Show I M That Glitters By ANNE f A All J GARDNER GARDNER HERE TODA TODAY Y Y 1 8 BEGIN Gordon a told Richards men Vi tn Terry Jerry r would marry him she that at she that she h loved of course wedding she shed sheo T Just before belore their thet late then to todd too o was it dd d doubts but t thought ou Things s back o out t she he until the enough bagg E swimmingly under the Then fission b egan ion show to did not Gordon that he had lost not L v n It w was have to o seemed cem that t h he n y r- r the meet 4 manhood with which to o In the mi midst st of or conditions 4 co readjustments oft of painful tot to depression d t Jerr Jerry rrY has to come com who Bette-who who t her sister Bette of the b t ill There in m the room and her mis- mis li the sick woman what ii begins to l learn arn d Jim Jerry maybe may IJ be C. C the star story 14 N Now ow W Co 0 o on with r I. I j c CHAPTER ArTEr T NINE TWENTY t n hospital room wasa was wa Eft a ll 1 at at once the the doctor hurried I JU ff full fuU Ses s and lifted fitted an eye eye- Bette oVer ln xe Hi bent Jims Jim's arm ann anno pushed I 11 li irl lt Ith her het l pulse puls' so c that p he could listen o filie way he looked up tri tri- east t. t Then It r brea breast head nurse on hi hisa his at the I i v l h face ee a smile of 01 professional tion fin treatment turned the That new shell she'll make it ill He i I believe eased cased gently 8 j engaged en aged Jims Jim's arm down onto the sl sleeping ep epThen in a woman the husband Thena he clapped i bed ed d. d Then shoulder the miracle d does ha hap happ Sometimes tl nes wo work k always h-a h ys eh w We WC et eti wish we e could a d p pen And now now Jim you you'd i it t way war better te ge t lC t some s sleep to get to the restroom rest rest- managed I Jerry in the first room loom b before collapsing of her career hysterics by that Bette was getting along Now v herself only felt Jerry errY to beautifully at the hospital The Tle sick a ti nuisance weak to be bel v visited vis visited vis- vis s sw still too w woman an was service was with every possible rendered for or her being mg r n b to the ther ther Jerry g got of Ginger and drove 1 r th thy y tog the children 4 were e how r roach ranch to S 'S see She found in charge along getting woman who had dropped th lh n responsibilities i iown cs to he her own ho household when Bette R come caine to the the hospital rushed to b be b bad ad had to glad to hear the good goodnews goodne My Im I'm sure Rutherford the e k kind n Mrs ne news vs about certainty certainly i ithe Y ce said She woman I homely ever was waso there i if u is A fine woman 1 cant can't afford to lose o one one The world these little littlen And all aU W women meri like her t to going ones one's ones n s.-rn s. my my Im I'm m glad she's e came to Jerrys Jerry's eyes Pres Since f Nears Tears d time in the h hospital has hos that thai tl nerve pital sh she ha had i be been finding it very ti to She Shey y wax was still tired of or e easy eay iy harrowing worse se and and it had been a experience pS I Jerry Jury Again Learns Learnt that it had felt also E B But at she unsuspected tad wells of ol sympathy opened er open had an idea and arid emotion She th thy thi 1 Jerry Brock would never ne skim that easily y over oven the surface of things i a again gain Mis' Mis W Well Wen now p you you youve t e come I Brock Brock- I beli believes ves get t on home If the dirt hasn't run of off with the th-e I Sally takes That little pla place pe lace e by now like good seems cems so O hold nold of things they dont don't hardly need anybody any any I i if theres these s sin how bow You let me know kno anything in g I 1 can dd J i I Sally was amazingly more poised than when Jerry had bad last and mature eluah elusive elu I with slender lender girl an teen een her a ah sive charm Her long hair hanging her shoulders gave her a quaint old fashioned air Her big bi dark eyes had a trick of 01 lighting suddenly with vivid interest her re responses vere were so quick and unexpected that she was wasa wass a s d delight A lovely child Jerr Jerry de de- After supper was eaten the dishes washed and the little children in bed Jerry and Sally sat on the porch fo for awhile visiting You must be awfully happy to knoy know that your our mother molher will s surely rely be beack back soon oon J Jen Jerry ny y said I knew she Oh yes But then would come back the girl said a d earn earn- es y When the they went away Daddy said id he would bring her per back t And these were the children thought Jerry as she he watched th the busy bwy brood next morning to whom she he and Gordon bad had w wanted to g give give ve advantages When Susan was the age gc of Sally how hoy would woud she feel about her father lather She would love him no no doubt In return re re- turn urn f for r his love lov for lor her her- herBut But how Mw could l it be possible that she would have halve F any g great eat faith in him How Howlong Howlong Howong long ong would it take lake Susan to learn as J Terry r ry had done that when she needed needed hini most he would f fall fail H her li 1 House louse Shows Neglect j l B Back ck in the big house which al al' already cady ready showed signs Igns of nc neglect tt it U was nard bard to remember that after aler all aU mo money y w was Of no import importance nce Jerry Jerry believed ved J th al that JJ it would never again again oc- oc SK P the he forefront of ol her mind but she e. e still Mill till found herself with an urgent d desire me to know where she was going to get the funds to buy y next months month's Ifo groceries cries and fuel Try as she e would uld she could not notA shut h Yf from her er mind nd the lne words that had hoed echoed hoeder A there r ceaselessly since they had first been n. n spoken Poor lit l Ue die e J Jerry fl my poor little sister ister u It Ii was imperative for lor other tha than ceo ceo- mie c reasons that Jerry Jeny find some some- mg ing to do t Suddenly f fate te delivering ng one of its shops ps at lIl Huntington overreached ls If and accidentally did Jerry a n av favor 14 v r- r Or so s she c explained ined H it later Barbara lr b ara MI Mix MISS Alden n telephoned U lagoon won lOOn as she knew Jerry was at ill e. e Malletts Mallett's had closed and she w without il out work But she had an anand and and would Jerry care to discuss with ft h J-e- J M The little I. I I.e. e. e e to th he the house ill I at case but able ble in her er praise of 01 L the how house e lung about her with more th than an 1 interest For her way was th that a t she and d Jerry go into bUst business to ether Jerr Jerry y furn furnish h the location 10 ca on c contact and andi W i her er In intangible t factors while Miss t jf to en i would d c contribute the sou sound Riess experience and nd the c capital ca pit a 1 Chad bad some thousands saved ed and hid b ad thought it all out Sa She e would re lust so much 1 for or the V ven yen It If when that was as gone the thed f. f was as not on a paying n basis t they y old 14 d abandon iu it And n what did thinks think l The me Business Plan Plans s I. I Ric Richards lards called I led into consulta consulla- t J was POlite t to Aldie Alde and said aid she shet Zb ih mind their using the hou house t led Jert Jerr th Y could see that thal l h she I the whole hole scheme ch me After Ilu Alden did had h ad left she asked J Jerry e r I i not nol go CO into b. b business with I one of her friends friend as it would look so much better and be so 50 much more moie congenial i iThe the first The entire left wing of ot should be used the house floor noor of It consisted of the big the they decided den an and Jd d sun parlor pa tor or dra The drawing rooT d. d be be bc left l Jus just justas t tas room for as Jt t was was ai as a where they nod and a place customers while models co could l sit at t their ease were bro brought g t ou out for their lion tion The den should hold the cases of 01 dresses and here fittings would be gWen given Aldie AIdie was sure th they y could get geta a fitter from Malletts Mallett's at a re reasonable figure The sunroom would woud be for hats for of ot course Miss Aldens Alden's specialty specialty should be added to Jerrys Jerry's original original inal moat idea of a dress dreEs shop That left the right wing and the upstairs for the family and the drawing draw drawing in ing room would be in no now noway way y impaired for or evening use b by the family At Atthe Atthe Atthe the same time the arrangement would call for no Ino remodeling and a very small expenditure re for lor fixtures s. s Jerry produced Ideas as fast as she could think most of which called for large expenditures of money Aldie pointed Pointe i tHis fact out again and again and Jerry began gradually to do her herth th thinking on a more modest scale cale Once her extravagant flights of fancy lancy had been curbed Aldie found her quickness and intelligence a real help helpin in planning Their great reat difficulty Aldie pointed I out would be about collections collection They would have to work out some ome er very definite plan pan for handling that before they ever started That was what sunk MalleUs Malletts she said aid And believe me it gets gels your our goat to walk down the street in last yearS year'S clothes and pass your smart new models not paid for lor and that you jou ou know never will be paid for A Cash Policy Jerry could understand that and thought with shame of ot the amount she and Gordon owed Malletts Well VeIl do a cash business she suggested The trouble Is Miss Alden said aid that that wont won't go with the society crowd The They dont don't like the Idea And then not man many people have much ready monc money these days D Does s anybody have any ready money I believe that as a class businesswomen business businesswomen businesswomen women have the most Miss Alden then explained that those women who were indispensable to the important I Imen men of or the thc various firms had suf suffered uC- uC less than most other cla class s through the depression Efficient secretaries sec see had been kept on when many manya a vice president was dropped from the payroll And business women would not object to paying cash when they got good value Very well said said Jerry Well sell to lo business women and i if any o of my friends come around with money in their hands well we'll take that too And so it was decided to let people buy buyon buyon buyon on that basis or stay away At the worst well we'll have the clothes to wear ourselves Jerry commented Visibly this settling of the credit qUe question was a weight of off the mind of Miss Mess Alden She suggested briskly that she and Jerry go to New York on a buying trip r P so tha that t their models could be on hand nand by the time the simple arran arrangements arrange arrange- c. c men ments were made They could then open at the best time to get gel the tall fall KIU trade Of or co course coure e the expenses of both bolh would be paid out of the funds for far Miss Mis Alden was prepared to put up the business The problem confronting Jerry now was to break the news to Gordon Gordon Gor- Gor don aon that she was planning to go into business Suddenly she found hernot herself her her- self not caring very much how he took look it H. Th The The- time when hen she she could indulge Gordons Gordon's pride had gone by Nevertheless she told him as tactfully tact tactfully fully as she knew how and it il was a relief to find that he did not really mind after all This formality out of the way Jerry plunged into with all her heart hearl It wa was she he who contributed the really brilliant idea which was to mean so much to the firm Jerry and Aldie had met at Joyces Joyce's in the cour course courte e of a business confer confer- confer I ence In the lounge Eddie spoke to toa toa a large plain woman in an ing tweed suit and broad heavy shoes introducing her to lo Jerry is Miss Prudence Prudence prudence Pru pru- dence Allison Im glad we saw V a her het Aldie remarked remarked re reo re- re marked as they went into the dining room She president of the local loca II branch of or the Business Women's league and ha has a lot of influence with the very women we want to reach She's She to be the dele delegate ate of or the local branch to the international confer conler conference ence al Geneva Switzerland That's how much they think of her Jerry leaned toward Aldie her eyes sparkling Listen and unfolded her plan To be continued tomorrow |