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spiral nebulae cisland universe')
resemble our own system and are
distant from 100000 to 10000 900
light-years, Shapely, on the con-
trary, regards the spiral nebulae
as probably truly nebulous in con.
situation, and driven away by some
repulsive action from the galaxy of
stars. The arguments on both sides
are Of fascinating interest, but I
am not going to detail them here.
They may be found summed up by
Messrs, Shapley and Curtis them
selves in Bulletoin No. IL or the Ma
tional Research Council. But some
facts have just come to light con-
corning one of the most remarkable
of the spiral nebulae which may be
considered to have an important
bearing upon the subject. In Con
tribution No. 213 of the Mount Will
son Observatory, Adrian Van Maan-
en- describes the results of careful
measurements of the position Of
eighty points in the spiral nebula
'Messler 81" sometimes called the
whirlpool nebula." These points
are included in two photographs OF
the nebula, one taken In 1910, the
other in 1921, or eleven years apart,
and the motions that they have IN
dergone in the interval are revealed
by the measurements.
II the reader can see a reproduc-
ton Of a photograph of this nebula,
which has often been printed in re-
cent astronomical publications that
ought to be found in any large pub
lie library, he will get a more vivid
sense of the meaning Of Van
Maanen's revelation. The measure
ments show unquestionably that the
great nebula is turning In a plane
about at right angles to our line OF
sight. In the photographs 1t resem-
bles a gigantic fiery pinwheel, spin
ming with great velocity, one large
fragment having apparently been
whirled off from the central mass
around which 1t has made a complete
turn, while continually retreating
from 1t in a spiral curve.
A spectacular feature Is the ex-
istence of a luminous spiral arm,
sweeping out and round, like a Sec
ton of partially uncoiled watch
spring, which appears like a glow
ing wake" stretching backward
along the path by which the outer
mass has Travelled. and still marked
with incandescent matter. which
may be following in a persistent cur
rent.
The visible portions Of the neb-
ula consist of similar spiral arms,
but no other relatively great mass
appears to have separated from
the central nucleus. But along the
course of these arms knots of neb-
ulous matter are more or less
thickly distributed, affording ex-
cellent reference points by means
of which motion may be detected.
Scattered over the nebula there
are also many small stars, evil
IDENTIFY not physically connected
with Il and therefore available as
reference points for comparison
with the points in the nebula.
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A STIRRING ROMANCE
BY Arthur Stringer.

, Atwill affair you've mentioned, Tor
RE knew of that affair at the time,
was q witness to 1t, and openly con-
doned II by living with me for nearly
a year. And as I remember 1t the
condoning of any such offense ex-
empts 1t from action for divorce"
Krass, still shrewed-eyed and
thoughtful. shrugged a diffident
I'm neither a Judge nor law
yer. But IL what you say is true
IL remains equally true that " Tor
RE wants to sacrifice half year
out of her work she can go to Ne
vada and obtain her decree there
on the grounds of cruelty and non
support. But that's something
which you both ought to fight
shy Of"
Storrow met the other mans eye,
still marked by an absence Of open
combativeness.
why are you so interested in
all this?" he suddenly demanded.
Because. as I've already pointed
out, happen to be Torrie Thros.
sells manager. And want to see
her free to win over the public
that she's waiting to win over
Storrow's gesture was one Of i'm
patience. Then q new thought
came to him.
Does Torrie intend to marry an
other man?" he demanded.
1--WE never heard her express
such an intention" was Krassler's
cool-noted reply.
do you intend to marry herr"
asked Storrow, inspecting his
small.bodied enemy.
Krassler laughed
Thanking you, have quite trou-
bles enough as her manager" he
said.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright 1870, by Arthur stringsrl.
Publish By arrangsmsn with IntsrnA-
tional Feature Service. Inc,
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MOON-VIEW OF EARTH
BY Garrett P. Seryiss-

|" HE most astonishing discoy-
cries now being made in as
tronomy relate to tn most
distant regions of the visible Gre
alton. In fact, they bear upon the
question whether there is only
one universe" containing all OBJ
jects within the range of our OBJ.
servation, or many island uni
verses" one Of them being our
own stellar system, marked out
by the Galaxy or Milky Way. The
first mentioned view is that Of
Harlow Shapley, director of the
Harvard Observatory; for the Sec
ond, which is of older date, though
yet recent, II. d. Curtis, of the
Allegheny Observatory, has lately
appeared as protagonist.
Curtis regards the spiral nebulae
as representing star islands in
space, foreign to ours; Shapley
holds that the spiral nebulae as
well as the globular star clusters
are subordinate. or attendant, parts
of our aggregation.
They talk, without turning a
hair. of distances amounting to
hundreds of thousands and millions
of light-years-and why should
they not. for thought runs easily
on toward infinity, even though 1t
never can reach It any more than
the boy can put his foot on the
end of the, rainbow!
Shapley does not deny that there
may be other 'universes' far out
side our own, but he thinks that
they are not within our range Of
vision, and particularly that the
spiral nebulae are not some of them.
In order to include within our
salactic system these objects and
the globular star clusters, which
are also very distant, he expands
the probable size Of the visible uni
verse GALL our own system, though
made up Of diverse constituency
to ten times the diameter that Cur
tbs Is willing to assign to 1t.
In q sentence, according to the
6hapley hypothesis, the diameter
Of the whole galactic system, the
only system Of whose existence we
have visual or Photographic evil
dence. is Of the order of 100000
hght-years.
According to the other hypothe-
sis the diameter is at the most not
over $4,000 light-years, while the
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; little golf ana you can rummase
around among the villagers"
They compromised on the trip
Wheeler chucltled to himself-money
meant nothing to him. but S22. 900
for q wrap was-the largeness Of
the sum offended him.
The maid attendant on Hester ~
marked: 'T,didn't send 1t back, Miss
Wheeler
I'm not Miss Wheeler" said
Hester sharply, 1--WE told you not
to call me thatp r..
70 81 beg pardon. Miss wheeler-I
mean Miss Bevins."
Send 1t back" said Hester, sharp
ly. She had no idea of defying
Wheeler. His method of campaign
was quite different The wrap was
duly despatched to the firm from
which it came, with a brief note Of
thanks.
Having accepted the offer to 60
back to- Demopolis even for a brief
and unannounced visit. Hester had
a new f1uttering of the heart. She
would not have believed it possible
that such a prospect would ever
have the power to stir her.
That village She had called duh
and stupid, she now began to see AZ
a kind of haven set in the midst
OF stormy sea. And like q rock
in its midst, the stalwart figure Of
Jerry Newcombe waiting for her.
She dropped her eyes at that
thought, what would she tell him
II she saw him? Unworthy-was
II too late to shake off the past and
plan a happy future that had no
past? Jerry would forgive---she
knew that-it was not Jerry. bur
she who was the stumbling block.
She had boasted vainly; she had
scorned openly; could she go back
now and brazenly explain why and
how she came to her old place in
a ten thousand dollar car?
Go Be Continued TomorrowJ
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what kind OF evidence7"

yes"
What kind OF evidence7"
81 understand that you were de-
tected by the necessary witness In
a situation necessarily compromis-
ing. a little over a year ago, in"
Evidence against me?" repeated
the astonished Storrow.
I'm the room," pursued Krassler
with a carefully maintained matter
of.factness. "of a Broadway chorus
girl known as Fannie Atwill.
Storrow's thoughts flew back to
the situation which Krassler's words
had so suddenly recalled. He re-
membered the scene and Matte
Crowder's calm-eyed inspection of II.
But that situation was an inno-
cent one, absolutely and entirely In
nocent." he explained, nettled to find
& himself on the defensive.
'It would not be accepted as in
nocent by any open-minded judge
Of the supreme court" was Krass-
ler's impersonal retort. II took an
effort on Storrow's part to keep him
self under control.
Has Torrie ever expressed q will
ingness to make use Of that Incl
dent?" he demanded.
"She may be compelled to-" was
Krassler's non-committal retort.
But is she willing tor"
"She realizes that things can't pos
sibly go on as they are" was the
others answer.
"And you intend to use this" be-
gan Storrow.
ct don't think you viii be stupid
enough to make that necessary"
Krassler told him. But Storrow the
next moment had swung about on
him.
at isn't a matter of stupidity.
It's a matter Of decency. And, If
I'm not mistaken, the stupidity is
on your side. No matter what hap
pened in connection with this Pannis
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BObbie and His Pa

. nobody will want to chum with
you, sed Ma.
That Is a funny thing, 1t seems
to me. All preachers & teechers
say we shud do no rong, but wen
we do no rong we are too good to
have peepul like US.
The older 1 git the less I like
cold & snow, sed Pa. AS I have
often sed beefoar, I wud like to
spend our last days on a troppick
Hand, sed Pa, II 1t wasent for little
Bobbie.
Doant mind me, sed. I will so
anyware you & Ma go, 1 sed. A
troppick land wud be o. X. with
me, sed.
. What a littel deer Bobbie Is, sed
Ma, He is contented & happy all
the time. He talks after our side
Of the house in that respeck, sed Ma.
Ha, ha, sed Pa.
At what are you snickering att
=, sed Ma.
- You are so droll, sed Pa The
idee of you saying that you have
always been happy & contented, sed
Pa. But 1t is a good thing that you
were restless & ambishus, SD Pa
kind Of quick, or you wud newer
have drove me to the CRATE hites
wich have reached, sed Pa.
Ha, Ha, sed Ma.
Now at what are you laffing at?
sed Pa,
You are so droll, sed Ma.
/ guess Pa & Ma IL both droll &
both foolish suntimes, only don't
dast to tell them 10 thare faces,
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A Serial of a Country Girl Who Seeks
Happiness in the Maelstrom
of the Metropolis.

"Am +? Do you know why? It's
because I've had a longing to go
back to the little old town left
five years ago."
why not7 BY all means-when
these people. leave well talk It
over" ...
They proceeded to the other
room and the = entertainment went
on: they talked: they danced:
they sang. Merry people all as far
as the usual onlooker could de-
termine. sre E -
No one who heard them would
have imagined they had a care in
the world. They said good night
joyously as though 1t had been 4
good night! Only one woman ling
cred to whisper to Wheeler.
Now If you could give me a
tip"
He smiled good naturally. ''The
only tips I give you wouldn't &c.
on"
II would, would" she said a
little anxiously. ...t
NO." he shook his head, still
smiling, he was used to this sort
of thing.
'.Try me-"
Leave the market alone"
my only tip-free to all-the
tip of no regrets"
She shrugged her shoulders; was
on the point Of saying something;
thought better of 1t and went out.
All After Money.
Money" said Wheeler when she
had gone-when the door had
closed on the last guest, Money,
money, they all want it-for moth
ing"
Food for thought for Hester.
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ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
A Case for Tact.
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am thirty, and have been
going about with a man thirty.
five for ten months. He seems
in every way desirabie-is con-
genial, generous. etc. I know of
no bad habits.
About three weeks ago he told
me that he loved me, but as yet
has not said anything about get
ting married. Is It customary
these days for men to tell girls
they love them without asking
them to marry7 Or, does he sup
pose I understand that that is
what he means2
VIII you kindly tell me how to
act in the matter, as It is a rather
delicate subject to speak about, 1
think, without being misunder-
stood as running after him."
l.. Z. B.
SINCE the man has been seeking
your society for ten months,
the inference Is that he is fond OF
you. So, there doesn't seem much
chance that anything you can do
can be interpreted as running after
him." A man may tell a girl that
he loves her and still not think
ahead to the stage of planning to
marry her. A woman OF your age
rIght to have enough tact and
Inesse and poise to handle a stun.
ion like this delicately and still
firmly ~ .-i..E.l.lA :, ~. -rL-,.l -.
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THE RHYMING OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis

better. fifty.fifty everywhere. keep
It to the letter. Do not grudse
your aid and cheer in your grasping
blindness; these keep growing year
by year. do not stunt your kind
ness. Joy to take what gifts you
may. JOY in turn In giving; square
and honest every day, that's the
best of living. Do not always seek
for ease. profit, riches. pleasure;
only ask your share of these. not
unbounded treasure. In the barn.
yards miry holes some men should
be living; hogs and they have kin
dred souls. grabbing. never giving.
Such chaps like to root about,
claiming they're but thrifty; they
have never yet tried out going fifty
fifty. Fortune gives them not one
prop, for their tricks are shifty; but
she boosts men to the top when
they're fifty-fifty.
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

The famous Crimson Cliffs" Of
Greenland, which extend for miles,
derive their splendid color from red
lichen. They rise 1000. feet from
the waters edge. The Golden Gate
in the Yellowstone owes its name to
yellow lichen of its lofty walls.
The United States did not issue
stamps until about 1912. The num-
Der Of varieties from 1912 to 1900,
inclusive. was 1907, or between
twenty-seven and twenty-eight
year. From 1901 to 1920, inclusive,
4s4 varieties Of United States stamps
appeared.
Glass is not altogether a modern
requisite. 1t was used by the Ro-
mans In the time of Tiberius, and
the ruins Of Pompeii show windows
Of glass used before the year 70. In
medieval times wonderful effects
were created with glass.
In China many temples are pro-
vided with a bell at the entrance,
and when q worshipper enters he
gives the rope pull to ring the
bell In order that the gods may be
on hand to attend to his prayers.
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FUtp-Fifty.

no not grumble, do not squeal.
IL claiming life's your debtor;
try q fifty-fifty deal. things
will work out better. Just be sure
you do your part, nothing more is
needed; fifty-fifty from the start
always has succeeded. Do not think
the other folks should do all the grin
ming; chuckle gaily at their jokes,
you will get your inning. Do not
wait for men to come with a hand
clasp. heartily crying: Brother, well
come home" at each dance or party.
Don't suppose they'll greet your face
with huzzas Of gladness II you scowl
about the place. shedding gloom and
sadness. People are not built that
way, smiles win smiles in greeting;
II you're merry as the May, woes
will soon be fleeing. Give your
treasure share for share or a little
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~ Dramatic = ~ DR.
Read This Story Here Day by Day; Then
Watch for It in Motion Pictures
At the Leading Theaters.

felt Of the fur. and his eye caught
the tag that hung like a warning
from a bottonhole. '.
He turned II over IN his fingers,
started back q little, $4,000
wheeler's pleased smile became sud-
denly sarcastic laugh.
isn't that coming II pretty
strong" he asked. con top OF tho
house-you know you promised
me you wouldn' ask for anything
more this year" ...
"Hh WE'LL thought you'd like
Like It. yes-but s22. ooo." he
whispered "Some coat-mine cost
$3.50 on the Avenue"
EUR is expensive" Hester re-
minded him. .
80 1t smees, prohibitive."
"Then you'd rather-to be plain.
you don't want me to have it?"
"A promise is a PROMISE" said
Wheeler.
b.. Hester threw off the wrap,
put 1t back in the box" she said
to the maid-"ask them to sail"
The maid folded the wrap. and
carried II out.
A New Bride.
Sorry" remarked Wheeler.
hands In his pockets looking at her
as though to say, now can't we
talk about something pleasant"
But Hester made no reply.
He tried again. you were talk
In gabout trip-why not-where
Is the place you came from-Dem-
opolis-oh, yes-well there's
watering place not FAR from
there-we'll take the car-ask Kitty
and Speed, and run down for a few
days-nice weather-out of doors
good fun-maybe can get in .
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BY William F. Kirk.


UTELL. sed Pa last mite wen
" he was looking out of the
library window, well, sed
Pa, winter has locked the land in
his Icy handouts, sed Pa. I guess
that's poor. sed Pa, for a figger Of
speaking, sed Pa.
1t is a old expreshun, sed Ma.
have often red that in novels, sed
Ma.
OF course, Of course, sed Pa.
cuddent say nothing original, sed
Pa.
You cud II you tried, sed Ma, but
you are quite q parrot at that, sed
Ma.
A green parrot7 sed Pa. You
mite as we'll maik 1t a good one,
sed Pa, o.. ...1.. -,
Not so green, sed Ma. but stin
quite a parrot.
wimmen newer repeets things
they have herd, of course, sed Pa.
We do sumtimes, sed Ma. 1 VIII
admit that / am sumthing of a
parrot, too. SO are all Of us NOR
ills, sed Ma. We repeet what we
heer & do what we see others do &
eet what others eet, sed Ma, only
sum Of US Gets less than you, sed
Ma.
You are after me kind Of hard
tonite, sed Pa.
meen nothing by It, sed Ma,
am so proud of you In sum ways,
sed Ma, that1 want to see you per-
feck in everything.
am pritty near perfeck, amt II
sed Pa.
Pritty near, sed Ma. Maybe sum
day you viii be p@feck, q then
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manuen. -
Il am her manager" retorted
Krassler.
We'll, 1 am her husband" Just
as crisply retorted the other.
"Nominally, but not actually" cor
rected Krassler. ''
rs that your problem"
Krassler did not vince, but II
took him a moment or two to or
ganize his answer to that over-curt
question.
''Torrie is my star. I've landed
her on Broadway with a success.
II she's handled right she can re-
peat that success season by sea
son. as long as she wants to call
herself an actress. That means her
name and personality have taken
on definite commercial value"
Il know all that" ..,.
Then you also know that any
personal ENHANCEMENT, anything
that stands unsavory and sordid to
her public, Is going to affect her
name and her future"
DO you regard marriage as an
entanglement?"
I'm this case. I do" was Krass-
ler's prompt reply.
Then what do you propose?"
II suggest that you give Torrie a
divorce"
Still again Storrow studied the
slight and nervous-bodied man in
front of him. And still again he
yielded reluctant tribute to his
enemy's audacity.
And what good would that do
either Torrie or me?" he demand
ed. slightly amazed at the GOODNESS
with which he could discuss a prob
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and We're browsing around making 1
trouble.
He sensed her feeling. IT sign
ed the papers for that house fot
you today, Hester"
You're very good" she said, -rrS-'
paying him for a fifty-thousand-
dollar gift with three words and a
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The Wine of Life

lem once painful and still eminently
personal. a-
1T would leave Torrie unham-
pered, to go on with her work"
II can't see that being married
has hampered her any in her work"
He remembered, at the moment.
what Chester Hardy had once said
about marriage: that 1t naturally
closed a number Of doors. but that
divorce closed and locked a much
greater number.
-Four failure to realize a situa-
ton doesn't correct it," Krassler
was saying. IT repeat that that
situation exists. And as Torrie
comes to stand more and more
prominently before the public that
situation will become a drag on her.
You mean that i am the drag"
81 prefer not expressing 1t In that
particular manner" Krassler ex-
planned. with a GOODNESS that was
not without its barb,
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smile. But I've got something to
show you"
She rang a bell. and the maid
who had served her these three
years came into the library.
Bring in that package will your"
The package was brought in sill
ence, opened In silence while
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Screen Version Novelized
BY Jane Mclean.

r OUD applause from the COM
pany; an appreciative smile
from Mr.. Wheeler, as though
Miss Bevins had uttered a brilliant
bon mot.
The guests adjourned to the draw
ing room for coffee, the men smoked,
the women retreated into Hester's
room-admiring with easy words the
evidences Of great wealth that sur
rounded them.
"Ah," said Kitty. Hester's had an
other birthday-every time I see a
new thousand dollar trifle know
she's had a birthday" They're
coming pretty fast" said another.
"Yes: but G. @. is always on the
right side of the market"
ION the birthday side," laughed
q fourth.
you're particularly lovely to-
night Hester" said Wheeler.
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StOrrOw Adamant.

But that's what you mean?"
That depends very much on the
course Of action which you propose
to follow" -
But propose to follow no course
Of action" was Storrow's prompt
announcement. Krassler shook his
head almost impatiently.
THAT under the circumstances,
is not quite possible. You've either
got to approve Of such a move, or
oppose It,"
ION the contrary, I decline even
to bring II into existence"
That Is equally impossible"
What makes 1t lmpossible7"
Your wife is already In posses
sion of sufficient evidence to obtain
the divorce I've spoken Of" said
Krassler.
do you mean evidence against
mel"
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Wheeler watched. It disclosed .
magnificent fur wrap; the maid
adjusted 1t to Hester's form; IT en-
veloped her in folds Of supple rich.
ness.
Aha" laughed Wheeler, "splen-
did-fits you like a dream-you al
ways did have good taste" He
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THE STORY TO DATE.

Hester Bevins. left alone by the
death Of her parents, has been earn.
ing her living in the small town OF
pemopolis; she hates the environment
and yearns to try her hand at sue
cess in New York. The people In the
boarding house where she lives bore
ana disgust her. and Jerry Newcombe.
the clerk in the store, who has always
lowed her, Is the only person who
makes life endurable. The story
opens on May Day. which the whole
town Is celebrating with a picnic
Jerry takes Hester. He proposes 10
her. She refuses him. Goes to New
York and gets a position in an office.
rBack Pay" has been mad
into photoplay by Cosmopolitan
Productions; direction of Frank
Borzage; scenario by Frances
Marion. II will be released rs .
Paramount picture)
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For nothing? No, not in her
case-she had given everything;
the little hard lines around the
corners of her mouth began to as.
sert themselves. -. ...y..
She tossed her head as though
thus to shake out of II thoughts
that had forced their way inside
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-23
This Day in History

THIS is the anniversary of the beheading in 1793 Of
Louis XVI of France. His Queen was also gullo-
tined and the mobiles arrested and killed. the Revo-
utionsts stamped out those who had oppressed them