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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1932.
How to Judge a Shirt
China is experiencing another year of flood disastery, though the vastness of the country is again emphasised by the complants of drought from Nanking. Manchuris, Kwangtung, Tai- nan, Fukien Paking have all suffered serious floods. The above photos were taken in Faking recently.
The points of a good skirt-finish of button holes, fully shrunk neckband, generous armholes, flat setting cuffs are interesting for purposes of
comparison.
But when all is said and done, the ..simple and the certain way of getting. a thoroughly good shirt in to go straight to Mackintosh's, for beiter shirts than “Summit" are not to be found.
Priced from $8.50 each
Less 10% discount for cash.
MACKINTOSH'S LTD
America's mammoth naw airship, the Macon, entered the final stages of construction at the Good- your-Zeppelin dock in Akron, O., when its 75-foot bow was lifted into place with elaborate ceremonies. The larger photo above depicts the sceno as Miss Susan Myrick, loft, of Macon, Ga., blow a whistle to start cranes hoisting the airship's nose into place. Resembling its sister ship the U. S. 5. Akron in shape and equipment, the Macan is 6,500,000-cubic-font craft designed for a speed of 80 miles an hour.
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There was plenty of fresh air in the home of Mrs. Charles Strumm of Washington, Kansas, after a tornado had passed over the town. This picture shows a freak of the storm, which ripped away one side of the house and left the other side standing.
LEAP YEAR BRIDE
Laura Lou BROOKMAN
DECIN HERE TO-DAY.
reporter
instrad meet Dan Phlips,
with whom The i
newspaper
everything about you-your sweet-
princess!"
Cherry shrugged uncomfortably. "I don't want to be a princess," she said "It sounds lonely. Oh, Dan, let's not talk. Let's just be happy together."
She put a small hand over Dan's she larger one. The dark eyes raised were luminous.
"All right," Dan agreed. "It's a
Her wealthy parents do not know he between us. Oh, I love you for it. count for it?"
acquainted with Dan. Cherry goes, with
him to interview a bank robber's sweetheart You know that. But, Cherry, you're
She blanders into underworld indquarters worlds above me. I'm Dan Phillips, list."
and a bullet strikes her arm. Dan takes her
to doctor's office and then home. He reporter-the guy your father told trying to explain what has happened when never to enter his house! It's brandishes newspaper containing Cherry well, don't you see, dear?"
Above are the 1932 standard bearers of the National Pro- hibition party, nominated_kt the party's convention in In. Ex-Com- dianapolis. Above, gressman William D. Upshaw of Georgie, presidential nominee, who pledged himself to with- draw if Senator William E. Borah or some other outstand- ing figure should agree to load third party dry campaign. Bolaw, Frank S. Regan, of ford, I, the vice presidential
nominee.
The sun had lowered behind the tree tops. Phillips turned his wrist so that the girl could see the watch dial.
case
1n view of the murdar charge added interest is given · to the
which in
the court is being called upon to docide whether the $1,000,000 settlement which Smith Rey- nolds, 20-year-old bair to to- bacco millions, made to his first wife, Mrs. Anne Cannon Roy. nolds (above), and their 2-year- old daughter, fulfilled all bi obligations to them. Reynolds' mysterious death occurred less than two months after bis marriage to Libby Holman, Brondway "torch singer."
every minute."
"I'll be thinking about you, too!" Precious moments. Ecstacy to be treasured and relived again and again in memory.
"After five!" she exclaimed. "Oh,
The cab stopped a block from I'll have to get back. Why, I'd no
the Dixon home. It was time to lea it was so late="
The driver headed the taxicab say goodbye. Cherry's lips formed Loward Sherwood Heights. Reso the words but they were crushed Jutely Cherry trust aside misgiv-against Dan's. His arm tightened ings that had begun to force them-about the girl. Realization that selves on her consciousness. There they were leaving one another sud- would be just time to filng on an-denly became a cruelty not to be other dress and appear at dinner. endured. Sarah would help her. If she en- tered the living room at the usual time no one would suspect she had been out of the house.
Oh, of course it would be all right!
These last minutes with Dan were too precious to waste on fool- ish presentiments,
"I must go now, Dan. I must!"
She spoke the words but still she hesitated. Shyly the girl took Phil- lips' face between her two hands, lightly and swiftly placed a kiss on his forehead, then drew away.
"To-morrow-remember I'll cail," Dan Phillips, alone in the gloom of the taxicab, told the driver to "You do understand about every turn around and head for town. He thing now, don't you?" she whis. leaned back against the seat, Sud- pered. "That it wasn't my fault Idenly his eye lighted on the cab uldn't answer your phone calls meter.
Phillips whisiled softly, made a "I don't understand anything when you look up at me that way."quick search of his pockets.
"Hey, buddy," he said to the "But, Dan”
"Let me out at the next driver. corner, will you?"
There was 25 cents in Dan Phil-
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four blocks,
"Darling, I'll admit I was an idlot Cherry Dizon, 19 and pretty, tells her ness and your coming to meet me remarkable fact but every time I to doubt you, even for a minute. mother these going to a club celing but this afternoon and, well everything look at you you're prettier. Isn't never do it again. Do you real-
in love.just goes to show the difference that remarkable? How do you nely have to go back to that stone lips pocket after he had paid the
castle of yours right away? Isn't fare. He walked. "By telling you to ace an ocu-there any way in the world you bonded a street car and rode to
could escape and have dinner with the News building.
Cherry slipped through the They Inughed. Fumillar jokes nie? Why not telephone--?"
Oh, I couldn't! Don't you see,
the garden and seemed suddenly the height of
no one knows I'm away. I don't hedge, crossed
reached the side door of the house. sparkling wit. The cab was rolling want them to find out." along the smooth circling drive "But, Cherry, we'll have to find Glancing quickly over her shoulder through Jefferson park, For a time
(Continued on Page 11.) Barb. Charry's maid, could say a lot of things I tan't they fell silent. There was so much/Bomb way out of all this, How'r she turned the knob and entered,
we ever going to seo.each other if discovers that he has telephoned and been now. Your father's a rich man. they should have talked about, yet you have to run away like Cin- of the house, meets Dan and explaina. Dan All your life you've lived in a fine all this was forgotten. How could derella at the stroke of midnight? home with lots of servants. You've anything in the world go wrong for Something's got to be done. Maybe worn beautiful clothes and travelled Cherry again so long as Dan loved if I had a talk with your father and all your friends have been rich
Mr. Don KODEKES, He is very angry ant
pleture and an account of the shooting Mr.
Dixon orders an from the horse.
Daya para in which Cherry has no wort
from Dan. Then
told the girl Le out of town. Cherry steals out
·bells Cherry he loves, her.
CHAPTER VII
"Don't I see what?"
"That if things were different
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her? How could Dan Phillips be
"Don't do that, Dan. It wouldn't "I can't believe it's real, Dan. I people"
matter-of-fact with those brown do any good. We'll manago some mean everything happening the "But Dan, what difference does eyes and provocative lips so near?
way, though I'm so happy about way it has I'm afraid I'll wake that mako?"
finding you and knowing you care. up in another minuto and find iửa
Suddenly their elysium was I'm just certain everything's going "If I live to be 90,” Phillips went | Just a dream!"
on. leaf to the interruption. "I shattered. Phillips said abruptly: to be all right!" Phillips sald, "And I can't bo- never havé a fourth of the money "Look here, thore fin't going to
"Just the same, Cherry--" "Please! I tell you everything's bellove you're really here. I can't your father has. I couldn't give you be any trouble about your coming believe a girl like you would even any of the things you're accustomed to meet me this afternoon, is there? going to be all right." look at me--"
"Can I call you tomorrow?" to. Cherry. Do you know how I Do you think your family-
She assured him everything
"No, I'd better call you. Some Sho silenced him with gentlo | think of you?”
would be all right. No one know time between two and three in the fingers, pressed to his lips. "I'vo "How?" told you not to say those things! "As a beautiful princess who's as she had left the house. She would afternoon. If you're not in. I'll
be back before her absence had leave a message." I don't want to hear them.”-
sweat and wonderful ns she in
been noticed.
"I'll be thinking about you- "But It's true. Oborry. Why beautiful. That's what you are! A
"What time is it?" Cherry naked,
DUE SHORTLY,
"You'll be talking about THE CHAMP all winter.
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