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checks. But for the first two weeks
of her month people came in streams
to the little tea room. as they always
do to new place, and Margaret's un-
VARYING service and the fame OF her
wafles carried her through the break
ers triumphantly. !.
Among the customers whom she had
begun to designate as "regulars' was
n young man who appeared for two
meals--breakfas and dinner--every
day. He was punctual to the minute
s o'clock sharp for breakfast, 7:15 in
the evening for dinner. He was quiet
and polite and never joked with her
or with Hilda. the maid, as some of
the others did this fact Margaret sub
consciously noted in his favor. He
spent his breakfast time looking over
the morning paper, and his evening
meal seemed to be devoted as much to
figuring as eating; he would draw
diagrams on a slip of paper which he
Invariably carried in his pocket, eat
ing mechanically the while; Margaret
even experienced a feeling OF pique
as be once allowed her waffles TO get
cold, so absorbed was he in his strange
bieroglyphics.
One morning well on in the third
month OI MHrgHTet Neuture, ne dp-
peared as usual for breakfast the day
passed o'clock arrived and the
tables began to fill; 7:15-and Mar
garet found herself looking at the door,
expecting her 'star boarder," as she
called him in her mind. But he did
not appear.
"You silly thing!' she said. ud-
dressing herself.> Hes nothing to
you. What do you care whether or
not he comes here again? Hcs-yes.
sir; eighty, ninety, one dollar--good
night'' This last aloud to a departing
customer.
But he was not there the next morn
ing, nor all that day. In fact, and
when two days had passed without his
temperance Margaret gave him up for
lost and attended to her other Gus
toners.
His departure seemed to have bad
effect on her fortune, however, for
when she balanced her books at the
nd Of the month she found herself f0c-
ing a deficit. Her success during. the
earlier days of her venture had been
in large degree the result of the
curiosity which leads people to try new
places; and even the excellence Of her
waffles had not been able to hold many
of the palate weary passersby who had
como as an experiment. A new and
flasher tearoom had opened only q
block awny--a tearoom with mattresses
in smocks and aprons, with shaded
lights and even the attraction OF n
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TRIPARTITE PACT
FAVORED IN JAPAN

Toxic. July 11.-(By A. PAN
agreement by the United States. Great
Britain and Japan on Pacific problems
as a desirable precursor or accompani-
ment to any renewal of the Anglo Jap
ancse alliance is finding favor with
japanese publicists who seem to believe
that negotiations to that end have been
started.
This dispatch was filed before the
announcement in Washington of Presi-
dent Harding'S informal invitation to
Great Britain. France, Italy and Japan
to participate in conference on limi-
tatiOn of armaments.)
The Chugai Shogyo Shimpo. the or
gan Of the business world. declares that
the Anglo japanese alliance would only
have significance If directed against the
United States. IF renewal of the al
lance is merely for international eti-
quette." the newspaper says, I'VE can
not but think it meaningless. We be-
lieve it is more urgent to conclude n
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Lloyd George to
Discuss u. s. Plan
Continued from PAGE One

Continued from Page One
Of intense interest to the people through
out this country.
The preliminaries which led up to
President Harding's invitation are un-
derstood here to have involved a long
conversation between Ambassador Har-
vey and lord Curzon at the Foreign
Office last Thursday at which the whole
question wac discussed. As a result
of this the Ambassador was able to In
form the Washington Government, 1t
appears. that the time was ripe for a
formal declaration on the part OF the
United States.
The London press today emphasized
the part the Dominion Premiers played
In forcing the issue, and the Evening
Standard In its news article. Inks the
name Of Nicholas Murray Butler, pres
ident Of Columbia University, with the
present development. mentioning him ms
having "come over ostensibly for hol-
iday. but In reality to. knit the Inks
Of understanding with Ambassador
Harvey on the one hand and LORD Cur
zon on the other as representing the
two Governments.
Comment in the evening newspapers
TODAY on the move made by l'rcsideht
Harding was most favorable President
Harding. SAYS the Evening News. may
he assured that his preliminary inquiry
IL welcome by none more than by the
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POCers to Accept
Harding Proposal
Ccns,nsed from Pasc One

.t...s,. .. -. -. a.
W i'aNe WIN reRnru to the
auiaDce tomorrow, but that this was de-
pendent upon ''the replies received from
The J,n,tod s,a,o. I. cut. :,
r,s,,, '"pa" ""u .nina'
Haruihs move with regard to limi-
3 tntfOu of armament was described by
ecme OF his advisers as the second step
An the workirv an, ~ h,s ,n,or,o,;o.,
p"sn' auop''on VI the peace resolu-
tion having been first. Before that
resolution was nut through Convress
!, n. ,.rt o,,t ;nforno, ..foolor.., -. a..
o"' '"' eetei" U" t"e
subject OF disarmament. He now has
gone q step forward In the DEVELOPMENT
of this program
proroso,s for a oo,t0ro,oo 81, ,,
d;sarmnnnant u,oro nado =, ~ Tl VIII
soma months AGO. and n tnsol,,t;nS he
Senator Rorab Renuh,icor TJobc
asking Tho President tn inyito Great
Rritain and lamar 20 co,,fn. ,,;,L ,Lo
Tinted states on Tho onestiop of lin.
itinq naval construction has been rods
n mart Of tho Naval Annronriation Bill
and accented botb hv Tho Senat" ,nn
House
,,,
ne L. rps,ut"s, ,uL s,,n noMeter, ~ aaprnrtn,N
op;r;as have boen addrossod - Fromco
and ItaIy as vol nnJ thorn 10 ,otbi,.
IN tho State Dernrtmept anporncor,ont
80 s,,raost ,bot ,,,o I;r'itat;o,, 10 H.
srr,aments no cont;rod soIoi, - W ,onnl Wv"
carstrnct;o, ~ u" a.
,,-,
:, when the disarmament. question was
discussed IN congress various proposals
were made tnat any conference on thlS
SUBJECT contemplate reduction ot
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THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
A Successful Failure
BY FREDERICK HART

When Margaret Anderson started the
blue Rose" Tea Room she had no
premonition of failure. The neighbor.
hood where she had rented her two
small rooms was quiet but populous
there seemed to her to be good
chance for place that advertised
home cooking and dainty surroundings.
She had little money-enough. she
was sure. to keep going until the credit
side Of her very new ledger should
show balance in her favor. Her cook =
ing she was sure Of, her home train
ing had made her waffles famous.
The expenses OF the first instala-
tion were heavier than she had
imagined her helper demanded pay
ment in advance and large payment
at that; the furniture she bought at
secondhand stores, her good taste
standing her in good stead; silver,
china. etc. kitchen supplies-she had
a very slender balance left in the bank
when she had finished writing the
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three piece orchestra on so..s \.
ernoon, and many OF bsr
had fed thither. As Margn -. euaoq11
OF o'clock on the njrht ~ !, sst sloa&
first she reflected bittcriv ,ne thiftys
she had written the lasf ohst hst wha
niUtrow NOR mere would be nothin. u
Steadily she had lost mo,o e nnsines
mao gone gone with the shrinking I bs,dao aops
n, "A knock on the door start,sa asU. U.
liast',y sne sat up, dabbcd bsru nef.
Win her handkerchief Who ~, ,eyr
oe az tnis iate hour? She thought bH,o n,it
thriil OF horror OF collecters VIA
might nave learned of her misf, who
ana descended vulture- like to ;clItaM n;ol
oones; tnt the thought wns IN iosutht utht
ana shs put 1t out of her head '~snsA, ~A,
ngeous'y she went to the doc, ouf.
opened "; we don't serve aM
eight- she was beginning wh,s stt1
s,"pP y"n sSe %''s s,cl,mas i,,tls gasp. oh-it.
Into the small circle Of I;,,.
by the desk lamp stepped the ", ,. GO
lnan-her erstwhile star W yous
Yes he replied ungrammo,;rasr' m,;srasr'
its me-" Then he looked
sharply, and then at the onen at hr
You've been cryingu' he ,eoscf.
Il have not" che eScIoim,uvssysM.
dignantly. Who was this ouea yo,,sa "a.
accuse her Of shedding tenrs,' ,'yp.n 70
voice trcmbled In spite Of herssit ner
q moment she braved IL ont .n. fw
overstraiued nature gave wnr "u tneu
went her head on the desk pVvn
sobs broke forth. ""u hw
''Oh, there isn't any use," a..
claimed despairingly. "Evo,rr.use, rue Is
gone wrong-tbe Blue Rose Is n,nss
ure. and 80 nm I---nothing's been laII.
since you left" she stonnod IsAt
rifed at what she had said ny.
young man laughed out, and snds s M
she found herself in his arms MtsuenN
to words that made her fecl bannaans
over. $3.50. pps
Dear the young man was
you remember those diagrams worL.I L
on SO muchy Well, they were nlsss
for a new invention Of mine-an1 M.
Il. big success came back to tel ~
about it--and to tell you that I've "
in love with YOU for two months IN ~.
l didn't want. to say anything N, ~!
was. sure that my machine would "
and It has-and I've come bact ~
you ~
Smiling through her tears. she ,oo,.
ZIP at him. '''NS
Il knew that my life would n.
succcss-if you came back" she nj
New Complete Novelette-
Agree to Disagree" "a
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tripartite agreement on Pacific ques-
tons
The Hochi Shimbun believes the
United States could adhere to an en-
tente founded on armament restriction
1t urges Japan to concentrate it's ef-
forts toward securing such an agree
ment. declaring it believes there Is no
need of an offensive and defensive alli-
ance with Great Britain.
The Yomi Tri Shimbun thinks it i'm
perative for Japan to secure an under
standing with the United States con =
cernng Japanese policies in the Pacific.
The Jill Shimppo says Japan would be
ready to participate in conference on
disarmament should President Harding
call one.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
WASHINGTON SENDS
ATHLETES TO MEET

Eighty-four Washington athletes
representing Georgetown, Catholic
University. Western High School,
Central High School, Tech High and
Aloysius Club will run tonight in the
annual Johns Hopkins indoor track
meet in the Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore.
Georgetown is going over with the
avowed purpose of cleaning mp in
the South Atlantic events. Virginia,
Hopkins. Catholic University and
Washington and Lee athletes are also
entered.
In the open events the Hilltoppers
are making bid for premier honors,
although Princeton, Lafayette, Penn
State. Lehigh and Pennsylvania will
probably have first-string stars in
competition.
The Hopkins meet assumed larger
proportions this year than ever be-
fore. An attempt was made to make
the indoor carnival something on the
order OF the outdoor Penn relay
games.
Some of the best relay teams in
the country are entered and will COM
pete tonight.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
EXTENSIVE SCHEDULE
IS ANNOUNCED FOR REDS

CINCINNATI. Feb. 2s.-An exten-
sive schedule of practice games has
been completed for the Cincinnati
National League baseball club, be-
ginning March IL with a six-game
series in Texas with the Columbus
team of the American Association.
The schedule follows:
March IL, IL. 13, II, Is. 1s, Column
bus, at Cisco and Ranger, on alter
nate days; March II, Is, Fort Worth,
at Cisco; March 10, 20. Chicago Amer
leans, at Fort Worth; March FL, 22,
Columbus, at Cisco; March "a, %,
Dallas, at Cisco; March 2s. 81, Cleve-
land, at Dallas; March Is; Detroit. at
Fort Worth; March 30, Oklahoma
City, at Oklahoma City; March 80,
Tulsa, at Tulsa: March 81, Enid, at
Enid; April ], wichita, at Wichita
April 2, 3, Kansas City, at Kansas
city: April 4, 5, Joplin, at Joplin
April 6, Z, Indianapolis, at Indian
apolis; April Q, 10. Cleveland, at Gin
cinnati
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Eight high schools and eight
preparatory school teams have been
invited to compete in the George
Washington University interscholas-
tic championship basketball tourna-
ment which will be three-day af-
fair in the Central Coliseum, Ninth
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
beginning March 10. Baltimore, An
napolis and Rockville teams from
Maryland; Alexandra, Va, teams
and District high and prep schools
have been asked to compete.
From Baltimore the Baltimore City
College. Loyola High School. and
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute teams
Vile and Annapolis High Schools, of
Maryland have been sent bids.
Episcopal High and the Alexandra
High School, of Alexandria, Va are
expected to compete. Central, West
ern. Business, Eastern and Tech. the
local high schools and Georgetown
Prep. Gonxaga, Army and Navy Prep
and st. Albans have been invited.
COMPOSED OF LETTER MEN.
The tournament WIN be run under
tho auspices Of the &C. W." Club. of
George Washington. which is COM
posed of all letter men In the uni
versity. The club was formed last
fall and is headed by Eugene Under
wood, last years basketball captain.
According to present plans there
will be sixteen teams competing IN
two sections, q high school and prep
school section. The winners Of the
two sections will be champions of
their class and will meet Saturday
afternoon March IL at p. m.
Games will start Thursday morn
ing or IL the teams drawn for that
morning are unable to play arrange
ments will be made to conduct the
games in a neutral gymnasium.
Friday afternoon four games will be
staged and Friday night the semi
final will be run off. Officials will be
selected from the District Board of
Approved Officials and all games will
have two men working.
BALTIMORE IN TOURNAMENT.
Assurance has been given that
Baltimore's strong representatives
will be in the tournament. The AFFAIR
this year will carry the South
Atlantic interscholastic championship.
1t is expected that the tournament
will assume larger proportions each
year as 1t has been limited this
season on account of the March
activities here and the fact that but
sixteen teams can be accommodated.
The Baltimore teams were sounded
out some two weeks ago, and An
napolis High School getting informa-
tion of the affair sent in an entry at
that time Virginia schools further
down tile line have written in asking
for particulars. and it is expected that
if, the teams invited cannot compete
some of the larger prep schools in
the Old Dominion will be asked to
compete.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
M|SKE WOULD FACE
BILL BRENNAN NOW

Billy Miske, the st. Paul heavy
weight, is ready to start another
climb with the heavyweight cham
pionship as his boal. He realizes now
that II was a mistake for him to meet
Jack Dempsey when he did, shortly
after he had recovered from an i'll
ness which kept him idle for more
than a year.
Since his reverse at Benton Harbor
he rested until he felt his strength
had fully returned, and in his tryout
bout met Lee Anderson, tough negro,
At Portland, Ore. Anderson is one
Of the toughest of the colored brigade,
and A short time before boxing Miske
nut an abrupt end to the string of
victories Sam Langford had been
running up on the Pacific slope, beat
Sn9 the '"Tar Baby in every one of
the ten rounds they scrapped.
Miskc went to the Coast to meet
anyone selected for him, but did not
expect that he would be asked to box
a negro. Nevertheless, he went
through with his contract and gave
Anderson the worst beating of his
career.
The Boston man was knocked down
eieanly in the third and sixth and
eighth rounds, and at the close of the
bout which was for ten rounds, he
was the worst cut-up boxer ever seen
in a Portland ring.
Miske emerged without a scratch
and as fresh as when he started.
He now intends to go after Bill
brennan. who lasted almost twelve
rounds with Champion Dempsey. The
two Bills met at Tulsa in 1919, and
M,ske won a referees decision in
nfteen rounds.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
HOREMANS Is BETTER
DAYLIGHT BILLIARD PLAY

Judging from his performances in
Washington. Edouard Horemans had
better arrange his championship
match with Willie Hoppe for some
afternoon date. as the Belgian has
demonstrated while in Washington
that he Is a better daylight player
than an incandescent player.
Yesterdays matinee, as was the
case on the previous day, proved bet
ter going for him than at either eve
ming performance, his longest runs
having come on both occasions when
he was meeting Thomas Gallagher In
afternoon engagements. His longest
run yesterday was 800, he having con-
tinued playing after his final inning,
which was 185, when he had reached
the required 400. His long run on
Thursday afternoon was 200.
Yesterdays results:
The afternoon scores:
Horemans-
Averaec-N 40.
Gallagher
$3.50 10 10 . SIS
The evening scores:
40 10 s5 tso % a5 tte 4, Is 80 81
Totsl--too.> Average-S t-7.
o ~ Ia iss, oso 1is7 ]
Total--pn Averare--6 1918.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
NO EASTERN EEVENS
ON CALIFORNIA SLATE

BERKELEY, Cal. Feb. 26.-A defin-
ite decision of the University Of Cali
fornia athletic authorities that no
football game would be played with
an Eastern College during the fall.
came today with the announcement.
that the only date open, October %
had been given to the University of
Oregon.
California had communicated with
Harvard, Yale and Princeton regard
ing a game on that date, but answers
were unsatisfactory and Oregon was
signed.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
ONLY ASKS HOPPE
/. TO KEEP HIS WORD
Belgian Says GentIeman's
Agreement Calls for 1871 and
1872 Championship Matches.
ny KIRK MILLER.

Edouard Horemans. the Belgian
billiard champion who is playing ex-
hibition matches here with Thomas
Gallagher. today replied to the state
ment credited to Willie Hoppe in
New York today, that Willie will
meet the Belgian any time the latter
will put UP a forfeit of $500 for a
match.
Horemans reiterated today what he
claims to have been his attitude ever
since he landed in America early in
the winter.
KEEP GENTLEMAN's AGREEMENT.
II only want Mr.. Hoppe to carry
out the verbal agreement reached be-
tween his manager and my manager
on the day l arrived in America
from Europe. That was to the effect
that Mr.. Hoppe and ! should play
1000 points at 1871 and 1000 points
at 1872 for a purse OF $1,000. $1,000
Of which should be put up by each
player.
"In addition to this II was under
stood that we should go 'feefty-
feefty" on the gate receipts. Mr.. Ben
jamin, who is managing Mr.. Hoppe,
said at that time that was not neces-
sary to put the agreement in writing.
and that 1t was what you call a
gentleman . agreement mf- DAT
clay. my manager. and I took Mr..
Benjamin at his word, and we posted
our $1,000 with the Brunswick Bake
Collender Company. receipt for
which l have here.
HOPPE HAS RETRENCHED.
"Now, Hoppe has retrenched from
his original proposition and will meet
me only with the understanding that
the winner take all the house re-
ceipts, a proposition which i am not
financially able to agree to. All that
1 ask is that Mr.. Benjamin and Mr..
Hoppe go through with their original
agreement"
M'sieu Horemans~exhibited the re-
ceipt for the $1,000 signed by the
Brunswick Bake Collsndor Company
to which he referred. A dispatch
from Chicago this week stated that
the 81 900 posted py Hoppe with the
Chicago branch of the Brunswick
people had been withdrawn.
That Is how the proposed champion
ship match between Hoppe and Uore-
mans stands at present, ami il is
evidently Hopes next move. ~.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
AKRON FRANCHISE OPEN
FOR HIGHEST BIDDERS

AKRON. Feb. 26.-Akron will not
be represented in the international
Baseball League during the coming
season. A syndicate of business men
who had taken an option on the pur-
chase the franchise, today announced
that they would not complete the
deal
The franchise will be sold 70 the
highest bidder, club officials said to-
night. Montreal and Newark. N. j.
business men arc said to have made
bids to take over the club.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
THE OTHER
ANGLE
M 'sieu Horehound
By KIRK MILLER.

Nas~~ BY klkk AILLEk- ~~a~s1u-
M'sieu Horehound, the eminent
Belgian cuiest. is among US, soup
strainer and all. He has q little
black moustache which resembles a
hat brush in the day time and the
same thing at night
Before We set personal. we also
wast 10 say that he In playing for the
ben~at Of q starving Belgian. rkink-
Ing that the subscribers smfSkt want
TO hear his views ON the japanese I'm
migration desit we carried along .
cen opener 20 pry hin loose fros. his
tongue.
"How do you like America"
"Ah, re land of re free lunch and
ze domicile OF re indedogonpendent
is vera good for ze starving billiard
players OF Europe"
what do you think OF prohibi-
tion?"
"Oui, oui."
"Naw. you don't get me-" said,
do you think prohibition is a sue
cess?"
@Oh, ne prohtbitfop! 81 senor, sc
prohibition IL one Grand success for
sc bOOtieEEer. what you pay ATTY
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
PECK JUNIORS GO OUT
AFTER DISTRICT HONOR

The Peck A. c. Junior quintet will
meet the Potomacs, Tuesday in the
Peck Memorial gymnasium, at $50
o'clock.
The Peck Juniors have played
twelve games this season, winning
ten Of them. The two games lost by
this quintet were at the beginning
of the season.
Manager Athey also announces that
his team Is out for the city champion
ship of the 115-120 pound class. On
Thursday the Peck Midgets will op-
pose the Westover A. G. in the Peck
gym. at $3.50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
TECHS FACULTY
HAS KICK

Tech High faculty basketball
players claim Central is play
ing "ringers." The Tech men
challenged the Central High
faculty recently, and all ar
rangements were made for the
game. Central failed to show
up but agreed to play the game
IL some recruits could be OBJ
tanned. The Central faculty
announced that Charles Guyon,
coach of Eastern, and Mike
Kelly, coach Of Business, would
play with the Central team.
Tech now claims Central is
playing ringers"
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
ONLY ABSENTEE
AT LEE FOHLS SESSION

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26.--Pitcher Emilio
Palmero, the Cuban left handler, is
the only absentee OF the st. Louis
Americans. according TO a despatch
from Bogaluss, La, whore Manager
Lee Fohl has his battery men in
training. Catcher Josh" Billings is
the latest arrival. putting in appear
ance yesterday.
The rest OF the club leaves here
Sunday and will start practice Tues
day.