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BUT PEBIBTICAS SEALS
THE CAROLINA TIMES
AMtmCAl OUTiTAMmN* AOVIfOR ON UM
IN Uil: SHADOW
1 THh STARS
.PfIOSUEMt
R. C. B« — I love a girl and has the dance orche«tfa ’b right there
told her number* of She in your city and ask for an inter-
proraiBe4 that we would get mar-^ view—contact them constantly un
tied. Btjt now all she thinks about | til you are given a break. Also sinij
is having purtieai good times, and i^ith any of the orchestra’g who
frolicking. Tell me Sir if you think [will allow it without pay until you
I should manry this girl as I have can be noticed. This of course
to work and can’t stay out all
night every nighi.
Ansi Haybe yon had better put
off marriage for a while. Let the
girl get fed ap with her gay night
life before eonsidering marriage.
Yoa are right—jon can’t woii and
stay out all night, and neither can
you maintain a comfortable home
whfen yrm spend it all ia picture
shows, niji^ht chibs, and 4aaoe
floonh Let her play along and you
start savijjBr yo«r money—but do-
not consider yourself engaged foe
it is most likely that you may
change your mind before you are
in. a position to marry.
‘ M. C.•£.'T.My ambition is to
get a job. sinking with a big dance
band. Tell me^what to do f
would have to be done at night or
during your spare time. Contact
various choruses and theatre en
tertainers that come to your local
theattes and ask for a chance to
prove your talent. If you are sin
cere in wanting to sing—you prob
ably can realize this ambition since
you are so talented.
NATIVE SON
- F. R. C. — I have a good job
and have to work to support iny j (
mother. Recently she ‘ became ill
and she wants me to stop w^rK
and stay at TTome and be with her
Would this be the thing for me to
dof
Ans: Hardly not since you arc
her soul support and you do not
have the money to finance her re-
covery unless you work .If neces-
i’Ans :.(3ct 4n touch with some of sary plaSe her in the hospital until
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An alarm clock clanged in the
dark and silent room. A bed spring
creaked. A womafa*a voice sang out
impatiently:
“Bigger, shut that thing off!”
A surly grunt sounded above
the tinny ring of nietal. Naked feet
swished dryly across the planks in
the wooden floor and the clan,'?
ceased abruptly.
“Turn on the light, Bigger.
“Awright,” came a sleepy nium-
ble.
Light flooded the room and re
vealed aj)lack boy standing in a
narroT^ space between two iron
beds, rubbing his eyes with the
backs of his hands, l^om a bed to
his right the woman spoke again:
Buddy, get up from there! I
got a big washing on my hands to
day and I want you-all out of
here. ”
Another l^ck boy rolled from
bed and stood up. The woman also
rose and gtood in her nightgown.
‘*Tum your heads so I can
dress,” she said..
The two boys averted their eyes
and gazed into a {ar corippr of the
room. The woman rushed, out of
her nightgown and put on a pair
of stepins. She tnrtied to the bed
from which she had risen and call
ed :
“Vera! Get up from there.-j
“What time is it Mat” askeu «
muffled, abolescent voice from be
neath a quilt.
“Get up from there, I say!”
“O.K., Me..”
A brown-skinned girl in a cotton
gown got up and stretched her
armp above her head and yawned.
Sleepily, she sat on a chair and
fumbled with her stockings. The
two boys kept their faces averted
while their mother and sister put
on enough clothes to keep thejn
from feeling ashamed: and the
mother and sister did the same
while tTie boys dressed. Abi’uptly,
they nil paused, holding their
cloliu - in their hands, their atten
tion caught by a light tapping in
the thinly plastered walls of the-
room. They forgot their conspiracy
she has improved—else get a nur«e
to stay with her regularly. She is
sick and doesn’t realize that yon
must keep your job if she is to get
I the things she needs. In this case
[do not humor her, but see that she
is properly looked after while you
are away at work. Talk to her doc
tor on the subject also.
R. O. M. — My hnsbnnd and I
have^ been parted for abont two
months. Now he is away and wants
to know do I want to come to him.
Should I go or write back and tell
him to send for me or neither? I
wish you would Kelp nie get my
self straieht.
Ans; Answer your husband and
tell him to send you the inoney to
join him—you lovo him—he loves
jyou^ why should you let a little
I disagreement come between you
/and your married happiness. Swal
low your pride, and get in touch
with him immediately. Both of you
need a few lessons on how to con
trol your temper.
against shame and their eyes stay
ed apprehensively on the floor.
“There he is again, Bigger!”
the woman screamed, and the tiny,
oneroom apartment galvanized into
violent action. A chair toppled as
the woman, half-dressed and in her
storking feet, scrambled breatli-
lessly upon the bed. Her two .son=!,
barefoot, stood tense and motion
less, their eyes searching axiousdy
under the bed and chairs. Th(* girl
ran into a corner, half-stooped anl
gathered the hem of her slip into
both of her hands and held it tight
ly over her knees.
“Oh! Oh!” she wailed.
“There he goes!” *
“Bigger, he’s behind the
trunk!” the gii’l whimpered.
“Vera!” the woman screamed.
Get up here on the bed! Don’t
let that thing bite yon!”
Frantically, Vera elimed up on
the bed and the woman caught
hold of her. With their arms en
twined about each other, the black
mother and the brOwn daunrhtc*
gazed open-mouthed at the trunk
in the corner.
Bigger looked round the roo’ii
wildly, then darted to a curtain
and swept it aside and grabbed t\ro
heavy iron skillets from a wall
above a gas stove. He whirled and
called softly to hia” ‘brother, his
eyes glued to the trunk.
‘ “Buddv!”
“Yeah?”
“Here: take this skillet.”
“O.K.”
“Now. get over bv the door!”
“O.K.”
Buddy crouched by the door and
held the iron skillet by its handle,
his arm flexed and poised. Save
for the quick, deep breathing of
the four people, the room was
quiet. Bigger crept on tiptoe to
ward the trunk with the skillet
clutched stifly in his hand, his eycsf
dancing and watching every inen
of the wooden floor in front of
him. He paused and, without lov
ing an eve or nniscle called:
“Buddv!”
“Hunh?”
“Put that box in front of tlie
hole so/he can’t get out!”
“O.K.”
Budny ran to a wooden box and
shovei it quickly in front of a gap
ing hoN^in the molding and then
backed again to -the door, holding
the skillet ready. Bigger eased to
the trunk and peered behind it cau
tiously. He sa\^ nothing. Carefully,
he stuck out his bare foot and
pushed the trunk a few inches.
“There he isjl” the mother
screamed again. /
A huge black rat squealed and
leaped at Bigger's trouser-leg and
snagged it in his teeth, hanging on.
‘ ‘ (i—I !’ ’ Bigger whisix'red
fiercely, whii-ring «nd kicking out
his leg wMth all the strength of his
body. The force of his movement
shook the rat loose and it sailed
through the air and struck a wall.
Instantly, it rolled over and leap-
again. Bigger dodged and the rat
landed against a table leg. Wiih
clenclied teeth, Bigger held the
skillet; he was afraid to hurl if,
fearing that he might miss. The
rat squeaked and turned and ran
in a narrow c’rcle, looking fof a
place to hide; it leaped again past
Bigger and scurried on dry rasping
feet to one side of the b‘03T and
then to the other, searching for the
hole. Then it turned and reared
upon its hind legs.
“Ilit ’ini. Bigger” Buddy shout-
ed.
“Kill ’iin!” the woman scream
ed.
The rat's belly pulsed with fear.
Bigger advanced a step and the rat
emitted a long thin song of de
fiance, its black beady eyes glit-
jtering, its tiny forefeet pawing the
I air restlessly. Bigger swung the
skillet; it skidded over the floor,
missing the rat, and clattered to a
stop against a wall.
«G d !”
The rat leaped. Bigger sprang to
one side. The rat stopped under a
chair and let out a furious screak.
Bigger moved slowly backward to
ward the door.
“Gimme that Skillet, Buddy,
Ihe asked quietly not taking his
jeycs from the rat.
I Buddy extended his hand. Bi^r-
iger caught the skillet and lifted it
high in the air. The rat scuttled
across the floor and se.nrehed
quickly for the hole; then it rear
ed once more and bared long yel
low fangs, piping shilly, belly quiv
ering. I
Bigger aimed and let the skillet
fly with a heavy grunt. There was
a shattering of wood as the box
caved in. The woman screamed and
hid her face in her hands. Bigger
tiptoed forward ami peereil. |
“I got ’im,” he muttered, his .
clenched teeth bared in a smile.
“By God, I got ’im.”
He kicked the splintered box out
of the way and the flat black body
of the rat lay exposed, its two long
yffllow tusks showing distinctly.
Bigger took a shoe and pounded
I the rat’s head, crushing it, cursin;;
hvstericallv:
'“You --b !”
The woman on the bed sank to
her knees and buried her face in
the quilts and sobbed;
“Lord, Lord, have me.rcv. ...”
“Aw, Mama,” Vera whimpered,
bending to her. “Don’t cry. It’.^
dead now.’'
The two brothers stood over tho
dead rat and spoke in tones of
awed admiration.
“Gee, but he’s a big 1) —.”
(Oontinued Next Week)
Dr. Aubrey L. Palmer
Eyes Examined
Glasses Fitted
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11w taraw wm M
•( pruinlng waawi's MtMwl
Christmas Im just around tb« cor
ner and sboppinK for old Santa la
probably taking many of yftur spare
moments, but don’t forKet to save
some of tbem for keepiag jronrMtf
beautiful. Yonll want to look your
very bent for those gay parties
you’re plannln); to atteer).
For Inntanc**, take a look at your
Qmremails. Are" they In tlp-tor.
shape? If not, better start to work
ri^ht now.
Bot before you beeln, let me ?lve
you the ea.seotlals for a good home
manlcure-^a gool, steel llle, emery
board, orangewood stick, cotton,
cuticle remover, cuticle cream or oil.
polish remover, polish, and a clear
polish base if you wish.
The file should be used ' when
there is much shaping to be done.
Remember to ase light, quick
srrokes upward to the center from
each side. Use your emery board
for minor shaping and smoothing
your nails. Never shape down too
ilosely at the sides. So many wom
en do this, and the result la rough
ened skin or hangnails and an ex
tremely ugly, shape.
After yon have shaped your nails,
push your cuticle back gently with
the orange stick wrapped in cotton
and dipped into cuticle remoYer.
The next step is yonr oil or cream.
Rub It Into the cuticles and let It
stay for several minutes, or longer
If you have the time. Then remove
the last whit of oil with a good
sudsing In mild soap and water and
yousare ready for yOur polish.
li you have never used a polish
base, give it a try.- You have no
idea how much more beautifol your
polish will look, how much longer
it will laat if jvn apply «w tk A*
clear baac* int. If jov ar* a'wr
busy person, and aren't we all, ttaa
cbooae a slm4e nf pr IT«h tlMt gnea
wet! with yoar skis, f/mr Hgatick
aod mfjat ^ joar coatuiaaa. ¥on
won’t have time for fratnent
cliangea, tltoagb tJUa la a coa# idea
if It U pon^Mm. Tor tlie iKtflday
.sensoD y«a will probably wmMt tft
uaa ooe of tte daeper »bades n>
fa.«hionabie this sn»on. Tba bril
liant, tme reda are generallj gooct
for evenooe. Even darker tenea,.
some with a touch of piuB, otbera
^th a warn, iieaaa aate are ■aart.
Tlte piam goea beaatj^Mly witk
rofftnmes of wine, black, vMtc,
zreen, blue, gray and phiB. Tba
henna shadea are smart with Mge,
the whole Aimily of browna, fivena,
some of the bluea, as well aa Mack
and white. Always remeathet aevar
to make the error of decideiBy daap
nails and paie lipatick, or tIm
versa. Try to keep tl»e two Itf har
mony. You'll find that two. eoata
of polish will not only lut }aoger,
but look smoother and oiera^ltMa-
tiful. «
Now that youVe finiste^t^taka
another look—aren't yoar nails
pretty? For tbe little tiw cx>
pend^ you're goini; to b«|j)ai4
back over end over again la divf>
denda of admlratioa by your MandK.
Whtit gre jomr beMty pnbUw^
Write: Mmie DowmMg, L^ribue
Beauty Buram, 3m
Bird., St. Lotus, Mo., d»i she
be to msmer them. Be
sure to enclose « self-aJStsml,
stmped emvtlofe.
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L- A. — Why is it girls tlon 'i
like uie but they like to pal with
me? Is it because I am onj^' '5 feet
1 inch tall anil that’s not big?
Some tpll me I am nice looking but
that don’t get the job done. Will
I ever get a girl and do they like
me at all?
Ans: Concentrate on meetint'
girls around your own height —
girl’s that are much taller than
yourself would feel a bit conspic-
ious^walking with you. Don’t get
disgusted for there ai'e numbers of
|[irls who afe ypu^.hc;iight or evQpr
JMb.;
but don't considei' maiTiage as yet
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