Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1942)

Love Is for Keeps Continued from page 23 much later that night, and she tried to laugh with me as I gave her an account of the evening's foolishness. But there was a strange combination of amazement and hurt in her eyes. I wouldn't let myself take notice of it, wouldn't let anything spoil the remembrance of the fun I had had. "He's in love with you," Miggs said slowly, and her even white teeth caught her underlip. "Don't be silly," I said. "It's not silly. Tommy's been making calf-eyes at you from the moment he first saw you." There was a bitterness in her voice that I had never heard there before. "Don't be silly," I repeated, trying to believe what I was saying. "Tommy's just — just a child. Tonight was fun, but I'd go crazy doing that sort of thing all the time." But I lay awake for a long time that night. No, I wouldn't admit that I was in love with Tommy. I wouldn't face that fact. But I drew a split hair line of difference, admitting that maybe I was falling in love with him. Dwight's troubles about the motion picture contracts continued, and he sent his proxy often after that. Then he went out of town, leaving Tommy with instructions to "keep an eye on the girls." But after that there was no pretense that Tommy came to see Miggs; that I was only secondary. I selfishly left Miggs to shift for herself and monopolized every moment of Tommy's attention. OH, being with Tommy was fun, and I needed fun! I kept telling myself that, willing myself to believe that I was just having a postponed fling, especially when I saw the hurt in Migg's eyes. I just gave myself up to having the kind of fun I'd never had before. But Miggs' face reproached me, nagged at me like a guilty conscience, although she never said one word in protest. In vain I told myself that it wasn't my fault. Could I live Tommy's life for him? Could I make him love her, even if I wanted to? Besides, young hearts are fickle — Miggs' would mend. And then, with a stab, I had to admit that Tommy's was a young heart, too. Would it tire of me? Was I letting myself in for a terrible blow? Because I knew that these things could well be true, I still wouldn't admit that I loved him. I just put off thinking about it, crowding the unpleasant thoughts into the back of my mind, filling my head with minuteto-minute thoughts without troubling about the future, giving myself up wholly to the time-filling business of having fun. We danced late into the night, we went to an amusement park, we lay on the beach in the sun, we rode horseback — all the silly, lovely things I'd never done. One afternoon Tommy brought me back to the apartment after a ride in the park. "I'm going home to change," he said, "and come back to take you to that Russian place for dinner. We'll have a swell time — " He turned to go, and then suddenly he had swung around again, and caught me close to him, buried my face against his rough, man-smelling tweed riding coat. His mouth was NOVEMBER, 1942 Can twins be divorced ? The Davis Twins, United Air Lines Stewardesses, tell how Pepsodent Tooth Powder came between them. "We're typical twins, Athalie and I. Look alike, dress alike, share the same problems of mistaken identity. We've always been together on everything. . . except once. That was the time I 'divorced' my twin . . . for test purposes only. I switched to Pepsodent Tooth Powder. Athalie went right on using another well-known brand." "Even when we dressed alike, people began to know us apart. My teeth became twice as bright as my twin's . . . thanks to Pepsodent ! It was easy to tell who was who . . . but not for long. Athalie had enough of our trial separation. So she switched to Pepsodent, too. And is she glad ! Nothing but Pepsodent for us from now on." Davis twins confirm laboratory proof that Pepsodent Powder makes teeth TWICE AS BRIGHT INDEPENDENT LABORATORY TESTS FOUND NO OTHER, DENTIFRICE THAT COULD MATCH THE HIGH LUSTRE PRODUCED BY PEPSODENT. BY ACTUAL TEST; PEPSODENT PRODUCES A LUSTRE ON TEETH TWICE AS BRIGHT AS THE AVERAGE OF ALL OTHER LEADING BRANDS! For the safety of your smile... use Pepsodent twice a day... see your dentist twice a year 61