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Evening star., 1923-02-25
BY
EDNA
FERBER.

tie faint. Haven't we--rnet before"
She toyed with the end Of her scarf.
You feel that. too?"
He nodded. He took a cigarette
from a nat platinum case. Mind IL
smoke" Perhaps you'll join me-
Maxine took a cigarette, uncertainty.
Lighted II from the match ne held.
Put 1t to her lips. Coughed, gasped
Maybe you're not used 70 those
smoke a cheap cigarette because !
like 'em. Eighteen cents a package"
Maxine held the cigarette in her
unaccustomed fingers. Her eyes were
on his face. you said you thought
you felt-we'd met hefore:"
'I may be mistaken. but never for
get face. Where are you from, msy
ask?'
Maxine hesitated u moment. Okla
homa."
He slapped his leg resoundins
thwack. II knew it! I'm hardly ever
mistaken. Names-wait a minute
Pardee. isn't tt?"
"Yes. But how
"One Of the best meals ] ever had
In my life, Miss Pardee. Two years
ago. It was. I was lecturing on
Thibet and the Far East.
"Lecturing?" Her part OF the con
versation was beginning to sound like
the dialogue in a badly written play
Yes, I'm Brainerd, you know.
thought you knew. when YOU spoke
up there on the veranda"
"Brainerd?' II was almost ioiotic.
"Brainerd. Paul Brainard, the
travelogue man. I remember / gave
you and your mother complimentary
tickets to the lecture. I've got grea'
memory. Got to have il in my busi
ness. Let's see. that town was"
"Okoochee,' family.
"Okoochee! That's it. Its snsl.
world after all, isn't it? Okoochee
Why, I'm on my way 20 Oklahoms
now. I'm going to spend two months
or more there, taking pictures OF the
vast oil fields. the oil wells. A ne"
country. An Aladdin country: new
growth; one of the most amazing and
picturesque hits in the history of ou'
amazing country. History in the max
ing. An empire over night. Okla
homa, Well. What a relief, after war
torn Europe and ar outworn civiliza
tion."
But you-you're FROM
I'm from East Orange, y. j., my
self. Got a nice little place down
there that I wouldn't swap for all the
palaces Of the kings. No, sir!
Already? Well, yes, it is little damp
out here, 80 close to the water. Mrs,
Brainerd won't risk it. I'll walk Up
with YOU I'd like to have you meet.
her"
Copyright 1878. All rights reSeryed.)
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going train, and was never heard
from again.
"NELL" said the worse-than-
w widowed Cit was her own
term). we've got the home"
She set about keeping II. Pardees
dinners became an institution in
Okoochee. Mrs. Pardee cooked. Max
inc served. And not even the great
new stucco palaces on the EDGE
combe road boasted finer silver, more
exquisite napery. AS for the food
old Glenn Barstow himself, who had a
lobster and squads, came to Pardee's
when he wanted a real meal. From
the first they charged $1.50 for their
dinners. Okoochee, made mellow by
the steaming soup, the savory meats,
the bland sauces and rich dessert.
paid 1t ungrudgingly. They served
only eighteen-no more, though
Okoochee could never understand
why. On each dinner Mrs Pardee
made q minimum OF 75 cents. Eight
cen times eventy-five-naught and
carry the four-naught--fve-
teen-flfty-seven times-well, $s5. or
thereabouts, each week isn't so bad.
Out Of this Mrs. Pardee managed to
bank a neat sum. She figured at the
end OF ten or fifteen years.
"I hate them" said Maxine, wash
ing dishes in the kitchen. Greedy
pigs
They're nothing Of the kind. They
like good food, and I'm thankful they
do. II they didn't I don't know where
I'd be-
we might be anywhere-so long as
it could be away from here. Dull.
stupid. stick-in-the- e-muds, all Of
them
why, they're no such thing. Max
inc Pardee. They're from all over the
world, pretty nearly. Why, just last
Thursday they were counting there
were sixteen different state repre-
sented in the eighteen people that sat
down to dinner"
Pooh States. That isn't the
world
What is, then"
Maxine threw out her arms.
sprinkling dishwater from her drip
ping finger tips with the wide-fiung
gesture. Cairo. ZANZIBAR. Brazil,
Trinidad, Seville-oh-Samar-
arkand!'
where's Samarkand?"
II don't know. And I'm going TO
see it all some day. And the differ
ent people. The people that travel,
and know about what kind of wine
with the roast and the fish. You
knou-the kind in the novels that
say. You've chilled this sauterne too
much, Bemish.
And when you do see all these
places" retorted Mrs. Pardee, with
the bitterness born of long years OF
experience. you'll find that in every |
one of them somebody's got a board
ing house called Pardee's, or some
thing like that, where the people
flock same's they do here, for a good
meal"
"Yes. but what kind of people?"
Same kind that comes here"
81 don't believe it,
Well, it's so. And I'm thankful
we've got the comforts of home"
<iI tHIS d SHdi
little laugh that was almost 4 bark.
Perhaps she was justified.
The eighteen struggled in between
six and six-thirty, nightly. A mix
ture of townspeople and strangers.
While Maxine poured the water in
the dining room the neat little par
lor became a mess. The men threw
hats and overcoats on the backs of
the chairs. Their rubbers stopped
under them. They rarely troubled TO
take them off While waiting avidly
for dinner to be served they struck
matches and lighted cigarettes and
cigars.
The women trotted upstairs, chat
Evening star., 1923-02-25

thin, cruel lips. But he didn't seem
to be about Strangely enough, every
one she talked seemed to be from
Nebraska, or Kansas, or Iowa, OF
Missouri. Not only that, they all
were very glib with names and places
that had always seemed mythical and
glamorous.
''Oh, yes, Mr.. Tannenbaum and I
went to India last year, and Persia
and around. Real interesting. My.
but they're dirty. those towns. We
used to kick about Des Moines. now
that they use SO much soft coal, and
the manufacturing and all. But my
land, it's paradise compared to those
places. And the food, Only decent
meals we had in Egypt was place in
Cairo called Pardees. run by a woman
whose husband left her or died. or
something. Real home-loving woman
she was. Such cooking Why.
that's so. Your names Pardee. too.
isn't It! Well, always say to Mr..
Tannenbaum, it's small world, after
all. No relation, OF course?"
"Of course not" How suddenly
safe Oklahoma seemed. And Arnold
Hatch.
Where you going from Honolulu,
Miss Par1eeo"
"Samarkand.
Beg pardon
"Samarkand"
"Oh, yeh. Samar-le' see now where
is that, exactly I used to know. but
I'm such a hand for forgetting"
81 don't know said Maxine, dis
tinctly
"Don't-but 1 thought you said you
were going
"I am. But I don't know where it
Is"
Then how
you just go to an Office. where
there are folders and man behind
the desk. and you say you want to go
to Samarkand. He shows you. You
get on boat That's ALL
The people from Iowa, and Kansas.
and Nebraska and Missouri said, oh.
yes, and there was nothing like
travel. So broadening. Maxine asked
them II they knew about the Vale OF
Kashmir and one of them, astound-
ingly enough did. A man from MIL
waukee, Wis, who had spent a year
there experimenting the erection OF
dredge. A plump man. with eye
glasses and perpetually chewing a
dead cigar.
Gold and sunlight, myrrh and in
cense, the tinkling OF anklets. Max
inc clung to these wildly. in her mind.
But Honolulu, the Moana Hotel on
Waikiki Beach, reassured her. 1t
was her dream come true. She knew
II would be so when she landed and
got her first glimpse OF the dark
skinned natives on the docks, their
hats and necks laden with leis Of
flowers. There were palm trees. There
were flaming hibiscus hedges. Her
bed was canopied with white netting,
like that Of a princess Ohe attendant
explained It was to keep out the mo.
souitosal.
You ate strange fruits (they grew a
little sickening, after day or two).
You saw Duke, the Hawaiian world
champion swimmer come in on surf
board, standing straight and slim and
naked like a god of bronze, balancing
miraculously on & plank carried In cn
the crest Of a wave with rho velocity
Of a steam engine. You saw Japanese
women in tight kimonos and funny
little stilted tapping footgear run
ming to catch a street car; and you
laughed at the incongruity Of 1t. You
made the three-day trip to the living
volcano at Hilo and sat at the crater 8
brink watching tho molten lava lake
tossing. Kissing. writhing. You hung
| there, between horror and fascina-
ton.
aCar+>yo,x, a rr~ttv afwhS isn'f ft Pc
| said her fellow travellers. Makes the
Grand Canyon look sick, think. don't
you?"
i've never seen il.
! "Oh. really
Evening star., 1923-02-25

IN her return from Hilo she saw
~ him. A vandyke beard; smould-
ering eyes; thin. red lips; lean nsr-
veue haAAe: white eannsi svsnfns
Evening star., 1923-05-27
STATE POLICE HEAD
LAUDS MOTOR CYCLE
Connecticut Official Says It Cuts
Time in Half for Emer-
gency Trims.

common sense usage of the motor
cycle makes it an indispe ad-
juuct OF a police department" says
Robert T. Hurley, superintendent Of
the state police department of Con-
necticut. During the past year the
traffic squad of the state police de-
partment operated thirty-five motor
cycles and this summer it is expected
that the fleet will consist of at least
fifty regular riders.
For quick response and action,
nothing beats the motor cycle. Three
minutes after we have a complaint
distant points We can have man on
the road. Inside OF thirty minutes he
can be at point thirty miles away
That's thirty minutes better than we
could do with an automobile. Such is
actual experience" says Supt. Hurley.
And so from the standpoint Of prompt
service the superintendent prefers
the motor cycle. Supt. Hurley Is not
keen for injudicious speeding, but
agrees that the fact that the high
speed Of motor cycles is a valuable
asset in police service.
During the year just ended the
state police department covered near
ly 100000 miles in the state and the
major part OF this mileage was COW
cred by motor cycles.
Every member of the department is
trained in the operation of motor
cycles. this being a requisite qualifl-
cation to full appointment. SOME of
the police are among the most skilled
operators and riders in the state
Connecticut though small. terri
torially. has very heavy motor ve-
hicle transportation. Its thousands
OF miles of fine highways are an at
traction to touring automobilists
Few states have heavier traffic at GER
tain seasons. During the month of
June, when Yale University holds it's
big base ball series and boat races,
and in the fall during the foot bali
season. motor vehicle traffic assume es
great proportions.
Quite a few states have already
equipped their state police with
motor cycles. Others are considering
it. What the Connecticut superin-
tendent Of state police has to say
about the efficiency of his motor cycle
mounted patrolmen. should be good
argument for officials of other states
to consider.
Evening star., 1923-05-27
CHECKS UP 0NU.S.
AUTO LEGISLATION
N. M. A. Sees Much Proposed
Detrimental to Interests
of Owners.

That the National Capital should
become the most important center in
motordom will doubtless bic news TO
car owners who are not aware OF the
increasing amount of proposed ad-
verse legislation which is constantly
| being prepared for introduction in the
| House and Senate.
With the phenomenal development
of the automobile goes the natural
tendency TO place 1t unue federal
| rather than state control; and. while
| much of the federal legislation being
| proposed may be desirable before very
| long, a large portion of ~ that Is be-
| ing agitated at present would seri-
ously affect the business of making
i cars and of using them.
Watch Legislative Drift.
From Washington can emanate the
[ Sest or the worst Of automobile legls-
! alton; and, as the National MOTORISTS
Association points out. the most ad-
verse laws could reach ithe statutes
without the knowledge Of the major
| ity of car owners.
At their Washington headquarters,
which are maintained for the purpose
Of being on the Job In the interests OF
motoring, the National Motorist AsSo-
citation Is constantly checking the ef-
forts Of those who are ehdeavoring TO
| put over laws in favor of special in
terests. Drastic taxation plans have
to be curbed by the associations rep
resentatives: while rad 4cal and fan
tastic schemes for registration. road
building and so forth naust be watch
ed in the interests of motorists who
| are not in touch with the details.
1t is anticipated that the next ses-
sion of Congress will bring forward
many bills that should be urgently
encouraged, and many which should
| be promptly KILLED" The inconsist-
encies of state motor vehicle regula-
tlons and the increasing use OF the
automobile as an interstate form of
transportation and commerce are fo-
cusing attention on forms of federal
regula alton OF motor vehicles. All these
| points will be fought out in Washing
| ton and at no time in the history of
! motoring will there be such urgent
need for strong support from the Ma
tional Motorists Associations affil
lated clubs throughout the country.
1t Is freely predicted that the mo-
| torists OF the country have battle
ahead 1t will he staged at the Ma
Evening star., 1923-05-27
PRESENTS STADIUM,
Nash Employees Given Field b,
President.

\ new base ball stadium and ath-
letic field. declared to be the finest
:emi-pro base ball plant in the coun-
try. has been presented by c. W.
Nash to employees of the Nash Motors
Company. And as fitting touch to
the dedicatory ceremonies the Nash
base ball team was victorious over
its opponents on opening day of the
park.
There is no question in my mind"
said Mr.. Nash. but that clean sports
should be encouraged by a business
organiza ton. ! am firmly convinced
that athletics have their place in
business. for, IS we know, all work
and no -lay makes Jack a dull boy"
Just after the opening game start:
ed. Mr.. Nash made several hundred
small boys happy by going to the
gates himself and inviting them in
to soc the game.
The new Nash base ball park covers
ten acres of ground. From home
plate to the fence at center field is
362 feet. The grandstand. built of
steel and concrete, has 2,61S seats,
each twenty inches.
Evening star., 1923-05-27
GOOD CARE INCREASES
LIFE OF AUTO TIRES

Phenomenal tire mileages are a
source of perpetual amazement to the
Evening star., 1923-05-27
way), 20 miles; Merriilviile to Chi
cago Heights, IL miles, concrete.

way), 20 miles; Merriiiviile to Chi
caso Heights, IL miles. concrete.
Division s-Chicago Heights. Ill. to
Clinton. Iowa. 1Ss miles. All excel
lent concrete paving. with exception
of stretch between Plainfield and Au-
rora Q3 miles); fair detour marked;
construction under way
Division 10-Clinton, iowa, to Mar
shalltown, Iowa, 1874 miles. Clinton to
Dewitt. 20 miles. concrete paving
Dewitt to Cedar Rapids, 81 miles, fair
TO good (two short detours, bad in
wet weather, marked); Cedar Rapids
lent. including marked detour be-
tween Chelsea and Tama (12 miles).
Division 11-Marshalltown, Iowa. to
Dennison, Iowa, 1442 miles dirt roads
In excellent condition: short detour at
Scranton. About s5 miles of gravel
by wet weather.
Division I2-Dennison. Iowa. to
dirt road, but well graded and drag
ged and In excellent condition, ex-
cept for few hours after each rain.
No detours.
Division 13-Omaba, Neb.. to Kear-
ney. Neb.. 2o4 miles. Paved Omaha TO
Fremont, 80 miles; Fremont to kear-
ney some concrete. some gravel. some
dirt, affected by weather conditions,
good when dry.
Division 14EKearney, Neb., to Sid
ney. Neb.. 226 miles. Kearney to
Gothenburg, 66 miles. excellent dirt
and gravel. no detours: Gothenburg
to Brady. 13 miles. good with the ex-
ception OF crossing irrigation canal
Temporary structure); detour south
over well-marked road from Brady to
North Platte. 23 miles, good dirt:
North Platte to Sidney, 124 miles.
Division 15-Sidney, Neb.. to Lara
mic. Wyo.. l57 miles. Road in first
class condition entire distance. short
section of construction going on be-
tour required.
Division Liza ramie. Wyo.. to Rock
Springs. Wyo.. 2SS miles. Laramie to
Medicine Bow, so miles. excellent
Medicine Bow to Rawlins excellent
except short stretch near Walcott
Rawlins to Rock Springs. III miles.
rair to excellent except rough stretch
between Thayer Junction and Point
of Rocks. Z miles.
Division 17-Rock Springs. Wyo.. to
Echo, Utah. $50 miles. Rock Springs
10 Green River, 15 miles, excellent;
fair to good to Lyman. GO miles: Ly-
man TO Evanston, IL miles. likely tc
be muddy and bad. but cars going
through: Evanston to Wasatch, Utah.
10 miles, excellent: Wasatch to Echo
poor but passable. 20 miles.
Division 1S-Echo. Utah. TO Gold
Hill. Utah, 1875 miles. Echo to Salt
Lake City. 80 miles. excellent: Salt
Lake City to Tooele. 30 miles. excel
lent: Tooele to Bush's ranch, 10 miles.
excellent; Fisher pass. between Bush's
ranch and Orr's ranch. II miles, in
fair shape: inquire of J. H. Waters.
Newhouse Hotel Salt Lake City. re-
garding conditions on desert: Good
year cutoff passable but rough (im-
passable in wet weather.; Black
Point to Gold Hill. IL miles. fair;
weather very materially affects con-
ditions now
Evening star., 1923-05-27
Railroad Plans
Lights to Take
Place of Bells
speeial pispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 26.-The pub
lie service commission has been
petitioned by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad to permit the in
stallation of a new Embarrassing
railroad signal. The system is to
consist OF two red swinging lamps.
Accompanying the diagram was
letter which said:
The blind never cross a rail-
road unattended and the deaf can
always see. 1t seems to be eXpedi-
ent that visual signals be sub
stituted for audible devices"
The commission said last night
IT approves of any devices that
will lesson loss Of life at crossings.
The signal suggested by the Bal
timore and Ohio is composed OF
two lights, which swing at inter
walls of one second on the approach
of train.
The commissions expert will
render an opinion on the device
before it is finally adopted. The
device which is favored is equip
ped with two red flashing lights
in lamps that are placed in a hori-
zontal plane two feet and six
inches apart. The railroad in it's
letter declared that electric bells
are impracticable.
Evening star., 1923-05-27

ave. age car owner. He wonders how
1T is that his neighbor can get $4,000
miles out of a tire, whereas the best
he can do is 10000. says the Miller
Rubber Company.
Contributing TO long mileages are
great many factors. 1t isn't that
the manufacturer builds more miles
into one tire than he does another.
The tire which escapes destruction
until it has travelled an unusually
long distance can attribute its long
Evening star., 1923-05-27

A complete sef of dependable
Champions once a year means
.svine in fret cost and In csr :
operation. Buy Champions
rom any dealer anywhere
rou will know the genuine
BY the Double Ribbed core
Evening star., 1923-05-27

Champio Spark Plug Company
Toledo. Ohio
Champion Spark Plug Co. of Canada, Ltd.
Windsor, Ontario
Evening star., 1923-05-27
OUT FOR LAWBREAKERS.

little city of Pittsfield. ILL.,. a wide
berth in the future. as Sheriff Frank
Troutner has equipped his force witt
motor cycles and sidecars and they
will patrol the country roads so that
hootch runners will have hard time
Of it in the future.
Evening star., 1923-05-27

life to the kindness of fate, but more
especially the kindness of it's owner.
The first thing to do toward long
mileage is to give the tire the care
full attention it deserves.
No man who negIects to brush hfR
suit and have it pressed at regular
intervals dares feel put out if it
wears out quicker than he expected.
If he abuses the suit 1t will give
mute evidence of the abuse.
Evening star., 1923-05-27
No Danger.

From London Tit-Bits.
Mother-Tommy, you mustn't go
hsh1ng with Peter; he is just getting
over the measles.
Tommy-There won't be any dan
ger, mother: I never catch anything
when / so fishing.
Evening star., 1923-05-27

tional Capital, where the Individual
car owner has only one way to pro-
tect himself effectively against ad-
verse laws and that is through sup
port Of his local automobile club.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05

u Ash snYp9p fapilaE with various
brands of mems union, suits what
ones are leaders for QUALITY at
moderate price and he-is sure to in
clude this brand. They are ribbed,
of excellent quality cotton, in me-
dunn lightweight Short or long
sleeves, ankle length; white or
natural color. Good values at S1.50,
and at S1.33 you'd better act
quickly! Sizes 81 to 46.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05
Boy From Akron Has Weird
Experiences in Jaunt
Which Has Taken Him
Over Two-thirds Of Globe.
BY +. A. MACKENZIE.

Special Correspondent of the San Antonio
idgh. and the Chicago Daily News.
Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 3. - Our
train was steaming across the Russian
frontier into Polish territory wheT
an Enthusiastically American boy mad,
his appearance.
I've been with the bolshevists. ever.
though had no wise he declared
triumphantly. Il slipped across the
border. saw the red guards. and asked
them to let me photograph them. Thew
pareded up for me. and then they lei
me stay for a time
For a foreigner TO penetrate into
soviet Russia without permission is a
startling performance.
The boy was 4. Russell REFUSING "a
Akron. Ohio. 10 years old. who two
years ago. with S400 in his pocket
set out to see the world. The officia
vises on his passport shOwthai he has
seen two-thirds of the world, from
Ching Chung Lao. the khyber Pass
and the most dangerous part of Tibet.
Norway, Japan and Alaska.
How has he done it? Al sea. he
works his way. in any capacity that
he can. Once he was rated as quarter
cr. He knew nothing of seamanShip
but was soon taking his turn at the
wheel. Once he was given charge of
ships hospital. On shore he exercise,
what he terms Legitimate schemins.
He has taken photographs and sold
thcm-some to his local paper-wrii
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05

had mysterious weapon which could
destroy all the men around. They
would use it il the natives advanced
step further.
I'VE escaped with our forbidden
tribe again or TO allay hunger in
Ladakh," said REFUSING.
Sees Growing Of Buddha.
BY the time the young explorer had
got back to southern India. he was
very short of money. He tried to jump
train going south. The inspector VINO
demanded his ticket refused 10 be
placated. and turned him of at wild
spot. about midnight.
There was nowhere to sleep and l
was half insane with the heat. SO
sat all night with roaring crowd oil
Tamils, who were heating drums and
pans. and offering melancholy shouts
in Hindu prayers"
A second attempt TO get aboard
train was more successful.
At Ieh, in Tibet. REFUSING was in
vited TO the GROWING of the infan'
Buddha. the first ceremony of its
kind for a hundred years. Buddha had
been reincarnated. There was much
devil dancing.
"A tiny child sat enshrineG in bro.
cades and velvets, and his pOise AMI
calm. reflected in his clever manne
of blessing the people, showed re-
markable personality" said REFUSING
I'VE ate sacred nuts and candies.
drank rich Lhassa tea AMI barley
wine. and for three days the amazing
ceremonies accompanying the initia
ton of the infant god continued.
REFUSING admits that he has no wish
TO repeat his two years OF world vaga
bonding. but. he adds. There is mol
trophy for which / would exchange ms
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05
Briton Who Beat Up
Former Kaiser Dies
at Home in London

London, Oct. 5.--The death oc-
cufred here recently Of Alfred Rus
sci Price, and passed almost UNI
needed, whereas it was worthy of
special notice, for he succeeded in
accomplishing what thousands a.
Americans have itched to do hut
could not. he gave the boy WHO
later became German emperor, a
good, sound thrashing.
1t happened years ago VIXEN
Wilhelm was the Grown Prince
and was visiting Ilfracombe, an
English seaside resort. with his
tutor. Wilhelm in a playfully de-
structive mood. began to throw
stones at some bathing machines
belonging to Mr.. Prices father. He
was told. TO stop. but took exc'p-
ton to this infringement Of his
regal rights. Young Price took off
his coat and began to belabor the
royal youth so successfully that he
had administered a black eye anil
several cuts and bruises before the
tutor succeeded in calling off hos
tilities.