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THE SHINING TALENT.

By Eleanor Early.

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.

remember one

Christmas oh, well

THIS HAS HAPPENED IN thin as "paper Molly Birakam laborite:$10,000 from an elderly, munt, the day ahasraduated from solege, and, the: alvia, immediately - tell Ser how the pught to spend It Hut Molly vary much in love with, Jack Wells," draft 'man In.ka krchitect's, pines." "A handsome boy

and lovable, but' very, poor, to DAY

• The day she learns of het goedh fortune she borrows money from 1% rich filnamate, and Kives metuorable parts, Afterwards the spends the right with her deset land, Jute Meinotia And Rita, Kerther, have juder to bed, talla her arnumber 05-ihings. Kim has been secretly married to Dub Newton, pacionats mantas, the condemn this, thair experimentean-betaling fallues. And Wake dag wolly Joel, and tells him the har spelfed te kokidor wack Melly, ens Mally welle very well. She mean to look for position of a DEVESRD, and have a

struggling young - lawyerfione, of those come

sie warns Kally to be careful.

CHAPTER V

"Better wear dark clothes," counselled Rita: "It doesn't do to look like a frivolous young thing when you're job-hunting...

But I'm not sure of myself. I'm scared to death, protested Molly And she began again,llently, to practice her little introductory speeches.

Then Rita Interrupted again What are you using these days for money, dear?!" d

"Oh, I borrowed a hundred for the party" explained Molly, "and" I've some left. I haven't any idea how long it takes to settle an estate, or how long it will be be fore I get my $10,000. I have to be careful until I hear something

definite from Dad. By the way, I wired the family that I was going to stay castid a while, and I'd write after was established, Would you like to take a room with me?...

Rita shrugged. "I guess you So Molly put on a blue crepe de forget that I'm a married woman." chine ensemble and a little dark"But I thought Bob didn't want hat. And Rita wore a black dress, to announce your marriage." With a list of lipstick, red. It didn't "He doesn't. But, he wants me make any difference what Rita to live with him just the same."

• wore. "She always looked conspicu- ous. She never used make-up, but "Oh." Molly was silent for å har mouth was red as blood. And few minutes... "You know, her skin was the natural olive that Rite, I think that's sort of horrid." half the girls in college strove to Rita's red mouth twisted wryly, acquire with a new kind of face and she did not answer, powder."

When she was with Rita, Molly seemed very young and sweet and fragile. She thought herself that she looked countrified, and attempt- ed sophistication with plenty of rouge and lipstick.

"Suppose we meet for ton," she suggested. I suppose you're hay- ing dinner with Jack?"

Molly nodded,

They parted at the station. And at ten o'clock Molly began the conquest of Newspaper "Row: "Wipe it off," commanded Rita. At two she was unutterably "You look like a nice child mas-weary. She remembered that she querading as a chorus girl. It's & had had no lunch, and stopped at good idea to look intelligent when a restaurant for a cup of coffe. you're trying to sell yourself for when she had finished. it, she a salary."

placed her sheat of purple station- So Molly obediently toned down cry on the counter, and checked her mouth, and rubbed her cheeks off the offices she had visited. with her handkerchief..

Seven. Seven times in four hours

On the train they outlined their she had been told courteously, but plans. Rita was going to look for firmly, that she was not wanted. work in a department store...

There were various reasons. "I'd like to sell," she said, and They usually suggested that she I think I'd be pretty good at it. In come back when she had had a the sports shop of a big store, per- hapsi I've a natural flair for little experience. clothes, and I like to see girls wear But where am I going to get the right thing.

experience?" she had asked, a trifle "You knew I'm going to law wildly. school "this winter, didn't you?......„I That was at the seventh place. can go nights. And in three years And the editor had shrug- I'll be practicing law with Bob. I'd ged his shoulders, and smiled like to specialize on legal work for kindly, and said hë:

wns

women, I should think women really very sorry: Most of them would inther. bring their problems said they weren't taking on any "to another woman than to a man." one "just now.... Later,

"Oh, no,” Moily interrupted. "I perhaps." don't think so, Rita. Women go to

"Two more places," she reflect-

lawyers for sympathy pretty much. ed. "And then it will be all over." : There's no kick in getting consola-

tion from another woman. They'd She wondered what girls did! rather enlist the commiseration of when they didn't have any money, a big strong man,"

or any home.

At the eighth place an office Rita turned to her newspaper. boy told her the city editor was But Molly was too excited to at lunch. read. Her own folded paper lay

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"And"if you're looking for, a across har knees. She turned to job." he volunteered. "it won't do ward the window, and began to you any good to wait, because he's compose little speeches. "How turned down about 60 college girls do you do. My name is Molly Burn-

already." ham. I'm looking for a position.

•

No, I haven't had very much. What made you think I'm à experience... (She felt they college girl?" she asked. would ask her that) That is, not The boy grinned.

metropolitan experience. I WHA "Oh you college girls don't do editor-in-chief of our college paper. nothin' but look for jobs in June," And I had a verse published in he told her. "There's been a ro- Poetry." She felt in her purae. gular procession of girls ever Yes, the clipping was there. Prob-since the schools closed." ably some editor would like to see

it.

She sighed, and took the elavat-

Molly was going to look for work or to the street floor. The last in a newspaper office. She was a place was across the street..

bit vagite about the best way of The city room was big and dirty, offering her services, It sounded and full of smoke. Men eatin awfully, conceited to say she would their shirt sleeves smoking pipes. like to write editorials. Because Some of them were pounding type- everybody who wrote editorials, writers. There were others sit, she supposed, was eld, and had ating about a huge table, writing beard. would be loads of fun with big fat pencils. They all look to write about the theatres. But fed exactly like the men in the other probably you didn't get to be

eight, ofees. And dramatie critic right away. One smelled like all the other places.

the place thing she wouldn't do and that was society. She didn't particu- larly care for women's clubs either. But probably it would be just as well to do almost anything, just to get started. Maybe she'd better not turn down women's clubs after all,

Rita laid down her paper. " "Where are you geing first?" she asked.

No one paid any attention to her,

She" approached a man with a green shield over his eyes and a cigarette in his mouth.

"Will you tell me, please, where

I can find the city editor."

"I'm the city, editor," he told her. And that rather took her breath away..

Molly opened her bag and pro- duced a sheet of purple stationery. "I'm looking for a job,' she anld I've copied the newspaper ad- simply. "I haven't had any ex- dresses from the telephone book," perience. But, I know I can she said. "You know the family's write."

going to have an absolute fit when "No experience at all?

they know I have a position. And "No," she said.

I think it would appease them. If

got on an intellectual paper, so

I mean to try the "dignified ones

"What do you want to do?" "Anything"

"Got plenty of norve?"

firat. Maybe they won't take me "Oh yes."

though, so I've copled every ad-"Do you know what an Inquiring

dress in the directory. Where are Reporter is 7 yon going ?"

|

"Yea I've read the column în Kita mentioned a storewell known for its sport shop... "And your paper. It's somebody who after that," she said, "I'll made gees around asking questions, and the round. You're so sure of your then writes what people tell him." self, Molly, it's funny. That's beWall," the man grinned amid cause you've never looked for a job bly, "It's a little more than that j bstore. I've worked every va- People are so dumb, you know. cation since I've been in college, The Inquiring Reporter sort of and I know what it is to plug puts things in their mouths. around from one place to another. Whimsical, witty things-if ho’a I've done it, when I was, hungry, clover. Makes 'em think they said and the soles of my shoes were 'em, you know. Wouldn't ever do

to misquote anybody. You; yet

Molly swallowed. It might bo

WEDNESDAY

AMERICAN - STOCKS,

simple enough, but it sounded CABLED QUOTATIONS. FROM

queeraus

"Oh, yes," she declared. “I understand."

@NEW YORK,

"Well, our Inquiring Reporter is close of the market on Tuesday The following quotations as at the drawn for jury duty," he told her.have been received from their corres- "If you think you can do his job, pondents Messrs."Hayden, Stone- and I'll give you a try at it. Maybe Co. of New York, by Messrs. Swan, you can hit an original slant on Cubertson and Fritz, Sassoon House, the thing. When do you want to Shanghat cable address: "Swan- go to work?

stock,” (Shanghai), who are not res- ponsible for the cable The-c

mutilations. The-quotations are subject to frmation.

Molly's heart bounded joyfully, and her mouth was so dry, she could scarably swallow. She hop- ed her voice wouldn't tremble.

"Any time," she said. "To-morrow morning, then," he instructed. "Eight-thirty. Bring in some sample questions when you come, and we'll go over them together. I'll send you out with a photographer: Dighteen dollars a week to start, and more if you're worth it."

Anaconda Copper Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Stee!

Chrysler Corp. (Com

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Previous Latest

Price Price

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Erie Rly Co. General Motors Goodyear Tyre and Generally Rly Signa

Rubber

Granby Consolidated.

Copper

Eighteen dollars a week. Well, it was a beginning anyhow. Just laternational Cement when she was getting so awfully Missouri Pacific (Com discouraged, too. Her very last chance, in fact. It was wonder Liggett and Myers. fal, really.

Nevada Consolidated

Copper

She wondered if Rits had been as fortunate. But Rita, over their sundaes 20 minutes later, was

: desolate,

The only offer I had," she de- clared, was a chance to model in

a shop on Boylston street. I want to use my brain.","

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Radio”, Corporation, of

Standard Oil Co. of

America (Common) 87: bio! New York

Standard Oil Co. of

New Jersey

Texas Corporation:

Southern Pacific

United States Steel Molly was meeting Jack at half-Vacuum Oil past five,

“He'll have to admit," she rea- soned, "that there's nothing dumb about getting a position, the very first day you look for one."

And when she met him, she clasped his arm happily. "Guess what?" she commanded,

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OCTOBER

1929.

IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL

How fresh

and fit you feel after PINKETTES!

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"I should say not," she chided. "You'd never guess. I'll have to tell you. I've a position, Jack! A perfectly wonderful position on a perfectly wonderful newpaper!"

is that so?" He was maddening- ly noncommittal,

"Aren't you glad?"." "Why should I be glad?" he saw the quick tears gather

He pressed her hand lovingly be

"All right, Sweetheart, I didn't mean to be hateful. If you're glad. I'm glad. I'd some news of my own, and you sort of took the wind out of my sails, that's all.".

"What's your news? She was frigidly polite.'

(To Be Continued).

"Gee

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Sir Dan Godfrey and the Bourne mouth Municipal Orchestra, "Sonata," (Porpora),

"Ah!

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Or chemists everywhere at 60 cents per viak":

As far as a girl's face is con- cerned, á kias is uplifting.

"Freuet Euch Des Lebens, Waltz,”.

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Sum," (Gounod, · All Hail! Qh Tomb," ener. William Heseltine. "Brakms Waltz, Op. 39, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, "The

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..

Soprano, Dora Labbette. "Can't Help Lovin. Dat Man," "Show Boat Bil),” .......

Soprano, Marie Burke and the

Mississippi Sextette.

10.30 p.m.. Close down.

SOME TIME AGO, WE ANNOUNCED THE IMPENDING CLOSING OF OUR SHANGHAI RETAIL STORE.

NOW

WE HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FROM OUR GENERAL MANAGERS, THAT OWING TO THEIR OLD AGE, THEY

INTEND TO RETIRE

From Retail Business.

THEY HAVE GIVEN US INSTRUCTIONS TO SELL OUR RETAIL STOCK WITHIN THREE MONTHS IF POSSIBLE, AS DID OUR SHANGHAI BRANCH.

CONSEQUENTLY

OUR ENTIRE RETAIL STOCK IS OFFERED TO YOU AS BELOW.

(1) Enormous reductions will be allowed.

(2) Goods already reduced and marked net cannot be

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) The Retail Stock includes ?--

(4)

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