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Evening star., 1919-08-17

marched so easily that we kept our
eyes on him as long as we could.
OF course. he partly belongs to me,
but seeing Mans smile of possession
made me wish that had a soldier
all of my own to wave to as he went
swinging along.
II l were operating a printing press
instead Of a fountain pen 1t would
have been an easy matter to select
fitting headlines for this article about
the parade. On these middle sheets
OF my own newspaper I presume l
shall have to put 4 question box. fash
toned after that in our town paper,
ana then devote the last page to
some such soothing department as
Love Lotions of Loony Louise" You
Inspired the idea. with all your uues-
tions, which In the rush of more
pressing news items often fail to
answer. am now going to take
some OF them separately and try to
give you unstinted replies.
Question (No. ~. How is your work
progressing? .,.s.
Answer. Spiendidly. Copying after
Mr.. Jones when he makes his weekly
trim to borrow the lawn mower. l
must start out apologising. 1t Is this
way: The minute L hear the 4:S0 bell
and push back my chair. l push back
also all thought of any business ex-
cept my own from my mind. So when
I write to you ! never think Of men
tioning It. Wen, the mirage about the
raise has faded out and another fad
has taken It's place; this latest Is NOV
Ing. Every week we hear that we
shall move the next. We are all very
eager for the auspicious occasion to
nrriye, not only because we love
changes, but because we are SO tired
OF breathing this same air In each
long, tall, beautiful window Of the
Museum there Is only one little pane
Evening star., 1919-08-17
ILE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. C, AUGUST H. 1919

marked the Optician. a. he motioned
toward the inner apartment. and.
gathering up his boxes and his tools.
he followed the viceroy into the secret
chamber.
When all the coast was clear Wang
Foo and Chang the viceroy sat down
quietly over their tea and pipes to
discuss the mysterious vanishing of
the coral button Of the Ming dynasty.
All the circumstances Of the loss and
It's discovery were gone over and the
names OF all the possible culprits
were softly whispered between them,
as also the different means that might
have been used to dispose OF 1t. The
detective asked his usual careful and
leading questions and made copious
notes In his little leather-covered
book. One important thing was not
mentioned until the end of the inter-
view. namely: the coral button was
IN two pieces. fitting so perfectly to-
gether that the joint was never no.
ticed and held in place by a delicate
and almost invisible wire Of gold
the imitation one of glass was simply
NNS swim picCC. w NO ndu taken tnem!
How had he been able to do it? What
disposition had he made Of them?
These were the three uppermost ques-
tions in Wang Foo's mind as he sat
on the forward deck Of the returning
steamer and saw the net of suspicion
and guilt drawing closer and closer
around the form Of Crystal Ladder"
the Secretary
Good morning. Mr. Westinghouse"
said Chinese caller as the hallboy
ushered him into the Office at the con-
sulate.
"Ah! Good morning. Mr.. Wang"
replied the CONSUL, as he rose to greet
his visitor. What new and interest
ing discovery have you got to report
this morning? You know l have come
to look for something startling now
every time I see you coming down the
path to the Office door,"
You fatter me, sir. have moth
ing especial to report on. but I have
come to ask very peculiar and a
very special favor Of you and"-look-
ing significantly in the direction Of
the consular residence-"of your good
wife, SIR"
well, what may it be? Always de-
Evening star., 1919-08-17

that opens to admit fresh air. You
see, this was built for dead and not
live things. Poor war risk! 1t has had
them, this place, few business
houses and even an old garage put
into use. 1t deserves a new clean
building all it's own.
We are now working on the adjust
ment of allowances. So many fraud
ulent cases were discovered that an
investigation was begun and during 1t
all government allowances were sus-
pended Dependency Is being deter
mined by the answers made on Ques-
tionnaires and some OF the replies are
amusing as we'll as pathetic. One
question is this: Are you engaged in
any gainful occupation? To 1t an old
man replied; No; I am a farmer. But
the best answer I have ever seen was
sent in by mother. She wrote am
the mother of eleven children. Time
alone will tell. ..
9. (No. p. How is the housekeeping
coming alopg? . ,..,.....,
a. IDEAL We each put cetatn
amount in the house money on the
1st of every month. We have every
thing we want to eat for the first two
weeks. The last two we eat what we
can snord, and no company is al
lowed
Q. (No. 81. How do you spend your
Sundays"
A. Don't I ever mention sunday?
That Is queer. We have them all
right. and in the winter, when there
are no Saturday half-holidays, they
are the most important days of the
week. I'll take up last Sunday as a
typical one and describe IL fully.
was up at 3. Nan and Bonnie can
not sleep later than the usual hour. Z
o'clock, 80 they left my breakfast on
Evening star., 1919-08-17

trying to dispose Of them separately.
he had them made into ornaments for
use at the meetings Of The Society Of
the Double Shells one Of the worst
and most exclusive gambling helis
that have ever disgraced the colony"
Yes. and probably stole them In
the hrst place to pay his debts to
some Of the other members and then
begged them to remain In the club
room as ornaments for fear Of detec-
tion II they were disposed Of out.
side"
mo doubt Of 1t. and that Of course
accounts for their being made up
into cigarette cases, which would be
very popular with the jeunesse doree
who patronize the establishment The
Cantonese bar-boy who sold the
pawnbroker the one which you OBJ
tanned was undoubtedly the reputed
agent of the silver establishment who
disposed Of the other to the consul"
when are you going to make your
final report to his excellency?"
Il take the day steamer for the city
tomorrow"
May the blessings of all the bud
dhas be with you as you break the
news to him."
Venerable father. your prayers and
benedictions shall. as always. be my
consolation and protection"
You have done good work and
the Island of Fragrant Waters is we'll
rid Of a curse that has sent many
Of its finest men to the bad
.
Wang Foo on his trip needed no
disguise when he entered the vice.
regal yafnen. His excellency was
waiting to receive him as an hon.
ored guest and after the preliminary
courtesies of tea and smokes they
passed together into the inner apart
ment and the doors were closed.
Wang Foo unwrapped the package
of yellow silk which he drew out of
his sleeve and. laying its contents
before the astonished and delighted
officer, said with the most gracious
of bows: II have the honor to re-
turn to your excellency the famous
coral button of the Mings"
II knew it! I knew it" cried the
viceroy. II was certain from the be-
ginning that Yu Kai. the secretary.
was the guilty party. Clever rascal!
Evening star., 1919-08-17

And 70 think Of his dsing II right
under my own roof and while acting
a. my own most trusted friend anA
helper! Let me seize him at once
and denounce him before all the ya~
men," He rose to open the door
Stop. your excellency." interrupted
Wang Foo; do not put . hand 81
Yu Kai."
And why not. pray?"
Because he II absolutely innocent
and Is now. a. always. your faithful
and devoted secretary" 4
who is the thief, them"
THE thief. your excellency-for you
must now hear the painful truth-ths
thief Is none other than your eldest
son, Wing Choo. who stole the coral
button, substituted for 1t cheap
glass imitation, which he procured at
some curiosity shop; carried the orig"
inal with him to Hongkong and sold
1t to his companions at the Double
Shells Society to pay his gambling
debts"
His gambling debts at the Double
Shells Society! Then. alas! My sus-
picions as to his trips to the island
have been only too true" -,
quite 50. your excellency; and his
friends. thinking they would. be .
valuable asset and ornament for their
club. had them made into cigarette
cases for the use of the wealthy mem-
bers. A dishonest bar boy stole them
from the hall and disposed of them
to parties outside, that is all"
How unfilial! How unfilial." ex4
claimed the aged viceroy as he raised
his arms into the air and implored
the mercy of heaven on the son who
had so miserably failed to reach the
moral standard Of the sages. How
unworthy of the Master and the
teachings are we all! To think that
the grand old name of the Double
Shells, the symbols of eternal friend
ship. should sink to adorn a gam
blers den! For doth not the ancient
poem say:
''As she'll to shell is bound and claspeA
Upon the oceans beach,
SO hand to hand and heart to heart !
True friends to friends do reach.'
Copyright, 1919. by Mcclure syndicsss.)
Evening star., 1919-08-17

lighted to accommodate you when
can. you know"
ut is simply this: I have come to
ask you to allow me to purchase Of
you the silver cigarette case which
Mrs. Westinghouse gave you for
Christmas.
You want to have II 20 with yours,
then. to complete the set, do your"
"Oh. not at all. sir; I shouldn't pre-
sumo to make the request for q pure
ly personal reason or for any selfish
motive whatever. As q matter Of
fact. am not making the request for
myself at all. but for an old and very
dear friend, from whom the articles
were stolen and who is'willing to pay
almost any price to have them back
again."
We'll. Of course, Mr.. Wang. neither
Mrs. Westinghouse nor I wish to be
the receivers or purchasers Of stolen
property, and II you are quite positive
as to the facts, why here Is the case
now, and you can take it away with
you for exactly what we gave for 1t.
I presume you will add your own to
1t so as to make the set complete. will
you not?
Most certainly. sir, and I am more
indebted to you than l can express"
1T wouldn't be proper for me to ask
your friends name, would it?"
Perfectly proper for you to ask it,
sir, but. l regret to say, absolutely i'm
possible for me to answer 1t is a
matter that involves the honor of a
family of very high standing. and 1
am bound to inviolate secrecy"
Wrapping the cigarette case care
fully up in handkerchief of yellow
silk-after having shared with the
consul the last two rolls of tobacco
which it contained-Wang Foo handed
over on the spot the full value of the
purchase and hurried back to his home
in Red Cloud alley.
Early in the evening the old abbot
arrived from the Temple of the Queen
Of Heaven and assembled to the detec-
tive's upper sanctum, where he saw
the two silver cases lying next to
each other upon the table and Wang
Foo reinserting the two corals in
their settings. from which he had
very carefully removed them.
You see, venerable father, they
are both here" ne exclaimed. Your
theory was quite correct Instead Of
Evening star., 1919-08-17
. .AR DAD:
Living in Washington is as
- good as being the heroine of

- good as being the heroine OF
a Mary Roberts Rinehardt
novel. Every day is as full of Incl
dents as a page in book. Your part
in the novel-for you know you can
not be left out of anything I do
will be to read it chapter by chap
ter as I mail it to you.
The one you are commencing be-
gins with the military toot of the
United States Marine Band. Atten
tion! Halt! Can't you see them COM
ing, row after row of khaki, the
President in the lead? Our brave boys
home again. l have always wanted to
see real parade down Pennsylvania
avenue. Yesterday l had my wish.
was mashed up in about the happiest.
hottest. wettest-eyed mass of hu-
manity l have been in since the ar
mistice night. 1t was the victory or
home coming parade. But there was
nothing paradey about it. except the
way the policemen tried to keep peo-
pie off of the Avenue; it was not
spectacular; 1t was not even pretty.
1t was-well, can you imagine any
thing simpler and looking less like
a celebration than waves and waves
of weary-faced men arrayed in that
disappearing shade, that Is our uni
form, marching down a wide street
and occasionally, interspersed be-
tween waves. a few pieces of military
machinery, once camouhaged. per-
haps. but now after drenchings and
dryings almost the color of mud? Yes,
it was a plain as that. But. somehow,
no one missed the color on the street,
for the red of the battles was not SO
far away and the blue serenity Of the
sky hung close over the scene. and the
purity Of the Ideals for which those
marching figures fought was present
in the minds Of all Of us. So in our
hearts. dad. we had color, plenty OF
it. and 1t was the same com bination
as that in the hands Of the standard
bearers. =" >
1t does seem, at hrst thought, that
on such joyous occasion there would
have been more demonstration Of Joy.
But the feeling was too deep to shout
over. I imagine that the men who
were back from France were trying
to realize the blesseduess Of being at
home again. and those who did not
20 over were trying to adjust their
minds to a pre-war basis.
The JOY crystallixed into tears,
though, when a caisson appeared filled
with flowers and over 1t a banner on
which there WAS n gold star in honor
of those who now were sleeping in
poppy fields. And, dad. the soldiers
of today were not the only ones to
march. According to the Importance
of the present in American ideas, they
came first; after them the past was
represented by the proudly erect civil
war veterans. and last. the future
cast its coming shadows in the fig
ures Of the high school cadets. Mans
sergeant marched-we call him Sam
now--and he looked SO tall and
Evening star., 1919-08-17

Having Bonnie with US, dad. 10 re-
freshing. We have both been here
so long now that we are seeing the
city through it's own blase she'll
trimmed glasses of sophistication. Bon
MES country specs carry US back
to those good old days when every
thing alike was new and entertaining.
This concludes the question box for
this issue.
Now for the last sheet. Oh. dad, you
were right when you told me that 1
had no idea what might lie in store
for me in this city. But with all our
guesses neither you nor l would have
picked out a tall aviator, wearing his
rainbow bar and trying to walk erect
ly, in spite of his stiif leg, would we?
Lieut.. Belson came home last night,
home to our apartment, because where
l am, home is, he says.
had heard nothing from him since
that note about his departure. l did
not nave date, not an uncommon
thing any longer, with his absence
and Jacks discharge. l answered the
door. thinking it was the little girl
bringing up the milk bottle l had
on an apron over my serge work
dress, and my dish towel was in my
hand l know l looked surprised, be-
cause he laughed as though weQ
pleased with nimself and came in
without an invitation, took me by the
hand. puiied me over to the daven,
port and we sat down.
For one time he did all the talking
and 1 the listening. You know how
YOU have always smiled at me in that
quiet, funny way of yours when de-
clared that l WAS going to spend my
honeymoon motoring in southern
France-such far-fetcned ideas az
children will get. had told him
that, too. SO without any INTRODUCES
ton, he told me that he had come to
take me on motor trip in the res
gion of Nice with himself as chaufa
feur.
did not grasp his meaning at 6rsts
But he hurr.eI on to tell me that he
was being sent over in connection
with the French commission and that
by piece or luck he could take ME,
too. Since we would have 10 leave
for New York that same night, he had
already chosen a preacher, who was
then waiting 10 perform the ceres
mony. lie had reserved table at the
hotel for our wedding dinner. He
had mapped 1t out.
1t was very unusual dad. Nan was
in the bedroom dressing while she
waited for Bonnie and Sam to come
back from seeing some friends and
take her to a movie. expected them
to burst in every minute. | did not
know why Lieut. Belson should pre-.
sumo that we were alone
You see that I did not go. Aod
IL you have sny fcars that he IS > Il.
hiding somewhere, waitiar fpr ue
Ccntinued o. Tebt'l tagc.l
Evening star., 1919-08-17

the stove for me to finish preparing,
and SO forth, which did. You see,
last night was the coloners final one
in the city, and SO it would have been
rude to have refused him the engage
ment, wouldn't it? 1 am sorry to re-
port that 1 could never get him in the
habit, even once, of taking Nan out
with US. We saw a musical comedy
and as a result l was pretty sleepy
next morning. Also l had the weeks
house se-cleaning to do. Colonels and
dinners and house cleaning do not as
scciate we'll on the same evening.
That took another hour and brought
the hands of my wrist watch around
to II o'clock. BY that time I was not
ready for church. as I would have
been if l We're at home with nothing
to do so I put all thought of it out of
my mind, and did some mending that
was absolutely necessary before Mon
day, and polished my shoes--see how
saving I am-and brushed my suit,
and countless other little things; a
manicure, too. Nan had to stay at
home to wash her hair; that is what
the day was invented for, most of us
think At least. IL it were not for
Sunday I suppose we war workers
should have to wear ours short. as
the men do. Bonnie and Sam went to
church and he came back for dinner.
which Nan had ready. He almost
lives here now since his sister has
come. and anyway his time is pre-
cious. for he Is expecting his dis
charge any week now.
Dinner was over. had the table
coyererd again with the linen runner.
the girls had the kitchen spotless
and Jack had arrived. all by . O'Clock.
william Jennings Bryan was to speak
in the Liberty Hut and; everybody
wanted to go. was the only one
who had heard him, and. having
strange dislike to staying a:one. T
went, too.
We decided on movie for the
afternoon. Bonnie was shocked at
hAct, out cuC Couiu uOt punt Out any
good reason why we should not 60
at that time OF the day, SO We all
went.
To appease Bonnie's conscience
which sounds as IL we did not have
any, and we dove went to church
that evening, We took her to hear
DR.. Gordon. Before he begins his
sermon he usually has row Of girls
sitting on the steps of the pulpit, be-
cause all other availa bic seating room
is occupied. Since we had something
to cat downtown, we were there a
little after Z, and then we had to
occupy seats pretty far back. His
subject, I think. was. "Col. House
the Man Of Mystery" to which ne.
gave spiritual Interpretation in the
light OF present word events. Bon
ME was much impressed, because she
never heard such sermons at home
and none OF us got sleepy--it was
quite interesting
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-04-11
Ranch and Rance
The Price of

Hogs, 100; market, $3.50 to $40.
Sll-j0 10 Sl3.75.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-04-11
The Price Of Peace
SUNFLOWERS FOR SILAGE
ON COLORADO RANCHES
Reports Of Investigations by the Fort
Collins Agricultural College on
Matter Of Tremendous Importance
to Our County.

The Colorado Agricultural College
has just issued Extension Bulletin
No. 1854 Series /, on sunfiowers for
silage. Il Is 20 interesting and means
50 much to the stock industry Of our
county. that News-Chanpion viii pub
lish the bulletin entire in two or three
installments- Here is something We
can do, i. e., try out sunfowers this
summer under different conditions and
see If we can grow them successfully
There appears 10 be little doubt about
their silage value. II they will stand
our cool spring and fall weather.
then Gunnison county will have ac-
quired at last a silage crop that will
mean twenty tons of feed to the acre
instead Of one or two. What would
that mean 10 the stock business here,
both dairy and feeder? The Bulletin
is prepared by G. S. Ray.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-04-11
PASTURES FOR HOGS

II. A. Lingreen:
IL is soon time for the alfalfa to
be coming on. Most all of the local
hog raisers are using the alfalfa for
summer pasturing. There is no feed
that will produce growth in pigs more
economically than alfalfa pasture sup
plemented with little grain While
the pigs are young and growing they
Will produce gains on alfalfa pasture
with less grain than at any other per-
iod Of their lives. Pigs from wean-
ers to l25 lbs. in weight will put on
100 lbs. of gain with approximately
$50 lbs. of grain. At the present
prices of grain one can produce pork
at Sc per pound under this system. 1t
is wise to provide the alfalfa pasture
and take advantage of this economical
production.
~The Price Of Peace
CHICKENS DO WELL AT HIGH
ALTITUDE NEAR PARLIN
That it pays to keep a record of
poultry raised and whether they are
paying their own way or otherwise, is
shown by the number of excellent egg
stories We have been receiving from
various parts of the county. From
Parlin, comes the latest:
We're H. Loucks, who has q ranch
near Iris, at an altitude of about $500
feet, sends US the following record of
his hens. He says: I'VE have l3
Black Minorca pullets and six White
Leghorns, all pure bred. The first
eggs We got was December 81, 1918.
During that month We got % eggs;
January 1919, We got 1856 eggs; Feb
ruary, 224 eggs; March, up to Satur-
day, 22, 220 eggs. This makes an
average Of "a 2-19ths eggs for each
hen from December II, 1918, to March
Mr.. Loucks also explains the meth
cd Of feeding his chickens. The fowls
have q good hen house with q scratch
ing room containing windows to the
south, and are fed wheat, straw and
grain, the chickens threshing it them
selves. They are also fed meat cut
from the carcasses Of jackrabbits
trapped on the ranch. The hens are
given plenty Of ground bone.
-TAe Price sf Peace
GOOD RECORD WITH DAIRY
COWS AT lola !
J. r. Berg was in our city Non
day, driving his fiver up for the frst |
time since November. Says the road
is getting good, but lola folks Ger
tainly held their breath watching for
the ice to go out. Last Thursday
night, the two mile stretch Of solid |
four foot ice above the state bridge
started to move and by morning had
without the slightest
damage. This was because favorable |
weather had rotted this ice until it |
ground up as it moved. A river rajse |
earlier in March would have done
damage.
Mr.. Berg is milking fine bunch Of |
Jersey cows this winter, his cream
check running to $50 and 500 q week,
during the high prices Of cream. when |
it hung around rs cents for butter fat.
The sudden drop to 40 cents in ten
days neafiy caused heart failure for
dairymen, but there is reason to be-
lieve the settled price, now 56 cents,
will even rise above that figure rarh-
CT than 90 down.
SFAe Price 81 Peoees
Nrs. Nita Comstock came in from
Denver Sunday morning for visit
with home folks.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-04-11
uNsHAKEN TESTIMONY

Time is the test of truth. And
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test. No Gunnison resident who suf-
fers backache or annoying urinary ills
can remain unconvinced by this twice.
told testimony.
w. J. Faircloth, 321 Main Street,
Delta, Colo. says: while living in
Omaha, suffered with kidney COM
plaint. The chief annoyance was .
weak and painful back. My Kidneys
acted irregularly and the secretions
were too free in passage. Two boxes
Of Doan's Kidney Pills cured me, and
! am always pleased to give them my
highest endorsement" (Statement
given January 9, l913.)
On March 22, 1917, Mr.. Faircloth
said: II publicly recommended Doan's
Kidney Pills in 1918 and I am still .
strong endorser Of them. The, cure
they brought me has been perma.
nent"
Price eoc. at all dealers. Donr
simply ask for kidney remedy-eet
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same t6sf
Mr.. Faireloth had. Foster.Milburn
Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo. N. "