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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1931 PAGE FIVE LOVE'S PRISONER ¢ Beth Shannon, who is in love #ith her employer, Philip Dane, has for a staunch friend, Arnold Stone, who also works in the office with Beth, Ie ls divorces ed from his wife, but still loves her. Just before going to work for Phil, Beth, who is poor and must support herself and her invalid mother, received a trunk. ful of fine clothes from an aunt who died in Parls and who sent With the clothes a letter marked "To be opened a year from toe day." Through Arnold Beth has agreed to take part in an amateur play, where she thinks she can make use of these clothes. , She and Arnold are going out to spend the evening wtih Ned and I'rances Havens, friends of Deéth's, who are Keep- * ign the trunk for her. INSTALMENT XIV A Princess in Disguise Beth had not told her mother before of the use she meant to make of the clothes from Aunt Maris. But while they were eating their supper she proached tho sub- Ject to Mrs. Shannon, "Would you mind mother?" "No, I suppose not, but I don't want you to think that means that you can wear those things every day. After all, they're mostly suit- ed for theatricals of one kind or another, Maris always had a flair for the stage anyway." "I wish you could come to seo the play, mother, I have an awfully cute part, I know all my lines al- ready." . "l wish I could, Beth, but I have to be very careful, you kuow, even if I am better. The doctor says I may be able to go out alone soon if I keep on improving. Some- time," she looked thoughtfully at Beth, "sometimes - I think that things began to change for us the very day that trunk arrived, Be- fore that it seemed certain to me that you would marry Georze and keep right on with your work in your old office. Now----we hardly see George any more, do we?" "Not much. I'm sorry if you miss him. 1 see him almost avery morning in the dry-cleaning atore, but we only just say good morning. He doesn't try to talk to me." "He's probably given up," sald Mrs. Shannon. "I hope so," Beth answered heartily, "and yet he stil) looks at me as though he had something on his mind." I'll Be There" Arnold came for her then, and Ishe might have foreotten all avout George if they had not passed him. on the street. Beth stopped, as George seemd to expect it, and in troduced Arnold. "Pleased to meet you" Georgo muttered, Then, to Beth, "You're not going to be home tonight?" 'No, we'ro going out to spend the evening with Ned.and Kraze ces," Beth told him, "I bought some tickets for that Sov you're going to be. in." eorge went on, speaking to tleth and ignoring Arnold, "and I put a card announcing it in my window." "That's fine. You're going to come, aren't you?" "Sure--1'1l be "there." And George having nothing more to say started on: "Going up to see your mother," he called back over His shoulder, then the crowd on the sidewalk swallowed him up "An old friend?" Arnold asked as they went on toward the subway, "About the only one we have in this neighborhood," Beth answered. He's been awfully good to mother end me." "Intentions matrimonial?" Arn. old asked lightly. "More or less," Beth answered snd Arnold could tell from her tone too much, that she did not want to talk long- er about George. Ned and Frances Ned and Frances were glad Yo see them ard made Arnold very welcome in a quiet way, Beth saw bis appreciative glancee around the "What we need." said Francs when they had all found places to sit "is a couple more chairs," "We surely do," Ned agreed. "Let's get some." "All right but what will we use for money?" Frances enquired, 'And now that I've settled that, Beth, you tell me all about theen new schemes of yours." So Beth, quite willing, and glv- ing Arnold all the credit due Nim, told about the little theatre and the play and the part she was to have, "And you want to wear those grand clothes in the part," Frances finished for ber. * "Right on the first guess" Deth Jaughed, "but I want Arnold to see 'dhem first, to be sure they're just fight." | "Come on, then, we'll go fn and transform you into Miss Park av- enue while Ned puts the coffee on to perk." "Couldn't I go out and get some ice cream?" Arnold begged. "I have a passion for it, and yet I never quite have the nerve to go in and eat three dishes at a drug store counter," "Sure yon can go out and get ico cream." sald Frances gayly. 'I like chocolate; Ned likes Strawberry and Beth is found of vanilla, so fake your choice," : When Beth had put on the Tlus- slan blouse and Frances had declar- ed she looked perfectly elegant snd all ready fcr the great snowstorm scene, they went back to the living room. Ned and Arnold were enat- ting amiably, the coffee Percolator bubbled on the card table and | spoons and saucers were ready for the fce cream which Arpold had put in the refrigerator." "You'll Steal the Show' "Catherine the Great", Frances announced, making a low how for Deth's entry. : Arnold g{cod up, "Good Tord. Beth." he cried, "von're simply stunning n that, Turn srourd." / by Barbara Webb * Beth obeyed, pleased at ms praise. "It is nice, isn't it?" she said a little shyly. "Nice! Where's child. It's perfectly you're l¢vely in {tl" "I thought I'd wear this in the first scene--the oye, you know, where Bil'ee comes into her fathers office and meets this young wan. Then I have an afternoon dress for the house: party, and an evening dress for the last act where she comes in late and finds him work- ing and sends him back to the girl he really loves when he fen't daz- zled by her beauty." "Couldnt' be better," Arnold de- clared, "Let's see the other things, you needn't put them on. Stravs will be raving, he wants so much to make a go of this play. You'll steal] the show, Beth," "Not me---my clothes." Beth made him a little bow and ran vack to get the velvet frock and the black tulle evening dress. Arnold looked at the clothes close ly. "I always knew you wers a Princess in disguise," "When you wenr these the disguise will be gone and you'll come into your own." 'Oh, that's too much to hope for, Beth protested, thinking of Phillip and wishing he might see her in these gorreous clothes. Arnold looked at her appraising ly. "Oh, T don't know about that." But he said nothing more and Reth paid nn particular attention to the remark, They were very gay over thelr supper, sandwiches that Ned lad contrived, coffee, and the fce craam Arnnld had gone out to get. He had the knack of drawing neopls out and before long Ned and Fran. ces' were talking freely in their humorous way nf the manner in which they tried to make $1 do the work of two. "I wish Beth could ses her way to moving out of the place where she lives raw," Arnold said toward the end of tha evening, "I do ton," said Frances, 'I've talked to her about it, but she hasn't seemed to think it posaible." A Surnrise "I've never felt much Interest in it before," Beth confessed, "For a long time, after father died and mother was so sick I was thanklul fust to keep goinz, anywhere, but after the holidays T think may'e I i "an versuade mother to make a move, ! "There's a nice littla apartment {nthe mext block," Ned offered. "Some friends of ours have jt now. | hut they'ra moving out the first of the year. Why don't you look at it, | moti? It might just suit you." Wow much rent "Thirty-five a month.' "I hate to spend more ou a month's rent than one week's sal. ary,' Beth sald doubtfully, "but "lI think about {t. Mother's making a little each week from her work crocheting things, only I hate tn ask her to contribute to our actual Hying." They dropped the subejct then and left soon after. Arnold carrying Beth's precious clothes in a suit- case Frances loaned them. At her door Arnold detained her a mo ment, "I have a surprise in mind for you, Beth, so do your very best with your part of the play, will you?" "I would anyway," Beth answer- ed, "bat if there's a surprise on top too. I'll work Awmbly hard--1 Jove surprises--and T haven't the faint. est idea what this one is to De, But {f you're doing it, I'm sure it will be gomethine nice," your English, lovely aud (To Be Continved Tomorrow) FARMING 'HAS CHANGED Some appreciation of the change which has taken place in farming in Canada during the past fifty years is afforded by the observa- tions mwde on a recent occasion by Dr. J. ¥. Booth, Commissioner of Agricultural Economics, Ottawa, In the early days of Canadian agricultural history, he points out, the farmer was a self-sufficient producer and in a small way a manufacturer. Today the farmer depends for existence upon his ability to produce commodities for market. He is no longer a te" i lan who produces his own food and manufactures his cwn suves, clothing, etc., but instead-is a busi- ne.s mun woo is dependent upon a knowledge of both technical production problems and the in- tricacies of domestic and foreign trade and commerce----he mut have some appreciation of the prob- lems involved {in the assembling, grading, transportation, storage, financing and marketing of his products. SOMF. EGG NOTES . Two tons of grain will produce 480 dozen or eggs. Sold as grain at a rice of $1 per cwt. it would be worth So, Sold as eggs at 25 cents jer dozen jt would be worth, $120. : pn. egg is 66 per cent. water, 13 per cent. protein, 10 per cent. fat and 111 per cent. lime or ash, In an egg 60 per cent. yolk and 10 per cent. sh The best eggs of the year are thoce a in the months of April, May and une. (* An egg caten between September and ..aron is worth more to the ay- erage person in a northern lima than one eaten between April and Avgust, ; Eggs and milk together are liquid meat in the most digestive and assini- fiatle form, | og + Bold n egg weighing two onuces holds approximately JO 'calories in fuel value. : The egg is aptly termed "bottled sunshine" It is rich in proteins, vita- mines and minerals, ; Of the five vitamines the egg sup- plies Vitamine A, B. D and E. It is particularly rich in "D" the sunshine vitamine. = Department of Agricul- ture, Ottawa, | _ocial & Personal | Miss Mary Thorburn, of wh to, spent the week-ond with her bri vy Mr. and Mrs, Jas. Thor burn, Kenneth Avenue. Miss Sally Thorburn, Avenue, spent the . week-end Lindsay. Mr. and Mrs, Wilbur Webster of Westmoreland Avenue, spent the week-end in Lindsay. ~N < Mr, and Mrs, Grant Tyrell, Louisa street were guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ford windsay. The Twentieth Century Club will hold its regular monthly meeting which was postponed from last Tues- day, to-morrow evening at 7.30 in the Kenneth in Commerce. he sighed, | Mr. and Mrs. d. Trouse, Burke street, endertained about thirty- guests at a euchre and dance at their home on Saturday eveniug. The guests included Mr. and Mrs, J. Coulter, Mr. and Mrs. G. Kem. bel, Bowmanville; Miss Lorraine Smith, Whitby; Mrs, E. Newlands, of Galt; and Miss Gladys Willison, of Toronto. Mrs. E. Newlands, of Galt was the week-end guest of Mrs, Sturt, Burke street. Miss Gladys Willison, of Toron- to, spent the week-end with Mrs, Kemp, Athol gtret, Oshawa. On Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heaslip, of Beatrice St., North Oshawa, received a sur- priboe visit from a number of Toron- to friends. After a banquet had been spread by the visitors a beau. tiful cut-glass bowl was pressnt- ed 'to the hosts in honor of thelr crystal wedding anniversary. Af- ter the dinner an evening of ¢ mes and music was enjoyed. Miss Helen Johnston, teacher of music at the Ontario Ladies' Col- lege, Whitby, spent the wee' end with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. D. F. Johnston, Brock strect. Miss Isabel Thomas, of Toron'o, a former member of the Collegiate teaching staff, was the guest of Miss Dorthy VanLuven, of si. awa, for the week-end. smartest One of the scason's Liberal Club rooms over the Bank of per cent, is white, 30° J ds Checked By modern vaporizing »/ ointment---Justrubon Two Day Salo rT | Wood's Lavender Line SILK UNDIES Regular to $2.00 98¢ LAMBLE'S Social & Personal Any social notes which read. ers care to submit will be print. ed. Kindly phone or send them to the Times Office before 10.30 n.m., the day they are to be pube lished. Items of news concern ing dances, parties, guests to and from town will be gladly received, January Clearance to clear -.... 99.00 1; THE FASHION SHOPPE 81 Simcoe St. South Kayser Chiffon or Scrylee Hose, Silk to top. $1.00 Guaranteed firsts ATKINS HOSIERY AND LINGERIE sor 1/4 Slncoe St. South WATSON'S BEAUTY PARLOR Marcel, Permanent and Finger Waves, Phone 2653. 5 Celina St. ~~ dances is being given by the Grad. uate Nurses' Alumnae Association in the Masonic Temple on Friday, January 30th, Miss. Inez Cook (phone 189), is in charge of the ticket committee. Only a limit. ed number of tickets are being sold. Miss May Whitall, R.N,, Mr. Ger- ald Cullitan, Mr, Frederick Phil. lips and Miss N. K. Gough, R.N,, were week-end guests of the lat- ter's parents, Mrs, H. Gough, Rowe street, Dr. aud Mrs. B, A. Brown, of Oshawa, were in Point Anne, On- tario, yesterday attending the fun- oral of the latter's father, the late Mr, J. P. Huck, who died on Friday. COUPLE CELEBRATE RUBY WEDDING On Saturday evening, January 17th, a surprise party was given in honor of Mr, and Mrs. J. I. Bradley, Enniskillen, when their neighbors and relatives from Hampton, Kendal, Tyrone, Brook- lin and Enniskillen assombled at their home to celebrate with them thelr fortieth wedding anniversary. Mr, and Mrs. Bradley were not at home when their guests arrived and upon entering the house found it taken posse=cfon of by about sixty people. The house had heen decorated with red, the table be- ing centred with a large wedding cake, over which hung a large white bell, After they had some. what recovered from their surprise they were asked to be seated in the living room when little June Aghton precentad Mrs, Bradloy with. a beautiful hunch of red car- nations, after which Mr. Bd. Fal- lis, Toronto, read the following address: Déar Mr, and Mrs. Bradl Vie Your neighhora, relatives and a few of your manv feijanda. know- ing you had renched the fartieth 'nulversary of your wedded life, desired to exnrcsg thelr love and esteem for you by assembling to- gether this evening. We rejoice to know that our Father in Heaven has blossed you in sparing you to each other and there Is no more befitting = time that we could meet than this New Year season when wo have been wighing each other the blessings and peace which Christ brought to the world, therefore we wish to congratulate you upon reachin~ this milestone in your lives and wish for your hanniness through out the years that lle before you. Your neighbours and friends felt that In some way, they would like to show thelr uppreciation of all the kindness yen havo shown them and rejoice that you. have reached this pericd of your life, enjoying a goodly measure of health and the esteem of them all, Furthermore, we desire to express our feelings of gladness in a more tangible way than mere words nnd therefore wo ask you, Mrs. Bradley, to accept this electric floor Jump and Mr. Bradley this purse as expressing in a small way 'the warmth of our hearts and wiile you renuire nothing material to remind you that you havo.n any friends, we trust you will ever re- gard these as a token of this hap- py occasion, and regard this an. niversary as one of the 'hrightest spots in your lifeses,laqNt-:o'th. spots In your memory and we pray vou may long be spared to enjoy the sunshine of the Father's love and care and the fellowship of Jesus Christ and the love and es. teem of your many friends and re- latives. On behalf of your neigh- bors, relatives and frionds. At the proper time Miss Rema Bradley and Miss Shekleton pre- | sented Mrs. Bradley with a beauti- ful olectric floor lamp and Master Douglas Shekleton presented Mr, Bradley with the purse. Rev. J. M. Whyte spoke in his very pleas. ing manner and, spicy specches wero also made by Messrs, Soper, E. Staples, T. McGill, F. Ellis, Theo Slemon, lou Willlamson, Leslie Thompson, Percy Patton, Arthur L. Ross C. Ried and others. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley both re. sponded, thanking the company for their gifts and welcoming them to their home, A douple of hours: were then spent in cheerful games after which a dainty luncheon was serv- ed. the bride being tho first to cut the cake. J Tamale-I can't afford an auto, Carne--~But I thought you had one, Tamale--1I have, That's how I dis- covered that I can't afford one, Now all we need is mass consump- tion of what we have made by mass production. --"American Lumberman," WHAT 1S SUCCESS? | It's doing you} job the best you can And being just to your fellowman; It's making money, but holding friends, And staying true to your aims and ends, It's figuring why, And looking forward and thinking high, dreaming no much It's keeping always in closest touch With what' is finest in word and deed; It's being thorough, speed: . It's daring Dblithely the field ot chance While making labor a mance; : It's going onward, despite defeat And fighting staunchly, but Keeping sweet, It's being clean and it's playing how and learning And little and doing yet making brave ro- alr; It's laughling lightly at Dame Des- . pair; It's looking up at the stars above, And drinking deeply -of life and love; It's struggling on with the will to win, But taking loss grin, It's sharing sorrow, and work, and mirth, making better earth, It's serving, striving through strain and stress It's doing your noblest cess, with a. cheerful this good old And that's suc MARLENE DIETRICH IN SMOROCCO"" COMING HERE A new co-starring team looms on the motion plcture horizon. And from all indications, it reoms very possible indeed that these two play- ers will achieve considerable popu- larity togetifer. The male half of this team is Gary Cooper, - The fe- male half is a newcomer to the aud ihe sereen, Her name Dietrich, a ravishing, sphinx-like lond, who has scored an outstand- 'ng 'success on the Berlin stage, Their first: picture together fis Paramount's "*"Morecca," a vivid and tempestuous story of an uncon querable love which director Jose: Von Sternberg has fashioned . to- gether with compelling and fascine ating skill, In it Cooper plays the rdle of a ruthless adventurer of the Foreign Legion. Incidentally this Is one of Cooper's better roles. And Marlene Dietrich, with boundless finesse and distinction, creates a Yeautiful and alluring women of the world to whom love loings its "+11 share of happiness and bitter. ess. Playing together theso two are a delizht to watch and a joy to listen to. For rarcly have twowsuch contrasting personalities so perfect lv suited the mood of the other. Given every opportunity for "onal expreggion, Migs Dietrich and 'ary Cooper give performances that are a credit and a tribute to the 'neéere understanding of sharacterizations The atmosphereic backgrounds "Morocco" are praiseworthy, p ing the feeling of the story with subtle shadings and effects, Mor- occo, city of twisted streets and stealthy men and women; of brag ing, holsterous Leglonnalres; city of glittering wealth and wretched poverty is vividly and realistically brought to life en the screen. Such fs the background of this deeply moving story; a story to command the attention of all who are inte ested In vital, suspéhse-filled, care fully detailed drama Included in the strong support. ing cast are Adolphe Menjou, Mjch- ael Visaroff, Juliette Compton, Al- bert Conti, Franeis MacDonald, Ul- rich Haupt and Paul orcassi. "Morocco" will be shown at Regent Theatre for two days b ginning tormorrow, --f omo he ¢ are too cowardly to sho fight, ys a Soo editor, That ma be all right out in the woods but try to keep one from the do Winni peg Tribune Wols gays A writer says that lawyers should use shorter words. Durglars, f cotirse, would like judges to use much shorter sentences. --Montreal Star No matter whether it is & little ache or a big pain, no matter whether it comes from headache, neuralgia, the, monthly periods of woe men or from a cold, ZU TOO TABLETS will relieve it in 20 minutes and leave you fooling good. Recommended ron SALE and used by thousands as L¥FAY: the standard remedy for . pain. PLA BOX id Marlene What New York Is Wearing | By Aanchelle Worthington ILLUSTRATED, DRESSMAKING LESSON FURNISHED WITH EVERY PATTERN The wrapped front movement of this smart. plain flat crope silk dress is particularly kind to ma. ture figures, It has a marvelous- ly slimming effect. 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Yeu will see one attractive style after another as voit turn over the pages of our new Spring Fashion Book. styles for children or the miss, the matron, the stout--and a ser- fes of dressmaking articles, It {is a book that will gave you money, Bo sure to fill in the size of the pattern, Send stamps or coin (coin preferred). \l 7 V'rica of rice of 3090 10 cents, 20 cents, book pattern Siz No Addre Sireot ty FOOTBALL BLOWS NOT ILLEGAL Whether football players who come to blows during a gume, com wit a breach of pence, was argued recently in police court at Glasgow, Scotland. The woman maglgtrate, Mrs, Kate Beaton, decided that they do not, George Mooney and Frank Rennie, members of the teams playjng in the Scottish Con- solation Chap tie last gummer were charged with breach of the peace for fighting during a game. Moon- ey was runnjug to the Ashfield goal when he wag fouled by Hennie and brought down inside the penalty line, Mooney rose and struck Ien- nie and the fight was flerce until the two were arrested, charged with "committing a breach of the peace." Speaking of deflation, what we really need to deflate is our careless- ness, Last year an average of 89 persons were Killed this country every day hy motor vehicles, --LDuffalo Couricr-Lxpress. Lritish farmers now: entering politics, They should send somebody to Canada to look into the proposis are tion over here before going aby far- ther --Oftawa Journal, : Women's Interests in the By Thomioi W. Burgess Vor gossip there is scme oxcuse If you gain knowledge that's of --=Billy Mink. As you already know, Billy Mink sometimes is possessed of what is known as the wanderfoot, This means that he delights in making long journeys just wandering about from place to place; seeing new sights and visiting places ho has nover visited before, sleeping wherever he chances to find a good place at the time he feels sleopy, and with not a care on his mind save that one care that all the lit- tle people of the Green Forest and tho Green Meadows always have--- the eternal watchfulness for ene- mies. Billy was exploring the country around the foot of the Great Moun. tain. It seemed to him a very groat distance from his home along tho Laughing Brook on I'armer Brown's farm, for Billy Mink {is a small person and the smaller you are, 'the greater distances seem. It really was quite a distance for Billy travels fast when he is on the move. He had oxplored what was to him a new brook. He didn't like that brook. There were noe trout in it, but also there were dreadful steel traps, and Billy didn't want to be where he might accidentally step in one of these. So ho had left the brook to ex. plore the country along the edge of the woods at the foot of the Great Mountain. "It is good country for mice, said Billy, talking to himself, "There ought to be good hunting about here. Ha! there has been a Rabbit along hore;; one of Peter Rabbit's relatives, I suppose. Rabe bits are harder to catch than mice, but one rabbit is worth a doien mice. Hello! This is not so good, not so good. A fox passed this way not so leng ago and he prob- ably has spoiled the hunting." "Just then Billy's sharp and ever watchful eyes caught a glimpse of something red moving back of some bushes, If the ground had opened and swallowed him Billy could hardly have disappeared more aulekly than he did. One in- stant he was there, and tho next instant he had disappeared. Ifad you been watching, you probably wouldn't have seen where he went. Billy is like that., Sudden and seemingly mysterious disappear- ances are his specialty. How does he do if? By always knowing just where the nearest hiding place is and dodging into it with such aulck movements that it is hard for an ordinary pair of cyes such as your and mine to follow him. When ho is running about this way and that, apparently intent on husiness of his own, those sharp eyes of his miss nothing of his surroundings. He may not anpear to be looking. but he is. Every stump, root, clump of grass, log, stick, stone or other thing in, un. der or behind which he might hide his slim form is made noto of, so that in case of sudden need he will know just where the nearest hid- ing vlace is. This time Billy had slipped in- to a small hole between tha rool; of an old stump. From it he peer- od. his bright eyes fixed on the moving red spot he had seen so un- expectedly. "It is Reddy Fox himself," mut. tered Billy under his breath, after watching for a few minutes. 'Yes, sir. it is Reddy himself. Now, what has brought him way over here? Ie is a long way (rom liome."" True enough, it was eddy Foy, He and Dilly Mink were old ac- quaintances. They had known each 'other as long as either could remember, "Hello, you red rob- ori said Bllly as Reddy was pass- ng. Reddy whirled and instantly he saw Billy peering from between the roots of that old stump, and knew that Billy was quite safs there. Tle grinned as only Reddy can. "Hello, you brown {hief!"" ho exclaimed. 'What are you do- ing so far from home?" "Beeing a bit of the Great World," replied Billy promptly, "And what, may I ask, brings you so far from the Green Meaaows and the Old Pasture?" "Appetite," replied Reddy, and then grinned again. "Appetite, 1 thought I might find better huat- ing over hege. There have been times in the past when I bave had | good hunting around here when it. was poor at home." "So you have been over here before!" exclaimed Billy. "Often," replied Reddy. "By the way, be careful what you eat around here unloss you cateh it yourself, There's something queer going on around here. Just watch your step." by (Copyright, 1931, T. W. Burgess), The next story: "Reddy's Strange Tale." i -------------- GAMBLERS FAVOR CLOSING Decision of M, Zographos'® Groek baccarat syndicate to close down its open bank operations at the tables of the best.known casinos because of the new 25 por cent. tax on its reccipts, has, according to a Paris report, pleased the op+ erators. When first assessed the tax was on opening stakes of the bank, which usually are small, A Troasury inspector recently ruled that an average of several stakey should be made the basis of the tax, which increased the sum paid by the syndicate, The increase gave ft the oxcuse desired for increas: ing play for it suffered heavy logs- es this year. Ior 10 years pre- viously the open bank had yleld. ed a profit of nearly $200,000 » year to the syndicate, LONDON TEPID OVER "TOPAZE" Although Alice Delysia and other stars were in the cast, '"Topaze," the play which is sald to have made $1, 250,000 for its French author, Marce! Pagnol, wak received in London re cently with only mild interest. "Not funny enough for a farce and not true enough for comedy," declared one critic. The plot concerns To- paze, a simple-minded schoolmaster who is dismlssed for being too honest. with rich parents. How he subse« quently becomes associmted with a swindling financier and beats him at his own game constitutes the rest of the story. The zest of the French dialogue is said to have been dimmed in translation. M va Superlatives in claims have 'been hurled in Europe recently as each country tried to show its greatness in comparison to the many achieves ments. in America. England was first with the largest city in the world Belgium heralded the most eomplete railway system, claiming more miles of railway line in proportion to area than anywhere else in the world, France boasted of possessing the world's largest wireless station, at St. Assisc; its most powerful search light, at Mount Valerian, outside Paris, and its biggest airport, at Le Bourget. Dut Denmark had the most amazing record of all. Torty-seven out of every hundred Danish families have radio scts. Even America can't beat that, it said, TILLIE THE TOILER a B-------- a coy + ABOUT MACS GE i , J rd ff Ali NO; MR. MHIPELE , | COULDNT \ THINK CF GOING OUT "TO A DANCE WITH YoU, FEELING "THE DISAPPEARANCE WAN | DO HELLO, BILL. - | tr SURE BEEMS good To BEE JUST HEARD ABOUT A GMOCTH DANCE TONIGHT How ABOUT LonT WAIT BUT You UP FOR ME, MUMSY BECAUSE 1 HANNE A KRY J» fa 2 ouT WHIPPLE You WEREN'T GOING KNOWS 3 BECAUVSE vou FELT S0 BAD ABOUT 1 KNOW] am BUT ei |g TOLD MR, NOTHING d HMAC [i - i [r Mai bl /) i) mia Li --