SHORT STORY
Vinny’s
Secret:
By CORONA REDIING'ION.
Copyright, 1935. by The McClurou‘h'etoopoper Syndicate
AVINA MARTIN sang a happy
L little song as she hurried
about her morning tasks.
Occasionally she would stop and
loan on her broom for a moment.
liar dreamy blue eyes fixed on
rome invisible object. her lips half
parted in a smile. then suddenly
she would come back to earth
again and the vigorous swish-
swishing would be resumed. The
chickens hopped up on the porch
and looked in on her from the
open door.
"That’s right." she laughed. "i
did forget your breakfast." And
dropping her broom in the middle
of the floor she went out to the
barn lot. a pretty picture of a
girl followed by a flock of eager.
hungry chickens.
"Hey, Vinny!" A voice came
from over the fence and Lavinia.
looking up. saw her chum. Cath.
erine Waters. at the gate.
“li'lo. Kate.” she greeted,
throwing the last bit of corn on
the ground. "Come on in. What
you got there?"
“Just a new dress and I can't
get the sleeves to set; thought
you‘d help me.”
They walked toward the house
together, Lavinia'a golden hair
shining in the sunlight and her
clean. faded dress somehow add-
ing to the picture of sweet sim-
plicity. The girl beside her tossed
her black bobbed hair and glanced
coquetishly at her companion.
She flirted with every one and
everything.
"Did you have a good time last
night?" she asked.
“Uh-huh. wonderful. but I'm
not much of a dancer,” answered
Lavinia. “Did you?"
"Oh. I had the grandest time.
and guess what your beau said
to me."
A feeling of uneasiness crept
iiilo Lavinia’s heart. but she an-
explained. Hatton was uncom-
fortable. his masculine mind was
unable to grapple with the subtle-
ties of the clever girl beside him.
but be sensed that something was
LWl‘Ol‘lg. Once seated he glanced
anxiously at his erstwhile sweet-
heart: how placid and serene she
'looked under her pretty blue hat!
"Say. Luth," Kate put her teas-
ing face near his. "you look awful
mad. You got a great big frown
on your forehead." With dainty
caresses she attempted to smooth
it out with her fingers. A flush
of anger spread over his face. He
felt ridiculous.
"Keep your hands of! 0’ me." he
suddenly roared. "Haven't you
any breedin'? Lavinia wouldn’t
have done that!”
Kate rose. angry but unabashed.
"Ole-stick in the mud. go on to
Vinny. I wouldn’t have you."
“'ith a taunt over her shoulder
she minced her way to a crowd of
noisy young people who were play-
ing a kissing game under a big
apple tree.
Lavinia's heart ached for Luther
but she seemed unable to break
the silence.
"I liked her right well until she
commenced runnin' after me." he
said at last as he chewed an apple
leaf: "she’s been makin’ me carry
her everywhere."
Lavinia remained silent.
"And I thought maybe—if you
knew I had somebody else I could
go with you'd . . "
"Is that why you did it.
Luther?" she asked suddenly.
leaning forward and looking
eagerly into his eyes.
“Honest." he answered. steadily
meeting her gaze.
A look of infinite happiness
spread over her face.
"Let's go borne." she said. "The
very sight of Kate seems to
smother me." And unnoticed by
the crowd they slipped away.
Once out of sight he stopped
and put an arm around her.
"I believe it did work. sure
enough." he said happily. and
.Lavinia smiled up into his eyes as
she answered:
"Something worked. anyhow."
But she kept locked tight in her
heart forever the fact that it was
su'r-rcd quietly enough:
“Don't know. Tell me."
"He said—" Kate giggled
slightly and ran her hand through
her hair to make it bushier. “He
said I was the prettiest girl at the
frolic and the best dancer."
“Of course he was Just kiddin',"
Kate went on.
"No." said Lavinia. “you are
pretty. and I reckon you're a good
dancer. too.”
They went on into the house
and spent a busy half hour on the
dress. \Vhile Lavinia worked
Kate stole covert glances at her-
self in the mirror and kept up a
constant flow of aimless prattle.
After she had gone Lavinia took
up her work again. Life had to
no on Just the same whether
Luther Hatton had given his heart
to another or not. But she
sang no more that day nor could
she get over the feeling of loss
and loneliness for days to come.
At church the next Sunday she
recognized Luther's back as he
sat beside Kate and after service
she hurried to get away before
they should have a chance to
speak to her. At the Sunday
School picnic two weeks later
Kate clung to Luther's arm and
looked adoringly up at him.
"Brazen huzzy," said the old
women.
"They're wild about each
other," said the young folks. but
Lavinia said nothing. She tried
not to see them, but Kate gave
her no chance for that. She
dragged Luther over and insisted
that they sit beside Lavinia. for
fear she'd be lonely. she sweetly
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B may be intellectual. alert.
humorous, and have among
our friends a reputation for
rare cleverness in music or art; we
may have a. reading acquaintance
With some of the foremost writers
and he possessed of skill in scan~
ning a poem or in determining to a
nicety the atmospheric perspective
in a. painting. yet with all our in-
timeoy with these things be un-
ncquainted with our duty to one an-
other. or to our state or country.
There is eomethingdabogt “:2?
Duty. clasping its hart an ass -
ing its obligations that fills us with
an uncanny fear.
We may be highly courageous on the
battlefield, where thousands around
us are taking part in the conflict.
ltlt when we are called .upon by
duty to play a noble part. which we
must play alone. we hesitate or
sometimes run away. ~
0 best of men and women! in this
respect we are all very much alike.
quite regardless of our accomplish-
ments or our exalted stations. If
we do not shirk our duty outrightly.
we incline to hid it adieu until I.
more convenient season. or put it.
or! until its demands are forgotten.
Knowing. Our Duty
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come to us with a stern face.
Think About
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We frequently turn sick at its
com promise. .
a roach, even though we may be
1|?sz of body and “strong-hearted.
We go about our work-a-day tasks
with precision. and think nothing of
the wear and tear upon our physical
or mental atruetur. but in the pres-
ence of Duty we very often become
as limp as a. wet rag.
We can tell another man or
woman how to discharge his or her
duteoua obligations with prompti-
tude. but when we are asked to
cancel our own debts under like
conditions we incline to procrastina-
tion and slink away to less annoy-
ing surroundings. glad to be lib-
erated temporarily from doing that)
which in our hearts we know ought
to be done without delay. .
And the worst part of it is that
we arenot in the least ashamed of
our behavior. nor do we concern
ourselves about our critics. with
whom we know we can come to no
What is essential to us is our
hope to snub Duty until it shall be-
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OPAL. ’
HE opal is both today’s talis-
manic gem and the natal stone
of those whose birthday this
is. Much superstition has been
attached to the opal since the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century.
although in olden times it was roe
garded as a very lucky stone.
For those whose birthstone it is.
and those who wear it today. it
loses all its aura of bad luck. and
is especially potent in bringing good
fortune to women. Because of its
changing colors it is usually re-
garded as being symbolic of incon-
sistency. but it is also indicative of
fascination.
Striped material in which there is
much green is today's lucky color.
according to an oriental belief.
The day's significant flower is the
yellow poppy. symbolic of happi-
ness. '
I'm-FRUIT! ICE CREAM
If you wish a tutti-futti ice cream
without the trouble of making the
foundation creams at home, buy a
quart of vanilla cream and a pint of
platache or strawberry cream at the
confectioner’s and pack with the
fruit yourself. Ornament a two—
qtaart ice cream mould with candied
cherries. apricots. citron. peaches.
angelica. etc. Over this spread the
pistache or strawberry. then nniah
filling the mould with the vanilla
cream mixed with a half cup can-
died fruits out email. Close the
mould tightly, putting a layer of
paper between the mould and cover.
and pack in ice and salt for at least
two hours before using. .
Caramel Ice Cream
Burn a cup and a half of lugs:
in I frying-pan. cool it on a marble
b. and pound to a powder. Beat
yolks of six eggs with two cup-
fulsofmilk.addafewdroplot
vanilla. and the pounded caramel.
and cook in a. double boiler until it
begins to thicken, stirring con-
Take from the are. add two
cuptula of cream. attain. emanate.
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ALLAN DWAN ON
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KLUMPH
SCENARIO WRITING.
“ LLAN DWAN talked at {and business. The du- of the bare
A Columbia University
the
other day on scene: lo writ-
"And
he certainly gave the students some
Here's what he said
to write
ing.” remarked the Flapper.
good advice.
—everyone who wanna
scenarios ought to read it."
‘And here it is. If you‘d like to
write for the screen don't miss a
word of it.
"Most people seem
front
studio and he an
play building." h
are wrong.
said,
profession.
"Right new
business
than ever before.
when hundreds
gamble as there was in the old days
when a feature picture could be
made for ".000. Then people who
had no experience in picture work
could walk into the front door and
get a job. if they were good sales~
men. but times have changed.
You've got to know your Job now.
"The director prefers the pub-
lished story or the produced play
because of its enhanced advertising
value and because such stories and
plays are unusually Worked out
with more detailed characterizatiozr
to have the
idea that they can walk into the
door of a motion picture
port in photo-
"hut they
it is a long, hard strug-
gle. to the top in motion picture
directing or writing, Just as it is a
hard grind to get at the top of any
the motion picture
is harder to break into
In these days
of thousands of
dollars are spent for productions
there is not the same tendency to
plot is gone.
"There is always a demand for
original stories for the screen. but
it can scarcely be said that the op-
portunity for the freelance writer is
nowlng. So many magazines are
being published nowadays that any
writer with ideas can get publica~
tion of his material. These maga-
aines are universally read and thor-
oughly combed for everything that
is suitable for the screen.
"The advice of moat editors is to
write your story first for magazines.
but to write the type of story that
can be applied to the screen. The
ideal length of a magazine story for
the screen is a novelette. lTsually
a short story does not hold enough
material. Very often a novel is too
long or too diffused in plot. For
example, two of the writers whose
stories are almost in universal de-
mand for pictures are Ben Ame-
Williama and Frank L. Packard.
who write novélettes of from
twenty to fifty thousand words.
"There is only one road open to
the author of a photo-play. and that
is through the mails. unless. of
course. he is fortunate enough to
havta personal introduction to the
editor. But in either case the story
goes the same route. namely: It in
[read by the several readers and
then passed on to the editor. if it
seems to have general possibilities
as a. screen production. Practically
all original scenario writers have
broken into the game by way of the
postomce."
0m ACLES
I never knew a river yet ‘
That failed to and the sea.
Whatever obstacles it met.
What mountains there may be.
It did not leap .
Prom hill to deep:
Ito way it were
From peak to shore.
Through land of snow and land
fern. ' "
I never yet a river knew
That failed to'nea to find:
Around thehill. the valleys through.
I've seen the river wind.
Or leave the edge
0! mildew ledge
To please .10“.
To some unknown,
Asking. when the thing was done.
To sparkle land’s at the our.
Andamlylahmaldbeaabnvo
Aaflttkrlversan.
The wave however far.
TO WIN LIFE'O BATTLE.
To win life's battle we must meet
Anger with kindness. sour with
sweet.
The lie with truth. the wrong with
right.
And ain with good, and dark with
light.
When: anger angers will not win
When little disputea,men begin:
Who lose their temper lose at '
length.
Who keeps his calmness keeps his
A lie the foolish may believe
A little while. but do not grieve.
The waves beat on: to meet their
shock
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autumn the right. them right no
but.
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Long Stems of Roses Are as im-
portant as the Roses Themselves
in Decorating Hats. Freaks and
Accessories.
Judge the value of a root by
MlLLlNERs like florists often
For
the length of its stem.
stems are now used in many and
unexpected ways as part of' the
decoration of frocks. hat.- and
account-lea
The idea started when one of the
small hats was trimmed with one
or two roses at the right side with
long green stems hanging down like
streamers over the right shoulder.
Then stems were wound around the
crown and on one hat they were
need draped from the right side and
caught up again at the left with the
effect of a little chin strap.
Rosa stems are also used as girdle
ornaments. Two or three roses are
posed at the right side of the girdle
with the long stems hanging well
Items of roses
play an important part on some of
below the. knees.
the little party bags made of arti-
ficial roses. The green stems may
answer the purpose of wrist straps.
Among the artificial flowers for
summer there are organdie
organdle-qnost effective when
hanging from the aide of a wide
brimmed hat.
., Thus far the rose has ruled an-
* promo among artificial flowers.
Now word comes from Paris that
the daisy and the m'santhemum
are asserting them-elves. Ribbon
allowing a delay patter-us chosen
by smart French women not only
for trimming hate but for making
all sorts of cushions. bags and other
boudoir accessories,
The trick of trimming (alt hats.
with artificial flowers eoema to be a
favorite one this acaaon. A charm~
ing little white-felt. narrow-brim-
med sailor shape of much design
shows blue and white daisies alter-
nating about the crown—~aome eight
being used in all. '
Meantime the gardenia that
reigned supreme in fashion for so
long is leaa often chosen by the
women of distinctive taste—though
here and there its waxy blossoms
bloom on new hats and frocks.
“—
The Simple Pull-en Type of Hat
Still Makes 'Strong Appeal to
Smart Women.
IMPLE a matter as it seems to
be to wear one’a hat well down
over one‘s head—at the angle
generally approved by fashion—
there are women hero and there
who seem to stand out stubbornly
against it.
Queen Mary of England isn't the
only dignified dowager who still
wears her hate well of! her ears
with apparent disregard that there
is something decidedly out of the
mode about her appearance in con-
sequence.
I can think right now of at least
a dozen really smart. and otherwise.
well-dressed women who still sky
their hats. show their ears and
temples and yet think they are in
fashion. They simply don‘t like to
wear hats down over their brown--
and when a milliner finds that a
customer has this prejudice she
quite wisely avoids the issue.
The fact is that a good many
women of position and good taste
have steadily avoided the hob and:
as steadfastly avoided wearing their
long hair rolled down over their
ears in bob fashion. They like to
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with long stems made of tubes of
.Hot and girdle decoration of me
atoms.
wear it neatly waved and netted.
done possibly in what we used to
i call a French roll at the back and
top of the head. Now a hat made
for a bobbed head or a low hair
arrangement simply won’t go down
over such a coiflura. Rather than
arrange their hair differently some
women would prefer to wear their
hats aloft. They apparently do not
feel that it is necessary to have
their hats made to measure in order
to leave room for the old-fashioned
headdress.
Of course if you are QueE-n Mary
or the Princess Royal or any one
with sufficiently well established
tmaition. it probably doesn't make
much difference how you wear your
hat. But if you are not so sure of
yourself, and still want to pass as
fairly well dressed. then do. for
mercy's sake, learn the trick of
wearing your hat well down on Your
head. There was some talk that
bats were going to be worn further
hack—though not further of? the
head at the back. One or two well-
khown moving-picture actresses
adopted the fashion. But at present
there seems little inclination on the
part of fashion to go along in that
direction.
Meantime the small. pull-on type
of hat rules. Smart women seem
peculiarly atuborn about abandon-
ing it in favor of anything more
elaborate. The sketch shows a sim-
ple shape trimmed with grossgrain
ribbon.
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WISE AND
0THERWISE
Ir MARY MARSHALL
SOMETHING NEW.
j All that glistens is not gold—and
‘it‘s not even silver. in fact. most
of the jewelry that glistena around
smart women's arms and necks
nowadays is quite as apt to he
rhinestones as diamonds. and much
more likely to be green cut glass
than emeralds. Now that the craze
has come for silver ornaments you
may be interested to know that they
are’not even metal. The newest
land most admircrl are apparently
of glass slivered to resemble the
precious metal. or mode of some
var—colored heads to any other. and
they wear them in close rhnkcrs of
beads as large as vory large pearls.
Here and there there is a reaction
against the choker type of necklace.
In its place many women are wear-
ing the new string of beads that
comes just below the collar bone.
From there hangs a long pendant
in the form of a single chain of
beads with a heavy pendant orna-
ment at the end.
“'hile there is a distinct fad for
colored linen bed sheets abroad the
American shops do not include
them among their offerings. "There
would be no demand for them.” one
.ulesman assures us.
If. however, you like the ide -—
as some American women fie—don't
try to get tinted linen wide enough
to make sheets. It is a much better
plan to hul' the linen sheets and
than have them dyed or dye them
yourself to a desired tint. Cotton
sheets might also he dyed in this
manner—and there really is some-
thing rather refreshing about the
light of sheets of soft blue or cool
green. Soft blue sheets made with
home of rose color are very attrac-
live.
Some of the shops are showing
33-" shoes- belge stockings with inlets of
fine figured black lace at instep and
ankle. There is a growing tendency
to m pearl or
stockings with black patent leather
slippers. and among the quarts-t
silver colors!
m n are seen man, ylaced m
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