NIPPY AND
NELL
8B
By COSMO HAMILTON
© by McClure Newapaper Syndicate
WN Service
DD creatures, men. Odder even
than women, and one ean't
say more than that. Here was
one, for instance, young, good-
looking, and at the very top of the
tree. In Nice to find the sun, he had
found it. A mere small slip of his
body remained its natural white,
There on the beach he sat, however,
repeating over and over again, in an
attitude of one-piece calamity, this
calamity, this eatastrophle chant, “Des-
¢late—life so gray and desolate—wom-
en and men In the crowd meet and
mingle—yet with itself every soul
stands single—deep out of sympathy
moaning its moan—holding and hav-
ing its brief exaltation—making its
lonesome and lamentation—fight-
ing its terrible conflicts alone.”
Unlike people who wear a halo of
martyrdom In place of a hat he had a
very good reason for repeating these
shattering things.
You see his name was Legg though
when Nippy was placed in of it
in any part of Great Britain a disturb-
ance took place like that which flut-
graph when the earth has
low
front
Is
ters a seismo
tummy
This serious and
man filled largest
whenever he appeared.
Assisted by a girl who never spoke
a word and
Calf, these two
known and h
great artists of ou
But Rosy had
art
trouble.
pairing young
halls
the musie
name wis
as
Rosy
well
those
time,
in love, desert-
whose
aad become
popular
is
ed for marriage, an left him
without a
He had d
horror,
of
spontaneous
nretty
ah ht
him
Nice.
8 nervon
of
twenty
fImus
neo
ageous chi
3 vivre tb
a4eT mouth,
on
A man of
nounced to
‘Good-mmorn
reply
* there was merely 1
“Mr. What's-your-nam
to say, “we have not been Introduced.
I am not to be picked up on any kind
of beach”
I was awful,
leasant nod.
* she seemed
It was catastrophie.
It was unbelievable. As day by
went by it brought about an
caravan of utterly sleepless nights. It
made Nippy suffer from deep disap-
pointment and thoughts of suicide. It
smashed his plans of
he villa of his
Laurels” “The Willows.”
Lodge,” perha
tne
day
endless
narried bliss In
dreams “The
or “Rosslyn
He made up hi nind to present
himself, defeated, a
of June,
continue or he must wind up his shat-
tered career by Jumping off a bridee.
YJ I 1%
Cook's on the first
His search for a laugh must
As for that cool, ealm
irl
2 he tried to agree with
“It's better to have loved
never to
He wandered into wi.
thing happened which broke his cease
less quotations and almost made him
scream, Without the ghtest warn-
ing he was smacked on the back. The
smacker was Pat O'Callaghan, a great
friend of his
Overwhelmed with gratitude at be
Ing able at last to pour out his soul
to some one who saw him as a human
being with the troubles of his kind
he drew this man to a vacant table
on the terrace of the Savoy and told
him everything.
O'Callaghan was of course Irish and
thus a sympathetic man,
What seemed so tragic and distress-
ing to him was that a great genius
should be removed from his work be
cause he couldn't find a laugh. He
was far more distressed at this fact
than that Nippr was In love with a
girl who wouldn't let him speak to her
because he hadn't been introduced,
With a most remarkable brainwave
he referred to a girl in Nice who was
earning her living at that very mo-
ment by the simulation of mirth.
“She's doing what Rosy Calf did” he
sald, “and her partner is a dishonest
person who tries to imitate yon”
They were making their appearance
nightly at the Municipal casino be
tween a family of gymnasts and a lady
with a voice. He rose and shouted,
“Let's go” He dragged Nippy to the
manager's office which was behind the
stage, “Hello, George,” he sald heart-
fly. “How and phwen and phwat and
and lost than
have loved all
the Some
sli
all that sort of thing?”
. = »
The person thus addressed was not
jeorge and never had been George.
His name was Harry and it was a goed
name, He was a very harried man.
“I'm In the cart,” he sald. “My next
turn has gone phut and there's going
to be a gap. Boot and Slipper—see
‘em? Jack Boot and Nellie Slipper
pretty bad but they've been getting
over here, He's been run over on the
promenade and who's to substitute?”
Nippy was near the door. Some one
with a charming voice was talking just
outside. There was a desperate quivs
er In it which touched a cord in his
heart.
“What's to become of me? No part-
ner, no money, no career and a black
mark against the turn after all my
work. . . . " Familiar words, in
deed!
“Women and men in the crowd meet
and mingle, yet with itself every soul
stands single, making its lonesome and
low lamentation, fighting its terrible
conflicts alone . Rs
He peered Into the passage. There,
with her back towards him stood the
girl he longed to make Mrs. Nicholas
Legg . the amusing the
1onest eyes, the courageous chin and
the kind mouth, in very great trouble
now,
He turned and went to Harry. There
was chivalry and a glint of triumph In
his eyes. Here was the chance to do
a kind deed in a very naughty world.
Here was the chance to be revenged
for that wold shoulder, that aloofness
and the Indifference to his immedinte
and everlasting love. “I'll substitute,”
he said.
“You? What on
that's any use to me?
“Much the same as Boot does from
all I've been told”
“But how do I
nose,
earth do
”
ean. you
know—how can 1
risk—
“I never wear a wig and all I shall
want is a bit of putty for my nose.”
“But have you #ver heen on the pro-
re hefore?
fessional stag
Nippy removed his tle.
for four
sald, “Then
weeks whole vears,
aay,” he Rosy
married
The manager
1179
her
‘How wo
world
he
he
nes
Rupp
He gave n Easp.
vasn’t Boot,
L master In
und that mouth.
“You are saving my life,” she sald.
But befdre she could her
gratitude they the
in the middle of
ig ae
HOSe oYeS R’
express
further stood In
wiare of the Kmelight
the stage,
Brass blared, drums were hectic and
four indifferent attendants followed
with the props—tennis balls, Indian
clubs, fake cigars, rings on ropes, in-
wires
for tightrope walking and a tank In
which to dive
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genious gymnastic applinnces,
The audience was cold,
Then followed that series of fool.
eries, of grimly earnest incompetences,
of solemn and painstaking preparation
for break-neck deeds never fo be per
formed which had andl-
: to roars of beneficent mirth.
tlie found it unnecessary to feign
spontaneous laughs. Her laughter was
genuine, It bubbled from her lips
She simply had to laugh. Indeed she
almost died
This was no mere Boot,
stirred huge
This was a
Boot!
had there been such hearty roars,
It was an absolute riot,
It was a good deed in a very naughty
world,
“What'll you take to stay in the bill
for a couple of months?" asked Harfy,
who was very grateful and pleased,
“That's the end,” said Nippy. “Un-
herself from Boot and fit herself to a
timb on which there is a foot. [| would
like to ask her personally but 1 shan't
be able to do so until we've been in
troduced.”
He had cleaned his face with a towel
and smoothed back his hale, The man
who stood before her was that timid
and ridiculous person whom shs had
been egging on for a fortnight by the
policy of keeping off. Eve invented
the trick,
“Good Lord, it's you,” she sald
Somehow she hind made up her mind
he was no ordinary man,
“You must be Nippy Legg”
My dears, It wasn't from the Lao
rels or the Willows that Harry re
ceived a posteard in the course of time
on which was quoted, “Love Is better
than Fame,” with a white satin slipper
tied behind the car. It was from Ross.
Iyn Lodge.
ORE than ever
color of the m
id sort around whi
BEAUTY
TALKS
By
MARJORIE DUNCAN
CARE OF THE NECK
OES your neck recelve th» same
diligent care as your face? Every
time you cleause your face, de you
Just as thoroughly and carefully
cleanse yoyr neck? If you use cleans
ing cream on your face, do you carry
the same cleansing method down to
the shoulders? And when you massage
f rich, pourishing cream or pat with
a good astringent do you automatically
Include your neck as part of your face?
Those in the know in beauty circles
take all this for granted.
During the winter months the neck
needs more attention than the
Exposure to the elements means
dust and drying winds. Fur
scarves, etc, constantly rubbing
cgainst the skin make {t rough and
In addition to the dally regime
exercising and nourish-
which most faces grow
and the neck needs
treatments, too.
throat
faithful in
even
collars,
from
younger loveller,
1ng
A smooth,
be yours (if
white, swan-like
you are
fhe dash
DESIGN FUR COATS
IN MEDIUM LENGTH
Women h
they want,
ive A way of getting what
When
coats in frotteur |
usy and t
!
jashing model
they
neither
long
ly suited to
season's versions
belted or swageer tyne
bave yokes. Collars
ter Pan or cravat,
that
year:
shoulders,
has boon
Pleats
fulls
story
this or
van holo
Short-haired furs. su
yak and
for the
kid are the
fur trotteur tt
swagger. Seal
handsome straightline fince
coals,
and krim:
in Late Paris Fashions
Trimmings tell a striking tale in
Feathers in the shape of a fringe
for a flower, sparkling strass buttons
y
buile eve
Satin and velvet buttons
and bows ornament afternoon frocks:
ensem-
and sating which the
bles,
One of the most striking frocks in
the collection, worn by the blond
French actress, Jeanne Aubert, is a
dinner gown of pink satin which bas
a tiny cluster of pink rosebuds
perched on each shoulder and is ae
companied by a muff of the same
pink rosebuds,
A black velvet evening gown has
n high front decollete and a low vee
back edged In diamante brald, a
beige velvet dinner gown is designed
with a shoulder line edged in glycer
Inized coqtie feathers,
Velvet Bows
Tallored velvet bows in light tints
dd a new touch to the bodices of dark
wool frocks, Bhell pink appears on
black. blue-green on brown
a
EXQUISITE CAPE
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Paris alone could do a wrap like
To this lovely fantasy
Ardanse poses tiny squares of ermine
upon a foundation of chiffon trans
parent velvet, with beaded work of
strass In the open spaces which glis
tens and sparkies In keeping with the
snowy whiteness of the fur, Note the
wide sparkling jeweled bracelet, A
wide handsome bracelet is inevitable |
for evening chic, This is only one of
many of the beguiling littie capes
which glorify formal attire this sea- |
son. Another model which is so pretty |
and dainty and feminine you want it
for your own at first sight is
fashioned of thinnest and supplest of
white velvet, the same bordssed all
around with roses made of the iden.
tical white velvet,
his, create
Ostrich Capes {
Bhort capes of fluttering ostrich, |
shimmering velvet of soft coque feath- |
ors are a favorite accessory for wine
ter evening frocks, and luxurious waist |
length capes made of silver or gray |
foxes are among the richest evening |
—
Once or twice a week, whether you
ng your face or not, bleach
First cleanse thoroughly
bleach]
neck
with a good Then
Ir neck: a
lotion, or a
and
feel a
move,
cleansing cream
bleach over yi
ready prepared cream or
peroxide
you
sation re
ge nourishing
drying, you
counteracted
resnit
on over
of the
n and
SMOOTH, RUBY LIPS
wing £
peed lips
comuplaint
gether and
many
that we |
are Do
tend
arsen the lips
the and
8s aggeravat
So many
At
often chapping
brea’ the thin skin
ed by constat moistening
of us “do that
time is it good for
winter It is very
5 ” oo
ing Oh
unconscious:y
definitely harmful
wet the lips when
drawn and rough.
hey feel parched
Biting the
too many women unconsciously ndulge
in
bit of dewiness that Is youthful and
natural. call your pomade or cream to
your assistance. If you use a nourish
ing cream for face and neck
to massage a little on your lips, too
Camphor ice i8 good and there
many co'oriess pomades in the form of
that seems to beighten
skin soft and protected
erally dry and you are using a pro
tective finishing cream, massage just a
woe bit of it on your lips, too. No
need to use a great deal, A little is
enough. With your index finger mas
sage gently but with a firm, pressing
movement into your lips. Now we
come to the coloring of the lips. Choos.
ing a lipstick becomes a delicate busi:
ness during the cold months The
harsh, hard type of lipstick can be
simply ruinous to the silky texture of
the lips. If you find that your stick
needs a great deal of rubbing to leave
choose a stick of creamy consistency
instead. Of course,
and creamy, it will smear and leave
an ugly line that smart women try to
avold
After yon have carefully applied the
color to the lips, give it time to set.
Don't eat or drink anything immedi
ately afterwards. Don’t rub your lps,
moisten or bite them at any time, par
ticularly not after they have been
rouged.
The purpose of rouge and powder is
to enhance your natural loveliness,
Cosmetics add the lovely finishing out.
side touches which accentuate beauty
or lend an illusionary charm. as a
lovely dress decorates a lovely body.
They are finishing touches, not foun.
dations. They may be washed off,
but the real foundation of beauty
should be lasting. built into health by
proper living. ‘
©. Dell Syndicate WNU Service,
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