Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1952-09-23 James H. Purdy, Jr. by ELSIE MACK SYNOPSIS Beautiful, calculating Eve Raymond seemed always to get what she wanted. Now it was a New York divorce and a large money settlement from her husbend. Assuming the name of Romley, Eve returns to the small town of Thurstonia. Here Nance Ireland, adopted daughter of the Ireland family, plans to marry their son, handsome, young Dr. Jeremy Ireland Once, long ago, Eve had been adopted by these Irelands, but because of her wicked little ways, they had returned her to the orphanage. This rejection had embittered her, and now she means to seek revenge. From a scrawny little girl. Nonce had blossomed into lovely womanhood. She'd become a professional illustrator, too. CHAPTER FIVE AT FIVE o'clock, bearing footsteps taking every other tread of the staircase to the attic, Nance toned and pushed back the hair that had tumbled over her forhead. "Hello, darling, Jeremy said. still at it?" "Rolph and his whip," she said ruefully, and moved into his arms. Mmmm," she said and wrinkled her nose. "Antiseptic," "You've the mark of your trade, see — ink on your nose." They laughed and moved apart. Jeremy took out his pipe. "How much longer you going to work?" "An hour, while the light lasts. Mind? Stretch out on the couch and talk to me." "What about?" "The hospital, of course — as if you wouldn't, anyway." She smiled. "It's your life, isn't it, Jeremy?" He watched lazy smoke drift up. "Are you angling for, 'You're my life, Nance' — or do you want the truth?" "The truth, naturally!" "You're my life, Nance." "Shotgun gallantry." She giggled. "Only I'm not jealous of your work, Jeremy. Truly. You see," She glanced around, pencil poised, and said seriously, "I'm going to be a model doctor's wife." "No fussing when I'm late for meals? No tearing out handfuls of hair when I'm called out in the middle of the night?" "Darling, I'll mourn over every last chop that chills in its own grease! I'll wail over every postmidnight ring of the telephone. But I'll do it like a lady, silently, the way Miss Hinkley catches a sneeze or a hiccup in her handkerChief! I won't be sorry for myself — heaven preserve me from the martyred-wife pose! but if I do get a little edgy, it will be because so many people will make so many Unreasonable demands on your time." "Sick people aren't reasonable, Nance." "I know . . And that's why you're going to be a good doctor, Jeremy. Because you're ready to give so much of yourself without complaining." "Good lord, don't make me a paragon! All doctors do." "Perhaps. Only don't ask me to see you as just another run-of-themill doctor. You're special! You've got a halo. Maybe I'm the only one who see it, but that doesn't matter. I'll always see the halo, Jeremy." "Will you put down that pencil a minute so it can't stab me while I kiss you?" The pencil clattered to the floor. With her cheek flattened against him, she said, "It really has happened to us, hasn't it? The touch of magic." "I'm afraid it has." "Afraid?" "Only the rashest of mortals tinker with magic, Nance, or try to hold it. It's fragile." "We're brave! And we shan't break it, 'Jeremy, or lose it." "Even," wryly, "if my halo gets knocked off?" "I'll pick it up for you!" "Or broken?" "I've a deft touch with paste!" "Nance," he said, with humility and love. When Nance and Jeremy went down for dinner, Eleanor laced her needle through the canvas of her needlepoint and set it aside. "There's a call for you, Jeremy. The number is On the pad." She said to Nance, crossing her fingers in a frail countercharm against an emergency which might take Jeremy to the hospital before dinner, "I do hope you know exactly what you're letting yourself in for, dear, as a doctor's wife." "Shouldn't I, after being a doctor's sister all this time?" Eleanor smiled. "We were discussing it upstairs," Nance went on. "I've decided that any wailing and gnashing of teeth to be done shall be done in a soundproof room behind locked doors." "Sam" Eleanor called as the front door opened. "Is that you?" "No, Bing Crosby." Sam Ireland hummed the familiar theme as he came into the living room. Eleanor laughed and lifted her face for his kiss. Watching them, Nance thought. If it's half as good for us as for them, it will be a fine marriage. Eleanor's raised brows asked a question of. Jeremy as he came back into the room, arid he answered, "Nothing that can't wait an hour, Mother." "Nance," Eleanor said, "Miss Hinkley asked me today when you were coming for a fitting. She has your wedding dress at the stage where she can't remove a pin or rip out a basting thread without a try-on." "I'll make an appointment tomorrow," Nance murmured. "I believe you said that yesterday ... Nance, something came for you today. From New York. It's on the hall table." "New York," Nance said, as Jeremy went for the package. "That will be Aunt Kit." "Automatic toaster?" Jeremy guessed, going through elaborate gestures of squeezing, weighing, shaking. He'd done this with all the wedding gifts, so far. "Electrie iron?" "Nothing so practical," Nance laughed, unfolding layers of wrapping paper, "if I know Kit! It's more likely some precious relic from an auction, with a pedigree half a page long, utterly beautiful and quite useless ... Oh," she gasped, lifting it carefully from its excelsior nest. "Look!" Jeremy cupped his chin in his palms and looked. "What is it?" he asked dubiously. "A tea kettle," Nance said. "And on the little stand underneath, a spirit lamp." "Genii?" Jeremy inquired hopefully. "Silly! You put methylated spirits in the little lamp and light the wick." "Amazing," Jeremy murmured, "in this age of ohms and watts and volts." With a small squeal of delight Eleanor discovered the Victorian hallmark, "Look, Nance — London, 1838." "How could she bear to part with it?" Nance sighed. Jeremy's spread palms and Sam's shrug were amused and indulgent, as Hattie came in to announce dinner. I shall miss this, Nance thought, when Jeremy and I have our own home. The table, the four of us in the candlelight, Mother's flowers and Hattie's cooking spiced generously with her love for us. I'll miss it. Arkansas Team Ready For Annual Football Season Ninety- three freshmen and veteran players answered the muster of the lions to go under way preparations for the '52 season. Additions to Replace Van Johnson, Carl White, and the host of former players who Were called ta the colors, have given the lions confidence in the spots feared at the beginning of the practice sea son. Horace Anderson and Prince Winbush are predicted to excel Johnson's Aenal Feats. James Willis, Fort Smith lad, is on the receiving end and is expected to show great strength in the vacated slot of Carl White. There is power on the line. Stalwarts such as Felix Stuckey, Willis Cloman and the freshman - 300 pounder, Dave Riley, will provide a fortress that will be impenetrable. The back has suffered no great loss. Herman Bradford should reach his peak this year, and Joe Walker's outside runs should earn a birth on the Conference Selection. Arkansas played a New Year Classic with Prairie View, Conference Champions for '51, losing it by a 27-26 score, ton paper, The Arkansans should beat the pack in for honors. The prediction is the fact that Jimmy Stevens has left Prairie View to take up an assignment at A. and T. College and that graduation took its toll in large numbers also at Prairie View. No underestimation is intended for any conference members, but Arkansas is overdue with its share of honors, and with increased power in all departments the outcome should be favorable. The conference opens on September 27th — with Texas College at the Lion Stadium. The Steers will field a strong eleven. September 27 — Texas College (N), Pine Bluff. October 4 — Wiley College, Marshall, Texas. October 11 — Lane College, Jackson, Tenn. October, 18 — Southern University (N), Pine Bluff. October 25 — Bishop College (Homecoming), Pine Bluff. November 1 — Prairie View College, Prairie View, Texas. November 8 — Alcorn College, pine Bluff. November 15 — Langston University, Langston, Okla. November 22 — Grambling College, Pine Bluff. November 29 — Jackson College, Jackson, Miss. THE 1952 SCHEDULE: Ninety- three freshmen and veteran players answered the muster of the lions to go under way preparations for the '52 season. Additions to Replace Van Johnson, Carl White, and the host of former players who Were called ta the colors, have given the lions confidence in the spots feared at the beginning of the practice sea son. Horace Anderson and Prince Winbush are predicted to excel Johnson's Aenal Feats. James Willis, Fort Smith lad, is on the receiving end and is expected to show great strength in the vacated slot of Carl White. There is power on the line. Stalwarts such as Felix Stuckey, Willis Cloman and the freshman - 300 pounder, Dave Riley, will provide a fortress that will be impenetrable. The back has suffered no great loss. Herman Bradford should reach his peak this year, and Joe Walker's outside runs should earn a birth on the Conference Selection. Arkansas played a New Year Classic with Prairie View, Conference Champions for '51, losing it by a 27-26 score, ton paper, The Arkansans should beat the pack in for honors. The prediction is the fact that Jimmy Stevens has left Prairie View to take up an assignment at A. and T. College and that graduation took its toll in large numbers also at Prairie View. No underestimation is intended for any conference members, but Arkansas is overdue with its share of honors, and with increased power in all departments the outcome should be favorable. The conference opens on September 27th — with Texas College at the Lion Stadium. The Steers will field a strong eleven. September 27 — Texas College (N), Pine Bluff. October 4 — Wiley College, Marshall, Texas. October 11 — Lane College, Jackson, Tenn. October, 18 — Southern University (N), Pine Bluff. October 25 — Bishop College (Homecoming), Pine Bluff. November 1 — Prairie View College, Prairie View, Texas. November 8 — Alcorn College, pine Bluff. November 15 — Langston University, Langston, Okla. November 22 — Grambling College, Pine Bluff. November 29 — Jackson College, Jackson, Miss. STRAIGHTEN YOUR HAIR in 10 MINUTES. . . You get a waterproof job and your hair will stay straight for 20 days or more. Is the original hair straightener IMPROVED KONGOLENE for straightening shorter strands (up to 4 inches) Ask for Kongolene at any drug store. Use only as label directs. Industrial Workers In Southeast Show Employment Advance Industrial employees in the Southeast fared much better than did workers in other parts of the country during July, when seasonal gains offset effects of the steel strike, the U. S. Department of Labor, said last, night. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said total employment in eight Southeastern states declined less than 0.5 per cent while nationally, the decline for the same period was 2.5 per cent. The Southern factory labor force was figured at 1,839,200. Figures showed earnings were from one to seven cents higher in all states except Alabama. There, the drop of two cents was recorded. Average hourly earnings of factory production workers ranged, from $1.09 in Mississippi to $1.35 in Tennessee. In textile the Labor Department survey showed the actively working force at 598.400 — a decline of 1,100 during the month. Chief effects were felt in North Carolina, where 1,300 were idled by vacation shutdowns which the Labor Department said, in effect, offset seasonal gains in seamless hosiery mills and catered increase in broad woven fabric mills. In Georgia apparel industry, seasonal gains in tuffed textile products sent the number of employed to 134,000 again of 6,000 over the same period last year. Grammar School Sponsors Jr. Popularity Contest The 5th and 6th Grades of Lillian Fountain Grammar School, Gates, Tennessee sponsored a Junior Popularity Contest, Sunday, September 7th. The participants in this contest consisted of children of pre-school age, there were thirty contestants which were divided into four groups: 1-out-of-State. 2-out-ofCounty. 3 Out-of-Town. 4 Gates Community. The contest was climaxed with regular church service conducted by the Juniors. The mistress of ceremonies was Little Alline Carter. Master Jessie Nance, Jr., and T. Prank Yancy were in charge of devotional services. Music was rendered by the Junior Choirs of Lillian Fountain Gram mar School, and St. Luke church of Gates, which Rev. J. H. Finner is the pastor. A very inspiring and timely message was delivered by Rev. Gause, a very courageous young man who is greatly filled with the spiritual anointing of God. The participation by But of State, out of County and out of Town people was excellent. The winners were as follows: 1. Out-of-County, Mr. and Mrs. Matery Beckett's litte girl of Dyersburg. 2. Out-of-Town, St. Luke (Gates) Yvonne Lacey. B. Halls, Delois McCorkle. C. Hales Point, Patsy Ann Morton. 3. Gates Community, Richard E. Nance. Our sincere thanks go out to all those who took any part in making this a successful affair, most especially those out of this community. The total amount raised during the entire drive was $187.78. The out-of -State baby that raised the highest amount was little Barry Frank Wells of Detroit, Michigan. The grades sponsoring the contest wish to give the cleared amount of the drive on the, communitywide project for getting water in the school building. YES—BUT— She (gushingly) — Will you love me when I'm old? He — Love you? I shall idolize you. I shall worship the ground under your little feet. I shall—um—er— You are not going to look like your mother, are you? Church News The Greenwood AME Church of Rosemark, Tenn., will celebrate its Annual Mens Day program commencing September 24 which is a pre Men's Day program and will continue thru Sept. 28. The principal speaker for the afternoon services is E. A. Harold principal of the High School at Millington, Tenn. Mr. Ernest Brazzle, is master of ceremony. The church is expecting full cooperation from all members and friends. Propeht E. R. Hinton of Detroit, Michigan and Indian is conducting, services thtu October 15. Services begin promptly at 8 p. m. Right Rev. O. Jacobs, Bishop in charge Class meeting and prayer servi ces this Tuesday night at 8 p. m. Please bring your Bibles. A Spiritual Tea will be given for the benefit of Acquarian, Church Workers Association at resident of Mother V. M. Hall, 40 C. Wellington, Wednesday night, Sept. 24 8 p. m. All churches are asked to participate. Appreciation Day honoring Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Guy, Sept. 14 was held at the Payne Chapel A M E. Church. Rev. Robert L. McRae, pastor of the church, Mr. Samuel M. Beeton, general chairman. The ser mon was delivered by Rev. S, J. Holly, pastor of Clayborn Temple AME Church Presentation of gifts was handled by Mrs. Nettie Oats Parker. GREENWOOD AME CHURCH Rosemark, Tenn. The Greenwood AME Church of Rosemark, Tenn., will celebrate its Annual Mens Day program commencing September 24 which is a pre Men's Day program and will continue thru Sept. 28. The principal speaker for the afternoon services is E. A. Harold principal of the High School at Millington, Tenn. Mr. Ernest Brazzle, is master of ceremony. The church is expecting full cooperation from all members and friends. Propeht E. R. Hinton of Detroit, Michigan and Indian is conducting, services thtu October 15. Services begin promptly at 8 p. m. Right Rev. O. Jacobs, Bishop in charge Class meeting and prayer servi ces this Tuesday night at 8 p. m. Please bring your Bibles. A Spiritual Tea will be given for the benefit of Acquarian, Church Workers Association at resident of Mother V. M. Hall, 40 C. Wellington, Wednesday night, Sept. 24 8 p. m. All churches are asked to participate. Appreciation Day honoring Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Guy, Sept. 14 was held at the Payne Chapel A M E. Church. Rev. Robert L. McRae, pastor of the church, Mr. Samuel M. Beeton, general chairman. The ser mon was delivered by Rev. S, J. Holly, pastor of Clayborn Temple AME Church Presentation of gifts was handled by Mrs. Nettie Oats Parker. THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD IN JESUS' NAME CHURCH 775 Tanglewood Elder Mother Ardessa Tennison, The Greenwood AME Church of Rosemark, Tenn., will celebrate its Annual Mens Day program commencing September 24 which is a pre Men's Day program and will continue thru Sept. 28. The principal speaker for the afternoon services is E. A. Harold principal of the High School at Millington, Tenn. Mr. Ernest Brazzle, is master of ceremony. The church is expecting full cooperation from all members and friends. Propeht E. R. Hinton of Detroit, Michigan and Indian is conducting, services thtu October 15. Services begin promptly at 8 p. m. Right Rev. O. Jacobs, Bishop in charge Class meeting and prayer servi ces this Tuesday night at 8 p. m. Please bring your Bibles. A Spiritual Tea will be given for the benefit of Acquarian, Church Workers Association at resident of Mother V. M. Hall, 40 C. Wellington, Wednesday night, Sept. 24 8 p. m. All churches are asked to participate. Appreciation Day honoring Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Guy, Sept. 14 was held at the Payne Chapel A M E. Church. Rev. Robert L. McRae, pastor of the church, Mr. Samuel M. Beeton, general chairman. The ser mon was delivered by Rev. S, J. Holly, pastor of Clayborn Temple AME Church Presentation of gifts was handled by Mrs. Nettie Oats Parker. ST. THERESA CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL CHURCH 1406 N. Willett Rev. Mother V. M. Hall, Pastor The Greenwood AME Church of Rosemark, Tenn., will celebrate its Annual Mens Day program commencing September 24 which is a pre Men's Day program and will continue thru Sept. 28. The principal speaker for the afternoon services is E. A. Harold principal of the High School at Millington, Tenn. Mr. Ernest Brazzle, is master of ceremony. The church is expecting full cooperation from all members and friends. Propeht E. R. Hinton of Detroit, Michigan and Indian is conducting, services thtu October 15. Services begin promptly at 8 p. m. Right Rev. O. Jacobs, Bishop in charge Class meeting and prayer servi ces this Tuesday night at 8 p. m. Please bring your Bibles. A Spiritual Tea will be given for the benefit of Acquarian, Church Workers Association at resident of Mother V. M. Hall, 40 C. Wellington, Wednesday night, Sept. 24 8 p. m. All churches are asked to participate. Appreciation Day honoring Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Guy, Sept. 14 was held at the Payne Chapel A M E. Church. Rev. Robert L. McRae, pastor of the church, Mr. Samuel M. Beeton, general chairman. The ser mon was delivered by Rev. S, J. Holly, pastor of Clayborn Temple AME Church Presentation of gifts was handled by Mrs. Nettie Oats Parker. PAYNE CHAPEL AME CHURCH 813 Randle Rev, Charles W. Guy, Pastor The Greenwood AME Church of Rosemark, Tenn., will celebrate its Annual Mens Day program commencing September 24 which is a pre Men's Day program and will continue thru Sept. 28. The principal speaker for the afternoon services is E. A. Harold principal of the High School at Millington, Tenn. Mr. Ernest Brazzle, is master of ceremony. The church is expecting full cooperation from all members and friends. Propeht E. R. Hinton of Detroit, Michigan and Indian is conducting, services thtu October 15. Services begin promptly at 8 p. m. Right Rev. O. Jacobs, Bishop in charge Class meeting and prayer servi ces this Tuesday night at 8 p. m. Please bring your Bibles. A Spiritual Tea will be given for the benefit of Acquarian, Church Workers Association at resident of Mother V. M. Hall, 40 C. Wellington, Wednesday night, Sept. 24 8 p. m. All churches are asked to participate. Appreciation Day honoring Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Guy, Sept. 14 was held at the Payne Chapel A M E. Church. Rev. Robert L. McRae, pastor of the church, Mr. Samuel M. Beeton, general chairman. The ser mon was delivered by Rev. S, J. Holly, pastor of Clayborn Temple AME Church Presentation of gifts was handled by Mrs. Nettie Oats Parker. INFLATABLE COVERALLS Coveralls, in gaudy yellow, complete with water-wings built-in, are now being used by the U. S. Air Force to protect its pilots against exposure after airplane crackups. Worn during flights, the suit has a sponge rubber neck and watertight zippers in front to keep water and icy winds from getting inside Wrap around straps seal water out at the wrists. LIVING COSTS United Nations statisticians figure that the cost of living in the United States and Canada rose twelve per cent between June, 1950, when the Korean war broke out, and June, 1952. The cost of food in the U. S. was officially estimated to have risen 12 per cent between June, 1950 and June, 1952, and an additional 1.5 per cent in July, 1952. HUNTING MATERIAL The Soph — How do you pronounce your name, sir? The New Professor — My name is Tickle feather — pronounced just as it is spelled. The Soph — Thanks, I'm chairman of a class committee on yells, and I'm, looking for something that sounds ridiculous to put into a new one. U. S. urged to reclaim 16,0000,000 water-starved acres.