Show THE OGDEN if n Y y£ jl t VVN i t ' - - K - 'i Pis 4 ' 1928 Si a owe M J l ill m - ft M' J"rJ mi v XV 12 - Romance Is a Greater Problem at Sixteen Than It Is at Sixfy Observers Learned From the Strange Case nf "Charmihff Chuch r i '1 c 1 1 K ? I J iridic y ii SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER R 99 f 1I J r aoi y s 41 STANDARD-EXAMINE- y 7 "Her head was pillowed on 5? her school books and near her outstretched hand V lay the two notes tear-staine- ! I- - ? 5 i i i 11 1111' sill llll llll "her Chuck" In 'the roomy Dolores Malcher Known to Her Fellow Students at Isli II J5 5 llll Sill llll HII front seat and wondered liow any mere mortal could pos- ' sibly be so hafJpy4 For she was riding the crest of the wave of emotional enchantment and "Lamb's Lettuce" (her new name for "Chuck") was the' cause of it all The meetings during school hours became more frequent Tand ' finally Audrey decided that she 'must curtail her clandestine meetings with Pete She liked him well enough but she djdn't love him like fTaffytop" loved "Lamb's Lettuce" Accordingly of the Audrey was not along on some f surreptitious auto rides Dolores' studies did not jnirror her lack of application Naturally bright she found it quite easy to keep up wih her class by a minimum" of study and her parents were entirely satisfied with her progress and t her reports- - Also they noticed her increased vivaciousness and joy put it down to youthful exuberance and i smiled As the week3 passed Tennes grew worried at the unabated seriousness Although displayed by "Tanytop" perhaps he was not as wise in th ways of the world as he anight have been he realized that poor Dolores was in for a great shock when the And it must end he affair ended knew for he and his wifes were getting along very well together and he was not going to divorce her for "Taffy top" Mel "Chuck" on the Beach Where He Beat Her Swimming and Won Her Heart Waller High school as Taffy lopw Caught in the Grip of a Great Lnve She Sought lielief in Death j LOVE is vastly more serious at sixteen! than it at sixty I six-cylind- er §4 8 III 111I 1 Nil 111' ss 1 s I IP 111 r II 1 y it III lief llll mi was-Dolore- V 4 '' 5 This is the conclusion of Chicago (citizens who recently iiad an i opportunity to observe an absorbing example in point the case of Dolores Malcher youthful and vivacious hich school student who caught in the grip of a great love which was frustrated ' by convention chose the mysterious path which lead3 down into the Valley of the Shadows as a way out of her difficulties The love of the sixteen-year-ol- d Dolores for her thirtyfone-year-ol- d charmer wa3 modern up to trimthe hilt It had the the high bore It of stamp mings school campus the imprint of the comic page and epitomized the spirit of the "Jazz Era" Yet beneath it3 froth of irrepressibility it was serious so desperately serious sin fact that many Chicago parents have been frightened into a new sense of their responsibility ' Few of the youthful swimmers who crowded Chicago's Oak Street Beach last Summer and defied the city's cruel heat in the cooling water of the lake were more at home inr their bathing DoMalcher suits than lores was a junior atji Waller High She was the daughter of Otto School Malcher a commercial artist of No 302 West Goethe Street and she was one of the most popular students of her class v Dolores was the "outdoor type" She was pretty and she excelled at sports When not studying she usually was found hiking swimming or romping with her friends It was at the beach that she met Charles Tennes thirty-on- e years old and married Tennes was a politician a Republican precinct captain and his duties allowed him to live in leisurely fashion He was a good swimmer and spent much time at the beachi Also he had a car and when so inclined drove about the city or along the lake shore Tennes challenged Dolores to a swimming race and he beat her That evening Dolores confided to her chum her great respect for Audrey Helm ' Tennes There followed other meetings at the beach Usually Dolores was accompanied by Audrey Sometimes she was not Generally the respect engendered by Tennes' triumph as a swimmer turned into love Outwardly it was Dolove of the High School variety lores called her charmer "Chuck" He notes called her 'TafiTytop" and in to him she signed herself "Billiken" Only Dolores realized the seriousTo love ness of her sixteen-year-ol- d Tennes the affair was an "interesting As the season Summer flirtation" wore on Dolores became more intense than ever Tennes sensed this but paid little attention to it One morning he happened to be accompanied to the beach by his wife Mrs Ada Tennes They met Dolores and "Chuck" immediately Introduced the women This introduction to "Mrs Charles Tennes" brought a rippling silvery is ' When "Chuck" Showed fTaffytop" a Picture o! His Wife the Girl Refused to Believe He Was Married and Insisted That He Must Be Joking " 1 1 1 1 and crumpled1 d 'iv 11 1'7s S s 'laths QaxShH h ! Taffytop" meanwhile refused to Dolores be- lieve that "her Chuck' was married When the subject was broached t she cither turned a deaf ear ot jokingly insisted that he must procure a She simply would not! bedivoree lieve that' "her Chuck" helonge to 'someone else and that's all there was s p V a 1 if ! A to itfc Finally Tennes decided to end the The best way and the easiest he way thought would be to sstop He had a con-- ! seeing "Taffytop" decided and f erence with Pete called they "Chuck" on that when Dolores 'the telephone the latter always would 1 affair " - - - ' Pete lived with Tennes and his wife and so he agreed to answer the 'whenever he was at home Dolores called that evening and- had She was sorry that a chat with Pet "Chuck'V was not home ' and disap- the opportunity pointed at not having sue naa nouaea to talk with him out - - The next day she called as usual r Blrs Ada Tennes "Chuck's" Wife Who Was Introduced to Dolores "Taffytop Off However and Kefused to i Laughed thai Introduction Believe That "Her Chuck" Was Married : only to receive the same answer This continued for several davs by which time it became apparent to Do- lores that something wa3 wrong Finally early one morning she de- termined to take the bull by the She called Tennes' homet and howis pete answered the telephone Is this is 'Taffytop "Pete -- cfcurcK' home'" Jrete repiieu! mai leunea wasi ouw "Listen Pete this i3 awfully imIs it true that 'Ghuck' i3 portant! married?' "Taffytop" with si V bated sub-telepho- ended-althoug- ne h illusions "All right Pete Thanks a lot!" And Dolores hung up "Taffytop" had a rendezvous that ox morning which Kept ner ou She carried her books hut school her feet dragged and 'were heavy as she turned from her accustomed route into the street which led" to the home of her friend Audrey Thre would be no one at the Helm home Dolores knew and she also knew where Mrs Helm secreted the key so that Audrey might get in when ahe returned from school Dolores found the key and entered In --the ghostly the Helm kitchen stillness of the empty house she' sat 'down to pen a last message to her sweetheart and one to her dearest To "Chuck" t she wrote friend T 3t hr are you V she teased married "Well you'll just have to Tennes Because I get a divorce that's all want vou for myself!" She wagged a cautioning finger at "Chuck" and laughed happily "Sure I'll get a divorce" said And Tennes in the spirit of jest then they turned their attention to other things With the Fall came the time for But Dolores to return to school those weeks of crisp Autumn days were among the happiest in her life She stood high in her studies and won new popularity among the students at Waller High And a3 she walked home after school arm in arm with Audrey Helm she dreamed those dreams which only youth dares 'waited breath to hear the answer to the Question which she dreaded to voice "yes he is Taffytop " replied He had decided that the pete h terfuge must be hated to "shatter Dolores' roseate Efcnply: "Oh Chuck' honey I love yon 1 I :Your love you! Good-by- e Taffytop ' Billiken" It was her letter to Audrey which signified the depth and greatness of her love her lack of bitterness and her profound disappointment with life which had snatched - the sweets from her lips iust as she was tasting them To Audrey she wrote: an' " : - - Taffytop's" Last Messages to Her Sweetheart and Her Dearest Friend The One' to Audrey Gives Some Glimpse of the Greatness of Her Love In her dreams she was Mrs She and "her Charles Tennes Chuck" visited the romantic fcpots of the earth together dreamed together and she wa3 completely happy in her own world of make-belieFinally her desire to see more of "Chuck" became too strong to be denied "Chuck" had a friend Pete Stanford and Dolores and Audrey made a "date" to meet Pete and "Chuck" during school hours Both children ostensibly started for school but instead of arriving at Waller High they met the two men on a corner and the four drove around in Tennes' machine This stolen joy was doubly sweet and Dolores was the best of good fellows as she snuggled down besidi - 4 to face - -- ve - "Dear Audrey: "Try to keep his name out of it a? much as' possible- Forgive me I Please deliver his couldn't help it note through Pete It's the last thing - " I'm asking of you so f Love and I'll see you over there "TAFFYTOP" Some hours lateto the Iceman making a delivery at Che Helm home found Dolores She was lying peacefully on the kitchen floor dead Her head was pillowed upon her school books and near her outstretched hand lay the two' The jets "of the gas and crumpled stove were open and the room was J y y s At Uftt f Norman Malcher "TaffytopV Brother and i(right) Otto Malcher Her Father as They Appeared ' Malcher Wlien They Received New of Dolores Sacri fice for Love The Elder ' t Is President of a Firm of Commercial Artists in Chicago ' - 0 HrmvP Fttar Strrtt - notes-tear-staine- -- filled with gas Thu3 ended the tragic tale Taffytop" who died for love! of Mlt - ' |