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February 19, 1940.
Synopsis: Lovely Mary Haines, a happy wife and devoted mother is a member of Now York's wealthy "gossip" sot, a part of the circle that lives in the beauty salons, the gown shops and the bridge-clubs. One day she has the "girls" to lunch. She detects the velled barbs of her cousin, Sylvia Fowler, an aco-meddler but is unaware that Sylvia has learned from Olga, her-manicurist, that Stephon Halnes is "carrying on' with another'giri. Quite innocently. she agrees to go to Olga for her next manicure.
FOR no reason at all, "H-hooked?" Mary felt anyou told it to me.” · Blindly, shu
groped her way to the door, ' Mary had awakened that ley draft blow over her.
"Yeab. This Crystal is a
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perfume from her and when
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She sat at her mother's kuce and
morning with the firm de- friend of mine. She's really a cision to change her coif-terrible mantrap, Soak it, please,
SHE was at home an hour fure.
now the right hand. She's be-later, swallowed up in a black, hind the perfume counter at agonising despair,when her The "why" of it was some- Black's. That's, how she met mother came in. One glance thing she didn't bother try-him a couple of months ago. And it was clear that Mrs. ing to understand. Nancy He bought some 'Summer Rain Morchend had heard too. Blake, off again that day Crystal sells, she puts perfume sald over and over again withs that for Australia had laughed on her palm and in the crook blank feeling of unreality, "I never said. of her arm. So he got to amell-dreamed it could happen to us. affectionately and "There's probably a man at ing around and I guess he liked We've been so happy together..
ao much in love
"I know. There, there, baby. By the way, you haven't said anything to Stephen yet, have you?"
"Then say nothing." Mary stated at her. Mra. Morehead leaned for-
"I'm sorry but when one's mind ward. "Listen dear, this is not a
A MOMENT later the tele- is on one's own business --" new story. It comes to most wives. phone rang. It was Sylvia, "Of course." Sylvin's mile was Stephen Is A man. He's been mar-bursting to talk about nothing "And as you say you have so ipuro acid. She picked up n battle. ried ten years ----”
The
"the bottom of it," and Mary had agreed. "Probably. I hope Stephen will like it."
She was sitting in the little manicuring booth now, being finished off by Olga..
mary, So
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In the name of friendship`that, you ị "He is awfully good looking," lose your husband and your home. Sylvia said airily, tall, fair and din- Kowloon I'm an old woman dear and I know tinguished. I'm sure you wouldn't
Warmis, she overlook. him." my sex. Goodbye." kissed her child and left...
"You mean he's tired of me." at all.
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jmany men." There, let her climb
Mrs. Morehead took out her knit- Mary cut her rather short. Ber-out of that.
ting. "Stephen's tired of himself.
muda, eh? Well, maybe Mother was
right. "I'm busy. now, Sylvin.
Tinic comes when every man's got
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to feel something new, when he's Sorry dear, I'll call you sometirse " CRYSTAL indicated the bottle
In the department store tele-
got to feel young phone booth Sylvia turned to Edith.she was holding. "I wouldn't "Well, that's what I call gratitude. think that one suggests your saw Olga to-day and personality at all. It's called I know, she his only escape yet she won't say a word. Come Oomph."
Gause he's grow- ing older.
"How amusing." The
municat "Oh Sylvia, maybe we shouldn't sound of chimes was heard through the store. "Well Edith, the bum's
in to see a dif-on." ferent
mirror
Women
Since then they've been in-some woman's eyes.
This girl
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In one hand she held a magazine, but reading, in the face of Olga's chatter, was well-nigh impossible.
"You say Mrs. Fowler
Sylvia gestured Impatiently and rush in melody." She pleked up n separable, practically every probably means no more to him they headed for the perfume de-tiny vital of cologne and said to sent you in?" Olga gabbed. evening. Jungle Red, I sup-than a new dress does to you." partment. Suddenly, she caught Crystal patronisingly. I'll take this "Isn't she a lamb?" She's pose. One cont or two?"
"But moller —~”
her breath. No doubt of it, that my dear." From her bag, she pull-
out "Good heavens Mary, he doesn't red-head with the pansy eyes was ed sent me three clients this
crumpled sales slip. Trembling, Mary got to her love the girl. If he did you'd have Crystal Allen.
Summer Rain. It had felt it yourself, long ago.
description, "There's my name and address. week. Know Mrs. Potter? feet.
So take brassy manner and all, fitted her Just charge and send.” I did her at home last week. closed her eyes, then steadied
been a gift from Stephen. She my advice. Keep still, keep still." perfectly. She pulled Edith to the
Mary felt a sudden revulsion and counter and began to finger the per-sweetly. "My, you are getting off "Twenty-five cents." Crystal said Those six daughters of hers are herself. "Never mind."
she flared up with it. "And what fume bottles. absolute gangsters. Know Mrs.
"But I thought that's what if I don't want him under those The she held one up. "Oh, economically, aren't you? It'll be Stephen Haines ?"
this new kind, Summer out to-morrow, Mrs. Prowler,” you came for. All Mrs. Fowler's terms. Women aren't chattels any here's friends
more. Stephen and I are equals. Rain. That's what Mary Hafnes "Fowler," Sylvia snapped. We belonged to each other freely. is so keen about." Covertly watch- "I think." Mary said uneven-I won't qualify our relationshiping her prey, she went on A
Crystal glanced at the sales-slip. ly, "that I've got what all Mrs. now. It's shockingly wrong. No friend of oura, Mrs. Stephen Hotnes "Oh sorry, Mrs. Fowler." Fowler's friends came for," mother, I'm through-finished." aimply dotes on this. Her husband.
Sylvia was snorting fire as she "Oh. Well, goodbye. I'll tell Alarmed, Mrs. Morehead jumped picked it out for her. Perhaps you dragged Edith along. "Prowler, "I guess Mrs. Fowler's told her you were in, Mrs."
up. "Mary. You mustn't say a sold it to him-eh?" you about that. Mra. Fowler "Mrs, Stephen Haines."
word to Stephen until you've thought Crystal stiffened. So this was the huh. She called me that deliberate fix her. Nasty- feels awfully sorry for her."
"Mrs.
"Olga turned six this out calmly. Fnt going right way the society gang worked. Well, I'd like to "Oh.
does ?" Mary colours, "Oh, gee,
gee Mrs. down thin minute and get tickets for let them. She had Stephen just tongued little creature." She winked. "My where she wanted him. It had laughed uncertainly. "Well, I Haines, I'm sorry. Oh isn't Bermuda."
throat's bad. I haven't wanted to beon a swell iden, reading those there something I can do?"
books and talking engineering to "Oh mother, it's sweet of you lim. It was a hot Hino and it was working. She said smoothly, "I'm "Mary. there's something more afraid I don't remember. We have for-you-to-think-of-now-thân-each | 80-many-men-come-in-here." other. There's your daughter." Mary went silent with pain. Mrs.
MARY started, and looked up. Evidently the girl hadn't caught her name. "What? Why yes, I-"
don't. "
she
"You would if you knew this "Stop telling that story" worry you, but my doctor says —"
voice
girl, Crystal Allen. She's the Mary's
broke. "And but one who's hooked Mr. Haines." please don't tell anyone that
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| Morehead starting for the door. "Ono more piece of motherly ad- vice. Don't confide in your girl {friends."
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score a "bull"
quires the same skill, or the same luck. A "target" cannot retallate; a battleship can. The bigger the ship, ise more powerful and numerous chtí be her guns and the greater her speed,
being
Dofying The Vilost Weather CAN we reduce the size without all of which give her more chance of I risking our own security?
Terippling an enemy before We can, provided others also do it. duniaged herself. During the Disarmament Conferences To a smaller extent the advantages the British Admiralty were
never of retaliation would exist if she ivere averse to discussing such limitations.attacked by submarine or aircraft. In fact, the Washington Treaty With eflcient retaliation from anti- which no longer exists-imposed. In aircraft guns and Oghters from the 1922, a limit of 35,000 tons.
ship, and from other ships of the There are, however, difficulties Fleet, a direct hit from the air is no about limitation. Our Empire, hav-fcertainty. ing no boundaries, requires
ships large enough to keep the seu in any weather, in any part of the world; p is ensidered, it must be realised
that a battleship usually works our ships must be able to go where part of a fleet not as a single ship; required, so that a sufficient force whether with a fleet or alone, it is can be in the right place at the right screened against submarine
Although the extra length would favour the these requirements to the same ex-that small craft,
submarine, the actual to tell us off-hand advantage would in reality be very nothing
An Individual
thine. Other nations do not share
When submarine attack on a battle-
attack
There Is just how large u battleship should slight
strip in be, and, because power is increased unttic-fleet is seldom attacked by a us size is increased, there has always torpedo; rather is an attack made on been a temptation, not often resisted, the whole line from a distance. Big to go one better than the other fellowships, therefore, would not materially As battleships increase in size the increase the chances of a successful cost to the taxpayer increases with startling rapidity, Not only has the cause the proportion of "water space" to "slip space" in a line to be paid but
for,
extra tonnage to also special plant must be manufac-would remain about the same. tured to turn out the enormous guns
So Much Depends On Others required. There is practically no
THE power and speed which can be Included in a 60,000-ton battle limit to the amount which may have to be spent along the ses routes."
ship is for
far greater than in one of Ships must have repate and supply 35,000 tons, and such advantage in an
about
world. 59,0 the wor buses distributed The larger the ship, the more difficult action would far outweigh the slight to manoeuvre in narrow, and espec-extra chance of damage due to the large target to be aimed at. Also, the ially in shallow, waters, the bigger the ship, the steadier the gun must be the dry dock to accommodate
and more sold the platform in rough weather. her, the longer
We could obtain security is neces- dredging is nee wharves; and more sary to make harbours navigationally battleships much smaller than they safe for her reception. These bar-are to-day if other nations would
agree to
to a limitation of size; but until bour works are very expensive.
with
It is a vicious circles which can be such an agreement is reached, we prevented only if the nations of the must continue to dance to the popu One day, perhaps, the size- world are genulae and united in their lar tune.
madness will give way to the sanity efforts to prevent it. -
which is satisfied with modest dimen-
Luck Needed For A "Bull" THE argument against large ships --because the bigger the ship, the bigger the target," can be considered in two ways. If the big ship, the big target, is last, the loss is, of course, greater than if the unit was of smaller dimensions-there would be more eggs in the busket.
And it goes without saying that the bigger the target, the easier it is hlt
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