Pity Is Akin
By JANE OSBORN
) by McClure Nt-wsimoer Syndicate. )
iWNU Serviced
OOMETIMES Terry thought she was
^ a good Insurance solicitor—and
sometimes slie thought she wasn’t. A*
she sat patiently In the reception room
outside Mr. Bertram Carr's private of
fice that January morning she was
quite sure that she was not. She had
sat there for an hour and twenty min
utes. The day before she had sat
there In precisely the same chair for
an hour, and on several days before
that she had sat there until she knew
every angle and crevice of the well
furnished reception room by heart.
She had been told that no one had
ever been able to sell Mr. Bertram
Carr life Insurance—he didn’t carry
any life Insurance whatever. He was
thirty-five and a bachelor, and In Ter
ry's notebook she had Jolted down the
Infoimation that he had an Income
of about twenty thousand dollars a
yea r.
Terry had been unable to get any
Interview with him by telephone. She
couldn't get him to consent to see her
on any pretext she had been able to
invent. So now she was simply wait
ing to see him. She would approach
him when he left his office, the only
door of which led through the recep
tion room.
Other days when she hnd sal there
she had simply had to give up before
at length he came out, or else he had
come out so quickly and brushed by
her so abruptly that she had no op
portunity to say a word. Today Ter
ry was determined to get on inter
view. She had sat there for an hour
and a half and had, It seemed to her,
worn away almost an entire powder
compact and a quarter of a lipstick,
Just keeping in constant readiness.
Terry was thinking of those things
when .Mr. Carr’s office door was quick
ly opened and with two long steps he
was in the reception room. Terry
rushed forward. She knew she was
too pretty to be brushed aside.
“I would like to see you—Just a mo
ment.” Stie smiled her prettiest and
tried to get his eye.
“I am sorry, madam,” said Mr. Ber
tram Carr, looking appealingly toward
tlie reception desk, “but I am rushing
to an important engagement. If you'd
be so good as to give your name, I
think my secretary can see you.” And
then he was off and Terry was no
nearer seeing Bertram Carr than ever.
“Oh, well, there Is more than one
way to sell insurance,” said I lie more
than middle-aged Miss Carson whom
Terry encountered in one of the offices
of the insurance company Mr which
both worked. “Your line is good looks
and prettiness, looking like Fifth ave
nue and Cleopatra or something all
tlie time. Now my approach is entire
ly different. Some days when I get the
higgesi huuls I go around the shabbiest.
1 could no more hope to get myself up
like you than you could hope to place
any policies if you didn’t.”
Surely the drab-looking Miss I.arson
had not intended to annoy Terry, but
Terry was annoyed and felt all ttie
more troubled every time she thought
of what the older woman had said. It
wouldn’t have mattered so much if
she had succeeded with Mr. Carr. But
she hadn’t even got an interview, lie
hadn't fallen for tier good looks one
lit tie bit. Perhaps Miss I.arson was
right; good Imiks were her line.
Terry went to lied that night with
a fixed determination to show the
world In general, and Miss I.arson In
particular, that she had more than
one strlug fo her line.
Two days later when a rather pale,
decidedly shabby and somewhat scared,
cold-looking young girl asked the re
ception clerk whether she mighi see
Mr. Bertram Carr the clerk could
have sworn that she had never seen
the girl before. "I don’t want to send
in my name,” said the apparently shy
one. “because he might scud out his
secretary and she would frighten me
to death, but maybe 1 could sit here
and Just wait." So the reception clerk
let the girl wait.
She was still looking cold and scared
not to soy actually hungry an hour
later when Mr. Carr came out of Ills
room and she stepped timidly toward
him.
The reception clerk was amazed
when she saw Mr. Carr go hack to tils
office with the shabby-looking young
girl. She would have been consider
ably more surprised If ten minutes
later she hnd heard Mr. Carr virtual
ly giving his agreement to lake oat a
life Insurance of an amazingly large
figure.
“I'll take this, of course,” said Mr.
Carr to the girl, “but there Is no par
ticular reason why- I should. You see
all iny kindred are amply provided for
and—I’m not married.”
“Yon may be some day,” said the
timid little life insurance agent.
After considerable maneuvering Ter
i ry contrived to meet Mr. Carr nt a
! house party a month later. It was
Terry on a holiday. Terry who had
for the time being forgotten all about
Insurance—but a very pretty and well*
dressed Terry never!Irelesg, It had
taken considerable Ingenuity to ilnd u
| friend who iitsn knew ftertr'am I'nrr.
who was In a mood to give a house
party.
Bertram knew that lie had seen her
before hat lie could identify her neither
with the Insistent young woman who
had tried to see him so often nor the
timid girl who had sold him life In
surance a little Inter. Bven when he
asked Terry to marry him and she had
aceepled. she had to toll him the story
of her campaign that had aroused first
Ills [illy—then Ids love.
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HELP STIMULATE PROGRESS
In legal parlance there is a tefm, "caveat emptor," which means “let
the buyer beware.” And that does not single out any class of buyers.
There are people in Hyder who buy everything at home and from
home-town merchants. And then again there are people is this commun
ity who buy very little at home, thoughtlessly spending their money out of
town where it is lost to the community. Those who buy at home benefit
their community by keeping the money at home and reap the rewards of
buying from business enterprises that depend for their very existence upon
their reputation for fair dealing.
The home-town merchant gives his patrons and his community the
fruits of his industry and his Community’s patronage.
There never has been a time in the history of this comunity when
patronage of the local merchants and other Business institutions was
as vitally necessary to community welfare and prosperity than at present.
With business at the lowest ebb in our history, the local dealer stands in
imperative need of all the patronage the camp can provide in order to re
main in business.
The same principle which urges people to patronize the local merch
ant who has his money invested where it serves them most should also urge
the merchant to advertise in the community newspaper. This paper is
the camp’s bpst; advertisement and its principal means of letting the world
know why and for what Hyder is in existence. Day in and day out it is
working for the community’s progress and prosperity. It is a fixture with
a heavy investment and like the merchant is dependent for its existence
as a booster upon the patronage of the community,
Merchants advertise in newspapers primarily to increase their busi
ness. Consumers read newspaper advertisements that they may buy with
the least expense of time and effort and to the best advantage with re
spect to price and quality. Both advertiser and buyer often forget that
this advertising makes possible the newspaper that brings them the news
of the day and provides one of the chief stimulahts to community growth
and betterment.
The Hyder Weekly Herald
ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Will. A. Steel
Washington, D. C,
April 25, 1932.
Clark M. Garber, Superin
tendent of schools, Western
district of Alaska, Indian Bur
eau, with headquarters at Ak
iak, is on a short vacation to
the States and spent the past
week in Washington. The re
port that he is seeking appoint
ment as Chief of the Alaska
Division is not correct.
In a letter from the Interior
inquiry is made as to whether
or not a private citizen may fly
the U. S. flag from a pole at
his home other than- on a hol
iday. The War Department
states that there is no regulat
ion against the flying of the
flag.
Protests have been received
from Ketchikan against the
passage of a compulsory Sun
day observance bill that would
compel the barbers in the Dis
trict of Columbia to observe
Sunday. It is contended that if
this bill were to become a law
it would establish a dangerous
precedent for passing more
stringent Sunday Blue L a w
legislation. But it does not seem
probable that the bill will pass
this Congress.
A number of organizations
in Alaska have sent in endorse
ments of the services rendered
by Charles W. Hawkesworth
as Acting Chief of the Alaska
division, Bureau of Indian Af
[fairs. He is also recommended
j for appointment to Chief of the
1 division, as it is expected that
selection will be made in the
near future.
The Senate instructed its
Appropriations committee to
reduce the total of the amount
allowed in the House bill to
the Department of the Interior
by 10 per cent. This was done
and in the bill as passed by
I the Senate most of the reduct
! ions were sustained. As a result
j Alaska is affected and the
Alaska Railroad appropriat
i ion was cut from $500,000 to
$450,000. However, a clause
was inserted to include ‘oper
ation and maintenance of agri
culture expei iment stations
heretofore operated by the De
partment of Agriculture on the
line of the railroad’. In making
the appropriation of $84,300
for support of reindeer stations
in Alaska the following clause
was inserted; ‘Provided, That
no part of this appropriation
shall be available for the pay
i inent of employees who are not
experienced in animal hus
bandry.’
The Senate has reduced the
amount appropriated by the
House for the education of
Natives in Alaska from $690,
000 to $650,000. The large re
duction is $25,000 for salaries i
and $10,000 for equipment,!
etc. The rest is for travel ex-!
pense and repairs. There is
nothing allowed for operating
the vessel Boxer, which is to be
succeeded this summer by the
new North Star, which will be j
finished and operating this j
month. No salary has been al- j
lowed for employees o f the I
Shoemaker day school, which j
has just been completed near j
Wrangell, and it is feared that
this school will not be able to
open for another year unless
more consideration is given
its necessities in the conference
between the Senate and House
committees.
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ALASKA NOTES
| Culled From the Newspaper!
Of the Territory.
Over 70,000 tickets hav<
been sold for the Nenana ic<
pool and all indications poin
to as big a pot as last year.
Stanley McLane, aged 7, soi
of Archie McLane of Kasilof
j is the youngest trapper in Ala
j ska. One mink and four weas
I els are the fruits of his labor
j and 40 below weather did no
prevent him from attending
his traps.
An epidemic of infuenza ir
mild form has affected the
resident at Dawson, both Ind
ians and whites. The public
schools have been closed.
Chief Isaac, 85,leader of the
Moosehide tribe, died a I
Moosehide village below Daw
son of influenza. Chief Isaac
was a warm friend of t h e
whites and was a man of great
ability and force of character.
There are over 4,000 licensed
trappers in Alaska, not includ
ing 3,000 unlicensed Indians
and Eskimos.
The Peratrovich family at
Klawak is apparently the local
racketeers in politics. The re
cent city election revealed that
R. J. Peratrovich Sr. was elect
ed mayor; Roy was elected
city clerk, John city treasurer
and George tied for a place on
the city council. Frank is the
retiring mayor. One hundred
forty-eight votes were cast.
Purchase has been made by
the Fairbanks Exploration Co.
of three miles of mining ground
on Goldstream and Engineer
Creeks from the Whitworth Fi
nance & Mining Corporation.
Eight claims and associations,
with a total acreage of about
800, are acquired by the Fair
banks Exploration Co. in the
property transfer.
The management of the Bell
Island Hot Springs, Anna M.
Harrington, is offering a $25
prize to anyone who sends in a
new name for the springs, more
appropriate.
F. S. Barnes elected mayor
of Wrangell and F. Arndt Sor
set, George Sumption and F.
Angerman named for council.
Mrs. M. O. Johnson elected to
school board.
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(Owing to poor reception during the
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SUNDAY, MAY 15.
5:00 China Jettick Melodies, NBC.
5:15 Album of Familiar Music, NBC.
1 5:45 Voice of Pan, NBC.
6:15 The Old Singing Master, NBC.
’ 6:45 Sunday at Seth Parker's, NBC.
7:15 P. S. P. & L. Program, NBC.
7:30 Jesse Crawford, NBC.
8:00 Stoess Orchestra, NBC.
, 8:15 Baldy Homespun Melodies,
8:30 Carnation Contented Hour, SF.
9:00 Readers Guide, NBC.
' 9:30 Wings of Music, NBC.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 University of Washington Edu
cational Hour.
11:00 Silent.
MONDAY, MAY 16.
5:00 P. S. P. & L. Co., Hill Billies.
5:15 U. S. Rubber Co. Program.
5:30 General Motors Program, NBC.
j 6:00 National Radio Forum, NBC.
| 6:30 Demi Tasse Review, (M. J. B.)
I 7:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
j 7:15 Fisher Mills Co. Program,
j 7:30 Voice of Firestone, NBC.
| 8:09 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
8:30 Best Foods Incorporated, NBC.
I 8:45 Shell Oil Company.
; 9:00 Richfield News Flashes.
9:15 Gold Shield Symphony Hour.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Eva Gruninger, contralto, NBC.
10:30 Olympian Quartet, NBC.
11:00 Globe Trotter Program.
11:10 St. Francis Dance Orchestra.
12:00 Fox Fifth Avenue Organ
12:30 Silent
TUESDAY, MAY 17.
5:00 Coffee Matinee. NBC.
5:30 Texaco Half Hour, NBC.
6:00 Lucky Strike Dance Hour, NBC.
7:00 Amo3 ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Memory Lane, NBC.
7:15 Sperry Smiles, NBC.
8:00 Dr. Strasska Program.
8:15 Spratt’s Dog Story, NBC.
8:30 Best Foods, Incorporated, NBC.
8:45 Shell Oil Co. Program.
9:00 Fishers Blend Hour.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Musical Highlights, NBC.
10:30 Medicine Show, NBC.
11:00 Globe Trotter Program.
11:10 St. Frances Dance Orch, NBC
12:00 Fifth A.venue Organ Recital
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18.
5:00 Fisher Novelty Program.
5:30 Mobiloil Concert, NBC.
6:00 Coca Cola Program, NBC.
6:30 Artists Service Musicale, NBC.
7:00 Amos 'n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Rochester Civic Orchestra, NBC
7:30 Wesson Co., Team. Mates, NBC.
8:00 Quaker State Oil Co.
8:15 Fisher Mills Vocal Recital.
8:30 Be3t Foods Program, NBC.
S:45 Shell Oil Co. Program,
9:00 Baldy Homespun Melodies.
9:15 Goodyear Program, NBC.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes, NBC.
10:15 Greater Washington Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter Program.
11:25 Olympic Hotel Orchestra.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
12:30 Silent.
THURSDAY, MAY 19.
5:00 Chevrolet Motor Co. Program.'
5:30 General Food Sales Program,
6:00 Lucky Strike Dance Hour, NBC.
7:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Caswell Coffee Concert, NBC.
7:30 P. S. P. & L. Vocal Ensemble.
7:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC.
8:00 Dr. Strasska Program.
8:15 Standard Symphony Hour, SF,
9:15 Montag Fireside Melodies.
9:45 Dixie Memories, NBC.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 The Nomads, NBC.
10:50 Globe Trotter Program.
11:00 Varsity Vagabonds.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
FRIDAY, MAY 20.
Friday, May 13.
5:00 Friendship Town, NBC.
5:30 Armour Hour, NBC.
6:00 Paul Whiteman Orch, NBC.
6:30 Nationa Oratorio Society, NBC.
7:00 Ambos ’n Andy, NBC.
7:15 P. S. P. & L. Vocal Ensemble.
7:30 M. J. B. Demi Tasse Review,
8:00 Union Oi Co. Voice of 76. NBC.
8:30 Best Foods Program, NBC.
8:45 P. S. P. & L. C. Program.
9:00 Mozart Hour.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Fisher Mills Male Quartet.
10:40 Fox Theatre Friday Frolic.
11:10 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
SATURDAY, MAY 21.
5:00 Fisher Mills Co. Program, NBC.
5:30 Campana Corpn. First Nighter.
6:00 Lucky Strike Program. NBC.
| 7:00 Amos 'n Andy, NBC.
7:15 Santiseptic Program
7:30 Piano Moods, NBC.
8:00 Dr. Strasska Program.
! 8:15 Los Gallitos, NBC.
8:30 Associated Spotlight, NBC.
10:00 Piano Pictures, NBC.
10:30 Pacific Union College Choir.
11:00 Varsity Vagabonds,
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.