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The Washington times., 1923-11-30
PEANUTS AND GENIUS.


with the orchestra 10 this com.
petition Olivia was eligible. and
ct II o'clock she was 70 play u
L.oedler and COMMITTEES Of I'VE
OF his musicians.
She arrived at LoedIerss studio
and was politely greeted BY that
learned and gifted master. At the
other end Of the room & young man
leaned over the keyboard Of the
piano.
YOl are littIs early. 4 wIlis-
pered Mr.. LcedIsr. I. Another tai
ented competitor he added GAL
lantly. indicating the plaxer who
was about to begin.
Olivia took . seat By the door,
for the playing had started. At
first she listened perf1nctorily.
smiling conceItedly. Then the
smile vanished. Suddenly, like 1
quick fever the music gripped her.
She had never heard It before. It
was more Russian. moro Tartar,
than any work she knew. Though
# repealed her ~ ifs very uncon-
troll, at the same time. like u
charged wire which she could not
release, the savage power Of it
shot through her.
The music stopped. Near tbs
piano q group Of men were yelling
s.Bravo!''
A new excitement took hold Of
Olivia. She got up and walked
across the room, awake suddenly
to the fact that she was present at
the discovery Of genius. She
could imagine the future multi.
tudes who would follow the lead
Of these favored few.
She continued Her way across
the room. when the vilely patron-
ling CLEAN Of two savage eyes
met hers. An agony Of recogni-
ton contracted the muscles Of her
face. The peanut mamie was
the genius!
She sat down weakly, but Q real
impulse had struck her. ana be.
fore II was too late she gave way
to i'll Pushing through the stilI
excited group. she extended her
hand.
81 beg your pardon" she said.
humbly.
The brute retained her hand, q
light of malice coming into his
eyes, while he polssd into the pocket
of his shabby coat and pulled out
a lone peanut.
''T4ave oner" he suggested, plac.
ing q peanut in the slender hand
of Olivia Genevieve Randolph.
She met the attack squarely.
eft Is an honor?'
He acknowledged the compliment
by a low and formal bow,
"who composed that wonderful
nusic?" Olivia asked.
>"I did,
The Washington times., 1923-11-30
BY Forbes Watson.

L1VIA GENEVIEVE RAN
DOLPH moved down the
central aisle 81 symphony
Hail Two or three people bowed
/ to her. but she did not notice
them. She looked past them, far
away, her eyes fairly glistening
and her estheticaliy modelled face
strained with an inner glow, as IL
she were already sWayed by the
spirit Of Beethoven.
TO the sympohny concerts she
would always come unaccompanied,
and would sit. intensely rapt,
uEtil the last note had made its
final. lingering vibration.
On this occasion. while she
waited, there burst upon her sem
sitive ear, like the sliattering Of
al, altar at least the dry snap
ping Of q cracked peanut shell.
Crimson with the shock. Olivia
Genevieve turned ana beheid d
shabby young man with q pro.
gram spread upon his knees.
II beg your pardon, but are
you going to make that disgust
Ing noise all the afternoon
Excuse madame, / did not eat
lunch. They begin now; let US
listen!''
At the end OF the first move
ment Olivia left symphony Hail.
She arrived at home after
sharp walk. her temperament
crying out silently for d victim:
and the instant the fcotman LET
her into the hall she found one.
Almost hidden in a huge fur coat,
her mother stood looking at her
self in the glass while she pulled
on her gloves.
Mrs. Randolph had coddled
Olivia for twenty-six years. Olivia
had always received respect from
her, and vaguely alarmed won.
der whenever her genius for being
teInperamental showed itself.
''Geneviever' Mrs. Randolph
exclaimed.
It was an epoch-mal1ing mo-
ment. In ten years she had never
known of her daughters return
ing early from d concert.
Olivia swept past her mother,
almost brushing the dear old lady
aside in her flight up the stairs.
Olivia was undisturbed until 10
o'clock the following morning,
when she issued forth and was
driven to the studio of Max
Loedler. :.
The principal supporter Of the
orchestra had decided that It was
part of that institutions duty to
encourage local talent. He had
therefore organized a competition
among the most gifted players
OF the city, to see which one
should have the honor of playing
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Novelist.

mo use being q FOOL" he said
to himself abruptly. He folded
the check neatly and slipped Il
into an upper vest pocket.
IN day or two. he had . let
ter from Mr.. Fargo's Los Angeles
agent. II Mr.. Baldwin would
look after Mr.. Fatgo's insurance
affairs in future. Mr.. Fargo
would be Obliged: the agent en-
closed q list Of the policies and
their dates Of maturity; Mr.,
Fargo would be obliged: the agent
enclosed a list Of the policies ahd
their dates Of maturity: Mr..
Fargo suggested taking out at
once an additional ten thousand
dollars on his new home in Bever.
" TIfiis. and he desired fun COW
erage on limousine as soon al
the car should he delivered, Per.
haps L might te advisable for.
Mr.. Baldwin TO run down TO Los
Angeles for a conference.
Philip stared ct the long type
written list Of policies. It stag
gered him. He began to figure
out his commissions. At the end
OF an hour IN audible chuclkis
escaped him; ne sIapped his broad
knee q rssoundiug whaclx.
The Washington times., 1923-11-30
RASS :: ANevs 'f Marriage :: By Charles G. Norris
Thrilling and Gripping Serial Of Married Life From the
Pen Of Successful American

1t was . warm. sDft autumn
day: the street outside was filled
with hAsy stlnbhins. From his
dark corner Il the rear Of the
real entate offices. he could see
pAsssr-by waving their hands at
one another in joviai greeting.
Elation flooded him. He drew
out Lucy,s check ana slnocthed
II out with i pudgy fcrefinger,
studying 1t briefly; then Ne ncrihA
blsd his name across the back.
stepped to the ca1hler's window,
ana showed It under the little iron
grill.
Can you cash this FOR me, Miss
sfnAlI9" he asked with an sex-
pahsive smile Of the girl inside.
Guess / can afS0rd to celebrate
today; just landed some big btibs-
ness; take care Of me for the rest
Of my life. : Thought may.
~ ia 50 round and have ! eood
feed: got q bunch Of friends that
eat every day at Jules'.
Guess they'll Be glad to see me-
He pocketed the money, fitted
On his derby hat 1t ! slight
angle. ana hustled out.
CTo BE CohslhueA Ielaofsowl
The Washington times., 1923-11-30

. . hnshel of wheat II = 8 Qrios
ton of real worth, Of real value.
IN meeting the necessities and
wants Of man.
And what = o. most woFth2',
you an.
Service.
And what ssryics II 81 most
MOrthgp
hat BY which you place your
fellow man n harmony with the
laws d nature as they make Tor
his lie. tor HIS welfare. for his
hapriness.
Your success Ii n16a6ured ana
appraissd - g0od Or bad ~ the
results 81 your labors.
lou may leave millions after
years of existence and vet yonr
life b 8 failure. You may die
: pasiper ana your Hfe Be i sue
cess. # Is not "a Be inferred
from this that you are b be IN
different to the accumulation of
wealth; Tor, a. society til now
orsanized, failure to accumulate
sufficient 10 support You when
you are too old to support your
ell, Il Csilpable neglect.
You may say that IL you labored
q support society when you
could. it's up 10 society to sup
port ypu when you can I'd longer
support yourself.
There II i philosophy of tlant
sort abroad n the world but, Is
society = now organized, it gen
orally works out to the defrinent
Of the individual VINO lives ac.
cordine to its tenets Mr.. Her
bert Spencer called ii the philo-
sophy 81 "criminal aItruism., \
II is better to follow the advice
Of one who followed the phiIo-
aophy 81 criminal altruistn" e
his sorrow. Robert Burns VINO.
using the word gear" Cor sgCid',
aid:
yGather gold by every vile
That Justified by honor
Not to hide iit IN hedge
Not for & train attendant
But for the glorious privilege
OF being Independent
The success Of achievement
measured Ii dollars need not pre-
clude the success Of achievement
measured III happiness to YOU
and to Others.
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WAYS OF A HUSBAND
A SEQUEL TO "WHEM A GIRL MARRLESo

mot at his wife. They may
pity her. They may discuss him.
But she's safe from mud-sIinging.
After all these years, Mabel
Storrs iS In q haven
docs she look happy?" asked
Park.
I hesitated. .
as she happy"
I tried for words.
"You can't lie to me-" he cried.
She's miserable. I've caught a
glimpse of her. There's nothing
+. left of my goddess-of.liberty girl
but her poor, pathetic =. little
ghost. I thought you might help
her. But you're going to preach
to her as you're trying to preach
to me. She has a right to be
happy. What Bonnie is doing now
oh, that cruise is too much!
I'm going to take her out"
"You'l make her still more
unhappy" protested.
"Then you confess she's miser.
able. told you once that il
Buchanan failed her I'd take
what was my own. I don't care
for the world any more, or it's
picayune opinion. Tn. going to
find her. I'm going to her. I'm
going to her now!'
Park got suddenly to his feet.
"'Lorraine, can't stay for the
sweets" he said. I've a matter
of the gravest importance. You
wouldn't try to stop me II you
knew"
In the next moment he had
melted into the shadows of the
hall.
Had he gone to Mabel? Did he
know where to find her? What
would his coming mean to poor
.harassed, desperate Mabel?
ITO Be Continued TomorrOw.)
.
The Washington times., 1923-11-30
By Virginia Terhune
Van de Water,
Author Of Nationwide Rspntalion
ana Writer Of Popular Novels
and short Stories.

s
wv s 'ss. " y. '' s.., ~: =;
steady Il would sug-
gest that before we go any fur
Their Miss Scott, leave the room. =
t.'Oh. you do. do your" sneere1
the Southerner, casting caution IL
the winds. That in itself Is an
admission that there are things
you have to say that you do moi
care to have her heart" 4 ~
There certainly are!' Muir de.
clared quickly. ''Winifred, wish
your
He got no further for she inter-
rupted him irnpetuously.
II shall not leave this room,
Donald! am no baby-and /.
too, want to know some facts.
Since Richard says he has some
truths he wishes you to hear, !
intend to hear them myself. They
are what I have been asking MIN
for
II am glad to have you stay!"
Rankin exclaimed. Since what
I have to say concerns you and
your affairs"
RE carefuIe' Donald warned.
But his voice showed no sign Of
agitation.
~ shall say what I think bestr'
the furious man retorted. "A gen.
tleman does not need to be warned,
as to what he shall say IN a lady's
presence"
Muir bowed his assent to this
statement. ''Go on, please! he
urged.
'I certainly will?' Richard ex-
claimed. What I have. to say lie
that you have come to the woman
: to whom am engaged with tales
about me. You have from the first
day I met you tried to poison her
mind against me. You have tried
to make her think that all the
money that was deposited in tho
bank for me was made by me Ia
gambling. Can you deny tAat?"
II can, and do" was the grave
retoinder. For know better"
Rankin caught his breath. "You
know better?" he echoed, taken off
his guard.
Eyes, I happen, to know some
thing about that special money"
Muir said. "And I know Won
spoke the absolute truth when you
told Miss Scott and me that 1t was
deposited to your account in the
bank-and that you did not know
by whom.
LAS to your other accusations
I shall not trouble myself to deDv
them. You reminded me just now
that there are certain things a
The Washington times., 1923-11-30

In this sense az O1 uss'aro pkN9'
matists.
Even the rogue, i ne ever
heard Of the word. thinks himself
pragmatist when he thinks up
some deviltry and then puts #
over or !. gets sway with Il" ne
ii satisfied because ne has i'seen
the chips n.y.
But obviously the results cf our
efforts, whatever they may Be-,
are to be valued BY their worth.
not only 70 AZ. but "a others.
Theirs ID such . thing ~ the law
of equivalents even In human 30.
havior. II We render service We
should receive reward: il We re-
ceive value w should give value.
They who receive most must give
most. But IL Il not = question.
Of mere quantity, mere volume.
mere massa busheI OF claakf Tor
The Washington times., 1923-11-30
THE LOVE GAME
a ROMANCE or CITY ELF.E

! gentleman does not do. one ssict
thing Il to talk 20 any woman
against the man to whdm she Is en-.
gagged, Having my wards happi.
ness at heart. I tried. in everv wav
to let her do that which would
bring about that happlndss. she
was the one to judge what that
was. Have you any other matters
you wish to question me aboutg'
Rankin's face vas q study III
the silence that followed Muir's
demand. while he MAS still
angry. It was plain that he was
puzzied BY his opponents atti-
tude toward him. III
Winifred watched the pair. a.
Il hypnotized. she stood b. the
corner of the n1antelpIsce, her
fingers gripping the wooden edge
until her nails were almost az
pale a. the creanl-colOred enamel
Of the shelf.
We'll" Muir queried. s.is there
anything else you have to aak?"
The cool tone served az fuel to
the Numbering flame Of Rankin's
rage.
Yes" the young man declared.
'But Winifred Is the one I mean
to ask It Of"
BE careful" Donald warned
for the second time.
His voice reused Winifrsd from
her dazed condition. She stepped
forward eagerly.
LET him ask what he wishes.
Donald" she commanded. 81
want you TO remain and hear
what he has to say to me. 90
on, Richard
She looked actually taller as
she faced her betrOthed, her head
thrown back, her eyes flashing.
She felt no longer any pity for
him. She knew at last that sho
did not love him.
II will so onw Richard burst
forth. "As you are engaged to
me, / have q right to demand the
name Of the person who told you
that I gamble"
II viii give It TO you when you
can assert that what he said was
not true the girl answered fear.
Iesaly. II will tell you his name,
too. when you can prove to me
that you did not accept a mort
gage from another gambler In
Lieu Of money you had won from
him: that you do not intend to
foreclose that mortgage IN order
to get hold Of more money--Avefl
though It means the loss Of prop.
erty to q man poorer than your.
self; that you have not misrep-
resented to me one thing after
another about your affairs: that
you have not squandered money
instead Of helping with it the
poor people for whom you pre-.
tend to be working; that you
have not given me to understand
that you were starting in on a
new business, when, all the time,
you have been a professional
gambler! There, Eichard, that is
what have heard. And, what is
more, the person who told me all
this is one Of the very crowd
among whom you have done those
things. Yet"-pressing her hands
together suddenly and turning
her head away az IL she could
not see the palIld face before
her-''if you will deny ell this,
viii tell me that it Is all Z lie, /
will face that man and tell him
30 myself. in your presence"
''Childw
The exclamation was Donald
Muir's. ana lie she heard It she
pressed her hands even moro
tightly together.
CO Re tCentinucdl
The Washington times., 1923-11-30
BY Ann Isle.
Whose Serials Of Married Life
Have Won = Big Popular
Success.


syndicate. Incl
n ARK laughed cynicalIy.
Moneys nothing to that
GIRL" cried Park. She's
brave and fine. She wouldn't
mind working her fingers to the
bone. But she has to feel honest
and-clean. I know"
How do you know--now when
It's too later" couldn't help ask.
ing.
1T isn't too late" famed Park.
It's far too late. She's paid
Tor Ter good name. Let her
keep it,"
leaned forward and spoke
with the deep feeling I'd been
holding back fer this minute.
Around us there was laughter
'and highflung exclamation, fo..
lowed by deep, earnest tones. I
hardly was aware of it. 1 knew
only that the boy whose blazing
eyes met mine was alone with
me IN a world where he stood
ready to proclaim himself law
less lord Of all he longed to pos
sess.
She's paid for her good name"
repeated Park, Ills voice trailing
off uncertainty.
Yes. When you wouldn't be-
Heve in her-when you wouldn't
even give her cnance to defend
nersoif-Mabel came face to face
with the fact that even love
wouldn't protect her from the
eVil 1t was possible to read into
that Durango incident. And she
nad to be protected. Marriage
with q Buchanan gave Mabel
name at which gossip wouldn't
Fneer.''
But they howl ct Benny" in
terrupted Park.
The Washington times., 1923-11-30
BY Charles A. L. Reed,
M. D..
Former President Of the Amer.
lean Medical Association.

AWkAlAOA ACD-ta0AA6 VI the AMA9Es
lean Medical Association.
kIrNEE here. lady, darned IL
I'll chop wood unless /
can see the chips ny,
Even i tramp wants results.
The politician has his ear to
the ground listening for some re-
Spouse to his lttterances, some
comment on his actions. The
actor yearns Tor some expression
from his audience. The editor
awaits with solicitude the reac.
ton Of his readers. The surgeon.
wants cures Of he abandons the
method for another.
we stick to Z thing only il It.
works. That's what the psychoI-
ogists call the ''pragmafic test. /"
The Washington times., 1923-11-30
SECRETS OF HEALTH
Celebrated Medical Authority Discusses How to Keep Well
the Strenuous Life Led BY Active Business Men and S.
Women Of Today }

|. II this sense Al q % are prN6-
n1atists.
The Washington times., 1923-11-30
This Day in Our History.

THIS the anniversary of the birth in 1885, Of Samuel
= Clemens who, under the pen name OF Mark Twain,
became one of the greatest humorists of all time His
stories are classics of simplicity and human interest.
The Washington times., 1923-06-07
Waco

The Court Of Criminal Appeals
affirmed the case of Roy Mitchell,
negro convicted at Waco OF the
murder OF Mrs. Ethel DenecArnp
and given the death penalty.
Four other murder cases against
Mitchell, all with the death PEN
atty, are on appeal and he has
been given the death penalty In
one case which was not appealed.
Mitchell has fifteen days in which
to file motion for rehearing.
At the preliminary hearing of
Sidney c. Caldwell, twenty-six,
charged with assault on his thir-
teen-year-old niece, Caldwell was
held without bail. The mother Of
the little girl collapsed on the
witness stand.
More than 200 delegates to the
Texas Press Association meeting
at Galveston passed through
Waco. They were joined here
by members from Central Texas.
The Marlin Ku Klux Khan will
erect q $4,000 home here.
Charged with arson in q grand
jury indictment, Charles J. Ben
rens, OF Moody, is on trial. Beh-
rens Is alleged to have set fire
to his own home.
The Washington times., 1923-06-07
Boston

Attorney John III. o'Donoghue
has been appointed permanent
guardian for Dorothy Gordon.
beautiful 500, 900 heiress, confined
In Mclean Insane Hospital BY
Judge Leggatt, Of Middlesex Pro.
bate Court. O,Donoghue takes
the place OF william f. Jardine,
whose removal was sought by
John D. Gardiner, the girls
uncle.
Elizabeth LoveIand, Of Newton,
eighteen-year-oId pupil Of the ex-s
elusive Miss Mays School Tor
Girls. and daughter Of Fred II.
Loyeland, treasurer Of the W
Fletcher Company. FaneuiI Haiks
is at the Massachusetts General
Hospital with q broken nose sue-
tanned when she was thrown from
her saddle horse.
John Stevenson, Cambridge
Izzy Einstein. Is seriously All and
deliri0us at the Psyc0pathic
Hospital as q result the police
believe, OF q drug administered
to him In drink by boOtleggers.
whom he hunted for the police.
Alfred l.. Ripley, president or
the Merchants National Bank, was
elected president OF the Boston
Clearing House Association, to
succeed the late Thomas p. BeM1.
william Whiting Nolen, e Har.
ward tutor. known by hundreds OF
Harvard graduates as idoW
Nolen,' il dead after brief III
ness.
The Washington times., 1923-06-07
Minneapolis

Frank Regain, former captain of
detectives, who was denoted to
patrolman and then recommended
for dismissal for inefficiency by
Mayor George e. Leach today was
ordered reinstated by the Civil
Service Commission.
Harlan ChristiansOn, aged four
teen was shot by men in an auto
mobile while he was delivering
papers, only slightly hurt. Police
say motorist were shooting pro-
miscuously.
Police making early tour for
moonshine being delivered on milk
wagon schedule find two women
with long skirts under which they
hide liquor.
Arthur III. Hoffman. motorist
who kind street car track
worker lille police charge he
was driving fifty miles an hour
goes on trial for manslaughter.
The Minneapolis Journal today
printed seven column reproduc.
ton OF Zuhrah Shriners picture
taken in front of the Capitol at
Washington.
Nelson memorial home at Alex
andria advocated by Gideon 8.
Ives former lieutenant governor
in letter to Gov. j. A. O. Preus.
Special election to name sue
cessor to late Senator Knute
Nelson goes to supreme court.
The Washington times., 1923-06-07
Cedar Rapids

Two hundred delegates Of the
Minnesota division Of Foresters Of
America opened their annual con-
vention here.
An international aspect will be
given to the Coe College COM
mencement today when the
honorary degree of LID. will be
conferred by the latter's personal
envoy. DIR. Chvankovsky, Czech
Ambassador to the United States.
This Is the first time an Ameri-
can institution has conferred a
degree on the >Czechoslovakian
president. A class OF 116, the larg-
est in the history Of the college
will be graduated today by
Coe. The commencement address
will be given by Col. Robert Wright
Stewary, chairman of the Standard
Oil Company OF Indiana.
r. C. Pitts. employed at the
postoffice at night, was the first
Cedar Rapids man to receive a
world war bonus, following mailing
of the first lot of $500 checks by
the State Treasurer's Department
yesterday, Pitts, at $3.50 a. m. saw
the long-looked-for envelope adj
dressed to him In the first package
of bonus checks to arrive here. He
received $780,. Lloyd e. Sigmund
was the first to cash his bonus
check at a local bank, being in
line when the doors opened.
The Washington times., 1923-06-07
Montgomery

The first two Of what is expect
ed to be a long list of suits result
ing from alleged Oil swindles were
filed in circuit court here today by
E. Wise and M. Scheur, making
the Nation Surety Company de-
PENDANT in their efforts to recover
$500. and $1,000 respectively.
The defendants are alleged
bondsmen of the oil concern to
the amount Of $4,000.
Final settlement of the estate of
J. r. Kelly went aground in liti-
CATION today when Mrs. w. e.
Holloway, beneficiary, entered
contest Of the account submitted
by e. e. Kelly, one of three joint
executors, alleging improper
handling of funds and asking the
court to charge. depreciation in
the amount Of $4,000.
A special agent representing the
attorneys of a former Montgom-
erian who recently died intestate
on the Pacific coast, leaving an
estate of $4,000, made his pres
ence known here today, after look
ing through birth records for the
last twenty-four years. No names
were given out, but it was init.
mated that two young ladies' Of
this city will be principal sharers
in the estate.
The Washington times., 1923-06-07
Chicago

Chief OF Detectives Hughes
takes day of while daughter
WEEDS.
Automatic telephones 90 In serv-
ice on Central Exchange Satur-
day night.
Taking Of testimony in Lundin
School Board case opens today.
John b. Devorey and wife
make peace and start second
honeymoon to Atlantic City.
Council vote to Endorse Govern
or Smiths dry stand fails BY
! three.
street car strike definitely post
poned until next week by unicn
city officials start war to open
all streets Mt Lake Beach.
John scar Face Riley, former
union official, aid to Captain
Calvin, Nslain in q checker taxicab
Doctor Boffenneyer held for
n1anslaughter for deaths in his
Lombard sanitarium.
Conferences continue between
city officials and car employers g nd
employees in eleventh. hour effort
10 avert the threatened paralysis
of ali Chicago surface and ele-l
I waited lines. Mayor Dever was
appealed to as only source OF an
acceptable compromise solution a.
{ the transportat dilemma:
Mayor Dever's bill for licensing
OF business is opposed by civic
federation.