Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1930)

.t top speed at all times. Raising my hand n passionate pleading, I began to orate. ■'Friends, please use your common sense ibout this whole affair. Standing before •Qu is a man who has always had a fine eputation for his inimitable work in the ield of deductive reasoning. True, I was jresent, in an astounding degree, in each nstance when Barthelmess missed the fatal «venty dollars — but I beg of you to look 'jpon that as a mere coincidence. Let me ;ell you something of the owner of this 3oat. In the first place, he never has lost 'seventy dollars even once. It is a total delusion (as we say in court). His claims :o have lost this same amount on two different occasions amounts to what we term a delusion of grandeur. I doubt if he ever had seventy dollars. He is in a sad condition, according to the Sfjecialists we have visited. Seventy is the one number that will throw him off his r^ular balance. Believe him not!!" The Last "Seventy" Vanishes AND I am glad to relate to my audience ^ that the guests sided with me on the whole thing, and that very little was said with reference to the missing money during the remainder of the evening. It was later, while most of the others were busily engaged in dancing that Dick told me of his plans to buy a special sort of motor for his outboard "put-put" and gavt me the name. It was the mention of the price ($140.00) that almost froze the blood in my veins. Here was my great opportunity to show my prowess. It was A ith much happiness that I bade the others idieu and made my way home. The next iiorning I was to meet Dick at the boat. Is it necesssary to say that I came beariig a motor which had cost exactly the . sum and total of the money he had missed? Twice seventy dollars — S140.00. Now we would see what would happ)en to the curse of seventy! After we had affixed the motor to the rear end of the little craft, Dick got aboard and started the thing humming. Quite a crowd had gathered as we were working, and so about thirty people saw Dick shove off alone in the boat. I stayed behind to watch the results of my plan. Now the mystery would be solved — or the curse would be destroyed forever! As the boat gained mid-stream, the motor suddenly spit a jet of livid flame and the entire craft sank slowly out of sight. It was only the horrible screams of the onlookers that covered my slight laugh as the boat sank beneath the waves. The curse of the "Seventy" was drowned for all time. Philo Vance and his deductive powers had triumphed again! Oh, what do you make of it, Watson? Color jui, laiy ui,.it.i :>..h^_ lu.n )0H feel so Hlltrl) feminine" Dorothy Dix h/L abaid Yenumne C^karni^ Another myrtery : where are Clara Bow's flowers coming from now? "MISS DiX. what IS ehe secret t)f charm? Girls no prettier than I am are happily married with dear little homes of their own. >X'on't the rijjht man e\er fall in hive with me — " KVELVN S HERE IS the real truth. Evelyn. It is jtniininit) in a girl that arouses a man's desire to take care of her. marr)' her. But first of all, you must feel yt)ur own dainty, captivating femininity. Confidence of Charm (-lothes can help to give a girl this happy confidence of charm. Especially all the dainty , most feminine part of a girl s wardrobe, her lingerie, negligees, hosiery. Lovely, soft colorful underthings — they make you feel st) utterly y^w/M/w. Irresistible! And because you have confidence in yourself, you impress others — for confidence is contagious. Girls sometimes say. "It is so difficult to keep lovely underthings looking wonderful, colorful as new — frequent washings take awav color and charm. " It is true that just ordinary "good " soaps Jo take out some of the color along with the dirt. But this will never be the case if you wash them always in Lux. L//.v is made especially 10 keep colors vibrantly alive! Your Surroundings. Too Your surroundings can also add to your charm! Pretty curtains, cushions, colorful table linens, all form part of the magic spell, when kept ever lovely with Lux! Dorothy Dix Lineerie after 12 Lux washings — e>er> thread in place, silk and lace fibres intact, color intact. The Karmcoi retains the charm of ne« ! After 1 2 KashinKs with ordinar> "leood" soap — silk fibres a little out of place, lace damaxed. lustre impaired, the charm of color loM. 83