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Show THE Thursday, July 10. 1941 TIMES-NEWS- NEPIII. UTAH . Pape Seven Kathleen Norris Says: Pamela Wants to Be Popular WNU Service.) (Bell Syndicate INSTALLMENT FIVE The Story So Far Her and the Newsums arrive. Another brothman. Kathleen had been kissed by a Kathleen Magulre Ij peeved. er. Alec, out of a job because of the mother Is giving a dinner for the young stranger who Axed a flat tire for whose son Jalrd. is engaged to ber. He is a newspaper man out of a depression, phones he won't come. Then, to cap the climax, the father brings the Her father is a job. Shirley, her sister. Mrs. Newsum, editor and mayor of Covington. Tom, ever, would like him to marry Connie stranger, Ritchie Graham to the dinner. Kathleen is annoyed. her brother, and his wife, Mary Etta, Mays, daughter of the town's richest Pattern New-urn- s, happy-go-luck- newspaper assignment I had? The eyes and something new in the curve one that made me finally decide to of her mouth. Something shy and pered to her mother. "And hang cut all holds. They wanted me, uncertain of itself. Laura's heart me as had thought I was a on for dear life he brought a gave an odd knock. And she leaned reporter, to go out a little forward for a better view of guest." Laura looked as if she were the young man whom Mike had going to faint, so Kathleen added to a society horse show and report hastily, "But it's not so bad as it on the sort of riding breeches the brought to dinner. At first Laura had been inclined sounds. Alec isn't coming to dinner. local debutantes were wearing. Ridto think him too handsome, if any He got caught with a flat tire oj ing breeches! I ask you. Especially those belonging to the knock-knee- d thing. It had not been her experisomething and can't make it" ence that beauty in the male is alLaura did not say a word. But It daughter of the local beer barseemed to Kathleen that for a mo- on. He spends a million a year adways an asset But on closer inment her mother's face looked vertising. Get the picture? I wrote spection she decided that Ritchie stricken. It was too bad of Alec. up the damned show. And I put In Graham did not take his good looks Kathleen's hands itched to get at her the beer baron's daughter, knock-knee- s very seriously. He had a trick of and ail. And I slipped it drawing down the corners of his brother. She hadn't been sure that Laura knew how he was wasting by the city editor's desk and got It wide mouth in a derisive grin which his time. But mothers have an inprinted just the way I wrote it I no man ever acquired from pracPrincalled ber the Pretzel-legge- d tice before a mirror. She suspected stinct At least Laura had. cess of Suda. And then I jumped he was vainer of his principles than "Hello, everybody." of his disturbing gray eyes. But Mike stood on the threshold. He town before the earthquake." Mike roared. It was exactly the they were disturbing. Laura glanced had changed into the white linen suit Laura had laid out for him and sort of thing he might have done. again at Kathleen. It came to the mother with a pang that her he looked as exuberant as a cowboy Mike's laughter was always contaEverybody shared in his baby was growing up. at his first rodeo. Kathleen was torn gious. "It's only that she's so vulnera between resentment and admiration mirth. Everybody but Kathleen. She at the way he captured the citadel surveyed the young man beside her ble," Lausa excused herself. Such an intense, inflammable, im without even trying. No one could with disdainful eyes that were as n as her rebellious curls. resist Mike's charm when it was pulsive young thing. So completely "And so now you're touring the at the mercy of her emotions. hitting on all twelve cylinders. He flattered Belle Newsum until wide open spaces where a man can "You work, don't you, Mrs. Ma- her pudgy face lost its dour look. guire?" He gave Laura a grin that chased Laura came to herself with a the little pucker which Alec had start Belle Newsum had flung the left between her eyes. He told Tom question at Mary Etta with a superthat business was undoubtedly on cilious smile. Laura suppressed a the upswing and for the first time groan. It was like Belle Newsum Tom's thin brown face lost its to discover something to be hoity strained grimace. Even Mary Etta's toity about Tom went a little white. bristles relaxed when Mike assured But Mary Etta accepted the chal her that she looked more like a lenge with enthusiasm. She always black and white etching than ever. carried a chip on her shoulder and He slipped his arm around Shirley welcomed any opportunity to defend while he talked to Jaird, and Shirley it leaned against her father gratefully "Yes, Mrs. Newsum," she said in as if she needed steadying. He comg her clear, voice, "I'm plimented Blake Newsum on being one of these working wives you hear one of the few men who had known so much about My mother thought when to come in out of the economic a woman's place was in the home. rain. Furious as she was with him, So she bore five children and washed to at the Kathleen had way grin and cooked and scrubbed and died Mike simply wound them all up and at thirty-on- e because) she was too made them dance to his tune. tired to go on living. And my fa "Isn't he priceless?" whispered ther married again, a young woman Laura. who hated us kids. So he let her Kathleen nodded helplessly. push us out to take care of our. Mike regarded her with a cocked selves as soon as possible. I made up my mind then I'd never be sub eyebrow. He was perfectly well aware of her displeasure. But he merged by any man." also felt entirely equal to it KathTom stared fixedly at his plate. leen never had been able to nurse a "Of course," bridled Mrs. New. grievance against her father, and sum, "I've" always said a man has did she not he knew it. Nevertheless no right to a wife he cannot afreturn the debonair grin with which ford." She surveyed the young man behe approached her. She looked at Jaird, who was gazside her with disdainful eyes. ' "Still sore. Kits?" '.. at Shirley. But Shirley's lovely ing She looked away because it was his own man?" she observed in reserved face did not change In exdifficult to glower when Mike didn't be a low' and decidedly acid voice. pression. want you to. Tom was looking at Mary Etta her Ritchie Graham regarded said she "Yes," shortly. almost as if he hated her. Good He chuckled. "He's a little bit of through narrowed lazy gray eyes. heavens, thought Laura with a con"I was touring," he amended. all right, that Graham." stricted heart they mustn't say a Her "You missed heart beat "Says you!" snapped Kathleen, don't mean things like that to each other. Words here?" you're settling glaring across the room where Tom leave wounds. Wounds which Laura town. a nice not? little It's "Why and Ritchie were enthusiastically fellow to have feared neither of them would ever a for Small enough most as the condemning any big city over. honest-to-Go- d friends, big get awful place on earth to live, while a few can understand a woman de"I not to look' starve to death enough looked scornful. Mary Etta more out of life than just manding a We for bachelors restaurant ing "Personally," she observed, "I'd in some man's possible faila share know." to have eat you rather die of frazzled nerves from "You looked Dad up because I ure," put in Jaird suddenly. He traffic Jams than rust to death in a smiled wryly. "I guess we men said I'd never see you again." poky country town." a crust to expect women to "You wrong me. A guy in New have "Yes," said Tom, "you would. bang around the edges of things, York gave me a letter to your fa You and nine hundred thousand othfor a guy who will probably ther. He seemed to think Mike would waiting er speed and jazz maniacs." in the end turn out to be just anme. ails be swell for to what one the Ritchie glanced from Sorry other crumb." other. "I could bear it if I never to prick the bubble of your conceit His mother gave him a fond smile. he drawled. heard another street car," he adshe said indulgently, "if "Darling," "You are calling me conceitedl" mitted. "But then I Just happen to you are referring to the fact you was She Kathleen. conscious prefer crickets to night club croongasped haven't as yet made any startling ers. And I'm fed up with being elagain of a devastating desire to toward a future, you must bowed. I'd even like to watch the puncture his abominable cocksure- - progress remember how young you are." moon rise once without being told by ness. "Listen," she said passionate Jaird's clean-cu- t profile some policeman to step ly, "you may look like Clark Gable and his blue eyes looked a sharpened little hagon it" and maybe a thousand girls have gard. "I'm old enough to hate beAnd then Hulda announced that told you so, but you don't register he muttered under with me. You haven't from the first ing wetnursed," dinner was served. And Mike presented his arm to Mrs. Newsum And anyway." she added, "what his breath. But Shirley heard. She did not with a flourish that brought a could you do for a living here? Or lift her eyes. She could, however, to her mouth. well as as rich handsome are pursed you pleased simper see Jaird's clenched hand quiver Kathleen realized that she was praca and lady killer?" on the edge of the table beside her. He flushed. tically forced on Ritchie Graham for "No, I'm not rich. a dinner partner. He had until then And I'm not a lady killer. Believe It was no news to Shirley that Jaird was goaded almost to the breaking ignored her. And even after they it or not women and I get along were seated at the table he continswell apart And my face is not point "It seems to me," announced ued his heated argument with Mary my fortune. Thank God. If you must In dogmatic tones, "that Kathleen Etta. Kathleen had been prepared know, I'm free lancing. Doing i if a woman has any sense she will to squelch him the moment he series of articles which I'll proba pick her a desirable husband first opened his mouth. But it was a litbly never sell. Doing them exactly and fall in love with him aftertle unsettling when he appeared to as I please. And your father's giv ward." have forgotten her existence. ing me desk space in his office for Mike sniggered and Kathleen She talked elaborately to Blake a negligible sum and the stimulation Newsum and fumed Inwardly and of my society. I understand you scowled at him. wished she were less naggingly "Is that how you intend to do it?" come down every day to do the so aware of the arrogant black head ciety column, so I'll be seeing you. Inquired Ritchie Graham with an of the man to her left It didn't help "I don't believe you'd be happy amused laugh. "Yes." said Kathleen thickly. "If tier temper any that the rest obvishe said in a funny quiver here," Even ask me, it's all phooey, this ously found him attractive. you voice. Laura smiled when he told about ing"Don't you, Kathleen?" love racket and letting it make a of you. I'm sure being ordered to move on by a dumb Her name was like music on his screaming idiot traffic cop the day he stopped in St I'd hate being some man's domestic A wild sweet song that strained lips. Louis to view the Sphinx on the top slave. Just for the sake of a few her heart A little blindly Kath of the civil courts building which he at kisses. They always seem to dry from the leen turned away urgency had driven four hundred miles to up after the honeymoon. Haven't his of eyes. see. noticed? And then where are you "No," she said very distinctly. "I tell you." he insisted, "the big you? Sold! For a gob of romance. city is death to individuality or IniOnly the romance has gone to seed CHAPTER VII tiative. Kids grow up warned to or petered out or something. But keep off the grass, forbidden to you've got to go on slaving for friend At the other end of the table. touch the flowers in the park, herded life senhusband, because it's like cattle in pens on the way to the Laura regarded har younger daugh. tence." "Not necessarily," remarked Tom slaughterhouse. And at twenty or ter. She thought Kathleen had nevyounger they develop into first class er looked prettier. There was I dryly, and looked at Mary Etta. gangsters and thugs. My God, how Same in her cheeks and start In her "There's always Reno." can they help it?" Laura felt as if the words had "Sixteen years ago," said Mike, bruised her. But Mary Etta mere"I told the editor of a Chicago newsly shrugged. "Thank heaven," chuckled Mike. paper he could take his old Job and jump Into the lake with it be"I couldn't pay for a divorce if cause I was done with being pulled Laura wanted one. It's Just another one of these newfangled gadgets monkey on a chain," abou. like Ritchie gave him a frankly enviyou'll have to do without, old lady." ous glance. "Do you know the last (TO BE COTIXLFD CHAPTER VI Sewing Circle Needleeraft Dept. St. Saa Francisco, Calif. Enclose 15 cents in coin for Fat-ter-n No........... whis- LTD O J CD U 0 red-bloo- d, Nam Address Pt Jisk Me Jlnother 0 d Y A General Quiz The Questions What is a chuck-wil- l' When it's 11 a. m. in Omaha, what time is it in Galveston, Texas? 3. Where are the Plains of Abraham? 4. What does'a mace symbolize in legislative houses? 5. How does the world's record for running and ice skating 10O ' yards compare? 6. Who did Sir Walter Raleigh plot to place on the British throne in place of James I? 7. In what state is Harper's Ferry, the scene of John Brown's, raid in 1859? 1. 2. IASY stitchery a little time and this appealing panel is ready to be hung up a brightener for any room. Even the beginner will find this simple and pleasant to do. red-brow- high-strun- contains a transfer pattern 117 Minna Continued 'Father's here," Kathleen 2797 of a 15 by 20 Inch hanging; Illustrations of stitches; color chart; materials re quired. Send your order to: Signal Code There's one girl and one man who are breaking my heart. By KATHLEEN NORRIS wants to be PAMELA works a lawyer's office; she maintains a bachelor-gir- l establishment with another girl; she is 26, pretty enough, smart above the average, but not popular. "My manner isn't shy, because take good care it shan't be," "But way deep writes Pamela. down in I'm shy. I know men like my looks, but a lot of them are shy, too, I guess except the married ones. The only attention I've ever had is from married men, and that doesn't mean much. The younger men in our office, and I could fall in love with at least three of them, will stop at my desk to dictate a letter, ask me if I've seen this picture or that, recommend a good murder story if they see a book on my desk, and then pause by some other girl's desk for three or lour words that drive me perfectly mad with be wilderment and I suppose jealousy. I mean they will say to some really woman, 'Fun at that crazy restaurant last night wasn't it?' or 'Crazy about the new hairdo, or "How about Tuesday, honey?' Too Tense Among Men. "Why don't they do that td me? But of course I know why. I know I'm stiff, awkward, stupid with men. I clear my throat and get red and say things I don't mean to them. My clothes are right but they're just a little TOO right. Clean, neat, dowdy, correct When I ought to shut up I giggle and chatter and when I ought to break a silence I can do nothing but swallow But girls like me, and stammer. and I know I amuse them, and as I say married men always seem to understand me and I can talk to them. "Now, what I can't understand," the letter goes on, "is the sort of girl who attracts men and always has lots of attention. They seem to make no effort Brainless little fools who can't spell are trotting off for lunch with the nicest men in the office; murmuring and blushing and having a glorious time. Resents Being Overlooked. "There's one I didn't mean to get this far, but I may as well admit it-ts one girl and one man who are breaking my heart. The man is my immediate boss, but in a corporation as enormous as this that doesn't mean he's so very high. But he's sweet and big and clean and amart and I like him terribly. The girl is named Lola, she's an uneducated, noisy little thing with badly dyed hair in a wild mop, but whatever she is or isn't he likes her, and she can actually play fast and loose with the dates he tries to make with her; maybe she can go tomorrow night maybe she can't If he marries her she will wreck his life, leave him in a few years and take his child with her, and It seems as if I couldn't bear it. Why WILL men fall for girls like that, and never see other girls who really have background and education and code and the love of home and family behind them?" Well, that's an old, old problem, Pamela, and until men solve it Reno will continue to be flooded by pretty, empty-headelittle wives who think nothing of breaking vows and ruining children's lives. Girls' Uneasiness Affects Men. Your predicament is not a new one, either. You say your manner is not shy, but shy or not it is awkward and uneasy, and that infects men Instantly with something of the same discomfort. Perhaps you think too much of the 1 here' d PROBLEMS OF A STENO Both single and married men pay her attentions during working hours. Pamela is puzzled by reactions of men in the office where she works. She writes Miss Norris to ask if she says the right things to become popular with certain men. And she wonders why girls less attractive than herself, receive more attention from the most desirable men. Kathleen Norris answers Pamela with her usnal helpful advice and clarity of thought for any social problem. The International Code of Sig nals, adopted by all nations for The Ant w era marine communication in 1934, 1. A bird. (So called from its' uses 40 flags, 26 alphabetical, 10 numeral, 3 substitute flags and an note.) 2. 11 a. m. answering pennant, says Colliers 3. Canada (Quebec). Although no more than four or 4. Authority. A mace is a staff five flags are usually hoisted at a time, at least 375,000 messages or mallet. 5. The record in both cases is may be transmitted with them, all being visible through glasses, in 9.4 Identical to the split second. 6. Arabella Stuart. clear weather, for a distance of 7. New York. five miles. "D riving a cross-countr- bus is a y man-size- i job," d says Bus Driver WALTER STINSON "That's why I go for the impression you are making on them and too little of the innate qualities that your manner represents. Charm Is an elusive thing to describe, be cause it means very real qualities. it means heart soul, mind, char With acter, training, enough of these things any woman ,is equipped to face life and its changes confidently; she KNOWS she will find friends, win the man she wants, make a success of her self. Cultivate Charm. But in your case I wouldn't worry about these casual and temporary ItEAKFAST" conquests. Ignore them for the time A of Kellogg's Corn bowlful to the big being, and devote yourself Flakes with some fruit and lots of cultivation of charm. Get interestmilk and sugar. ed, genuinely, in life, and life will rOOD ENERGY! get interested in you. Charm means personal freshness. VITAMINS! MINERALS! pleasantness of manner, alert unand sympathy for derstanding PROTEINS! everyone about you. It means that when you are sitting at your desk, plus the famous FLAVOR ol . Copr. 1041 b, Kellogg's Corn Flakes that fas res t idle for a moment between tasks. feUo so good it sharpens your appetite, CpW it means that you are makes you want to eat. on with your reading you keep up current topics and keep away from d tactless controversy and expression of opinion. If you happen to be made of crusader stuff that is of course something else Good Instinct Premature Genius have crusaders rarely again; A good man, through obscurest It seldom happens that a precharm. araspirations has still an instinct of To attract the man you like to you mature shoot of genius ever one true way. Goethe. the at rives Quintilian. maturity. no But effort when visible make to to ever you get a chance speak him have something to say that will immediately draw his attention from the fact that he and that rath' er standoffish Miss Brown are actu ally talking together. Years ago a certain shy little member of my family used to start off to dances 5DIA after asking me seriously: "Tell me three things to say to my boy." Think of three things to say to yours If it is only, "Weren't you caught PEANUTS OR JUMBO In that downpour yesterday?" or, feeding peanuts to the elephant "Is this new time schedule going to b a good American custom that mean you have to take an earlier "s train from Pelham?" or "Did you probably started when hear the nice news of the Smith elephant made its historic bow m Salem, Mass., in 1796. baby?" it will answer the purpose. And if, after a monosyllabic reply Another national custom it enjoy you have to begin again, plunge in meat of the full, fine flavor of I and sister "My courageously. America's most popular cigar-K- ing were in Brooklyn when that storm Edward. For real smoking started, my mother lives over there. You know, in the Library neighborpleasure, try a King Edward today. hood. We live in town, but Mother expects us every Saturday " and so on, easily and carelessly, Just as if you were talking to a woman, until be picks up the conversation again. Act Friendly Unembarrassed. If the shy woman, who feels stiff with men, could only and tongue-tieremember that talking to a newly met man is Just like talking to a new woman acquaintance, her whole manner and attitude would change. Girls like Pamela never dread meeting other women; they know that their approach will be friendly and Like a beacon light on the height the advertiseunembarrassed. Try that same ments in newspapers direct you to newer, better friendly lack of embarrassment upon the man you want to attract, and easier ways of providing the things needed or Pamela; try it on all men. And at the same time deepen your own desired. It shines, this beacon of newspaper advercharacter into kindness. Interest untising and it will be to your advantage to folderstanding of those about you, and low it whenever you make a purchase. by the infallible magic of charm you will not only get your man. but everything else you want in the mm e. t half-smilin- loud-voice- ft A f Crownin-shiela- J for 5c, d BEACONS OF SAFETY world. , |
