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- THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. TH i FICTION corner WEATHER AHEAD / By JOHN H. HOSE The counter man reminded Harv of someone he knew—a brilliant man whose life had been destroyed by a selfish, beautiful woman. T HE plane settled down on the bumpy field, and jolted to a halt . . . the explanation for the un scheduled stopover was simply the cryptic statement, “Weather ahead!” The stewardess had no in formation about the length of the layover, so we walked across the field toward the town. Harvey Al len and I were bound for the coast on a brief business trip, seeking a new contract for one of our major network productions. We walked along the main—and only—street of the little town until we came to a small restaurant. It was dark and cool inside after the heat and glare of the midaftemoon New Mexico sun. Settling in one of the tiny booths which lined the wall, we ordered some lunch. Except for the counter man and a tired looking waitress, the place was empty. X noticed Harv staring intently at the man behind the counter. I glanced up, but the fellow was a stranger to me. "Know him?” I asked. Harv had a genius for knowing people every where . . . and remembering them. “He reminds me of someone,” he answered. The girl came with our lunch, and we ate quietly for a few moments. Harvey continued, then, asking, "Did you ever know Mark Stev- ens?” I sipped at my iced tea before replying. “Nope; he was before my time. But, of course, I've heard about Who hasn't? Isn’t he the chap him. As we strolled back to the air port, I asked the question that had been in my mind ever since Harvey started that story. some Hollywood glamour gal took over the hurdles?” Mark nodded. “Elsa Armstrong. The face and figure that launched a thousand hopes! Elsa the beau tiful. Elsa the magnificent.” He lifted his tea glass in toast, “Hail, Elsa! Destroyer of men— of Mark Stevens in particular. Would you like to hear what really happened, Stu?” I lighted a cigar as I replied in the affirmative. Harvey settled back in the booth as he recounted the story of Mark Stevens. “Twenty years ago, tnis business of ours was just a puppy. And the master of that puppy was Mark Stevens. His was the brain that built the advertising business. You really owe that $150 suit you’re wearing to him, Stu. Mirk Stevens lifted us out of the mire and into the moola. We all owe him plenty. “Mark built his organization by buying talent where he found it, and he had a genius for finding it. I remember I was doing advance work for Williams’ Brothers Carni val when I met him. We got to gether in San Antonio one night, and the next day I was working for him. Just like that. “I started small—writing copy on some accounts that weren’t too im portant. And all the time I was watching the master, learning all the little nuances and twists, get ting set for the day he saw fit to move me up a notch. It wasn’t long in coming either. The firm was marching, and I was right in step. “After about a year, Mark opened a branch ofifice in Chicago. I went there as copy chief. From that move, both the business and I mushroomed. Dallas, Seattle, Den ver, Los Angeles, San Francisco. Five years after that meeting in San Antone, I was head of the San Francisco office. We had branched out all over the country, but this San Francisco outfit was second in importance only to the home office in New York. “When radio and advertising had a happy marriage, the Mark Stev ens Associates really hit the top. We opened a Hollywood office and began handling only the largest ac counts. I came down from San Francisco to head the new office, and Mark made almost monthly trips to the coast to give his per sonal attention to some of the real ly important clients. “It was on one of those trips that he met Elsa Armstrong. Did you ever see a bouganvillea in bloom, Stu? Or a hibiscus? That’s what she was like. A lovely, fragile beauty, and that’s an inadequate de scription. But she was smart, too. Smart . . . and tough when it came to getting places.” Harvey twirled the iced tea glass, clinking the ice cubes against its hard surface as he reminisced. Then he continued, “She wasn’t an actress; even in those days talent was an important item, but Elsa's only talent con sisted in looking so beautiful it hurt. Strangely enough, she didn’t want to be a star. Elsa was hunting something - entirely different. She wanted money and position. Mark had both, and Elsa took him like Grant took Richmond. The first thing I knew, I was back in New York and Mark had taken charge on the coast. Or rather, Mark was on the coast and Elsa had taken charge. “I lost track of events then, un til one day the auditor came to me with the remark that Mr. Stevens’ personal account was in terrible shape. Together we went over it. I decided that the auditor’s origi- . nal evaluation was strictly an un derstatement. The bills Mark had okayed seemed to indicate that he alone was trying to support half of California’s furriers and jewelers. A few days later I began to hear complaints from different accounts that their affairs on the coast were not being handled properly. I de cided to fly out and see what went on. “Mark met me at the airport. He was . . . ah, well . . . definite ly not in the best of condition. He was unshaven and mussed. The meeting was most embarrassing for me. and I piled Mark into a cab and directed the driver to Mark’s home in Beverly Hills. He passed out on the way, and when we got there, I had one rugged time getting him upstairs and into bed, even with the sympathetic and capable help of the cabbie. This done, I returned to Hollywood and the office. “There, I began to ask questions. The answers weren’t pretty. Mark hadn’t been in the place in weeks. But his bills had. His and Elsa’s, that is. Oh, she had a personal account, too. It figured on the books as his, which explained why we in the East didn’t know about it. I decided to see Elsa. “She wasn’t available at home, so I started to make the rounds in pursuit, finally catching up with her at The Players.’ She wasn’t alone. I sent word to her table that I would like to see her, and in a few minutes she joined me. “I told you she was beautiful, Stu. When she sat down beside me, I almost forgot what I had wanted to talk to her about. She was loaded with diamond doo-dads, and in each one I could see Mark’s money re flected. That snapped me out of the trance and into the purpose of our tete-a-tete. "I told you she was tough, too. Brother! She was hard as nails. No, she’d not seen Mark in a month. Why? After all, a girl has to look out for her future. And Mark had been troublesome. Stuffy about her friends. I asked if the guy she was with belonged in that category. She merely shrugged. I got the idea. I rather pointedly asked her how come, if she and Mark were through, her bills continued to come Into foe office. Another shrug; Mark owed her something for the way he'd acted, she felt. "My personal opinion was that he’d acted pretty generously to ward her. Too generous, from the shape both he and the firm were in. I said so. And I nearly choked when she agreed with me. Yes, she was very candid about the whole thing. Very candid, indeed. I al most gagged. I gave her a brief idea of what I thought of her, adding that we weren’t paying any more bills. Without further ceremony, I left. “When I got back to Beverly Hills, Mark was awake, sober, and sick as a dog. I told him I’d seen the books . . . and Elsa. I told him a lot of other things, too. Boss or no boss, I got the whole works off my chest. But it wasn’t Mark Stev ens I was talking to. It was the beaten, wasted shell of a man 1 once knew and respected. He took it all without a word. When I fin ished, he just sat there, nodding his head foolishly. I walked out in disgust I never saw Mark Stevens again. “The rest ot the story you’ve heard, Stu. How he walked out on everything and just disappeared. The company was taken over by the associates; but his genius was gone, and a few months later we folded.” Harv snapped open his cigarette case, lighted the smoke casually, indicating that was the end of the story. Finally, I broke the silence to ask, “And what became of Elsa?” “Elsa? Oh, she dropped out of sight shortly afterwards. A scan dal washed her up in Hollywood." A PPARENTLY Harvey was no longer interested in the story or its principal actors. He just sat there watching the counter man, and I was mulling over the details of the story, thinking about how easy it was for a guy to go haywire. Just then, one of the airline employees looked in, saw us and announced that the flight would start in twen ty minutes. We rose to leave. While I paid the waitress, Harv walked over to the counterman and said quietly, “Good luck, friend.” As we strolled back to the air port, I asked the question that had been in my mind ever since Harvey started that story. “Harv, that guy back in the restaurant . . . was that Mark Stev ens?" He smiled. “No, that wasn’t Mark. Didn’t even look like him.” "Then why,” I asked, “did you happen to recall the story of Stev ens? And why did you wish him luck?” “Because, if things haven’t changed, there’s weather ahead for him,” he replied softly. "You see, the waitress in there was Elsa.” bv NANCY PEPPER DID YOU KNOW THAT: A Sloppy Joe is the new name for a Dagwood Sandwich? A Schmoehopper is a girl who dates nothing but Drips? An S. S. N. D. is a Steady Saturday Night Date? Fish Bait is your name for anyone who reminds you of a worm? Cnstardy is the expressive new synonym for Smooth? K. O. is the new way to say "Drop Dead” because it means “Keel Over”? A Sleek Sheik is the W^if that'you should keep away from your door? * « * Well, if you don’t know ANY THING, you’d better fill your ball pen with Info Fluid. It’s a won derful new invention, indispensable during Finals’ week, on account of it’s guaranteed to write only the Right Answers. G$<S>ludLd!ie ‘ Grace JNoll Crowell I F I can put new hope within the heart Of one who has loft hope. If I can help a brother up Some difficult long slope That seems too Steep for tired feet to go, If I can help him rlimh Into the light upon the hill’s far creft, I shall begrudge no time Or Srength that I can spend, for well I know How great may be his need. If I can help through any darkened hour, I shall be glad indeed. For I recall how often I have been Digressed, didraught, dismayed. And hands have readied to help, and voices called That kept me unafraid. If I can share this help that 1 have had, God knows I shall be glad. Community Nests lor Poultry House Urged Installation Decreases Number of Dirty Eggs Taking cognizance of the premium prices paid for clean eggs on the market, poultrymen with large lay ing flocks are giving increased at tention to installation of commu nity nests. Dirty eggs brought 15 cents less a dozen than clean eggs when sold through Ohio cooperative eggs auc tions in June, D. D. Moyer, spe cialist in poultry husbandry at Ohio State university, points out, adding that the owner of a large laying flock either has to take a cut in price, spend almost as much time cleaning eggs as in all other care of the laying flock or change the SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 1:8; 3:3sfj 4:1; 6:27-28; 8:1-11; 10:1-9; 15:1; 18:9; 22:ta-u 25:13ab. 28; Ecclesiastes 1—3; James 3 * 13-18 DEVOTIONAL. READING: James 3: 13-18. You Build It Useful Shelves for Dishware Photo shows community nest for poultry house suggested by Ohio station to assure clean eggs. poultry house equipment to reduce the number of dirty eggs gathered. Installation of community nests in place of the small box type will decrease the number of dirty eggs by 50 per cent, Moyer claims. They are easier to clean and can be kept free from parasites more easily than the ordinary little cubicles. Original construction cost also is considerably less than that of an equal amount of nesting space of the old type inasmuch as less labor and material are required. The community nest recommend ed by the Ohio station is 8 feet long, 2 feet wide, 14 inches high in front and 30 inches high in back. The space is divided in the center so there are 2 4-foot compartments in the nest, providing facilities for 80 to 100 laying hens. The front half of the nest cover is hinged so it can be lifted for gathering eggs. The bottom of the nest can be hinged so it will swing down to dump the nest litter. Hens enter the front of 'the nest through openings,8 inches square in the center of each com partment. Materials required for construc tion include; 9 pieces of 1-inch by 8-inch by 8-inch for lid, front bot tom ends and partition; 5 pieces of 1-inch by 10-inch by 8-inch for lid and back; 1 piece of 1-inch by fl inch by 8-inch for lower front board; 4 pieces of 3-inch by 4-inch by 8- inch for cleats, nest perch and en trance lids; 1 piece of 1-inch by 2- inch by 8-inch for cleats for the ends and partition; 1 piece of 1- inch by 4-inch by 10-inch for bot tom supports, with the piece bev eled at the ends if hinged; 3 pairs ot 8-inch strap hinges, and 3 8-inch hooks and screw eyes if the bottom is hinged. If a flock of Leghorn hens were to go househunting, they would look for just about the same comforts as their human prototypes. Sufficient space, good ventilation, uniform temperatures, a sturdy foundation and floors are a few of the recommendations for housing the birds, according to suggestions in a revised extension bulletin on "Poultry Housing” issued by the .University of Minnesota. Like all construction, building a poultry house is an expensive prop osition. As it is difficult to correct mistakes after the building is up, flock owners are advised to consider their problem and needs carefully before starting construction. True Wisdom Lesson for October 31, 1948 55WT! Dr. Foreman W HAT is the most important thing in the world? What is worth more than anything else? Some would say Money; some Pow er; some Goodness; some Truth. Anoth er answer is given by the writers of a jroup of books, two sf which are includ ed in our Bible. “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wis dom,” they say. The books of Proverbs and Ec clesiastes in our Protestant Bible, and the books of Ecclesiasticus and the Wisdom of Solomon in the Apoc rypha, all have this viewpoint and are therefore called the Wisdom Literature. Other writers in the Bible divide the human race into the Good and the Wicked, or the Believers and the Unbelievers; but these writers see mankind as the Wise and the Foolish. The books they wrote (es pecially Proverbs) were intended partiflularly for those who are so far neither foolish nor wise—that is to say. the young. Plans for Farm Wiring Should Envision Future Plan for future as well as present needs when wiring a farm, rural electrification specialists advise farm families. Wiring is a perma nent improvement, so there should be an adequate system in the home as well as in other farm buildings. All buildings should have a prop er size load center or protective de vice, enough sets of wires or cir cuits and a sufficient number of outlets. Knowledge Is” Not Wisdom W ISDOM (as these writers use the word) is not the same thing as knowledge. A person may know a great many things and still be a fool. Or he may not even know how to read and write, and yet be wise. Some* modern writer has said: Knowledge is knowing what to do;' skill is knowing how to do it; and virtue is doing it. Wisdom is all of these put together. But the special feature of the “Wisdom Writers” is this: True wisdom begins with the fear of God. “The fear of the Lord Is the beginning of wisdom . . . the knowledge of God Is under standing.” In other words, wis dom without religion, without faith, is foolish after all. We can see how in our times the story of the Nazis has shown this once more to be true. The German Reich of 1935-1939 had the best ot the science of the world; they had scholarship and wealth and "know how” in many fields; but they re jected God and defied his church— and so a nation was destroyed. We too may profit by their exam ple. We of the western nations have wealth and technical skills beyond any other peoples, we have the atom bombs—but have we the wis dom without Which all these things are but as torches in the hands of madmen? 1 * * * University on Ant-Hill K NOWLEDGE may be expensive. It costs a great deal of money to know what it takes to be an en gineer or a surgeon. Wisdom, strange to say, is less expensive. It is in fact on such a low shelf that most people pass it by. Consider where the "Wisdom Writers” tell us we may learn wis dom. One place is experience. "Ex perience keeps an expensive school, but fools will learn in no other— and hardly from that,” says a more modern proverb. Maay of the proverbs in our Bible are simply distilled drops of experience. “A soft answer turneth away wrath, but griev ous words stir up anger,” for example. Do you need an angel from the sky to tell you that? Another source of wisdom is just Nature herself. “Go to the ant, thou sluggard (lazy fellow); con sider her ways and be wise." A lazy man is a fool; but how shall he learn to be wise? Not by reading books—just by watching the ants, 0 0 0 Inspired Common Sense A FORMER governor of Virginia used to say that during his term of office he received more practical help from reading Proverbs than from any of the books on political .science in his library. For the sci ence, or the art, of government is simply one specialized form of that most important art, getting along with people. And the Wisdom Lit erature shows us how it is done. Some people think that Inspira tion is always mysterious, and that the Holy Spirit would not stoop to inspire what we could learn In any ordinary way. But the Christian church, when it declares Proverbs (for example) inspired, expresses her belief that there is such a thing as Inspired Common Sence. 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