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Show s FICTION rPERFE0T f t J ; JJJJj t i n"n : ""S&l come in often?" S.D, said her waiter. Miss," ,.yes.:, Every But he r.ht this-- a week, he come. dots not eat. He just-- a sits '"celia .lnudv examined her find more Saw that his skin was iuu stretched altogeuier across his high cheekbones neaun. to be in good his nair was And 1l toxic to sheep, and also whether this prac- tice will control infestations of stom- ach and other roundworms of sheep (without drenching animals individmixture was ually). The pheno-sal- t kept before sheep on pasture all the mi.u It was as if every word he spoke was scraped from the walls of his stomach, left some mark. things people needed so badly here in New York during the long lonesome months of waiting for a break that sometimes never came. "How about a coke?" she said. "A pepper-uppeas they say." He turned to the waiter, chuckling miraculously. "A pepper-upper,- " he ordered, "for the lady." Then, when the waiter had gone off and leaning closer across the white tablecloth, r, felt, The to way most folks with something who had no sell looked upon those determined to money to buy. And she said, put the waiter in his place, "I thought his face was familiar. Yes, of course! It's Freddy Malone. she said, "that I'd . Tell him," like him to join me." "Yes-a- , Miss!" For a moment after the waiter had delivered this invitation uncertfeatainty marked the man's lean ures. There was a frightened exeyes as they pression in his deep-se- t met hers. But when Celia countered with just the right degree of warmth in her own the degree one would extend to a man friend not seen in many years yet warmly rememberedhe rose and came toward her table. and she He walked unsteadily wondered if he might be intoxicated. If that explained his propped-u- p appearance of a moment ago. Then he was alongside, bowing just a little from the waist, and she was saying, "It's so good to see you again, Fred." "Yes, isn't it." he said. "Thanks for asking me over." His tones made her feel that he was hungry. It was as if every word he spoke was scraped from the walls of his stomach, left some mark. And now that he was closer she could not mistake the suffering which lined his face. It was the kind that comes to those who find themselves alone in the world's largest city when dark closes in. More than food, she felt certain, was needed here. He needed good cheer. Someone to talk with. To make the joke with. To cry with. Someone who would supply the It's "Look! like this, nice of you. Having me mean. But I can't a- I ccept" "Forget it," Celia said, trying her utmost to spare him. "I don't know about you, but I'm hungry. Let's concentrate on dinner." "Yes, of course. The dinner." "How about some sea food?" "Not for me." Re made a wry face. "I've just come from there. Maybe you took notice of my roll." "I wondered what it was." TT'S THE genuine article," he as- sured her. "A Cly ory Line freighter just brought me back from the Far East. . . . You see," he hurried on as if he had just so much time In which to tell it, "I struck it tough in Singapore. Went 'out there to work for a big oil company. It wasn't so big, because it folded a few weeks after I arrived. I was on the beach three months, broke to the wide, before I got this chance to work my way home" "Forget that now," Celia said, judging from his tones that every word must be an effort for him. "This Spaghetti Italienne sounds mighty good to me." "But I can't forget," he insisted. "And I think you should hear me out. Have you ever," he demanded, while Celia could find not a word with which to check him, "known what it is to be hungry, to starve? "Did you ever go for days with nothing but what black servants hand out at kitchen doors? Do you ll CROSSWORD PUZZLE 12 He I S 6 TV " 21 19 j2i 14 Preposition 15 Lichen 17Depnrted 18 Netherlands 10 12 brought America 9 8 7 " 17 Jenny Lind to U il 30 29 is time. There were no harmful results; in fact, the lamb crops were 3 per cent heavier than during three previous seasons when salt alone was kept in the troughs. Use of the phenothiazine-sal- t mix-- i ture also resulted in reduction and checking of worms. The sheep were heavily infested at the beginning in ewes, 1,180 worm eggs per gram of feces; in lambs, 1,700 eggs per .. A A, A "Not necessarily." "Then what?" "Had you ever thought of acting," Celia said as the waiter returned with a small silver tray containing a half dollar and three thin dimes. "You know what they say? If you can't make a go of anything else you're sure to click on the stage. And it seems to me," she added, making a fine show of waving the waiter and the eighty cents away, "that with the experience you've had knocking around the world you could put a lot of punch into playacting." He smiled broadly. "Maybe you're right. In fact, I know you're right." "What do you mean?" "Simply," he told her. "that I AM stage. I've just been putting on an act here. Rehearsing for my new I need a girl to play oppoplay site me. She's rich as all get out. Money doesn't mean a thing to her. . . . That's exactly the kind of girl you are in real life. So how about coming around in the morning to sign a contract? I'm Noel Ho- ... 23 To To monster, ern 26 28 Gain, fish Teutonic deity 29Ex-;.31 CSS- , rt Longitudinal- 35 W 39Not'-:et- 57 56 Shield Usual y Pronoun 43 Ln: of mr' t lmsebaU Ran its You may think that you alone are possession of an inferiority complex, but nine out of ten persons also have one. i No. 18 45 Weir-- Pri 8 r to MSaiir.f , 51 Ins-- , 53 Ger S'H PI.1V 55 56 of Jient Art:: i lanp Bo, ... Old T. ial the art;e NHav-.gth- sarrse relation '0 ;Kh other Jlhnetoo. r,?;n i f'.rw.ird 2 Par ,,, "to be' D"ctrir,.. Summit Attack Siberian river 7 Egyptian deity 8 Unit of work 9 Ox of Celebes ! Stp;,r:i hip 10 Dull-witte- 11 13 persons Blockade Measure of length d 16 Father 19 To escape 21 22 25 the notice of Departed Gentle push Fruit of the oak Doubly Track 27 30 32 Ait 34 Vedic fire god 36 In advance 37 Occurring in the spring 49 38 Vessel for 6 40 41 heating liquids Mountain in Armenia Innsbruck is its capital Steers 52 54 57 58 A jT f A I A To pose Greek letter What? 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Some psychologists, rather than see in the inferiority complex a perhandicap, actually look sonality upon one as a good thing. They have, indeed, dubbed it the "golden complex." because as one of their number explains, "A personality complex is the spark that disturbs the clod." What he meant was that our personality complex makes us conscious of our shortcomings, causes us to set up resolutions to Improve, to compensate for our inadequacies, and as we develop, we develop our mental and physical strengths. We really become somebody because of our complexes, don't you see? What should you do right away with yours? Analyze to see where it started and when. And then go about getting rid of It for good. ad- To obtain complete crocheting dlrec. Hons for the Starched Ruflled Dolly (Pattern No. 5478) send 20 cents in coin, your name. addresB and pattern number. 7 Name Address- - ytur name, address and pattern number. gram. In the fourth season, the worm egg count was down to 60 for ewes and 30 for lambs. On the strength of these figures, Dr. I. B., Boughton. who did the "The mixture work, concludes: eliminated the need for individual treatment in the control of stomach and other roundworm infestation." Also, he says: "There was no ill effect on the health of either the ewes or the lambs." Salt Speeds Gains In Hog Feeding Tests Hogs receiving some salt in their daily rations can gain two and one-hatimes faster than those without it, tests at Purdue university indi- cate. Average daily gain of hogs lf I Hr ASH ANOTHER J A 9; ? ? General Quiz SYhnlpS 10 The Questions What did the ancient Chinese use their long fingernails for? 2. In 1946 Americans each ate an average of how many pounds of candy? 3. To be classified as an illiterate one must be unable to read and write and at least how many years old? 4. Which tree is called 1 v fjVt ef The Answers Some of As paintbrushes. the finest Chinest art was fingernail painted. 2. Eighteen pounds per year, according to the Commerce department. 3. Ten years of age. 4. The tropical Lebbek tree is known as the . Woman's Tongue tree because of its rattling seed 1. a , the 'Zi """ con- Alarm on Freezer GROCERS 1. tongue tree? 5. The initials NB in a manuwhich received salt was 1.71 pounds, script or book mean what? while those receiving none gained 6. How big does a sea horse only .67 pounds daily. For each grow to be? 7. What is the oldest city in pound of salt consumed there were 45 extra pounds of gain. Each pound the world that is still inhabited? of salt saved $5.60 worth of feed sumed by hogs. I AT pods. 5. Note well, 6. Some never exceed one inch, others grow to be ten inches long. 7. Damascus, Syria. It was founded byUz four thousand years ?.r2 CALOX change to for the tonic on your smila eect Effirient C.nlnx tntrk tiro wnrt 1 Helps remore film... bring oat II the natural 1 ultra of roof imile. 2 A special ingredient la Caloz encourage! regular massage . . . which has a conic effect 00 gum ...helps make them firm and rosy, lone up your smile. ..with Caloxl Mad im jamout McRtuon laboratorUl, kntuhbtu) 113 ftar$ oj pbdrmatiulicai ago. in Mi S ly 33Davi;i Cop- - perfKd's wife - 49 47 46 What to 45 44 42 Starch it rather stiffly, and mire its white prettiness. SNAP! CRACKIS! AND TOP! SAY--W I4' Vird 400-yar- ing luncheon cloths. J i6T37 vest. soul!, rick-uCrochet dainty little ruffled doily for summer "pick-up- " work. It measures 12 inches across d ball of crochet cotone ton makes this treasure-piece- . iriin m nmumm breakfast cloths and outdoor J.FJS TALK pretend 24 ir win The big four or five inch fruits are done in the popular "gingham" cross stitch effect. The designs can also be used on place mats, commune 20 flranftiffiin of the handsomest sets of fNE summer tea towels you'll see; K p York?""In an office?" 5478 5486 He was an en a school boy at date. tending his first grown-u"I could get a job in Mexico. There's a fellow" "But why not try here in New ?rtftS THIS w Twfrrtfru mean." "TPHATS IT!' 1 thusiastic as Si p "Noel Howard?" Celia didn't spare the name mentioned with awe around casting offices where she had spent months trying to get a small part in his new production in any production. "Then, listen you!" she flung at him. "How about buying me another dinner right now? I couldn't eat a bit of that one for thinking I'd spent my last five dollars. . . ." 1 3 know what it feels like to be. . . ." "I can well imagine," Celia interrupted, more firmly this time. "I've heard New York is no different than Singapore if it comes to that. But let's get on with ordering now, eh?" "Yes, of course. Ordering." He sounded the least bit let down. As if he were offended by her apparent lack of interest in his story. But he bucked up as the meal progressed from soup through Spaghetti Italienne with meat sauce, as only Garibaldi's can make it, to dessert. He grew quite genial and mellow, in fact. "I must see more of you," he said. "You do me good." "We do each other good, you ward" Solution In Next Isaac. 2 Mixture for Sheep mixtures, k the price of a meal." "Then why does he come?" The waiter's attitude, Celia one. was a coldly commercial T j lt It. ana ms C10lnes were mucn too snaDDy for Garibaldi's, which was on 52nd This just around the corner from the theaWeek's tre district a place where only, the famous could afford Fiction to be shabby and where the really shabby rarely came. "Perhaps," she said, "he hasn't Capital of Egypt 6 Mountain nymph 11 Powerful foe of the Philistines , j Tests have been carried on for four successive seasons at the Texas substation, Sonora, to determine whether continued licking of , Horizontal f C Reduction of Worms And Heavier Lsmbs u&iuy for him gicing doily ui'n n y 1 Pyi'any floor. too raP'w'-'- Gay Fruit Cross Stitch Designs IrSyflv f JT Ruffled for Summer Work in ijM.ini.niii ymii mm .i. thing Celia Brandon I noticed about him was the way frs it, sne uiju6"v, ovuujui6 fce sat. ; the corner taDie across man the her menu, he had been the top .., ;,i his chair and was minute, to go sliding pr-- ,HE llll STRANGER. By JACK MOSHER I NEEDLEWORK PATTERNS The symphony of the American farm, Us cow bells, dinner bells and hog calling, soon will be joined by another sound, a distinct and alarm which is being added to the home freezer. An extensive series of tests conducted by the USDA has resulted in the Brown Instrument company developing an audible signal which will warn if home freezers cease operating. Electronic potentiometers record temperatures instantaneously and constantly at 16 points within each freezer. of the Improved construction freezer and the warning signal will result in better food protection. Reenforce 2, 4-- RICE PQ KRISPIESffWl Be sure you get America's favorite rice cereal, the one and only KelloQpt Rice Krisplesl D The mixture of ammonium salt of at the rate of .15 per cent 2,4-with 2.8 urea and fermate at the rate of 2 pounds per 100 gallons for small grains and grass is proving effective. Plow Down Cover Crop To Conserve' Moisture To save soil moisture, cover crops should be plowed down as early as possible. Cover crops, especially rye and vetch, grow fast and us-a lot of soil moisture during warm days, Iowa State agronomists point out. If plants are allowed to grow too late they will take so much moisture that, without additional rain, there won't be enough to germinate newly planted crops. Nitrogen also will be added to soil. Let's go to town tit home! what tomorrow's weather may be It fools the best NO TELLING But we do want chintz for the windows. We do need a care in the living-roopet sweeper, a new percolator, and a new And we don 't want to slosh around rainy streets to hunt them. Problem: How to thwart the weather man. Simple enoughl Let's tit down by the fireplace and read the advertisements. Here it's comfortable and snug. We'll take the newspaper page by page, compare prices, qualities, brand-nameTomorrow, rain or shine, we'll head for the store that has what we want, and home again in a jifiy. end-tabl- "Buying at Home" through the advertising columns gives you wide election, more time to decide, and satisfaction when you decide. MAKE IT ONE OF YOUR PLEASANT HABITS I |