Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 62, Ed. 1 Monday, December 28, 1925 Page: 3 of 6
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BROWNWOOD
H. C. Peyton, chairman of the
W Cron Committee unouctd
this raomin* tint a meeting ot th»
General Committee would be heid
1* the American Lesion Room* of
the Soldier* and 8a1lor* Memorial
Hall at 4 o'clock, Tuesday after-
noon. Mr. Peyton states that this U
every Important meet Ins end
ertee every member ot the com-
mittee to be present.
“All those who are Interested ir
carrytns on ot the Red Cross work
and are willing to kelp” Mr. Pey
ton said, “are invited to attend this
meeting and lead their support to a
moot wdkthy cause.”
' The meeting will be short bet
one or two Important business
Matters will be discussed.
ARTISTRY
w FOOTWEAR
i m-r.r.
To the right a beautiful black patent Spring model.
Full toe-juxl block heel. Trifnmed around cob
fful vhmp in Blondine Kid. Pair . •
The heed of the Old Gray Mare
is In the hands of a Port Worth
taxidermist aad within the next 40
or •• days will be returned U
Brownwood aad placed la the lob-
by of the Hotel Southern wlure nil
who enter may see the < remem-
brance of, the faithful Old Mare
SrmR. .
Oeorg# BlacX of Comaacke. a
salesman, uy^g the bend of the old
mare to F*t Worth a week or two
•ff® i*d placed It ia the hands of
F. C. U’uinsky. a taxidermist, who
wUl prepare the head for J». B.
Rluhey of the Hotel Sonthera.
The head was In a good state of
preservation when It was taken to
Fort Worth and It Is expected that
K will he one of the bent pieces o<
mounted specimens in Brownwood
It will certainly be the most pop-
illustrated lo the left is a black patent pump with
a pretty buckle on vamp. FullFrench last with
block heel.ir/ AH widths and sizes, pair ... .8.S6
Shown also in black patent with dull calf tiim-
Ca tries f7-6
.....MO
.pik. U f. U
CUncing to bright you ~ P~«rbbck
patent strip pump with short yamp and 16-6
spike heel. Satin band around collar and vamp,
The B. P. O. B. No. ISO entertain
with n New Year's dance on De-
cember SI. st the BIk Club rooms
on Brown street. It bus been an-
nounced. * Invitations have been
mailed out wad everything points to
on# of the most successful New
Tear’s celebrations ever sponsored
by the local Btka.
The dance will start at t o’clock
and continue until 1 o’clock.
The Hall will he beautifully dec-
orated In the Elks colors and New
Tear’s decoration with holly and
other
Oberner's Orchestra of the Cal
varsity of Texas will furnish th<
manic for this occasion which
promises to be one of the moot stub
orate affairs ever given by the Elks
Several of the *|ambers of this or-
chestra are welt known ta Brows
wood, one or two of thorn having
lived here.
alao with I
We grire^^ Green Trading Siam pa on all charge purchased where the ac-
count id paid in full on or before the 10th, of the month after purchases are
made. i • i ,'
itAf#4 fin i not prHtod
Barbers smiled agate. »eerily "This, la
The bias veins showed plainly think I’ve a
Across her temples. “Yep. least Haw ley, that
boar It here aloos. 1 Veal ti see tarlum—hop-
mother’s lawyer yesterday and he i haps yon do
will handle R for me. And 1 knew l have an M-
of a tiny apartment te town that is In a boars
had been vacant for several weeks. “Frances I
1 leased H. too. yesterday." ei school as
Then, seeing the surprise on bands. I ha
their faces, she added. “1 hope you Uve to place
wont think me anfeeliag to leave want to pat
so *oon. I’ve got to. 1 can’t breathe nary hired c
Hi this house. It's a great, empty many young
balk, haunted.” She rase from the Now. ct\
table aad paced across the room to you to be a
Hospital Notes
W. 8. Woods of Zephyr, who re-
ceived minor Injuries la aa onto
wreck some few days ago, was able
to return to his home Sunday af-
ter speudinK several days bra lo-
cal hospital.
Eldon 8mtth. %•% Melwood Ave
no*, was able to bo removed to bis
bom* today following a minor op-
eration 1a a local hospital . g
Mrs. J. H. Brisco* of Rising Star
Is rest lag vary well following aa
operation in s local boopltal, per
formed Saturday. \
J. C. Elkins of Brady Is resting
very well following an operation In
u local hospital Saturday.
a girl. Girls just weren’t meant to
Uve all alone”
“And what about men? The most
pathetic persons 1 know are bach
•lord past BO. Far worse than old
Bob only smiled.
Her mother was sitting up ta
bed when Barbara reached home.
The fever held color la her cheeks
and aa saaataral sparkle ta her
eye*, hat she looked bettor.
“HI, there, mumsy,” cried Bar-
bara. throwing down a hunch at
long stemmed roses. “See what I’ve
brought you?”
The pink roses were scattered
over the counterpane Mrs. Haw-
ley picked aa* ap with csreestug
lingers. "Why did you do R. Bab*,
•be ssited “You have so maay ex-
lag that you take her into your new
apartment with yon ou a ftfty-tfty
basis. You’ll And her pleasant com-
pany and I shall bo tremsadoaaly
relieved to have her with you. She
Is gotac to study dramatics this
u«st year gad I vast her to hs bars
What do you sayT" McDermou
looked at Barbara with tbs calm
air of a mas who** • uggetuofta had
always beta taken as commands by
the world at largo. 7
back to Its accustomed ptaees. '•
"Whew’” sniffed Mrs. Bryua
throwing wide the front door. “How
those lilies do smell op • house.
The poor child will be smelting ’em
dll the rest of her life.
“When do you think she’ll be
dowaetalrsr asked Mrs. Ooodhot
wiping her hand* os her apron.
i thought we’d so ap after her
when tea eras ready.” replied Mrs
Bryan. “She's got to oat. Aad she’s
got to ke<-p her Job. They any her
mother hadn’t anything loft at all.
No head for business.”
“She'll coino i hruugb It all right.
I never saw aaybodr with better
control at a funeral,” commented
Mrs. Ooodho*.
The other woman turned. “Con-
trol! Tee. that’s just It. 8he’s got
so much of It that she's like to vat
'Smiling Georgs,” O'Brien null*
another rung ta his ladder of dif-
ferent scree* characterisations. In
“Tbs righting Heurt,” which op
*o* toosy at the Gem Theatre hie
role of Davy Brandon ta “The Iron
Horse” was the smiling1 youat
man’s ffrst leading role ta the pic-
tares. •” V
Since the completion of bit first
success. Oeorg* has ascended to the
peak of the screen profession, bj
virtue of a succession of splendid
screen characters that not only call-
ed for tha usual requisites of a star
but for the diversified histrionic
talent, coupled tpith superb phyai-
You aas. Reynolds nod I never
smelled a mouse till two days ago.
Reynold* went to Chicago to try to
get a loan to help out. Manners
must have guessed we were oa to
him and decided, to skip before Rey-
nolds got hack. I'll swear w* never
thought he (1 do R.' In fact, w* had
the goods ou him so straight 1
thought he’d not dare to make a
asov*. , , I
“Bat Reynolds end I are innocent
la this. Aad if the public Isn’t too
blood-thirsty, maybe we’ll save a
scrap of relation yet. You’ll try
to help n*7“ •
He looked like a bashful child
bogging fbr a cooky. Barbara again
stifled the wish to laugh.
“1*11 try to write the troth. Mr.
Bat I can’t
The* she Milled uy, fit film. “It's •
go.” she sfiid. “Wren if I didn’t want
to. I’d on it for you. Mr McDer-
mott You’ve boon so kind to am
But I really tklnk it Is a good pteu.
anyway. You mustn’t expset me to
Barbers looked away. “There'll
he time enough for aa aecoaatiofl
after you get well." eh* evaded
"Just enjoy those roses now aad
don't scold me for bringing them
to yod.” >
She ran Into' her own room to
drees for dinner.
It was about ten o'clock when the
doorbell rang loudly. Barbara rush-
ed to answer R before It should
wake ker mother. She had spent the
evening over her bills aad her bead
was aching violently.
Jerome Ball stood at the door
“Hello. Bobs.” be said gaily “Came
by to make peace aad to ask you
out for a spin. Bob tells me you're
haring hard lines now, sickness,
be a regular dragon duenna, how-
ever. I’m not consulted for ow
Bat I will keep my eye on your
IRtl# girl and,let has be as happy
as poeaibl*. I think it will do;js«
good to have her,'too.’'
McDermott smiled. He took her
hand and rone to go. “Thank you,”
be said. “You’ve s6tved my prob-
lem for me, aad I hope R will solve
yours, too. to some extent.”
said. “Don’t
isn took her band. “Thank
i said. “4 fslt R wouldn't
itrualon.”
ra shook her head. “There’s
sen a time when t needed
nds more,” she said. They
the living room,
is very *oo* to come.” said
»ott, “bat I thought you
Robbias Reef light, which guides
shipping safely into New York har-
bor. has been diligently attended
to for the past U years by Mm.
Kate Walker, one of tk* few fe-
male light keepers ia th« country.
Mrs. Margaret Wbeelaad. aged T2
years, of Oklahoma City. Okie.,
to kavu smoked constantly
slac« she was eight years old. As
still sticks to the pip* last end of
cigarettes commonly used by the
new tk
ed this
needn’t tell you how sorry the Tel-
egraph people all are. Barbara.”
She smiled bravely. “No, you
aesdnV* »he
“I do srsat to talk to you. though,
about your plans for th* future.
Perhai>* ray frieniMkip for your fa-
ther, combined with my interest la
Aa be
try to oc
Hawley- You’ll need th* day to see
to th* mevtag.”
When he was gone Barbara want
out to the
and Mrs.
Stone.’; she answered,
color R. for yoa or anybody else.
Will Mr. Reynolds make a state-
her heart out. I’d rather son 'em
cry sad wall. Tate*t natural to tak«
R like she did."
“Well, ’tiaa’t because she didn’t
car* “ snappud Mm- Goodhue.
They stopped talking. Barbara
had appeared oa th* landing.
"Thank yoa so mack for yqar
thoughtfulness.’ she sold quietly.
She was wearing a Ureas of soft
green. Her hair was drawn smooth-
ly acroes hot white foreheed. The
two womoa stated. > v
Barbara smiled faintly. “Yoa
won’t be shook ed at say not wear-
lag black r* she ventured. “It la th*
last thing mother would went.’’
* Mr*. Bryan and Mrs. Ooodhuc
looked at sack othfr aa tf to say
How dare yoa mare at her." Then
both dropped their eyed. ,.
“He will if yoa can catch him.”
replied the man. “Bat my guess' ia
that he’s gone home. H* looked so
sick this morning that wa tried Ic
keep the crowd away from him
He’s probably saeaked oat the back
door.”
Barbara went down the Inner cor-
ridor aad knocked at Brace’s door.
Nobody answered. She tried the
knob. The door was looked.
8be left the suite by th* rear
door and went hack to the newspa-
washed the
leaving th*
tbs John Golden stage success.
“Lightning,” with Jay Hunt and
aa all-star cast opened st the Lyric
Theatre today. It marked a red
letter day in th* calendar of that
boose, for th* comments heard by
patrons as they left indicated that
it scored heavily with every oo*.
Jay Hunt, la the earn* role that
Frank Bacon mad* memorable on
'the stage. Is certain to achieve ar
whimsical smile. Barbara smiled
back. -
“Yoa see. Mies Hawley. I know
that yoa are ta great danger of
some sort of nervous crush unless
you stop short and get a new start.
And IB* WsMl can’t aSerd u
loan yan^MJ*' • ,bort RlM“
You sue my motives* mf > partly
selfish—like most motives.” Bar-
bara listened gravely.
“What have yoa planned tor the
future?” continued McDermott
. Barbara told him of tha sew
of white rones aad lavender swedi
peas. “How sice of you. Jerome!!'
eh* cried. “This Just about makes
up foe everything. Mother will love
them." She colled Urn nars* nod
■eat th* flowers upstairs.
“Yoa look dead lo tha world.’
said Jerome. “Won’t yoa rid-
around th* block with nej for a lit
tie fresh air before yoa try to adept
1 really want te talk with yon."
Barbara looked out fit the frosty
night. Tha hone* was done and.
warm. Tha faint odor of chemical*
drifted-down from upstairs. Her
* McDermou was watching for her.
through a crack In his door. He
calUd her la.
“I’m sorry Wells gave yoa tha
assignment this morning. Miss
Hawley. Meant to warn him. Bat
supposed you wouldn’t car* to haw
me plead for special privilege for
yoa either. Did you get a state-
ment ?“
Barbara laid her bat dawn list-
lessly oa hie desk. “Nat from Rey-
nold*. Bat Stone soys he and Rey-
nolds are both Innocent. The offlc*
was full of angry man." She seated
herself and laid her head os tb<
book of thq chair. McDermott look-
ed at her with c6mpassion ia Ms
•ye*. vU
“Bettor go home early tonight.”
be said. “You sr* going to hsv* a
bad emaahap an* of those days If
you don’t rout" She looked up and
tried to smile “I guess it doesn't
room. “It's the only homo I have,"
•he said. “But I couldn’t bpnr R
without mother. Aad I couldn't af-
ford to keep R n p .either. I'm rath-
er hard prmesd financially Just
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