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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Sir Hugh WoIpoIe Dies at 81
After Illness of Week
British Author Wrote
Novel q Yeur Since
He Wus Is Years Old
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 2.-Sir Hugh
Walpole, author of novel year
since he was Is, is dead at ST. He
died of a heart attack early yester-
day after a weeks illness.
Services will be held Wednesday
at Keswick, in the Cumberland
mountains.
An obituary notice said there
would be no mourning, by his re-
quest"
Up to his last illness, Sir Hugh
kept himself at the writing which
he said came as naturally as
breathing.
His recent work consisted mostly
OF contributions to a London news
paper book review section. His 1910
novel was Roman Fountain" in
which he recalled an occasion when
Adolf Hitler wept.
Lectured in America.
Sir Hugh said that was in 1924,
after Hitler's release from the
Munich prison. The novelist wrote:
"I remember he cried, and that I
felt his passion for Germany so
sincere it seemed to burn through
his ugly boots into the ground = = !"
Sir Hugh was the author of the
widely-read Jeremy" books and
the "Herries" saga. He was known
In the United States, too, for his
frequent lectures and visits.
MY supreme piece of luck" he
said once, was in being completely
fascinated by the work l was doing.
I adore writing. If you can be
absorbed in something you're doing,
find enough in it to live on, then I
think you're inevitably happy
man"
Walpole, a confirmed bachelor,
was born in New Zealand in 1884,
the only son of an Anglican clergy
man who afterwards became the
Right Rev. G. H. S. Walpole, bishop
of Edinburgh.
When he was 8 he lived in
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
How TO Talk Turkey"

die OF a conversation, from the
main thread Of a discourse into
some other issue. The breach Of
this rule is considered by a Turk
as an objectionable rudeness
q. To allow a short but suffi-
cicnt pause between the conclu-
sion OF a discussion on one sub
ject and the entering on a new
subject
4 Never tell a person a thing
he knows already
5. Don't excuse yourself when
convicted Of being wrong
6 When you have nothing 10
say, hold your tongue. Turks
seldom talk for the sake Of talk
ing.
Those who have listened 10 the
noisy chatter Of Europeans in the
smoking room Of a steamship. for
example, have often wished that
the code OF the Turks could be.
come enacted into an interna-
ti0nai law.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
Where Wildcats Are a Pest

DINING in TO Carrabasset,
4 Maine, few days ago Jock
w Long, a well-known fur hun
ter, announced that the cat
family is on the increase at a
most alarming rate all over the
State. Looks TO me as if there
will have to be one big cat hunt
ar we are going TO have a lot of
trouble with the pesky critters.
Bobcats or Canadian Lynx
seem to be showing up in all
parts Of Northern Maine. I was
prowling around up Spencer Pond
way week ago when l come
across a sight ! never expect to
see again.
Suddenly I heard the most
unearthly screech and just op-
posite me, into a clearing, walked
female bobcat and two kittens.
She was sure mad about some
thing and / numbered the old
high power in case she came over
my way for it looked to me as
if she was spelling for a fight.
Then / saw what allied her A
big black bear came out of the
woods from the opposite side Of
the clearing. You should have
heard them talk back and forth!
II could have nailed the whole
outfit for / had eight good slugs
l could pump into action mighty
quick but / wanted to see what
was going TO happen. Guess the
bear thought he'd make the cat
run for he shambled toward her
making a noise that sure would
have scairt me if 1 had been un-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

~ONVERSATION in Europe
and America has been de-
s scribed as a duet in opera,
in which the two persons in it
are talking TO an imaginary third
person. each recounting "A tale of
his own Il say something and
you say something else. and we
Will agree TO call it a converse
ton"
But in Turkey there arc GER
tain forms OF conversation. any
violation of which is considered
an outrage. and the sum of which
constitutes their code OF polite
ness as applied TO conversation.
These rules may be stated as fol-
lows:
1. Never interrupt the speaker
while he is talking. However
long-winded and undressing his
conversation may be to yoti, Pc
likeness requires that you should
wait for his conclusion.
2. Never divcrge. in the mid
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
A BRIEF silence followed.
~ Peter broke it.
Have another cigarette -


Have another cigarette? ?"
She thanked him more pro-
fusely than was necessary. She
was grateful to him for breaking
the silence which in fairness she
had to admit had been caused
by her in-humor
Are you going to explore
down here ?"
Yes. BY the way this is
swell place for reptiles, I believe"
ooh indeed it is Especially
. those of the two-legged variety,
l could show you a few speci-
mems.
II ,1tste4 met ere myself already :.
Peter said without feeling He
couldn't forgive Ashley for the
deception he had practiced on
them. Why hadn't the man said
outright he was in the diplomatic
corps? Why pretend he was a
beachcomber
You're not referring TO Mr..
Wood, are you ?" June's voice
was dangerous. SO dangerous he
was startled. There was a real
fury in It.
"Oh. er-er-I wasn't" he said
weakly
You're a very poor liar What
has my boss done 20 displease
you? ?"
We'll. he might have told us
the truth about himself and not
let us think him some sort Of a
remittance man Rotten trick 10
say the least. he burst out.
you mean he's made you feel
Just a little bit foolish ,"
We'll in a way But I don't
think much Of a man who'd do
thing like that merely 10 get
laugh on another fellow Shows
there's something warped about
his mentality"
And l don't think much of a
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toes. he said contutcly. "Sandra
is exceptional. but of course.
there are other exceptional girls
III you mean me I'm afraid
Im not in the running Inn
thoroughly ordinary and not I'm
he least intellectual AT The mo-
mut 7 don't even consider myself
aD intelligent being
Oh. You are mad an me aren Q
yol ann sorry. You've been
$50 decent too inviting me % sit
iu here with you"
That's all right But men who
eeneralize about women always
ger m my hair Then I suppose
I'm tired
you must be All this trouble
with your car and then not get
ting 10 your destination.
And no supper I'm "a perfect
vixen unless I'm well fed. I'm
glad l wasn't a Victorian young
miss who had 10 faint at the sight
OF a square meal"
7 IKE girls with healthy appe-
utes
Miss Redcliffe has a healthy
appetite ?"
when she remembers about
eating She is usually rather pre-
occupied with He paused.
The phrase worthwhile things"
was on his tongue because it was
a favorite expression of Sandras.
Somehow when Sandra said it. il
didn't sound priggish but he felt
that this girl might think it was
Oddly, June said: do you
mean more worthwhile things 2'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

through life in comfort unless
one could laugh at oneself But
Sandra cant. or at least she
hasn't up 10 date. That's what
makes me SO afraid for her. You
see if anything went really wrong
in her life it would go so hard
with her. l feel / must be there
to prevent that happening Am
I explaining myself badly"
Il think / see a little what you.
mean" She added with a smile:
It's connected up with the good
old chivalrous instinct, take it ?"
He laughed again. You may
be right there.
The cigarette was burning her
fingers. She threw il away. She
shivered suddenly and realized
that she was cold and worn out
Her eyelids felt so heavy she
could hardly keep them open.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

armed. But it didn't make that
cat turn tail because she had her
young ones with her and before
/ realized what was coming off
she'd crossed the ring and the
miXup started without any hand
shaking.
1T was the same old story of
the cat and the dog Before that
bear knew what had hit him that
she-devil was on his back Say,
it would have been funny if it
hadn't been so darned frightful.
Never heard such yells as that
cat let out and / never knew a
bear could make the noises this
one did.
He tried to shake the cat off
and then rolled over just as a dog
will when ridden by a house-cat
Shed get off but the minute the
bear got TO his feet she was on
top of him again. Then old bruin
began galloping around the clear
ing, brushing against trees and
trying every way to get rid of
the cat which was clawing off
great wads of hair Blood began
to show all around and / decided
it was time for me TO take a
hand.
I'D never shot q bobcat on the
wing before and ] missed the first
time but / got the devil the sec
ond shot. She rolled off 10 the
ground and believe me that bear
didn't waste any time thanking
me but beat it into the bush. The
small cats, probably scared half
TO death at the melee, disap-
peared while the scrap was on.
Maybe you've seen a big Is
pound domestic tomcat fighting
with another of its kind. Now
just picture what kind of scrap
1t would he if those cats each
weighed 80 pounds or more. That
would give an idea of the kind /
Of scrap / saw 1t was one Of
the most exciting battles anyone
will ever see in the woods
Victor f. Lyn c h, champion /
wildcat hunter Of Maine. and who
probably knows more about the /
animals than any other man says I
that every wildcat kills on the
average Of p deer a year and |
places the total number slain in /
this fashion at 10000. A cat will /
kill a deer on sight whether hun .
cry or not frequently leaving the (
bodies untouched save for the I
ragged cash in the throat where /
fastened its teeth.
Il have followed cats that have .
individually killed as many as
four deer TN one single nights
travel" says Mr. Lynch. and
seldom have they eaten from
other than their first kin. A year
ago ! trailed a large male cat .
who killed two old doe and a
yearling IN one night The two .
old deer would both have borne /
fawns a little later So this lone .
cat really stamped out the lives .
Of five deer in one night
Trappers despise and fear the /
-hahcat more than any other ami +
nal in the Maine forests. Unless
cornered they seldom attack a
human but they do not evadc am
encounter If any woodsmau is .
rash enough 20 invite one. Earl .
Ludlow, a West Branch guide
came across a bobcat and all
though armed only with a hunt
Ing knife was foolish enough 10
throw stick at IT, LudloVs
clothes were ripped 10 shreds bis
face. arms. hands and breast ter
ribly laccratcd before he finally
managed 90 drive his knife blade
into a vital spot In the hospital
he told The doctor he must have
,-SEabbed The great cat 20 times
before he could stop o.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

man who becomes engaged 10 a
dumb female simply because she's
an heiressi"
She had said it in the heat of
the moment she could have bit
ten out her tongue afterwards.
Lordy. Lordy5 there is some
thing wrong with me, she thought
wretchedly.
"Oh, SO that's what you think ?"
His voice was challenging.
Something within her drove her
on TO say: well, isn't it fairly
obvious ?i'
1T might be, if i didn't have
almost as much money as Sandra
has. Don't think I'm Dragging,
but you asked for it."
THERE was an unhappy pause.
then she said:
I'm sorry. Yes . did ask fer
that didn't II"
That's all right" But his
voice showed her that it wasn't
all right yet.
do forgive me. suppose I
resented your criticizing Ashley,
You must be very much in love
with Miss Radcliffe"
Il am"
Because she is beautiful as
well as intelligent"
He laughed suddenly and with
his nice full laughter she knew
that his i'll humor was gone. mot
altogether. i love her mainly be-
cause she doesn't know the first
thing about life and is so COM
pletely humorless."
But you can't love her for that
reason because she's humor-
less!"
Can't u ! think l do. I can't
explain 1t either. other than 1t
makes her seem sweet and COM
pletely vulnerable"
She asked after a small pause:
you think she is more v1ilner-
able without a sense of humor?"
Undoubtedly. Personally
can't see how one could 20
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
III an tired.n she siehed.

II am tired" she sighed
A few minutes before he had
been thinking of her as a self
reliant young woman, but sud
denly she seemed to him a weary
little girl.
Look here" he said, why
don't you try and get a few
hours sleep? Lean against me
and use my shoulder as a pillow"
We'll" she hesitated. Il might.
But what about you?"
"Oh, III be all right. 1 may
doze off myself"
There was another pause and
then tentatively she did as he
suggested. The rough material
Of his coat felt good against her
cheek, warm and comforting.
Oddly. she had not the slightest
fear of him. He really is nice
young man, she thought drows-
lily. I'm sorry / said that about
that dumb heiress. But If he
has money Of his own why on.
earth did he become engaged 10
her?
vi
EARLY mornings can seem more
- brilliant in. the tropics than
anywhere on earth. Sandra. look
ing through the window of Ash
leys cabin shortly after sunrise.
felt as though she were in para
disc.
She felt IL was sheer magic,
this landscape she was gazing ont
on, and some OF the magic had en-
tered into her soul She was con-
scious of il, and was thrilled by
it and although not fully aware of
the cause of il, knew at least that
Ashley had something 10 do with
II. Somewhere near he too would
be enjoying this clear, sparkling
morning. Where had he slept
But perhaps he hadn't slept. Per-
haps he, like her, had been too
disturbed last night 10 sleep at
least for some hours a man
whom the world had cast out.
who had become a beachcomber
yet who was at heart a gallant
gentleman.
Last night he had torn himself
away from her. She still did not
believe his story Of an appoint
ment. In fact she was convinced
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PATHWAY TO PARADISE

what DO You
Think the
Trouble Is >"
Asked Peter
When June Sug-
gested That He
Might BE Able TO
Fix the Car.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

He started. How how did
you know 30
She smiled quietly in the dark
ness. Il just thought you might
be meaning that"
For some reason he felt angry.
We'll, l didn't. l was going TO
say with her studies"
I'm sorry misunderstood
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(Contirued on Page 2l)
Evening star., 1941-04-20

the bolt into place, she blinked her
eyes clear. She didn't throw herself
down upon the bed; she simply sat
or the edge of it and looked at the
ugly walls - the cracks, the picture
of lurid dead roses above the wash
stand, the place where the grimy
wallpaper was peeling loosely above
the radiator - and knew that she
was going to keep on living in rooms
like this, maybe for the rest of her life
Three shows take a long time in an
evening. They seemed to last forever
that night. Meg got through them,
somehow, in haze of utter WEAKNESS,
though Eddie began to watch her
queerly as she mechanically bounced
through their routine, time after
time. She didn't want to talk to him,
or to anybody. In the intervals be-
tween shows she slipped out the alley
door. wrapped in an old polo coat
she swiped off a hook in Eddie's room
while he was on stage, and with her
felt hat pulled low over her eyes,
tramped the rainy streets, alone.
6UT she couldn't avoid him any
longer when Joe called a rehearsal
for the entire company after the last
show. 1t didn't last as long as they
usually did. and Eddie caught her
arm, afterward, on the iron stairway
down to the dressing rooms in the
cellar. He didn't ask her any Ques-
ton: he only grinned, a little wryly,
and said: "All in, poor kid. I'm taking
you home in a hack"
And all the way uptown in the taxi
he didn't ask her anything. He Just
held two of her fingers in his hand,
and she stared out the opposite win
dow, being very grateful to him. The
taxi stopped doubtfully at the alley
mouth, and they got out and walked
up the hill together. 1t had stopped
raining. At the door, she said with
painful honesty:
Come in for a minute Into the
parlor. I've got to tell you"
Eddie patted her hand. "Never
mind now, kid. There's lots of time"
She looked at him, wondering how
he knew, but opened the door with
her key and waited for him to come in.
AS he hesitated, shadow fitted un-
certainly on the stairway above her
Evening star., 1941-04-20

and the old lady's voice wavered,
"I've been waiting for you. my dear.
to Oh, I'm sorry! l didn't see that
you weren't oh, do excuse me"
Suddenly. staring at Eddie, Meg
drew a deep breath. Come on in.
Eddie" she said briskly. 81 want you
to meet a friend of mine"
Mrs. Carver had on her faded,
clean old wrapper, and you could see
that she was ready for a good talk.
She was a little startled, but she
Evening star., 1941-04-20

speak, l always said, when was in my
own house -"
Eddie, after one casually under
standing glance about the room. had
been watching her. And now he said:
II bet your house was SWELL"
NO" she said. mot that. But it
was
Eddie nodded. yeah. That's what
l meant"
And Meg, watching Eddie, knew
suddenly that she, too. could have
house of her own forever; even if it
was unpacked out of a theatrical
trunk, even if it was a dressing room
in night club. The old lady, watch
ing them both. smiled quietly to her
self in the shadowy gaslight of her
attic.
Tie Fad
Evening star., 1941-04-20

all about him. ''I'll say. But guess
it doesn't hurt to give the push
buttons on my desk a rest once in
awhile. The phones'll just have to ring.
that's all. I'll bet the girls in the -
I'll bet my secretary is pretty glad
to get a chance to sneak out to the
beauty parlor. eh?" Meg looked at
him. He had never mentioned a secre-
tary before.
Charles handles all the North End
sales for the Erase Gum Wall Cleaner
ComDany she said
Evening star., 1941-04-20


just blooming along our picket fence,
and in the evening the wood moths
would be at the window with such
soft wings, like the happy thoughts
we'd had that day come alive to
keep us company at night. l remem-
Der the shadows that the strings of
my harp made on the new carpet, in
the sunshine, and had the most ele-
giant heavy lace curtains at the win
dows, my dear, of pattern called
Rose of Kashmir'.
1t was queer, the things an old
lady would remember, Meg thought;
she wondered what little things of her
first house she would remember when
everything else was gone. But Charles
said: where was that?"
The name of the town was Con-
cordia," the old lady said gently.
''Oh." Charles seemed more at ease.
He leaned back in his chair, crossed
his knees and reached for another
little cake.
''But for that first company din
ner," she told Meg, 1--WE had one of
my husbands business friends, from
Kansas City. l remember being so
anxious, my dear, and had planned
for days =" 1t was long, happy
story, and while the old lady's voice
went on and on, Meg watched Charles.
He was drinking his tea, and his
eyes were darting and stabbing about
the room. examining every faded,
carefully-mended thing, uncovering
in the corners each shabbiness that
the kindly shadows were trying to
hide. He finished his tea. and lighting
a cigarette, lolled back in his chair,
blowing bored clouds of smoke at the
ceiling. smiling slightly to himself.
So she was not surprised when on
the way downstairs he said indul-
gently: "Well, quite a character,
isn't she? How about date tonight,
little girl? I'm free this evening"
"What do you mean," she asked
slowly, quite a character"
''Old scrubwoman living in an
attic" he said, trying to act like
she was somebody important
They had reached the front door,
and Meg leaned against the wall. 1t
was something solid But - but
didn't you hear?" she said anxiously.
when she told about her house,
Evening star., 1941-04-20
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
II NEVER MET AN ACTRESS"
Continued from pose sixteen

and -" Meg's voice trailed off.
"Oh, sure" he said. "Small-town
people" He chuckled, and touched
his mustache. "What time can you
meet me tonight"
mo. I'm-Pm sorry" Meg said.
She closed the door between herself
and his surprised face, and started
walking slowly upstairs. 1t was long
way, and before she reached her room
her legs were shaking and she could
MT see very well. But when she slid
Evening star., 1941-04-20

gave Eddie her hand,
and became ever so
little pink about the
cheeks when he
grin n ed at h er.
''Some-some tea"
she said. "The ket-
tie is boiling, my
dears. Has been, for
some time. And, do
you know, at that
all-night bakery l
found some
"Oh,. but" Eddie
said. ''it's pretty
late, and the kid
here, is"
Nonsense" /" the
old lady said. 1--WE
always have a cup of
tea, don't we, my
dear?- She'll be
having one with me
anyway, and three
cups take no longer
than two to drink.
Anyway, at my late
years they can't be-
grud &c me late
hours"
Eddie laughed and
touched her shout
der with his finger
tips as they went on
up the stairs: they
beamed at each 9TH
er. "And for that
matter" the old
lady said, when she
was pouring the tea,
"I've always thought
a house was incest
when the lamps were
lit. The walls draw
Evening star., 1941-04-20
THE BLOCKADORA

The BlockadoraS fill the doors
OF elevators at all floors.
They may be riding high and far,
But never back up in the car,
And getters-in and getters-out
Must bump and push them all about,
This goon's dreadful crcuIator
There's one in every elevator!
JAMES F. HeRRo
Evening star., 1941-04-20

lady said.
CHARLEs had the
biggest sales record
of anybody in the
territory the last six
months" Meg said
eagerly. That's why
they've taken him
into the Office now,
and" She stopped,
b e wild d. as
Charles looked at
her coldly. Mrs.
Carver handed him
his cup of tea, and he
had to give it his at
tention hastily to
balance it on his
knee.
my husband was
in business, too, you
know, my DEAR" the
old lady said to Meg.
"Did l ever tell you
about the first din
ner party l gave after
l was married? 1t
was a lovely house
for a bride to come
to-the lilacS were