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Al Capone — Part 30
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Mae. de Pompadonr's Face
Preparation,
Creme de La Creme Char joanae
Cher. teoes
“Faie ‘Ta Roca
928 Paschtree St.
Hemlock 5178
[Helen Willa Moody herself has
_|apiked the
Pacific Coast relative to « long
the Moody home bere. If there
‘terview,
cabs.
renekad ane
‘Berkeley, Cal, Abr Abr. 8 =
rumots that. ‘tite
been flying up afd down :
legged bird thaving been seep
Napping around the vicinity of
really was a bird, it was pot &
stork, That is settled. Aspir-
anta for the world's premier ten-
nis honore will have to depend
entirely on their own akill with
the racket if they hope to see
Queen Helen relinquish ‘the
throne.
“T have been invited to play
' on the team,” sald the pretty ms-
‘iuns!l champion ip a recent in-
“and so has Helen Ja-
But I told them I eould
not let them know definitely nn-
til April. I wfll, however, de-
_fend my national championship
(at Foreat Hilla In September. I
alsa intend to play in the regu-
lation United States Lawn Ten-
nia Association tournament pri-
or to the nationals. Except for
that, my plans are indefinite.”
Marriage seems not to have
more changes in
“Lite Poker Face" than any
of the other momentous events
Delpha
“BROKEN SOUL”
Chapter i
cies
If your work ja of such a na-
ture you have to spend half of
your time wailing to see an ex-
find
your
vertising firm, you will
time hanging heavy on
hands.
“1 said to myself after I en-
tered this game of trying to in-
fluence big executives into
buying my Ideas on sales and
_ Promotion : “Mack Strong,
you've got to do your stuff, if|a
Atlacta, ;colm Gury, whom I Anew by her
you make a dent in
know them better.
ecutive or manager of some ad-:
few facen that arouse eur en-
riosity and make us want to
Such was
the case with me recenily.
7 was leaving the Fox thea-
ter after a matinee and ran In-
to one of my mother’s best
friends, Mra. Francia Gaines,
whe is one of Atlanta’a big
club workers when it comes ta
the Women’s Clubs and Chiid
Welfare. She introduced me to
friend with her: Mre. Mal-
You have got to keep yournelf | rictures In the papers and her
polished mentally, well phyai-:
caliy, clever socially, and clean
spiritually, or you will not he
jong in joining the list of for-|Gary had all of these and more,
gotten men. The beat study of
man {a atill mankind.” Thus I
began my Ccarreer. ~
For a oumber of years now
‘record of Welfare work. I nave
met many people of charm and
nerannality and beauty; Mrs.
still there was something about
her I could not name or de-
scribe. J only knew she heft
me cold with excitement It
I have been getting a big kick / finally dawned on me that this
out of reading the faces that, *oman was a picture of my
“pase by.
Beldom do I find a/ youthful
ideals and dreama.
face that does not tell a com-/Here waa the one woman T had
plete story at a first glance. been hoping to meet,
Sul there are a few. stories
“that you will enjoy reading the
second time, and _fbere are a
] looked at her keenly, ‘bat
her deep gray eyes told me
Vee ut
nothing, nor “did her voice, {4
which was gracious but not
friendly. A kind of cool indif-
ference seemed to prevall with-|
in her. Her very coolness left
me with » hungering desire to
take her and warm her up, I
wanted to take her hand and
walk with ber, I wanted totalk
to her, I wanted to be with her
alone, While these emotional
breakers were flooding me,
Mra.
good-bye, and Mrs. Gary only
bowed her head.
Aa I walked to my office in
the Peachtree Bullding, my
thought rap riot. Here was s
character worth knowing.
What waa the story back of
her? I knew there was one.
My curiosity waa on the verge
of turning me detective for my
own satisfaction. It wae going
to take some clever work on
my part, if I found out what I
wanted to know, without bring-
down « storm of criticiem
pon my pwn bead. You can't
ask «a friend, Jet alone an ac-
quaintance to tefl you their life
history. They may have already
some doubts about four mental!
SOME GONDis 2D0Ul FOUT Menta.
status; and such s stunt woul
confirm thefr suspicion,
Tt is true, the people that
leave wa guessing are the ones
that keep ua on our tip-toes. I
was on my tip-toes ai] right.
To find something you believ-
ed to be loat for good does of-
ten give gam jolt. I had found
my idsal in the flesh, and I waa
determined to find out all I
could about ber.
The telephone directory gave
me Mrs. Gary's addreas and al-
so informed me that her hos-
band was an attorney, I waa
not [nterested in either just
then, The city directory anid
Mrs. Gary’s given name ~ waa
Doris, Bo mach for that, from
now on I would think of her as
Doris Gary.
Two evenings later, 1 was
leaving a cab in front of my
hotel, when I saw Dorls Gary
walk by with « handsome man
a few yoara elder than she. I
Gaines kindly . bid i nod of her smartly coiffure
oe 7 ar tr ah
a Seewtal nod
Aside from det |
under fire were the things that
drew most attention when Helen
Wills, as » 16-year-old, appeared
{in & Dational competition, She
proceedéd to win the junior
championship. Bhe repeated th:
following year and went on t
dethrone the great Molla Ma!
lory ap national champion. Ni:
woman except Susanne Lengle:
has ever been able to stand a
gainst her. Holder of over fiit:
titles, Queen Helen has taken a
her triumphs with seeming ir
difference. “Little Poker Face
they dubbed her when ahe fir:
took the spotlight on Easter
courts, Her friends say it
wrong.
spoke, ahe recognized me wit
head, but did not speak «
amile, I wondered why.
watched the papers to pee
she traveled or entertaine
Now and then there would be
write-up, but nothing I did n
already mow,
Luck favored me a week
two later when I went into t:
Tea Rose taa room for a cup
coffee to chase away a sp!
ting headache, whom should
meet, but my mother’s «
friend, Mra. Gaines, sitting ;
alone having a cup of tea.
waved and walked toward h
table.
“How do you deo, Mra. G:
nes?” said | in my = greeti:
“Ti is great seeing you agai:
Mrs. Gaines turned to r
smiled and motioned for me
join her. “Iam fine, wo
you alt down?" gaid she as =<
moved her hat and gloves -
the chair.
“Tl be giad te.” I replied
Mra. Gaines sighed, and a
“You see I am quite tired «
came in here to get a cup
tea and to relax a minute. C
{Continued on page 6)
\ PETS
Canaries, Love Birds,
Parrots
Poppies, Kittens, Goldfish, Ban
tums, Doves, Figeoas, SaMbits
Gainaspigs, Squirrels, Monkeys
Foods, Remedies and Supplies.
Whea you think of PETS an:
EVERYTHING for them—Think o
“PETLAND”
_ 298 West Peachtree Sr. ©
{Where the Porchtreet Mect.!
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