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Show SEtmOKTWO PAGE TWO PROVO (UTAH) E V EN I G H ERA LP' F R IP AY; AUGUST 14,' 19 i 6r i 1 HI "Proclaim Liberty through all th land" Th Liberty Bell The Herald Every Aftfraooa. exempt 8atar4ay, 4 Midi MrmlK , Puh'lshed by the Herald Corporation, 60 South VXrmt West street 1'rovo. Utah. Entered as aecond-claaa matter at the postofflce in Provp. Utah, under the act of March 3. 1879. Oilman Nicol fc Ruthmao, National Advertising representative. New York, San Francisco, Detroit, "Boston. I.ks Angles, Seattle. Chicago. ' Momber United Press. N. E. A. Service. Western Kent urea and the Scripps League of Newspapers. Subscription terms by carrier In Utah county r.o rntit tbe month. $3.00 for six months. In advance; $5.75 the year in advance; by mall $6.00 the year la advance. "The power to tax is the power to destroy." "Those who are governed least are governed best." THOMAS JEFFERSON. No Middle Road There is no middle class in Spain because no man can rise from peasantry to riches and there is no group on the way from lowest state to a position of wealth. The land is owned largely by absentee landlords who dare not live within the country because of fear of assassination. assassina-tion. They collect excessive rents thru agents and spend the revenue in rich living along the Riviera and in other European resorts. More of the wealth of the country is represented by the holdings of the church, which devotes little of its revenue enough to bettering the plight of the poverty stricken. Ignorance Ig-norance is as appalling as the poverty of the people, and the desperation of hopelessness is everywhere. Not until opportunity is given the poor to improve their lot, not until education has overcome superstition and equipped equip-ped the people for advancement and for some degree of self government will the standards of living in Spain rise and a glimmering of hope for peace appear. Two alternatives face the people of Spain today and only two. Victory for the rebels sjells fascism. Victory for the government opens the door to communism- Should communism com-munism win, the country must inevitably swing into the depths that marked the revolution in Russia and be as slow in emerging as Russia has been perhaps slower, if Spain does not produce leaders as strong as-those who have guided the Russian experiment. Should Spain turn fascist, it means a government for the propertied tho another form of the totalitarian state. If a man like Mussolini arises at the head of the government such improvement in the economic condition as Mussolini brought to Italy may in the end apiear. The Mussolini example ex-ample would point to another dream of restoration of ancient glories, of dominance among world powers that would cost so heavily as to still retard the economic advancement of the citizenry. Nowhere apparent are there any leaders with a middle program which would compromise the differences between landlord and peasant, bring about readjustment of the economic eco-nomic balances and fit the people of the country for a position posi-tion comparable with that of the democratic nations. The contrast between the central and southern European countries and those of northern Europe is marked. In the Scandinavian countries pace prevails, literacy reigns, and the virtue of frugality is given its opportunity to provide comfort and well being for each family. In the former countries, coun-tries, liberty is a phantom, oppression prevails, opportunity is non-existent, and the violence f despair is always ready for unleashing. - - v While Spain wars itself asunder, the great nations line up. communist or fascist, not on the grounds of what they consider best for Spain, hut whether they prefer that nation na-tion to be under the influence of Russia or under the influence influ-ence of Germany or Italy. OUT OUR WAY BY WILLIAMS r lvW NEBOU WELL, DCN'T ROSlE FROM PE 1ND1G9STIOM WATCM 'EM t POPPA CLOSSINGr COMES ON .TMEM KIPS? PE POOR.' FROM i ME RIGHT AlNT DRAWN DE NIGHT SHEEFT, I AT LUNCH BLOOPVET, , A HE SNORlMKf PEES V TIME y BUT X CANT 1 v: C3EEF ME PE -- fe w asnin&i on Merry-Go-Round (Continued lrom Page One, to prevent Hamilton's appointment as national chairman. At any rate no love is now lost between them, though it probably prob-ably won't make any of them vote for Roosevelt. ' WOI NDKD FKKLLN(S Governor London certainly put his finger on a sore spot when he charged that there is politics in the AAA. New Deal agricultural chiefs are hopping mad at the accusation. With great indignation they insist it is not true, and as evidence of non-partisanship cite these facts: Lee M. Gentry, chairman of the Illinois Conservation committee, administering the soil conservation conserva-tion act in that state, is the form er manager of ex-Governor Frank O. Lowden's model farm. Gentry also had charge of the Illinois corn-hog program under the old AAA. R. M. Evans, one of the executives exe-cutives of the Iowa soil conservation conserva-tion administration, is a prominent promi-nent Republican whose name was mentioned as a GOP candidate for senator. Further, the administrationites point out, the officials of the county coun-ty committees are elected locally by the farmers themselves. If there is any politics, they say, it j comes from the farmers. j NOTE- -Big Jim Farley may not have named any of the top-rung AAA officials in Washington or in the field, but many a lowly clerk and stenographer owes his job to the intervention of Julien Friant, a Farley aide who was mndc special assistant to Secretary Secre-tary Henry Wallace. ! MERRY-GO-ROUND Treasury officials are scratching their heads over an unaccountable increase in the number of $10,000 Federal Reserve notes now in circulation. cir-culation. The amount of these bills jumped last fiscal year from $13,-000,000 $13,-000,000 to $23,000,000 .... William Hard, "non-partisan" radio har-anguer har-anguer for the Republican National Nation-al committee, has a staf of investigators in-vestigators working under him to dig up ammunition against the New Deal. Two of these agents have been doing some gumshoe work in Pennsylvania, in an effort to uncover data on relief politics . . .The first study of Tennessee Valley Authority rates to be made by an outside agency has been launched by the Federal Power commission. The TVA asked the power commission to make the survey and publish an independent report. .. Economist David Cush-man Cush-man Coyle, whose book "Brass Tacks" was acclaimed by New Dealers as the fairest and most lucid interpretation of their policies poli-cies and ideals, has just finished a now volume. It is called "Waste" and portrays the staggering destruction de-struction of vital U. S. natural resources. (Copyright 1936, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Howdy, folks! One good thing about not having; a bathtub In you? beach cottage Is that, if ?u haven't " got "one, the children can't keep their starfish, crabs and, minnows in it. , ft Sfc Sfr JJ'l Gee Gee ought to be more careful. She went in swimming yesterday at Vivian Park and the water washed all her summer tan off. u. ! IMPORTANT I ANNOUNCEMENT Joe Bunestarter. the people's pI, announced today that he will withdraw from the race lor gov- nrnnr Jrw will rmuinrlft his duties as ' rexecutlve ' secretary of the Fraternal Order of Mumps ana Measles and as treasurer of the Goldfish' Shiners' association (goldfish shined and burnished, 75 cents). 3f Sfr 3 There is talk of another match between Joe Lewis and Max Schmeling. Evidently this quarrel quar-rel will endure so long as men have low brutal natures and $49 for ringside seats. Chairman at Political Rally: The next speaker on the program pro-gram is a man you all know. His name is a household word in every family, and this town is mighty proud to claim him. It is with pleasure that I introduce a er er what. the heck's your name? f J f 3f NEW BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY jurnon -oiuoEri GROUP AT FROLIC Calif omian Praises Scenery Around Provo Native l.'tahns are prone to take our porgeous scenery more or less for granted. It is usually not until we visit nrhfir rmrt rf f ho v"ll tlv.it wo fnllir unnrppiuto tV-r trim gTeatness f ur sublime mountain scenery. Visitors in our midst wax enthusiastic as they view the grandeur of our Walleys, mountains and lakes. One such visitor, E. V. I)urlirur, newspaper writer and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, writing in his daily column, "Oil the Side with K. V. Hurling. " brings Provo into the scenic limelight with the following reference: "Sunset at Inspiration Point, Santa Monica is quite a thrill in the way of scenery. One of the places which impressed me most in that respect was the country near Provo, Utah. If you've never been there, don't miss it." The editor is indebted to Mrs. Elizabeth C Taylor, former for-mer Provo resident and Herald employe, now of Santa Monica, Moni-ca, for the clipjniig. dl (Bp AAS(DID(DQJS AlDLT. WTja JIDLt j by Jean Seivwright 1936 NEA Service, Inc. SIDE GLANCES - By George Clark 13 IV WE 8CHWCC. IWC T. M. WEO. 0. S. MT. Off. l think lie would have proposed last night, if it hadn't been for the mosquitoes." BJBGIN 1IKRE TODAY GAIL. EVERETT, winner of a prise (or costume design offered hr a large silk manufacturing company, cornea to New York to find work. She la hired due to a stroke of lock by MADAME LIZETTE, proprietor of an exclusive exclu-sive shop. Madame proves temperamental tem-peramental and' difficult to work for. DEREK HARGREAVES, young artist, is Interested in Gail, and offers her friendly advice. Frequently Gail sees DICK SEAULKS, whose sister was her roommate at school. She also becomes be-comes acquainted with NATALIE PRESTOX who. under n mask of friendliness, makes shrewd plana to advance her own Interests. NOW GO OX WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VIII pAT MURPHY, the porter, glanced at the time clock and then at Gail. "Good morning, Miss," he said. "Sure, everyone's early this moriing." "Good morning, Pat. It looks like another fine day." . "Maybe that's why everyone's so early. It's the Madame herself her-self that came in half an hour ago, and, God forgive me, butl mere s fire in her eyes." There was no laughter in the cloakroom when Gail pushed the door open. "Why's everybody so upset this morning?" Gail asked Clytie. "Oh, Madame's in a furious temper, and no one knows yet who'll get the benefit of it." The mannequin shrugged her shoulders. "Don't look so scared. She won't eat you." "No," piped up Ariadne, "but she may make you feel less than the dust if she wants to . . . arid it won't be just a private affair. She'll choose a moment when she's sure of an audience." "I saw her with a telegram. Maybe it was from Rex." "Oh, is he still in Arizona?" "I guess so," answered Clytie. "I don't see why she should worry about him sitting pretty as confidential con-fidential man on the job for the Travers Mining and Developing company." "Say, he must have a good thing. Does he ever come here?" questioned Ariadne, who had only recently come to the shop. "Once in a blue moon; but donTt think it will make any difference to you. Madame's the one who chooses his girl friends!" pICKING up her handbag, Gail A left the room. If Madame was on the warpath and her ill temper tem-per directed at dale herself the girl wanted to know it and have it done with. But as she watfeel along th6 dimly-lit passage evejr-thlng evejr-thlng was peaceful. " Perhapl, after all, the girls were wrong; Maybe Madame but her thoughts j of the designing room opened and her employer appeared on the threshold. "Good morning," said Gail quietly. Madame Lizette ignored the greeting, as she flounced into the room. "Mrs. Travers is coming in this forenoon with her daughter," daugh-ter," she said, "and I want you to get a frock ready for her immediately. im-mediately. Have Ariadne come here at once. This is the material." mate-rial." She pointed to a bolt of sheer, silky organdie in a delectable delect-able shade of blue. "This is the style she wants," Madame said and Gail felt her spirits rise as she recognized one of the sketches on which she had worked the day before. "Very well. Madame," Gail answered, an-swered, a prayer of thankfulness rising in her heart as she watched her go. Toinette and Selma entered the room a moment later. . "Oh, Toinette," Gail said. "I wonder if you would find Ariadne and ask her to come here at once." "All right, Miss Everett." The wiry little Frenchwoman hurriedly hurried-ly departed. "You're going to drape that on her?" questioned Selma. "Yes, Madame has a customer coming this forenoon, so we'll have to hustle." "Well, we haven't much else to do today," remarked Selma, glancing around the room. "That's good, for I understand this dress is for one of Madame's special customers." Selma laughed. "Oh, Miss Everett, Ev-erett, theyre all special customers custom-ers according to the Madame! She likes to make us think they're important. im-portant. AS if it would make any difference in the work we nut on the dresses. That cuts no ice with me any more. I've heard it too often. "You've been here quite a long time then?" asked Gail. ' CELMA shrugged her heavy shoulders. "It's better than being in a Wholesale house . . . not so many people. Maybe it's worse too, for Madame can make '" she laughed. "You know What I mean! But there, such is Mix'. She held out her hands expressively. ex-pressively. ""Well, you seem to be quite happy." "And wtyy not?, Toinette, Frank and I ' have , worked ' for a long time together. We're" friends. So long as we're together everything is all right." 1 ' ; "That's Hne,H commented Gail, as Ariadne satmtered in, ' For the next ' half hour hardly a word was spoken, though the sharp snip, snip of shears cutting through the organdie and an occasional oc-casional little cry from the model as Gail, in her enthusiasm, stuck a pin a little farther in than the thin satin slip Ariadne was wearing, wear-ing, revealed the progress of the work. At last Gail exclaimed. "There! Take a look at yourself in the mirror. How do you like it?" "Not bad but don't you think the ribbons might be changed a little here?" "Yes, I believe that's better," agreed Gail, quickly unpinning and repinning the ribbons. "Now I'm going to call Madame and tell her we're ready to show her the frpek." As she lifted the receiver, the door on the right opened. "The dress is ready yes? Why did you not send for me at once as I tell you?" Before Gail could answer, Madame Lizette had reached Ariadne, and, with a plump little hand on the girl's shoulder, turned her around as though she were a dummy. Then she shrugged her shoulders. "Have Selma and Toinette help you tack it up right away so we can show it to Mees Travers. There won't be time to finish all she wants today is to see the effect. You understand?" Without another word Madame tripped away. "So!" exclaimed Ariadne. "What does it mean?" She glanced at Gail with quizzical eyes. "DUT Toinette, always quick as a flash, cried, "It means that Madame is pleased that she can find "no fault. Yes, that's it!" Then, hurrying toward Gail, she said, "Can I help you, Miss Everett?" Ev-erett?" "Thank you, Toinette! I think we've got them all out." Together they slipped the fragile creation over Ariadne's head. At half past 11 Lita came hurrying hur-rying into the room. "Is that organdie or-gandie dress ready?" she asked. "Miss Travers is in the showroom and Madame wants it at once. Quick, where is it?" "Hold your horses, Lita," replied re-plied Frank, removing the dress from the pressing machine and slipping it on a hanger, while Toinette with quick, eager hands, straightened the flounces. "Now you may take it," said Gail, snipping a tacking thread from the front. Noon came and the others harried har-ried from the room. Gail straightened straight-ened her desk and, picking up her gloves "and handbook, started across the room. Suddenly the door' opened and Lita v called, "You're to go into the showroom at opce, Miss Everett!" (To Be Continued) TODAY'S F.VIIE Oiu-e there va.s a college graduate grad-uate who, when asked what he evpertrd to do, did not nay he pxiHM-ted to go into the bond game, th" advertising game, or the writing game. f 'i LOVE LYRIC OF A VACATIONIST Enchantress, why cannot I forgot for-got you? Your voice it haunts mc. I cannot sloop because of it. All thru tho night I hear it. At first afar off in S-ho distance. Then closer and closer it comes, as if on wings of song. Ls it rally you ? Closer and closer, louder and more insistent comes your clear voice. Ouch! Uoggonc all mosquitoes mos-quitoes ! "I 3 Joe Bnngstarter declares that th club to which he belongs has a long waiting list. Yep, all creditors! If, sjc if. if. Life is short at best. Few of us live long enough to wear out a pair of store teeth. if- fi if. if. Three strikes and out. Everyone has read or wants to read "Around the World in Eleven Years," by Patience, Richard, And John Abbe mostly Patience. This is an artless, uncensored travel book by children for grown-ups. The Abbes travel like gypsies in all sorts of countries and live in all sorts of shelters, and this book is not only a record of events in their lives but an astonishingly apt critique of the manners, .A morals mo-rals and reputations of almost everybody. Authors have been turning frequently fre-quently of late to history for the settings and characters of novels. "Gone With the Wind." by Margaret Mar-garet Mitchell, is a vivid drama of the Civil war and the Reconstruction Reconstruc-tion period. "James Shore's Daughter," by Stephen Vincent Benet, is an unusual un-usual book which touches the hidden depths of our national life and our personal experiences. "Eternal Deeps" is another of Sara Ware Bassett's moving romances ro-mances of Cape Cod. Miss Bassett knows and loves her New England and writes with a desire to catch and preserve the charm of a vanishing van-ishing community life. "Sing Sister Sing" is said to be Vici Baum's best book since "Grand Hotel". It is the story of a lovely German emigrant in New York who has a wonderful voice which wins her triumphs but can not bring her happiness. Two new mysteries arc: "The Death Angel," a Crime Club selection, sel-ection, written by Clyde B. 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