Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1954-07-30
Mrs. Rosa Brown Bracy

MEMPHIS WORLD
America'S Standard Race Journal
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Dr. Mary Church Terrell
The passing of Dr. Mary Church Terrell removes from our
ranks one of the most colorful and vigorous characters of this
century.
The daughter of the late R. R. Church, Sr. and sister of the
late R. R. Church, Jr., she was literally born in politics and inherited 
a rich legacy in the contributions of an illustrious parentage; 
she emerged into the arena of activity for racial advancement 
long before the turn of the century.
A great organizer and endowed with the talent for leadership, 
she was to be felt throughout the land in those pronouncements 
for the activation of human rights and the common enjoyment 
of first class citizenship by every American regardless of
color or creed.
In the early days when this was an unpopular cause, she
was the militant leader to brave the temptesi and make felt
among the powers that the man furthest down, was also entitled
to the four freedoms.
She had few peers in the field she chose and she will be
numbered among those bold patriots who foreran the mighty
battles fought and won on the fronts of justice and human rights
now fast becoming realities.
There was much in Dr. Terrell's life worthy of a place in the
hearts and efforts of the young woman upon whose shoulders
the great task of a reconstruction will soon be thrust.
May her numbers increase and eternal peace to her ashes.

The South, Public Housing, Wages And
Hours
A climate unsurpassed in its balm and seasons, powerful
waterfalls running aimlessly to the sea and some of the most
productible soil in the nation, the South is by nature endowed
with those inviting features that should bulge its population to the
boiling over point. In spite of all this, by the thousands people
fled these regions for other parts of the nation to starve and
freeze if need be, in order to find a more comfortable place of
freedom, justice and the opportunities of earning a living in other
and unknown parts.
The farms, hit by the boll-weevil and the pestilence of dis
ease and poverty yielded vast hordes of unskilled workers to the
crowded and technical regions of the North. As a result, the
schools, churches and cabins along every roadside fold this pitiful 
tale!
The depression, which was a blessing in disguise, forced the
answer to many of these problems. The wars in which we suffered 
and bled, also brought hidden blessings. Much of the crude
products, neglected and denied, processed through the rigors of
military training, to find a more liberal education. After the wars,
the soldier boys, having tasted another freedom and more friendly 
measures, were unwilling to return to the cabins and the plowshares. 
They left.. Their parents followed and soon the South was
to experience such a depopulation that in many states Congressional 
representation had to be cut.
The advent of governmental agencies over the South, with
soil conservation and reforestation, was soon to put a new spirit
in the step and stride of the South. Sears-Roebuck, General Motors, 
Westinghouse and like agencies made inroads into the ugly
chores and customs of the rural home. Good roads came with
their opportunities for modern farming and marketing. Wage
and Hour Laws alleviated the old tenant custom and the slow industries 
that eked out an existence for the workers and big dividends 
for the absentee owners and operators.
The FHA came along with its introduction of modern homes,
hot and cold water baths, radios, televisions and other labor saving 
and convenient appliances. All made the rural home more
inviting arid improved the lives of those in the cities.
In nearly every city and small town may be seen housing
projects with steam heat, electric cookers, radios and televisions.
The South was a one party section, The fires were burned
out in the primaries and the real election was merely a matter
of form.
The so-called white primaries were broken up, impounded
voters were let loose and the ballot came upon the scene to produce 
a new day and a new era.
The Supreme Court decision, outlawing segregation with its
restriction of the circulation of individuals in society and the regimentation 
of the old outmoded school shanties.
The South today is on the upward march. There is a new
promise and a new hope on her horizon. As soon as the voters
catch the tone and trend of this new era, we will come into the
realization of a national life more robust, a national peace more
real and a mighty national spirit more enduring.

Business Ready To Move Upwards
Dr. Gabriel Hauge recently told forty-two governors at the
recent Governors' meeting in New York a business upswing is
about to start. Hauge is one of the economic advisers to President
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Hauge told the governors the United States economy was
"catching its breath" for a new advance, and that the retreat
from peak records of 1953 had been finally stopped.
Most of the governors were reported to be in agreement
with the presidential adviser and to have reported conditions in
their states as conforming to his analysis. Hauge's statement is
supported by an imposing array of figures. And he is also backed
up by the opinions of most of the country's business writers.
In his opinion, the readjustment which took place at the enc
of the 1953 boom was a logical one, one which was sure to follow 
a war period such as that entered into when this country be
gan operations in Korea. The readjustment, however, has been
made, in Hauge's opinion and without too much strain on the
individual or business, and the prospect is how for improved
business conditions — although not for a return to boom conditions. 


WORLD HEALTH
FORUM
By
R. EARL BLAND, M. D.
One of the questions in hospitals.
Solders barracks and else where is,
How effective does laundering steriLize 
infeeted bed-linen and other

material
The answer obtained recently by
a  team of the University
of Chicago is that in laundries the

washing in hot, soapy water, the
drying, and the ironing kill most
of the harmful bacteria.
This is encouraging. What is
sad is the discovery now that before 
the clean clothes leave the
place they can be re-infected by
the many germs floating about in
the dust raised by the setting of the
incoming soiled material.
Naturally, during, this sorting
process, the air of the laundry gets
filled with dangerous pus-producing 
germs. Later these bacteria
settic down on the washed and ironed 
material as it is being folded and
packaged for delivery.
Obviously laundries, as they are
now built and run can send back
into a hospital or hotel or a home
many more bacteria than they
would if they were re-designed so
as to keep the fouled air of the
soiting-room away from the areas
in which the clean clothes are prepared 
for delivery. It is to be hoped 
that with the new farts available 
laundries will erect a ben partitions 
and install exhaust fans. It
will not, cost much to make these
 changes.
R. B. Writes: will elective shock
treatments cure insomnia?
Reply Only when insomnia is
part of a mental derangement such
as occurs in individuals with profound 
depression and  Shock
therapy is of no value in those who
take their troubles to bed and cannot 
sleep because they are mulling
over the events of the day and the
plans for the tomorrow.
Dr. Bland will answer questions
plating to health and hygiene in
his column and by mail. He will
not make diagnosis or prescribe for
individual. Enclose stamped self
addressed envelope to:
R. Farl Bland M. D.
The world Health Forum
164 Beale Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee.

INSOMNIA
By
R. EARL BLAND, M. D.
One of the questions in hospitals.
Solders barracks and else where is,
How effective does laundering steriLize 
infeeted bed-linen and other

material
The answer obtained recently by
a  team of the University
of Chicago is that in laundries the

washing in hot, soapy water, the
drying, and the ironing kill most
of the harmful bacteria.
This is encouraging. What is
sad is the discovery now that before 
the clean clothes leave the
place they can be re-infected by
the many germs floating about in
the dust raised by the setting of the
incoming soiled material.
Naturally, during, this sorting
process, the air of the laundry gets
filled with dangerous pus-producing 
germs. Later these bacteria
settic down on the washed and ironed 
material as it is being folded and
packaged for delivery.
Obviously laundries, as they are
now built and run can send back
into a hospital or hotel or a home
many more bacteria than they
would if they were re-designed so
as to keep the fouled air of the
soiting-room away from the areas
in which the clean clothes are prepared 
for delivery. It is to be hoped 
that with the new farts available 
laundries will erect a ben partitions 
and install exhaust fans. It
will not, cost much to make these
 changes.
R. B. Writes: will elective shock
treatments cure insomnia?
Reply Only when insomnia is
part of a mental derangement such
as occurs in individuals with profound 
depression and  Shock
therapy is of no value in those who
take their troubles to bed and cannot 
sleep because they are mulling
over the events of the day and the
plans for the tomorrow.
Dr. Bland will answer questions
plating to health and hygiene in
his column and by mail. He will
not make diagnosis or prescribe for
individual. Enclose stamped self
addressed envelope to:
R. Farl Bland M. D.
The world Health Forum
164 Beale Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee.

MEALTIME MELODIES!
Sauces are the hallmark of a
good cook and an indication of
her aesthetic sense as well. A
criteria for judging a good cook
is whether she serves meat, eggs
and vegetables
dishes "as is," or
whether she pre
pares a tasty
sauce to brighter
the appetite and
eye appeal. Man
cooks don't make
a sauce. Their
alibi — "It's too
much work." or
"sauces take too
much cream and
butter — they
cost too much."
We agree that sauces can be
quite elaborate and expensive, but
tasty sauces can be quickly made
with ingredients available in most
homes. We place them on the low
cost menu, because they add
"sass" to the least costly foods
and make them taste better. The
right sauce is to certain foods
what the right accessories are to
a suit—the difference between being 
dull or smart.
Be as intelligent in choosing
sauces as you are in planning accessories 
for a costume You know
that too many at a time give a
confused effect. In the same way
too many sauces in the same meal
cause flavor-confusion. So one
savory sauce to a meal is a good
rule.
Sauces are used to complement,
blend or extend food or to act as
a contrasting highlight. It must be
part of the dish So choose the
sauce with discretion, and make it
with a sure touch and a light
heart.
You will be richly rewarded for
your effort, the dish will attain
appetite appeal and eye appeal:
you will be able to utilize oddments
of food in mouth watering ways:
and you will save money by making 
inexpensive foods look and
taste glamorous.
Sour cream is an old food that
has been rediscovered by the
modern cooks. It makes a delicious

sauce that "goes" well with fish,
boiled or baked vegetables, and
with ham or tongue. Should we
add that the tangy flavor of sour
cream makes for good summer
time eating too
Here is a recipe for sour cream

sauce and some variations that
you will enjoy all summer and
that will continue to enhance your
meals during the winter months.
Combine 1-2 cup sour cream with
2 tabespoons minced chives, 1-4
teaspoon salt, a few grains white
pepper, 1-2 teaspoon sugar and
1-2 teaspoon vinegar or lemon
juice.
Sour cream cucumber sauce:

Follow the direction for making
Sour Cream Sauce, adding 1-4 cup
Grated firm portion cucumber. The
Chives can be omitted.
Sour Cream Dill Sauce: Follow
the directions for Sour Cream
Chive Sauce using chopped fresh
Dill or chopped dill pickles in place
of chives
Note: To ma sour cream, add
1 tablesoon vinegar or lemon juice
to 1 cup sweet milk or cream. Let
stand a few minutes.

SOUR CREAM SAUCE
Sauces are the hallmark of a
good cook and an indication of
her aesthetic sense as well. A
criteria for judging a good cook
is whether she serves meat, eggs
and vegetables
dishes "as is," or
whether she pre
pares a tasty
sauce to brighter
the appetite and
eye appeal. Man
cooks don't make
a sauce. Their
alibi — "It's too
much work." or
"sauces take too
much cream and
butter — they
cost too much."
We agree that sauces can be
quite elaborate and expensive, but
tasty sauces can be quickly made
with ingredients available in most
homes. We place them on the low
cost menu, because they add
"sass" to the least costly foods
and make them taste better. The
right sauce is to certain foods
what the right accessories are to
a suit—the difference between being 
dull or smart.
Be as intelligent in choosing
sauces as you are in planning accessories 
for a costume You know
that too many at a time give a
confused effect. In the same way
too many sauces in the same meal
cause flavor-confusion. So one
savory sauce to a meal is a good
rule.
Sauces are used to complement,
blend or extend food or to act as
a contrasting highlight. It must be
part of the dish So choose the
sauce with discretion, and make it
with a sure touch and a light
heart.
You will be richly rewarded for
your effort, the dish will attain
appetite appeal and eye appeal:
you will be able to utilize oddments
of food in mouth watering ways:
and you will save money by making 
inexpensive foods look and
taste glamorous.
Sour cream is an old food that
has been rediscovered by the
modern cooks. It makes a delicious

sauce that "goes" well with fish,
boiled or baked vegetables, and
with ham or tongue. Should we
add that the tangy flavor of sour
cream makes for good summer
time eating too
Here is a recipe for sour cream

sauce and some variations that
you will enjoy all summer and
that will continue to enhance your
meals during the winter months.
Combine 1-2 cup sour cream with
2 tabespoons minced chives, 1-4
teaspoon salt, a few grains white
pepper, 1-2 teaspoon sugar and
1-2 teaspoon vinegar or lemon
juice.
Sour cream cucumber sauce:

Follow the direction for making
Sour Cream Sauce, adding 1-4 cup
Grated firm portion cucumber. The
Chives can be omitted.
Sour Cream Dill Sauce: Follow
the directions for Sour Cream
Chive Sauce using chopped fresh
Dill or chopped dill pickles in place
of chives
Note: To ma sour cream, add
1 tablesoon vinegar or lemon juice
to 1 cup sweet milk or cream. Let
stand a few minutes.

VARIATIONS:
Sauces are the hallmark of a
good cook and an indication of
her aesthetic sense as well. A
criteria for judging a good cook
is whether she serves meat, eggs
and vegetables
dishes "as is," or
whether she pre
pares a tasty
sauce to brighter
the appetite and
eye appeal. Man
cooks don't make
a sauce. Their
alibi — "It's too
much work." or
"sauces take too
much cream and
butter — they
cost too much."
We agree that sauces can be
quite elaborate and expensive, but
tasty sauces can be quickly made
with ingredients available in most
homes. We place them on the low
cost menu, because they add
"sass" to the least costly foods
and make them taste better. The
right sauce is to certain foods
what the right accessories are to
a suit—the difference between being 
dull or smart.
Be as intelligent in choosing
sauces as you are in planning accessories 
for a costume You know
that too many at a time give a
confused effect. In the same way
too many sauces in the same meal
cause flavor-confusion. So one
savory sauce to a meal is a good
rule.
Sauces are used to complement,
blend or extend food or to act as
a contrasting highlight. It must be
part of the dish So choose the
sauce with discretion, and make it
with a sure touch and a light
heart.
You will be richly rewarded for
your effort, the dish will attain
appetite appeal and eye appeal:
you will be able to utilize oddments
of food in mouth watering ways:
and you will save money by making 
inexpensive foods look and
taste glamorous.
Sour cream is an old food that
has been rediscovered by the
modern cooks. It makes a delicious

sauce that "goes" well with fish,
boiled or baked vegetables, and
with ham or tongue. Should we
add that the tangy flavor of sour
cream makes for good summer
time eating too
Here is a recipe for sour cream

sauce and some variations that
you will enjoy all summer and
that will continue to enhance your
meals during the winter months.
Combine 1-2 cup sour cream with
2 tabespoons minced chives, 1-4
teaspoon salt, a few grains white
pepper, 1-2 teaspoon sugar and
1-2 teaspoon vinegar or lemon
juice.
Sour cream cucumber sauce:

Follow the direction for making
Sour Cream Sauce, adding 1-4 cup
Grated firm portion cucumber. The
Chives can be omitted.
Sour Cream Dill Sauce: Follow
the directions for Sour Cream
Chive Sauce using chopped fresh
Dill or chopped dill pickles in place
of chives
Note: To ma sour cream, add
1 tablesoon vinegar or lemon juice
to 1 cup sweet milk or cream. Let
stand a few minutes.

The Doctor Disagrees
By Elizabeth Seifert
SHELLS looked down at the
papers in her hand. "Do you care
to say in what way you don't like
Dr. Talboy, Mrs. Evans?"
"I'd not want to say anything to
insult you, Mrs. Carr."
"Because my name is Carr?
"That's right. In this town... "
"1 understand. But while my
married name is Carr, my own
name is Shelly Arnold. Couldn't we
talk on that basis?"
"No, Mo'm, I don't think so,"
said Dorace sharply. "Because you
see all this is tied up to the tact
that you are Stephen Carr's wife.
And while he's in uniform, you're
carrying on with the doctor who
came to do his work. Though so
far as anyone Knows there was no
arrangement that Talboy should
take over his wife as well as his
practice!"
Shelly gasped and jumped to her
feet.
Dorace looked up at her, a cruel
smile thinning her lips. "I told you
you'd be insulted."
Shelly shivered a little. "But
why should you say such a thing
to me?" she cried. "You know it's
not true!"
"How do I know what's true
about you big-shots! I know what
kind of talk there'd be it I did any
of the things people tell on you and
Talboy—and I've seen you myself.
Bob's seen you in the office, calling
Each other, by your first names,
and all."
On, dear, thought Shelly. Oh,
dear!
"He goes in and out of your
house as familiar as anything. I've
seen his car parked there many a
night. I've seen you in that car,
too. And then the way he sends
you around to tell us women to
make our men do what he says at
the plant You tell me to forget
your name is Carr. Lt it wasn't
Carr you wouldn't have dared come
into our homes this way. But I
can tell you one thing, you've
leaned too hard on that name. We
are decent folks; we don't have the
money the Carrs've got, but were
decent."
She stood up now, leaning over
Shelly, and the veins stood out on
her neck as she talked.
"Bob works for the Carrs, but
he earns every dime he makes.
And he's not so beholden to them
that he—and a lot of the other
men—don't resent a wife carrying
on with another man while her
husband's away fighting a war—
"We don't like the man who's
foulin Captain Carr's nest, and I
for one am not afraid to say so
right to your face. You're rich,
and you've had all the breaks in
lite, but I got something you don't,
Mrs. Carr. I'm honest, and I—"
She was still talking when Shelly
reached her car, backed it into the
rutted new street and drove away.
She was both stunned and panicdriven. 
She wanted to run and run!
To drive her car recklessly, wildy
—She pulled up, and sat shaking
What was she thinking of? Had
she been guilty, she could not be
more resentful of the charges.
That weekend Shelly went to
the city to see her mother, and to
escape any active decision about
her behavior toward, and with
Craig Talboy. She went down about
once every six weeks, usually going 
on a weekday. But if she went
on Sunday, she could miss a family 
dinner.
He didn't gain a great deal be
cause on Tuesday afternoon when
she came in from the office, Agnes
said that Mrs. Carr Senior, had
phoned. She hoped Miss Shelly
would come out and eat supper
with her at six-thirty. She'd be
alone..
That was an order; Agnes expected 
Shelly to obey it. As she
went toward the stairs, Shelly saw
that only two places had been set
at the dining room table.
She smiled, and went on to bathe
and change into a full skirt of
quilted yellow chintz worn with a
sleeveless black jersey blouse. The
weather was cool and pleasant,
with a hint of rain. Shelly took
her white coat with her, and drove
out to the Circle, as always, admiring 
the neat fields and fences,
the restful view across the take.
May Anna greeted her affectionately, 
and commented on the skirt.
"It looks so nice on you, dear! You
wear clothes so well."
She went on to ask for Shelly's
mother, and Shelly replied. There
was no change....
"I'm glad you could come this
evening," said Mrs. Carr's pillowsoft 
voice as she led the way to
the dining room. "Papa's at a
Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Ana we had fresh lobsters for Sunday; 
there was enough left over to
make a nice salad."
They ate at one end of the long
mahogany table; the meal was perfectly 
served on place mats of exquisite 
lace. May Anna's talk darted 
like a humming-bird from the
latest cleverness of Carr Maupin to
Kate's decision never to take a
negative position With her children,
thence to the price of fresh tomatoes 
in the stores, and a brief description 
ot the Shepherd cocktail
party at the club.
This led directly to the subject
in hand at the precise minute when
she and Shelly were ready to move
to the small sitting room.
Oh, dear," mourned May Anna
as they went through the wide
hall "It's beginning to rain. Are
your car windows closed?"
"They will be," smiled Shelly.
"Don't such things get done automatically 
out here?"
This pleased May Anna. "Take
that chair, dear. How is your new
cook working out?"
"Agnes is a jewel."
"I'm so glad Lucie Walsh said
she worked for her once, extra, of
course, and that she was honestEleanor 
did look lovely at the
Shepherd party."
"Doesn't she always look lovely?
Was she always so immaculate?
I mean, as a child?"
"Yes, she was. I don't think
Eleanor has given her parents one
minute of worry—except perhaps
that she hasn't married. But, that,
of course—"
Shelly was expected to understand 
May Anna's rueful shrug.
She did understand it. Shelly had
stepped in to spoil things between
Stephen and Eleanor— Firmly, she
held on to her serenity, listening
the whisper of rain against the
trees.
May Anna shifted a little in her
armchair. "I'm glad you do admire
Eleanor," she said sweetly. "I think
she makes a perfect example of
what a well-bred young woman
should be."
Ok, ok, thought Shelly. She
would not get angry, whatever was

said! She'd be careful about that!
She had learned from Craig, from
his infallible courtesy, that one lost
ground the minute emotion was allowed 
to show itself.
"I've never heard one word of
adverse criticism spoken about
Eleanor," Mrs. Carr was saying.
She rolled a white bead bracelet
up her forearm, slid it back to her
wrist. "That is quite an achievement 
in a town of this sort." Now
the faded blue eyes darted a glance
at Shelly.
"It's quite an achievement anywhere," 
Shelly answered pleasantly. 

"Yes, hut in a city where one
may become lost in a crowd, one
nay risk—shall we say?—the appearance 
of indiscretion."
Shelly swallowed a brown, sickish 
taste in her throat.
"I understand completely, my
dear," the little velvet-tipped hammers 
pounded on her nerves, "the
difficulty of a girl like you coming
here to live. Especially without
Stephen here to advise and guide
you. That's why I— She coughed
daintily, and continued.
"You grew up in a city, Shelly.
There you lived what we would call
a gay life." Her words hurried a
little as if to prevent interruption.
"In St. Louis, entertaining is done
in hotels and at the big clubs
Your circle of friends is constantly
changing. You don't see your
friends so often, and they don't
see you... "
(You know nothing about my St.
Louis, thought Shelly resentfully.
Its inner core, its inner circle. Just
as you know nothing of me. You've
never known me enough even to
ask —and you couldn't ever know
about my city! Hotels, Indeed!
Why—)
She sighed, and listened again to
what Stephen's mother was saying. 
Maybe she'd get a chance to
say there was no difference—
really—
"... " but here our standards are
simple and strict, Shelly. Here we
know the same people all our lives,
and they know us. The least thing
we do is significant here in Norfolk." 
Her mother-in-law's tone
was one of gentle patience. Just so
she might have explained to her
little granddaughter that nice little
girls did not get their slippers
muddy.
"We're very proud of our town,"
she said to Shelly. "We like to
think it is a small, select community 
of people who have set
themselves a very high standard
of behavior. That sometimes is
called snobbishness. It isn't really.
We just want Norfolk to seem better 
than other places because it as
better. Do you understand. Shelly?
"I think so."
"Well, I wasn't sure."
"Have I done something that
doesn't come up to your standards?" 
She spoke in a voice as
soft, as the brush of silk......
"Oh, I'm sure you've not!" said
May Anna quickly. She laughed
in a tinkly social manner, and
Shelly pushed her slipper soles
hard against the floor to brace
herself.
"It Isn't always necessary to do
much of anything," May Anna continued 
to instruct her. "But it's
really much better, don't you think,
to avoid the appearance of doing
something?"


CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
By Elizabeth Seifert
SHELLS looked down at the
papers in her hand. "Do you care
to say in what way you don't like
Dr. Talboy, Mrs. Evans?"
"I'd not want to say anything to
insult you, Mrs. Carr."
"Because my name is Carr?
"That's right. In this town... "
"1 understand. But while my
married name is Carr, my own
name is Shelly Arnold. Couldn't we
talk on that basis?"
"No, Mo'm, I don't think so,"
said Dorace sharply. "Because you
see all this is tied up to the tact
that you are Stephen Carr's wife.
And while he's in uniform, you're
carrying on with the doctor who
came to do his work. Though so
far as anyone Knows there was no
arrangement that Talboy should
take over his wife as well as his
practice!"
Shelly gasped and jumped to her
feet.
Dorace looked up at her, a cruel
smile thinning her lips. "I told you
you'd be insulted."
Shelly shivered a little. "But
why should you say such a thing
to me?" she cried. "You know it's
not true!"
"How do I know what's true
about you big-shots! I know what
kind of talk there'd be it I did any
of the things people tell on you and
Talboy—and I've seen you myself.
Bob's seen you in the office, calling
Each other, by your first names,
and all."
On, dear, thought Shelly. Oh,
dear!
"He goes in and out of your
house as familiar as anything. I've
seen his car parked there many a
night. I've seen you in that car,
too. And then the way he sends
you around to tell us women to
make our men do what he says at
the plant You tell me to forget
your name is Carr. Lt it wasn't
Carr you wouldn't have dared come
into our homes this way. But I
can tell you one thing, you've
leaned too hard on that name. We
are decent folks; we don't have the
money the Carrs've got, but were
decent."
She stood up now, leaning over
Shelly, and the veins stood out on
her neck as she talked.
"Bob works for the Carrs, but
he earns every dime he makes.
And he's not so beholden to them
that he—and a lot of the other
men—don't resent a wife carrying
on with another man while her
husband's away fighting a war—
"We don't like the man who's
foulin Captain Carr's nest, and I
for one am not afraid to say so
right to your face. You're rich,
and you've had all the breaks in
lite, but I got something you don't,
Mrs. Carr. I'm honest, and I—"
She was still talking when Shelly
reached her car, backed it into the
rutted new street and drove away.
She was both stunned and panicdriven. 
She wanted to run and run!
To drive her car recklessly, wildy
—She pulled up, and sat shaking
What was she thinking of? Had
she been guilty, she could not be
more resentful of the charges.
That weekend Shelly went to
the city to see her mother, and to
escape any active decision about
her behavior toward, and with
Craig Talboy. She went down about
once every six weeks, usually going 
on a weekday. But if she went
on Sunday, she could miss a family 
dinner.
He didn't gain a great deal be
cause on Tuesday afternoon when
she came in from the office, Agnes
said that Mrs. Carr Senior, had
phoned. She hoped Miss Shelly
would come out and eat supper
with her at six-thirty. She'd be
alone..
That was an order; Agnes expected 
Shelly to obey it. As she
went toward the stairs, Shelly saw
that only two places had been set
at the dining room table.
She smiled, and went on to bathe
and change into a full skirt of
quilted yellow chintz worn with a
sleeveless black jersey blouse. The
weather was cool and pleasant,
with a hint of rain. Shelly took
her white coat with her, and drove
out to the Circle, as always, admiring 
the neat fields and fences,
the restful view across the take.
May Anna greeted her affectionately, 
and commented on the skirt.
"It looks so nice on you, dear! You
wear clothes so well."
She went on to ask for Shelly's
mother, and Shelly replied. There
was no change....
"I'm glad you could come this
evening," said Mrs. Carr's pillowsoft 
voice as she led the way to
the dining room. "Papa's at a
Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Ana we had fresh lobsters for Sunday; 
there was enough left over to
make a nice salad."
They ate at one end of the long
mahogany table; the meal was perfectly 
served on place mats of exquisite 
lace. May Anna's talk darted 
like a humming-bird from the
latest cleverness of Carr Maupin to
Kate's decision never to take a
negative position With her children,
thence to the price of fresh tomatoes 
in the stores, and a brief description 
ot the Shepherd cocktail
party at the club.
This led directly to the subject
in hand at the precise minute when
she and Shelly were ready to move
to the small sitting room.
Oh, dear," mourned May Anna
as they went through the wide
hall "It's beginning to rain. Are
your car windows closed?"
"They will be," smiled Shelly.
"Don't such things get done automatically 
out here?"
This pleased May Anna. "Take
that chair, dear. How is your new
cook working out?"
"Agnes is a jewel."
"I'm so glad Lucie Walsh said
she worked for her once, extra, of
course, and that she was honestEleanor 
did look lovely at the
Shepherd party."
"Doesn't she always look lovely?
Was she always so immaculate?
I mean, as a child?"
"Yes, she was. I don't think
Eleanor has given her parents one
minute of worry—except perhaps
that she hasn't married. But, that,
of course—"
Shelly was expected to understand 
May Anna's rueful shrug.
She did understand it. Shelly had
stepped in to spoil things between
Stephen and Eleanor— Firmly, she
held on to her serenity, listening
the whisper of rain against the
trees.
May Anna shifted a little in her
armchair. "I'm glad you do admire
Eleanor," she said sweetly. "I think
she makes a perfect example of
what a well-bred young woman
should be."
Ok, ok, thought Shelly. She
would not get angry, whatever was

said! She'd be careful about that!
She had learned from Craig, from
his infallible courtesy, that one lost
ground the minute emotion was allowed 
to show itself.
"I've never heard one word of
adverse criticism spoken about
Eleanor," Mrs. Carr was saying.
She rolled a white bead bracelet
up her forearm, slid it back to her
wrist. "That is quite an achievement 
in a town of this sort." Now
the faded blue eyes darted a glance
at Shelly.
"It's quite an achievement anywhere," 
Shelly answered pleasantly. 

"Yes, hut in a city where one
may become lost in a crowd, one
nay risk—shall we say?—the appearance 
of indiscretion."
Shelly swallowed a brown, sickish 
taste in her throat.
"I understand completely, my
dear," the little velvet-tipped hammers 
pounded on her nerves, "the
difficulty of a girl like you coming
here to live. Especially without
Stephen here to advise and guide
you. That's why I— She coughed
daintily, and continued.
"You grew up in a city, Shelly.
There you lived what we would call
a gay life." Her words hurried a
little as if to prevent interruption.
"In St. Louis, entertaining is done
in hotels and at the big clubs
Your circle of friends is constantly
changing. You don't see your
friends so often, and they don't
see you... "
(You know nothing about my St.
Louis, thought Shelly resentfully.
Its inner core, its inner circle. Just
as you know nothing of me. You've
never known me enough even to
ask —and you couldn't ever know
about my city! Hotels, Indeed!
Why—)
She sighed, and listened again to
what Stephen's mother was saying. 
Maybe she'd get a chance to
say there was no difference—
really—
"... " but here our standards are
simple and strict, Shelly. Here we
know the same people all our lives,
and they know us. The least thing
we do is significant here in Norfolk." 
Her mother-in-law's tone
was one of gentle patience. Just so
she might have explained to her
little granddaughter that nice little
girls did not get their slippers
muddy.
"We're very proud of our town,"
she said to Shelly. "We like to
think it is a small, select community 
of people who have set
themselves a very high standard
of behavior. That sometimes is
called snobbishness. It isn't really.
We just want Norfolk to seem better 
than other places because it as
better. Do you understand. Shelly?
"I think so."
"Well, I wasn't sure."
"Have I done something that
doesn't come up to your standards?" 
She spoke in a voice as
soft, as the brush of silk......
"Oh, I'm sure you've not!" said
May Anna quickly. She laughed
in a tinkly social manner, and
Shelly pushed her slipper soles
hard against the floor to brace
herself.
"It Isn't always necessary to do
much of anything," May Anna continued 
to instruct her. "But it's
really much better, don't you think,
to avoid the appearance of doing
something?"


FAITHFUL DUCK
Deciding
their pet duck was too old to bake
and too much trouble to keep, Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis Crim put him in a
sack and drove to a park—2 miles

away and let him out at the lake.
The next clay the duck was strutting 
around as usual in the Crim's
front yard, so they decided to keep
him.

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At West Columbus, Miss., he
said, the coach was sidetracked
and all colored passengers were
moved to the rear or another
coach previously occupied by
whites, who had been moved to
another car to make room for the
colored passengers.
The other complaints involved:
1. Mrs. Charlie Mae Hayes, of
Hot Springs, Arkansas, who re
fused 
to move to a Jim Crow
coach while riding the Missouri
Pacific from Hot Springs to Nashville, 
Tenn. She said the conductor
used abusive language to her.
2. Miss Ruby Hurley, regional
secretary NAACP, who was forced
to ride in a Jim Crow coach on
the St. Louis-San Francisco line
from Armory, Miss., to Birmingham, 
May 14, 1953. The coach had
a movable curtain marked "Colored" 
on one side and "White" on
the other.
3. Wendell Ferguson, Dallas, Texas, 
who with other colored passengers 
was forced to move out of
the Dallas car when the Santa Fe
train he was riding December 1516, 
from Los Angeles to Dallas,
reached Clovis, New Mexico.
4. Eugene Gordon, New York,
who traveled from New York to
Florence, South Carolina, June 4,
1953, on the Miamian, Atlantic
the return trip on the West Coast
Champion was put into a jammed
pack Jim Crow car next to the
engine, although there were available 
seats in other cars.

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