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'I'll be right along" she pro-
missed. at won't take me min
ute"
Gould you-if wouldn't mind
- wear the primrose taffeta?
Maybe it isn't nice enough, now
you have your own things"
suggested Valerie.
. SITS much nicer than anything
of NINE" Lucy told her truth
fully. "You see, I didn't need
much in the Ark. Mostly just
breeches and boots. I love your
dress, and I'll adore wearing it."
YOU'RE terribly sweet -"
Valerie breathed to her through
the crack in the door.
Lucy dashed under a shower,
ran a comb through her hair, fell
into a brief silk undergarment or
two, and slipped Valerie's dress
over her head. She put on a bit
of makeup before her dressing
table mirror, and went out. She
found Valerie waiting patiently in
the hall outside. and they ran
down the stairs together.
Mark was reading in the lib
rary. He jumped up as they came
in, and his face lighted.
Lucy was taking stock, too. It
took a big man, she thought, to
create magnificence, and then live
so simply in the midst Of it. 1t
had come to him through three
generations, and the novelty had
been gone a long time.
Lucy always remembered that
first dinner at Wide Acres: the
informal formality with which ii
moved: the perfection of its SER
vice. AS they chatted over their
coffee in the library afterward,
fully if she had stumbled on a
she began to wonder almost fear
sort of domestic fourth dimension,
where discord was taboo.
She was laughing over some
nonsense of Marks when the cur
tains parted and Elise came in.
She moved in her fluttering skirts
with a curious swinging motion.
Lucy thought at once of some
thing floating in on the tide.
"Darling!' cried Elise. But her
look was for Mark. Her voice
was rich with emotion. Il just
ran in on the chance you'd come
back. If you knew how I've
missed your
Lucy stretched back in a cor
ner Of her big chair, and watch
ed. It was almost like seeing a
curtain go up Mark and Valerie
had both got to their feet.
Elise caught Mark by both
hands, and then released one to
throw a lavish arm around Val
erie. There was something almost
domestic in the posing of the
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to get you straight. l expect you
will be tired of us long before
that, and have flown away"
Valerie elapsed Lucy's hand in
sudden panic. 'Lucy's going to
stay forever!" she cried.
"Oh," said Elise.
Mark looked across at Lucy,
sitting with Valerie beside her.
There was a suggestion of tense
ness in the way they both looked
back at him. AS if in some mys-
ferrous way they sought him for
protection. He felt sudden rush
of tenderness for them, sitting so
Young and so defenseless under
his roof.
"Our contact with Miss Tired
way came through old friends OF
her fathers" he explained.
Judge Brown, of Arlington, and
others" He suggested somehow
that she could take the informa-
ton or leave it.
Elise at once became all feml-
nine. ooh, but how marvellous! !
mean to have a real background
It looks like wonderful luck for
you all. I suppose you've done a
lot of teaching, Miss Tredway?'
She clapped her hands delighted
ly. ooh, how clever OF me! l real
ly got it that time-or did II"
"You did," said Mark. He did
not wait for Lucy to answer. AS
we'll to establish her once and for
all. Telling to Elise would be
telling it to the world. Their
world, at least. 'You see, Miss
Tredway only graduated from
college herself last spring, so her
teaching experience hasn't been
exactly vast. But she's won me-
dals and taken degrees and done
all the highbrow stunts you'd ex-
pect from a spinster of forty, in
stead of - what you see." He
sounded as if he couldn't put in
to words what he thought OF
Lucy. Of her brains or beauty or
charm.
"But how terrifying!" cried
Elise pathetically. what will she
| think of the rest of us when she
finds us out? But maybe she
never will"
Having found out all she could
| which was practically nothing but
the bare facts of Lucy's presence
at Wide Acres, Elise got slowly
| out of her chair.
"Selfish me-" she said reproach'
fully, when you're all probably
tired out. Mark, darling, will you
ring for Chiltern and ask about
my car? I told Harmon not to be
later than eleven, and here it is
| almost twelve! How does one gel
decent servants? But what can
you expect? Nobody pays the
least attention to woman alone
Nobody cares"
! She looked appealingly at Mark
as if she expected him to contra
dict her; but only rang and gave
her message. to Chiltern.
After a minute he followed the
butler into the hall. He would or
der his own car. He stepped out
onto the terrace, breathing deep
ly. At this time of the year, the
place was like a huge bouquet.
"Any sign Of Mrs. Waterford, S
chauffeur" he asked Chiltern at
his elbow.
mo, sir. Nor much chance OF 1t,
if l may say SC. Mrs. Waterford
ted Harmon not to come back,
sir. I happened to overhear her.
It probably slipped her mind"
'PrObably." said Mark.
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three, if you didn't look too close
ly at their faces. The light that
smoldered behind Elise's large
rather full brown eyes was any
thing but peaceful. And Valerie
and Mark reminded Lucy curl
| ously of wild things held against
their wills.
Elise turned suddenly, ano
caught her first glimpse OF Lucy
She stared and froze. Her hano
] dropped from Valerie, but hel
hold On Mark frightened.
oh" she said.
ooh" echoed Mark easily
"You haven't met Miss TredWay
have you She heavens gift to the
unlearned. Valerie's new tutor, II
other words. Between whites
she's going to keep us all in or
der. Isn't it luck?"
'Tt's quite charming" sa Il
Elise. 'How do you do?" She
sat down suddenly.
She ignored Lucy completely
after that. She chartered end
llessly about her own affairs, ane
asked questions about the trif
when she remembered, seldom
waiting for an answer, Almost a:
if she were afraid to pause, while
she made the new adjustment tt
Lucy's arrival.
Chiltern came in, and poured
coffee for her, and went away.
"There's clever one," he tolc
Mrs. Banwood later. TOO clever
| if you ask me. Had bit of
shock, and put on the brakes be-
fore anybody could tell the differ.
ence. I was watching her eyes
Doesn't. relish another woman
| coming in and upsetting hel
plans. Not that she'll get much
change out of Miss Lucy"
II don't relish it myself" sale
Mrs. BanWood.
perhaps you'd rather have
Mrs. Waterford under foot" sug
gested Chiltern.
Mrs. Banwood ignored this. She
sat down to her own coffee, anc
looked at him over the brim O.
her cup.
'I'm sure it's nothing to me wht
he brings into the house to teach
Miss Valerie" she offered.
Chiltern passed his cup sec
ond time. ''No more it should be
with situations what they are a
i present." he reminded her. HI
never found it very hard to keel
Mrs. Banwood in her place.
Elise was almost ready to leav'
before she apparently realized
Lucy. She turned the velvet O
her eyes on the girl, and spok'
with gentle enthusiasm.
my dear-we've all forgotten
you" she said. ''But I'm sure
| you'll understand. We three hae
so much time to make up"
II haven't forgotten Lucy" sale
/ Valerie suddenly. It was the frs
time she had spoken since Elise
came in. She got up now ane
tucked her slim young body into
the vacant space in Lucy's big
chair
ooh, but darling-' cried Elise
materially, "aren't you crowding
Miss Treadle terribly"
Lucy smiled with equal anna
bility on Elise and Valerie. "She
isn't crowding me at all, thanks
The name is Tredway," she said
I'm so wretched at names,
said Elise plaintively. Il shall pro
badly call you all sorts of queer
things. It NAV take me months
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-20
Over Million
In Beer Tax In
N. C.. For 1910

Raleigh, Feb. 17.-North Carroll
mas beer consumption Of 299,
barrels in 1910 provided $3,124,-
482.79 in taxes to the federal,
state and local governments, ac-
cording to an analysis by the
Brewers and North Carolina Beer
Distributors Committee.
The state collected 1891, O24.-
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81 in licenses and excise taxes;
the SO counties $121, 125; the cities
and towns $4,000; and the fed
eral government $685., 333.42.
The federal governments tax was
based on $500 a barrel for the
first six months and $500 a bar
rel for the last six months of
1910. ...
The additional defense tax of
$1.O0 netted the federal govern
ment $161, 375.57 for the last half
of the year, according to these
figures.
North Carolina consumed $780,
1887 barrels last year as COM
pared with 3O1,700 barrels in
1899 and 264,O25 barrels in 1888.
Sales for the first half of the year
were we'll ahead of the CORES
ponding period for 1899, but ran
behind the 1889 totals for the last
six months of 1940.' ..1." ,..=-...
The annual business volume es-
timated, at $1o;4oo,OOo has been
developed a nd maintained in
North Carolina by the legal beer
industry and most of this volume
is reflected directly in the state
by employment, payrolls and tax
es, it was explained.
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"A
They looked at each other for
a brief second. There was a cur
ious illusion of a smile on both
their faces, although neither had
moved a muscle.
Thanks" said Mark: "Just ask
Catlet to take out the town car
and run Mrs. Waterford home,
will your"
"The car is out by the parking
circle now, sir" said Chiltern. II
have already taken the liberty Of
speaking to Catlet."
This time Mark really smiled.
He wanted to laugh, but compro-
missed on the smile. Chiltern
sometimes gave him the impress
sion of exercising a fathers guild
ance, in a perfectly butlerish way.
He thought now that he caught a
faint answering flicker on Chill
terms lips. But it was gone be-
fore he could be sure.
"Thanks," he said again.
"Sorry-no sign of Harmon, Ell
ise," he said standing just inside
the library door. "Catlet will run
you home. Chiltern has just or
dered the car. It was nice of you
to look us up so soon."
She glanced at him quickly,
started to speak, thought better
of it, and laid a strikingly mani
cured hand on his arm. Thanks,
darling" she said. "You think OF
everything"
Elise called Valerie late in the
afternoon, asking her to lunch the
next day. She said nothing about
Lucy. Valerie happened to be in
her own room when the call
came. She had curious illusion
of walls closing in as she tried
to think frantically of some rea-
son why she couldn't go. Again
it was Mark who saved the day.
II couldn't promise without
asking my father" She was al
most faint with relief.
Elise became reproachful. Va
lerie could practically see the
dropping red lines of her lips,
Darling, how ridiculous - with
me?" she asked.
Somehow Valerie found the
courage to say she was afraid SO.
Elise said she must ask him that
very night, and telephone her at
once. Valerie promised. She put
the telephone down, and sat star
ing at it.
Lucy came in and found her a
few minutes later. Il wondered
if you'd like couple of sets OF
tennis, or a swim in that ador-
able pool?" she suggested. I'm
not going to make a bookWorm
of you, you know"
"Yes-of course" said Valerie
obediently.
"In other words, yes and no!
laughed Lucy. whats happened
to you, kitten?"
Valerie sat and looked at Lucy
and said nothing, not knowing
what to say. There was nothing
uncomfortable about it, as there
often was when you were sup
posed to talk and didn't. Lucy
Just sat and looked out of the
window.
And then, suddenly. Valerie
spoke almost before she knew it.
1T was the telephone-Mrs. Wa
terford. You know-EEse. Do you
sometimes find things quite puz-
zling?"
Lucy brought her thoughts back
from the broad lawn beyond the
windows. Often" she said. "But
puzzles aren't so bad. You can
make a kind Of game of them, if
you just take them as they come.
It's really not so much the puz-
zle as what you do with it."
"Oh-I see," said Valerie. It
was a new angle, and suggested
possibilities.
Lucy watched her, and Won
dered if she would say anything
more.
(TO Be COntinued)
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To Observe Thanksgiving On
Nov. Goth In n. C.. This Year


Raleigh. - North Carolina will
celebrate Thanksgiving this year
on November 2O-the 3rd Thurs
day in acknowledgements J. M.
Broughton announced recently.
Thus, the state for the first
time will follow the precedent
set by President Roosevelt in
advancing the Thanksgiving date
by one week. Former Governor
Hoey twice declined to follow the
President, and North Carolina OBJ
served "old Thanksgiving" in 1889
and 1910.
Broughton issued the follow
ing statement:
Thursday, November Goth,
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
"JITTERY" BRIDGES JOLTED
EARLY ILLINOIS TRAVELLERS

During the early days Of settle
ment in Illinois, shaking or
floating bridges spanned many
streams Of the state. These pic
TUresque but "jittery" structures
made many a traveller realize
full we'll the hazards of the open
road, for crossing them was de-
scribed as being a chair raising
experience.
One historian calls attention to
floating bridge across the Des
PLANES river on the Chicago-El-
gin road, according to the Illinois
Writers Project, WPA. 1t was
well known to Transfers Of the
1840's, one of whom left an &C
count of how crossings were made.
Planks resting on floating string
ers would be submerged a half
foot or more as horses advanced
and the wheels Of the Wagin Woul5
likewise 60 well below the surface
Of the water, sometimes as much
as two feet. After each trip the
plankS had to be replaced.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Critics Name
Native Som For
End Place Honors

NEW YORK. - (NNS) - In a
season lush with Broadway hits,
Richard Wright's Native Son"
drew second choice Of the drama
critics circle, reviewers for New
York dailies, the anti-Nazi show,
"Watch on the Rhine" by Lillian
Hellman getting the critics nod.
Burns Mantle, critic for the New
York Daily News, held out stub
bornly for the much-talked-of
novel Of the life Of Bigger Thorn
as, slum brat who goes wrong.
Nevertheless, Canada Lee, who
plays the role Of Bigger
Thomas, was picked by Sgd
ney Whipple, Of the New
Yor k World Telegram, as
having given one of the outstand-
ing performances Of the season.
Orson Welles, director of the pro-
duction, was so enthused with
Lees performance that he present
ed him with a brand new automo-
bile as a present.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
nWD 1858 SOUTH STATE
- WI STREET

Sun, Mon, and Tues, May As
Giant double feature "VIR-
GINIA," Fred MacMurray, Made
line Carroll; also BUCK PRl-
YATES, Abbott and Costello.
Added latest episode of ''THE
MYSTERIOUS DIR. SATAN"
Wed. and Thurs, May 78-
Big double feature-"LAND OF
LIBERTY, Gary Cooper, Don
Ameche; also "BLONDIE GOES
LATIN, Penny Singleton, Ar
thur Lake.
Fri. and Sat-, May 9-1O-
Three great features-"A MAN
BETRAYED, John Wayne;
ride KELLY, RIDE, Eugene
Palette; also "RIDING ON A
RAINBOW, Gene Autry, Stan
ley Burnette.
Coming Sum-, Mon, and Tues,
May 11-12-13-
Two giant hits-"HIGH SER
RAJ, HUMPHREY Bogart, Ida LII
pino; also CELERY QUEENS
PENTHOUSE MYSTERY, Ralph
Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Would You Believe 1t?
NOSEY NEWS NUISANCE
BY EMANUEL MAULDIN. Jr.

Lovely CLARICE BANKS, the Something to Remember" girl
has while Emanuel
visiting
The Responsible art of being lies
the Of extracting happiness from things the
flames dancing Of hard COAL bread
milk honey, OIL webaked potatoes
tasting trnpsthe the dry moist that blow
the nlghky sound
twilight distant
pebbeetted these things feels them the
Materials eternal and eeng of the art of being alive
the earth The Cultured is the whose interior
obstnately writing down. in nmaera
pychs Of
lucky live behold This achievement
matter Of habit But it habit well within the
daughter Adam To attain it must
be epcrean lively to the simplest
current sensation
A this question to
his children "What the oveest things know persons
the list Of girl The scrunch OF
when walk through hem tee feel OF clean coth cool
climbing hill and looking down. hot water
the list Of Of the boys The feel OF
nnng looking deep water Strawberries
fying: the bow of boat mounted
rushing builders crane Lifting
something heavy feel of dive thrush singing you ever
happiness hunting for it. will find 1t as the Old woman
did her lost pecacles safe her own nose all the e
The Reort Courteous-Once Coolidge
her the legislature who noted
addressed the IN
which he used succession OF atra
ions ALWAYS beginning with When Mr. Coolidge
speak question said, "Mr Speaker isn't and sat
down.
Mark Twains swearing revolving to his wife VINO
host 70 cure him of it shaving himself
He recited vocabulary he finished ms
he said Mark Twain stuned her oy
saving calmly words dear but lack the tune
Eghtvve wears ago-Granvle Woods inventor Of telephone
receiver and telegraphc born Columbus Chic
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
THEATRES
STATES Avis .os loss
- ~ A0 STREET

Fri. and Sat-, May 2-3-
LUCKY DEVILS" with Ri
chard Arlen and Andy Devine;
'TM STILL ALIVE" with Kent
Taylor and Linda Hayes; "BOSS
OF BULLION CITY" with Johnny
Mack Brown. Free! Five pairs
Cf roller skates to the lucky boys
and girls attending the Satur-
day matinee. First show only!
SUM-, and Mon, May As
'BLONDIE GOES LATIN'' with
Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake
and Larry Simms; 'RIDIN' ON
A RAINBOW" with Gene Autry
and Smiley Burnett.
Tues, We'd, and Thurs, May 6-7-
s.
''VIRGINIA" with Madeleine
Carroll and Fred MacMurray;
BUCK PRIVATES" with Bud
Abbott and Lou Costello.
Coming Sunday and Monday, May
11-12-
"MIDNIGHT SHADOW" with
an all-star colored show; GREAT
TRAIN ROBBERY" with Bob
Steele.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
swamp STUDIO
FOR COPIES OF
EASTER ak

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May L
(TYP)-So heavy was the deluge
Of requests for copies Of the
wings Over Jordan" Choral En-
semble Easter Sunday broadcast
that the Birmingham Weekly Re
view, edited by Robert Durr,
printed the radio program in de-
tail in his widely-read newspaper
continuously for three successive
issues.
Honoring the presence in Biz
mingham of the wings Over Jor-
dan" company which broadcast
over Station WAPI, on Easter
Sunday, through that station, at
Cathedral Studio, via the Column
bia Broadcasting System, present
ed symposium of three white
and three Negro speakers. They
dealt with the subject, "The Ne
gro in Birmingham"
The Reverend Glenn T. Settle,
originator Of the wings Over
Jordan" program, which is one Of
Americas most entertaining radio
casts, directed the symposium.
Those who 50 graciously gave their
time and talents, spoke in order:
editor Robert DJtrr, Of the
Weekly Review, citizenship;
Rev. Joseph M. Schmutz, prin-
cipal, Immaculate high school, on
Religion of the Negro in Bir-
mingham"; Mrs. Venice Spraggs,
NYA state adviser, Industry;
L. E. Foster, Birmingham Cham
Der Of Commerce, 'Race Rela-
tons; Rev G. Howard Levant,
pastor Of First Baptist church,
Pratt City, Economics" DR.. Ray
mond Ross Patty, president of
Birmingham Southern college,
Education; DR.. H. G. Trenholm,
president Of Alabama State uni
versity, Summation"
Station WAPI is owned BY the
University of Alabama
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
VA. GOVERNOR
ACCEPTS BLDG.
F OR u MON

Governor James H. Price of
Virginia accepted for the Vir-
glnia Union university in Rich
mond, the Belgian Pavilion which
formerly stood at the New York
Worlds Fair, when he was heard
as guest speaker on Columbia net
works program, wings Over Jor-
Dan, Sunday, April 27. (WABC-
CHS, $50 to 10 a. m. Edst.)
Governor Price spoke from the
studios of WRVA, Richmond,
while the 35-voice "Wings Over
Jordan choir, directed by Worth
Kramer, was heard in pro-
gram Of spirituals from VICAR,
Cleveland.
The Belgian Pavilion Building,
which is being regretted at the
Acknowledgements Negro educa-
ticnal center, is being presented
TO the university by the Belgian
government through DR. J. A. Co
ris, Worlds Fair Deputy Commits
sioner-General for Belgium.
In dedicating the building to
| Virginia Union university, DR..
Goris says:
although it may have a diff
ferent use, a different meaning
than that for which it stood at the
Worlds Fair, it is a wonderful
thing for Belgians to know that
our building is being regretted
in a free country by people who
believe also in the basic truths
which guide our lives.
ut will tell the people Of Am
erica that Belgium, although in
vaded by a group whose sole OBJ
ject is to crush the spirit Of our
people, to annihilate their belief
in what they have always stood
for through the ages, is not dead,
that it has not surrendered its
soul"
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
negro MUSICIANS SONGS
POPULARIzED BY BMI
ELLA FITZGERALD

NEW YORK.-In addition to
popularizing Una Mae Carlisle's
tune "Walkin' by the River"
within a few weeks, Broadcast
Music, Inc, has promoted tie
work Of many other colored com
posers. "There'u Be Some Chang
es Made" a tune popular since
1929 with jazz and swing enthu-
siasts climbed rapidly to popu-
larity when the name bands be
gan playing it after BMI made it
available f broadcasting.
Changes was written by Benton
Overstreet, pianist, and Billy Hig-
gins, comedian featured in many
musical shows. Higgins died five
years ago at the age of sixty.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Au-Negro Cast
Enacts Story Of
Golden Fleece

An all-Negro cast presented
radio dramatization Of the clas-
steal story Of Jason and the Col
den Fleece as the Columbia Work
shop presentation for Sunday,
April 27. (WABC-CBS, 1870 to
11:3O pm, EDST. Early broad
cast to West at 8 pm, EDST.)
The drama, titled Jason Was
a Man." was written by Jack
Caldwell for Columbia Workshop
and was directed by Philip Cohan.
The production was without
music and somewhat in the man
ner of "Green Pastures"
In a prologue a wandering min
strel tells of strange things-of
"The Fates' which, he explains,
work TO- de Gods" He identi-
flies the banjo on which he strums
as "old Father Time-ten thous-
and times nine hundred and nine
ty-nine."
His listeners clamor for stories
and the drama got under way in
ancient Thessaly. The principal
characters included Jason, his pa
rents, Aeson and Alcimedes, the
Centaur and others out Of myth
ology.
The stirring story centered on
Jason's voyage to obtain the Col
den Fleece, the spells cast over
him by Medea, a powerful ma
gician, and his subsequent release
from the power of her charms so
that the hero may wed the daugh-
ter Of the King Of Corinth.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
'Lunceford's
Train Route

May 2-3-4-5-Grand Theatre,
Evansville, Ind.
May 9-RivervieW Park Ball
room, Des Moines, Ia.
May 10-Turnpike Casino, Lin
coin, Neb.
May 11-Auditorfum, Omaha,
Neb.
May 14-RainboW Ballroom,
Denver, Colo.
May 15-1-17-Rainbow Rande-
va, Salt Lake City, Utah.
May 18-Traveling to Pocatello.
May 19-University Of Idaho,
Pocatello, Idaho.
May 20-Traveling to Seattle.
May Senator Ballroom, Sc
attic, Wash.
May 22-Traveling to Vancou-
yer.
May 23-(week)-Beacon The
atre, Vancouver, Canada.
May 30-Century Ballroom, Ia
coma, Wash.
May 31-McElroy's Spanish
Ballroom, Portland, Ore