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Sronmsuflle Herald
Established July 4 1892
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[_ Brownsville. Texas _
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Los Angeles Cal. Room 1015 New Orpheum Bldg. 846 8. Broadway.
Young Democrats Plan Organization
There are thousands of former legionnaires in Tex-
ts. They are democrats for the most part. There are
thousands of young democrats who have reached the
voting age in the years that have followed in the wake of
the World war. There is a movement on to perfect a na-
tional organization of young people’s democratic clubs in
every American commonwealth. This movement was
launched in North Carolina by Tyre Taylor executive
counsel to Gov. O. Max Gardiner. It is said to be sweep-
ing the Southland. It will be carried on in Texas by the
Hon. Hal Brennan of Laredo and Rowan Howard of Aus-
tin and democrats who think as these active'sons of Jef-
ferson on matters political.
Those who are responsible for the movement will or-
ganize a national drive in the city of Washington early
in March. There are young people’s democratic clubs in
the District of Columbia which will make the necessary
local arrangements. There will be regional organizations
formed for New England the east the south the south-
west the middlewest and the far west. It is planned by
Tyre Taylor of North Carolina “to think of the future for a
moment at the March meeting that this organization
shall have its own corps of democratic speakers who will!
go into every state in the union with expenses paid dur-
ing the campaign."
Col. Taylor is tremendously encouraged and pepped
Up over prospects for success. He believes it is easily
within the range of the possible that the young demo-
crats of the nation may play a historic part in the great
struggle which is ahead. Hal Brennan is former state
commander of the Texas legionnaires. He is enlisting the
aid of young democrats everywhere in the southwest and
Rowan Howard of Austin is just as active as the red
headed democratic leader on the banks of the Rio Grande.
Secretary Wilbur and an Oil Tariff
Secy. Wilbur of the department of interior did not
come all the wav across. He did come a part of the way.
He handed out a few scattering remarks for either a tariff
or an excess tax on foreign crude and finished products.
No\v democratic and republican senators and represen-
tatives who favor a tariff on oil express the conviction of
assured success in their drive for protective legislation.
Secy. Wilbur is not the senate. He is not the house. He
is not the president. He is the head of a great depart-
ment of the government. There is a presidential election
coming and the California educator knows how to skate
on thin ice.
Slash Irr Extra Fare Train Service Urged
Two interstate commerce commission examiners join-
ed in urging limitation of extra fare passenger service to
one-third the number of through trains operated by any
one railroad. A study shows that extra fare through ser-
vices between New York and important mid-western cities
outnumbering non-extra fare through services substan-
tially.
Harris County Leads In Poll Tax Receipts
Harris county including the city of Houston leads
all the big counties in Texas in the number of poll tax re-
ceipts for 1932. It is said the county has more than 80.-
000 qualified voters. McLennan county has a voting
strength of 18.619. the greatest it' is said in the history of
the county.
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Letter
NEW YORK — Henry Bache
Smith champion long distance
librettist of the world chuckled at
the notion that his venerable
■ Robin Hood” could still pack in
the Broadway crowds.
Smith now in his seventies and
dwelling quietly on the fringe of
Riverside Drive will probably never
be equalled for versatility of
effort or quantity of output.
Who doesn’t remember “The For-
tune Teller’ or "Foxy Quiller.” or
Rob Roy” “Countess Maritza.”
“The Highwayman“Robin Hood”
“The Spring Maid” and about a
hundred or more others?
All turned out by the eminent
Mr Smith!
“We were far from certain about
the success of Robin Hood.’ " he
recollected. “The public didn’t take
to it. Ever heard the story of how
it came to be written?
“No! Well. I had been working
on Chicago newspapers doing
drama and music reviews and some
straight reporting. I'd gone there
from m' home town which is
Buffalo Well the Gilbert and Sul-
livan stuff was all the rage. And
nn outfit known as the Chicago
Choir Company was organized to
do a road routine.
“Reginald de Koven. the com-
poser. was living in Chicago and
I knew him pretty well. I had
gone out With the Chicago troupe
and we were plaving Minneapolis
when in barged De Koven. trying
to sell his latest opera score. He
played the score on the piano and
the managers liked It. So I hap-
pened to run into him on the street
and told him I had the book of
an opera I’d like him to see. We
agreed to wait until we got back
to Chi
“And that’s how we first began
to collaborate.”
• • •
“Now we’ll get around to ’Rob-
bie. hood.*
“Eugene Field was running a
column on a Chicago paper—and
what a column that was. I used
to see him around the office a lot
and we used to talk together about
books and poems. He said that I
should get a better slant on t’.e
old ballad style of writing. So he
brought ;..e a copy of the old Robin
Hood ballads by Ritson.
"That gave me the big idea why
not a book lor a music «how with
Robin Hood a.s the hero? So I
went to work—and I had turned
out the book in three weeks! It
wasn't that I wanted to turn out
a quick job. We had no choice In
the matter. Our contract was just
about up. We . id to go at top
speed to get our work done while
the paper was still worth some-
thing.
* The Bostonians one of the most
important light opera c-oups of
the day weren't particularly keen
about the pipce—but they put it
on. And there you re. About 43
years have passed since then and
the tunes are as familiar as ever.
You can't turn on a radio program
without hearing Brown October
Alf’ or c~e of the other numbers.”
Nor can you.
Notes about personalities— Lannie
Ross one of the better radio tenors
—if i/ t among the best known—
tells me he was a Yale track star
lour years ago...He held a record
for the 440 and was Olympic games
material...He tossed over athletics
for the concert stage.
And John Fogarty the Irish
radio warbler is a Wyoming lad
...The tale goes that he ran away
from home at 18 to join the A. E.
F. in the World War... When he
came back he was a second lieu-
tenant...His voice attracted at-
tention and he's been singing ever
since.
TIS SPRING. TRA-I A
LOS ANGELES—Paul Wisegar-
ver under the influence of liquor
must have thought it was spring or
September morn. Anyway he at-
tempted a dance in the nude in a
large apartment house. Feminine
j scream- brought police who took
Paul to jail.
HOW INI'S! AL
"Good morning! I ?hould like to
pay mv income tax.”
"Weil you're the first.”
"Surely not the first to pay.”
“No. to say you'd like to. "—Pass-
ing Show.
The
Once Over
By *. X. PHXUJQP8
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The Elmer Twitchell Tax Plan
The Hon. Elmer Twitchell after ]
an exhaustive study of the tax j
proposals made in congress to date '
as the only solution to the problem
of getting the country back on a
basis where it can continue to erect
j unnecessary past offices resurface
the eleven-mile stretch of unused
I tar road in Pancake Hollow twice
a year and erect suitable memorials
to forgotten generals proposes the
following tax program:
1 — Gasoline: I propose a tax of
four cents a gallon on gasoline if
the persons in the automobile arc
on business tJt cents a gallon if
they are jus tout for air and ten
cents if they are on a necking
party. (It is ray sincere belief that
the necking tax would lift the fin-
ancial burden completely.)
2. —Air: I propose a garage
charge of five cents a % tire
for air. 50 per cent of which shall
go to the government.
3. —Water: I propose that gar-
ages and pumping stations charge
a nickel a gallon for water in the
radiator and that 50 per cent of
this be given to the government.
4. —Radiator ornaments. pin-
wheels and banners reading ’Its
Always June In Sparksburg." etc.: j
j I propose that every autolst carry-
!ng any or all of these articles be
taxed a dollar.
5. —Police Motorcycles: It is my
recommendation that these vehicles
be so taxed that they will be put
out of business
6. —Police whistles traffic lights. ;
etc.- I do favor a tax of $50 each
»ad valorem* on all police whistles
and $300 a flicker on traffic lights.
7. —Contract Bridge: I favor a
substantial le y on all contract
bridge parties payable as they
enter on tho ground the game is
becoming a pu’ilic. menace.
8- Hotel Hat Check Girls: There
can be no doubt that even a small
tax on the amount of money j
demanded by the big city hat check
bandits before you can Jt your
coat and bonnet back would bring
in millions.
9— Head Lettuce: In the present
diet craze the number of women
and girls practically living on let*
tuce leaves is amazing Here is a
taxation source the government
should not overlook.
10— Authors of Moving Picst e
‘Shorts”: I believe after seeing the
crop of short subjects now being
lots ted upon a defenseless public
In the picture houses of America
that the persons responsible should
be rounded up and taxed out of
existence. I further believe that
there should be no delay whatso-
ever.
11— Ski Jump Picture i: A tax
of a penny a foot on the newsreel
pictures of ski jumpers shown m
10 per cent of our picture houses
from Dec. 1 to February 15 would
pay the national debt and leave
enough money to re-rool th White
House.
12 —Popular Songs: 1 believe that
a tax be it ever so modest on all
songs m which the words ' love"
dove” and “abov ’ are used would
swamp the treasury with gold.
I 13.—Corkscrews: I advocate a
tax on corkscrews on the ground
that this would distribute the tax
burden as no other step possibly
could.
Candidate for the Firing Squad
A broker s clerk wit* me In wrong
Is Emil Jasper Krutch;
He phones. "The market's acting
strong—
Your stocks ar. not off MUCH!’’
• • •
Soviet Russia thinks it has found
a way to prepare rubber from the
i roots of a plant. You know the
I color?
* * *
Ignace Jan Paderewski says en-
slavement to luxury is tile cause of
the world's economic troubles.
| People have been buying their
cars their radios and even their
clothes on time.’’ laments the pro-
lessor. Unless our memory has
slipped a cog. one of the fir.t in-
dustries to introduce the "so much
down and »he rest w'hen ge get it”
idea was the piano busme .
• • •
It is clear from Mr. Paderewski’s
{ remarks tliat worldwide conditions
have begun to get m his hair.
Add simil:*: As rare as a wild
African lion that has never ap-
peared in a moving picture.
Daily Health
Talk
It has been taken tor granted
that the vltamtns contained in1
fresh fruits and vegetables were j
equally available in the canned
and preserved products or in
products modified in various ways. !
Tomatoes are available not onlv
as the fresh fruit used in salads
but also in the form of canned
tomatoes tomato juice catsup i
and tomato pulp prepared In other
ways it has been recognized from
the first that the tomato is one of
the most important resources of
vitamin C the anti-scurvv vitamin.
It is important that the public I
know.' whether or not they may
rely on any given type of tomato
for this purpose.
In order to determine the im- I
portance of canned tomatoes as
compared with fresh tomatoes so
far as concerns the prevention of
scurvy. representatives of the
Food and Drug Administration
made some studies on guinea pigs
which had been fed a diet planned
t<* produce scurvy and which wore
then fed a diet including various
types of canned tomatoes. The i
canned tomatoes concerned in-
cluded both the cold pack and
open kettle method
Green tomato pickles were pre-
pared with spice onion and pep-
per and artifically colored toma- i
toes were produced bv treating1
the green tomatoes with ethylene
Cold pack canned tomatoes were :
capable of producing a cure of
scurvy in the guinea pigs after the I
cans had been stored as long as
nine months wrhere tomatoes can-
ned by the open kettle method did
not produce complete recovery
even with larger doses Indicating
that vitamin C is lost by oxidation.
The green canned cold pack toma-
toes indicated considerable loss of
vitamin C following s‘a>rage. It
was found that tomatoes ripened
In the greenhouse were not auite 1
Out Our Way.By Williams
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so potent in vitamin C as those
ripened in the field.
Tomatoes colored red by the
use of ethylene gas also required
larger doses to produce recovery
ihan those ripened in the held.
Tomatoes ripened in dark rooms
produced recovery indicating that
the vitamin C may develop in the
tomato after It is cut from the
vine. The amount of vitamm C In
green tomato pickles was found to
be so small as to be negligiole.
Obviously exact knowledge is
needed before a conclusion can be
drawn as to the virtue of any spe-
cial type of food for the preven-
tion of what are known as de-
ficiency diseases. It is not pos-
sible to argue on the basis of the
general knowledge of the past con-
cerning the scientific knowledge of
the present.
Quotations
Americans do not understand
bemg called upon to forgive tnc-r
debts.
—Francis Powell president Amer-
ican Chamber of Commerce in
London.
• • •
I want the democratic party to
be conspicuous in avoiding discus-
sion about mere personalities.
—Newton D. Baker Democratic;
luminary.
• • •
Undergraduates are a generation
behind the times in the matter of
| slang.
—Dean Marjorie Nicholson Smith
College.
• • •
I Those hoarding currency are
probably no safer as a class than
those who keep their money in
he banks—Calvin Cooiidge.
• • •
To achieve success one must
make an attempt. «
—Louis Maria. French deputy.
• • •
I don't put in with the idea thai
•t is necessary to have experienced
every emotion in order to portray
them all.
—Dorothy Jordan movie player
• • •
It is the simple duty of any
American to serve in public posi-
tion if called upon
—Franklin D. Roosevelt governor
of New York.
• • •
There is no crisis in Europe.
—George Bernard Shaw.
• • •
Authors should be read and not
seen or heard.
—Edna Ferber.
TODAY IB TUB ^
Anniversary :
INXSBRICK RAIDED
On Feb. 20. 1818. Allied aviator*
raided and bombed the Austrian
town of Inasbruck scoring many
direct hit* and killing many Aus-
trian soldiers.
German troops continued their
advance into Russian territory
despite the announcement by
Moscow that Russia was ready to
submit. 1
In Champagne French troops
broke through to the third Ger-
man line of defense on a front of
nearly a mile. More than 150
prisoners and several machine
guns were captured.
Oerman forces on the western
front augmented by constantly
arriving divisions from the .2H*sia;
zone were very plainly preparing
a tremendous blow at the Allied a
UIn* Palestine. British forces
drove the Turks back more than
three miles east of Jerusalem
Barbs
Japan may drop out of the Lea-
gue of Nation* Maybe with refer-
ences and a little pull Japan would
allow us to take Its place.
• • •
Oklahoma sent 15 more state
guardsmen Into the oil fields. Al-
falfa BUI Isn't going to be kept off
page one by any Oriental fracas.
i i #
In fact if this Slno-Jap trouble
gets much worse. Alfa if a BUI may
have to do something rash; like de-
claring the business curve depends
on bustles.
» • •
A Chicago surgeon savs Ameri-
can boys and girls are crazy for a
good time a lot of stock market
Investors have found out they were
crazy for nothing at all.
• • •
Twenty years ago the automoblfta
had no accessories. Those were the»
days when a man *^!d a girl they!
were out of gasoline .'he had to be-
lieve him.
• • •
The man mho said the automobile
of 20 years ago had no accessories
probably overlooked the back seat
driver.
• • •
A Pennsylvania astrolorer pre-
dicta blizzards cold weather and
floods Gosh! Will Gov. Pine hot
permit that?
• • •
The man who icrote “Alice !n
Wonderland” m-ould have a lot more
material today—now that every-
1 body's in It.
• • •
Warships from three nations
responded to the revolt in San
Salvador Well first come first
served.
• • •
Bruenlng says Germany's r.oe
is Hitler’s fault. At least he can't
1 blame it on prohibition.
BEf.n HERE TODAY
Reautlful F.LLEY IIOSSITER. a
anl.-sgirl In Uarrlny's Department
• tore llvea with her mother
MOLLY KOSSITKH. her elder sla-
ter. MYRA. and her yunnx brother.
KIKE* Molly h:«* fiMlpatfd n
fortune left l.y their father and
the sirla support the family.
Molly foolishly spreads money
anted to pay the rent. Ellen de-
rides to work nlKiitu at Dream-
land ns n hostess until the sum
Is made up. The hostesses must
wear evening dresses and Ellen
has none. STEVEW It All! LAY. 67
nrd her employer lends her a
dress. She forget* hi* kindness
when nt Drraintnnd she meets
handsome I. % It It Y II tllRon.
G ATE an artist. Later Ellen dis-
rover* Lnrry Is engaged to be
married. Kten though she thinks
him a philanderer she eoatinura
to see him.
Myra and Solly openly favor
Errrlay. Ellen quarrel* with
them. Then MHS. IIOMIY a store
Xossip. spreads scandalous stories
of Barclay's attentions to Ellen
and she determines to see him no
more. Molly telephones that a
guest Is eornlnx to dinner but
does not supply the name of this
Kuest. Ellen supposes It to be
BERT AKMMEAD. her sisters
Saner.
WOW GO OY WITH THE STOItY
CHAPTER XVI
IIAT evening as Ellen entered
the shabby Brooklyn apartment
house *lie felt a great peace stealing
over her. The lobby was uncarpet-
eel. the tiled floor was by no means
clean tho treads of the stairs had
been worn by many feet. As usual
Mrs. Claucy popped open her door to
see who bad come In. Surely there
was nothing visible here to induce
happiness but the girl felt an odd
lift of spirit. This was home. She
had left the store behind. For 12
hours she need not think of It. She
had stepped out of the ugly and
complicated life she led there to re-
turn to a life of her own'.
She was tired and she was com-
ing home. She wa3 glad even that
she was not that night to see Larry
Harrowgate. Tonight she wanted
only Myra and her mother and baby
Mike with loyal stodgy Bert serv-
ing as a comfortable background.
A leisurely supper afterwards a
bath and maybe a shampoo if she
felt like it—a delightful way to
spend an evening thought Ellen.
She reached the fifth floor un-
locked the door and stepped into the
Rossiter living room. She stopped
at the threshold gasped. What had
happened to that beloved familiar
room? Since morning it bad
changed startlingly miraculously.
Everything about It had been
changed. The worn carpet was
gone. The floor had been polished
and was covered nowr with summer
scatter rugs. The familiar contour
of the furniture was lost beneath
smart slip covers In gray and
orange. Curtains of the same gray
and orange material fluttered at
the windows. New pewrter ash
trays twinkled from the mantel
cleared for once of Mike's school
books. A new bridge lamp bloomed
beside the easy chair. Everywhere
were flowers.
What happened? As she ran Into
the dining room Ellen thought con-
fusedly that perhaps her English
grandfather had died and remem-
bered them in his will. Perhaps
the dreams that colored her child-
hood bad at last come true.
• • •
TN the dining room a colored maid
polished heavy silver finger
bowls. The table decked in new
linen flaunted a centerpiece made
of Steven Barclay’s roses tall and
i splendid in a silver vase. New
rugs and curtains here. too. The
.maid glanced at Ellen exposed
white teeth.
“What are you doing here?" the
girl demanded in astonishment.
"I wuk here.”
Ellen dashed Into the kitchen.
The kitchen was not changed. Molly
turned around from the stove and
j smiled at her.
“Were you surprised honey?” she
asked in a gale of merriment and
high spirits.
“What in the world has happened
anyhow?”
“We re giving you your chance—
.that's what's happened." Molly
crowed. *’i'd never have known how
| to manage but Mrs. Clancy told me
bow to borrow money on the insur-
ance. I've had the most exhausting
. day. It took a long time to get the
i money and since then I've spun like
a top.”
“Have we both gone crazy? What
are you talking about?”
“You'll see.” Molly was con
vuised with mysterious laughter.
From downstairs the doorbell
rang imperatively. Ellen in a con-
fused daze answered its summons.
I “Go and see who it is” Molly
commanded mysteriously.
As she ran back through the din
ing room Ellen noticed that the
painting of her grandfather which
had been stored since her father’s
death was in place on the wall. She
reached the outer door and jerked
it open.
Coming up the stairs was Steven
Barclay.
“I'm afraid I'm early” were Bar-
clay’s flm words. “Your mother
said seven.”
Ellen as she stood shabby and
beautiful in the doorway suddenly
understood everything. By "her
chance” Molly had meant Steven
Barclay. It was not the time—
j though her mother to do her Jus-
tice could not have known that—
to Invite Steven Barclay as a guest.
It was indeed not the place into
which to introduce a millionaire.
The makeshifts so delightful to
Molly did not improve the down-at-
heel apartment: they succeeded
only In emphasizing the essential
I poverty of its occupants. But hos-
pitality deep rooted and instinctive
triumphed over lesser considera-
tions in Ellen's mind.
Ellen stepped into the hall to
greet her unwelcome visitor sa
warmly that he should never guess
that he was not a welcome one. He
was leaning against the iialustrade
exhausted by the long climb. His
face was so white that for a moment
Ellen feared he would faint. She
had enough understanding not to
.%
'mention his palpable weariness;
enough understanding to keep silent
until he made a gallant recovery.
“It’s good of you to come." she
said at last extending her slender
• brown hands.
Seeing him rally his forces for a
reply she had a sudden flashing
memory of Larry leaping up the
stairs and shouting breathless and
foolish nonsense.
“I'm glad you think so" Barclay
said.
• • •
U’LLEN’ noticed then hesitating
on the landing a uniformed
chauffeur ladeu with florist boxes
three of them. As he caught his
employer's eye he came forward.
“Oh you shouldn't have.” Ellen
exclaimed helplessly. “We’ve so
many roses now—"
She ‘opped suddenly.
“Yes I know I shouldn't have."
Barclay agreed. “But you've no
idea how I enjoyed myself. There's
a box for each of yon—for your
sister and your mother and the pink
roses are for you."
And then they entered the living
room and Molly fluttered in from
the kitchen and began exclaiming
^over the boxea and recklessly tear-
• icg them open until the room was a
carnival of color. There vu a
I smudge of flour on her pretty tilted
nose but she was far too excited to
be conscious of her appearance.
“I feel as though I don't need an
| introduction to you at all." she bub-
: bled shaking hands with the guest
| "Ellen has told us so much about
you."
Molly’s eyes and her daughter’s
flashed t -ether. Ellen did not
know what to do; she felt complete-
ly helpless. What could she say?
There was no denying that Barclay
seemed pleased.
"Well" be was saying. "I hope
they were all nice things."
“Of course they were” Ellen re-
plied a shade stiffly.
"Darling could you get vases for
the flowers?” Molly interposed toss-
ing aside layers of silky paper and
filling her arms with sweet purple
lilacs.
Ellen concealed her reluctance at
leaving her mother and her em-
ployer together and left the room.
When she returned she found Molly
her lap overflowing with flowers
chattering like mad to Barclay. She
was talking about the English Ros-
siters “direct connections of ours
you know.” Ellen understood now
the reason for the portrait In the
dining room. She was both an-
noyed and amused at her mother's
childish vanity.
Although Steven waa Interested.
Ellen was exceedingly cross. She
relieved Molly of the fragrant bur-
den and arranged the lflaca the
rreamy camilllas and the pink rosea
in the already crowded room. What
would Steven Barclay thluk of
them? Surely he could see that her
mother was trying to impress him;
surely he could guess the reason.
Ellen was too young to know that
Steven was thinking nothing of the
sort He was indeed thinking that
he bad never been In such a charm-
leg such a friendly place. Molly's
very wiles were too transparent to
seem vicious or grasping.
"You’ll Just have to make yourself
at home” Molly urged rising. "We
live so simply that I ra afraid I'll
i have to take my little Fiji away
from you. She's the only good cook
in the house."
• It
AUDACIOUSLY Molly twined her
** arms about Ellen and drew the
■ girl's rigid body close. Ellen knew
her mother expected her to say
i something pretty something deprec-
atory and graceful. But she said
nothing at all.
"Perhaps you'd like a magazine."
Molly suggested hurriedly when
Ellen's stubborn silence was begin-
ning to be embarrassing. Then she
cried out. relieved. "But there's a
key! It must be my older daugh-
ter Myra and her fiance. They'll
keep you entertained."
M>ra and Bert dusty and hot.
came through the dining room and *
into the living room. Both were
plainly flabbergasted at Barclay's
presence. There were more Intro
ductlons. There were more excla-
mations over the flowers. There
was more of Molly’s ecstatic foolish-
ness. There was more laughter.
Ellen maintained control until
she reached the kitchen but when
the kitchen door swung to after her
and Molly she w- in a state of
towering rage so angry she was in-
coherent. Never in her life had
Ellen been so angry.
"I don't know what you’re talk-
ing about.” Molly said in a tone
which she hoped would be bold but
which was Instead anxious and
frightened.
"Can’t you see how unfair you’ve
been to-me?” cried Ellen trying
to be patient. •” »V* borrowed
money on our Ins ance which ie
the only thing that stands between
us and complete ruin. You've put
me in a false position with the man
I work for. What sort of Impres-
sion do you think you've given Mr.
Barclay of all of us?"
‘lie likes us. I know he does!
If only you hadn’t stood there like
a stick and left everything to me.
Ellen Rossiter I'm ashamed of you!
I thought my own daughters know
better what was due a guest."
That was Molly’s way. Ellen felt
agaiu th.t mood of Intense helpless
ness. She saw Molly was convinced
that ’though she herself might
have been slightly at fault Ellen's
faults f outweighed her own.
Tears were gather ng in tbo black
thick-fringed eyes. Molly would
forget that she had been even
slightly at fault. She would only
sobblr.gly rememh that she had
given her whole Ke to her daugfc-
ters. cruel and unappreciative
daughters who never remembered
what she had done for them.
"AH right mother." the girl said
with a heavy sigh. "You were right
and I was wrong. Let's get busy
at the dinner now."
i (To Be Continued)
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