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The Washington herald., 1921-01-25

| by that name. Edith had been hei
roommate at boarding school.
Nancy flung aside the beck ant
reached for the telephone.
Within three minutes an unmis.
| taxable English maid had informed
her that Mrs. Langwell was at home
but who wished to speak to her
please?"
Tell her Mrs. Gerald Burrard, OF
New York-Nancy Hope Burrard, d
she added as an afterthought
She had not seen Edith Endlcott
since their school days, though they
had dutifully exchanged wedding
invitations.
The voice that finally came to
Nancy over the wire was too in
finitely weary to bear any SEM
! blance OF the bubbling tones of the
Edith she remembered.
Nancy had a moments qualm that
she had got the wrong Langwell.
Il wonder il I have made a mis-
take" she said hesitantly. II had
a school friend, Edith Endicott, who
married a DR.. Langwell-I am no,
quite sure"
This is Edith Endicott Lang
we'll" said the weary voice. Who
is speaking?"
Nancy's inimitable little gurgle,
which had not changed with the
years, was sufficient answer.
1T isn't really Nancy Hope"'-
there was a slight show of anima-
tion in the voice. The name sug-
gested nothing for the moment, bur
your laugh-why, Nancy Hope, how
do you happen here after all these
years?"
Il came to Chicago for a day or
two to say goodbye to my husband,
who has left for a year in Peru,
and ran across your name in the
telephone directory quite by chance.
1 couldn't resist calling you"
'Oh, yes, you have a husband, too,
haven't YOU"
The listlessness had returned to
the voice. Nancy almost thought
she caught a faint sigh, then:
Il want to see you, Nancy. Can't
you dine with me if you've nothing
on hand? I am quite alone. My
husband is generally-busy-in the
evenings"
My dear. I've already dined, but
I'd adore coming to see you and
having a good old-fashioned chat"
Nancy declared warmly. Where
are you?"
TIL send the car for you. II
you're alone, why not arrange to
spend the night?"
When Nancy rang off and went
into the bedroom to toss some
things into her bag she was hum
ming a little song. Gone was the
loneliness and the ennui. She was
her buoyant self again.
What she did not know was that
the darkest passages in life are Of
ten heralded by the most trivial
act-the coming upon name in a
telephone directory, for instance.
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Did You
See This? e?
~

A crowd Of shoppers, each seem
ingly bent upon a mission OF life
and death, pressed close about the
elevator door on the fourth floor Of
Woodward and Lothrop's. All but
one girl, who stood a little to one
side looking at the clock-like affair
above the elevator door, and the
large hand that moved jerkily from
the numeral six to five, and then
swept smoothly toward four. The
elevator boy threw the door open,
and the crowd wedged, en- masse,
through the door. All except this
different girl. She had stood back
to allow two women with children n
In their arms to enter. Car full. q"
the elevator boy announced. But a
late conner, redolent of newly-ap-
piled cosmetics, rounded the corner
on high, showed the different girl
aside, and hattened out against the
crowd in the elevator. The elevator
boy, a bit resentful Of the imposi-
tfon upon this different girl by her
direct antithesis. then created room
for her also.
AT the second floor three passen-
gers asked to be let off. An aisle
was attempted. and the different
girl stepped out of the elevator until
the passengers had worked their
way out. Before she could back in,
however. three old ladies were
squeezing feebly in.
,"Car fulI." the elevator boy said
rsEretfUlly.
And the different girl set her face
eheerfully toward the stairway.
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\ \~ILHVI ~
TUESDAY, JANUARY rs, 1921,

| TUESDAY, JANUARY IS, 1921.
Mars and Uranus rule strongly
for evil today, according to as
trology. The evening is especially
menacing. H
The planetary forces seem to
thwart many progressive and con-
structive movements, making for
reactionary' decisions. This may be
apparent in legislative and civic
bodies.
While there may be "a tendency to
curtail expenditures for reforma-
tory work, the seers give warning
that increase of crime will demand
heroic measures to stop robbery
and murder
Stars that encourage the selfish
motives Of human nature will be
powerful at'this time. Profiteering
will be curtailed in the next few
months but it will not be controlled,
II the stars are read Alright
/ Mars is in a place read as indi-
cative Of continued agitation on va
rious public questions aud the
minds Of the people will be greatly
infiamed from time to time.
Labor will pass through a period
that will test the strength OF the
unions. This prophecy is repeated
by the seersgwko foresee this year
as eventful. A new leader will rise
to power.
| Uranus gives warning to women
that vanity will lead them into
many troubles. New standards of
life among certain respectable
classes are imperative, astrologers
declare, If national ideals are to be
preserved.
Suits concerning breach Of prom
Use and involving scandals OF vari
Gus sorts will be numerous, espe-
cially in the spring.
Severe earthquakes are threatened
next month soon after the new
moon.
Russia will meet new terrors this
year which will be as turbulent and
as unsettled as 1920. bringing
changes in the government and the
assassination of a prominent Off
cial.
Persons whose birthdate IL rs
should not journey or remove in the
next few months. Business affairs
should be watched carefully and
will then prosper.
Children born on this day may be
restless and fond of company but
talented and capable OF big achieve
ments.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Can you suggest Hunt.
plan of action in
THE DECOY THEFT

James Lotion was the head of one
Of the largest engineering con-
struction companies in the world
Il suppose you have read in the
papers, Mr.. Hunt, Of the manner in
which Merton Jackson was robbed
in Union Station 3f a suitcase Sup
posed ITO contain valuable docu-
ments,- he said.
The criminal investigator nodded.
Il want you to find out for me
Whether those documents actually
were stolen from him." Lotion con-
tinUed. IT'S going to be worth
several hundred thousand dollars to
me to know. Now here's the lay
Of the Iard:
JackSnH's just back from France
The papers of which he's supposed
to have been robbed contain secret
information regarding the recon-
struCtion plans of the InternationaIe
Railway. I happen to know that's
what he went over for, and that
he got it. But Tom Wrecks, of the
Rittman outfit, you know, got wise
to 1t too, and Tom Wrecks hasn't
got the sort OF conscience that
would stick at plain unvarnished
theft. Maybe he stole those papers.
Maybe the theft was cooked up by
Merit Jackson to make Wrecks
think it was useless to try to steal
EN-. Either explanation would go,
because I also happen to know that
Wrecks did make a previous at
tempt to have those papers stolen.
It was on the boat coming over.
Personally I'm not interested in
the papers. It's nothing in my life
whether Jackson has them or
Wrecks has them-except that I've
got to know which. Now, can you
find out for me? How much?" I,of-
ton reached for his check book. but
Harvey Hunt waved a refusal.
Yes" he said. IT can find out.
The costs, I think, will be too small
to bother with, and the fee I'll leave
70 your udgment-when I have de-
livered the goods"
Can you guess the simple and nlmoxt
infalhble method Of getting the infor-
nation, under these circumstances. that
na4ned into Harvey Hunts mindl
The answer will appear tomorrov.
Copyright, 1890, BY Public Ledger co.,
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
H. z. GRAVES.

nut OF the dozens of people
l who step out of the Hotel
Raleigh each day and ap-
proaCh II. Z. Graves, taxi clerk, for
a machine, newly married couples
are the most easily recognized. For
when the bride and bridegroom roll
up to the hotel, just arrived in town
for some combined honeymooning
and sightseeing, one or two highly
significant grains of rice are sure
to let slip the secret. Shyness that
will not remain unexpressed and
the belief that the whole word
Is eyeing them also make it easy
for the man who deals out the
auto slips to spot the pair who
have just finished their trying
bout with the parson.
Graves, who lives at Z Grant
place northwest, has been at the
Raleigh for two years and his
varied experiences have made him
a foxy grandpa in fact as well as
in appearance.
Unlike many OF the people he
helps into the cushioned interior
of the throbbing taxis, he has not
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25

for labor, and indirect costs incl
dent to production, including a rea-
sonable proportion OF management
expenses, but not including any
cost of selling or securing return
on capital
Market" means the current bid
price prevailing at the date of the
inventory for the particular mer-
chandise. The burden of proof as
to the correctness of the price rests
upon the taxpayer, in each case. If
the cost or market" basis is used,
each class of goods. must be item
lzed and the cost or market price
OF each shown separately. The value
or each item in the inventory may
be measured by cost or market,
whichever is lower. An entire stock
may not be inventoried at cost and
also at market price, and the lower
OF the two inventories used.
No special system of accounts is
prescribed by the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue, but the books must
show in detail inventories, pur-
| chases, sales, capital, investments.
and similar items required in MAX,
ing up an income tax return. The
inventory, which cannot be taken
without some form OF accounts, is
the compass of a business. without
II the direction in which the busi-
ness Is heading. either for success
or failure, cannot be determined.
Taxable Income.
In the making of an income tax
return for the year 1920, taxpayers
or every class, business and pro-
tesslonal men, wage earners and
farmers, should present to them
selves for consideration the fol-
lowing questions:
Did you receive any interest on
bank deposits?
nave you any property from
which you receive rent
Did you receive any income in
the form of dividend or interest
from stocks or bonds?
Did you receive any bonuses dur
ing the year?
Dld you make any proht on the
sale Of stocks. bonds, etc?
Did you act as broker in any
transaction from which Won re-
ceived commissions?
Are you interested in any part
nership or other firm from which
you receive any income?
Have you any income from row.
alties or patents?
Have you any minor children who
are working?
Have you control of the earnings
OF such children? II so, the amount
must be included in the return Of
income.
Has your wife any income from
any source whatsoever? II so, IT
must be included in your return or
reported in a separate return Of in
come
Did you receive any directors fees
or trustees fees in the course of
the year?
Do you hold any office in a bene-
MT society from which you receive
income?
Answer to all of these questions
are necessary to determine whether
a taxpayer has a net income suf-
nclently large to require that he file
return. II single, or IL married
and not living with wife, and his
income for 1920 was $1,000 or more,
he must make a return regardless
OF whether his income is nontaxable
by reason of his exemptions for de-
pendents, or as the head Of a fam
lily. II married and living with
Wife and his income was less than
$4,000, he need not make a return.
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Indicted for Staying
OF Mrs. BacuLn,an

Leila B. Wilson, alias Lulu p will
son. a colored domestic, was In
dicted on charge Of murder in the
nrst degree by the grand jury YES
terday in connection with the death
of Mrs. Mollie Bacalman, OF 7o7
Four-and-a-half street southwest
on December 2, last.
The accused, who is said to hsvs
exhibited signs of dementia, is AL
legged to have gone to the BacaI-
man home and while David Bacal-
man. the husband of the dead wom-
an was upstairs attending to the
wants of a small child, fired four
shots at Mrs. Bacalman, Then, II Is
alleged. the 'colored woman nut the
pistol in her handbag and walked
away.
Twenty-four other persons were
indicted for various offenses
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and Ginsmore wounding him. That
was why Ginsmore's 20 bullet was
not found in the walls or in Reddy
Jake. Later this man must have
returned to the apartment, If he did
not stay in the other room all the
time, and encountered Reddy Jake,
who thought him the rightful oc-
cupant. These two men then e&-
changed shots. each hitting the
other, each using a 80 caliber re-
VoIver. Hunt guessed that attempt
ed blackmaid was the cause of the
quarrel-as likely cause, no other
motive having presented itself.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25

= Unlike the night following Gerry's
hrst departure, when Connie Stan
ley had given her fateful dinner
party, Nancy faced a lonely even
ing.
She walked about the little sit
ting room restlessly; picked up the
book which had caused all the
trouble and tossed 1t aside with a
grimace.
She turned the leaves Of the even
ing paper to the theatrical page,
half determined TO go to a play, but
many Of the theaters were running
shows she had already seen in New
York and the others did not appeal
10 her taste.
She sat down in the big arm
chair before the empty hearth and
stared at the gas logs which were
not meant to be lit
Outside the muffled roar Of the
Chicago night world came up to
her; the rumbling whirring motors;
the shrill whistle Of the trafic po-
ltceman on the corner; shuffling
feet on the sidewalk; a woman's
laughter.
Raymond Hitchcock's famous
song: "All Dressed Up and No Place
TO Co." floatsd through her memory
and brought a wry smile as she
looked at the woman in the mirror.
Her thoughts turned to Gerry,
speeding through the night.
What was he doing? What was
he thinking? Was he lonely, too,
facing the dreary stretch Of months
beyond the outposts Of civiliza-
tIon:
But for that wretched card. he
would have been with her tonight.
She pulled her thoughts up
sharply. She was too angry yet to
feel sorry for Gerry. If he were
lonely. he had brought it on him
self. But he need not have sent
enced her to downright ennui in this
dreary town, when she might have
been pleasantly diverted at home
with the Stanleys and the Reeve
LewiS-and Major Desmond.
She resolved to leave Chicago on
the first train in the morning.
She would call up and find what
reservations were available. Would
her train be listed under Lake
shore" or New York Central?" she
wondered
She picked up the heavy tele-
phone directory-and Fate smiled
whimsically as she directed the
slim white fingers through the
Las"
'Langweu, Dr. Frederick Bar
ton
Nancy's finger paused.
''Dr. Frederick Barton LAngwe1" &"
Where had she heard the name be-
fore?
Her puckered brows cleared sud
denly. and she smiled with sudden
pleasure.
Why, Of course! Edith Endicott
had married a Chicago physician
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Deductions ofHarveyHu
By Philip Francis NowIan.

DespairinE OF following to it's
logical solution a crime which
had the earmarks of both suicide
and murder, police called in Har-
Vey Hunt, scientific Investigator.
sam GinsmOre had been found
murdered-a bullet in his heart.
Reddy Jake, human rat, was
questioned and admitted firing
at an intruder who interrupted
him while he was lOOting Gins
more's apartment. The police ae-
counted for four shots. Harvey
Hunt said there were five. How
did he determine it:
Read bellows
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Telltale Confetti
Key to Deduction

Newly married couples who
honeymoon in Washington and
incidentally step into taxicabs
mt the Hotel Raleigh aim fool
ish questions at II. +. Graves,
the automobile clerk in charge
of arrivals and departures of
cabs at that hostelry. How does
he know newlywedsf II they
don't have some small spot of
confetti still sticking to their
clothes there are other ways of
knowing.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
What Is Your Definition of an
0ptimist?
THE ANSWERS

THE ANSWERS,
MISS BEULAH l.. BUTTS,
1919 Calvert street northwest
IAN optimist is n person who
can see only the blue when the
sky is almost full of Clouds
T. H. SMOOT, 1918 f street
northeast; "a man who finds
the bouncing back the best part
of n bump
MRS. +. f. HICKERSON,
Weights and Measures once,
District building. AN optimist
Is one who takes life as he finds
it-and he always finds IL good"
DIR. EVERETT L. BRADLEY.
George Washington University
Hospital; "An optimist IL a man
who doesn't know what hard
luck is"
DIR. r.. r.. ASHwORTH, chief
inspector, Health Department.
IAN Optimist is a man who can
find n laugh where most people
find n tenr."
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Virginia Dry Act Sustained.

The Supreme Court yesterday sus-
tanned tn. conviction under the vir-
Rinia prohibition act Of Charles s
sIckel, of Richmond, Va Lower
courts ordered him TO pay q $50
hpe ana serve q year In jail. Sickel
claimed the evidence against him
was insufficient
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
GOODMORNING, JUDGE!
BY RUDoLPH PERKINS.

in the front door and ruined the
lock. A warrant was secured, but
only recently was II served.
Lillian said Miranda always
kicked up a fuss when she came
10 the house. Miranda said she was
the victim of the jealousy of eother
people.
mild-mannered and was not given
to rough tactics.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Clark Admitted to Practice.

Bennett Clark. son of Champ Clark,
former Speaker OF the House, was
admitted to practice before the bar
OF the Supreme Court of the United
states Yesterday. Young Clark is
1ngsged In the practice of law in st.
Louis, whore hc opened an office
shortly after his return from France.
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been sick in the last ten years,
and he has yet to miss a day at
work because of illness. It's a
seven-day job, too. Graves ac-
credits his good health to an
abundance OF potatoes in his diet.
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FEATURES, FICTION
Watch The Herald Growi

The only times abe went 70 see
her mother. Miranda e1plstne4
were when her mother sent for her
The court fined her fzs but re-
mitteo IL on her promise 20 be-
have herself around sick people
hereafter. The girl promised
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Miranda Promisrs To behave.

Miranda Promises to Behave.
Miranda Cagers' mother is III
Miranda lives at one place and the
mother at another, but sometimes
Miranda goes visiting.
Last October Miranda came to
see her mother. and, according to
Lillian eager, a sister, the girl be-
came thoroughly disagreeable and
was put out bodily.
She came back. Lillian said, broke
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
-Towles Studio.
JOSEPH III. GALLIHER,

JOSEPH II. GALLIHER,
A leading member of the Hi
wants Club, who is head of the
lumber firm of GalIiher and
Sons, In receiving congratuIs-
tions upon his tbirty-sfxth
birthday. GalIiher Is member
of number of business and
social associations and has lust
Joined the Masonic order. He IL
married and has four sons and
enc daughter.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Borrowed Husbands
AMarried Life Story
Written for The Herald
By Mildred K. Barbour

NV.-Langwell, Dr.. Frederick Barton
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
New Spring BLouSes Just ArriOed

illustrated is a blouse of bisque crepe de
chine, a copy OF a French sport shirt, the
long collar and cuffs OF which are OF self
material, eyelet embroidered, edged with
narrow pleating, in plain shades OF flesh,
white, platinum and bisque Priced SIS.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
ARIZONA BROUGHT HEALTH ID WOMAN
 WHO CAME IN 1873

Arizona was known for it's health giving climate half a century ago. according to Mrs. C. w Stevens of 522 North Second street. Her parents Mir and Mrs. F. NJ Mognett. with the children. migrated from Missouri 10 Oregon in 1852. Twenty-siX years la ter Mrs. Mognett's health was such as to necessitate another move and the family arrived in Arizona during the year 1878. In this state Mrs Mognett quickly regatned her health and the family settled her perma- nently.
 Their original Arizona ranch was located on Turkey creek, near Pres cott. They found rocks and brush breas stw orks piled high about their new home and quickly learned that the barricades were erected as pro- tection against Indians.
 The family started from Oregon in 1876. with 375 head Of cattle. The trip required two years.
 This part of Arizona was much more attractive to the eve in those days than now" Mrs. Stevens com mented, and explained that verdaut cattle ranges extended far out into lands now desert
 cattle in for fattening. They found plenty Of flesh builder right ont on the ranges she said, referring to land directly contiguous To Phoenix
 Mrs. Stevens said that in 1882 there began to be a scarcity of water and four years later the first hig drought
Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
DANIEL CAMPBELL
 IF JEROME CAME
 ID STATE IN 1867

Daniel Campbell of Jerome is something of an .'oldtimer," haviuR come into Arizona in 1887 with Col onel Brownlee. The party left Cali fornia for Fort Whfpple in September of that year. Part of the outfit gave out as they were making the trip by forced marches of 25 miles per day.
 An interesting fact is that the party fell in with an old German who was delivering a bunch of 1000 sheen to point in Arizona. MT Campbell de- clares that they were the first sheep driven into the territory.
 The Huaiapai Indians were on the warpath up in the north country through which Mir. Campbeils party had to march They attacked the party at 4 o'clock in the morning ct point six miles west of Fort Rock About 2S Indians were killed and Is captured Two Of the soldiers died later from wounds.
 He tells of tramping up to the San Francisco mountains to meet a Gen eral Ceilings who was coming from New Mexico to survey the territory. Arriving al the mountains they re- cefved word that the general could not get volunteers enough to cons down. Campbell, fn company with Ed Beck and Lieutenant Derby had to tramp it from Frisco Peaks back into the Little China valley. a dis tance of 70 miles. Having lost most Of their provisions in crossing c swollen river on the way up. they hs] to make this long hike on the nour- ishment extracted from bacon rfnd.
 Later. Campbell, Bee. Hi Jacobs, Haddley and Red Adams accompanied the soldier from Whipple into ths Tonto basin country where they spent some months subduing the In- dians