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r OST people In summing up the
|\ /\ subject oT the Studdiford sls
IV1 ters were Inclined to agree
that of the two, Marlon had
the better mind. Luella had simply
used hers to better advantage.
At a matter of fact, compared with
the erudition of her twin, Marlon was
sorely lacking. J.ife had turned out
that way for her. In the beginning,
the two sisters, hand In hand, neclc lo
Deck, so to speak, had begun what
wus to be their four years’ course ftt
the state university for which they
had both qualified with honors.
Of the two, it Is probably true that
during the first year, Marlon’s college
standing was a peg ahead of her sis
ter's. Not that It w as scarcely worth
recording. Marlon would have been
the last to encourage that. For all
practical purposes, the two sisters
ranked about on a level. Super In
telligent girls, carrying on the fine
Intellectual traditions of their father,
whose geographical textbooks were In
use throughout the country.
It was at the beginning of her
sophomore year that Marlon, sudden
ly, and like a holt out of the blue,
threw over her academic career with
out so much ns an ounce of apparent
compunction, and returned one eve
ning to the modest flat she shared
with her sister, married to a young
automobile salesman she had met at
a charity function.
For the first, the incongruity of this
marriage seemed apparent to every
one but the young pair most concerned.
1‘ale, thoughtful, studious, and even
precious Marlon Studdiford, married
to the ruddy young man Tom Ford,
whose shoes were so glossy, whose
hair was so glossy, whose linen shone
with even a separate splendor and
whose use of English In a man with
whom site was not in love, would have
caused the erstwhile Marlon Studdt
ford’s ears to shudder.
It was a matter, however, of a full
three years, before the veils of Illu
sion began to tear themselves from
the eyes of. Marlon, and she began to
awake gradually, terrifyingly, to the
strange truth that fn marriage, this
vigorous, boyish, refreshing young
man of her ideals, had become no
more than the too corpulent, slightly
vulgar, blatant young salesman whose
horizon was hounded by rubber tires.
It was not the kind of realization
that came over night. Slowly, like a
reluctant tide, it crept upon her, wash
ing misery Into her soul, drenching
her waking, and even her sleeping
hours, in a jumble of regrets, lfegrets
for what might have been. Itegrets
for a freedom that was gone. Regrets
for the birthright which she had for
feited so blindly, and Into which
I.uella had meanwhile come in full
prime.
Not that she would have exchanged
with I.uella. After all, to he dean of
women ill a large college, portentlous
as It might seem, was scarcely the
destiny that even I.uella, at thirty,
must have planned for herself.
Marion wanted more than that. And
yet—had It been in ber power to
choose, over and over again she would
have selected for herself the destiny
that was l.uellu's, rather than her own
ms the stagnating wife of her ruddy
.vulgarian.
At least to I.uella’s life there was a
dignity of achievement and congenial
ity of environment.
From her own kind, almost over
sight, as it were, Marion, after her
marriage became outcast. The friends
who had knows her, university col
leagues, the members of her social
group, simply did not speak Tom’s
Idiom.
Fool! Fool! Nature had trapped
Marlon. At twenty-three, the entire
course of her life had shifted away
from the fine true course of her sis
ter's. At thirty, I.uella, all on her
own, mind you, and with a mind no
better than Marion’s, had achieved
position.
Not, as she told herself again and
•gain, that she would yearn for the
rather frigid dignity that went with
l.uella's position as deun of women,
but just the same, life could be no
more barren for I.uella, unmnrried,
than It was for Marion, married to
Tom.
On the contrary, for the freedom
that was l.uella’s It seemed to Marion
that she would he willing to sacrifice
actual years of her life. And the
horrible part of it was Tom's Inno
cence of all this dismay. He was like
a small boy, content with his lot; con
tent with his wife; content with his
playtoys of cheap automobile and ex
pensive radio. Life was good; Ma
rion was good; automobile tires were
lucrative. All was well In his world.
He was killed outright while demon
strating, to a customer, the perform
ance of a set of his own tires.
To Marion, who had repeatedly,
throughout the years of her life with
him, contemplated the hour when she
must destroy his house of curds, by
reveuling her state of mind, his death
came as release, and yet, at the sume
t.me filled her with a sense of recti
tude that took away stings of con
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Tom hod died without knowing.
| Tom had died believing her to be ns
uncomplex and .happy-In their fnftr
| rlage as he had been.
Marlon was grateful for that. It
made everything subsequent come
easier.
What actually happened, ns her
friends put It, wus the-return of the
fish to its water. Two months after
Tom’s death, Marlon matriculated In
the university from which she had
married ns a sophomore and took her
first degree two years later, cum
laude.
They were to her the happiest
yeurs of her life. It was as If her
mind, dehydrated by the long period
of Inactivity and Intellectual sunless
ness, had suddenly found capacity of
expansion again. Sometimes it actual
ly seemed to her that under Ihe con
geniality of the old environment that
she could actually feel her mentality
reviving, lifting Itself, warming Itself
In stimulating contacts.
It was considered remarkuble that
at the conclusion of her college course
she had gone beyond that point, and
was halfway qualified for a second
degree.
The return of the native, said I.uella,
smiling upon her with a large in
dulgence.
The Indulgence of I.uella meant
more to Marlon than she would ad
mit, even to herself. It was not that
she craved a position similar to that
of I.uellu's, blit—well—it bad to be
faced at last, more than anything she
could think of, Marlon wanted to
prove to herself, and to the world,
that Iter mind, if not better, was at
least as good as her erudite sister’s.
The eye of Marlon was fixed reso
lutely upon a difficult goul, similar to
sister's.
Marlon wanted to be invited to hold
the position of dean of women in one
of the country's large universities.
The opportunity came sooner than
she dreamed.
Within a month after her second
tiegree had heeir conferred upon her,
Marlon was called to accept the posi
tion of dean of women In the place
vacated by Miss I.uella Studdiford,
who had eloped suddenly with a chauf
feur in a neighboring town.
High Praise Coining to
Mothers of Invention
Whitney, Howe, Morse, McCormick,
Hell, Edison—run down the list. There
is not a woman inventor from the cot
ton gin to the talking movie, If we are
to believe the school histories. That
such a one-sided version could be the
whole story we have always doubted,
but now a display of women's Inven
tions In New York supports our con
tention. Not only do feminine Inven
tions go back to 1S43, when Nancy
Johnson devised the first lee cream
freezer, and before, hut, according to
government records, no less than 15,000
patents have been issued to women.
At the recent exhibition, Beulah
Louise Henry, known as "I.ady Edi
son" and credited with 42 Inventions,
showed her latest, a typewriting ribbon
which makes five copies without use
of carbon paper. Her other benefits
j to mankind include a collapsible um
! Itrella aud an electric fan shield. That
I not all inventions of women are of the
detachable collar kind was pointed out
by the exhibition chairman, who at
tributed the Coston pyrotechnic sig
nal light to a member of her sex.
Adopted by the United States coast
guard more than a lmlf-century ago,
Its variously colored Hares are now
used by mariners all over the world.
It Is a pleasure to correct the record.
A belated hats-off to these mothers of
invention.—St. I.ouls Post-Dispatch.
Firat American Astronomer
David liittenhou.se was an expert
clockmaker In Philadelphia and be
came a maker of astronomical instru
ments and because of his work nnd
observalions, he was famed In the New
world and the Old. In 1770 he built
ft brick octagonal observatory which
was the first and for a long time the
only observatory in this country.
ltittenhouse Is probably most famous
for his construction of several plan*
c-tariums or orreries, wl'iich were so
made that they could determine the
time, duration and path of eclipses,
extending over a period of 5,000 year*
before and after 17(57. liven the great
Zeiss planetarium does not attempt to
do tills.
Mammal* That Lay Egg*
The echidna, pronounced e-kid-nn,
accented on the second syllable, Is
found in Australia, Tasmania and New
(juiueu, is sometimes called a porcu
pine antcater. It resembles the hedge
hog, through It Is somewhat larger.
The hair of tiie skin Is mingled with
spines on the upper part of the body.
Us egg Is about three-fourths of an
inch In diameter, with a leathery shell,
and Is placed, as soon as laid, In the
mammary pouch of the mother.
The echidna and the duck-billed
platypus of Australia are the only
warm-blooded animals that lay eggs
and also suckle their young.
Explaining Gulf Stream
The (lulf stream owes Its origin to
the northeast trade winds, which blow
constantly toward the American shore
from the direction of the Canary and
Cape Verde Islands. The wind sets
in motion a broad, shallow film of wa
ter upon the surface of the ocean and
this, when it encounters the sloping
northeast coast of South America,
trends northward, passes by the I.esser
Antilles into the Caribbean sea. Being
constantly driven on from the east
and gaining in depth as Its area be
comes restricted, it Is driven through
the Yucatan channel to the gulf of
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ALASKA IN TERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Will. A. Steel
Washington, D. C.,
January 14, 1932.
About thirty residents of
I Grantly Harbor have sent a
petition to the Delegate ask
■ ing the Government to im
i prove the harbor and build
!suitable roads into the interior
| of Seward peninsula, so that
tiansportation costs might be
reduced.
Hugh W. Terhune, executive
! officer of the Alaska Game
| Commission, and representa
! tive of the Biological Survey
at Juneau, is now in Washing
ton consulting with Depart
ment heads concerning mat
ters in which his office is in
terested.
j The Buieau of Indian Af
j fairs announce that their new
j ship for Alaska service, to re
| place the Boxer, will be
j launched on Jan. 18, at a ship
building yard in Seattle, Gov
j ernor Parks will be there to
represent the Interior Depart
ment, which has selected the
name of North Star, suggested
by Ernest Walker Sawyer, by
which the vessel will be known
after its completion in April
next. The cost of the vessel
will be .$389,890.
The Washington Post edit
orially says: “The scenic mar
vels of Alaska and the excel
lent fishing and hunting at
tract more and more tourists
every year. World travelers
find new thrills amid the rug
ged wonders of this pictur
esque northern country. Gov.
Parks reports an increasing
number of pleasure crafts in
Alaska waters each summer
and every effort is being made
to encourage this travel. The
Alaskan road commission has
prepared a ten-year program
of highway improvements that
will give impetus to the tour
ist traffic.”
Delegate Wickersham has
been carefully studying the
effect, if it could be accom
plished, of extending the Fed
eral Highway Act to Alaska.
At present the Alaska Road
Commission is expending eight
hundred thousand dollars and
the Forest Service nearly one
million yearly, in the Terri
tory. It is the opinion of some
of the interested officials here
that if the Highway Act were
extended to Alaska, Congress
would consider the needs of
the Territory and the sum now
being expended, and at this
time the sum appropriated
might not exceed the amount
now being received, while the
Territory would be compelled
to contribute as its share pos
sibly from three to five hun
dred thousand dollars yearly,
as well as all costs of engin
eering expenses and all main
tenance of roads after they
had been constructed through
the joint efforts of the Feder
al government and the Terri
tory. The Delegate has been
advised not to open up the
matter in the present Congress
because of the general inclin
ation to decrease all appropri
ations. The amount agreed on
by the Budget for the Alaska
Road Commission for the en
suing year is $650,000 and it
will require considerable ef
fort to have the sum increased
to the $800,000 that the Com
mission expects to get.
In the matter of the home
stead or headquarters of
Stephanius Sandberg, the Reg
ister of the district land office
at Anchorage has decided that
Mr. Sandberg cannot apply for
a free survey for a homestead
as he does not show any cul
tivation as required under the
homstead laws, and that in an
application for a homesite the
applicant is required to pay
for the survey in accordance
with the regulations govern
ing trade and manufacturing
sites. Attorney Le Fevre, of
Juneau, has taken an appeal
from this decision to the Gen
eral Land Office at Washing
ton, for the reasons that the
Register erred in holding that
to obtain a free survey for a
homestead or headquarters ap
plicant must show cultivation,
and because he erred in hold
ing that an applicant for a
homesite is required to pay for
| the survey.
—
It now appears that Seward
will have a coal bunker, in
connection with the Alaska
Railroad, by the middle of the
year 1932. Delegate Wicker
sham had introduced a bill in
the House of Congress author
izing the erection of the bunk
er and had made such a fair
presentation of the need of
this necessity for coal develop
ment that he felt encouraged
to believe that the Committee
for Territories would favor
ably report the bill in the very
near future. But this will not
now be necessary, for the
bunkers are assured, by reason
Jof a report made yesterday to
the committee by Secretary of
the Interior Wilbur. He states
; that he now realizes the nec
i essity for construction of the
bunker, and that the work
i will be undertaken by General
Manager of the Railroad, Col.
| O. F. Ohlson, with funds al
1 ready available to pay the
cost.
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It was reported that the
mercury registered 61 degrees
below zero at Fairbanks re
| cently.
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ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Jack Lopez, victim Of a
stabbing affray in Cordova,
who was reported to be fatal
ly injured, is recovering.
David Paul, logger and fish
erman, who for many years
lived in Petersburg, died re
cently in the hospital in Ket
chikan.
A budget calling for a re
duction of 10 per cent in dues
for membership in the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce was
adopted by the chamber at a
recent meeting.
Hans Sorenson returned to
Ketchikan recently from the
west coast where he completed
a contract for roadwork at
Klawock, which was accepted
by the Bureau of Public Roads.
George Merkuris had a nar
row escape from serious in
jury last week when he mis
took a wolf in his traps for
fox. He went too near the an
imal and it lunged at him.
practically tearing his clothes
off, but the man escaped
without a scratch.
Charles (Curly) Frazier,
taxi-driver of Ketchikan, who
was arrested for reckless driv
ing, was fined $50 and costs
when brought to trial, and the
city magistrate took occasion
to air his views in general up
on speeding in the city.
Eighteen tons of ore from
the Nuka Bay mines were sent
south to the Tacoma smelter
| on a recent boat. The ore from
Nuka Bay is said to be increas
ing in richness as depth is at
tained, and is already jewelry
rock, according to the owners.
The U. S. Lighthouse service
is constructing markers at the
entrance to Thomas basin,
Ketchikan. Two five-pile dol
phins have been placed so that
the entrance to the channel
can be plainly seen day or
night.
More than 200 members of
the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce are expected to
join in an excursion which
wifi sail from Seattle for Alas
ka on the steamship Aleutian,
August 5.. It is reported that
200 reservations already have
been made, and it is expected
in addition to the chamber
members many excursionists
will be with the crowd.
As a sequel to the heavy
flood in Cordova recently Mrs.
Hilda Wavrick has sued the
city for $1,000 for alleged
property loss suffered Novem
ber 27, 1931. The claim of
j Mrs. Wavrick was discussed
by the members of the coun
cil and it was decided to turn
it down. It is probable that
suit will be entered by the
claimant.
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RADIO PROGRAM
K O M O
FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception during the
earlier part of the day in Hyder, the
programs printed below will include
only such broadcasts as occur after
5 p. m. daily.)
Program for week ending Saturday,
February 6, 1932.
Sunday, January 31
5:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NY
5:15 Collier’s Radio Hour, NBC-NY
6:15 American Album of Music. NY
6:45 Buick Motor Co., NBC-NY
7:15 Barbasol Co.; NBC-NY.
7:45 Sunday at Seth Parkers, NBC-SF
8:15 Seiberling Singers, ET.
8:30 Carnation Contented Hour, SF.
9:00 Chase and Sanborn Program,
9:30 Texaco Half Hour, NBC-LA.
NBC-SF.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes; LA.
10:15 Organ Recital, NBC-SF.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, February 1
5:15 Stock Quotations.
5:30 Pacific Coast Borax Co., NBC-NY
6:00 Maytag Orch., NBC-Chicago.
6:30 General Motors Program; NY
7:00 National Radio Forum, NBC-NY
7:30 M.J. B. Demi Tasse Revue.
8:00 Amos and Andy
8:15 Vermont Lumberjacks, NBC-SF
8:30 Voice of Firestone, NBC-NY.
9:00 Florists Telegraph Del. Assn. ET
9:15 G. Washington Coffee Refining
Co. Sherlock Holmes, NBC-NY
9:45 The Stebbins Boys, NBC-Chi.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes
10:15 Gold Shield Symphony Hour.
10:30 Sehwabacher’s Symphony Orch.
11:20 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch.
12:00 Fox Fifth Avenue Organ
12:30 Silent
Tuesday, February 2
5:00 Brazilian Coffee Matinee, NY.
5:.'10 Heel Hugger Harmonies, N.
5:45 Stock Quotations.
5:00 McKesson Musical Magazine, NY
0:30 Puller Brush Man, NBC-NY
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch, NY.
S:00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 Gen. Pet. Corp. Memory Lane.
8:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
9:00 Caswell Coffe Concert NBC-SF
9:15 Chevrolet Chronicles.
9:45 The Stebbins Boys, NBC-Chi.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Greater Washington Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:25 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
Wednesday, February 3
5.00 American Taxpayer’s League.
5:15 Stock Quotations
6:30 Goodyear Tire Co. Program.
6:00 Halsley Stewart Hour NBC-Chi.
6:30 Mobiloll Program, NBC-NY.
7:00 Coco Cola Program, NBC-NY.
7:30 Washington Baker’s Program.
8:00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 Vermont Lumberjacks, NBC-SF
S:30 Wesson Oil Snowdrift Sales Co.
9:00 Rin Tin Tin Thrillers, NBC-SF
9:15 Montag Fireside Hour,
9:45 Seiberiing Singers
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Fisher’s Blend Hour.
11:20 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Hotel Olympic Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
12:30 Silent.
Thursday, February 4
5:00 Fleisehmann Sunshine Hour
6:00 Am. Radiator Corpn. NBC-NY.
6:30 Maxwell House Melodies, NY
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch. NY
8:00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 Standard Symphony Hour, SF.
9:15 Sperry Smiles, NBS-SF.
9:30 Baldy Homsepun Melodies.
9:45 The Stebbins Boys, NBC-Chi.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Mozart Hour.
10:20 Schwabacher Mozart Hour.
11:20 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Friday, February 5
5:00 Cities Service Concert Orch.
6:00 Cheesborough Friendship Town.
6:30 Armour Hour, NBC-Chi.
7:00 Pontiac Automobile Co. NY.
7:30 RICO Hour NBC-NY.
8:00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 Brownbuilt Footlites, NBC-SF
8:30 MJB Demi-Tasse Revue, NBC-SF
9:00 Unon Oil Co. NBC-SF.
9:30 Fisher Flouring Mills Recital
9:45 The Stebbins Boys, NBC-Chi.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 The Globe Trotter.
10:25 Moonlight Meditations, NBC-SF
11:00 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Saturday, February 6
5:00 Health Products Corporation;
Danger Fighters, NBC-SF.
5:30 Totem Broadcasters, Program
under auspices of National Ad
visory Council on Radio in Ed
ucation. NBC-NY.
6:00 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
6:30 Campana, The First Nighter.
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch. NY
8:00 Amos and Andy.
S:15 Gilmore Circus, Gilmore Oil Co.
8:45 F. S. Lang Male Quartet.
9:00 El Sidelo Minstrels, NBC-SF
9:30 Associated Oil Co., Spotlight
Revue, NBC-SF.
11:00 Globe Trotter .
11:10 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue, Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
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