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The Washington herald., 1921-02-11

can nave her any time he says the
word. It's the peach that hangs
highest on the tree that whets a
mans appetite. Not the one that is
ready to fall into his mouth.
1t is a pity that women have not
the intelligence enough to under
stand that the passion for the chase
is the ruling passion for men, and
that the harder a woman runs after
a man, the more speed he makes in
getting away from her. II women
realized this. We should have fewer
girls calling men up on the tele-
phone and demanding to know why
they don't come to see them. and
trying to make dates with unwilling
swans, and we should have many,
many more weddings.
GUls don't marry because they
are too anxious to marry. There
IS no excitement in courting them
because they meet a man more than
halfway. Winning them is like
knocking over chickens that eat
out of your hand in a barnyard. in
stead Of shooting wild ducks on the
wing. There is no pep nor thrill
to it. Nothing to rouse a mans
interest, and he doesn't get reused
sNOplN
instead of help, when they bribe
young men to come to the house
by means OF feeds. and auto rides.
and theater tickets, and so on.
There were few old maids in the
days when foxy fathers and mothers
made their daughters so inaccessi-
BILE that young men had to plot and
plan to get a word with them, and
bribe servants to slip them billet
doux that were actionable in a
breach Of promise suit. When Mari
anna was locked up in her room,
Edwin stole her out through a win
dow, but when the front door is
thrown wide open and the whole
family is trying to drag Edwin in.
he beats it away from the premises.
One Of the reasons that business
girls marry oftener than society
girls is because they are harder to
win. A girl with a good job is loath
to give it up for a mere husband,
hand it's because she isn't after the m
that the men are so keen about her
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Borrowed Husbands
AMarried Life Story
Written for The Herald
By Mildred K. Barbour
XXIX-Everybody's Business.

> Nancy, received a letter from
Constance Stanley two mornings
later. forwarded from the hotel.
you foolish child" she read, in
the dashfng hand which Connie be-
Heved Indicative Of a strong char
acter. whatever do you mean by
letting Peggy Lewis use your apart
ment to entertain that odious
Harding's family? Peggy has just
rung up to say she received your
permission by wire and I've half a
mind to call you on long distance
and ask you II you've taken leave
of your senses
II always knew you were capri
efouS, Nancy, but I never thought
you would be a downright fool The
Hardings are perfectly impossible
people. Judging from their adored
son who led Peggy such a dance.
Why she feels she has to be nice
to them, I can't for the life OF me
understand Reeve Lewis is furious,
OF course He agrees with me that
there is something indelicate about
the whole situation. The idea Of
entertaining your divorced in-laws
Just so they can see the divorced
grandch1d Is preposterous! 1t
simply isn't done!
Il really think you ought to
come home at once and keep an
eye on things yourself: I dropped
in the morning after you left to
get that embroidery pattern you
promised me and your maid wasn't
even in the house! She said she'd
been to market when I spoke to
her sharply about it"
-.. Nancy groaned. Fancy speaking
sharply to Anna)
BE sure to get home by the
twentieth the letter went on, as
I'm counting on you to take the
fortune-teIling booth at my char
ity bazaar. We can't AFFORD to
pay a professional, but you're just
as clever
Nancy made q little grimace)
BY the way, Desmond is leaving
for Chicago, understand Now,
Nancy, I warn you! It's wicked to
firt with that young man. He
thinks you are a widow and it's
hardly fair to take advantage OF
your masquerade"
There was more Of the letter
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Deductions ofHarvey Hunt
By Philip Francis Nowlan.

gentleman before without them.
But this is terrible, Harvey, to call
on a man and find he has died in
his chair waiting for you. What's
that you said?"
Il merely remarked that he must
have been very nearsighted," said
the criminal investigator.
In due course the coroner and the
physician arrived, and the two men
explained to them how they had
found Linkham's body, half reclin-
ing in the chair, as though he had
been reading the paper. The phSsi-
clan busted himself at once, and
after a painstaking examination
submitted his report to the coroner,
who then came across to where
Hunt and Evan were waiting.
Il don't think I need trouble you
gentlemen further" he said. "Dr.
Markham tells me there are no
marks whatever on the body, and
that the old man undoubtedly died
from natural causes"
The doctor is wrong declared
the criminal investigator bluntly,
though he can hardly be blamed
for his conclusion II the body itself
does not show it. II the doctor
were hunting for clues he would
know that Mr.. Linkman has been
murdered. He has either been poi
soned or checked to death with
something which leaves no mark. a
loosely folded silk handk erchief,
for instance"
How did Harvey Hunt know tke old man
had been murderedl
The answer will appear tomorrow.
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XIV.

HARVEY HUNT knew that
II Charles Ribodeau was his
brothers slayer in the case of The
Instrument of death" simply be-
cause that instrument the handle
for shaking the furnace, was in its
proper and customary place
1t could only have been placed
there by the murderer, for Emile
had been using it when the muir
derer attacked him, wrested it from
him and killed him with it.
Had an outsider committed the
crime as described by Charles, he
would not have known where its
proper place was, and his instinct
simply would have been to cast it
from him. On the other hand, one
accustomed to the daily routine Of
the house might easily have in
stinctively placed it where it be-
IOnged, acting subconsciously under
the stress Of great emotion.
Charles, put to it to manufacture
an alibi after the crime, had hit
upon the very clever stratagem Of
handcuffing himself to the banfs-
ters. As the night wore on and his
position became more fatiguing his
crrss Of distress became quite genu-
ine. as was also his collapse when
rescued by Patrolman Clancy
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o. \ UhW

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IL. 1871.
Astrologers read this as a quiet
day with Mars dominating in evil
place. Uranus is family helpful
All the signs seem TO point 70
much unrest everywhere in IN.
world, and this will continue to b.
reflected in this country.
Danger is seen in the focusing %
sentiment through propaganda her.
in the United States. Mars give,
warning Of serious misunderstapd-
ings with foreign powers.
While the planet that is ever DOW
erfUl in time OF war seems 10 va,
now that peace may not be assured
Uranus indicates a saner vieupoirr
on public questions than has chsr-
acterized many classes Of men and
women.
This is not a fortunate swsv for
domestic happiness. There NAV bs
serious troubles, owing 10 the men
tai attitude which tends toward
self-analysis and self -justIfcaffor
Growth OF materialism and i'm
crease Of immortality will be sv5-
dent as the year advances. or AZ
least will be recognized as never
before. IL the stars are read Alright
Children born on this day NAV b
quick tempered and rather exact
ing, but they are likely to be clsvr-
in mathematics and fond Of aquatic
sports.
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IF THE number plate dropped off
your auto, II the baby carriage
l. has lost one of its wheels, il
one of your new gloves is missing,
If your bathing suit of last sum-
mer has wandered from the fold
there's a fifty-fifty chance the po-
lice department has your homesick
articles on the shelves OF its prop
erty" rooms.
Odds and ends which policemen
fnd while patrolling their beats,
articles found by citizens who may
be uninterested in retaining them
in their possession, or merely hon
est all the strange bits of property
which belong to the peopre or a
great city and quite frequently lose
track of their owners. are to be
found in these archives Of homeless
brio bats.
To those whose lives have been
wrecked" by the Eighteenth com
mandment, which DEGREES life shall
be liquorless, it may be news that
$50, 1000 worth of the museum
worthy stuff" is hidden in the
vaults of the District Building.
More than a hundred homeless suit
cases, whose contents range from
real stun to the perfumed artificial,
are resting in the subcellar Of the
palatial headquarters of the city's
finest
The confscated answers to thirst
are under the lock and key OF Ed
L. Hesse, chief clerk and chief
property custodian of the depart
| ment. Few visitors get even a look
at his cache. and Hesse's presence
is one of the conditions upon which
the look is granted. The value OF
property handled by the property
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Can you solve this case Of
FOILED CAMOUFLAGE.

Hes the queerest old chap you
ever met, Harvey" said Evan, as
the two men mounted the steps that
led to the apartment of Ezra Link
man. Quite a character. 1 know
youm find many interests in COM
mon, because at one time he was
regarded as the cleverest criminal
investigator in the state. He has
record Of mystery solutions as
hong as your arm"
I'm quite sure we shall" Harvey
Hunt murmured politely. though in
his mind he doubted it Just at
that time he was rather surfeited
with his work, and his thoughts
were running toward a vacation in
the Catskills. He had accompanied
his friend only because the letter
ihad been 50 insistent that he meet
the retired veteran.
Evan pressed the button beside
Linkman's door, and Harvey Hunt 5
hopes SCARED as no sound of foot
steps came to them from within.
That's funny" Evan muttered,
he said he would be here at ten"
Perfunctorily he turned the knob,
and to the surprise Of both men the
door swung inward. They stepped
across Lhe threshold ana Dllnked,
for the sunlight was streaming into
the room and the hall had been very
dark.
:" It was Evan whose eyes adjusted
themselves first.
= Good morning, Mr.. Linkman," he
$ said to the old man who sat half
reclining in the easy chair, a news
paper in his hands But the old
man did not answer.
Asleep" Evan, said to Hunt over
his shoulder, and advancing, laid
his hand on L4nkman's arm.
He started back in dismay. for at
his touch the old mans body tum-
bled stiffly forward and pitched in
TO a grotesque heap on the floor,
the newspaper crumpled up under
him.
In an instant Harvey Hunt had
located the telephone on a table at
the other side of the room, tele-
,phoning for both a doctor and the
!coroner.
{ Then he replaced on the table the
nick spectacles he had knocked
srom it, observing them curiously.
Did Linkham wear these?' he
Z -ked Evan. ..-.
Yes, said his friend, Il can't re-
Z neet that ever saw the ed
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NEW YORK, Feb. 1O-Thoughts
while strolling around New York
Lots of new theaters going up
From what I hear a lot of the old
ones are about to go up too. Opu-
lent gentlemen in the beaver Col
Jared coat is a boot-legger. Worked
up a splendid house to house ellen
tele among lady souses. Now he's
rich. D'Annunzio certainly pulled q
hivver. Still you can't blame a guy
for trying.
There goes the millionaire who
built his fortune on the sweat OF
children. Now he pays a press court
TO tell of his gentle ways. I'd like
to stumble across an old fashioned
tavern with a lot of gossips sitting
around drinking buttered ale. I'm
fed up on jazz meals, French wait
ers and hat pirates. All the aC-
tresses are carrying canes.
I've forgotten again what my>wife
sent me out after. She ought to drop
some iodine in my grape fruit.
There's Joe McAuliffe from st. Louis.
I'll let him pay for the lunch. Marc
Klaw admiring his new theater. The
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several additional pages of advice,
but Nancy crushed 1t angrily in
her palm and threw it across the
room. ---..
How dared Connie! Whose fault
was it that Maj. Desmond was pay
ing her attention? Who had made
her a widow without even asking
her permission?
You'd think 1 was a schoolgirl"
thought Nancy resentfully. "Justrbe-
cause 1 haven't a husband around is
no sign that I'm an imbecile and IN
capable of conducting myself with
decorum. I almost hate Connie"
Edith's maid entered while Nancy
was still struggling with. her re-
sentiment.
Mrs. Langwen sent me to say
that the doctor will be able TO leave
for their lodge up the lake tonight,
so am to pack at once. The motor
will be ready at s."
Then 1 must do a bit of shop
ping" declared Nancy. II wasn't
expecting a country house party
when I came to Chicago and I
haven't a single outing frock with
me-"
Shall I order the car for you?
3
Thanks, prefer to walk"
Quarter Of an hour later, Nancy
was swinging up Michigan avenue
bound for the shopping district.
She was a trinity smart figure in
her dark tailored frock and extrav-
agantly upturned hat A cluster
Of Parma Yiolets, like those in the
Langwen limousine, nestled in the
soft warmthJof her chinchillas.
. In front of the hotel where she
had stopped with Gerry. she almost
collided with a tall man who was
dashing down the steps to a walt
ing taxi.
"I beg pardon!" he jerked out
with an unmistakable British ac-
cent, snatching at his hat.
Maj. Desmond" gasped Nancy,
her heart doing a queer downward
flop.
The look of delight that swept
over the young officers face made
her flush.
Needless Of the passers-by, he
grasped her hand and stood holding
it and looking down at her as II he
had forgotten everything else in the
world.
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Is Able Custodian
OF Missing Articles

One would almost believe
the police department of
Washington is engaged in
the mOvie-producing busi-
ness, so eIaborately Outfitted
arc its property" rooms.
Hidden I'm n rear corner of
the District Buildings FIRST
floor are the treasures of the
great unknown, collected by
members of the department
and placed upon shelves TO
await the coming of owners.
Lost articles, ranging from
bicycles 10 cigarettes in
thousand lots; from liquor
laden suit cases abandoned
in the chase to whatever
comes to your mind-every-
thing is found within the
locked cages over which
Thomas McGrath, police
property clerk, keeps a
watchfuI eye.
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DorothX.Dixs ADJ

A woman asks:
why does. a man enjoy trifing
with a woman's heart?
why does q man use every ef-
fort TO win a woman's love, and
then cast 1t aside as carelessly as
he would a toy Gof which he had
tired?
why does a man spend months,
and sometimes years, in persuading
a woman to marry him. and as soon
as he is married apparently lose
all interest in her? <
why does a man break his neck
to get a home of his own, and
when he has got it break a leg in
getting away from it?"
am sure l don't know. These
things merely are. They are lido
syncracies OF the masculine psy-
chology that the feminine mind
cannot fathom. They are the riddle
oyer which the sphinx broods in
her desert solitude. They are the
great phenomena of the ages that
uncounted generations of women
have tried to guess md failed.
Perhaps as good an answer as any
is to be found in the fact that men
are sportsmen by nature, and gam
blers by instinct, and that women
are chiefly interesting to them
while they are part of the greatest
game in the world, which is the love
game.
AS long as a woman is out, of a
mans reach, she intrigues his fancy.
Her indifference to him piques his
7anity. and makes him put forth
every effort I" charm her. Her
coldness stimulates his Imagination
1t is ice that he must melt with the
warmth of his own devotion. Her
inaccessibility lures him on. and the
| harder she is to capture, the more
determined he is to have her.
1t is the spirit of the big game
hunter. 1t is the spirit that makes
men risk their lives in jungles, OF
climbing the precipitous faces OF
mountains to shoot some anima
that is not even worth taking back
to camp. 1t is the spirit that makes
men risk their lives in fever-in.
tested swamps to find a single in,
significant plant. or endure the in.
credible hardships of frozen wastes
TO seek the North Pole.
1t is this inherent spirit of ad
venture. Of curiosity about the un
known. a passionate desire for tn,
unattained, that makes a mans at
titude towards a woman entirel!
different before he wins her ant
afterwards. And this hunter spiri
is something that women never un
derstand, because women are no
born sportsmen.
Men like the coy, the Elusive. tn
uncertain in woman. but womal
likes the substantial. the down
right, the tangible in man. "a man
ideal woman is always airy, fair.
Lillian, just fluttering beyond tn
reach, of his fnger-tips and leading
him a dance through life, but WON
ans ideal man is Johnny-on-the
spot, to whom she can tie. and VIII
is just as much a part of the do
mestic establishment as the hearth
stone.
There is no surer way to win 1
woman's heart than by patient siege
A girl may fout a suitor at first
but nine times out of ten she will
end by marrying him If he just sit
fast on her doorstep. But nothing
so effectively queers a woman
fchance OF getting the man sh,
wants. as for him to know that h,
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THE, QUESTION,
Should Motion Pictures Be In.
cluded in the Fine Arts?
THE ANSWERS.

THE ANSwERSI
ROBERT J. GALLERY, Edge
moor, Md; 81 do not think that
motion pictures have approach
ed that state of perfection
which would permit of their ad-
mission to the category of the
fine arts"
CLARENCE A. GoRMAN, Is
seaton place northwest "why
notf Motion pictures have at
tanned n high astistic standard.
Ii is not uniformly high in sew
eral cases, but other arts have
their weak points"
BERNARD AULDRIDGE, re-
ceivinS teller, North Capitol
Savings BnBki 81 consider that
motion pictures are now at to
rank with literature, music,
sculpture and the other arts.
Motion pictures are doing much
that the spoken drama has been
unable to do"
WILLIAM MEEHAN, 53 U
street northwest "I'm little
dubious about that. Some
movies are good, but there is
such quantity of poor plays
ON the market that they make
the photopiny industry run
losing race.'
DIR. JOHN l.. NORRIS, assist
ant health officer, health DEPART
menti "we'd better give the
movies n little more time to
riprn: I think they are much
better fban they used TO be, but
there II stili rooR for imprsve-
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Moore Jury Disagrees.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Feb. 10.
The trial of Wilmer Moore, a
young white man charged with at
tacking Miss Carrie Webb, 19-year-
old daughter of Fred Webb, result
ed in a hung jury. Moore was re-
leased under a bond of $1,000 for
his appearance on the second day of
April term of the Circuit Court Of
spotsylyania. County.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-11

Emile Ribod~au was found
dead before his cellar furnace.
ki. head crushed with a blow
from the crate shaker handle.
The handle was standing In the
corner. In another part of the
house Emile's brother Charles
was found handcuffed to the
banixterx- He said n strange man
lad chained him and visited the
cellar where Emile was appar-
entity killed in a struggle. The
stranger, he said, had then left
the house by the front door
.SNO," said Hunt to the police
Sthe murderer is Charles"
Does your solution compare
with that of Hunt, which fol-
IOyyEG
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White Medicine Cabinet with
mirror door, slightly Ehopworp
T.So; was sIi.7S.
white EnSmsIed Bathroom
Hampers. damaged. s2.S1 each ;
were Ss.7S.
Pair Brass Abdirous, medium
slEe, shopvorn. sll.7S pair; were
t22.T5.
White EnAmeled Kitchen Chairs,
slightly shopwon. sa.ss each /;
were s+.7S,
White-frame Bathroom Mirror,
slightly imperfect. s6i wx1 slI.Bo.
5 Large Size Hsnd-psinted Serving
Trays, shopworn. sl.sS each; were
sT.25.
Bathroom Towel Hamper. slirht-
ly imperfect. sT.so; Wa sll.7B.
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" ~ gOuE
A. william C. Fowler.
q. What is your businessf
A. District health Onicer.
Q. What do yOu like most
about itt
A. 1 am mostly interested in
protecting the public health in
all ways, especially in reference
to contagious disease work, food
and sanitary inspections. L am
Versed in contagious disease
work, but 1 would not rank 1t
above other features of my
office.
q. What was your nickname
when you were in sckooIf
A. don't recall having any
nickname. The boys used to get
me when they wanted me, some
how or other.
@. What is your favorite sport
or hobbys
A. Until recently fraterpaI
meetings were my hobby, bnt 1
have too much work to do now,
1 also like motoring.
q. Who Is your fayorite ae-
tressf
A. Not guilty.
@. Dc you like jazzs
A. NO,/and 1 say IL with
large IN"
@. What is your pet supersti-
tions
A. think I'm too coId-bIOod-
ed and practical to be superstI-
rfszx.
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this being a personal or living eI-
pense.
men is whether salary paid a minor
son or daughter as assistants in
their business or trade may be claim
ed as a deduction The answer i,
NO" unless the minor has been
emsncipated bF his parents
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division annually totals well over
$1,50O,000. With the exception of
liquor. much of the property is re-
turned to owners, and in cases
where disposition awaits a court
order. is held until such orders are
issued. Once each year property re-
leased, but unclaimed. is auctioned.
Last year sales by this means netted
S45OO.
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Friday Specials in
Women S
Handkerchies

so dozen Women's Far
linen HandkerChiefs. with
initial, in sheer soft finish.
These iniisls in the aSsort-
ment: A, r, Q. u, r. &. j.
NJ, n, p, r, S. T. ".
ISc each; or . for S1g were
25c each.
so dozen Women's Sheer,
Soft-fniSh Cambria Hand
kerChiefs, !. inch hens
fun size.
Special. Toe each. 81 dozen.
or Soc half dozen; were 15c
each.
Handkerchief Section. First
floor.
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. Porcelain Top Kitchen or Sick
room Tables, size l6I2O. slightly
damaged. s7,so each; were slo.7S,
Porcelain Top Kitchen Table,
size 24Iss. slightly damaged. se.7s;
WAS Sfo.ss.
Stained Drop-leaf Kitchen Ia
bles, slightly imperfect. s7.7s each;
were sl2,se.
36-inch DropIesf Kitchen Table,
slightly imperfect. ss.75; was
sl3.7s.
/ Plain Kitchen Table, size. 2sx42,
slightly imperfect. s4.7Si was y7.So,
Housefurnishinr Section, Fifth floor.
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Nainsook
MghtgoWns
Special Price, sl.3S

A special lot OF NGinFrot
Gowns, iu hesh or white, with
V. round or square. low meek,
short sleeves or sleeveless; tail
ored models. finished with .
French fold and hemstitchinI. o.
dHinuly trimmed models. with
lace, embroidery, beading and
ribbon.
IL Flesh Null PetticOIts. rcin-
forced panel, deep ben, finished
with bemsttchinE; lenEths 81 SO
and IS. sSo each; were 81 50.
. Pair Extra Size DTTvers,
OF hne nAinsoot In oren style,
trimmed with lace insertion and
edTinf; length =. &c pair
were tl.se.
Muslin Underwear Section,
Third floor.
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Quarry Blast Buries Men.

DANVILLE, Va Feb. 10.-OneI
white man and five negroes were in
jured yesterday afternoon when a
premature explosion at the Stacey
stone quarry resulted in their being
buried Three of the negroes are
said to have been badly hurt.
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Housefurnishmgs

white Kitchen Scales complete scoop
Special,
Clothes Brushes good quality. each;
Busters. slightly each;
CSC
Wall Soap Dishes, slightly =Sc
each; Csc
White Enameled Dishes slightly shopworn
each; 81.
25oo cakes swift Laundry Soap special 4
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hite Mercerized
Table DamasR
soc Yard

AhANtAa SA aAs=-
Just $50 yards Of 6S-iuch
White NerCcriZcd Table
DamaSk that the maker
has sold to us as slightly
imperfect. but tho rmnC--
foCtions are very slight in
deed.
SIPS a yard is the price
at which such grades have
heen selling this year and
is not q the high order u
1920.
Linen Section. Second troT.