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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15

invited him to visit her in the fall at her parents apartments on Riverside Drive. Then he returned to town-and the store He was sorry he could not finger; but, he explained, Wall street needed him.
 Fall came. P. Elmore Cowley, in snappy suit, set forth to conquer. He took Miss Lubbock to the theatre. He told her all about the book he had read; he dropped hints about directors meetings, and his deals in oil and sugar, he mentioned running into Reggie Vandergilt at the club, he expressed regret that his town car and roadster were both out of commission, and apologized for bringing her home in vulgar taxicab. To- ward midnight he and Miss Lubbock re- turned to the lofty apartment house where dwelt her parents.
 "But Pm sure we met before," she was saying. "There's something so familiar about your face"
 Perhaps we met at the Piping Rock Hunt club," he suggested, "or at some party at the Ritz or Sherry's. Or maybe it was at Newport or Monte Carlo. Or, perhaps, you saw me playing polo, somewhere"
 'I wonder where it was," she repeated, puzzled.
 They had stepped into the private eleva- tor and she pressed the button. Softly the car stole up. It stopped. On the door P. Elmore Cowley saw painted the figure A" Swiftly, mechanically, he called out:
 Fourth floor! Ladies' and misses cloaks, suits and evening gowns, photographs, toilet goods, underwear, tires, corsets and rugs! Going up! Step to the rear of the car, please"
 Then she knew.
 (Coppright, 1923, Doubleday, Page & Co.,
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"Third floor!' he chanted Ladies' shoes and blouses, children's hats and wraps, art goods, hardware, negligees, hair goods, clocks, hats, books, stoves, furs and pianos. Going up! Step to the rear of the car, pleasev'
 The elevator slid skyward. Mentally P. Elmore was cruising up Fifth avenue in his roadster, an heiress by his side; he was wearing white spats and smelled of Parisian perfume; this was his constant day dream. The figure A" painted on the floor jerked him back to real life, caused him, by habit, to stop his car and automatically call out:
 Fourth floor! Ladies' and misses cloaks, suits and evening gowns, photographs, toilet goods, underwear, tires, corsets and rugs! Going up! Step to the rear of the car, please"
 P. Elmore Cowley was worldly. He cov- eted things of the flesh-limousines mono- gramed cigarettes, silk pajamas, caviar for breakfast, duplex apartment on Park ave- nue, and no work. It struck him that the easiest way to attain this bliss was to marry an heiress who would support him in the style to which he was unaccustomed. He felt sure that he was the mental equal of any heiress; he had once read book. But how could he meet an heiress? That was the problem. No doubt he had carried many dollar princesses in his car; but an elevator is a poor place to start romance.
 P. Elmore went about it scientifically. He saved his money; he purchased (second- hand) a dinner jacket and pair of white hannels. He invested his savings in week. end at fashionable summer hotel. There he contrived to introduce himself to Eloise Lubbock, daughter of the flypaper king, rated at three million. P. Elmore made sure of that, first of d. Eloise was plain and rather bulky, but 1t was the figure in her bank book that captivated P. Elmore. He worked fast. One word led to another. She
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tunate," MT. Cray observed.
 You've tumbled to it, and there's noth- ing more doing" Sinclair Smith continued. Here's your two hundred and fifty pounds deposit" he added, throwing the check upon the table. "Come on, Frinton.
 "Stop minute," MT. Cray called out.
 The two men, who were well on their way to the door, paused.
 T can't see my way through quite to the end of this little matter yet" MT. Cray ex- plained. "By this document here you seem bound to deliver to me five thousand Idabor shares at thirty-seven and six, to- days price forty-one, profit to me eight hundred and seventy-five pounds"
 MT. Sinclair Smith stared at MT. Cray for several moments without speech. Once he opened his lips, glanced at Sara and closed them again. MT. Frinton's rejoinder was on the weak side.
 "These were Idabos, and you know it." he muttered
 MT. Cray shook his head and tapped his breast pocket
 "Idabos doesn't sound reasonable" he protested gently. "They could be bought by the thousand for fourpence share, and you were proposing to sell them to me for thirty-seveh and sixpence. I feel sure that no one would believe it possible that you two gentlemen would make such a sugges- tion as that Idabor, my agreement says, and Idabor I want-or eight hundred and seventy-five pounds.'
 Then both men forgot the presence of a lady and began to talk. Sara leaned back in her chair with the air of pleased and gratified audience. MT. Cray, too, showed not the slightest signs of wishing to inter- rupt the dual stream of eloquent abuse When the two men were silent at last through lack of breath, he made his first remark.
 "I am not bargainer, gentlemen" he said. "There seems to have been a little
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
FOURTH FLOOR
By Richard Connell

P. Fillmore Cowley stopped his car. He stopped it expertly, with one manicured hand on the brake. He stopped it with devil-may-care nonchalance His features wore an aloof, superior smile; his manner, as he surveyed his car, was slightly bored, and he had touch of hauteur about it; it was P. Elmore Cowley's imitation of an. English duke as played by motion picture actor born in Galesburg, H., and raised there, in barber shop. In his minds eye his car was costly limousine of foreign extraction, roaring, throbbing bull of car, with racy, rakish lines. Actually it was. an elevator in big Sixth avenue department store.
 Daily now, for three years, P. Elmore Cowley had piloted the elevator up and down, down and up, He was youngish, plumpish, blondish man; if he had but half an inch more chin he could have posed for collar advertisements. In the tone of a lord of the manor addressing his tenants, he said, crisply:
 Going up! Step to the rear of the car. Don't crowd, madam. There are other cars. Going upv'
 Again he brought his car to . stop. In swift, mechanical accents he announced:
 Second floor. Mems and boys clothing, groceries, fishing tackle, mqps. lamp shades. punching bags, toys, laces, and bathing suits. Anybody want second7 Going up! Step to the rear of the car, please"
 Up he went. He stood very erect and stern at the throttle. In his minds eye he was colonel in the red and gold uniform of his majesty's Royal Lancers; actually his uniform was gray and bore on its sleeve the monogram s 6 K, which stood for Stein & Katz, who owned the store. Hs stopped the car 90 abruptly that lady passenger almost swallowed her artificial teeth.
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ming, MT. Cray's heart misgave him.
 'I guess you'd better not figure in this show, Sara,' he said to his daughter, who was occupying an easy chair in his sitting room. There's no telling how those two skunks may pan out. They're soft stuff to look at, but you never can tell"
 Sara showed not the slightest signs of moving.
 Dad" she said, "Ive been with you in some tougher corners than you'll find your self in this evening. And you know what told you. If I can't gratify this morbid craving of mine for few glimpses into Bohemia, shall never settle down and make George respectable wife. Besides, you'll want me to mix the cocktails, and I want to see whether MT. Frinton will remain the perfect gentleman"
 Her father smiled tolerantly.
 "I guess there'n be more tears than blows,V he said. "Stay where you are, if you're set on it."
 'I intend to- Sara declared sweetly
 The two visitors were very punctual. They arrived, indeed, five minutes before the appointed time. MT. Sinclair Smith made profuse apologies
 "The fact of the matter is" he explained, "both MT. Frinton, here, and l are hard pushed this evening. We shall just have to finish our little piece of business as quickly as we can and if you, sir" he added, turning to MT. Cray, "and your daughter, will honor us by dining at the Ritz tomor- row night, we shall be charmed. We can then celebrate more adequately.
 Its a date-sure," MT. Cray promised .exuberantly. 'No need to keep you gen. tlemen over this little business, either I've a package of notes here, and see you've got the shares there. Spread them out upon the table; let's have look at them.''
 MT. Sinclair Smith reverently produced thick pile of brand new engraved stock certificates. They were very clean, very artistically executed and evidently of recent issue. MT. Cray, with the notes bulging from his pocket, began to count. The two men stood over him.
 "One hundred, two hundred, three hun dred, four hundred-' MT. Cray stopped short.
 What's wrong?" MT. Sinclair Smith asked sharply, trying to keep the note of anxiety from his voice.
 ''It's this durned spelling again." Mr. Cray explained. 'AThese certificates seem to be spelled without the final 'r.'''
 That's the way the names spelled" was the sharp reply. "I told you so when you made out the agreement.
 MT. Cray stopped his counting and felt in his pocket.
 "I don't seem, somehow, to remember that,'' he said pensively.
 He spread out the agreement, with it's Somerset House registration stamp, upon the table. The faces of the two men, who stared at the spot to which MT. Cray's fat forefinger pointed, were study. Without doubt the name of the rubber plantation
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mutual misunderstanding in this deal, but the fact remains that I am entitled to the delivery of five thousand Idabor shares from you at thirty-seven and sixpence, or the profit on them-eight hundred and sew enty-five pounds. am not hard man. I will take five hundred pounds cash"
 A secondary burst of eloquence was less original, but more abusive.
 You're a damned sharper!" MT. Erin ton wound up.
 "A low confidence trick man," Mr.. Sin clair Smith finished, with a glance at Sara, "you and your"
 MT. Cray took step forward. Mir. Sin clair Smith did not finish his sentence. He took a step backward toward the door. MT. Cray threw it open and stood there. He was still smiling, but his smile had qualities.
 "At 9 o'clock" he said, "my solicitor is looking in on me for a friendly chat. A check for five hundred pounds any time before that hour will be all right. You'll find the lift round to the right. So long, boys"
 MT. Cray returned to the room with a beamng face.
 "Sara," he said looking toward the side board, "give me shake.e
 At quarter to nine that evening, while MT. Cray and his daughter were dining at a corner table in the grill, note was brought to him. He tore open the envelope Inside was check for five hundred pounds He thrust it into his waistcoat pocket, pro- duced the one which he had written for two hundred and fifty pounds and passed it to Sara.
 'Your share, my dear," he said. "Let us drink the health of those two philan- thorpists."
 sYou dear, clever Dadw she tnurmured enthusiastically.
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 the waist and drew him bodily from the saddle.
 AS he swayed a moment struggling on the saddle-bow, Ovington swung his right hand free and struck. The blow fell behind Colvin's ear and he collapsed without a sound.
 Ovington flung his limp body to the ground.
 "You have killed him!' whispered Beat rice. 'Flee! Flee!
 "He's merely stunned" said Ovington. "Turn your horse. We ride another way this night"
 She rained her horse away and raised her riding-crop.
 Keep away" she cried in choked voice. q am afraid! Keep away. He has my promse-I shall not leave him!'
 He laughed short and hard.
 "Promise?' he said. 'Do you think that words will stop me tonight after have con- quered destiny at last? Do you dream that words will stop me? Then one way with both!"
 As he spoke he rode upon her. The rid ing-crop fell upon his shoulder, but he did not notice it. He swept her from the saddle into his arms and crushed the parted lips fiercely against his own.
 Dearest" he said, "after four genera tions of waiting, I have returned for you and won you away from fate"
 Suddenly her straining body gave to him and he heard a murmuring and changed voice at his ear:
 "Ridel Ride! He is stirring on the road. He is awakeningw
 And as they spurred up the road he turned his head and saw the gray horse and brown fleeing side by side far away with loose shaken bridle-reins and empty saddles.
 (Copyright, 1922, The Bell Syndicate, Incl
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Continued from Page Nine arm, and the revolver roared past his ear. With his right arm he seized Colvin about
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
SENATOR STRAUS URGES
"BABY BONUS"
fJewish Telegraphic Agency


New York-Passage of legislature
providing for baby bonus" is being
urged by Senator Nathan Straus of
New York. Senator Straus is an au-
thority ON child welfare, having work
ed eighteen years with his father in
combating infant mortality.
81 believe it would be good invest
ment for the state" Senator Straus de-
clares, ''to pay n mother cash bonus
for every baby that she adds to the
population Of the state"
Motherhood subsidies" Straus be-
lieves, "would assist IN promoting early
marringe among the best class popula-
tion. AT present be holds, shiftless,
thoughtless men and women are ready
to undertake the responsibilities of mar
riage without considering what it may
lead to- and many of the better class
postpone or avoid marriage feeling that
they are not well enough situated finan-
ciaIly to take care of the offspring.
A baby bonus would induce this bet
ter type to undertake the responsible
ties of marriage and parenthood, Straus
asserts.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
NEW B'NAI BIRTH COMMIT
TEE TO STUDY MEXICAN
IMMIGRATION.
(Jewish TeIegraphic Agency.)

Chicago-The Independent Order
B'nai Birth is sending another COM
mittee to Mexico TO investigate the
status of the Jewish immigration there
The committee will lie composed of
Archibald A. Marx. Of New Orleans.
and Rabbi Zielonka of Ell Paso.
The committee will leave on July 10
and will visit all of the principal cities
of Mexico, each of which now has Il
''baby" Jewish colony, sprung up with
in the last two and a half years
A proponderins majority of these I'M
migrants, who came to Mexico, expect
ing to use that country merely as n
way station to enter the United States,
are now said to be successfully estab-
lsfed in the Republic. Few are said
now to have any desire to leave and
the T. O. B. u. officials are o the opin-
ion that Mexico presents splendid sop
portunities for commercial advance
ment fer those immigrants who are
willing TO struggle in order to 'get u
foothold."
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
AEH/ Gxe1aY KzAec #
OngSS /AHbkAe e NSZ1SGc
AhID z (l0cXES-.
wears the dress. Not in movie.
but on her way to the making Of

put the proper amount of enthusiasm
and the proper amount Of energy back
of their collections.
/ want to repeat again that the loss
is the community's loss. Five hundred
men who have established for them
selves II reputation as givers, once they
pay can be depended upon to give
again: once they are permitted not to
pay, they are u complete loss.
Suits may he necessary Personally,
1 wish they we're not. bat before start
ing suit let the chairman. the trcasur-
or and the working groups who gave
themselves so willingly during our big
effort again pledge themselves to give
they will be surprised at the enormous
amount of money that will begin to roll
in.
There is one other by-product that
to me is of far more Importance than
either the money that we are so much
In need of, or the effect on the commun-
ity as n whole, that will come through
having all their pledges paid and that
is the effect on the morale of the ill.,
dividual who is permitted not to pay.
That type of man is lowered in his own
estimation, is certainly not as good Il
citizen and surely is poor jew. The
man who meets his responsibilities.
who pays his honor pledses-walks
erect, looks his fellowmen square in the
eye, but the man who for one reason or
another fails tu meet his just obliga-
tions sneaks around the corner when
he secs someone he knows coming,
keeps away from all social and com
munal efforts and forevermOre becomes
communal liability.
In the name of those for whom we
have worked so hard insist upon every
person who can, paying up. In the
name of your community whose social
needs are constantly multiplying, in
sist upon the pledge being paid. In the
name of the man who has made the
pledge and has failed to pay, for his
sake insist and use every method to
secure full payment.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
VILLAS FATHER WAS SPAN.
ISH JEW, SAYS MEXICAN
WRITER.
tJewish Telegraphic Agency,

Mexico City,-Thc list of notables of
Jewish descent must he further enlarg-
ed to make room for another figure
PanchO Villa. According to Miss Es-
pcranE yelazQucz Bringas, n young
Mexican writer who says she interview
cd the late Mexican hero-bandit. sew
erl months ago, Villas fatlier was Of
Spanish-Jewish descent.
The fact was revealed by Miss Brin-
gas two days after Villas violent
death. Villa did not remember his
own father, according to the Mexican
writer, his father having parted from
his Mexican wife while he WAS an in
FAINT. Several years ago Villa met an
old man who told the Mexican general
that he knew his father and that his
name was German" His mother,
Villa declared. sought TO conceal him
from his father by use of the nam..
Villa.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
FRITZ ADLER TO SETTLE IN
LONDON.
tJewish Telegraphic Agency)

Vienna famous Socialist DIR.
Friedrich Adler, son of DIR. Victor Ad-
cial Democratic Party. is coming TO
London in order to settle there perma-
nently in his capacity as Secretary of
the Socialist International He has
stated that he will consequently not
stand any more as candidate for the
Austrian Chamber.
In 1916, DIR. Fritz Adler killed the
then Austrian Premier. Count Stuergh,
as protest against the war.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
YOUR COMMUNITY'S OBLI-
CATIONS TO COLLECT IT'S
PLEDGES.
BY DAVID a. BROWN,
Chairman National Appeal.

The Jewish and non-Jcwish press
throughout the country have been car
lying on their front pages story of
suit brought by the leaders in the
New York Campaign for Jewish War
Relief on n pledge publicly made for
500. The facts as presented to the
Court show that this man made his
pledge and during the course of one
year had not paid anything on It,,
nltlO he was well able to do so. The
Court held that the pledge was bnding
and gave judgment to the New York
Campaign committee for the full
amount. plus the costs in the case.
Since this story was broadcasted. an
epidemic of similar suits have been
started throughout the. country. both
Jewish and non-Jewish.
No doubt, there is great difference
of opinion as to this method of collect
ing funds raised in the name of suf-
fcring humanity. My personal opinion
is that any method that collects funds
of this kind is justified, not SO much
for the fund itself hut in the interest
of the individual who has made and
then refused to pay.
The leaders in Jewry throughout the
United States must sooner or later
realize that every man who creates "A
giving history is tangible asset 10 the
community, providing of course that he
Ia; laJt l,ut N N, hn nr
one reason or another is permitted to
escape his obligation becomes n COM
munal liability.
Lately. i was asked to come to one
of the large cities in this country that
still had on their books some thirty
thousand odd dollars unpaid, out of
Il total of one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, originally pledged. This
thirty thousand dollars was owed by
over five hundred and fifty individuals
in the community. A brief analysis of
the situation proved, conclusively, that
the leaders themselves were responsible
in n large measure for the non-collec-
tion of these pledges. They assumed
that the man who had pledged would
pay, that it was not necessary to restim-
ulate or to make effort for collection.
My first request was for meeting of
the organization that had been re-
sponsiblc in the first place for the
Campaign. They were the men that
l wanted 70 talk to and the gist of my
address that night was that the loss,
il any, was the community's.
1 asked this group of men if they
did not consider these five hundred and
some odd persons in their community
who had created giving history a
tangible asset. i asked them that il
they permitted these men to fail in pay
ing their honor pledges if they ever
again could expect them to participate
in any of the local social needs.
This community is no different than
any other communities throughout the
country who have, through their own
neglect failed to collect hundreds of
thousands of dollars that might have
been in the treasures or on its way
to relieve human suffering, had they
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09

TWO oblongs and two semi-cir-
= cles of material make per-
feet dress.
Take a nice young lady and pin
the oblongs on her. fore and aft.
fastening them on each shoulder.
Then take the two semi-circles
and throw them over each shoul-
der, epaulette fashion. and slit
them from circumference line up
their centres, almost to the shoul-
der.
Let the arms pass through these
slits.
Belt 1t all in about the hips. and
then with a scissors scoop 1t up q
bit at the bottom of the skirt SO
that the hem line forms an arc in
front and in back, making the sides
hang in points.
Then you have the perfect dress
in the picture.
Miss Betty Compson, the Para
mount star, whose business In life
is to make beautiful pictures.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
POLISH POLICE CHIEF EN-
BRACES JUDAISM

Warsaw--I,wo prominent Poles in
the town of Braslovo in the Wilma dis
trict, have embraced Judaism. One is
Jasczewski. chief of police of Braslovo,
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
CHICAGO JEW TO SEE LITH.
UANIAN PRESIDENT.
Gcwish Telegrnphic Agency.l

Chica go-Z. Il. Komaiko, prominent
Jewish social worker, business man and
journalist of Chicago, has left for
Lithuania on a mission in behalf of the
Jews Of Lithuania. He is carrying a
letter from the Lithuanian Legation
at Washington to the President of the
Lithuanian Republic.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
22O SABBATH OBSERVERS
PLACED.
(Jewish Telcgraphic Agency

New York-A total of 220 young men
and women have been placed during
the last six months in positions where
they do not have to work on the Sab
bath. as a result of the efforts of the
Jewish Sabbath Alliance Of America
it is announced.
The alliance has also been actively
engaged in compiling Il list of Sabbath
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09

one, for she recently wore this
gown on the way to the Paramount
West Coast Studio, where she is
making her newest picture, THE
Rustic OF Silk"
The dress Is said to be the SIM
plest in the world. 1t requires no
pattern. Just some white kasha
cloth, scissors, a couple OF pins,
needle and little thread, but lots
Of confidence and faith!
Miss Compson accompanied her
dress with perfect accessories in
the white milan hat trimmed in
soft curling cog, string of clearest
crystal beads, and purse Of white
beads with green bead design.
Hers is the newest sort of beaded
bag, conventional in design. and
fiat like an envelope.
On her left shoulder she wears
. gardenia with pale waxed green
leaves Just the color of the green
beads on her bag.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09

Mrs. Yetta Hays Rohrheimer, one of
Cleveland's poineer Jewish women,
passed away at the age of eighty-one.
Mrs. Rchrheimer was the widow of the
late Bernhard Rohrheimer, and the sole
survivor of the "Iays family" which
was one of the earliest families to set
tie in Cleveland.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09

observing business firms of the city of
New York. The Legal Department has
been instrumental in obtaining the
acquital of 81 Sabbath observers who
were summoned for Sunday violations.
DR.. Bernard Drachman is president of
the Association.