rn \ pTm THTi.TY
i Mat; I ■ . i day
i ■ on! 1 have in i* i p*d a
r ‘ in."
: a t ’"
hndd i ? T :r.ri' i! an ay.
. up. !.uy diamond arid em
ind . i' i . mini, i■ • • at and
i "i lt d . ai . Al.i thi• rr- are
* . iitp 1. I’ut I • 11 a a \ s
.. v,til Know.’’ 11 * |.d
■>.i i a i I.- ly. “What an.
i plan Hi II. In
d r (o li\ a n il li . f aid
i ■ w, I me. miii didn't
,. Il il I I, id''.. ... I
■ i ■ i in think "l !.alum*.
■ I V. li lt lul|i| d."
do Jin Pa a li, .'Ail I -1, -
I M . .'I II-'.”
pi t i*' wni Id n ."ild you
■ * begun,half iniputii-ntly.
I want wufTil'd," cut in Judith,
I la V. t Uiailll have t" Will k "lit.
1 t,i i: > nr mother sue vsted that
..tut I 11 live with her ami
r it that's a wonderful idea,"
a Matthew, "they're old fiiemis,
:t t he congenial—”
t lit*; interrupted. “It’s a rrazy
• . .. ' ai ally tliey'i e old I'i lends
. ' d ' I t aeh "tliei . Hut th'-v
. . * i.h'-. Intel,' not! Pig iii eumiiinu
t \• i ; .■ d*. ml he: ides. your In"1 h
- i !* Ii,.s been disi'Ufdeil too
„fti n."
"I" nipted?' he repeated, his
j:n t I i di awn.
"'ll- l,i vi nr sake," sai,l Ju
liith. "icing- just for you. Aftel you
ii,. : l id lithe sin* hail time to re
lit.. - thing? for herself, hut not
Vi • i i y
lit nnt ri opted her again. ‘‘That’s
il Pli'U v.av to peak of our »el. i
L mean a something dis
I'Upt.lr
" v\T ' Judith demanded, "hasn't
it hi erT. e\ ell il Mother thul.-j '.t
si.* n liM.t like to live with your
i:u the i. 1 wouldn't let her. It isn't
tap to itlaiv, no mutter what you
think.”
" i hi n, what is -lie to do?" he de
manded.
" t '- u'opu' i'lid; to Califnmia."
ip. iVei'd Jodth. “S>;• • wouldn't
■ : . . i: i w t li m . \Yi''ve a s* rt
i ; • * a in nut tie re whom
• I'" id. \ t ■ y it. ai h. a widow, about
id- ■ - T- iii'1'.'. 'J'hey like the same
' wi it ten. asking Cousin
al: 'i ’ i.v*■ with her. They'll
- a vi 1 a hi: !••. Am! t here’s a school
'- - underprivileged ehildren in
■ Au'.t Hlla was inleiested.
Mo':-:' wants to take that over.’’
Aln".i.ew found himself sighing
r. ■: relief. Lighting his pipe, he
I-... a. • i at Judit id- s'uher fin e and
■„ ■ ■ d, "Vi.u're tint happy aln .it il
■ .a, I 1. a. '. Hut that's tiie way
■ •ms I ' want il. i'll miss
to iiieiuifuily."
lie jaitl. “You have me, Judy.”
H i face became luminous. She
: • d lit 'in Inn chan and came to
.t*i' mi a ing hassock at hi- feet.
Judith leaned her head against his
km • . saying, "Yes. I have you,
aA.rli.ng.”
Alter l.vrt 14,1. . , , ,, ,,
, n,
Norman and hi- bride ,,,, .(ll
al'uo-t | | Th, Ul .. '
"'"'•tv of K„r J,,
•hill in-i-1. .| that N 11... ,,,
M u V. •W- don't v ill,” . ■. |,|
Maflnv, nil th,. • • .
loi tahh* v .th In i a, . 1 K.i; , • .
pCCts to entertain »
Am<J thi
"ill I n ideal. 1 I,. ...
•M ihi w was ai 1 . i . ••
to Nellie ,S(n
l.n lik, li till. • 4.
hi.t .1 mill I, l ,-t. • ' ,| ; •
servants • ■ o n 1 < 1 in . ' •, ,j ,i ,
k'-S am! .1, :
ti einely definite.
Ii< -;.!es, i| I .1 1, ,1
ia I I I- s a ■ a v ...1"' • I • , : | . , I
with dignity, "have m, n'ent:. ,n ..!'
looking after y. ■ r . I \ < ,. if]
tlilhl ; ■ ! OW I ' ; I ...
you slept in tli.-nu Ala* *..■
The couple ware S, anil::.avian,
and efficient, Idea c.,.,|<( .| ,.. ,.>-r -
fc. tion. Xits 'ci-v, .1 u ... ■ ,, . ,
Matthew, gruinhliiif. 1,1
accustom, .1 to then ,1 idl.h hud |,, ■
o\vn car and cha .II. nr vv h. v, ,
also available f. r Matll.. .. vv: • .
ttecc- sa iv.
They did no f..rin.,1 entertain
it.g fur .1 adith « ,- in ri.o .linn..
VIatthew was ,. - , ... .,t ,i.t
M,.tuning was .. . u,,I, l.e ,
nun i..-.I, a i elic .■; l aii i-a, |:
.1 lldltll : aid ilt,n 11 y th.it -
ns much t■ • Aunt Klla Moicov. i g
would . tf. Ml a ,d 1 .ft h.a if -he
learned that her daughter. t.ila'
nice, vv a ■ c: 111. i ] j i:. v all ev. r tin
place, nig ii;-el,i[,l,ing atiii young ic
parties.
"K. - i.h s ” she add, d w th the
taint smile which had 111 so fa t
failed t,. : lacat, him, "J like b> u.g
alone with you.”
■T'a.litli learned -non enough that
Matthew did not lik, b, t, a ■,
a.- much a- she dal. it was enough
tor hiia to know that he <-<> bd ,-,.uie
home t" her ,. i t hat a fter gut ■ L - hud
1 ft t ■■ apartment and the door
W is shut t1 ■ i.. oyether
SU’ai’i. On the evenings vv:,. : ro
one was there or they were not go
ing out to Mili v's or to cA.mis,
he soon ti.-came restle: twirl. <i da:
duds of the radio, causing abortive
blasts of sound. Xow he lost! ml be
ing read aloud to and Judith, who
liked to read aloud, and had done
-o for years to Klla. relinquished
her little i b eam of sitting by a tire
side reading to him from some book
which she had enjoyed so much she
wanted to share it with ! rn. Some
times he was busy with the prepa
ration of a paper or the reading of
some pro I.. ssjonal book, and upon
those occai ons retired to tl litth
study, off the living n>< n. which
she and Mary had furri-md for
him with 1,iving care. \ (dace in
which he could be ivy himself, in
w hich he could have all the comfort
able untidiness he wanted, which
he might till with pipe smoke and
sometimes, when he disagreed with
«!.' :. I l,.••, . ■ , ' . ■ . 11
mill a-',' ii.it ' .111• I -' h Id.".l
thosi mUI it. in
. . ! ti l ei
i iiai'Miin ■ li\ . . ..| jcail. in'
m i if- I- it' i at . i . , *i it- Iv
fmli'lii'il il"-li. i r 1 i, I'niii Ii li\
! ilf til" it' tin- V i . . .1 . l I I)
i'd "a i!; ui' I, v. in- ", n
;ii.11 '.now tli.it at ii '' , vi at 11 w
■ .mild i'nipt i i'i . i ., ! i
I il air ' a ■ i mi
hand a to *!■ ii, I, n
• aa ! hii' .a ■■ ■ ti
hi ky and min i, • n . i e
i;. • hat slut runic aml ' ' him.
I 111 . " Art C n. iri', i n he
v.':i s fMllcd lit, and ■ m.-v -lie
I • d ' '.a t ' i.■ i.. ■ • el' II. '.I, r
t’> : Iiim ill iin- ipm ! I ■ ■ i ■ -u . -
' "'s - i 11 i 11 g ;ip : " d I ■ .'
■I" h'-r i > i n 111 •. • i ah'! i • ,i i I . t
ja ifi'ts, Minn turns falling n.-leep
and waking instantly to In- step.
Sin- had no m i d ..I' .,' In-r |,o,ple,
'n i pt pi i Imps .Mary who i. v»
that luir own mother was tine*
thousand miles away, was nemer
t" In i' than evil- Lel'uie. Hut she
I "fed lierself to go i., . to keen ia
. lmilatien to some extent, if quiet
' ■ t o .eii, seeing youiii w.mi n . f
*i' .'.it age. paying duty tall- on
Aunt Kiln's fl ii lids, hunting up »
add adopt ion dial itv i u \v liii Ii si. e
hetan.t interested stent1;, utter her
nrringe, and doing volunteer w..,rk
at its offices.
■ I eiith al-'.i saw a good deal of
II Ida Murley ami Barbara Ta>I r.
■ lie eii<i not especially like in !is
■ lie — Hilda, who Menied flt.r
i itiier shallow, but she did like
Barbara, although she found her
difficult to kmnv. a little repres-eil.
■ A .»u a .haired Barbara and you
• i i•■ted tier but you could not feel
h'-e to lier. But because of Mat
thew's association witli Sam and
Boil, sin* felt that it was incumbent
up ui her to be friendly with their
wives. And they often dined to
gether.
S' e liked Elizabeth. Matthew's
office nurse, better than either of
, Hie two doctors’ young wives. One
reason perhaps was that Elizabeth,
nke imr.-oli. was -o radiantly hap
py. Sue a-ki‘d her and her Peter
to dit , an ; the four of them played
an amiable game of contract and
and an amu-ing evening, she was
sorry ti.them go out into a win
ter snowstorm.
It was shortly after file begin
ning of the New Year. Christmas
had been more fun than anything
she could remember in a long time.
Shopping for Matthew had been a
delight. Si., ni,| to .Mary. "He's a
big baby, watching him open his
packages.
He had '. wen her a compact
w Inch she cherished. And he hadn't
. been ablt • , wait until P'hriHmas
toflVc ;' ’ «,
You’ v .' 1 'he New Year com
ing in, Judith closing the door on
Eliza I • • . imi Peter aid happily,
"They ’re mu Ii nice people.’'
I To be emit innod )
(it >\ crnor ! I urls
A TRIPLE CELEBRATION
■ ' ’ 1 ! ! I ll'I > I i ,., ' (I I . 11 Num -
: ( ’In*i y o' C.i tun a
■ ■ ‘ ■ ■ ' ' • : a I la.il il : a • Siielhy
; 1 ■ " I . , I,,| till1 ' all* i' .• e
: ■ ana: ,. . .| e . a i of til** Ail il'I'aaill
I ' mil I I /. I a y i, I i; A f' j 1
II ' ■ '..it . . ■ i, i a ■ 1.-i 11! I lit* 1 ,egi* 'll,
' 1 in.au- i the juiii"! I HIM'
• a ill) uutstillld ng a.al
ii. in : at are mt imuil (U'!en>e.
Senator I . I*. "Cotton Id" Smith stands before Ins huge three-tiered
hirthdat cake, edged with cotton hulls, as he u rapped up three cele
brations into one at Lynchburg, S. < \ug. i. !t "as Ins Kt'th birthday
fete_postponed three days so lie could istabhsh a nett !. S. Senate
record nl mere than df> years service. It also marked his approaching
departure from the Washington scene.
TOMMY TRIES OUT NAZI BAZOOKA
A MUSTACHIOED BRITISH SERGEANT is shown working an unloaded Ger
I'CU bazooka captured during an attack south of Cuiimont, T ram e.
'I he weapon is a copy of the more piecise Anierii.au baoooka. fins is an
itlisial U. S. ijlgn»i Corps KadiP-teiepheU UnuniaMnal)
The Body's Skill
As An Engines?
B> I OC \\ < ! ! \ M \ TV;. M 1).
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pt i at u»i i n, in«• i » i . i , . . i .
imi spades Jo lie- } > i .tv t * t mm ! *■ . ;
iiat mvv pn>t’« i*..i and -Jll
’t -IN .' them 1ar I. :I• J : . • ;‘i
. ion v. V\ hat i In K i v 11 - Ii < 11! j
1 >r. < lenden:ny will answer
quo i • t
only, and then o* ;y ihiouyh
his mluinil.
eht ral K at imr a • d 1 . I . . ■ I
fit rnu' e, natu i e i . i i. • i
‘.lie Winter, and . n hi and *'f
air eomli' i'.nirig a.' ! *
atinjf in t:.e • n
tie. '11 they kt « |I I he l .1 .. »t
a It V cl *.'* d» g I.a tie '.e I
the outside tempera i . i re ..,i i- - a
nuu h as hi-tWecfi ::n • N't i- h» |oW
It 1 u and 1 I U If! th- - hade.
J hy dt Jirat y of II t• <t i.»nt < he
t Wee n lit at toimal a?,d h> at
loss which the h>. 11 iinta:i.
under there \,;1. llij . *m!tt iof'is i'
11 ill y aina/inr. h t when tin
ieglllation stems t h e control
II lid Vo il havt a ft V * it i - It ali
a pi otectlVe lilt I lull .!! to Co,:. |
bat inft < til n. htca . • the i11v ad |
lhg germs do not e Well at a
temperature of lot
The body can >t..nd low tom
£ > c-1 at me much l-ett* r than high, i
I have seen human.' .a a iu-..ng
ticatment mom w lu n the thei
Ua inetef showed a h-d. la at of J
Ml W ho l\ Vi\ed 1 apall . afti r re- !
turning t<» normal ..a. Hut a :
continued fever of ihS < am., t I
■ ndu11 d by oui nemous s , stems
foi lony.
I hrii\v- < > 11 Heat
In h. t w eat ia. r t: »• hotly pi e I
vi iits itself : i cm o.. j hi ..tiny by |
' Trow .tig' oil heat h: -1 hy e\ci e- i
tn .. - vi tlie iirine a:.-! tic* s,
ml h\ the espiru! :• >n oj warm
11 m h, and t 111! .i. n_. • \ apoi ai i«»!i
ilai i addition ami i mi .. tern ui
:1a shim l Id- last hy lai the !
mu- i iaipo. taut. it i ■ ... o' i.-11 -
a ia it'd that the body’s heat lo-s
is IT per cent hy aporal ion ami ,
iper ci nt hy radio' n m and i on
• uclion IT om t he • m faei . I:
g;< t • rid of o\ < r h."'. i •alorics a
Among; i ! .' i new -a met h d f
III a; me.'it t To v. a i • 1 . • .1 t .
* 'ui-..a. . a tile mi... : i
%• ■\?in*r h-- it J. v ; r . i
th« t- ra* ii*
11 • *1 < .11 .lit t - . til* !•>•.!■ i i ' ? i 1 .11
-ui 11 til.,, a-ul in.. I t r t ■ :
ir Vt*>„\ \nw.
Ill 111? -1 • • t r i - VV 11 * 11 l
i’ia! ? *1 W i -11 \ h; 11 ii • d i. i 11 - i .)
Mil'11 okt* .ii -■ »■*-.. ■ • i '.■! ••
a i :. «*< in 11,,- Mo.. ! : -• . , a -
!"•*» m» i ly < mmi.t •
h- a» n -.ail 11 i* * \ 1 •
l.ans n f 111, 1 ■ - •. ..
«*• *t»vtil i«. . ..-I L. .
V\ ho Will k 111 I,"t - • • i’ If
or m mil.. . • ■ - - a\
f I "HI the mm!.
lair- -I' Ml
'I In v a re <! at- , a a i y« Dari ? >
the exit- l\ ,■ 1-- - - ! : dt i i oin l : e
ho«l v lit the J « -r> pn . * i i: Vv '* r
1 alru lo-t, hut it i 1 . .. . tha?
w a lei leplh' enient a • » .. . i
j i * v t »• t t h*mi ' " . a l ■ ■ . • a
t.'iei yon net<1 ph/ut . . i -
y 1'iir I'*--'ii. ihiie
dl-t in haiu e ol -.i y clr : i
fiot mi util limit i ■ t.H'd, hit
1* l a y i v t ii t.i v. i i lii- in i • . ‘ a j
l ml ii -1 i it a tu ' .U . 1.
pK at v i t u.itf m..w l • :.t.vun
ruyar a - wall
Still another fu< t» r ... . a j
HI tel V 1. ill ill . .' i t • ’ * r
la', al i a-t-s « ! a -11 • h- a - -i
i itit ai e in till t hiei i .. 1 .
all pt > • jih- •'hi -Llai -u4. a • t
for v,u at mil.
’the ekleily -kin al > : * -t
51 am! . I :i hu 1 11 Vl l V W. i1. \\ ■ !,
evt ! I m -..a.- of ti m f• r
till,- .Vl ai > it it ye v.: r at
a i» nt M. i >tal t t" . ■ :
tail Mi a hurry and - L-l! t • ' - - t
ol a dirty palh-r umi-- . * a I
r i .l *- p t C* t thi- rtatv* (-} tii- i i -» .ii V
a: t» rit--. In i act the i < .. i i a
'pm k * ufdan fooli - h in ;r.. ..-ly
hut t hr ><• !a.1, 1m im-tU*. I r ;• I'
ll o; e tie i. me. r- . a yu. ' a <-at»
t-f ' ho-r - amiv t - 'nph - .
...
arai i.. rewarded only )r. a 1- : nf
keratul: • rp«d« -m lii • im* d - 1
facta . e not e ed |»y
I " I 1 t ! .a. ...If* aa d
l.at ; -• it! '■ '*.•■}. cloud . Ti <• t rv.ai
-, i ■ • * i d i i t i] 1 •• ■ ■ - tr
• I hat oj a a;, n i'd i * . a - < * h
'••• * f' ♦•»*.. -a--bt;t-»• y. : ate
eiint ue al.
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THIMBLE THEATRE—Starring Popeye “SIT DOWN YOU’RE ROCKING THE BOAT!”
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BLOND IE (Rp|rhtprPd " s ,aU'!t 0i,l'el THE ALL-AMERICAN FLOP! By Chic Young
ETTA Km_______ .. -___ _ hipa i j i ROBINSON
[ hi YA Mi ' i-1”1 T/1 f SOME DUMB duck) | ( SAiD HE FELL ASLEEP WAIT A MlNlll l WHAT
f Z'ATTTiTi WHAI' HAPpEHtYJ ’ , I BHOlK_-.Hr OTA 1 , AT THE" WHEEL" DO YA Mi- AN ' Mf; it. ov1
,r V>rrrl TOYOUt>, ' 1 (OMEJ LA‘A1 NIUMl ! WAIT ™-L I <3ET YOU TOOK l It k< j
^pivJUNO-J PAH 0 MY HANDS OUT
L-tel ■ , TIOU ; ON HIM." DlDNT; • \
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THE GUMPS DON’T BE A PARROT, POLLY