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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,
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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.
Child’s Death Rosalé
An inquest on a
child, aged five months, who died
inder ur
wits held reczantly
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They tel a cloak and
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and, skipping brea
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waiter,
Can 1 help it If 1 overslept?™
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that newspaper editor that |
publicity?
Her Press Agent—Yes,
that failed to make him give
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i the y Story of
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