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SERIAL STORY-
One Love
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY
JANET HILL. Irekka her engagement with ROLF CARLY after enralog he has bern going out wil, BETTY RENDAIJ. lets Ku. Janet is secrotary to BRUGE HAMIL. TON; advertising manager of Brety Home Ilagasine, and it is employed in an ed.
vertinlng nffice.
or the way he looked at her hinted deeper interest he was sure to follow it with sonte casual remark.
a
was no different from Rolf Carlyle na night from day. Rolf had paid her pretty compliments the second time he met her, had given On a stormy March evening when Alse feels her to understand that he was in love
the a kres Holt and ean nut forunt him. lonely and unhappy wet leaves the office and walks clown an unfamiliar aliment sche hears a little girl crying, talks to her and later buga har a hot meal. The Uttle girl le ROSIE SILVANI She has been trying to
els candy and lost her money,
with her the third.
Jeff Grant, on the contrary, talked about steel it, the news on the sport page and funny things that happened at the office.
Mrs. Silvani nooded toward him
Raid to anki
one evening, Jatiri atarts out to take Homin Hot A help men grain Janet's purse and Roals "You're a lucky girl to have a young #rame. JEFFREY GRANT, young on-
man like that one!" glacer who Hwa at the same rooming house na Janet, suddenly appear and the holilup more.
Jeffrey
Inker Janet and air to Senni home in his car. They talk to PAT HILVANI, the father, who has been out of work for two years and to TUMMY, tomir's estried brother. The family sinust destitute and Janet and Jeffrey dreide to
"dot" sem.
Jarret
"Oh, but it isn't
LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
1936:
They could buy the purse and then have a sandwich nomewhere tugether. He stayed a little longer and then 'departed. "Twelve-Afteen," he called over his shoulder as he closed the door. "Don't forget!"
AL Exactly minutes past o'clock the next day Janet entered the main door of Marsh's department
store. Jeff Grunt was there before her.
"Hello," he grinned. "I was won dering what in the work I'd do it you didn't show up. These places give the the willia Too inuy women" #GUL!"
He didn't seem in the least uncom- fortable, though, five inutes later when they stood before the purso: Janet are only friends!" counter. The young woman behind thei
counter who wore her blond hair in amazing ringlets smiled at him na she
the drew neveral purses from
marked southern drawl that Janet felt sure was affected.
like that!
The older woman continued smil ing "Sure,
I know! And you'll make a fine couple, too. Oh, it's a fine thing to be young! Times have been hard for us, of course, but 1 can remember when Pat and I took the prize for being the best dancera at the St. Patrick's Day ball. We used
They send food and clonalng and, with the ald of her employer, Janet finds a slowly job to dance every Saturday evening-“ for al Lair who at Jeffrey take the
children to reum.
CHAPTER XX
When He spoke the words were lenst what Janet and not in the expected. I said, "You know I almost joined up with a cireus once. I was 16 and they were going to give Lord, men job with the tent crew. but i wanted to go! I told my uncle about it and he said if I'd stay home and finish high school he'd ree that I got a job in a circus then
providing I still wanted it. So I finally agreed. I ran all remember how I felt, though, when the circus train pulled out of town. Talk about disappointmenta!”
Janet said, "It must have been hard."
ever
"Bard? Say nothing's struck me harder. I have a theory that the disappointments a kid gets about some trivial matter are just as serious for him an the way a grown-
brut m fecla
something really important."
nae. She spoke with
<1
"Now henh's a little phmbah," she said, "we've been sellin' at $10.85; It's a real bah-gain--"
Thinking about it afterward Janet shrugged. What difference did itt? Do you like that?" make what Mrs. Silvani thought so long na Jeff Graht anderstood? There were no sentimental notions in Jeff Grant's mind. He wasn't that kind.
Jeff turned to Janet. "How about
She shook her head. "Those claaps never hold. I know because I bred one once."
She was surprised the next evening when he knocked at her door. Janet opened it and said, "Oh-hello! Won't you come in?
He had stopped at the door to talk to her once or twice, but he had never entered the apartment. Now he came inside. Inzet dropped into a chair and motioned him toward one.
There's
thought something maybe you'd help me with," Grint said heaitantly.
1
The young woman behind the coun ter was still smiling. "What colah would you like? Black or brown?"
Jeff looked down and saw that the purse Janet was enrrying was bluck.. Why-ahem." He cleared his throat. "Black. I think. Will you let that one in the secul rosee It was an attractive handbag which Bnally chose soft blnek leu- they ther envelope with 11 distinctive metal trim. The girl with the blond curls sent to be wrapped in A
“I'm sure she'll like it," Janet said.
"All right. What is it?" "Well-1 wondered if, you'd help gift box. me lay a present for a girl."
"What kind of a girl? I mean!"I think any girl would. It's what's she like? Do you have any practical and a good size too.
"Well," Jeff said contentedly! "if en what kind of a present she'd
pou like it I guess it will do. especially
like Of course it hadn't been jealousy hudn't volunteered any information
in Janet's heart, about the recipient of the purse. that flamed That was ridiculous. Of course it hadn't paid she wan couldn't be anything of the sort. just a friend or a sweetheart. Janet Why should she care how many pre- couldn't help wondering. She was sents Jeff Grant bought for other enrious but not for the world would
difference could
she ask questions, girls? What make to her?
He went on to tell Janet about his childhood in the little town where his usele owned a hardware store. Both his parents had died while he was still too small to
remember them. He had lived with his unclo and nunt until he was graduated from He answered all her questions in high school. Then, instead of join- the negative. She waswell, just an ing another circus, he had decided to ordinary girl. He didn't know how go to college to study engineering. Fuld she was. About Janel's age. he He had worked to earn part of his thought. He didn't have muy iden expenses, horrowed the rest and paid what she'd like. What kind of pre- it back. For the last year now hesents did girls like! Iadn't Janet had been strictly "on his own."
any suggestions?
were
The
Ho
the relative or
young man glanced at his wrist watch when the package was delivered to him. "Sorry," he said, "it's later than I thought. I was drop in at hoping we'd have time Bartley's but I don't believe we en make it. Where do you want to eat?".
Janet suggested a sandwich bar in the same block. They went there, Janet told him about the little I was so helpless about it that found two vacant stools beside the town where she had lived, too. So she laughed. "Why, yes, of course, counter
and climbed up on
then long ago it seemed since she had left could suggest a dozen things. It Janet ordered a hot chicken sandwich you and glass of milk. Jeff called for there and come to Lancaster! She depends partly on how much told him
her mother's death want about
to #pend. You
ham on. could get a
rye with plenty of mustard. "Well," he said, "that shopping three years before. Janet had been vanity case or perfume or something eight years old when her father was for her room. A vase, a candy box business wasn't half bad, was it? killed in the war.
maybe or a piece of pottery. Maybe You're the one I live to thank for she'd like a handbag., i saw some that, though. Lord, I wouldn't have beauties in Marsh's window to-day had the slightest idea what to buy!
He saw that she was not listen They
sale at $5. Really lovely ones!
and the words broke off. "That's
carlier customer idea! Grant nodded.
had left a folded Do you think she'd like a handbag?" newspaper on the counter. Janet Janet smiled again, “Well, of opened it, glancing idly at the front.
All at once headline
!! course 1 don't know. I'd like one of page.
ather inconspicuous type stood out. Them myself, though.""
fanit read it, stared at the words, read them over again. There it was -no-mistake about it! The headline
"BETTY KENDALL, SOCIETY GIRL, ELOPES' WITH ROLF CARLYLE" (To Be Continued).
They lingered over the coffee and dessert. The exchange of confidences seemed to establish a real friendship. When they finally rose to go bath of them were laughing over a story of Grant's school days. Half an hour later, tired but happy, Janet said good-eight.
AN
She saw Jeffrey Grant half a dozen times during the next week.
"I think that's a good lunch," Jet She went to dinner with him twice and once to the movies. She called annoured. “Would you be willing to go with me to buy it? I'm pretty him "Jeff" now, just as naturally as duh at things like that. F pro-rend: he called her Janet. And she learn
worst in the that Jeffably pick out ed almost immediately Grant was not given to making; auch." sentimental advances. If she thought once or twice that something he said
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Crawford."
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She agreed to meet him at Marsh's department store next day at 12:15.
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The new building of the Sincero Compay, Macao branch, was officially opened on Saturday, His Excellency the Governor of Macao, Lt-Col. A. J. Bernardes do Miranda, performing the ceremony.
The
Tuesday, Sept. 3.--Mr. J. J. Hayden funched at Mountain Lodge.
Lady Southorn gavo o Guiders tea What is Glamour? This question, life and love when they find them-
Glorious Shirley Temple,
party at Government House. In the as old as Hollywood, raised its inter-selves transplanted to a farm, and sutural art, is second to none, and absence of Luly Southern, owing to
Situated at Run de 5 d'Outubro, the rogatory hent gain when the surround themselves with a group who has, in the words of Irvin S.
ceived the guests.
building is one of the largest in fuminaries of the "No More Ladies of disinherited folks, like themselves. Cobb, "inade more people happy and indisposition, Mrs. G. F. L. first re-
The following were present:
Macao and all the modern equipment all walks of life. Expecting to made more children laugh than any ut Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
fitzel pener and happiness close to child
Mrs. W. J. Anderson, Mrs. C. W. necessary for a department store and child your age in the history of the fell to debating its meaning. The new nature. they are surprised to c-world", is here again. Her new Fox Fox
a hotel are incorporated in this edifice. Bishop, Mrs. S. W. Creasey, Mrs. emotional conflicts
is Girl" picture, produced by Irving Thaiberg is counter
more Film picture, "Our Little
The ground and first floors are for confronted showing at the King's Theatre. It is Mr. D. Banby, Mr. B. G. Grigor, stirring thus now showing at the "Queen's Teers: them in the whirling vortex of the called her greatest. This is said to be Mrs. J. Hance, Mrs, G.-A. C. Herklots, use as department stores, while the
of their answer city. Their love is threatened by a Shirley's most touching picture. Mr
Mrs. G. F. Hole, Mrs.
second floor to the sixth floor, totalling F. A. Kemp, Joan Crawford: "When you wake up beautiful, unscrupulous blonde who plunges into an emotional adventure
Mr K. W Maurice-Jones,
Mrs, W. over by the Oriental Hotel.
well and discover it's Sunday morning." enters the picture and causes an up- that sings in the heart as the bravely Mrs. Key, Mrs. R. Longworth, 71 spacious rooms, have been taken ventilated and an heaval in the lives of the sweet, meets a bewildering crisis while those B. A. Moore, Mrs. II. 5. V. Mossop, rooms are all "When Robert Montgomery:
little wife and all those who are nearest and dearest to heirs. Lee Nagel, Mrs. A. R. H. Phil many of them have private baths at- actress bites a dog," Franchot Tone: devoted her. The car headed by grope in the shadows of misunder- lips, Mrs. M. E. Politi, Mira. Polson, tached and all The furniture is of "Something much talked about but Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara standing. Shirley's brave smile re- Mrs. R. W. V. Reeves, Mrs. Ritchie, artistic design. An outstanding fea seldom scen." Edna May Oliver Pepper, John Qualen and Addison vives a waning love, when she pleads frs. J. W. Riddock, Mrs. J. Skinner, ture of the building is that there is "Breakfast in bed." Charlie Ituggles: Richards, is an unusually large one, for her mother to return, and runs Mr. K. 11. Uttley, Mrs. R. II. Wild, lobby on every floor.
from home to reunite her and away
E. H. Williams, Mrs. housting forty speaking parts "A seven letter word in print some hundreds of minor players. Some parents.
The seventh floor will be occupied - In addition to acting, theils Armstrong, Miss E. Banker, ling's six." Gail Patrick: "Joan conception of the magnitude of the child wonder sings. This powerful Miss J. Beavis, Miss Campbell, Miss by a Chinese restaurant and there Reginald Denny: "The situation can be gleaned from the story again brings to the screen be Chon, Miss Doig, Miss Drake, Biiss P. Will also be a roof garden. way a distant place stems-until you fact that a restaurant, equipped to loved Shirley Temple. Again she is D'Eco, Miss Evans, Miss P. Everest, The building was constructed by get there Elward H. Griffiths: feed three hundred persons a day, said to prove herself a dramatic star
And at no time does Q. Fung, Miss Gairdner, Mias Messrs. Lam Woo and Company from and a hospital to take care of accond to none,
Gerrard, Miss H. Gerrard, Mixe "what a director searches for when emergency cases were installed. she stop being a real child deals to Hance, Miss Hancock, Miss It. Ilan the dosign of Mr. Perirea, a Macao
the hearts of millions. Shirley plays cock, hiss Hayward, Mina Holloway,
The building is fitted with two "Calm Yourself"
almost every scene in this picture. Miss D. Jan, Miss Judah, Mins G. Schindler lifts supplied by the Jardine "Our Little Girl" is said to have Lakeman, Miss D. Leo, Miss A Engineering Carporation; "Ameo" "Calm Yourself" is without doubt app
appeal for young and old. For the
Loung, Miss Lock, Miss A. Mackenzie, steel shutters by Messrs. Dodwell and King Vidor launches his career as one of the most entertaining pletures young in heart as well as in years, Miss Mic Cune, Miss Me Kenna, Miss Company, and "Ideal" boilers. a full-fledged Independent producer of the year. With such popular there en thrilling circus sequence. S. Morris, Miss E: Moses, Miss Ming Miss W. Robinnon. an Betty Furness, Ralph Producer Edward Butcher spared no fustil, with "Our Daily Bread", the power players
Morgan, Hardie Albright, Nat Fondle expense in bringing a complete circus SAVING MISM Smith Miss M. ful human drama, which is scheduled ton, Shirley, Ross and others in big tent, wild animals, elephants, and Stewart, Bliss Tee, Miss J. Wong, to come to the King's Theatre on support of the
"Poodles" Hnnneford, world- Miss N. Zimmern. Tuesday. Although Vidor has been Rebert Your 8 romantic team all.
Madge EvanIS. It famed clown and rider, has an excit
Thuraday, Sept. 5His Excellency making his own productions for years, Young, a New York advertising young thrilling.
concerns the adventures of Robert ing act.
clowing, riding, falling, received Mr. W. J. Carrio.
Other circus celebrition! His Excellency received representa. this is the first time he has done his man who, when he is fired by his seen here are "The Clarkoniana" in tives of the Press. OWN financing, which rute him fiancee's father, opens a "confidential a swinging net, and the clowns Ham- The following funched at Govern definitely in the independent producer services" promises to do any job for hone, Dumbell, Smiling Sambo, Ament House:Mr. V. G. Bowden, class, along with Samuel Goldwyn, its subscribers, no matter how de-atting cast has been assembled around Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Williamson and
liente or personal, and its slogan is the screen sensation. Rosemary Darryl F. Zanuck, Douglas Fairbanks,Calm Yourself." When he becomes plays the mother, and Joel Mecal Br. and Mrs. A. L. Nutt.
His Excellency presided at a meet- Mary Pickford and other producers the professional guardian of a beaut- the father. Others are Lyle Tolbot ing of the Legislative Council. who release through, United Artists. ful and wealthy young girl, as well as "the other man", Erin O'Brim- Mr. William Teeling arrived nt Vidor established headquarters infas of a one-year-okl heir. to n mighty Moore, Jack Donohue, Pondles Han- Mountain Lodgo.
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Friday, Sept. 0.—Mr. William Teel- United Artista
begins. The girl neford, Gus Van, Margaret leads to complications with his funcse strong, Ritu- Owin, Leonard Carey, J. ing left Mountain Lodge, Studios, where he shot his interiors.and the baby to complications with Farrell Macdonald and. Jnek Buxley, | His Excellency received King's
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