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Show THE BULLETIN aaata Hainan Island, Taken by Japs Inhabited by Aboriginal Tribes t : i.ifc?sf3 - ;i ict i. .hk-.,- .ti I-..- jiUs'-.'- i till I ' Mkh n THAT MR. SMITH r By SYDNEY FELL C McClure Nrwapuper Syndicate. WNU Service. "Oh. no," said Susie. "I eat in the kitchen. You see, I'm Susie." And before she knew it she had told the strange Mr. Smith of her life at the home and of her present blissful existence as Mrs. Barring- A real home real ton's maid. money and the kindest people in the world to work for. Mr. Smith gave Susie flattering attention. And in the kitchen he helped her set the table for two and, when she had the coffee ready to serve, and the salad and sandwiches, the rup cakes and shredded pineapple all daintily spread out she tried to follow Ann's good taste in setting the table he stood and held Susie's chair while she was seated. Susie was thrilled. Never in her quiet life had she been so thrilled. She didn't blame Ann for being a bit interested in this jolly and very courteous Mr. Smith. He passed things to Susie, insisting that she help herself first. He said, "One or two or maybe three lumps?" and dropped them into her cup. He jumped up and went to the stove for more coffee. And he talked of the things that interested her. "You look pretty in that pink dress," he said, as they ate their oilcloth-covere- "NT ..... m my aBB. Hr r.Liirj Strategic Land Held by China for Past 2,000 Years got it all straight?" Ann leaned from Bar-ringt- llilll 1111S VUW,lUUlt5,ii With Bigger Buiullc oFTIinlla "hi in) iSl-- (luUfiJ l ' Shut dtneti tasimkld 'season' by bad' bust-- t nets, H'inglhtg'sVjfrHtttf. leaf ihms en enrihsxcJ 'petts-it- s blgfumturum this yea thank pawtly tovtCJietles r.lHLaira (tfO noted designer! d the opened window of the car, her hands already on the wheel preparatory to starting. Susie looked at her with admiring eyes. "Yes, ma'am," she said. "Let me say it to you. When Mr. Smith comes I'm to show him into the par living room. And give him his lunch on a little table in front of the fire. And make him comfortable till you come home." "That's right, Susie," said Ann, as she started the engine. "And I'll be back about four." And off she went, the loud purring of her engine falling away to a blur, and then to silence, as Susie watched her wind up the road and dessert .rsswT Msnt, .b. 'aw wsw i over the hilL Susie blushed with pleasure. Susie was almost completely "Like it?" she murmured. "I put happy. on a white dress every afternoon-s- ort WHEN JAPS ENTERED She had come to work for Ann of a stiff like linen. And HAINAN --Japanese marines, Barrington straight from the orphan a cute little one, apron." their band playing, entering asylum that had always been her "Well." said Mr. Smith, through the important seaport of Hair home. She had been with Ann two a mouthful of cake, "you'd look hove during the occu nation of weeks, the two most interesting good to me even if your dress was weeks, by all means, that she had Hainan Island. ever passed. And they both laughed, as if at a Her life at the orphan home had great Joke. posits of gold, silver, tin, and reports of the discovery of copper, not been unhappy. Indeed, it had Then the doorbell rang and Susie lead, iron and coal deposits, but been definitely happy. But it had went to the door. mining has been done only on a been institutional. The freedom she g A man, about Mr. small scale. enjoyed in Ann's kitchen and in the Barrington's age, stood there. "Is bedroom Mrs. Barrington home?" he asked. Strategically, however, the island small, cheerful third-flois important It places Japanese which she called hers at Ann's "No," said Susie, "she isn't" forces within 1,500 miles of Brit- house was heaven to Susie. "Not home?" said the man. ain's new naval base at Singapore. Just one thing sometimes both- 'When will she be home?" A modern transport airplane could ered Susie. "I don't think that's any of your take off from Hainan and land in John Barrington, Ann's husband, business," said Susie, and slammed a French after an hour's was Susie's ideal of perfect man- the door. "Fresh thing," she said. flight; and a flight to Manila would hood. To be sure, Susie's acquaint- explaining to Mr. Smith in the kitchtake only about 3tt hours. In fast ance with men at the home had en. "Thinks because I'm young battle planes, those times could be been limited. Old Peter, the handy I'll tell him just all our affairs. Probhalved. man and occasional visits of inhe's a burglar, come to pry The Lois tribesmen are partially spection by members of the board ably around. I'm sort of glad you're responsible for Hainan's economic of directors. here to protect" plight They inhabit small villages Susie's acquaintance was certainMr. Smith beamed. "Sure, I'll in the inland mountains, to which ly limited. you always," he said. That protect they were pushed back by Chinese Her idea of the perfect man had was a swell feed you gave me. Sure Most of the tribes- been formed largely from the heroes Mrs. immigration. Barrington won't care?" men have managed to avoid com- and. villains she had seen on the And then Mrs. Barrington herself k ing under Chinese control. visit the home chilLois customs have not changed dren made to the movies. And John burst in at the kitchen door. "Oh, hello Sam," she said. "Come for centuries. Three blue tattoo Barrington certainly was nothing fix that leaky faucet upstairs? to are on worn left their hands villains. or heroes those rings like those the only plumber I ever You're to protect them from smallpox. At eighteen Susie had become acCharms are generously worn to quainted, for the first time, with a knew that could be depended on. Susie, wasn't it nice I didn't have ward off evil spirits; and the medi- real man. John was not cine men are highly respected as not glamorous in any way. to stay? The trial has been posdevil chasers. Like their ancestors, rather tponedand anyway the baby's betAbout thirty, the Lois of today do not use hooks solemn; but kind and considerate. ter. Mr. Smith come?" And then between tearful apolowhen they fish. Instead, they dam He was devoted to his pretty young a river, pour into the stream poison- wife. And to Susie It seemed as if gies on Susie's part and ous Juices from roots, and easily his devotion, his considerateness, his explanation on the of Ann, the thing was untanspear the stupefied fish. loyalty and attention must be part while Sam Smith, the young enough to make the world a perfect gled, stood by very red of face plumber, place for Ann. to defend and uncomfortable, Yet sometimes Susie thought Ann Susie if need be. ready was not quite as appreciative of her Mr. Smith the Mr. Smith who husband as she might be. should have eaten lunch in the livToday Mr. Smith was coming, at ing room was an old friend of Ann's invitation, to lunch. John's, a college classmate, stopAnn had invited him by telephone. ping at the house for a visit with cold side and people start to order Susie had heard her. Ann before he went on to town for more soup, hot entrees, stewed "Do come for lunch," she had dinner with John. steak, hot sweets, suet dumplings, said. "My husband won't be home "And," said Ann, "I suppose and Jam rolls. Sixty is the begin- till dinner time. If you come for the "burglar you slammed the he's ning of a milder spelL Then de- lunch that will give us five or six door on! Oh, well" mands upon the cold counters and hours." Another ring at the door. ice cream Increase." eleven, there Then, at half-paAnn answered it So huge is this firm's tea business had been a telephone call for Ann. Sam and Susie heard her laughthat It pays one-sixof the whole And a few minutes later Ann had In a minute she ing, explaining. tea duty collected in the United come into the kitchen, dressed in came back to the kitchen. 1,250,-000 sells more and than Kingdom, her smart tweed coat and skirt, all "Hurry up, Susie," she said. packages of tea a day! excited and upset "Let's scrape up some lunch for Mr. At this company's Greenford fac"Susie," she said, "I've just had Smith the other Mr. Smith tory sits a line of teatasters. These a telephone call my sister's little and me. Sam, you run upmen of keen palates may taste a is ill, and she's got to go away stairs and fix that leak. And oh, thousand different brews a day. Sam- boy this afternoon. She has to go to Sam! Busy this evening? Well, ples of drinking water from differ- court some sort of suit she and ent places in the world are tested her husband are involved in about why don't you invite Susie to go to the movies? I'm going to town to and tea blends are made up to his father's estate. So I've got to have dinner with my husband and suit each locality. stay with the boy. And you'll just the other Mr. Smith, and I don't Robinson Crusoe never heard of have to take care of Mr. Smith till want to leave Susie to a lonely eve vitamins, but he was on the right I get back." ning. Have her home by eleven.1 She had left the lunch all ready And as Sam's quick and cheerful for Susie to serve, and had told acquiescence came down the back Susie just what to do. And now, stairs as his noisy footsteps went up. as Susie heard the last of Ann's Ann said: "He's a nice young man, motor as her car went up the hilL Susie. You'll like him, lots." she was planning to do a little mis "I do," said Susie, "already." sionary work on Mr. Smith work for Mr. Barrington. Mahogany Substitutes Perhaps she'd tell Mr. Smith Ann woods have masqueraded Many to with lunch man had gone another get rid of him before Ann came under the name of mahogany ever since mahogany became recognized home. So engrossed was she in her as a fine cabinet wood. In the thoughts that she did not hear the earliest days no distinction was car coming from the opposite di made between mahogany and ce dar, both going under the name rection. was she startled by a "cedar." The name "mahogany" Suddenly came into use after England took voice right at her side. She looked up. There stood a Jamaica in 1655 and thus was able young man hatless, coatless, grin to know the trees as well as the wood. Since then, prima vera has ning. "Oh," she said, startled. "Are been called "white mahogany" al though not a mahogany at all The you Mr. Smith?" "Sure!" said the young man. wood now goes under its real name "prima vera." For many years. "That's me. You Miss before the days of Federal Trade "Mrs. Barrington's been called commissions and Better Business away. She couldn't help it It's bureaus, padouk was known as The her sister's little boy he's ill, and "East Indian mahogany." A she has to stay with him. But she most recent and extensive poa LONDON IN A FOG on the namtf'mahogany'his scene on Black friars bridge told me to tell you to come right in." ing BeteH Tinder the misnomer'' of Susie a And smiled, smile, that during a typical London fog. made her plain face radla'ht'srid 'This name fats led n Ulg iUJ f fortM' fill f An vvay avsr mw OUXilteWl' ! mud-colored- ." Geographic Society, Prepared by National Service. D. CWNU Washington. JJIrst important break in Chinese ownership of Hainan island, southernmost possession of China, for more than 2,000 years, came with the recent landing of Japanese troops on the island. The island lies in the Gulf of Tonkin whose shores are formed by the southern part of the Chinese mainland and by the northern part of French Indo-ChinEver since the Chinese conquest of the flat coastal regions in 111 B. C, Hainan has been Chinese. There a. vow are more than 2,000,000 Chinese on the island but most of them live in the coastal zone. The mountainous region in the interior is the domain of the Lois, aboriginal tribesmen who nave refused to be dominated by outsiders. Because of Hainan's lack of modern development, it is of little present commercial value to any country. The climate is tropical and coconuts, pineapples, mangoes, bananas, breadfruit, oranges, sugar, and rice thrive, but a comparatively small area of the island has been cultivated. The forests are rich in hardwoods, including mahogany, but there has been no extensive lumbering operation. There are known de- - good-lookin- or Indo-Chin- once-a-wee- g, good-lookin- hard-workin- g, ed Hones are also good attractions. Above. Tex ElmtJndt. famous trainer of liberty horses, puts a quartet through their paces. ISelow, Achmed, the performing horse, performs for William Ueyer. lie leaps directly up into the air and lands in the same spot. This is probably the first time such a stunt has been accomplished or photographed. t " Staid London Drops Tradition, Eats Yankee Salad, Ice Cream Big Restaurant Chain Notes Transition in Englishmen's Diet Geographic Society. Prepared by National D. C WNU Service. Washington, Simple qualities of English cooking are not ed disguised, as in Paris, by fancy names and sauces. Unlike the French, the English do not feel that inventing a imtasty new dish is more disportant to mankind than covering a new star. But somewhere in London the epicure may easily find any continental dish, be it Italian, French, German, or Greek. There are Indian restaurants, too, like Vereswamy's, where retired army men go for curry and rice. London has as great a variety of eating places as any world city except Paris. You can easily find American hot cakes and corn on the cob. st th Dense populations of recent times have brought the rise of large industries which import vast amounts of food, prepare and distribute it Conspicuous is the Lyons company of London. It operates over 250 eating places, a string of hotels, employs 30,000 people, and uses nearly 1,000 trucks to deliver food. "In the 40 years of its life, our pioneer cafe at 213 Piccadilly has ted over 35,000,000 people," said an official of this company. "Some guests, young men when we started, still dine with us. "We have seen changes in London's eating habits. During our first year, we served only 40 dishes of Ice cream a day; now we sell as many as 3,000,000. Curiously, about 70 per cent of all our customers ssk for vanilla flavor. When this tact was ferreted out by reporters, Lyons restaurants, preparing a perfect spate of letters followed, lor. sucn emergencies, 1 navean many to the Times, wanting to know extra supmr-v- j J now iwai yon HS3 why people didn't eat more strawt berry, lemon, etc. "Take salad. Years ago we served track when he packed ai I- -. .,!. JBti!Pilnf.i fm IVMVt i cnsrsii 'BcTwKHT Wily IWlTWTIWpraWWHcr three and five every morning. The foods for nutrition value, but make shange point in diet lies between bacteriological examinations of fish, SO and 00 degrees. Fifty is on the meat, and poultry. mall Wltai lM IIHUIMi aawaaflisMS aa Ma. VtU BUM BWlllUH" m a. v 9CMOI1 fhtllri w mjhti . vfv tbSC f.'i M.' "1 a . rd nit si Jri NiI m J.lllm-t'S.T- 2 doten or more - hiteU :io Lu,ii,tjrf i Honly one vTihe' uui ttudll'U ftVLyons' labJ oratory, with its 150 chemists. They to w-a- UiW'DipUfrocafp Kmny-ma- i grow in the Philippine These'' trees7 :are not 'remotely JL-J- . .'. cTBaWim tseewrhppRed" Kinds Right, Hubert Castle, of the wire, knows what perfection means, and here he is putting in some practice at his specially. Reckless riders, intrepid handlers of Jer cious animals and thf world Snniest 'clowns eotriptete ih& rWHi 'ytof ci!:be "Well. Wmgry.r'mWki surfWBniry. , . mahogany:'" i.nit. iriiiiiiiiniiun'i x'U natures ' "EarFUniin't1 '"Wahineton's 'Wtoler7' 'frahki al though the most 'popiJlF.V'hbf 'tie 1 had a thing since seven. Mrs. Bar rarest of thrvainer PresidentrTne rington's swell, isn't she? But say, franks of William Henry Harrison, if I'm going to have some lunch. who held office but one month, and I'd a heap rather eat wi'.h you. You Zachary Taylor, one year and four cat in here?" j months, are extremely rare. Roustabouts load'ng up for the overnight trip. |