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Sense of Prnnnrtinn

To know your subject fully you
nus have Il sense of proportion in
the details of it, like the great artist
who paints a scene and not all it's
Photographic detail. Yet the great
artist knows the scene better and can
draw it better, than the industrious
drudge, because it is only one scene
of many that he has observed for the
purpose OF his art, and because that
purpose controls all his observations.
SO that great scholar knows far more
and knows it to better purpose than
the narrow one, because he knows
what knowledge is and is accustomed
to use it for great purposes. Having
more than n talent, he does not hide
his talents in Il napkin and pride him
self on their diSuse, but, using them,
he preserves his humility and in
creases his pOWer.-London Times.
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The Secret Adversary
By AGATHA CHRISTIE
Copyright Dodd. Mead & Company

the lift. No. 20 did you sayY' And
he winked.
Tuppence quelled him with a stern
glance and stepped inside.
AS she rang the bell Of No. 20 she
was conscious Of Albert's eyes slowly
descending beneath the level Of the
floor.
A. smart young woman opened the
door.
1--WE come about the place." said
Tuppence.
Its a'rotten place." said the young
woman without hesitation. Regular
old getaways interfering. Accused
me Of tampering with her letters. Me!
The flap was half undone anyway.
She's a wrong 'un, that's what she Is.
Swell clothes, but no class. Cook
knows somethins about her-but she
won't tell-scared 10 death Of her.
And suspicious! ! can tell you"
But what more Annie could tell,
Tuppence was never destined to learn,
for at that moment a clear voice with
a pt'ulioiiy olSSiy iAh6 W ~ 'oiASu .
Annie !"
The smart young jumped
as IL she had been shot. "Yes. ma'am."
"Who are you taking TOT"
Its a young woman about the stu
alton, ma'am."
"Show her In then. At once"
Eyes, ma'am."
Tuppence was ushered into q room
on the right Of the long passage. A
woman was standing by the fireplace.
She was no longer In her first youth,
and the beauty she undenlably pos
sessed was hardened and c~oarsened.
In her youth she must have been daz-
cling. Her pale gold hair, owing a
slight assistance to art, was coiled
low on her neck, her eyes, Of a pierre
ing electric blue, seemed to possess a
faculty Of boring into the very soul
Of the person she was looking at. Her
exquisite figure was enhanced by a
wonderful gown Of indigo charmeuse.
And yet, despite her swaylng grace,
and the almost ethereal beauty Of her
face, you felt instinctively the pres
nee of something hard and menacing,
a kind of metallic strength that found
expression In the tones Of her voice
and in that gimlet-llke quality of her
eyes.
For the first time Tuppence felt
afraid. She had not feared Whiting
ton, but this woman was different. AS
If fascinated, she watched the long,
cruel line Of the red, curving mouth,
and again she felt that sensation Of
panic pass over her. Her usual self
confidence deserted her. Vaguely she
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r ~vANDEMEYER

SYNOPSIS.-Realixing that she
has a possible chance OF being
saved, as the L~usitania Is sink
ing, a stranger gives a young
American girl a package which
he asks her to deliver to the
American ambassador in Eng
land. She is saved. In London,
former Lieut.. Tommy" Beres-
ford and Miss Prudence Cowley
-"Tuppence"-discharged army
nurse, form an organization,
The Young Adventures, Ltd"
They are both broke and conse-
quently ready for unorthodox
methods. They write out an ad-
vertisement. Tuppence makes a
business appointment with a man,
Edward Wilmington, who offers
her easy employment, but on CIV
ing her name as Jane Finn"
which she had heard on the
street, Wilmington disappears.
In answer to an advertisement
signed Jane Finn" the two re-
ceive notes from Mr.. Carter and
Julius p. Hersheimmer." Carter,
a high government official, speaks
OF q mysterious MIR. Brown" as
head OF the Bolsheviki In Eng
land, and engages the pair TO find
Jane Finn, whom he Is seeking
for important reasons of state.
Next day the pair visits Hers
heimmer, American millionaire.
He Is looking for his cousin. Jane
Finn, who had disappeared after
landing from the Lusitania's
boats. and employs them to
search for her. They discover a
Mrs. Vandemeyer Is O Lusitania
survivor. Tuppence recognizes
Wilmington In a caller on Mrs.
Vandepeyer. Tommy trails him.
Wilmington leaves for France.
Hersheimmer follows him. Tom
my trails Boris, Whittington's
companion, to q house In Soho.
He o~verhears details OF a Boil
shevik and labor plot 10 overturn
the government. Success appar-
emily depends on finding a secret
treaty made between the allies
during the a Tommy is caught
listening, and knocked senseless.
Sensing sinister relations between
Wilmington and Mrs. Vandemey-
er. Tuppence DISCUSSES herself
and becomes a parlor maid.
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felt that deceiving this oma would
be very different to deceiving Whit
tington. Here, indeed, she might ex-
pect no mercy.
Mrs. Vandemeyer motioned to a
chair.
"You can sit down. How did you
hear / wanted q ho~use-parlor maidT"
Through a friend who knows the
lift boy here. He thought the place
might suit me-"
Again that basilisk glance seemed
to pierce her through.
"You speak like an educated grip"
Chilly enough, Tuppence ran
through her imaginary career on the
lines suggested by Mr.. Carter. 1t
seemed to her, as she did so. that the
tension Of Mrs. vandemeyer's attitude
relaxed.
II see." she remarked at length. "Is
there anyone I car write to for a ref
erenceY
II lived last with q Miss Dufferln,
The Parsonage, Llanelly. / was with
her two years."
"And then you thought you would
get more money by coming to London,
I suppose? Well, 1t doesn't matter to
me. ! will give you whatever you
want. You can come In at onceT'
"Yes, ma'am. Today, II you like.
My box is at P~addington."
go and fetch 1t in a taxi, then.
It's an easy place. / am out a good
deal. BY the way, what's your name?'
prudence Cooper, ma'am."
Every well, Prudence. Go away and
fetch your box"
"Thank you, ma'am."
Tuppence withdrew. The adven-
ture had begun, but she felt less
elated than she had done earlier In
the morning. 1t crossed her mind that
IL the unknown Jane Finn had fallen
into the hands of Mrs. yandemeyer. Il
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E1YDddd!ys
So EyeNN8
Fairy Tale
THE PEEvEO MONKEY
"NARY GRAHAM BClVIVbk
coNHoHI q stsTl'h Ht~jvts UHto"

"Now perhaps / shouldn't say IL as
I suppose it is slangy and not theD best
word Of all TO choose and yet 1t Is
the only word which describes how !
feel" said Larry the monkey.
You haven't used the word as yet
said another monkey whose name was
Snookums.
." will tell you" said Larry.
'"The word | want 20 use is 'peeved.'
1T is the word which describes
just how l feel"
Il don't believe l know what peeved
means,' said Snookums.
You know when a person is angry
and 4 bit mad at some n and just
feels like a cat when he has his back
up"
But Snookums interrupted Larry.
How do | know what a cat feels
like when he has his back up? I'm
not a cat. l haven't a cats feelings"
ooh, WELL" said Larry, you know
what l mean"
YES" said Snookums, II under
stand"
Now that you know what the word
means and now that you understand
it," began Larry, but once more
Snookums interrupted him by saying:
$50 peeved means all of that you
were telling me q moment or so ago!
II interrupted you and you didn't
get a chance to tell me peeved really
meant that. Nor did you get a chance
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q" Understand"

TO tell me that all those things meant
peeved. 1t was my fault. But now !
know. $500,
"And though I've never known the
word before, l have seen people when
they were peeved. l know that.
Yes, it is a word which does just
seem to describe certain feelings"
1T does" said Larry. And it does
It's work well in being a word full of
meaning. Perhaps I'm not really fair
enough to the word. It's a good die
tionary word, too, and when a crea-
ture is peevish the dictionary says
that person is fretful.
Isn't it a descriptive word now,
S~nookums? Doesn't it just describe
certain people and certain moods and
the way almost every one, Once in a
great while at any rate, feels? Why
you take right hold Of it yourself"
That's So" agreed Snookums. "But
If it is a good dictionary word and it
works so well why do you say it is
slangy and that perhaps you shouldn't
use it?"
well" said Larry, "of course l use
slang when I'm playing, but when I'm
trying to tell a story l try to use my
best words and slang words are sec
ond best words, or play words. 1 don't
use slang very often because very lit
tie of 1t expresses what ! feel.
Most of it is somewhat stupid, but
the word peevish always sounds nice
and slangy. 1t sounds like a slang
word with some sense, perhaps be-
cause it isn't a slang word after ALL"
"And l haven't yet heard why you
were peevish," said Snookums, "or
why you are peevish."
"Our MASTER" said Larry, sis what
is known as a scientist. He is also
known as a naturalist. That means
that he knows all about natural his
tory and animals and plants and
science and in short that he is a very
wise man.
He has studied monkeys until he
has become an authority on monkeys
which means that he knows all about
us. People who are interested in us
are fascinated to hear him talk. Peo-
pie grow to know us well through him.
well, the other night he went to a
dinner-it was a dinner of some Of
his old-time school friends. Many OF
them he hadn't seen for years. And
his feelings were dreadfully hurt and
he was angry and he felt insulted.
ut seems that all the men began to
talk about what they were doing.
Some were bankers, some were rail
way men, some were statesmen, some
were in wholesale houses.
And when they asked our master
what he did and he said he was in
the monkey business they all burst
out laughing.
"'The monkey business they tit
tered.
"Now wasn't that ignorance? They
looked down upon our master, and
what had they done with their lives?
Why. there's no science to selling q
pair of pants or In handing q person
money in return for a check through
the paying teller's window of a bank,
but to know about monkeys-well.
that Is something like"
Something like" agreed Snookums,
"and I don't wonder you're peeved
that such q thing should have hap
pened and that there should be such
ignorance"
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Mr.. c. A. Allen, R. R. No. 2,
Bondurant, Iowa, gives testimony
to the healing power of Pe-ru-na.
Influenza left him much u down
in health with catarrh of the nose,
throat and bronchial tubes punct-
uated with attacks of asthma. He
writes:
"VVhile recovering from the In
fluenza | was so weak | could not
gain any strength for two months.
The latter part Of the winter, [
bought six bottles of Pe-ru-na and
began taking it. My weight in
creased to Us pounds, the most 1
ever weighed.
Ny usual winter weight is l55.
If you can use this letter for any
good, you are perfectly welcome"
Such evidence cannot fail to con-
vince the rankest unbeliever Of the
merits Of Pe-ru-na.
Insist upon having the old and
original remedy for catarrhal con-
ditions.
Sold Everywhere
Tablets or Liquid
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Sold Everywhere
Tablets or Liquid
II E G X ], !: s
Now Is the Time to Get Rid Of These
Ugly Spots

There's no longer the slightest need or
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as Othine
double Strengths guaranteed to remove
these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce OF Othine from any
druggist and apply a little OF it night and
morning and you should soon see that even
the worst freckles have begun to disappear,
While the lighter ones have vanished en-
llely. u 10 seldom that more than an
ounce IL needed to completely clear the
skin and gain a beautiful, clear complexion.
Be sure TO ask for the double-strcngth
Othine, as this is sold under guarantee OF
money back II IL fails 10 remove freckles.
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Julius goes sleuthIng and has
, adventures.
CTo BE
To Make Glass Fit.

1t Is supposed TO be difficult to
break glass. Here is a simple meth
Cd: Make u tiny notch by using q
file on edge of piece Of glass. Heat
n small iron (about the size Of a foun-
tain pen) until red hot, and apply the
red-hot iron 10 the notch and draw II
carefully along the surface Of glass
in any desired direction. A crack
Will appear In direction Of Iron
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Cuticura soothee Baby Flashes

That itch and burn, by hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings Of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better, purer, sweeter. espe-
cially if a little OF the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the fin.
ish. 25c each.-Advert .sement.
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In a japanese EnoIish Class

The lesson vas on the farm house
occupation Of churning. When the
teacher had explained that the milk,
after the cream was skinned off. was
called skinned milk, she proceeded to
explain the process of butter making.
Later she asked, what do we call the
milk that is left when the butter is
taken from the churn?"
The student replied, SKINNED
cream"
A girl may be a trifle frivolous, but
she is apt to be engaging.
Don't say, II told you So" unless
the audience is congenial.
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Break ZIP your failow ground, and
SOW not among thorns.'-Jegemiah
4:3.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
sousa's United States Field Artil-

sousa's United States Field Artil-
,lery March,"
The vocalists Of the evening will
be Mary Wheeler, soprano, and Law
renee Downey, baritone. Miss Whee-
ler's success in Chicago as a concert
singer makes her appearance tonight
OF special interest to Washington
music lovers Mr.. .Downey's baritone
voice is well known in Washington.
His contributions to .tonight's pro-
gram will be "Homing," by Del Riego,
and Sinding's Light" Mr.. Downey
will be accompanied by Nation Boyce.
Miss Wheeler will be heard in THE
Star" by Rogers. and Woodman's
AN Open Secret" Emma Clock will
assist Miss Wheeler at the piano.
The ballads for the community
singing are "A Dream" ben Bolt"
The. Lost Chord" and when You
and IWere Young" The Washington
Community Orchestra, under the d.
rection of Charles v. Banner, will
give a. selection and accompany the
community singing, which will be
led by Robert Lawrence. Tonight's
concert will begin at O'Clock in
stead of S:l5. The doors will open at
2 o'clock. =.
No children under the age of four
years will be admitted and all other
children must come with adults and
sit with them through the concert.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Some Folks Are Careless.

From the Claremont Herald.
Doris Spands went to Petersburg
last week and came home without
her tonsils
Evening star., 1923-07-15
P0TTERS DEFEAT
new VOTING PLAN
National Convention Agains
Board Members Representing
Branches Of Trade.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. July IA
A resolution providing for a depar-
ture in the election of officers TO the
executive board was defeated by the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters here today.
The resolution provided for cleo
tion of the president and secretary
treasurer by the entire trade at large
with limited powers and other mem
bers by the particular branch which
they represent. At present, both the
general ware and sanitary workers
vote together. The proposition was
defeated after considerable debate.
The delegates adopted a resolution
precluding lay workers from accept
ing employment as sanitary clay
pressers unless apprenticeship had
been served and proof produced of a
workers qualification. The prepesi-
tion was indorsed with an amendmnet
stating that where demand for addi-
tional men could not be supplied, white
ware clay workers would be given
preference.
The convention rejected resolu-'
ton seeking for it's purpose the in3
dorsement of organization Of I'M
skilled workers in plants,
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Bobbed Hair Fad Likely to End
Chatter of TaIkatiue BARRIERS

Special Dispatch to The STAR ~.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE bob
bed-hair woman Is about to de-
stroy a great American institution
the talkative barber.
Antonio Fazio, who maintains a
shop in the fashionable upper West
Side and who is credited by his
fellow BARRIERS with having cut the
hair of more women than any mem
Der of the BARRIERS union, today adj
mitted this .
Time was when the tonsorial. artist
was noted as the most talkative of
all persons. But his tongue, as is
characteristic of disused organs, may
become atrophied before the ava
lanche of conversation hurled at him
| by woman customers as he plies the
| scissors. ,.'a.r
The worst of 1t in Fazio's case is
that he is of the Latin temperament
and naturally voluble. Catering to
| the trade of women, he finds life hard
| His wife, moreover. lis of the same
nationality and even more voluble, SO
Fazio says he has no chance to talk
| at home. .."
Before the days of feminine hair
Evening star., 1923-07-15

trims and neck shayes--yes. neck
shaves-Fazio could, air. his Views on
every subject under the sun, and he
did. Man customers would stand for
Fazio's comments on base ball, prize
fighting, the current war and life In
general. Fickie fashion. coupled with
the fact that, It's lucrative, has made
him a good listener.
The grocery bill. panning the land
lord, trouble with servants, colored
shoes, the. latest fashions in gowns
these are but a few of the infinite
number of subjects women talk about
when they climb into the BARRIERS
chair. An Fazio can do is to click
his tongue to the roof of his mouth,
the click representing, as diplomacy
dictates, either sympathy or ssyrnpa-
thetic anger regarding the subject
matter under discussion-by the
| woman customer. Because Fazio
never gets beyond the click before a
new theme is evoked.
'I could take an bath that women
| talk about almost everything" said
| Fazio, but the thing they talk most
about is clothes. Sometimes they tell
me real secrets because they know
/ barbers-that is, good barbers-are
! like daisies. They won't tell"
Evening star., 1923-07-15

Grand opera music. two concert
artists, orchestra selections and COM
munity singing of old ballads will
feature the ffty-second free com
munity concert tonight at Central
High School under the auspices OF
the Community Music Association.
In. addition to the overture from
t"Mignon" and selections from Gou-
mods Faust" the Army Band, under
the direction of William ]. Stannard
will play Saint-Saens' march. Mill
taire F'rancaise," Parade of the
Wooden Soldiers" and. by request
Evening star., 1923-07-15
|W|E[: :S|NG.bALLADS
| AT PUBLIC CONCERT
Community Audience to Hear
Opera Music and Other
!. ~
Melody Features Tonight.

Public, concert. Central High
Community Center, tonight at
o'clock. Program:
/. March, "Militaire Franchise"
I Saint-Saens
The Army Band, William p.
a. Stannard, director.
2. Overture, "Mfgnon". Thomas
The Army Band.
3. (a) America"
(b) Salute to the Flag"
(c) Oath Of Allegiance"
(d) "Doxology"
Everybody.
4. (a) ..Massa's in the Cold, Cold
Ground"
(b) when You and I Were
Young"
(c) Sailing
Everybody.
5. Selection, Faust. .Gounod
The Army Band.
/ 6. (a). "Welcoming Visitors to
Washington"
(b) Acquaintance Song"
Everybody.
z. (a) "The STAR. Rogers
(b) "An Open Secret"
Woodman
Mary Wheeler. soprano.
Emma Clock at the piano.
s. Waltz, Wedding of the
Winds" Hall
The Army Band.
8. (a) THE Lost Chord"
(h). "a Dream s.s
(c) )"Ben Bolt'
(d) School Days"
Everybody.
10. Characteristic, Parade OF
the Wooden Soldiers. .Jessel
The Army Band.
IL. (a) Smiles" ="
I(b) Are You Sleeping?" 20
Everybody.
IL. Announcements.
IS. (a) "Homing'n......De Riego
-(b) hight ~..... Sinding
Lawrence powney, baritone.
Nation JBoyce at the piano.
IA. March, u. 8. Field Artil-
The Army Band.
| Is. Star Spangled Banner"
Everybody.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

LABELS ON CLOSED CAFES.
Signs Will Warn Public of Places
Shut Under Dry Law.

NEW, YORK, July 14.-Restaurants
and other places in this city which
have been closed as "nuisances" un-
der the prohibition enforcement law,
will be placarded with large signs
hereafter, informing all who pass why
they aren't open. One former res
taurant near Times square, already
has been so placarded. Authorities
say they believe the power of adver-
tising will have an important bear
ing on the suppression of LIQUOR Saii-
inP
Evening star., 1923-07-15
D. S. ACCEPTS CHALLENGE
FOR PONY EXPRESS RACE
Cowboys and Army Are to Speed
From Missouri to
California,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. -s
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-THE
United States Army has accepted the
invitation of the committee in charge
of the pony express race from ST.
Joseph, Mo, to San Francisco to enter
400 horses and thirty men in the race,
according to message from the ad-
jutant general of the Army, made
public today. The men and horses
will come from Army posts in the
west.
1t has been decided tentatively to
start the race August 81. The start
will inaugurate a three-day celebra-
tion in st. Joseph and the finish will
start three-day celebration in San
Francisco. Points along the route are
also preparing to celebrate. 1t is
planned to bring back the dress and
atmosphere of the old pony express
| period nj each celebration. f.....
| The express race is to be between
cowboys and Army teams and will be
| commemorative of the life and work
| of Mark Twain. - - .s'-
Evening star., 1923-07-15

Education begins the gentleman,
but reading, good company and re-
Election must finish him.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
PLATINUM is MELTED
BY LIGHTNING HEAT
Observation in Germany Leads to
Discussion Of Temperature
in Shock.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, July 1.-THE question OF
the degree Of heat generated by light
ming has been agitated recently in
German scientific circles because of
the, effect, observed. after electrical
storms, of lightning on the tips of
lightning rods.
It was found that platinum tin
melted on being struck. Since the
tnelting-point OF platinum is variously
axed at 1.700 to 1900 degrees centri-
grade, it was clear that the light
: ninE's heat exceeded that temper
ature. Later an instance developed
in which an iridium tip was melted
by q stroke. The meiting-point of
this metal is said to be 1000 degrees
csntigrade.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Remember
This sale positively closes very coon.
Don't be too late.
Act Quickly I s..

You may never get this chance again. DO aiiow
few dollars way the other to stand between you
and the piano you want Il the terms We have placed on
nents win do anything that s within the bounds Of
Is there anything we can do or say that will
make the proposition moro attractive?
All instruments Will be sold to the first customer
nothing reserved. -
We sell the following well known naakes Of pianos u
Chickering, Behnius, Haines Bros Marshall Wendai
Francis Bacon and Cable Nelson.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

A battle line 420 miles long and
twenty miles wide will be established
in New York to check the advance of
the tree-destroyfng gypsy moth,
which may cost the state millions OF
dollars IL 1t becomes general
Evening star., 1923-07-15

4 single pair Of sparrows and q
nest OF young ones will consume
abeat s.eeo insects q week. go
Evening star., 1923-07-15

Something like 10000 horses are
killed in bull fights in Spain every
year.