Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1944)

speaking softly, "Will you be my wife, Edith?" She didn't answer immediately, turning to face him, her eyes serious and grave: "Any woman would be proud to have you ask that of her. But you've only known me such a short while; we've hardly had time to know each other." "I know you well enough to know that I want you to be my wife," he said. "I've had no training to be the wife of a President." "I'm not asking you as President," he said gently. "I want to be sure," she said. "Yes," he said. "Of course." She touched his hand. "Let's wait," she said. "Just awhile." It wasn't for long. It was a dull day in the correspondent's room in the White House when Tumulty, the President's secretary, strolled in carrying the day's news release. , "Anything new?" they said. "A few odds and ends," Tumulty said. "War stuff?" "No." "Can't be much, then." "The usual run," Tumulty said, and then as he was strolling out, he turned casually and added: "Just an odd item: The President's going to be married — " new world a 'comin' . . . The election of 1916 exploded in the United States in a world slowly bleeding to death of war. Passions ran high. In the corridors of Congress some of the congressmen were bitter. They spoke contemptuously of Wilson: "Dictator . . . fool . . . ruining the country . . . making us the laughingstock of the world . . . incompetent . . . insincere . . ." But the whole country went to the polls in that famous election. Wilson ran against, Hughes. The early returns gave Hughes the election. Hughes went to sleep that night sure he was President of the United States. But the late returns from the West Coast brought California into Wilson's column, and in the morning, Hughes woke to find that the victory had slipped from his grasp. Wilson had been reelected. The threat that had been hanging over the country so long fell during that second administration. Under provocation of Germany's unrestricted submarine campaign, the issue finally came to a head, and in 1917 the country went to war. There were flags and bands playing in the boulevards and the streets of the country. But the quiet man in the White House felt no exultation in the declaration of war. It was, in a way, a defeat. For he felt strongly that war was evil and that a time would come in the history of the world when nations would no longer have to resort to war in order to redress wrongs. The time was not yet, perhaps, but already there was forming in his mind the shadowy outlines of a plan that might, if the world adopted it in good heart, prevent the holocaust of war forever in the future. Once, on a trip to one of the training camps, he spoke informally to the soldiers. They gathered around him, awed that their Commander-in-Chief, that the President of the United States, should be there among them, talking to them easily, talking as man to man. He asked them where they were from, he asked them their names. "Vespucci . . ." "I'm from Milwaukee, sir. My father was a German. I'm just plain American I guess." "They just call me Mike. Irish." "Don't know what I am except maybe Texas." "Palemanski ..." What makes MaiysolMHnlSfOffl The man isn't born who could resist Mary's bright, seductive smile. And that's the way it's been ever since the day she discovered how much better super-fine Pebeco cleans her teeth. As she says, "Pebeco Powder doesn't wash right away when you start to brush. It stays on the job and polishes!" The trick is— the way Pebeco's micro-fine particles hold onto your brush, cling to your teeth while you work. It's this special penetrating polishing agent, so fine it does a super job of gentle cleaning, that makes Mary's teeth so sweet and shining. ■jTi ' I * . f Never a dull molar for you either, dear Reader, if you leave it to Pebeco. Taste its bright, fresh flavor. Revel in that grand "polished" feel as you run your tongue over your teeth. Exclaim, as you admire their special sparkle— "Who? Me?" Pebeco Pete says 60% mors powder for your money, foiks, than average Of 6 OTHER \^ LEAO/NG 6RANOS TOOTH POWDER GIANT SIZE ONLY 2S( Big 10c size, too Super-fine for Super Shine . Copyright 1944, by Lehn & Fink Products Corp. £W ALSO PEBECO TOOTH PASTE— CLEAN. REFRESHING FLAVOR — 10^, 25tf and 50tf 103