Modern Screen (Dec 1954 - Dec 1955)

a toboggan. The older folk, including Mrs. Blyth, stayed behind having coffee. Ann was last man on the toboggan. First time they went down, it felt kind of bumpy. A doubt crossed her mind. "I don't think it's supposed to feel like this." But the sun was shining, the kids were shouting, pulling the toboggan uphill again. Nobody realized how shallow the snow lay. Down they went for the second time, but fast. One of the bumps pitched Ann into the air and back against the hill. Pain stabbed through her. Instinctively she felt at her throat for the medal she'd been wearing, but the chain had snapped. Her hand went groping into the snow, found it, held it tight while she lay there, waiting for the pain to subside. For of course it would subside. It couldn't be anything really serious. A pulled muscle maybe. Pulled muscles, she told herself, hurt very badly. The others had been tossed off, too, but with less violence. They came running now. One of the boys helped her up and over to a tree stump. "Just let me sit here a minute. I'll be all right." But in a sitting position, the pain grew worse — so excruciating that it forced a sob to her throat, which she forced back. Because she had to prove to them and herself — and especially to her mother, unknowing down there in the ski shop — that this was nothing, that presently it would pass. How she managed remains inexplicable, but manage she did to walk down the hill and into the shop. "What's wrong?" asked her mother. "Oh, we were bumped off the sled. No harm done, though." Nan Blyth took one look at her daughter's paper-white face. Turning almost as white herself, she assumed quiet command of the situation. They had friends in San Bernardino. "You can rest there. Then, if you feel better, we'll drive on home." Again Ann walked to the car. But by the time they reach town, she couldn't move and had to be carried into the house. There was no longer any possibility of pretense. All she could do was try to bear the pain. They got her to the hospital, where an intern, hearing that she had been able to walk, decided this must be a case of a strained back and taped her up. After which, on her mother's insistence, X-rays were taken. A mass of quivering nerves now, Ann heard the doctor say: "Well, young lady, that tape will have to come off." She remembers flinching, she remembers his gentle "I'm sorry," answering the mute plea in her uplifted eyes, she remembers how they began peeling the tape off — then she remembers nothing. '"Phe X-rays showed a compressed fracture of the vertebrae. In a special bed that supported her back while her head and feet hung down, Ann lay stunned and incredulous, all the rosy future shadowed by dread, all her thoughts driven toward one she could hardly face — would she ever walk again? The physical discomfort was intense, but nothing compared to her emo:ional turmoil. She was little more than a child. Early hardship had been softened Dy her mother's care. She'd worked from the age of five, but at work she loved. Life, kind until then, now showed itself larsh. Lying there day after endless day, her head spun with the question all aumans ask themselves when some seemngly senseless misfortune drops from the sky. Why should this happen to her? Why now, with everything in life going so well? Each of us finds or fails to find the reply. Ann found it in her mother, who never left her side. Mrs. Blyth wrestled with ler private anguish in private, resolved The ONLY Vaginal Suppository for FEMININE HYGIENE Young Wives Depend on Zonitors Zonitors Eliminate AH Embarrassment Tfaxt Geut Mate. All tkese claims/ Today, modern women everywhere are turning to Zonitors — the greaseless, stainless vaginal suppository which offers so many advantages : 1. Zonitors contain the same powerful and deodorizing type of medication which makes zonite liquid so effective. 2. When inserted, Zonitors instantly release their powerful antiseptic-germicidal medication. 3. Zonitors form a protective hygienic coating which lasts for hours. They are not the old-fashioned greasy type which quickly melt away. 4. Zonitors are absolutely safe to body tissues. They even have a soothing effect. 5. Zonitors completely deodorize. They keep your person so dainty and feminine. 6. A blessing to fastidious young wives. So convenient. Zonitors require no extra equipment. They eliminate all embarrassment. Buy Zonitors today. They are packaged two ways : individually foil-wrapped or in separate glass vials. Zonitors Are Powerfully Effective Yet Harmless Any Photo Copied Up To A $10 PHOTO STUDIO VALUE Only $1' 20 BILLFOLD PHOTOS Double-Weight, Silk Finish, Portrait Paper. Each (2 1/2x3% inch) PHOTO is beautifully DECKLE EDGED. 50 for only $2 Sent on Approval (Send No Money) JUST to get acquainted we will make you these NEW artistic, BILLFOLD PHOTOGRAPHS that are the rage for exchanging with school mates, as gifts and enclosures with greeting cards or in correspondence. SEND NO M n M IT V innt nnnlnfrt 11/1,,. P„ . , ,.•.!»„ 1 .4 „_ _l i„ e cin r r. t r -r -TTi t -r-^ , , . ,, — -w r. • . „ MONEY, just enclose your favorite snapshot or any size photo for 20 or 50 BILLFOLD (Wallet) SIZE PHOTOS (one pose) suitable for framing and keepsakes. Used by thousands of students, teachers, job seekers, parents, movie stars and others. Original returned with your order. Pay postman on arrival plus a few cents for our COD and postage or enclose the money and we prepay. 3-day service. Portrait studio quality and satisfaction guaranteed. Please send within 15 days to MOVYLAND STUDIOS Dept. 94, 211 W. 7th St., DES MOINES 2, IOWA SELL DRESSES new yV [A dress shop in your home I Established New York firm desires ambitious women to sell dresses, suits, featuring the newest New York look. Experience unnecessary. Good commissions. Free dresses to wear as bonus. No investment. Write for sample book. BELLECRAFT FASHIONS, 111 Eighth Ave., Dept. D-10, N.Y. Stop beinq embarrassed about your complexion TO HIDE ALL BLEMISHES 'puo &imm> nr tost!. SOMETHING NEW AND SENSATIONAL IN MAKE &xt*a MONEY FAST CHRISTMAS CARDS ^so !„, I*? 5UPERB SATIN VELOUR & METALLIC ShownchNewCards never beforeoffered ...Getsorders/ast/ FREE SAMPLES of Gorgeous Christmas Cards with Name 60 for$1.50. Giftltems. StationeryjNapkins. Kiddie Books. Several $1 .00 Boxes , ON APPROVAL. Write today! PUR0 CO 1 ,2801 Locust, Dept. 55M. St. Louis 3, Mo. A quick simple way to hide pimples, scars, freckles, birth marks and shadows under the eyes. Quick and dependable. And only 25c in a convenient compact. At dime, drug and department stores. Dept. NUNAILS CO. D-10, 5251 W. Harrison St., Chicago 44 High School Course at Home Many Finish in 2 Years If you did not or cannot finish high school, here is your opportunity. Study in spare time at home. Go as rapidly as your time and abilities permit. Course equivalent to residential school — prepares for college exams. Standard texts supplied. Credit for subjects already completed. Single subjects if desired. Diploma awarded. Be a High School graduate. Start studies now. Free Bulletin. Send coupon. AMERICAN SCHOOL, Dept. H714 Drexel at 58th St., Chicago 37, III. Without obligation, please send FREE descriptive booklet. Name Address . . Canadian Residents: Complete Canadian Course Available. Write American School. 1610 Sherbrooke St. West. Montreal.