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Show ; ! BEAUTITS AUGHT By KATHLEEN NORRIS Kathleen Norris ! STAR DUST WNU Service. JOAN BENNETT for the SYNOPSIS ') Victoria Herrendeen, a vivacious little M. had been too jrounf to feel the hock that came when her father, Keith amndeen. loat hla fortune. A gentle, nahtrualve soul, he ia now employed as an obacure chemiat in Ban Francisco, a! a meager salary. Hla wife, Magda, a net adjust herself to the change. She la a beautiful woman, fond of pleasure aad a magnet for men'a attention. Mhgda and Victoria have bean down at a summer resort and Keith joins them Mr the week-enMagda leaves for a g bridge party, excusing herself for such a "runaway." The Herrendeen return to their small San Francisco apartment Keith does not approve of Magda'a mad social life and they quar-- . roll frequently. Magda receive! flowers Mom a wealthy man from Argentina whom she had met leas than a week 'before. Manners arrives a few hours ktar. Magda takes Victoria to Nevada to Visit a woman friend who has a daughter named Catherine. There she tell a her aba la going to get a divorce. Victoria eon la In boarding school with her friend Catherine. Magda marries Manners and they spend two years In Argen-ttoVictoria has studied in Europe Bad at eighteen aha visits her mother artwn Fairly rents a beautiful home. Magda la unhappy over Ferdya drink lag and attentions to other women. Vic r Slaillria him. When her mother and return to South America, Victoria isfuan to go with them because of Fer to her. unwelcome attentions Mhgda returns and tells me she and Fardy have separated. Meanwhile Keith Us remarried. Victoria la now a atu- dant nurse. Magda has fallen In love with Lucius Farmer, a married artist. While she and Vic prepare for a trip Is Europe, Ferdy takes a suite In Melr hotel. The night before Magda aad Vic are to sail, Magda elopes with Laclus Farmer. While nursing the chit dien of Dr. and Mrs. Keats, Vic meets ' Sr. Quentin Hardlsty, a brilliant physician, much sought after by women, who Is a widower with a crippled daughat the Xeata home, ter. to a he kisses Vic. Several days later he - Writes her with other guests to spend a Week-enat his cabin. be-M- find t Seatf ill ttK iin you'ii Dl, mi wit ne m T IS tout a. tifcWi itiooi; ised. end 1! (coin Circ 59 V Yort ' atep-Mthe- V you - i . la vi (pern tete-a-te- te lent s st UB st ont d a6 hot-wat- hot-wat- er blue-strip- throat "You look like a doll! the man aid in a whisper. Victoria stood still, her throat sudShe smiled at him denly thick. confusedly. You're lovely! Quentin said. He laid his hand cm her arm. "Good- and somehow the Five oclock came. Sin oclock night!" he said, familiar little word was not a farecame. was everything quivering, ' "Nervous, huh?" Quentin Har- well It thrilling, amazing, breath-takindlsty asked, looking up. what she did, car"Not very, the girl smiled, flush- Hardly knowing ried away from her moorings by an ing. impulse thousands of years older "Why at an?" than she was, Victoria stooped a "Well, then, not nervous at all! little from her higher position, Vie said, laughing. "But there is rested her face against his for one disturbpasnathlng fundamentally second of madness and vertigo, and ing about being shut up in a lone breathed an answering "Goodmountain cabin with a handsome she re- night!" and fascinating man, minded him. But in the morning she forgot "Listen, why do you rub in that except that a new delifascinating. handsome stuff? Thats everything cious day had dawned and had third time." die brought complete happiness with ib "The second, I think." was in wild spirits on ; "Ive seen you," the man insist- thisEveryone singing spring morning. short were when nothing you ed, "How about a walk? Quentin of well, theres only one word for said then. The Uphams declined. it, beautiful. Chase was sleepy, and Dora tired. Thank you. Seriously, there But Victoria, in an old, short skirt. and the real beauties, arent many had vile a have few Ive known timel "Well, coming back to first prinDr. Hardlsty said, "dont ciples," ' worry about the Uphams; theyll get here. And if they didnt, X assure you that youd be as safe as my own sister. '' The girl looked across at him, handsome and brown, and quite serious, in the soft fire and lamplight, and her heart gave an odd twist, a tier physical plunge of emotion, throat thickened suddenly, and she felt silly and confused. But she gave no sign of It, and before either he or her host spoke again the Uphams arrived, in a gay flurry of .apologies, and after that everything was smooth sailing. ; The two women were relegated to the south alcove, drew their curtain, and proceeded with their unpacking and changing to a lively exchange of gossip. Dora was going to have a baby in six months; nobody knew it but Chase, but they were tremendously excited. Vic was all sympathetic enthusiasm here. There might be some question in her heart and mind as to wifehood, but motherhood was all Isnt He a Darling?' won T CHAPTER V Caottaaed j Presently they carried their cups to the fire, and Mock Suey cleared away the table, and still nobody made a move to go to bed, and the logs burned on, and the level branches of the redwoods swept across the low roof in the restless wind of the spring night "You girls going to freexe? "Believe me, we have our Dora said firmly. bottles, Victoria, raising her eyes with a sleepy smile, met Quentin Hardis-ty- s steady look, and was disturbed to feel herself flushing. But when she and Dora finally did drag themselves off to the raised platform where their beds were, and had drawn the canvas curtain against the warm sitting room and the fire, she was conscious of a sort of dancing excitement in her veins. This was all such fun! There was a rattle at the curtain rings. Victoria put her head through them and found Quentin Hardlsty standing dose to her at the other side. Victoria's hair had been gathered to the top of her head in a mass of careless, tawny curls; her young face was rosy from heroic washing with scented soap, her eyes danced. "Here are two extra things," the doctor said a little confusedly. bottles; "They're stone some people like em. Anyway, theyll keep hot until morning. Oh, God bless you, mister!" Victoria said, the curtains parting as she put out her arms to show her slim body in square, pajamas open at the soft young Gra g. Toe self. To . k aste. i. (F. . ' ft !0 I1 ! !i I . n.) NS idi- - the Los oth aed ) Joy. "Oh, Dora, Ific t.A& a X a white cap, an enveloping borrowed envy you! sweater of Quentin's, was all ready "Im terribly happy about it "Isnt this fun, being over here for ib She and her host went off ' together, and Just ourselves! We bad our "X adore this shack. honeymoon here. And isnt he a Dora listen darling? Vic paused. "Oh, shut up! Vic said, denying the impeachment before it was voiced. - "No, but listen, dont you blink hes darling?" "Dr. Hardlsty? Yes, I do. "If he liked you? "There isnt the slightest chance of it, even if you continue to broadcast your romantic suspicions all over Mill Valley!" Vic began. Dora tank her voice to a whisper. "just the same They cant hear, their showers going, Dora said. "Just the same youd be an awful fool not to marry him if you could, f i Vic. rridofl B Til never marry anyone, Vic said, putting on a blue apron, until Im foaming at the mouth about him. And Ill never foam at the mouth about anyone, for before I reach that point, Ill take my little throat Indoors and cut lb So dont worry about mel 'i Trimly equipped, they went out to the kitchen, where the younger doctor was mixing something liquid in a small pail, and the older one busy with a salad. They all worked together, getting hi each others way, getting more and more hungry as the clocks six to hands slipped from half-paseven, from seven to elghb The hoy carried the steaks into the shed, where they were to broil on a charthe salad coal fire. Victoria ' on a bit of cracker.sampled . ."That, she said firmly, "la the amt delicious salad I ever tasted!" Xt was a long and delightful meal. i . MD ' . st gf J ri together for one of life's happy hours. They climbed straight up the great shoulder of the mountain; stopped, panting and flushed, to get their breath and to look down on the sparkling world; went on again. The sun was hot on the. singing blue February morning, but the ground under their feet, especially when the trail went into the woods, was soaked and slippery from recent rains. Quentin gave her his hand; she slid against him; they both laughed. Beaching the summit of the spur with the dark blue rise of Tamalpais high above them, they sat upon a rock for a while, look' lng down, breathing in the aromatic sweetness of the still clear air, listening to the cries of larks all about and the occasional scream of a Jay or chatter of a chipmunk in the chaparral When they started to slip and slide down, the going was infinitely easier, especially with the brown goal of the cabin roof right ahead. Vicky and Quentin came back to the cabin at one oclock, breathless, ravenous and weary. Once again the quartette that gathered about the table was in gala mood. More than once again Victoria told herself that this was me of the good days, this was one of the satisfying times I But Just after the leisurely meal there was art interruption. A car came up t'w circuitous bit of roadway to the porch with the speed of familiarity. Quentins expression iff horrified expectation, at which Victoria had been laughing, changed to one of odd embarrasamenb of some like faint annoyance like make s complete fool of myself before he knows, gratification. Victoria pres"It's Marian, it's Mrs. Pool he ently added. had time to say under his breath "You mean you you like him?" before he went out to welcome her. Violet Keats said in a stunned voice. "OhC help! Dora commented, "I guess that about expresses it disgustedly. Victoria said nothing. Victoria said, with " brief laugh. But the glory, the content of the day The thing happened quite simply instantly were destroyed. It was with a sense of dullness, a vague about ten days later. Victoria had feeling of hurt that she entered upon taken Kate down to Dr. Hardisty's the requisite moving of chairs and offices tor have one of the younger shifting of places to make room for men there look at a small sprained the newcomer. Marian Pool lovely elbow. He stood looking thoughtin the smartest of sportwear, came fully at Vic and the child to a into the room with a rush and stood long minute, finally asked her, in with her head tipped a little on one almost an absent voice, if she would side, apologetically smiling at them see him in his own office before she went away. alL Vic found her way to this guarded "Oh, you're having a party! Oh, how shameless of me! she said. and inaccessible sanctum made But why on earth are you eating strangely easy. Kate had a wrapped at half-pafour oclock? Sit down, everyone do sit down. Dr. Upham here, everyone sit down!" They all sat down, and Victoria 's aw the expression on Quentin face. He saw nothing but Marian. "Were aH driving up to supper at Mauds, the newcomer said. "Ive dropped Sally and George in the village to see the Cushings. It occurred to me that Quentin here had entirely forgotten that he promised to be at Maud's, and I told them I'd come up and get him. Its the golf thing, Quentin, and afterward a big supper at Pete's. Sure; I hadnt forgotten, Quentin said, in a lazy, smiling voice. HU eyes caressed her. ' You did tell me you had a house party! We didnt know it ranked as a house party, did we, Dora? Dora stamI beg pardon? mered, starting. "You don't remember me, Mrs. Pool? Victoria said, in the dreadful moment of silence when everyone stirred and smiled, but no one had anything to say. "Victoria Herrendeen down at the lodge, years "Yea Mean Without Loving ago? Me? Victoria Asked. "Oh, frightful don't remind me i of those ghastly days, Mrs. Pool molasses peppermint to console her aid lightly, her eye on Quentin. That was before, all blushes and for recent indignities, and Vic sat earnest and pretty in her new spring confusion, I got my divorce! I cried all day, when I was first married, clothes, looking in puzzled expecand danced all night when I got tancy at the doctor. "I want to talk for a few minutes, my divorce. I mean I really did, and then you talk, Quentin began. Quen. The dullness, the wearisome stu- He drew four firm parallel lines in pidness of it al deepened. Vic. pencil on a scrap of paper, looking from the moment her eyes had first at them, crumpled the paper and fallen upon the visitor, had known threw it aside. "I thought you said the other night that it would. "She U beautiful perfectly beau- that you were lonesome, that you tiful Victoria said to Dora, when were thinking of going to Honolulu they were gathering brushes and because you were lonesome? I said it to VI Vic admitted, Jars in the bathroom. "I dont see it, Dora answered after a moment Her heart stubbornly, and Victoria laughed thumped. without much mirth. To deny Mar"Why do you say that you said it ian's flawless and amazing beauty to Vi in that funny way? would be to deny the mystery of the "I didn't know I said it in a funny tars, the glory of an apple orchard way. ! suppose I meant that I in the spring. It worked upon men didn't say it to you. like an irresistible anesthetic. There was a pause, after which Vicky and the Uphams were swift the man recommenced: He hesitated. and brief in their farewells. The "The thing to girl admitted she was tired; the "The thing is that I want a home, I want my little girl day's happiness, cooking, tramping, he said. making fires had not tired her, but with me. I told Violet about it and there was no shred of the felicity asked her if she thought you'd take left, and she felt Jaded and weary. the Job. She said did she tell you The Mill Valley visit had ended in this?" hurt and failure. "She didnt tell me anything. The drive home was dull and flat, "Well she said, D'you mean as of Keats the and the atmosphere a nurse and housekeeper, or as a nursery, when Victoria entered it, wife? I said, Well if you put it somehow Jarred on her nerves. that way, as a wife! D'you get what "Violet," she said, some days lat- I mean? he finished. "I had been were Keats er, when she and Mrs. saying housekeeper, but maybe lunching together, "did Dr. Keats what I meant all along was wife. talk to you about my going to Hono- He sat back. lulu? I see, Victoria mused, not mov"'You mean Miss Reynolds' rec- ing her eyes from his. Color came ommending you to it? into her face and receded again and Its definite now. I've a letter they both laughed nervously. here from Dr. Bert about it "And and, thank you! she said A cloud came over the older wom- then, a little confusedly. an's face. "I need a wife, badly, the man "Vicky, Td be so sorry to see you added. "Everyone knows presently go! Violet and John, everyone. that Vi? Why would you, the kind of woman I want "Well to the obvious reasons, of Youre to marry, I admire you tremendouscourse, the cultured English voice I I like very much. said. "Because Mother depends so ly. You meanyou without loving me? But it isn't do! on you, and we all asked. Victoria only that I'm thinking of you. "I thought I thought that was Girls do get so entirely out of touch fahow you wanted it to be, the man know I My in those places. it ther was at Barbados when I was a said, simply. Victoria looked at him thoughtfulgirl; it's much the same thing. The life gets one; its easy, insular, un- ly, her breath uneven, her face ambitious. After a bit you're tell- scarlet "Heres the thing, Quentin said, ing visitors that you've been there y I'd be ten years, fifteen years. In a few as she did not speak. do it really I if you'd proud out no years there's to "VI Pm going away on account would. If you won't I'm going to Gerof Quentin Hardisty," Victoria said. get out for a while Ill go not Mrs. Keats was standing beside many. But I'd much rather and of account on Gwen, my not out did get her at the window; they What do look at each other; there was a hospital work everything. you say? silence. (TO BE CONTINUED!. "I've got to get away before I thing st Bar-duty- . aw-full- is so stage that she has signed up to work with a Cape Cod stock company this summer for a few weeks. Some of the mo- tion picture producers who have planned busy summers for their players wish that she wasnt quite so thrilled at the prospect. Her infectious enthusiasm has sent half of Hollywood scurrying to their bosses to ask if they cant have leave of absence too. Bette Davis wants to go, but Warners have big plans for her. Josephine Hutchinson wants her annual fling on the stage. And Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone are acting mighty mysterious, reading plays and time tables. Add me more picture to the curyou simply have to rent list of those see. Metro-Gol- d wyn-Maye- rs "Captains Courageous is one of the finest pictures of all time. There isn't a woman in the cast, but even the young girls who think any picture without torrid love scenes is a washout, confess that they never even miss the romantic angle in this one. It is a story of the Gloucester fishing fleet in which Spencer Tracy and young Freddie Bartholomew do the finest acting of their careers. Indeed, it is the first picture in which young Bartholomew has had a chance to show that he is not Just a sweet and handsome lad with pathetic eyes. He is a grand actor. three-year-o- THERE, Mra. Astorbilt, where are you going in that lovely summer gown? Not very far, Miss Junior Deb, Just down to the store to buy material for a play suit like yours. if you must copy Well, my style, you couldnt find a better model because these shorts really fit, and the whole thing is a tailored job. Ma-ma- h, A Stylist Speaks. 1 as Susie interrupt you two with the latest May Sew-YourO- word from my class in dress dee sign? You, Sis, are a of Miss America in proper sports wear while is modern to the minute with her raised waistline and fulled bodice. I, in this morning frock, have what the pre-vu- Ma-m- As soon as Ernst Lubltsck finishes directing Marlene Dietrich and Herbert Marshall la "Angel" he is going to tarn actor for a few days. Long age when he was an actor la Germany, his great ambition was to play Napoleon, and Just now it happens that Cecil De Mille to searching the highways aad byways for a man to play Napoleon in Buccaneer. Labltach got into costume and make-op- , presented himself to De Mille, and was hired at once. ah lnele Pkti&j. Satfdt book calls classic simplicity. Be that as it may, I couldnt get along without it, because its so cool and comfortable. Everybodys Happy. Thanks for the approval, Susie. Your clever dress would be a bright spot in anybodys kitchen, and now that youve got the swing of this sewing business there will be no stopping you. But even so, I must admit I'm a proud mother. You can go just as far as you like with this new hobby. isnt it swell to Gee, be on such friendly terms with Fashion? I think good old deserves most of the credit for arranging the introduction. Spring means so much more when ones clothes look the part. Youre quite right, dear, but now lets run along. We have work Ma-ma- h, Sew-Your-O- to do. Pattern to 20 (32 quires 5 terial. The Patterns. 1270 comes in sizes 14 to 42 bust.) Size 16 reyards of 39 inch ma- Pattern 1272 is designed for sizes 14 to 20 '32 to 42 bust). Size Our ancestors wrote wise rules 16 requires 4 yards of 39 inch Executives at the Twentieth Cen- for posterity, but could not pro- material. 2 yards of ribbon are tury Fox studio are disappointed vide a posterity wise enough to required for the tie belt. Pattern 1304 is for sizes 34 to that the public hasnt made more of heed them. A beautiful theory in govern- 46. Size 36 requires 3 a fuss over Simone Simon, so they yards of are going to put her in a comedy and ment goes down before the onset 35 inch material plus Vs yard consee if she goes over better. They of human nature. Study men first, trasting. Send your order to The Sewing are teaming her with Jack Haley, then make the laws for them. A witty woman is always good Circle Pattern Dept., 140 New who made such a hit in Wake Up g and Live, in a comedy company; for if your Jokes are Montgomery Ave., San Francisco, good she laughs at them, and if Calif. Patterns 15 cents (in coins) called Love at Work. theyre not, she smiles and says each. Beyond Their Power fast-movin- something smart herself. C Bell Syndics ta. WNU Barries. Motion pfctare studio officials alIn the School of Experience ways change the subject when anyone asks if their atari really sing Every day is the pupil of the or if some singer substitutes for day that has gone before it. Some people we like, some we them, but radio listeners can recognize their favorite voices under dont; hot the most Joyous triany circumstances. They Insist that umph In life is to find that we like Buddy Clark of the Hit Parade did those we thought we didnt. The accent of a man's native Jack Haleys singing, that Virginia VerriU sang for both Jean Harlow country dwells in his mind and in and Virginia Brace, and that In his heart as well as in his speech. "The Great Barnnm it was FranThe test of good charity is in hucis White who sang for Miss Brace. man results. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., has decided that he likes the United States better, after alL While he was in England, he realized his ambition to become a producer, and felt so grateful to tho countrymen who backed him that he thought he would live there always. Coming back to Hollywood to make Just one picture, The Prisoner of Zenda, he found when it was finished and he was free to go back to England that he Just couldn't bear to leave all his childhood friends. My 7avoite LIGHTS IISTAITLY-- 10 WJUT1IH wOT Enas tha baa thatwiU i m traaiaa day. It haip you dabattarlmaim atiaaaaaab A Kari Iaataai Uffcdas brass . . . o kaatiaa TSa aaaaly SiatJ wiUnnafrhaa...nowaitfaa. doable paiatad baeaircae aaramtawitkla atnkaa. Laraariaaa oath haaa aliilaa aaaiar. Iaaaiaatiamlaradaaadaaa third. Haataltaaif . ..aaaltaaywkaaa. Kecljae air W Cherry Pie good pie paste, roll to inch in thickness and cover the plate, leaving a half inch of the paste extending beWarner Brothers have arranged yond the edge of the plate. Pit to borrow Miriam Hopkins for two j one pound of cherries, add one I and one-hacupfuls of sugar pictures and it looks mixed with one tablespoonful of as if it would keep h flour and teaspoonful of the entire studio salt and fill the pastry-line- d plate. busy for weeks findTurn the edges of the paste over ing stories to which the fruit, cover with paste exactly she won't raise the size of the plate, press edges a violent objection. Scheduled to appear firmly together and bake forty minutes in an oven that is hot with Errol Flynn in at first, then cooler, so that the pie The Perfect Specimen," she flatly remay not be too brown but the cherries well cooked. fused. Instead she Copyright. WNU Scrviea. will make a tearful little romance called Episode supported by Ian Hunter and Charles Winninger. After that Warners would like to have her in "Sisters with Kay Francis. Vd AKE a FREE FaMar Ithatnttog aad taUlau all boat tbla waadarful iroa. iliail pnatianl THE COLEMAN LAMP AND STOVE Ca one-four- th lf one-eight- Foes Anger The anger of an enemy repre- sents our faults or admonishes us of the duty with more heartiness than the kindness of a friend. Taylor. I HI OB ...Jo Pessner ODDS AND ENDS doesn't mention ducks even once in New Facet," which it being filmed by and furthermore ha appears in Hack face for the first time . . . Ken Murrey always dresses moil conservatively when he shows up for a broadcast, but around home he goes in for the dizziest colored smoking jackets been child had end lounging robes . . . Motion picture of the missing son tery 1839 thr Back in confesproducers ere wildly enthusiastic over cleared up by a death-be- d of Silas Parks, pioneer settler in the intimate, caressing voice of Rosafoster of his squaw sion mother, township, Clinton county, near wife of Chief James Fitcher, who lind Greene who announces Mrs. Roosevelt's radio program, end since St Johns, disappeared mysteriouscorre- lived at Indiantown, near Chesan-inthey have heard that the is young and ly, writes a Corunna, Mich., Press. Free Detroit in extraordinarily beautiful they ere rushthe spondent had Chief that revealed Indians woman pictures, The ing' to her with contracts for father suspected The 0 Wastem Newspaper Union. kidnaped his son and neighbors James Fitcher II, supposedly her Joined him in a fruitless search. son, was actually Parks missing Potatoes Not Popular in 1719 child. As she lay dying in 187S she Then gossips began whispering. Potatoes were adopted only slowly of and man a killed the then called forty Silas boy Parks, Probably after their introduction into tha hid the body, was the opinion they noted among the Indians for bis United States in 1719. Even as late actold him and proficiency at games, expressed, an opinion so widely as 1740 it was still a practice with cepted that Parks lived under a how she and her husband had stolen masters to stipulate with some apEven life. his his all from him distrust parents. of shadow prentices that they should not bo in 1880 an historian who recounted The white chief, widely known in obliged to eat them. the incident in the Owosso and remembered by many county history indicated a belief still living decided to remain with New Orleans Museum Building that Indians were guiltless. the Indians, whose ways were more The Cabildo In New Orleans Is one in that traveled slowly News day to him, although his rel- of the museum buildings. It was and apparently the historian had familiar atives, including a brother, William built in 1795 and dedicated to munot been informed that four years seum purposes in 1908. It contains before his bode appeared the mys J. 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