TANGLED
WIVES
By
PEGGY SHANE
Copyright by Peggy Shane.
WNU Sorvice
CHAPTER II—Continued
The last
and sh
Doris Du Val didn't
box
0es to
and
ang
doubtedly been rich.
could only
could only tell her whe
Gently
the
: alk! f
Spear If
pictured face,
he
she was, where they had met,
ly, she felt
gradual sure she wo
come back to connection with her past
if she could only see him
It seemed to her as she looked into
those
must remember,
had given her the ring
might come back. She
ring over and over and pondering.
it was useless,
Mrs. Du Val tapped the door
softly. An hour had passed In these
thoughts,
“Come in,” said Doris.
“Oh, oh! C'est tres mauvais Verve
bad! You must rest, At such a time
Young girls must rest, and tire
themselves out.”
Doris was getting rather weary
being told that at “such a time"
must take care of herself. T
time seemed to be
smiled, *I
dressed for dinner.”
Mrs. Du
Do not
too sx Ne ting
serious boyish eyes she
the time
Some of that
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sat turni
on
'
not
’
always,
was
“We
to
at
“Oh
live
night.
such a
“3
Doris
the bathroom
Val
dress
no,” said
just
wash
hastily, Sh lisappeared Into
half expecting to be told
“at su time” girls shouldn't
t
ully,
tiled rue
was attractive
Alone
Doris looked
Unable
the radio,
room
hooks, there
moment about for
APE, to find one, she
an orchestra blared. An
jazz poured into the room,
flooded the whole countryside,
Almost immediately there was another
and larger roar from the hall outside.
Du Val, his white hair disar
ranged, his black eyes rolling angrily,
ushed tn.
“Turn it
shouted,
Amazed and frightened, Doris ran
to obey. As the sound was cut off. Du
Val looked at her blushing furiously.
“I am sorry,” he said, “I am very
sorry. I did not think it was you. The
servants have orders never to touch
the radio”
“1 didn't
sorry.”
Mrs,
TOOMm.
“Roaring like a mad bull
little girl,” she scoldéd,
Du Val looked heartbroken.
am so sorry.”
“Making nolse like one hundred ele.
phants and frightening our little girl
at such a time!
But Oscar Du Val now looked more
frightened than Doris
Mrs. Du Val turned to Dorls. “You
sce what it Is to live with an artist
You eam thank your stars that I
brought up my son to be a business
man. Osear cannot work with the
radio going. He does not like to have
the outside world come to him.”
“Yes, to be told I must wash my
teeth every day. Me, I have never
been to the dentist In my life.”
“He will not have anything eome
into the house. No radio! No news.
papers! Such a man! We never play
the radio except on Sunday afternoons
when we love to listen to the Philhar-
monle concerts.”
“Yes,” sald Ogear eagerly. He looked
at Doris as if pleading with her to un.
derstand. "The Philharmonic concerts
are very nice. 1 like them very much.”
The evening passed quickly. Listen.
ing to the talk of the famous sculptor,
Doris nearly forgot all about her own
worry. She felt that If she had not
alrgady falien in love with the son,
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avalanche of
quiet
{Igear
offi. Turn It off!” he
know,” said Doris. “I'm
Du Val had darted into the
at our
“Oh, 1
she might find herself tempted to
marry him anyway for the pleasure
of having such a father-in-law,
“Rockwell St. Gardens Is a great
friend of yours, isn't he?” asked Doris
when the talk had come to a little
pause,
“Ah, yes,” sald Oscar. “A great
friend. We named our Rocky for him,
His work is magnificent—magnificent.
You know it of course?’
“Oh yes,” sald Doris, a little sur-
prised to find that she did. “I sup-
pose,” she sald after a pause In which
she considered how she happened to
have this particular piece of knowl
edge, “that he is like you, [| mean—
every one knows something of his
work.”
“Yes, he has become
It is hard to realize that, I remember
him as a wild crazy one in
Paris, We were young then, n'est-ce
pas? But are so no longer,
And 1-1 have my practical little wife,
my fine son own
wife, and Rockwell Gardens
very respectably up In
New England near the Canadian bor
ler, where it is too cold for me.”
“Early in July we will him”
sald Mrs, Du Val. “We will go up to
wghter's wedding”
*
very famous,
always
How we
who has his good
St. lives
too northern
visit
said Oscar, “that is
married in Jul
trembled
that
RO
to be "
volce often
so fragile
dness
h
is. It
it possibly
» would be
remembering
went to bed early unds
led
ght was
and erickets lu)
Her last thou
up in the mo
about her past,
her
1
wake
rt
ny evervihing was
wught of her new family, Mrs
“Mother” was a dear, and she
really ke Doris. She
her vesterdny with
it the
eventful
All that
fright ab
be
wen
She Studied It Thoughtfully,
she had even
She took it up now
thoughtfully for the
refuge, hefore
Rocky's picture,
and studied it
twentieth time,
Her husband! Where had she met
him? How long had she known him?
Not long, apparently. She had gath.
ered this from her welcome.
And yet Mrs. Du Val had met her
before. Mrs. Du Val had recognized
her in the Biltmore! Or had
Doris shut her eyes again, and tried to
imagine the scene. Mrs. Du Val's
greeting had been something about how
beautiful she was. Could it be possi.
ble that Mrs. Du Val as well as her
husband had never seen Rocky's wife
before?
It was too confusing.
memory would return.
would! It had to!
Jut it just didn't. The more she
willed to know, the more the curtain
of the past seemed to shut down on
her, blanker than the unknown future
on which she could at least make a
few tentative plans of her own, As
spring passed it seemed strange io be
married to a photograph, married to
someone who was a topic of conversa-
tion at every breakfast, luncheon and
dinner, and yet whom she had never
seen,
The days were always the same.
Doris could understand why Rocky
didn't come home much if he were at
all the type that liked galety, For at
nine o'clock promptly every night the
family went to bed. And at six o'clock
the next morning it was time to get up,
From six-thirty until noon Mr, Du Val
worked In his studio,
After lunch he worked again. Mean.
while his wife occupied herself with
the house, superintending the garden.
ing, the dairies, the farm. Aside from
her work In running the huge place,
Mrs. Du Val spent much of her time
in acting as a guard to her husband
against the outside world, Hardly a
day passed that did not bring a group
of tourists eager to see the sculptor at
his work. His wife kept them away
F00en
she?
Today her
It must! It
from him. If she hadn't it would have
soon become Impossible for him to
work, for they would have swamped
him, overwhelmed him. He lived In
his work, and he was utterly depend-
ent on his wife, who made It possible
for him to work so steadily and ar
dently,
“It is dull for you here, Doris? he
would say sometimes at lunch,
“No, no. I love the quiet of the
country. And besides there's really a
lot to do.”
“Yes,” sald Mrs. Du Val, “We sew,
we mike new curtains for Doris and
Rocky's bedroom.”
Doris was really learning a great
deal,
were being canned In the big kitchen
She had helped start dandelion wine,
the red currants off the
bushes, watched them bubble in enor
Mrs. Du Val
such as vou
this side of the water”
wins a batch of new
Doris was weaning
This occupied much of her attention
the
flowers
There
seen come
mous pots, was making
bar-le-due will not
get,
my Doris,
There
puppies
getlor
them
Then there were vases In
he
become
many
filled
Doris’
had
And she enjoyed doling it.
big house to
This had
Wis, as
with
fas
sald, a lot to
Doris do
t she fell asleep dreaming
She had moments it is
wondered over
v noes i
of
areless type for
» she thought
ie 18 CF
fo. “He
o
bane 3
tdoor
strenuous.” 3
likes out
. Mr. Du Ya
Mra Du Val said that
e made friends everywhere
Tt too
his fathe
but he t
sense from his mother
ind
sp }
ad inherited his keen business
He had had a
his firm
promotion in
would send him to Paris frequently
ut no letter came. A week passed,
and another week. June came, bring
ing roses and peonies, a festive setting
for return. Then Mrs. Du
Val got a letter from him. but of Doris
it said only,
very husky,
worry about
gets plenty
recent which
Rocky's
“Doris strikes me as being
there Is no need
Just see that she
sunshine and goes to
0 to
her,
of
bed early every night”
This sounded far from loveriike and
Doris felt suddenly cold all over whet
Mrs. Du Val read it aloud to her. Mrs
Du Val seemed also to feel some lac)
in it, for
letter will
But it
wist iy
she said consolingly
come tomorrow.”
Doris
for the mall
“there
didn't come. though
to w h
began
man's dally visits. The words
is no need to worry about her.” made
Doris wonder again If her young hus
and did the
’ yt ie
mentally
all, RIA
Du Val
singer oontlas
urging gentic
know of condition In
Had
ted It?
h she found hersel
the Du Vals,
Was that why
antly fussing
after
Mrs
over
Was con
ner,
ise on her, making her take naps
ing her to take sunbathe, and for
w
ch a time?
The Du
guessing the
bbling about, “su
That was impossible
Vals showed no sign of
not remember anything
letter left her more than
The old
she were not
Mrs, Du
Val had mistaken her in the Biltmore?
What on earth should she do If Rocky
came back and repudiated her?
disquieted, doubts
came back
ocky's
Supposing
wife Supposing
She spent hours brooding now
this situation, She ought to go
New York and make some effort
locate her rightful place,
her memory never came back?
over a month had passed
was beginning to lose that first
pectancy that had buoyed
spirits,
“What is the matter. Doris?
look pale today. You need rest”
“No, no, I'm all right.” Rest meant
returning to her nightmare imagin
on
to
ho! upposing
For
ox
You
then she must go back to the other
“Tell me what
dear?”
into her confidence. If she found out
that Doris had lost her memory there
it was, she was always talking about
taking Doris to the doctor.
these weeks of deception.
But she really ought to go Into New
York and see If she couldn't find out
something. Supposing she went to
Tange's—the stores where she had
bought most of her trousseau. The
labal with its Fifth avenue address
was on all of her clothes, Perhaps
some clerk there wold recognize her,
and tell her for sure if she was
Mrs. Rockwell Du Val, That was
something she must do before Rocky
came home,
in a week,
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
SOS SATO
Rats Wreck Whole Town
A whole town In Tanganyika was
destroyed by rats, which first de
stroyed the cotton erop and then in
vaded the town In such numbers that
the Inhabitants had to vacate It
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F YOU have
then “do it nos buy un black satin
sult or frock wear
satin is sation
done so,
for
the on the
new style program
running
moment,
avor for satin Is
at
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our handbags
fit such a high piteh this
even ou
and our gloves are being made of
satin, while certa sive booteries
are displaying shoes « satin to help
correlate a perfect ensemble.
The call of the hour is for the black
satin jacket suit. [deal it
for mid
season the thing
ng to don
when summer togs take on that passe
wear. Just
look which they always do when cool
days herald the approach of autum
Which Is why we are presenting here
with several sketches the
fashions styled of
The suit to the
of newest
satin,
left has the three
ich has won Its
way into the hearts of womankind
The organdie frill, inrge bow and the
flaring cuffs of the carry the
fashion of white accessory
toniches on Into the fall program.
The other charming satin ensemble
happily combines black with white
satin. The top part of the dress ls
fashioned of the white and the hat is
one of the new swanky white satin
sailors which yon will find are im
mensely flattering
The satin sailor
a program of mid millinery, is
scoring a triumph. For a “first” hat
It Is ideal One of the very newest
models is shown inset circle.
gloves
which is initiating
season
in the
COLORFUL JEWELRY
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
.
Incoming style reports particularly
tached to costume jewelry. A fascl
ing especially played upon in connec
tion with formal evening dress. Jewel
ry which reflects the color of the cos
tume is smartly exemplified In the
simulated ruby and rhinestone ensem-
ble worn with a white and red crepe
evening gown as here {llustrated. Note
that this handsome jewelry set In
cludes a stunning bracelet, pendant
earrings and two clips.
Plaid Taffeta
Plaid taffeta makes girdles on some
of the most striking evening frocks
frock with ruffles running from the
hem to the knees is trimmed with a
wide belt and long sash ends of blue,
ved and white taffeta ribbon,
ave been may-
as
you
will
ing pertain aviime fashions
they sour but if
wish to follow even! ‘nds you
disc
ing
note
iver that hich is lead
the way istrous fin
and sill wanted
formal
1
ish
for
black
satin
OWNS «
fkirt wit} for the
and gir the
of
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sketched In
d
the gr
for evening wear
the fancy. All
wn, from printed de
sign to interwoven bar and rib novel
ties, also Jacquard effects and stripes
which alternate satin and dull crepe
Perhaps the most interesting of them
all the reversible satin which
may be one color on one side and an
other on the opposite, or it may be had
with one shiny and one dull
The color play of these fascinating
two-tone satins Is inexhaustible
Evening gowns of gleaming white
or off-white satin have their severely
with hand
with
sheerest
of
mir
es
Novelty satins
i sorts
pecially intr
= ue
of effects are she
is new
surface.
necklines softened
ostrich
petals
classic
boas or leis
cut
Another feature
mode is the dazzling
is worn with
satin
some white
formed
silk
the evening
of from
mousseline
ror jewelry which these
gowns of white
One of the smartest type gowns
laytime wear is
which Is tallored
shown for immediate ¢
the shirtwaist frock
of crepe satin.
©. 1932
BLACK SATIN SUIT
IS WISE PURCHASE
Waatern Newspaper Union
Black satin
nator of advance smartness to remem
ber in your It has
been a long time since black satin had
a run of luck, but it looks like It was
in for the money The new de
signing sensation of Paris, “Dilkusha’
has created the black satin “appoint
ment sult” with nipped waistline and
white handkerchief linen plastron and
ealis the result “Black Magic.” Mar.
velous for all town appointments, and
not a frality for the budget either.
as it'll still be useful next winter un
der your minks or sables. Majo, an
other new Paris house, comes clean
with an austere and simple long double
breasted evening wrap in black satin
which will send a lot of the little 14!
otic Jackets into farcical tallspins,
is the common denom!
present purchases,
now
Popular Dress Trimming
A rush of frilis to the shoulders
brings a rush of thrills to the behold
ers, and then the fun begins.
Wide ecandy-striped ribbon does a
lot of frilly things for Lucien Lelong
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How I Brokelnto
The Movies
Copyright by Hal C. Herman
By CONRAD NAGEL
REAKING Into pictures for me
was 8 matter of stepping across
the footlights to the frout of the
camera, There was no long, weary
from studio to studio, ne
heart-breaking disappointment, nor
fruitless search for work. My first
role in silent wus that of
leading
From a
town I
that up
drama
stock company in my home
vaudeville and
year later to play in “The
i y York. Follow-
entered Rave
5 or the stage. ]
woth have proven tre
’ atte oa
Conrad Nagel,
artistic
pularity
and
ritimate stage
world of things
growing p
more more
are
field of
into™
3 alm mpera-
hey have personal acquaint-
me studio executive, plus
personal
course. a
to
ceount or
of u
the ability
ave some
unless you
the
our ef-
before
camera
forts will be in
To the r
tures
1 hear
mous sala
feel that by coming Hollywood
they. too, have an chance to
reach stardom and receive a simi
larly large financial reward
lut figures do not lie! There are
8 definite number of pictures to be
made and a definite number of peo.
ple are required to make them. New-
comers must possess the ability to
displace some one already In the
game, or failure Is theirs before they
of tion ple
i an
represent wriune,
of enor
and
hey
ries
to
equal
as he turns and twists it into just the
right folds and pleats and gathers he
wants it in. On a model called Mel:
odie, Lelong uses a Roman striped
faille and chiffon, running it around
very large and deep armholes—great
loops that extend from the tip of the
shoulder to the waistline. The ruffles
appear again at the hem of the prin:
cess skirt,
Clothes That Adorn but
Do Not Conceal Decreed
Fashion has decreed that the smart
woman will be the one whose clothes
adorn but do not conceal
Two articles of clothing comprise
the approved full dress for the hot
months-—a transparent frock and be
neath a simpler than ever corset of a
new material, trimmed scantily with
Ince,
“The mode is not inspired by nud
iam,” Mme. Charmis, lingerie ezarina
of Paris, sald. "But women neverthe
less will give the impression of nudity
under their summer robes”
It is
outside world
thousands of
unfortunate, indeed, that the
seldom hears of the
ambitions youngsters
ftal In a vain search for the elusive
Beginners have a long row to hoe,
physically and financially, they are
to disappoint-
ment. For such is Hollywood!
WNU Service
First an Amateur
Miss Diane Sinclair began her ea.
reer in amateur theatricals, from
which she graduated into the Thalian
club In Philadelphia. She next be
came a member of the Hedgeron The-
ater Stock company, where she played
leads In “The Inheritage” “The BI
of Divorcement” and “Street Scene
It was there that she was discovered
by screen executives and brought to
Hollywood.
Shuns Beauty Doctor
Greta Nissen, blond Norwegian ac.
tress, has never been inside a beauty
parlor, ag a client.
Miss Nissen has never had her finger
nails manicured, her toenails pedi
cured, or her hair waved. She has
never had a facial or a shampoo given
her, All these things she does for her.
sell at home. The one treatment to
which she does succumb Is an ovcs:
sional massage,