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DOWN YOU GO"
says Carmelita Pope, "when a great day arrives but there's no one to share it with you!"
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What could compare with this, Carmie wonders as she holds baby Bruce — how could she and Chuck ever have hesitated, heeding that old warning: "Marriage and careers don't mix?"
Joyous music of the wedding recessional filled the vaulted church. Radiant in white satin, her veil swirling delicate as a cloud, the bride swept down the aisle on the arm of her proud new husband.
All eyes were watching them — except the maid-of-honor's.
Carmelita Pope, now the quick-witted charmer of DuMont's and Mutual's Down You Go, searched each pew as she passed. Near the rear of the church she saw him and, from the way her face lighted in recognition, it was evident that romance in the Pope family, that September day in Chicago, was not confined to elder sister Clarissa and her bridegroom, Major James Mancuso.
Carmelita beamed even brighter when, at the wedding reception, she presented the young man to her new brother-in-law.
"Here's Charles Ballenger," she said. Then, suddenly too shy to speak of his importance in her own life, she identified him by his job. "I'm sure Clare wrote you about Chuck. He's a reporter on the Tribune."
It was the young man's turn to be confused as a schoolboy. Uncomfortably aware his collar was wilted and his hair standing on end, he straightened his tie and apologized, "More reporter than wedding guest at the moment, I'm sorry to say."
Carmie's eyes went wide. "Oh, Chuck, what happened?"
Chuck fidgeted. "I couldn't get the day off, but I thought I'd be able to sneak away for a while."
Carmelita held her breath. She had a hunch the situation would get worse.
It did. Chuck (Continued on page 99 )
Carmelita Pope is a regular panel member on Down You Go — seen on Du Mont Television, Fri., 10:30 P.M. EST, as sponsored by Carter's Little Liver Pills, Arrid, and Rise — also heard on Mutual Radio, Sat., 7:30 P.M.
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