Great Things B By FANNIE HURST (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) (WNU Service) EOPLE expected great things of Aline Davis. And well they might? She had grown steadily from a pre- coclous, unusually gifted child into the most brilliant girl in her high school and college classes, delivering the valedictory each time she gradu- ated and generally rated by faculties as a girl with a marked future, Then what did she turn around and do, with all her accomplishments of language, laboratory sclence and dra- matics to choose from, but develop a voice! Verily, the gods had smiled upon Aline. As her friends put it (a little wistfully perhaps), Aline had every- thing. Youth. Culture, Beauty. In- telleet. Varied talents and now a voice! To say nothing of the fact that the son of one of the foremost bankers of Buffalo, N. Y., wanted to marry her. She made her as she did everything, thing over, including Buffalo banker, to follow of a singer. It meant struggle. Aline was not blessed in worldly goods, but scholar- ships were forever showering her path and it was made possible, what with the patronage of a philanthropic wom- an in Aline's home town, and a schol- arship offered by her university, for her to take up the study of voice and harmony with two of most influ- ential teachers in New York. With her for doing whatever she did lingly well, in her third year of tutellige she at. tracted the attention of a famous im presario who arranged her an audition with the opera. She came through it with ors and the offer of minor roles with the organization in the “Of course, I told said all of Aline's friends. But still it was a little breath-ta her walk into one honor after a8 cas ually as If a contrac gz In opera were not the mecca of girls from al most every corner of the globe. Aline continued her studies and made superbly good In her opera work that first year. So good that at the beginning of the second, Was un- derstudying the famous Donna Bella Critles and teachers predicted a magnificent fut for her. The star of her destiny seemed never to flicker In its steady light. And it must be sald of Aline that she did not depend upon destiny to keep that star lighted. She was an Indefatigable A painstaking student. A musician at heart and at soul, It was when her star seemed so sure and so true and so almost inevitable, that Aline met Kronald Blan. Blau was a young Swiss fellow, only ten years in America, and engaged In laboratory work at the Rockefeller foundation. A student. A scientist devoted to research. His work was the study of the loathsome disease leprosy. Blau was said already to ‘have made some distinguished contri. butions to the alleviation of that foul disease and was hopefully working to- ward the solution of making it 100 per cent curable. Not a romantic background. Scarce. ly a fellow with the type of mind eal- culated to capture the Interest of a beautiful and promising young opera singer, on the verge of her big sue- cess, Blau himself was unpreposses- sing enough. A tow-haired young fel- low with a thoughtful face and kind eyes magnified by high-power spee- sMacles. A student In aspect and man- ner. A student by temperament and equipment, Aline met him by chance home of a doctor friend. It was a matter of love at first sight. It was remarked by those present that, from the moment she entered the room, Blau never took eyes off of her, and after they met it was all Aline could do to keep her own gaze from boring back against his, Aline always sald of herself that she did the wooing. In any event it is doubtful if young Blau would ever have had the courage to follow up this first meeting with the brilliant young singer. Aline saw to that. Aline saw to It that the physician friend arranged another meeting, To the stupefaction of all concerned, they were married two weeks later. For six months after that Aline went on with her singing, and practically a miracle happened, From a lovely-volced soprano of quite unusual range and clarity that young volce took on even another di- mension. It became a warm and glow- ing, a vibrant fountain of rilling, trill. ing loveliness. Apparently Aline was one of those women whom love literal. ly enriches, body and soul. Her volce, where it had been full and fine before, now became a soaring thing of aston. ishing vitality, The maestros and the wiseneres con- nected with the opera company begun to wag knowing heads about her. “Watch Aline Angelo!” was the word that went around. Magnificent! The sensation of tomorrow, Watch! Well, this is what happened, and cu- riously enough on the very day that Allne was cast to go into rehearsal selection. brilliantly, throwing every- of the career the son the the usual ability outstand & conirn worl you so!” she ure worker, at the to sing Butterfly “ a sila performs | ance, On that very day, Blau recelved his commission to go to a Pacific island directly south of Manila for a first- hand study of leprosy In a colony of those afflicted with it. And if you think there was ever even any conflict in Aline about it, you are wrong. Whatever of hesitancy, trepidation, compunction Blau himself may have had about it, was swept away by the quality of her exuber- ance. In vain he expostulated that, in any event, her career must not be Inter- fered with. Then, since the idea of his ignoring this great opportunity to perfect his work was repugnant to her and started her off into an actual hys- teria of tears, his suggestion was that he go alone. That, too, reduced her to even stormler hysteria. In vain her friends, advisors, ad- mirers, teachers, patrons joined with Blau in remonstrance. her Butterfly, On the eve of her sue- cess! Madness! But never for a moment did falter. Her decision was fixed and clear in her mind. It never faltered. It never wavered. sung the coveted role of Butterfly in the largest opera house in the world, Mr. and Mrs. Blau put foot on a small, one-class steamer bound for Manila, Five weeks later, two rather bewil- déred young people took up abode in a bamboo bungalow half a mile removed from a government leper reservation. weeks there, and made a rancid, steaming hades of the place. Insects swarmed through the nights and the long motionless days sapped vitality. All day, changing his clothes and scouring with disinfectants before he came home evenings, Blau worked at the colony. Aline's sole companions were her two Hawallan servants and the pretty and hom esick young wife of one of the English physiclans also engaged In laboratory work. The first year, it sometimes seemed to Aline that she would go stark, rav- ing mad walk to the colony and stand outside the railing watching the wretched people Inside go about thelr duties, was a pastime. Blan, worshiping wr the quality of her character and the quality of rifice, did all in his power to Often, just to » fT her fi ' 1 her sa« make less tedious and the slow pa r of the days, but once there, ed with his pas gion for his work. Life was a vibrant, search after truth, at the colony, t Blay came home almost crying nerves result. utlve hours less harrowing his heart icant signifi one from the over-wro ing from thi spent in his laboratory. Blau had won! The final test had been given to the efficacy of his leprosy treatment, Blau had won. this time a little f and with her ing riy-e It CONS at, gray- volee : met him at he fell into Al ne, by haired dead thin the door so i her arms, half faisting. Blau had won. There are those who Aline pityingly, as a threw away her life Aline, who lives happily with Blan and their five children in a small, pretty house near John Hopkins uni- versity where Blau is the head of one of the great research departments, feels that the secret of life is within her hands She feels that part of Blau's great discovery for the alleviation of the suffering of mankind is hers. Blau, who kisses her hands some- times with a reverence that is damp- ened with his tears, feels that prac tically all of his great discovery Is hers, still regard woman who very Man Slow to Realize Great Value of Coal In the early annals of mankind there was some knowledge of soft coal. The Chinese used soft coal for baking por- celaing. It is not unlikely that some of the beautiful porcelains in the Bos- ton Museum of Fine Arts were baked with heat derived from this early coal. The use of coal for heating pur. poses was known In England prior to the Saxon invasion; but the fact of its extensive existence, or valuable uses, did not gain much notice until the Ninth century. It was not until 1239 that the first charter, giving permis. glon to dig coal in Great Britain, was issued and Newcastle thus became the first town to become famous as the home of the coal miner. Even as late as 1600 only two ships were needed to bring all the coal required to Lon- don, In this country bituminous coal was mined In Virginia about 1750 and was soon In general use in the regions around the mines for both heating and manufacturing purposes. Now the United States Is by far the largest producer of coal in the world. There are three great coal-producing areas, the Appalachian, which includes the Pennsylvania coal flelds; the Niinols and the Missouri field, which overlaps into all the adjacent states, and the Michigan field. There are small flelds in other parts of the United States. All told there are 20 coal-producing states, Biddy Strictly on Job A Waterbury (Conn) motorist re- ports the following Incident: Driving along a highway he observed a hen sitting In the middle of the road He slowed down and tooted his horn. The hen continued to sit. Slowly he drove across the hen and looked back. The hen stood up, eackled loudly and walked away, leaving an egg In the road. a Tailored Look X a EVA TOT I YC GOME HOW at the mention of a lace gown It seems the natural thing to vision a sort of fluffy-ruffle affair which 1s prettily and utterly feminine down to the last detail Well, it may be all that, and many adorable types are as filmy and fan ital as ever, for the gown In any and every Inter pretation remains the Ido! of fas lace hion However, mode a feeling a tal which Is real wred-mindedness extends to and dinner g« that designers take loring *he sl intest infigence Is lace there has crept into the for clothes which have The part of the news™ is that lored look. story " this tal evening extent delight In 1 wns to such an keen 10eres! no hiffons, £ member to yi ” to the ! One of the outsta ing features of the tailored effects which tion to the evening mod cate seaming such nas years ago would hesitate {co handling laces and thi rials. Note how the has been broug give distine of seaming tht to a point of perfec lace dinner gown pictured to the left. Here you have a little jacket which effects, by means of seaming—and seeming, too, for that matter—a very high line, but a moment ater contrives a medium waistiine. A priceless plece of compromise this for when the fash lan news came along that the 1032 waistline would be high we sighed heavily for the many women who find high waistlines most unflattering This Indeed Is a frock desirable not only for SUMMER HATS ARE GAY AND COLORFUL The hats of this year are enough to lift anybody's spirits. Maybe It's to take our minds off our troubles that they are so defiantly gay, so casually frivolous For street and sports wear this summer, the little brimmed vagabond straw-—of milan, leghorn, rough straws and Panama--are going lo be away out In front. And they ought to be. They're so smart and practical and their impudent little dips over the right eye, their necktie One of the most popular straws for used In men's straws-—rough and shiny and correct. and Very Practicable Ente: the wrap-around week-end It's the newest thought of the Paris designers, and it's about the most sensible Innovation of the day. The idea 1s that the wrap-around coat-dress that ean be opened out it you have a whole set of them, you can jump off the train, change clothes without having to stop and walt for things to be pressed. The wrap-around style has been de veloped In practically every variation or day-time dress, Lines of Evening Dress Ever since (he first hostess pajamas came Into town via the beach a few years ago, women have been discov. ering the Joys of the pajama. The new 1082 version of the pajama Is tak. tng on disguises and appears as wholly appropriate for the woman who en tertalins ip her own home. The Paris version of the evening pajama sometimes looks like a pa- Jama at the front but like a dress at the back, Sometimes its trouser lines are completely Invisible, Many of the newer ones are so full at the hem that there is not the slightest suggestion of a divided skirt at all, has a perfect figure lent model for the 18 to cross off potaloes, rom her menu. new this the woman who but Is ann excel woman who h: puddir The year durene lace which iis gown on, One ¢7 of a Ince wine red? or of the the color Tectivencss 1 sich is In Van Dyke brown which Is cne very new r or perhaps In a smart 3 any of the dark col names on ecard navy blu fact in orings whict mode gle gowns of slen fered the reall for clas ade very sim have ¢ evening pette n ply of Ince more For pastel shades are such as pictured is being heard and more as summer advances afternoon wear the very much Hked and vsually there Is a matching Jacket (8 1822 Western Newspaper Union.) NEW ROUGH CREPE By CHERIE NICHOLAS We are hearing so much in regard to navy blue and in fact of the whole range of blues, It that a word be sald In behalf of brown, for brown remains a great favorite with the smart set, especial. iy touches of brown on light costumes. The ensemble In the picture adopts brown and orange for its color schetne. The frock which Is made of one of the popular new rough-surfaced crepes is in burnt orange. It has a wide girdle belt of brown velveteen which sets a new high when it comes to waistlines, The large ball buttons are brown and the youthful jacket 18 of brown velve teen In the delightful light weight which is characteristic of this sea. son's wenves, Parasols Back The fussy parasol of the era of roso Jars, petticonts and fainting damosels, has returned, more restrained In de sign, perhaps, but as dainty and dec orative as ever. ——_ “Ancient Family” Claims Scoffed At by Experts Persons who like to trace their an- cestry back to Willinm the Conquer- or, or to some other famous hero of | history, were ridiculed in a recent address before the Society of Ge nealogisis In London by the British genealogical expert, T'. it. Thomson. The majority of such claims rest, Mr. Thomson explained, upon simi larity of surnames, but this is of no value ant all, since the general use of surnnmes or “family names” dates back only a little than 200 years, Another difficulty is the lished by all genealogical! researches that families and family names in variably tend to become extinet in a relatively few generations, 1 he’fam ily blood survive, more or less diluted by intermarriage, but this usually is difficult to | trace, since the necessary exact records are lacking. Mere similarity of nothing, the spenker the same signed over famil ncecidental ow land inor same occupation, Among been | i i more fact estab- may extremely CHnse were a Over again ij to different of piece of office or n persons present ings in 1008 A it was stated bs the meeting, now Twelve of these with surviving of these in the connected not even one unbroken descent Sun. 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