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Gay El well, check girl in a promi
nent Detroit club, meets a number of
social elite when she fills in at a din
ner party at the request of Dr. Wilson,
a club member. One is Greek Carter
who is very friendly toward Gay:
another. Wayne Adams who is both
interested ami annoyed by her; and
then Christian Scott and Tim Keenan,
two millions.res. Tim takes her to his
suburban estate ai;<i makes suggestions
which Gay resents. Tim talks of his
engagement to Eleanor Randolph and
Gay counters with her philosophy of
marriage. Cay agrees to show great
interest m Tim to arouse Eleanor's
jealousy and hasten her return Irom
Europe. Mark Vance, artist, for whom
Gav is posing in the evenings, dis
cusses Breek and Wayne. Gay runs
Into Breck whose attentions are still
persistent.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
CHAPTER 22
POSING that night was difficult
for Gay after Breck had left her.
Charlotte Vance was not there,
and Mark seemed in a bad humor.
The bathing suit illustration was
finished, and he was starting on a
new one, supposedly of Vivien Ben
nett entering the dining room of a
smart hotel at the dancing hour.
In spite of all Gay's earnest at
tempts, she couldn't hit upon the
attitude and expression the artist
wanted.
“That’s too stiff!”
“Is this better?”
“Worse. Don’t simper like that.
Smile!”
“Like this?”
“Oh, for heaven’s sake! Vivien's
not a Cheshire cat—she’s a human
being,” Mark groaned. “Look
here, Gay. You’re coming into a
room, crowded with people. You’re
a poised society girl. You see
acquaintances at a table, off
here—” he gestured graphically to
Illustrate the scene. “You don’t
■mirk at them like a salesgirl in
the 10-cent store! You smile—
faintly. There! Now you’re get
ting it!”
“But your body!” He gritted
bis teeth. “For Lord’s sake, don’t
■lump like that. Hold yourself
up!”
Things went on like this for
quite a while, until Gay was about
ready to burst into angry tears
run out of the studio. But
atoe was game: she meant to get a
pose that would satisfy Mark
Vance if it took all night, and she
finally achieved it.
Slim, poised, and cool, her face
touched by the, faintest of smiles,
■he stood in an imaginary door
way. She was Vivien Bennett, she
kept telling herself. She was rich,
spoiled, high-bred. She was an
aristocrat.
“We’ve got it at last,” Mark
exulted. “I knew if I could only
make you mad clean through,
you'd manage it. Now, for the
love of all that’s sacred, hold that
expression and don’t let it slip.”
He set to work.
Gay was wearing a formal din
ner gown of Charlotte Vance’s,
?ince that lady thriftily preferred
to lend clothes from her own ward
robe, rather than have Mark hire
costumes for his models to pose
in. This dress was one of the
loveliest Gay had ever seen: a
Paris import, of ice-blue velvet.
She wondered how much it had
cost
Once upon a time, such a gown
as this would have been as far
beyond Gay’s re?.ch as platinum or
diamonds. But now she had one
evening dress, equally exquisite,
and perhaps if she saved the
money she earned by posing, she
might buy herself another. If Tim
were really in earnest about tak
ing her around with him, pretend
ing to be in love with her, she’d
need a change of evening clothes.
While she stood, immovable as
a statue, on the model’s platform,
Gay’s thought raced ahead into a
dazzling future of endless new
clothes, and parties, and excite
ment. Finally Mark Vance swung
round and called “rest”.
She stood quiet while he chalked
the toe-and-heel outline, so that
■be could step into the exact spot
A SENORITA WINKS, BUT IT’S NOT A FLIRTATION
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A senorita winks—along the barrel of her rifle
When a senorita winks these stormy days in Spain,
it doe.sn’t necessarily mean a flirtation, as this
Hearst Metrotone News photo taken ip Somosierra,
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Gay came slowly and gracefully down the steps.
on the platform later, then sank
into a chair and relaxed thank
fully.
“Tired?”
She smiled at Mark. “Not so
very. I’m sorry I was so stupid
about the pose.”
“Stupid? Don’t be foolish!”
The artist filled and lit his pipe,
and sat down beside her. “You’re
as good as any professional model
I’ve ever hired.”
Gay’s eyebrows arched in aston
ishment. “I thought you were
ready to fire me, I was so dumb!”
“Nothing of the sort. Some
times we have to fiddle around for
hours, before we hit the right pose.
Pay no attention to anything I
may have said.”
He sauntered over to the easel
and studied the preliminary sketch,
changing a line here and there.
“Has anyone ever told you, Gay,
that you're an exceptionally beau
tiful girl?”
She realized that the compli
ment was quite impersonal.
“It’s the lovely gown I’m wear
ing,” she assured him, laughing.
“I don’t look like this in my ordi
nary clothes.”
“You’re partly right. That par
ticular shade of blue happens to
be your color.”
All during the rest of the time
she was posing, that remark
stayed with Gay.
Both Wayne and Christian Scott
had seen her in the white evening
gown. How heavenly it would be
to appear at the party tomorrow
night in a different dress: a dress
of this enchanting shade of blue.
She made rapid financial calcu
lations, while her lips still held
that cool, distant smile.
Mark asked suddenly, “A penny
for your thoughts!”
“I’m making up my mind,” Gay
told hmi, "whether or not I’ll eat
next week!”
Next day, during lunch hour,
she found in a small shop on
Madison avenue, precisely the
dress she wanted. Fashioned of
lustrous satin in exactly that sil
very tint of ice-blue, it fitted Gay
perfectly.
The price made her catch her
breath, though the saleswoman
insisted that it was an unusual
bargain.
“My dear! A copy of one of
our exclusive imports, reduced be
I Spain, shows. A girl on the firing line of the Popu
lar Front government troops wlpks as she sights
along her rifle barrel.
cause it’s a small size. So becom
ing—and you’ll need no alterations
whatever. A marvelous value!”
Gay said, “I’ll take it. . . . Wrap
it carefully, please, because I want
to wear it, tonight.”
Outside the shop, she counted
the money she had left in her
purse. Four dollars, to last till
pay-day! ,
“I’m crazy!” she told herself, as
she hurried back to the club. “If
Mr. Vance doesn’t need me to pose
next week, I won’t even be able to
give Jean my half of the rent!”
But all worries and scruples
were forgotten when she slipped
into the new dress that evening,
and saw how she looked in it. She
had come home directly from work,
bathed, powdered, and arranged
her hair in delicious excitement.
For almost two weeks she’d been
looking forward to Wayne’s party.
Now the great evening was here,
and she had this adorable gown to
wear. What a heavenly world!
She gazed breathlessly at her re
flection in the bathroom mirror.
The ice-blue gown made her look
tall and aristocratic—like Vivien
Bennett, Gay thought suddenly,
and then burst out laughing at
herself. But certainly no one
would ever take her for a check
girl!
Wayne arrived at last, in a taxi
—his own car was laid up at the
service station for repairs—and
Gay, who had been waiting for
him with anxious impatience,
came slowly and gracefully down
the steps, pulling on the long
white gloves that were Jean’s con
tribution to her ensemble. She
was well aware of the fact that
from behind the curtains of the
ground floor windows, the care
taker and his wife were observing
her departure with deep interest.
“How stunning you look!”
Wayne’s eyes were smiling, as he
helped her into the cab. “Such
grandeur deserves a Rolls Royce,
instead of a common taxi.”
He seated himself beside her,
and Gay lifted a radiant face to
his.
“Don’t make fun of me. If you
only knew how I’m loving all this
—being asked to your party—and
you coming for me, and every
thing. It’s like a dream, and I
don’t want to wake up.”
(To Be Continued)
TIEDMONT LEAGUE
Club: W. L. Pet
Norfolk 74 36 .673
Durham 63 52 .548
Richmond 01 54 530
Rocky Mount 56 58 .491
Portsmouth 51 61 .455
Asheville 35 79 .307
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club: w. L Pet
New York 72 37 .660
Cleveland 64 49 .566
Chicago 59 52 .532
Detroit 58 52 .527
Boston 58 54 .518
Washington 54 56 .491
St. Louis 40 71 .360
Philadelphia 38 72 .315
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Club: w. L. Pot
St. Louis 66 43 .606
Chicago 65 13 .602
New York 61 46 .582
Pittsburgh 56 53 .514
Cincinnati 52 57 .477
Boston 51 58 .468
Brooklyn 13 66 .394
Philadelphia 39 70 .358
Toda^Qmes
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Rocky Mount at Norfolk.
Portsmouth at Asheville.
Durham at Richmond.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York at Philadelphia.
Washington at Boston.
Cleveland at St. Louis.
Detroit at Chicago.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Boston at Brooklyn.
Philadelphia at New York.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh.
Results
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Durham 2; Richmond 7.
Norfolk 5; Rocky Mount 8.
Asheville 0; Portsmouth 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 0; Boston 9.
New York 5; Philadelphia 10.
Cleveland 12; Philadelphia 10.
No other games played.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3; Philadelphia 0.
Chicago 7; Cincinnati 5.
Boston 2; Brooklyn 4.
No other games played.
RAMS SOLD IN WATAUGA
BRINGING FANCY PRICES
Boone, Aug. 15 —Twelve registered
Hampshire rams were sold here last
week with six of the animals going
to sheep growers of Watauga county,
reports Assistant County Agent H. M.
Hamilton. The rams averaged $26.92
a* head with the top animal bringing
$38.00. Three were bought by grow
ers of Mitchell county, two by farm
ers in Avery, and the remaining ani
mal was sold to a grower from Al
leghany. The rams were consigned
by leading breeders in the southwest
section of Virginia, says Hamilton.
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Even the famous Lou Gehrig never displayed better form at first base
than does Miss Margaret Brown (above) who has that difficult assign
ment on a team of semi-finalists in the girls’ division of the softball tour
nament at Chicago. Look at her pull ’em out of the air!
(Central Press)
Ornament seems to have been the
privilege of the male alone in the
early stages of culture.
The Bible W
A Newspaper
In Every *^Jh|
Home.... 1 p
—said Benjamin Franklin, whose death on
April 17, 1790, we remember
If you asked the founder of a great library system what
reading matter you should place in.your home, you
might expect him to hand you a sizable list of books.
But old Ben Franklin, father of the free library system
of our country, being a man to put first things first,
might have looked over the top of his glasses at you, and
repeated “a Bible and a newspaper in every home.”
Franklin himself was Printer and Publisher _ . . and an
advertising writer. He recognized, as you do, that good
advertising is NEWS. Back in 1780, when a ship came
to port with a consignment of India shawls and some
merchant announced this in the newspaper, you may
imagine that that item meant more to the ladies of the
day than the usual chronicle of somebody's cow ‘dost,
strayed or stolen."
An editor gathers up the news from all corners of the
globe, just as a merchant gathers up his stock of goods.
Then the story of both is carried in the newspaper.
Both mean a great deal to every reader.
The Dwarf Elephant found on the
Congo averages less than four and a
half feet in height, and is very rare.
Conference On Ten
ancy Called For
(Continued from Page One.)
announcement by United States At
torney General Homer Cummings
of a Federal grand jury of charge < t
peonage in Arkansas cotton
Futrell’s proposal wa s the result. 0 f
conferences with State leaders which
started last spring, when a cotton
choppers’ strike was called in east
Arkansas by the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union.
OBTAINS BIG INCREASE
IN PRODUCTION Ol n\Y
Franklin, Aug. 15—The applicate,i
of 100 pounds of triple superphn’
phate to the acre by J. R. R aUI(M
of Stiles, Macon county, has
an increase of 003 pounds of cur j
hay, reports Assictant County V. m
S. D. Alexander. No material uy
ference could he seen in stand or
growth before cutting, hut tin* f- j
lized crop matured one week > u i
than did the check plot. Mr. Ram
sey is well (pleased with the h,,y
yield and is of the opinion that a
much greater increase would he m>
in a normal season, Alexander sav
$Bl4 WORTH OF TRUCK IS
SOJ.I) FROM FOUR ACRES
Burnsville, Aug. 15 Troy H uv v 11
of Boonford, in Yancey county, ha -
sold $814.74 worth of truck from a
three and three-quarter acre plot •rj
spring, reports Assistant County
Agent R. H. Crouse. Two acres were
planted to beans, one and one-quart
er to cabbage, and one-half acre- tn
onions. All the produce was grad,- |
and sold in small containers. Truck
growers have found a ready mark ;
for their produce this year and ai ■
making a good profit on the invest
ment. Corn and tobacco are also
looking well and growers are expect
ing a normal yield rom both crops.
Crouse reports.