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when he was In trouble.

During tho periods That no was
getting along well. he used &c stalk
around. He was clumsy. too. Why.
he broke this chairl Yesr' she lifted
a cushion out of a handsome corner
chair and showed a scat broken
through. Yes he broke hat sitting
in i'll And he would sit in that par
ticular chair though no knew he was
breaking 1t and that 1 loved it my
self!
, 1922-03-08
Drops Into Chair
And Cries Like Child.

But n day-and there were many
similar occasions-he came utterly
broken. He was in trouble over some.
thing he had one with Mrs Dukes
money.
The old defiance was gone Mrs.
Atwood went on. no dropped down in
tho big chair and cried. cried like a
child.
He threw himself on my mercy,
, 1922-03-08

come If his vanity had not struck a
false note
Proud of Hands
And Kept Them VOL
He was always very proud OF his
hands," said Mrs. Atwood. "and kept
them well. His nails were n trifle
too long and too shiny and he wore
q huge sapphire on his right hand.
One day. IN shaking hands with
him. my finger CLOSED over that stone.
II didn't have the clear. keen feeling
of genuine Jewel.
The nicked. almost pasty feeling
of that stone made me think for the
first time that Alfred Lindsay was
not genuine himself,
II looked Mt him." continued Mrs.
Atwood. and I thought. Arc you
wearing fake jewelryT'
Asked why she continued to trust
Lindsay. long after she began to doubt
his reliability. Mrs. Atwood thought
a moment
Probably II was because he used
@ come up here and cry like a chit
, 1922-03-08

lEltO "b.4AAlAs n ANE bIA1AAN 1AfaAA
ment just off Riverside Drive. Mrs
Atwood trusted Lindsay with $4,000,
And lost it. Her reply vas
with dominance"
Mrs. Atwood is a Mexican. auburn
haired and petite She has Travelled
IN Europe and speaks fou Ian
Euagos- She was left in comfortable
circumstances when her husband
died.
Lindsay Absolutely
Dominated Others
ALFRED Lindsay ahsofussiy domd-
mated any company with which he
happened to be" continued Mrs At
wood
He was not = cultured. man. BIS
English was bad His nEure vRs
ungadnly. He was too huge. too awk-
ward.
But he Dominated It a1Dounted
almost to defiance
when I met him AT the home Of
Mn. Lillian Duke, from whom he is
said TO have obtained several hun
dred thousand dollars, 1 had the feel
ing. Now here Is n diamond in tho
rough
Ills voice WIS not pleasant He
was not suave. not finished. but he
instantly began talking and held tho
center Of interest He was clever
enough not TO talk about himself. but
about other important people
-As We became better acquainted
he talked of these important people In
connection with his business- Natur-
"a - -
and offered TO invest money for me.
! fe,t 1t was safe to trust him
Know the Hour Of
Least Rn~shstanoa-
II was clover enough 20 study a
woman's moods He knew" said Mra-
Atwood. sin an almost mcanny why.
with an almost psychic ense, the hour
Of least resistance. He knew. with
out asking, when things wero not go
ing just right.
He never offered sympathy. That
would have been crude, wouldn't it7"
MrB Atwood smiled, cynically. but
he took that moment for bigger things
for instance. for deciding that my
JEWELS were unsafe in my own house.
He came in that particular day"
Mr.. Atwood went on. and told me
that 1 was wearing toe many Jewels,
that It was unsafe for a oma alone
az 1 am. to wear gorgeous jewelry, and
he asked me II he might take It to
his safe at the Astor where It would be
out of harms way.
81 objected. 1 fatty refused. Blu
he simply ook some Of the most val
liable pieces at which he had been
looking n walked AWAY with themi
Who Could Re Fond
or a Man Like This?
Fond of him?'' Mrs Atwood re-
peated the question. Goodness. mol.
Ho had a red nose, great habby jowls
gray eyes which were too light and
TOO shifty. His chin was too short The
space from the base of his nose to his
chin was amazingly short
why. I think his mouth was the
only good feature he had. That
curved up a little at h corners and
, 1922-03-08

begged me to give him another chAnc'
TO make good
Then. alter having given him thou
sands TO invest and lost T." Ars- At
wood was speaking slowly. u bor'
rowcd more money for him
Alfred Lindsay knew when 10 stop
dominating and PUT himself on ones
mercy.
That corcluded MrA Atwood lis
why he could continue 20 long to hold
the confidence Of women"
, 1922-03-08

was thtn-lipped. which accounts for
bis eternal opttmism One couldn't
be fond Of him. but he dominated and
defied.
And he was an excellent alibier. a
wonderful fctonists gone wrong. He
could tell o in the most convincInr
way that certain circumstances wer,
preventing any return on your invest
ment, explain 1t all, and I might have
gone on believing for any length OF
time that all he said was true and
that eventually big returns would
, 1922-03-08
'50TH BROKER
GOES TO WALL

NEW YORK. March T-The List Of
stock brokerage casualties touched
the SO mark this week when invoiun
tary bankruptcy petitions were mei
in federal SQUIRT against Etting and
Wall and I. B. Mullins and company.
Etting and WaIl held membership
in the Consolidated Exchange while I.
B. Mullins and company was an tout
side~ house with no exchange connec-
tons
No estimate OF liabilities and assets
was made In either petition @.
, 1922-03-08
WOMEN TRucKED BY LINDSAY.
BY RUTH ABEIING.

Copyright l9-2. by ~ S6zoal
NEW YORK, March S.-How did Alfred E. Lindsay, for
mer strikebreaker once indicted for white slavery, win and
hold the confidence of wealthy and intelligent women, to the
point of getting control of their fortunes estimated, altogeth-
er, around a million dollars?
This question l asked Mrs. Dorothy Atwood, New York
, 1922-03-08
Use of Planes
As AmbuLdnces
Is On Increase

CHICAGO. March g. - The saying
-caI tho ambulanco' soon Will be
"caIl the ~airplane." DR.. Theodore
Housh. dean of the University OF Viz
yinia medical school and president of
the Association Of American Medical
colleges I'd in ia addrosse before
the latter association
"Airplane ambulances a q means
Of Transporting patients In areas
where there are few good roads soon
will be common" said DR.. Hough
I'VE no longer are dependent on rail
road transportation for patients either.
for the sirplane ambulance already
has proved a
"The doctor also win uss the air
plane for hurry calls"
, 1922-03-08

MONTREAL. March s.-Dunn and
company. stock brokers. has an
nouneed an assignment for the bene
ut Of creditors.
, 1922-03-08

London's first woman insurance
broker-Miss Lillian H Tucker-has
lust embarked in business on her own
account. after five years experience
as city manager of a large insurance
c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31
D. BENDHEIM 4 SONS, Inc.

Alegandria's Largest and Best KnoOn
Department Storc-Ihe Home OF
Uuuiity and Far Prices With Re
wtntion OF Hall Century OF High
Class Services.
No review of the commercial devel-
opment and expansion Of Alexandria
in the last half century would be
complete without reference to name
which has led them all, for in a! OF
it's mercantile history, no name has
stood above that Of Bendheim in build
ing up the city as a shopping center
and thereby expanding its Importance
commercially.
Today the firm Of D. Bendheim &
Company, Incorporated, with its hand
some department store at 4l7-419
King Street stands out most promln-
entity as factor in building up. Al
exandria. 1t occupies all of hand
scmc three story building and carries
an extensive stock, devoted especial
ly to those things SO dear to the hearts
Of the ladies both as to wearing APP
pare and house furnishings.
The building is the most moderniy
arranged in the city, and its service
is Of the superior character.
The first floor is devoted to dry
goods, notions, silks, domestic and
imported, hosiery, art needle work
etc. The second floor carries ready
to-wear garments for ladies, misses
and children, and here speciality is
made Of the infant department.
The third floor is devoted to house
furnishings, including china and glass
ware, window shades, floor coverings,
etc. The company has the agency for
the celebrated Hoover Suction Sweep
ers, and Gold Seal Congoleum."
The window-shade making depart
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31

grade chestnut wood extract that is
popular with the leather industry IN
America.
The name alexandra" on a piece
of leather stands for the best in the
industry and the word IS one that
ments much to leather buyers.
The company maintains eastern Of
fices for distribution in Philadelphia
with the Mt. Vernon Leather Com
pany at Sal n. Third street as agents,
and western offices at I61 W. Lake
street Chicago, the agency of Howard
Irwin.
Two grandsons, MI. William B.
Smoot, president, and Mr.. J. Clinton
Smoot, manager of the North Wilkes
boro tannery, and one great grand
son Mr.. Charles Calvert Smoot, Bird
represent the Smoot family in the
Company, which IS maintaining the
same high standard and progressive
policies upheld by the founder and
the succeeding members of the fam
lily of Smoot in the conduct of this
splendid enterprise through period
OF l02 years.
The products are Of the highest
grade and every effort is made to keep
the standard high. The business in
tegrity of the firm has been strength
ened through the years that have
passed since the founder laid the basis
for one OF the big successes in the
business and industrial world. The
product is free from adulteration Of
any sort, is tanned by the old fashion
ed process and is the most servicea-
BILE made. In quality it has no sup
erioT.
Nj. William B. Smoot, president OF
C. c. Smoot & Sons Company, is a
native of Alexandria and one of its
leading public spirited citizens. He
is member of the Chamber of Com
merce and is one of the most active
boosters known in the city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31

ment is the most modern in the city.
In the basement is the bargain de-
partment where a large line OF mis-
cellaneous goods is carried.
Twenty employees of the store as
sure its customers of courteous, &C
connmodating treatment, and with the
remodeling of the store last year 1t
is in better position than ever to
give service and satisfaction.
Throughout its history Bend
helms has never been accused OF pro-
fiteering, and honest goods at honest
prices has always been its motto.
The result is that anything purchased
at Bendheim's is guaranteed IN itself.
The present heads of the firm are
Messrs. Irwin Diener, president, and
Mrs. NJ. w. Diener, secretary. Mr.:
Irwin Diener has been at the head OF
the business for the last year and a
half and is one Of AleXandrla's most
prominent business men.
He is a member of the Chamber OF
Commerce, is active in the klwanls
Club, is Mason and an Odd Fellow.
He has organized club among his
employees tor social purposes as well
as savings and thrift organization,
which has proven highly successful
and has set the pace tor promoting a
better feeling OF cooperation and
loyalty between employer and en-
ploye.
Mr.. Diener is, an advocate Of the
King Street White Way, is urgently
in favor of ferry to the Maryland
side Of the Potomac River, and the
construction OF a permanent road to
Fairfax Court House, and is one OF
the clty's most liberal and public
spirited citizens.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31

back. Many Alexandrians, indeed,
make this their regular dining place.
The kitchen is large, light, clean
and sanitary in it's every appoint
ment and all in equipment. Modern
utensils of the latest approved type
| are used, and the cooks and kitchen
help are expert in their work. A large
ice box and smaller one provide
facilities for keeping every food arti-
Gle in the purest and freshest OF con-
dition.
Between the kitchen and the dining
room there is an ample assembling
room where the articles embraced in
the various diners orders are gar
nished and made ready for the tables
of the customers.
| This sterling hotel was established
four years ago and it has been giving
the best of service and growing in
popularity from the very start. Mr..
w. C. Drury and Mr.. A. S. Elbourn
are proprietors.
Mr.. Drury is an eminent Mason,
being a member Of Andrew Jackson
lodge, Scottish Rite of Freemasonary,
of Acca Temple, Mystic Shrine, at
Richmond; of Potomac lodge and Lib
erty Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows;
and Elks. He is a member of the
city council from the third ward, and
public spirited citizen and repre-
sentative Of the people in municipal
affairs; a member of the Chamber Of
Commerce and the kiwanis club, and
booster for white Way" and other
items for the city's advancement
He has lived here seven years.
Mr.. Elbourn mas been resident of
the city for about seven years also.
He too is a leading citizen and pop
ular fraternity man, being a member
of Potomac Lodge and of
other organizations. Mr.. Elbourn has
spent virtually all o. his life in the
restaurant and hotel business and is
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31
WALTER ROBERTS
Wholesale and Retail Dealers an
Flour GraEn and Feedstlts With
Entensive Trade Through North
e'7l Viraiaia-One OF oldest and
Largest Firms in City.

Alexandria is the center OF a rich
agricultural country on both sides OF
the Potomac and it is a trading cen
ter for thousands of farmers, who for
half century have recognized in the
establishment of Walter Roberts
located at LOG South Union Street a
satisfactory headquarters for much
OF their livestock supplies.
The firm deals extensively at whole
sale and retail in the leading brands
OF flour, cornmeal, hay, grain and
reeds, and speciallzes IN dalry and
stock feeds being with the farmers
and truckers of this territory.
Owning its. own large Two story
brick building with wharf on the
Potomac River, the Roberts house
has extensive facilities for handling
its large business. 1t operates one
team and one truck in delivering It's
orders to boats and trains.
Mr.. Walter c. Roberts, general
manager, IS one of Alexandria's most
prominent BUSINESS men. He IS a
member of the Chamber OF Commerce
and the hiwanIs Club, and takes an
active interest in all matters affect
ing the public welfare of the city and
TINS section.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31
WARES PHARMACY

The Recall Store of Falls Church.
One of Most Modern Drug Stores
az This Section-OWncd by Nh.
Macon Ware.
Not every drug store bears the
proud distinction of being Rexall
Store especially in a town the size
Of Falls Church, but that honor has
been accorded Wares Pharmacy be-
cause it is recognized as one OF the
most progressive and attractive phar-
macies in this section of the state.
In the five years it has been in bust
ness the pharmacy has built UP a
large business by modern methods,
and its trade extends throughout this
section. Physicians have the utmost
confidence in it's prescription depart
ment which is under the personal di-
rcction Of the proprietor, Mr.. Macon
Ware, who has had fifteen years OF
experience and is recognized as a
capable druggist and prescription ex-
pert.
In addition to the full line of Rex
all remedies, the store carries a COM
plete stock of pure drugs, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, patent and propric-
tary medicines, rubber goods, toilet
articles, spraying material, garden
and field seeds. Cigars, cigarettes
and tobacco. A well equipped SAM
tary soda fountain is one of the feat
urcs Of the store.
Nh. Ware is son of Judge z. N,
Ware a we'll known citizen Of Falls
Church, and has resided here five
years, being recognized as one Of the
progressive business men Of the place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31
MONTICELLO HOTEL AND
CAFE.
Handsome and Well Equipped Hotel
Provides Splendid Service IN Every
Detail to the TruveHng Man aud
Visitor: Well Cooked and Attract
ively .Served Foods Feature.

One of the most modern and most
comfortable hotels in the northern
part of the State is the Monticello
hotel at Alexandria.
The Monticello hotel, with its spien-
did cafe in connection, is one of the
most popular establishments in the
city and it is largely patronized by
those who desire the best of food well
served, as we'll as by those who have
occasion to be in Alexandria over
night.
The hotel is finely designed and
substantially built structure of brick,
S-ith an artistic white front that
causes the building to stand out in en-
phasis among its neighbors. 1t has
cement floors and white tile walls
about four feet high on the lower
floor, making the lobby and foyer
most attractive.
Adding to the attractiveness and
comfort that one reels upon entering
TINS Splendld nosreiry are the wei!
arranged and comfortable chairs with
wnlcn inc lobby IS 1urnlSned. Inc
loDDy possesses all commences sought
by CravelerS. Inc Office and desk
are neat ana resCful and inviting and
the guest Is maze TO 1eel at home ana
at case by the cordial greeting he
receives.
The feeling that here is service is
SenSed by the VISITOR and that feeling
grows during his stay, for service Is
evident or every hand. Many OF the
neeus are anticipated by the capable
note! help that Is employed and every
courtesy and attention IS shown. Al
ways ready TO serve and to please:
That sums up the activities and the
attitude Of the proprietors, both skill
ed MOTEL men, ana the employees who
are we'll versed in the art pleasing
all patrons.
The hotel has steam heated rooms,
all we'll lighted and ventilated and
with hot and cold running water. On
each floor there are bath rooms with
tub and shower, and accommodation for
overnight are provided for sixty-tlvc
guests. The rooms are COMFORTABLY
anu ClCdHlS 1uI ulSLICu anu al e'
home-like as any hotel rooms could
possibly be.
In the restaurant there arc ten
tables, five of them seating six per-
sons each and five of them seating
four each, and the service given is
prompt, courteous and attractive.
Every diner must be pleased. The
floor space of the cafe is 26 by so feet,
while the dimensions of the hotel are
50 by 1872. Dinners arc well pre-
pared, the cooking being of that high
type that characterizcs the southern
service that is famed in song and
story. Everything is prepared from
the best that the market affords and
in highly appetizing way. One of
the spccialtics is the noted Virginia
fried chicken dinner, and anyone who
ever dimes at this place always has
that desire that would bring him
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31

a man of large experience in serving
the people VINO are hotel and restau-
rant patrons.
Mr.. Elbourn is with Mr.. Drury in
the belief that a white Way" will be
of immense value not only to King
street, on which the Monticello hotel
is located, but to ali sections of the
city. He too is an advocate Of all
progressive measures.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31

There is no better known merchant
and business man in Alexandria
than Mr.. w. H. Cook, for more than
thirty years proprietor of a we'll
known grocery and meat market at
923 Cameron Street and long recog-
nized as leading spirit in that line of
business in the city.
Mr.. Cook has had nearly forty
years of experience III the grocery
and food supply business, and has
been conducting a store for himself
for thirty-three years.
In his store he carries complete
line of staple and fancy groceries,
fresh and cured meats, vegetables,
produce, eggs, butter, etc, as well as
extensive patronage, which apprec-
iates the high quality OF his stock
and the splendid service he renders.
Mr.. Cook, in point of service, is
one of the oldest merchants in active
life in the city. He is native of Al
exandria, is public spirited and pro-
gressive, and is always found ready
Sweden is land of enlightenment;
education is compulsory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31
W. H. COOK

One of Oldest and Best Known Groc-
ers IN Aleaand1ia-Has Built Up
Large Business and Is Recogni=-
ed as Progressive Business Man and
Citizen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31
!, e. sMooT & SONS COMPANY

Tanners and Manufacturers and Dis
. tributors of High Grade Sole Leath-
!. or for the Findings Trade and Do
I. inn Business For More Than Cen
4 tury With All Parts Of United
States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31

The record Of more than hundred
years of efficient and wholly satisfy
ing service to the people of nation
through the nations manufacturers,
wholesalers and retail business enter
prises is the possession of the firm
of C. C. Smoot & Sons Company, tan
ners. 1t is a record of which the
firm is proud and one to which the
city of Alexandria, where the home of
the company is located, may point
with justlfiable pride.
C. c. Smoot L. Sons Company is
one of the oldest tannery corporations
in the United States. 1t is one whose
products are known the world over.
The business was established I'M
der the present general style of Smoot
on May 3, 1920 when Charles Cal
vert Smoot, founder of the present
house, bought the tanning property
of Joseph Heston at the corner of
Wilkes and Washington streets, Al
exandria, where the main office OF the
company continues to be situated,
though the tannery and extract plant
is situated in North Carolina.
Among these locations are North
Wilkesboro, N. c., where the princi-
pal tannery is now located, having
been moved there from this city in
1897. The tannery at North Wilkes
boro is one Of the largest and best
equipped in the country and produces
in quantity the widely known stand
ard quality trade mark Alexandria F."
secured oak bends, particularly for
the findings trade, and bellies, shout
ders and heads, as well as the high
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-24
MISS WILHELM
is SUMMONED
Daughter Of Rev. and Mrs. Pm.
Wilhelm Passes After a
Lingering Illness.

Victoria Wilhelm, 22-year-old
daughter Of Rev. and Mrs. Pm. Will
helm, passed away at 2:45 o'clock
yesterday afternoon in the family
residence, 1923 Fifth avenue, after
an extended Illness. She had been
bedfast since the middle of Deeeni-
Der and gradually became weaker
until the end came peacefully yes
terday afternoon.
Miss Wilhelm was born Jan. 26,
1900. in Mayyille, Wis. She was
baptized Jan. 2S, 1900. in st. Johns
Lutheran church, of which Rev. and
Wilhelm was then pastor. When
she was 4 years OF age the family
moved to Staunton, H., where her
father was in charge of the Zion
Lutheran congregation. From 1906
to 1909 she attended the Zion Luz
theran parochial school and then
came to Rock Island with her par
ents and attended the Emmanuel
parochial school until 1914. She
was confirmed in the Emmanuel
Lutheran church June q, 1914.
She attended Rock Island public
schools and was graduated from