creating "glamor" back in grand
pas day, as this illustration from
a mail order catalogue shows.
1875, thumbing back over the mail
order catalogues of the nineteen
thirties and forties, will cluckle
at what they find.
They'll be amused that book
called How to Win Friends and In
fuence People" sold like hot cakes
and that people read a book called
How 10 Read a Book.
The radios of 1910 will prob
ably look like something rugged
up by amateurs and all our
proudly streamlined machinery
hopelessly clumsy.
They'll wonder if there wasn't
any other adjective but "glamorous. .
The glamor girl will be as amusing
then as the Gibson Girl is today.
They'll marvel that people were
still crawling across the country
in automobiles.
Boy, we'll seem funny in just a
few years.