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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-09

WITH FASHIONS hewine so
closely 10 the waistline, a gal
scarcely knows which way 70
turn. Either you've got a slim
waist or you have 10 slim your
waist.
Once YOU get the knack Of
waistline whiting and settle
down To Il you'll find IL comes
easy. ANY exercise IN which
you stretch up 10 pull the ribs
away from the hips, or twist the
shoulders sidepraffAi while keep
ing the hips still or vice versa,
or combine a stretch with a
sideward bend. VIII give your
waist a neat trimming. =
II YOU are determined and
accurate. YOU can take from
half an inch 10 an inch off your
waistline in a week. Here is a
set Of exercises that will do il
provided you do them.
Wsist Simmer
Position: Standing on the
knees with arms stretched above
the head.
Movement: Bend slowly side
ward as you continue to stretch
up-that will pull you slim
through the midsection. Come
back to position, and bend
slowly TO the other sade.
The points to be watched In
that exercise are these: Focus
the stretch on the midriff-
don't bunch the shoulders. They
should be down and relaxed.
And keep the abdominal muscles
pulled up and the hips tucked
under.
Before YOU 60 on to the next
exercise, flop over on the floor
and let go with all the muscles.
particularly those which have
lust been put through their
PAGES. You must make a point
of relaxing-otherwise you will
rush through one exercise after
another and that is a waste of
nervous energy. Besides, you
need TO pause and get your bear
ings so that your next exercise
will also be accurately per-
formed.
Another One
Position: Stand on the knees
with knees apart. and arms
Stretched cut at sides, Shoulder
level.
Movement: Bending sidewalks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-09

hands :. hiie and snaeoIh In spiienf
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Lava coares away those stub
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from peeling and preparing fruits
and vegetables and working around
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completely out-but Lava triii-
because Lawn. unlike ordinary toi-
let soaps, contains a pccidicleans-
ing ingredient for just this very
purpose! Safely and quichiy-your
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-09

CUBAN HONEY BREAD
Eat 3 slices. daily. A natural sys-
TEN regulator. lie per loaf. Made
by PETER PAN BAKERIES
Adv
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-09
ACT NoW-oFFER LIMITED

Naturally, this grand Ii bargain
offer is limited. So act at once to
avoid disappointment. Simply ask
YOUR dealer for 3 medium size cakes
of Lava Soap. Then-for only one
little penny more. take home the
lovely, fluted glass utility tray
shown above! DO il today!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-09

hands really come shades ,ehiter!
What's more Lava also con-
taius remarkable lotion ingredi-
emit that helps leave your hands
feeling adeiishtfuffyoft, suo0tt.
after each washing!
that's NOT ALI Because of
taxa.EnondcIf uffs-qnick--saf
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-09
Another One

Position: Stand on the knees
with knees apart. and arms
Stretched cut at at sides, Shoulder
level.
Movement: Bending sidewalks,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18

in It. You'll be such a precious
piece Of property that you'll fine
you spend all your time protecting
it. You'll diet like a fanatic Wher
you discover an extra pound. Nc
more cream and butter, or the kind
Of lunches you can afford. No late
hours until you can sleep all morn.
ing. And VI guaranteed income.
You make ten dollars one week and
two hundred the next. And when
You get 70 where you're making
two hundred, your days are NUM-
bcred Because, then, your face will
be photographed so often, the pub
lie will be tired Of YOU
rs that all?' Halle asked hap
PLY.
That's just the beginning. You'll
have to get clothes. and keep on
getting new ones. You'n have to be
the last word in fashion. The public
expects it of you. You'll go to the
hair dresser and have your hair
washed and set twice a week and
make some arrangement with him
to have it combed at his shop every
day. The girls usually pick a shop
near Towers, where they can drop
in between engagements. You'll
have to learn to make up like an
actress, bringing out the good
plotOgenic features
Sounds exciting"
and you'll learn that it is good
economy to ride in taXis. Running
after buses and subway trains
won't keep You looking like the
Miss America the camera demands.
You'll work until you feel like
dropping. You'n hold the most god
awful position until you think your
limbs viii fall off if you ever get
a chance to move them again"
NO complaints,' Halle an
sWered dreamily. To be working.
To have something to do besides
play bridge and live through dull
days.
And there's another angle Sue
s2id. The birds of prey"
Birds Of prey? What -"
Not always as nice a. Pete
Falks, who is a lamb in VOLTS
clothing. The boys who hire you,
tie bears who scent honey, most
Of which you have to be nice to-"
It sounded like an old-fashioned
tale about the poor working girl.
Sue went on:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
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her Not hut wbat;t vac v.ortb ~
her hair was q sbinino +,uv,v r,,e,
heaned skillful1v ON tbo cro,vn Of
her head Her makeun onnIied bv
an exnort showed thn uiia homes
Of her face her oencrous mouth
and her deen-sct ewes She had do.
INJURED At false evolo shes with
good reason-tbe masca hrush
had brought ont the shadow tbat
daepened the tone of her ewes TO
erav
you'll be able to nav if hack
The models l know make as HIGH
as $50 a dav most DAYS and oct
even more when they're in demand
You won't be able TO Inv he town
Ear YOU were vearning for 2 mo-
ment ago, but voull have a lot
more than YOU have now
When Halle saw the arrav Of
beauty in the waiting room of the
famous agency which sunnlied
commercial photoeraphers. fashion
shows and artists with models she
made a d~espairinp gesture She
had never seen so MANY oyra1sifelv
beautiful GIRLS gathered IN one
place before. Redheads. blondes and
brunettes all were 1.-THE Ioveliness
in the flesh. An were dressed on
pc, ,2]v. all p~erfpctlv oroc,,ea
Sue WHISPERED. ",Thev ha.,n't
got ANYTHING on Won"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
CHAPTER "THIRTY-THREE

HALLIE'S FIRST job, model
ing her hands for Pete Talks. net
ted her $40. Almost tW. e as much
as she had earned in a fortnight
at the tearoom in California, and
the money was all hers. She toyed
with thoughts of what she would
do with it and decided that she
would take it straight to the bank
for what was already known in her
mind as the "B. F.'-baby fund.
But two days later a crisp voice
called her on the telephone:
Miss Adams? Towers" it said
briefly. Il have an appointment for
you. The DerWent studio at s
o'clock. Evening dress. Light. Vel
low or blue. That's all. Please re-
port by telephone" She rang off
before Halle could ask her what
exactly she'd meant.
Sue, fortunately, a. in, and Sue,
fortunately, was able to translate:
The DerWent Studio is at
Thirty-ninth and Seventh avenue,
You're to supply your own evening
dress. Don't get white, it doesn't
photograph well. Better get some
thing clingy, it'll show the lines Of
your figure. Mabees' are having a
wonderful sale, Pick up a really
good number. 1t won't matter if it
is a little soiled. Have you any
cash."
Forty dollars" Halle said hol-
lowly.
Good. You ought to get some
thing for thirty Or thirty-tiye. Drop
in at Cecils' and have them go over
your hair. And While you're there,
have them put on some of those
inch-long artificial nails. You can
take 'em off when it's over"
Sues instructions left Halle a
little bit dizzy. What does the in
struction mean about reporting by
telephone ~
1T means call the office when
you're through. You'll have to keep
in touch with them because some
times they send you from one job
right to another. It's bye-bye to do
nestle life, dear"
1t was.
And it happened so speedily that
Halle could hardly get her bear
ings, but she loved it.
Eric thought it a a great idea.
He was proud of her and told her
so, over and over again. And when
Halle thought about it, she Won
dered why it didn't give her the
glow she had expected. She was
conscious of Eric's attention, of ad-
miration in his eyes as she deVel-
oped into the chic and stunning
person she was ever after to be.
but his regard had no power tc
stir her TO more than passing
pleasure.
Yes, her looks were different. and
so vas her manner. She had a new
pOlse, a deep assurance. The pro-
fessional rating Of her looks had
something to do with it, and so did
the hours of immohility before the
camera, and the im%personal, APP
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
4 RIDE n 22 RaP { e1rJBoatlA
j, MARIE

The Interview was over.
""llt happens next?" Halle
ask., Sue, who looked at the watch
on rar wrist.
.E9. We drop in to sec Pete
FAT. while you've still got those
C.g h,s. lie does a lot Of photog-
r.tHy for the fashion mags and is
. s.sclal friend of mine. 1t won't
ioany harm TO let him know you're
m the ranks now
Pete Talks was working on n
Of the sets in his big studio when
Size said. Hello mind if ! go
right in?' to his rcceptionist, who
replied unintereatedly that she
didn't care.
Talks shouted. Hello, sweet
heart, Wait for me in my office,
Will you? Help yourself to a drink"
His Office vas a huge untidy
room with a handsome bar ut one
end. The walls We're covered with
photographs of gorgeous girls, af-
fectionateiy autographed. Falks
came in a few minutes later, gave
Halle q quick glance as encom-
passing as that of the secretary at
Towers and said, "What'll it
be, girls? Martini or old-fash-
ioned?'
pete, this isn't a party call"
Sue said to the big blond man. Its
business. I want you to meet Halle
Singleton. She's a friend of mine
Who is going to do some modelling.
She's done a lot of work for me. I
thought you might be able to use
her"
Pete sat down and took one of
Hallic's hands in his big paw. Got
a date tonight, darling?" he said.
Halle liked him in spite Of his
familiarity.
Sue answered for her: She has
a date with three leading column
nists. It's work she wants. You'll
have to wait in line for your date
anyway, I'm married. Halle
said with a twinkle in her eye.
Talks sighed deeply. I'll wait a
year" he said sadly. Let me see
your hands.
Halle was ashamed to show him
her hands. Homework had rough
cncd them, but it had not destroyed
the beauty of their tapering fin
{ rs, the strength in the mold OF
tim.
ne said, BE here at nine in the
morning. I've got some jeWeIry
stuff to do. Ten bucks an hour
Okay?'
Halle gulped. "Will it take ar
hour?"
Dunno. You'd better plan to be
here until one. Depends on how
long it takes to get stuff out of th(
way before that. Wen be working
all night"
Thirty dollars for a morning!
work! Visions of untold wealth
fOatcd before Hallie's eyes.
"To think that all this none,
has been lying around waiting TO
me to pick it up!!' she exclaimed +
Sue.
you think it's an easy life?
Sue asked. Just wait until your
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
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Minerva, who became cordial in her
granite fashion.
1t was from Minerva that Halle
got her picture of Eric's mother.
"A saint" Minerva called her.
Was she anything like Eric ?"
Halle asked.
Minerva made one of the strange
sounds that passed for an express
sion of utter rejection. II don't
know where he gets it." she said,
tight-lipped, and Halle didn't ask
what she meant by it"
It's Mr.. Winthrop who has his
mothers disposition, but in looks,
he's his father all over again. 1t
gives me a turn sometimes to see
him sittin' there in his fathers
chair"
What kind of a man was his
father?'
"A good man. The kind YOU
sometimes think the good Lord
don make no more. He could be a
rich man today, Miz Adams, he
could. But Mr., Winthrop don't
think of himself first. There was
plenty of money in our family be-
fore Mr.. Eric vas born
What happened to it,
The same almost as what hap
pened five years ago. Only that
time the bank was near failin' be-
cause a clerk stole the money. MI.
Adams, himself, paid back every
cent. A good name is more impor-
tant than money to the Adams
men, ma'am.'
Yes Halle said. "Of course
The week was over. The most
peaceful. happy week Halle had
had since her marriage.
She was sleeping in the big bed
for the last time until she didn't
know when. But she wasn't Sleep
ing; she vas lying wide-eyed be-
side the deeply sleeping Eric.
He mumbled in his sleep.
1t was icy in the room. She
leaned over him to pull the blanket
closer about his ears. He looked
like a baby sleeping there. She
kissed him lightly on his ear be
fore she covered it.
He mumbled, mo divorce. I tell
you its a lie
In the morning she said, Eric,
We're you really afraid that l was
going to divorce you when that
business of the letters ~
Eric laughed. "Whatevec gave
you that idea?'
Il thought it might have been on
your unconscious mind. You were
talking about a divorce in your
sleep last night
His face stiffened. What else did
I say" he asked in a curicusly
tense voice.
Outside. Win sounded the horn
on their car. He'd brought it around
front from the garage ana was
driving with them IS far as he
village on their return trip.
Halle said, Hurry. darling. We
mustn't keep Win waiting.
What else did you say? Oh, moth
ing 1 could understand. Why?"
No reason just don't mer
ton it again, will you?'
Halle forgot all about L.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
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while we dash around to studio
b~roadcasts and photographers
Il don't always intend to go on
with this work. l thought if We
could get some money ahead -"
But I'm only earning SIS a
week" Eric said blankly.
You were only earning seventy
five when we lived in the apart
ment before and we had a maid
and -"
yeah? And what happened?
We ended up living on beans in
California;"
This will be different" Halle
said patiently. you've got a good
job now. 1t won't close up on you
like a stage trick"
Hadn't it eve occurred to you
that l might not always want to
be a radio announcer?'
Halle felt as if she had sat down
hard. Erie
well, gosh, there are other
things"
what things?"
"Oh, l was just talking" he said.
you don't have 10 look as if l We're
going to run off with the family
bank account"
What made you say that? ?"
you certainly are getting tOuchy
since you started earning money"
I've earned money before" she
said coldly. And you can hardly
accuse me of being tOuchy'-or
selfish about it." That was as near
as Halle ever came to saying that
she had supported Eric.
Sorry" he said penitentIy, fash
ing n of his old Wistful grins at
her. Il wouldn't want money to
come between US"
Nothing like that is going to
come between U.s." she said me-
chanically. Nothing is going to
come between us, Eric" She said
it firmly, but with no conviction in
it, simply because it didn't even
seem important to say it.
t'N N"S HNAttlS ttNS tti IiS lile
summer, posing in furs during the
hottest days in preparation for the
autumn fashion displays. But she
found time to shop for an apart
ment and get what she wanted.
1t was a whole floor in a lovely
old house O S~tuyvesant square,
renovated, with a separate door
right from the street, and called a
maisonette. 1t had a great living
room, with a wide studio window,
an enormous kitchen and two bed
rooms with a bath between. The
rent vas two hundred dollars a
month.
Il "a make up the difference"
Halle said. The big bedroom at the
back would make q lovely sunny
nursery. And even when she
stopped working, there would be
enough money. Eric's chief had told
her that he was slated for q fat
raise in another six months.
Eric said, Wen take it, honey,
but you'll have to be financially re-
sponsible. This is way over my
head
| (To Be COntinued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18

praisal of her face and figure.
Financial independence also was a
factor, but the root of her develop
ing personality was the rebirth of
her ego. She vas Halle Singleton
Adams, not merely Eric's wife.
Once she had wanted to be moth
ing but Eric's wife. There was
something deep in her nature that
still wanted to be nothing else. But
their life had been arid of those
things that knit into bonds, binding
the tapestry of two lives lived as
one.
The old domestic life was done
from the moment that Halle went
to work. She was rarely fortunate
that spring for a beginner. Her
face, eve pretty, but strangely
expressive and perfectly photo
genie, was n that the photogra-
piers came upon with pleasure.
One job always got her another.
She made friends with the photog-
raphers and the advertising agents.
And she remembered Sues advice.
She was always terribly sorry
and she always had another date,
and she learned the trick of saying,
some other time?' as if she really
meant it.
Money poured into her purse.
And poured out as fast. She had to
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
CHAPTER

THE HOLIDAY in Vermont was
over. The months Of living at Au-
gusta AmbersOn's house in COnnec-
ticut we're over. 1t was another
chapter of things in the past, an
other chapter added to the book of
changing locales. Worburn with its
big hose and garden. The new.
gala apartment in New York which
Halle thought of now, not as her
home. OUT Louise's. The succession
of shabby homes in California.
They We're all things Of the past
and now Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Adams
lived on the second floor Of the tin
lest t~Wo-family house Halle had
eVer seen.
1t was a box of a fiat, square liv-
ing room, square bedroom, square
kitchen and tiny bath. 1t was pre-
cIsely like hundreds of others in
Jackson Heights. Row upon row,
identical houses, j%erry-built of red
brick, stood sung, each fast to the
other with a patch of grass the
size of a pocket handkerchief be-
side its stone steps. Halle had to
count the houses from the corner
to make sure she was getting into
her own. 1t had two advantages:
1t was two minutes walk to the
subway, which took Eric into town
in Is minutes, and it was sub-let
for the sum of $45 a month.
The Adamses were living again,
which is to say that they had mon
ey in their purse for movies, to
dine in town occasionally, to serve
cocktails when their friends came
out to see them. which was very
rarely, since they had few friends.
Eric was a changed person. He
was cheerful and helpful when he
was at home, which wasn't often
He often had to work nights, and
ne frequently forgot to tell Halle
mat he was staying in Manhattan.
But this no longer disturbed Halle.
She~Aad a life of her own. al
though she wouldn't have called it
mat. Shed met several other young
wives who lived in the neighbour
mood. She played bridge with them
curing the afternoons and went to
me movies with them at night
when Eric wasn't at home. She did
d lot of knitting, read countless
COOKS from a rental library. and
learned to sew. She made herself
Two or three little dresses and
bought cheap hats to 60 with them.
Inc costumes weren't anything to
give her a of achievement.
however.
And she tried to get a job, sew
efal jobs. She wrote letters in an
s"er to advertisements that sound
Ca promising, only to discover that
s'9 mad to sell something. which
ntS soul revolted at, or she wasn't
experienced" The only experience
s''ad ever had was acting as a
No:'ess in a tearoom. and what
opFn'ngs there were called for
nt'fS that interferred with her
LIE, duty as housekeeper to Eric.
she didn't really care very much
LA! she didn't get a job. Some
.4hS was happening to her that
one o'un't realize; she was sinking
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
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These were followed by four other
sleek, smart costumes. Halle stood
still and silent While Sue sketched
frantically, chewing pencils, Whis-
ting, drawing and rubbing out. 1t
was very quiet save for the move
mcnts of the artist.
The light shifted and Sue got up.
stretching. "That's all, Halle. III
bet you're dead, but it was a god
send for me. I'll get us some food.
and ink this stuff in later. How
would you like a bowl of hot :"
She broke off.
Halle was standing in the same
nonchalant pose. but there were big
tears splashing down the front Of
the gold blouse she wore.
I'm a brute" Sue said contrite-
ly. Il didn't realize I vas exhaust
ing you"
Halle dabbed at her face. Don't
feel sorry for me, Sue. | /
think this is good for me. Itll mako
me feel better now. I'm not tired.
I've just been feeling sorry for my
self"
Why shouldn't You feel sorry
for yourself? l mean what is
the matter. old girl?"
"Everything!' Words poured out
in a torrent from Haiiie's lips. I'm
bored! K don't want TO wake up in
the morning any more. l can't face
going on this way"
rs it Eric? %
Halle shook her head. No, it's
ME, our life. 1t doesn't mean any
thing, Get up in the morning, wash
dishes, play bridge, vegetate! Moth
ing is accomplished, There isn't any
meaning in things, | hate looking
at myself"
Il don't blame yOu," Sue said
sensibly, Your clothes are terrible
and you've let your hair 60. What
you need are some new clothes"
Il want more than Clothes" Hal
lie said bitterly, drunkenly. Il want
luXuries! l want soft carpets and
servants and glittering jewelry and
beautiful furs and money in the
bank and . and
Alta girl" Sue said approving
ly. What you really mean Is that
you want 4 job and money you've
earned and things to do, Well.
you're going to have them. You're
going to put that navy ensemble
back on again We'll borrow 1t for
the afternoon-and you're going to
the best hair dresser in New York.
Then We'll get you a job"
"Job?" Halle said blankly. But
what can l do?'
Take a look at yourself In that
~full-length mirror"
Halle looked. The reflection was
svelte, but still she didn't under
stand.
Come on" Sue prodded her.
Get that thing off and put on this
blue number. You may never get
another chance to show up at the
Towers Agency in a $500 num-
ber,'
The Towers Agency?"
Yes, darling You're going to be
a photographers model and if they
don't snap you up, I'll eat my hat"
Gro Be COntinucd)