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TUESDAY.

AUGUST 80, 1938.

TAKE YOURSELF IN HAND

HAVE you falled to alt the high

spota? Are you not so popular

as you had hoped? In a word, are you a flop?

Then what is the reason? Don't nay it's hard luck. Only fools use such language. Why not analyse your habits? Look at yourself in the few honest mirror, and naka questions. I will suggest come of The questions.

Do I dress property? remember, and especially

Always

if you

can

want to get anywhere, you never afford to neglect your personal appearance. Maybe you wonder why you lost that job you wanted so much or the promotion that you expected, The reason

you

looked rather shubby. Your boots were down at the heel, your face was badly shaved, your clothe needed pressing, or your jacket was spotted with grease. You created a bad first impression, and the other fellow got a jump in front of you.

you

What else could happen? You are judged in the first instance by your appearance. You say you cannot afford to dress well. I answer that 10 dress badly. can't afford you People take

at your OWN valuation. " you have no self- respect, how do you imagine olhers are going to give you any respect? must strike the happy medium between being a dowdy and a dandy. The right dress tives tone to one's personality, and that is an asset in any line of business.

No; you

Politeness Pays

What about my manners? You will do well to ponder that question for very carefully. What gure, Instance, do you cut in society? Are your friends renily pleased to see you, or does their conversation dry up at your approach?

Maybe you have not thought of the matter. You take too much for grunted. Thut is a mistake, The world is not naturally kind and benevolent, although you think 50. It is only too ready to be annoyed ur take offence. IL resents your blunt and bluff manner. It shrugs ila shoulders at your facetious

humours. Its back is up when you make jokes out of reason or at the expense of others. I detests your argumentative style, your egotistical moods, or your sulien disposition. Possibly a Dr. Johnson or a Carlyle could get away with that kind of stuff, but you would be foolish to take the risk.

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J Politeness costs little and pays n sound dividend. Get that into your head. I am not suggesting the eringing attitude of a sycophant. Obviously that is too artinell gain you any respect. The happy medium here is between the brond smiles of the waiter who is thinking -of--his--gratuity and the brusque. manner of the fellow who doesn't give a groat what anyone thinks of him.

Making and Keeping Friends

Manners maketh men. You cannot pass safely or smoothly through this life if you Ignore the conventions or disregard the etiquette of society. In the last resort politeness is neces- sary to keep peace among disagree- able people. So brush up your matiners, get rid of your angularities, and show others the respect you expect them to give yourself.

Do I keep my friends? That is touchstone of personal worth.

the Some make friends, but have not the faculty of maintaining the happy relationship. The reason is not far to scek. You must show yourself friendly if you are to keep your friends. The bonds must be cemented with mutual acts of kindness and of love.

Perphans you have not been grateful for favours received, and forget that others are apt to grow wearled of your Ingratitude. You have accepted their" hospitality and not 'repaid it; or you have allowed them to stand the treat and not made any return.

Another way to lose your friends Is to be critical of their disabilities. It is always wise to take

your friends just as you find them. In any case you may not be too good yourself. Why not get down to the simple fact that we are all Imperfect, and that tolerance and patience nre virtues worth while cultivating? In this world you, really

cannot along with people on any other terms. Cut out the censoriousness. And don't forget the little courtesies. They count a lot.

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Thank God for your tricrals, go out of your way to be kind to them. Otherwise you will come to old nge a pitiable and friendless creature.

Do I make the most, of my opportunitica? These come to every one of us. They knock loudly at the door at least once, and have no returning feet. We call them lucky who have succeeded, but have those of us who are fallen inte the rank and file of mediocrity over canaldered how many golden chance we have let slip for some foolish reason br another?

Value of Concentration

Lat ur face up to the fact that the fault is largely our own. We have selmped our job, been content with

Erich Maria Remarque's

THREE COMRADES

BY Norman: Ze tx the portod iltreetly after the war und Erich, Karter and Lane, three insepar abla frionde bound by ties of bit ternas and disillusionment, have faith in nothing but their own friendship. Opening a small auto vepair shop they build a pheno monally fast racing car for them- acives. One evening after an impromptu race toith a sodan they meet Frans Brrier, a proff- teer, and one of the newly influe ential men in Germany, With him is lovely Patricia Holimann. Erich is norcly amitten. Ho sella a. limousina The next day and the comraden buy a taxicab. En couraged

This prosperity Erich telephones Pat and taken her to dine at Alfons' cofa

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Ogrizki 1938 by Loew's Ine,

Chapter Three

Alfons had outdone himself for the borutiful "Fraulein." Lowly raasago had been out of the ques- tion. Instead he had brought chups from a priza pig that had won twoj firsts at Strasburg, one be had even killed himself,

The phonograph was blaring the record of "Silence to the Forest." Erich mal Unck from the table and benned. He gestured to the rotund Alfons. "Ha's madly in love, with you."

Pat nodded pougly, "And I with him. Alfons and I have so much in commun. Bleat and music,”

Quickly, Erich grasped her fin- Rer and held them tight, afraid She might withdraw them, "You're always smiling. Does that morn you're always happy?"

worse. "Well, hat year it caught up with me and I look to bud,"

Kester felt kla apina crinkle. He could almost write the dénouement lilmselt. Tonight would be the do- cision she'd have to make. He look. ed at Erloh and shivered. It was wrong, monstrous. The boy and Pal could have been happy to gether.

Sho stood up. now."

"I've got to go

Quickly, Erich approached. "I'll take you home."

Quialdo, he hesitantly beckoned to a taxicab but Pat would have none of that. They would walk. It wasn't far. Erlah muttered some- thing about making her late for her "business" appointment but Pat morely laughed and chatted gitbly of all sorts of inconsequential things.

On her doorstep he spoke hareh- ly. "What I hope is, you'll remem- ber it's only a businos appoint- ment."

She stared at him, then burst out laughing. "You baby. Good heavens. what a baby you are.” Suddenly her arms went around him and sho brushed him a light kiss.

Ho stood back, startled. "That's my car.”

Tender laughter. "The better to hear me with, Go Soma Erich, and go to bed."

Walking toward his house, Erich's spirits dropped lower and lower. He had acted like a half- wit, with his blundering accusa- tions. That had probably been n goodbya kias. No doubt she was through with him.

Next morning, his gloom atli hung over him as he sat discon solately at his desk.

Lenz appeared and spilled some coins on the desk, "Profits from the first day of taxi-driving. Threo. marks over and above we water pump which died and the cost of the dicence and cap. Here, It's your

She nodded, "Oh yes, I'm a very superficial and frivolous pernon. You aco when I got over my" She atopped and seemed to draw a cur-ishit,"

The evening sped on with laughter and

⚫ music.

tain over her eyes. "What I mean! la that when I naw I was going completely broke I decided to live I liked, oven if only for a little while. I wanted to be very gay and I. was. Do you think that sounds Irresponsible?".

·

Erich's throat felt tight. "I think It sounds vory brave."

"I was frightened aomotimes. But It's been fun. Now it's over and I've got to go to work."

Erloh asked before he could stop. "For Brouar?"

"What made you think of him?" He lips thinned. "I don't know. I suddenly felt unhappy. When do you start?"

"In a week. I'm going to run a planograph shop. One that's just being opened. Then I'll be too tired to go out in the evening."

Erich looked at him lugubriously, "I'm in a mass. I've complotely ruined myself with Pat. She's prob ahly used to millionaires and counts and how they behave, I acted like a drunkan sol

Loaz. laughed, "What do you think millionaires act like? Kit- lionaires? It's too bad, though. I guess I should havo layed at Al- fona' to take care of you." His voico levolled out. "That might have been better for all of us.”

Brich looked up in sharp alarm. "What happened at your meeting? Another lot?"

"No, but I think a couple of those strong arm patriate followed ma home." His tono changed. "Now look Erlab, if you want to apolo- gize to Pat, send her flowers. They caver everything. van graver." Ho slapped the taxi cap on Erich's hond. "Come on, go to work. Ba careful of that radiator. Don't take anybody up hills-"

Erich wondered what was wrong with his eyes. The room seemed to have gotten dimmer and there was a torturing dryness in his mouth. "That doesn't leave us much time." They had reached the door and The door was thrown open and suddenly they stopped as if a corps muddenly Lenz and Koster were in had risen before them. The taxi their midst. Erich's spirits lighten- had been half demolished. Tho ed as the men's sallies flow. So he tires were smashed, the windows had lost Pat's address? Bo ho broken and one door hung loose hadn't even noticed hor? Didn't from its hinges. Berawlod hi chalk think much of her elther, eh? across the bonnet were ominous

ich grinned at Pat. "I warned words. Those who do not belleve you about the riftraff wo'd run into in the Now Germany are Reoklons hero."

Drivers."

Lenz took her hand. "And they Stupoffed, they stood there as expect us to sit with them," he said Kooter joined them. with burlesque passion, “as if no- "I did it," Lenz suddenly raspod. thing had happened." He turned "Biame me! Those men following his back to the others. "Ah, alone me home from the meeting last nt last."

night. This is my contribution to The evasing apad-on with laugh the two of you. We share and share ter and murit. Erich was fingering | alike. This is what I give for what the keys of the piano when Leas you give me." His eyes were quietly bid them all goodnight and stricken and his throat worked lett. Eltung at the table with Prt, convulsively, Koster looked after him. Then he "Shut up and let's got to work." turned to her apologetically, "I Koster said tersoly. "Let's see it wo worry about those two monkeys. can put this together again." You see wo've been together so

Lenz grasped his arm. "I'm sor- long." Lenz, fighting for reason in a madhause, tormented by his loy

ry. Otto."

Kontor turned to him. Each man nity to his friends and his duty to had his own life to live, And Lenz tilo conselence. Erich, drifting to way meant that there was null wards nowhero.

fighting to be done, that there were "You're very fond of them," Pat now frontiers to be reached. As for said softly.

himself he had the wisdom bombed out of him and his feelings sewn up forever by machine gun stilobes. "Ve can't blame you for everything that happens to un" bo sald roughly.

Koster gestured to Erich at the plano. "He's different. He's alive, And he's get to live for something. Dut well we're together now."

Biowly, Pat twirled her glass. "Yes, I envy you that. When there with terror and pity and heart- There was a long moment, filled are decisions to make it must be break. Then Lenz turned on hin wonderful to have someone you can libel, Thats the worst of it - you

(can."

Koster's voico_was gently.com “polling. “Ask us."

Her fingers tightened. Then she took a deep breath, "It's funt another, one of those things that began with the war. There wasn't so much to sat, you know I grow too fast and ato too little," She'd begun coughing just a tiny bit at first. Then, it had gotten worse, far

the second best, and havo qualified for the higher posts.

accomplish and you will be surprised. Put all you know into your task, und doors will open to better things.

Do I concentrate? That is an | Important question. In an age of spécialisation there is little room for the man who dissipates his energies. He usually gets nowhere. You will not always be the square peg in the round hole if you keep on trying to No use casting the shadow of a do those things for which nature disappointed egotism across your never fitted you. Stick to your own world. There is sull me to pull job. That is the main thing. AJI yourself together, and de better. Set olse must be a hobby or a secondary yourself at once to give some affair. Indication of what you really enn

D. C. M.

Adapted For

M.G.M. By BEATRICE

FABER

Chaptor Four

Buddenly Erich's eyes darkened. Franz Bräuer had entered with a party of friends and the place was buzzing with whispers.

Ono woman at the next table whose name soomed to be Hilda was motioning to Pat. "Breuers vory fond of her," she was anying in a loud undertone, "And it'a boon lucky thing for her too. These falion aristocrats haven't much ohance these days without someone to help them.”

Erich clenched his hands, hoping that Pat hadn't heard.

Illida's escort was whispering back, "This Brouer has beeôme à man of influenco Intely, Political in- Tidoncs, Germany' is changing, you know."

And then Brouer himself was ni the table. "How nice, Boeing, you here, Pat. Dance with me?"

"Pat looks tired," Erlah sold bol- ligerently.

Breuer took on a nanty odge. "You haven't known her na long as I have, Pat daacon until dawn."

Biting at the piano in Alfons' Bay, Erich was happier than he'd Erich started na Pai put her arm ever been in his whole life. Lans through his. "I'm sorry Franz, but had been right about the Bowers. you see I promised this one to l'at had accepted them and for Erich." Then she said to him, very given blm for his boorishineas. Not softly. "With me? Pienas?" only that, the hnd mentioned - They were on the floor, Cautious- quite casually of course that shely, Erich circled around, anticipat- was not seeing Breuer any more.ing a entastrophe any moment. If Striking a chord to went on with only his trousers didn't split. It the magnificent, romantle le ho only his coat stayed together. "At had conceived. "And then," he con- tenst, I can hold you close out tinued, gully aware that he had here." he whispered and emitted a never been further.nway than nouth deep, contented algh, Germany, "I batted around the The nction WŁA his undoing. world on freightors, especially There was the awful sound of his South America." A fellow had to collar ripping and coming 10040. A tell a giri-something about having drunken dancer bolded him laugh- travelled. It made him sound in od bolstorously and jerked at tha portant. "Let's see. Thero was Rio ravelling string. "Why the man's de Janeiro and Buonos Aires." all tied up in knots.”

Pat amilsd encouragingly, not be- leving a word of it. "What are they like?"

Desperately-Erich tried to ro cover by arranging bis tie but na he struggled the "cost opened at the eens.

Erich concentrated on Rlo. Now what was there about Rio that ho Breuer's voice rang out. "I've just had heard? Oh yes, you rolled. I placed that cont. My grandfalher

Brexer took on a nasty edge. "You haven't known her as long as 1 bave."

"Well, you roll down to Rio. Ia) was buried in it." wonderful Thon - then you roll Almost wooping for him Pat down to Buenos Aires. They have whispered, "Oh Erich wo'd bettor monkeys there, monkeys and cof-go somewhere. Dance over to the fee."

other alde, We'll fix it" “What were you doing there?"! ...The place was now rearing. with "I was a gaucho, I had some (laughter and suddenly he dropped coffee plantations." Rather _fancin- bis hands away from her. What a ated with the story himself, ha con- fool he'd boen to think he could Unued, “In Rio there's a big har, carry the evening off. Humiliation bor and the cities aro white and swamped over him. "It's no good high above it, with crocodiles and Pat," he said boarvoly, "no good jaguara aro orchids growing in the at all. I'm not - I'm sorry, it's no Jungle."

good." Clenching his teeth be strode

Lenz hailed them from the door-quickly to the door. way and atroda over. "I've always Outside, he made straight for Al- wanted to get away myself but fonn" cafe. To the queries of Ros first there was school you know, ter and Lenz, he said, "At sharp Then the war. Hello Fat. Hello midnight I changed back from Cin Munchausen." He turned, hearing derella into a garage mechanie," Koster's voice. The two men drow that's all" Palf She Was with aside.

Brouer. "Well," Kostar naked, "did you tell Beckor that you're through with the party work?!

Lear face twisted a littln. "Yes, and I've just put a knife through my conscience.!

"But I promise you it's better this way." He touched Lenz' hat. There was & bullet hole in the crownL.

This happened tonight?"

“Just now, I had to duck up the alloy."

Lenz nodded disappointedly. "She's a rich man's giri. I knew it. Well, what can Erich do

"He can get good and drunk," Erich Bald savagely, downing A stiff drink.

It was almost dawn as he moved unsteadily down the street. Then, reaching his door, ha fumbled for his key. There was a amali India- tinot sound and a flash of gleaming allvor,

Koster paled. "You see what I

Ho knelt down. “Pat, Pat. What mean? We don't want a deed horo. are you doing here? You're shiver- We want a living man."

ing." His arma were around her Lenz' voice was thin and bitter, and he crushed her close.

"I wish wo wein somewhere an She stirred in his embracă, "I be- earth where the two things could | lleve I've been asleep." Her eyes go together. Living - and being ablloked drowally, "Erich, you got man." Then, fixing a smile on tila drunk because you couldn't dance face, he drew Kos'er to the piano, and you ran away and left me and where Erich and Rat were singing | I don't want you over to run away n song of love in no time.

and leave me. I'm much warmer

A weak wont by and for Erich now and this is a lovely time of they were days of thinking about | day."

Pat and evenings of beating or Erich looked at the dawn and singing or walking "through the know it was the most beautiful park with her. Then one day, his time in all creation. “Il'a tha edgo whole world shifted. Pat had been of, eternity," he whispered, "bo made a present of two opera sents tween day and night.” and had insisted that rich be her escort.

She rubbed her check against his. [“Let's siny right here forever. It's There was a rowdy hour of dron- what we were born into. It's where ing that night with Koster pinning we belong," Ale vest together on Erich. Lenz Is Ups found hers and held tying on a collar with some airing them a long, long time. Then the and the whole nerve wracking bus)- | smiled and held his face in hor ness of squeezing into a slightly | lianda and the silver dress was re- -old fashioned dress sult.

flasted in her eyes. Suddenly, aho Silting in the nightclub with Pat gave a stified little cough and after the opera performance. Erich buried her head in his shoulder, aquirmed uncomfortably, remem-Yonte cold." Erich erted, "let bering Leng' final words to him, and take you home."

· "You'll be all right if you don't dance, Whatever you do, don't try that special radianos. Take me She looked at him omin with

that,"

Then he looked across at Pat and homa? But how? I am home. his blood surged warmly within His broath caught. Then, with- him. "You're like a silver dream out a word, he swung her up in hla In that drem. You're beautiful, arms and opened the door. Pat'

She touched the frosted sleaves, "I couldn't afford it, really. It was my last axiravaganen."

'She was like a happy little chlid and yet sometimes she asemed as old and far off as the Sphinx. "Ilas it made you happy?"

She laughed. "I dont know yot.

I've never worn it before."

(Pat has offered her love and her heart to Brich, But-ho enn give her Uttia in ozohanga for the luxurious Ufo she might have had with Brower, Will their destiny keep them together despite poverty, and political atrife? Don't miss tomorrow'a powerful installment)

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