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foot under herself, and waved the
other in the same fashion as had Miss
Van Teller earlier in the evening.
"Now talk" she said.
'Do you like me?" asked Mr. Ran
dolph.
She nodded her head.
You're not afraid to be here"
She shook denial.
"Have you ever been in a mans
room before?"
She looked him straight in the eyes
and made no. other sign.
1t was Mr.. Randolphs turn to flush.
"Then," he said, eff you like me and
If you're not afraid, please begin at
the start and tell me all about it,"
The girls eyes fell and sought the
fire. Her face slowly paled to the
shade of her somber thoughts. She
was no longer pretty; she was beauti-
full. with a revealing transparency that
made her seem unfleshed. a disem-
bodied spirit of sincerity and truth,
individually pure.
Fl had a nurse once" she said, in a
low voice, "and wire-haired terrier
a show-dog and a darling. His name
was Sport" She raised solemn eyes
to RandOlph's face as though measur-
ing his powers of understanding "My
nurse died and, then, one day, Lhad to
sell Sport; wasn't old enough to sell
myself"
She stopped speaking with an I'M
mistakable finality Randolph was
overwhelmed by the flood of informa-
tion that this slip of a girl had packed
into twO-score Words life-story in
four lines and revelation of the
heart thrown in for good measure
Over and above that, he had to reckon
with the confirmation of a suspicion
which had been slowly establishing it
self in his mind that he had met her
before that not for the first time this
night had those soft lips, curved for
merry words. cried, my, what a
bumpi" within his hearing.
So many considerations pressed to
his immediate attention that he
awoke to the actual present too late
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mat lnc' nuals face when ne drew
up before Mr.. Randolph's abode and
honked three times derlsively to the
world IN general as seen from the
front Of taxi
"Wait" said Mr.. Randolph to the
jelu ne he handed out the girl. She
| paused with one foot halfway to the
curb, bu' that single word directing
anything as expensive as a taxi to
stand by treasured her.
Randolph preceded her to show the
way and turn on lights. He never
/ looked hack to see If she followed and
this implied trust in herself seemed to
drag her after him up the single flight
! of stairs that led to his rooms.
"Old-fashloned but cozy," he said,
as he applied latch-key and opened
a door that gave directly on large
| square sitting room. 81 hate elevators
in place you call home"
In an open CRATE was a dying wood
fire. He proceeded to poke and feed
ii at once, saying over his shoulder:
sit down anywhere, will you?'
Facing the fire was deep and much
worn leathern couch, with a pedestal
Mt each end carrying shaded lamps
They we're the only ones he had Light
ed and their glow was so subdued that
it blended with that of the fire without
lighting it. The girl chose to seat her.
self stifly in corner of this couch.
Mr.. Randolph looked at her rigid
pose with marked disapproval but
said nothing. Having rejuvenated the
fire till it leaped merrily to an attack
on the fresh backlog he left the room
and WIS absent for a considerable
time. When he returned, it was to
place Il small table before his guest
and then he fetched a trav well load
ed with those things which grace in
perpctuity a healthy bachelors larder.
He drew up a chair for himself and,
with an inviting nod, started to eat
great deal and very rapidly.
Get in on the lunch while there's
time" he admOnished. 81 warn you
there's nothing more in the house."
The girl gave him grateful look
and proceeded to fill herself with the
most sustaining food within reach.
She did not fail to note that there
was nothing TO drink but water When
they could eat no more, Mr.. Randolph
removed the table, and then seated
himself in the opposite corner of the
couch.
"You don't seem to be at ease here"
he said presently. "If you think you'll
be more comfortable, we can go down
and sit in the cab. want to talk to
you"
The girl considered gravely for a
moment; then her face broke into
ripping smile that swept up and set
tied in her eyes. She reached for a
cushion, put 1t at her back. tucked one
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for Mr.. Borden Miiyuns, of Milyuns,
Branch & Milyuns. Ever heard of
him?"
Sure" said the cop, impressed but
still suspicious. "He lives here all
right, but l amt seen him turning
down his own cars for night-hawks
lately"
"Well," said Mr.. Randolph, 81 could
tease you along for some time and
make you look like a nut, but l won't.
The truth is, his prize bitch, Bride Of
Lammermoor, is pupping tonight, and
Tn here to take the lady and her lit
ter down TO the dog-show in time to
get 'em settled for the opening. Messy
job, but the meter is charging for it,
There amt man living that could
think up lie like that not sudden
murmured the officer, and turned to
resume his beat, while Mr.. Randolph
promptly hit the mat in the hope of
catching up with Elysium. He slept;
he slept too deep for dreams and was
beyond the reach of the call of any
motorhorn when Mr. Milyuns' town
car tried to shoe him along at eight
thirty of a bright morning.
Once more was Mr.. Randolph
dragged by main force to wakefulness.
"GOod-morning. Thomas he re-
marked. rs the old man upT'
"IIully gee! AR Randolph What
ave you been up to nowF'
"None Of yours, Thomas said Rob
ert Hervey. in. kindly hut firm voice.
"Get me u bit of paper and a pencil"
The chauffeur discovered the re-
CURED articles i'm Mr. AIilyuns' car,
handed them over. and curiously
watched Mr.. Randolph write his note
to the effect thar Miss Imogene Pa
mela Thornton would receive her legal
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
LUCRETIA

THOCGH LuCrctia was the name
L borne by the notorious daughter
of Borgia. 1t is one Of the QuainteSt
and most old-fashlunel of names in
this country. Ii is Il far cry from
ancient Rome to modern New England,
but the name has completed the transit
ton with very few changes TO mark
the successful stages of its evolution.
There are two theories among ETY.
mologiSts in regard to the original
source Of Lucretia. Some contend
that it comes from the Latin word Lu-
crum, meaning gain" and for that
reason Lucretla is said to signify gain.
On the other hand, there IS much evi-
dence TO prove that its real source was
in the Latin word for light, lux. Many
feminine names have been derived
from this root and the same word has
supplied surnames without number.
1t is believed, therefore. that the
noted old gems Lucretius from which
Lucretia is directly descended. was
only another of the derivatives Of lux.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
Wit and Humor of the August Senate

A PPARENTLY none of the twelve
"A men who can understand Elm
STEMS theory Of relativity is in the
United States senate. Here's part
of the proceedings in the Congress
siOnal Record:
Mr. Penrose-Mr. President, will
the senator permit an inquiry?
Mr.. Enthusiastically.
Mr.. Penrose-The senator has re-
ferred very eloquently to Newton and
others who have contributed to science
| know the senate would patiently
listen to him If he would explain his
views on Einstein's theory of reIa-
tivity.
Mr.. Williams-Mr. President, l have
long cOntended that the witticst, the
vagueSt and most indefinite man in
this body is the senator from Pennsyl-
vania, but | did not know until this
morning that he could discover any
thing more vague and indefinite than
himself. | frankly confess that l do
not understand Einstein; | frankly
confess that | do not believe the sena-
tor from Pennsylvania understands
EinStein. I frankly confess ! do not
believe the senator from Connecticut
(NIr. Brandegee) would even contend
that he understood Einstein, and | do
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or Two that will pay them OF In GOOD
shape"
For long time after that Grandpa
Fox was very busy every evening, anu
if the Squirrel brothers and Tommie
Rabbit had watched they might have
noticed the light burning late In
Grandpa's cabin.
He chuckled as he worked, and
though il was very delicate work
Grandpa felt II would be well worth
all the trouble and care he was taking.
A basket of big nuts stood on one
side of his chair and from these Grand
pa Fox was very carefully taking all
the meat. leaving the shells in two
pieces, which fitted perfectly together
when empty.
These he filed with pepper-rcd
pepper. too-and then glued the shells
So nicely that even an expert could
not have told they had been opened.
These, of course, We're being pre-
pared especially for the Squirrel
brothers.
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up his pipe. which had fallen on the
ground. what had Tommie Rabbit and
the Squirrel boys done but filed the
pipe with black pepper, so poor Grand.
pa Fox almost sneeZed his head Off.
Another time they stole his specta-
cles and put in magnifying glass, so
that everything looked so big to him
that he was afraid to move.
But the limit of his patience was
reached when they tied strings to all
the sticks of wood and when Grandpa
Fox went out to get his wood in for
the night as fast rs he picked it up
thnS" bad youngsters would tug at the
Etring and down 1t would fall.
Grandpa Fox could not see real well
in the half-light and it took him a
long time to find out what was hap
pening, but when he did he snapped
off the string from the sticks in hur-
ry, you may be sure, looking very
angry. He knew better than to talk.
for that was just what the youngsters
wanted, and Grandpa Fox. having been
young himself, had not forgotten his
youthful tricks.
''I'll fix those youngsters" said
Grandpa, as he sat smoking by the
fire that night. a may be getting old.
but l think can scrape up thought
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not believe that even the senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Lodse) would
make very positive prctense in that
direction.
Mr.. Pcnrose-Mr. President
The Vice Presdent-Does the sena-
tor from Mississippi yield to the sen
ator from Pennsylvania?
Mr.. Williams-I yield.
Mr.. Penrose-I own volume OF
Einstein, in the Introduction Of which
it is stated that there are only II men
in all the world who understand the
book. | thought, perhaps. the senator
from Mississippi was one of them.
confess that | have nearly lost my
mental faculties in trying to under.
stand Einstein.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
Woman Ransacks World for Adornrnent

handle to support the feathers of that
bauble.
"Carelessly- tossed aside in the
warmth and light Of the theater lies
the lustrious sable wrap. The hun
dred or more of little 1S-inch dark
brown animals, required to make this
coat, tempted trappers into difficult
and dangerous enterprises on the fro
zen areas Of northern Russia and 81.
IBERIA. The fragrance that intrigues
your senses is probably the distilled
petals of roses grown In the fertile
valleys Of Bulgaria. A Chinaman in
Shantung shed his queue to furnish
the material for the net that holds
the coiffure in unblemished continuous
undulations.
The ropes of cleaning white pearls
that caress her throat were probably
gouged from the hearts of the huge
thick shelled oysters Of the South
seas, Australia, Philippines and
Burma, or from the small thin shelled
ones of Venezuela, Japan, Persia and
Ceylon. The platinum for the clasp
came from Colombia, and the dia.
monds which stud it may have been
taken from the dark interiors of sub
terranean depths in Brazil or South
Africa, to be polished by diamond cut
ters In Antwerp, Amsterdam or
Bruges''
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
Washington Discovers the Real HUGHES

ID EfOND question, the member of
~ the cabinet most talked about at
Washington is Charles f. Hughes. sec
retary of state. In fact there is a
distinct Hughes wave, and remote in
deed from the centers of power and
OF gossip Is the place in official or
social Washington that has not felt
the influence Of this wave
1t Is the story Of two Hugheses-how
one has supplanted the other in the
popular mind.
The Hughes personality, as 1t stands
out today, took official Washington
completely by surprise. The unfall.
Ing smile, the hearty handshake, frank
ly caused establishment. A cold. cal
culating. austere, self-centered man
had been expected at the State de.
partment. Officials and minor employ
ees there had looked for a chill in the
air as he approached; n brusauepess
OF greeting rs he entered; a sharn
closing of the door with orders that
none was to be tolerated near the Off.
cial sanctum unless summoned TO an
pear.
And then came the revelation. A
smile and u CHEEKY word of greeting
Tor everybody and Mr.. Hughes was on
the JOB. oficials who were requested
to drop In to see him came away. their
faces expressing a strange mixture of
unbelief and pleasure. There could
Do no mistake In the Identity Of the
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man, for the famous whiskers wer.
there, although somewhat more closs.
iy cropped than In the old days.
Yes, It's Hughes all right" com.
mented one visitor; but what I want
10 Know Is, where's the faker who snid
he was an iceberg?"
The gossip spread to the senate
Ihe days went by and contact with
MT hughes was frequent. Comment
or this kind then was heard:
FIRST SenatOr-I met Mr.. Hughes to-
day. He wore the broadcast smile I
ever saw. We had most delIrbtfuI
chat.
Second Senator-Yes. fine chm. !
should say. Say. who made un all
mat human iclcle stun?
ihe same experience is true of tho
newspaper correspondents at Washing.
ton' with the exception, perhaps. Of
those who had known Mr.. Hughes well
as governor Of New York.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
HOW DO YOU SAY 1T?
BY c. N. LURE
Common Errors in English and
How TO Avoid Them
WHERE AM | AT"

TT Is not correct to use the word
L ''at" or the word ito" after the word
where" as in the sentences, Where
were you at last Sunday?' and Where
We're You going to?" Say. instead,
Where were You last Sunday?" and
Where were you going!" This is
one example of many in English In
which the speaker or writer uses too
many words to express his meaning.
The sentence, "Where am / at?" at
tracted much attention about 20 years
ago when it was used by speaker
in the house Of representatives. The
member was making long speech,
hlled with long sentences. Not much
attention was being paid to him. and
he lost his place" while uttering one
of his long sentences. So he turned
to the speaker and asked: Mr.. Speak
er. where am l at?" The reporters
took advantage of the opportunity to
poke fun at him. and the phrase was
repeated and laughed at all over the
United States.
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III can rule the great that cannot reach
TIE small.-Spenser.
a VOID any little mannerism that
indicates extreme fusSiness or
fnicalnesS of taste. The person who
appears to be examining minutely
every mOrSel that he takes on his fork
makes one feel that he is suspicious
that the food is not entirely what II
ought to be. So, too, the person who
samples every Wand very carefully
before beginning in earnest to eat Is
too finical to be q pleasant table COM
panion.
Large pieces of bread are broken
into smaller pieces before being but
tered and carried to the mouth.
Cake may be broken and eaten like
bread or crackers or 1t may be eaten
with a fork.
Celery, olives. radiShes, salted nuts,
bon hons, preserved ginger and other
trifles are eaten from the fingers, but
berries, melons, and grapefruit must
be eaten with a spoon. Bananas are
generally eaten with a fork, peaches,
Hpp''' anu p'"io a. z pN'itu, IudIltIeu
and cut into small pieces and then
picked up with the fingers.
Grapes and small plumS are eaten
from the fingers, and the stones or
skins taken into the hand and carried
to the plate, never dropped from the
lips. Prune seeds are best pressed
out with the spoon before the fruit Is
eaten, and then laid to one side on
the plate.
Bones of fowl, game or chops must
not be taken in the finger, but green
corn may be eaten that way.
Artichokes, source of much grief TO
the inexperienced diner, if served hot
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
As to Names.

The late Champ Clark was chris
tened James Beauchamp Clark, but
he voluntarily dropped the first name,
and later because people would insist
on mispronouncing "Beauchamp,' he
rechristened himself with the name by
which he was generally known. His
case reminds us Of the old darkey's
plan. The latter was asked: "What
have you named your baby, Rastus?"
"Sam Pro TEN Johnson. sah'
"Whats the Pro TEN for?"
"TO show that the name Is only ten.
porary, sab. We kinder thought Sam
might like to choose his own name
when he growed up. SO we put de Pro
Tenn as warning to de public
Boston Transcript.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. legisia-
w tion eNempting American ships
from the payment of Panama canal
tolls is likely TO call forth some heavy
debating at this session. The senate
committee on lnteroceanlc canals, Of
which Senator Borah is chairman, has
before it the Borah bill, eNempting
American coastwise ships. and the
Jones and PoindeSter bills, eNempting
aIl American ships from canal charges.
The Republican national platform
last year for the first time declared
for toll exemption for all American
ships. but Senator Borah thinks that
in view of the opposition 1t will be
easier to put through bill applying
10 coastwiSe ships only.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20

wv IASHINGTON.-"W the grad
w ual return to pre-war condi-
tions, woman has called on land and
sea and birds of the air and the sub
terranean channels Of the earth to yield
up their treasures for her adornment,"
says a bulletin from the National
Geographic society.
''As she lazily invites attention with
the gayly colOred ostrich fan which
she moves across the line of vision
she is indeed an exotic thing of ad-
miration and generosity's making.
Powerful birds on farm in South
Africa probably had their tail and
wing feathers plucked and n magnifi-
cent beast of the jungle in India or the
Belgian Congo snorted in rage and
pain when he gave up his life that
his tusks might make the slender ivory
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
NATIONAL CAPITAL
gjjf7 g@iiiI7 AFFAIRS GiB
Panama Tolls Will Cause Big Debate

Senators Borah. Knox and most 9th.
er advocates OF toll exemption hold
that such legislation would not be In
contraventIon OF the Hay-Pauncefote
treuty with Great Britain, under
which the United States built the
canal. They contend that the provi-
sion for equal passage terms to the
ships of all nations applies only to
the ships of all nations other than the
United Stntes.
President Harding favors toll exenp-
tion. but has indicated that 1t should
be achieved through n new under,
standing with Great Britain.
Last year the canal earned S1O,295.-
362 In tolls. of which S4.724. .494 was
paid by .2Sl American ships; S3,35I, =
357 by S6T British ships; S5S3,6I3 by
100 japanese ships, and S4l1.i22 by
III Norwegian ships. A total of 2,Sl4
vessels, representing more than Is ma
tions, passed through the canal.
The maintenance cost, including
S90O,Oo0 for betterments, was SI,44S,-
272, leaving surplus of S2,S4T 900.
OF the 1924, ,024 tons of all Ameri-
can shipping. 3,9S6,755 tons. or less
than one-fourth, passed through the
canal In 1920.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
OLD FOX'S REVENGE

0LD GRANDPA FON, as he was
~ called by all the young wood ami
mails, had been bothered 50 much by
the Youngsters that he was at his wits
end 10 know how TO punish them.
one day he was sitting outside his
door dozing in the sun when Billy
Squirrel and his brother climbed into
the tree over Grandpa Fox and let
down on a string Il wiggly turtle,
which scared old Grandpa so he tum-
bled out of his chair
Another day he fell asleep in his
chair and when he awoke and picked
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
By MILDRED MARSHALL

"Lucre, combining the fleece under the
midnight lamp" the famous Old Roman
tale, inspired Shakespeare to write one
of his earliest poems. Despite her mo-
toriety, Lucrcria Borgia probably eS-
tablished the name Of Lucreua in
Italy. aud in early modern times it
was one of the few classical names to
be revived.
France has a Lucrecc, which is pop
ular. and England imported Lucretia
in the eighteenth century.
Lucretiu's taIlsmanic stone is the
Ied-heHrted ruby. 1t has the power
TO bring her strength of body. un in
vncIble spirit and success in every un-
dcrtaking. Tuesday is her lucky day.
and her lucky number.
CCopyriEhtJ
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
The Right Thing
at the Right Time
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE

or cold with sauce must be broken
apart, leaf by leaf, and the tip dipped
IN the sauce and eaten from the
fingers. The heart is cut up and eaten
with fork.
Finger bowls are provided merely to
moisten the finger tips. not for a gen
eral handwashlng.
Your host who inquiries what portion
OF poultry or game, raw meat or well
done you prefer will thank you for a
definite answer. If you really have no
preference say so definitely. Do not
enumerate various cuts that appeal to
you.
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H9w i Hl6ttarhtE5! t h!
GA, II / -
THE ADDING MACHINE.

THE BabylOnlans had the first re-
L corded mechanical aid TO addl-
ton. Il 'pebbIe-board" with small
stones which were shifted about. The
Chinese abacus, with its beads on
wires, is also very ancient. Pascal, in
l641, invented the first adding ma
chine with dials. In 1920 c. y. Thomas
brought out the first successful all.
round calculating machine.
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ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuj.

Take Aspirin only us told In
package of genuine Bayer Table
Aspirin. Then you will be follc
the directions and dosage worse
by physicians during q years
proved safe by millions. TAX
chances with substitutes. II yN
the Bayer Cross on tablets, 20.
take them without fear for
Headache, Neuralgia, Rheuml
Earache. Toothache, Lumbago
for Pain. Handy tin boxes OF Z
tablets cost few cents. Druggist,
sell larger packages. Aspirin 1
trade mark Of Bayer Manufactu
Monoaceticacidester Of Salicylics
Adv,
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
Lazy lovery."

Sir John Lovery of England
eminent portrait painter, has
called Lazy Lovery." because
pretty society woman coming 1
studio for her portrait he seate
in the position desired and then
led her features. planning his won
looking hard and long at her.
he Ind studied her for some tim
said:
Don't you think it's about tim
started your work ?''-Boston Pc
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
Island Has Disappeared.

One Of the most famous of dlsap-
pearing Islands Is Expedition island,
situated of the northwest corner Of
Australia. and which was visited as
lntely as 1893. Today 1t has dlsap-
peared. and Is now fifty feet below
water. The island was thirteen miles
long. and famous for Its beauty.
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The Dolores star., 1921-05-20

DISTINCTION SANS DIFFER.
ENCE
sensitive Golfer (who has fooxIed)
DID you laugh at me, boy?
cadd'e-No, sir; was laughing at
another man.
What's funny about hIm7
no plays golf like you, sir.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
SLOW
DEATH

Aches, pains, nervousness,
Guilty in urinating, often q
serious disorders. The wo
standard remedy for kidney, y
bladder and uric acid trouh'
The Dolores star., 1921-05-20
Natural Aptitude

"What in your opinion make,
true diplomatist?"
"a true dlplomntist has to thi,
quick and see so many different
sIbilities." said Senator Sorghum
| wouldn't undertake to deib,
qualities. You might as well a,
what makes n good poker playe,
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SeasonabIe Thouoht

Around this time although a woman
may have an old hat on her head, she
mas new one on her mind.-Boston
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