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in a kind Of mental harem. with a
yashmak on her demure mind and a
shapeless black robe OF modesty over
her bundlesome clothes. Her thoughts
had been her fathers to direct until
he should Euice them into a hus.
bands fold. Something had gone
wrong. Her thoughts had contained
black sheep that strayed and fell into
the dark rayines.
But now she was out OF It nil. Join.
ing tho vast hegira OF humanity from
the dark ages Of ritual and ceremon-
ial and uniform into the new era of
all things good in their place. and
~concealment of the truth the one
irretrievable evil.
Her sou and her boey were her
own now. No. they had gone beyond
eve that. Her soul and body were
the public's. Beauty was commu.
nifty property. She was committed to
their fullest development into such
Joyous acrobatic agility and power
that they should give JOY and a de-
llghtful sorrow to the public. For
which the grateful public would pay
with gratitude and fame and much
money.
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Why Not Have a Bank
Account?
"SAY. Earl, I have $3.50 in the

Earl. I have $3.50 in the
~ bank" said Frank.
What Of 1t? I don't have to save
every penny like you do. My dad will
give me money to go to the shows"
But you ought to save to go to
college"
Now the boys have grown up.
Fran is through college and has a
very good job. He has n home Of
his own. in the incest part of town.
What has Earl been doing all this
time? He Ioafec around for a time.
Then he got a job hauling gravel. He
lives in a tenement house and Is very
poor.
EARL RUNDEN.
Park School, Grade It'll.
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laid off. The laboratory force wa re.
duced to a skeleton. She went home
one night anc did not come back.
And now tho dark room hat had
come to be a prison cell was as dear
n home as the shut cage Of a canary
that cannot get in again.
She wns homesiclI for the many.
Widowed gloom: for the black wet
chambers with the big watts of "soup''
where the endless tapes of minute
pictures were developed: tho lurld red
rooms where the printing machines
chartered; the drying rooms where
tho vast mill wheels revolvcd with
their cascades OF film.
The gates OF the lot" were closed
, 1923-02-11
CHAPTER XVIII.

In swimming. dancing. mountain
climbing. MISUNDERSTANDING, motor
ing, singing, laughing. days and
nights reeled by. But gayety as an
ether against the pangs Of idleness
was a heavy, an almost %nauseous.
drug. She looked back on her earlier
existence at home as n slothful in.
dolence at best. n waste of gifts, a
burying of genius in a napkin and
tho napkin in the ground where 1t
must rot. yet never lift a flower from
its corruption. To be busy. TO achieve.
TO build her soul and sell it-that was
her new passion. She gave up all
thought of going homo to Caiverly.
She would never be content with vii
lage life again.
One day she loitered through West,
lake park aud watched the visitors
feed the wild fowl that grow tame
there. The man or child who Ind
bread crumbs for largcss was al
most mdbbsd. Overhead the chuck.
ling seagulls made u living umbrella.
careenIng and dipping to hook the
morsels tossed in air. From every
quarter birds OF various pInIon gath.
cred. swcrved. dartcd. fung back.
ward Oh wings that were both brake
, 1923-02-11
Our Honor Roll

Best story-Celeste Ufhen, "The Dream Fairv~ East
Casper, Sixth Grade.
second-Edna Carroll. Kindness" West Casper,
Fourth Grade.
Fourth Grade.
Best Seventh and Eighth Grade Story
Glen Midlam, "a Fire in the Night" Central, Seventh
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a rebate on the lat b~lessings Of such
a life.
She wrote Terry's mother, urging
her to come to Los Angeles without
delay; TO beg. borrow. or steal the
necessary funds; to seize the chance
to rescue tho divine child from power.
ty and oblivion. and to learn luxury
by giving the world the sunshine Of
his Irresistible charm.
She had not meant to let anyon
IN Palm Springs know where she
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Many beautiful effects in neckwear
this season. Many men are matching
their shirts with their ties. It's easy
to do SO here because of the immense
variety of smart styles.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
COCHRAN FUNERAL.
||NG0THAM MONDAY
Body viii Be Sent to New
York Sunday Att !
ernO0n.

The body of Representative W.
Bourke Cochran of New York city
who died suddenly yesterday at his
I home. 1915 Rhode Island avenue
northwest. will be sent to New York
station Sunday afternoon at 1905
o'clock. Arriving in New York 1t will
lie In state at st. Jean Baptiste
Church until services begin Monday
morning at III o'clock. Interment will
be in kensico cemetery, Westchester
county
accompanying the remains will be
the New York delegation In Congress,
Il party of personal friends and sur
riving relatives High officials OF
the city and state OF New York will
act as honor guard from the station
10 me church when the body arrives.
honorary and active pallbearers
VIII be selected later i'm the day, II
was announced by Representative
Hamilton Fish of New York, who to-
gether with Sergeant Arms Rogers
or the House. is directing the funeral
arrangements. Those who will Of
fictally represent the House at the
funeral are Representatives Kline.
Sullivan. Riordan. Mott, Carew, Sic
gel. Griffin. Mead. Fish. Ten Eyck,
Chandler. Fairchild and London of
New York: oliver. Alabama; Dale.
NlTSlnld, lIlnlnt-
cum. Maryland; SABBATH. Illinois. and
Connally and Jones of Iowa.
st. Pauls Parish and Washington
District Councils of the National
Council of Catholic Men last night
adopted resolutions Of sympathy. The
resolutions Of the Washington Dis
trict Council were signed by Thomas
J. Donovan, president, and Francis
4. McCann. secretary, and urged all
parish presidents to have memorial
masses said for the repose of the
soul of the deceased representative.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

precinct. In his testimony, told Of
the statement STANCE had made. In
1t he declared he did not blame
| O'Donnell. The statement averred
that STANCE had helped Downes load
the bumper into the Downes ma
chine at tha request of the latter,
who had declared 1t was his bumper.
Downes threw a light bombshe.i
into the packed Inquest room at the
morgue by taking the stand and de-
claring that O'Donnell had not
spoken to him for a year. He said
that every one at the precinct station
knew about il.
He also said that O'Donnell. when
he found STANCE had been shot, ex-
claimed: my God. cousin. I didn't
mean to shoot you"
Surgeon Takes stand.
Others testlfying at the inquest
were DIR. Daniel L. Borden. surgeon
| who treated Stange: DIR, Archibald
Riddick OF the Emergency Hospital
Dr. Herbert f. Martyr. deputy cor
oner, who conducted the autopsy;
Lieut.. c. III. Bremmerman of the
fourth precinct, Sergt. Gray Of the
fourth precinct. Precinct Detective G.
A. Berry. Sergt. J. G. Maloney, Po-
liceman Raymond B. Carroll, Police
man Luther Z. Allen and Sergt. T.
T. Harnev. all Of the fourth precinct
In the testimony 1t was shown tha,
| the automobile from which the
Evening star., 1923-03-02
CHARLES N. AVER DIES.
Assistant Clerk Court Of Customs
Appeals Expires Suddenly.

Charles NJ. Aver. an assistant clerk
of the United States Court of Gus
toms Appeals. died suddenly yester-
day from an attack OF heart trouble.
The funeral will be from the family
residence. 1929 Corcoran street north
west at II o'clock Monday morning.
with Rev. DIR. Jason Noble Pierce of
the FIRST Congregational Church. Of
ticiating. The interment Will be pri-
vate in Glenwood cemetery. The pail
bearers will be friends and associates
from the court.
Mr. Aver came to Washington with
the organization OF the Court of Gus
toms Claims in 1910. He was ma
tive of Lowell. Mass. where ne was
born in iS46. Prior to coming to this
city he had spent most of his life In
the lumber business in Michigan. He
is survived by his wife and two
sons, Alvin c. Aver of Fort Thomas.
KY. and Frank Aver of San Fran
cisco. Calf.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

bumper was taken had been seized
under the prohibition act and that
the bumper at one time had been re-
moved and brought into the station
house.
Later it was attached to the car
again and, from the testimony, IL
was clear trap had been set to
catch whoever was suspected OF
tampering with 1t.
Many Lawyers in Case.
At the inquest james a. O'Shea
represented ODonnell: Daniel w
O'Donoghue and A. A. Alexander ap-
peared as attorneys for Mrs. Mary
STANCE, widow of the deceased
Frank Van Doren represented Rub!
Downes. James G. Wilkes, assistant
corporation counsel, and David a
Hart, assistant United States at
torney, were also present.
Funeral services for Policeman
STANCE will be held at mis- residence
1910 1st street northwest, at $3.50 to.
morrow morning. Requiem mass will
be said at st. Martins Church. Nortl
Capitol and r streets, following the
brief services at the home. and inter
ment will be in Mount. Olivet GENE
terry. Members OF the police force
| former associates OF STANCE, will ac
as pallbearers.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
DETECTIVE IS HELD
IN STANCES DEATH
Downes Charges O'DonneII,
Who Fired Shot, Was Not
Speaking to Him.

Precinct Detective Thomas ODon-
nell was held for the action of the
grand jury at yesterdays inquest
into the death OF Policeman Fred G.
STANCE. who was shot shortly after
midnight Monday morning. while in
the automobile of Ruby Downes, an
other policeman. when O'Donnell was
attempting to recover an automobile
bumper alleged to have been put in
the Downes machine.
ODonnell was released on $1,000
bond pending the action of the grand
jury.
Made Ante-Mortem Statement.
An ante-mortem statement of
STANCE was introduced at the in
quest. Capt. Ira Sheetz OF the fourth
Evening star., 1923-03-02
JOHN L. BULMER DEAD.

John l.. Bulmer. a. real estate sales
man with Allan L. Walker & Co, well
known among those following the
real estate business. died suddenly
yesterday at his home. 1911 K street
northwest. No arrangements for the
funeral have been made. Prior to
entering the real estate field Mr.. Bull
iner was connected with the District
Title Company. in the examination
Of titles. He was member of Naval
Lodge. No. 4. +. a A. NJ. and will be
buried with Masonic honors. Mr.. Bull
mers wife died here d year ago.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Remember Tonsiline

TONSILINE is the National Snre
Throat Remedy-it is sold in every
State in the Union. Most people buy
a bottle occasionally because most
people occasionally have Sore Throat.
They buy it for the prompt, welcome
relief it brings to sufferers from this
malady. You can forget Sore Ttroat if
you will only remember TONSILlNE
and get the bottle NOW that IL
waits for you at your druggists. sI9
Look for the long necked IN
fellow on the bottle when you ID
cet it. ~
35 cents and 80 cents. Hos IA
pital Size, $l.00. "a
Evening star., 1923-03-02
SHRINERS VISIT WEEKS.
Assured by War Secretary Of Co
Operation in Convention Plans.

Secretary Weeks yesterday con-
ferred with q committee of the 1928
Shrine Committee. composed of Loen-
ard p. Steuart, potentate: Harry
Standiford, executive secretary
Carter b. Keene, chairman of the
law committee. and james c. Hoyle,
chairman OF tho banquet committee,
in the course of which meeting he
assured them of his hearty co-opera-
ton within the scope Of the author
ization granted him by a Joint reso-
luton signed by the President yes
terday.
This resolution grants the Shrine
committee the use OF the public
parks and grounds and gives full
authority to the Secretary Of War
and Navy departments to loan the
Shrine committee all tents, cots, hos
pital supplies necessary for the en-
tertainment and housing of visitors
In Washington during the Imperial
Council session of the Mystic Shrine
here next June.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
LUNCHED WITH KING.

LONDON, March 2.-The German
ambassador. DR. Gustave Sthamer,
and his wife Iunched with the King
and Queen at Buckingham Palace
yesterday for the first time since the
war
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Miss Van Dorp, now member OF
the Dutch parliament, was the first
woman in Holland to study law.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Stripes again predominant
In Spring Shirts
81, $3.50, So, $4

Colors are brighter and guaranteed
absolutely fast. Percales, printed and
woven Madras; we'll tailored. And, if
necessary, we will gladly shorten
sleeves to insure correct fit.
, 1923-03-05

in 1911 when he made his western tour and spoke
at Sheridan on world peace, Republican platforms
have frequently embodied the same principle. The
Republican national platform Of 1920 expressly
advocated methods which shall maintain the rule
of right by the development of law and the deci-
sion of impartial courts and 1t asserted the "unl-
versal sentiment of America for generations past
in favor of international law and arbitration
The proposal that the United States participate
in the court already established does not carry
with it even an implied participation in the league,
which is n political rather than a judicial body.
The court now consists of eleven judges and four
deputy judges, elected by the league of nations by
majority vote of both the council and assembly act
ing separately. The judges serve for nine years
and may be reelected. President Harding's sugges-
ton of participation includes a condition that the
United States have n voice in the selection of the
judges and. bear n due proportion of the expense.
John Bassett Moore, an American international
lawyer of distinction, is now a member of the court
in pursuance of election by the league.
According to the provisions governing the court,
nations participating therein may agree to n gen.
eral jurisdiction of disputes or to jurisdiction of
only such disputes as the nations interested may
specifically agree to submit. The presidents sug-
g~estion is that the United States participate in the
court under the latter restriction, hence as Secre-
tary of State Hughes explained, in adhering to the
protocol the United States would not be required TO
depart from the position which II has thus far tax.
en- that there should be a special agreement for
the submission of a particular controversy to ar
bitral decision. Thus the United States could be re
Quired to submit only justiciable questions and this
country would be the judge of what constitutes a
iusticiable question. We could not be forced to sub
nit such questions as immigration restrictions or
the rights of foreigners within our borders.
Others reservations advocated would specifically
absolve the United States from any league obliga-
tons on account of adherence to the protocol es-
tablishing the court and would prevent the amend
ment of the statute under which the court functions
of the United States.
This country could become a party to the court
without yielding any of its independence of action
either TO the league or TO the court itself. Our
acceptance would merely extend the policy that
brought us into the first and second Hague CON
ferences, and we would be continuing the moral
influence long exerted by America in the cause of
international arbitration. Yet we would not in
volve ourselves in political affiliations studiously
avoided from the beginning of our national exist
ence.
, 1923-03-05
Variation in Signature

An indignant citizen, whose bank
had protested a small check because
Of ONE trifing variation from his
regular signature. is threatening to
compose n code OF etiquette for the
regulation of the behavior of banks
in their relations with good fellows.
He contends that banks themselves
ought to act like good fellows.
He points out that any good fellow
nowadays Is liable to vary his sigma
ture n bit. according 10 the prevailing
quality OF the beverages obtainable
under the restrictions OF the Volstead
law, and he argues hat a fellows
bank ought to make allowances for
hat fact.
In tho case that excited his indigna-
ton he declares the variation in his
signature was a very slight one. and
hat the bank admittedly knew the
signature was his. Yet. in conformity
with a slavish routine. It protested
the check. thereby causing embar-
rassmen all around.
A friendly banker TO whom this sor.
rowing good fellow poured out his
tale OF woe tried to convince him thai
in seeking to make banks conform
able to the code of good fellows he
, 1923-03-05
Swats Blue Sky Law

The revolt against the paralysis
brought about by ''blue-sky" legisla-
ton IN western mining states is gain
ing Roadway. A bill has been intro.
duced in tho Utah legislature repeal
ing the whole "blueSky" law and abol-
ing the state securities commission.
which consists OF the state attorney
general. state bank examiner and an
executive secretary. The brl has al.
ready been favorably reported upon
by the House judiciary COMMITTEES.
And thus It goesl The West Is at
last awakening TO the stagnation
that such legislation has brought
about, especially in mining districts.
It now looks as IL the ~favorite argu.
ment Of the "blue-sky' fraternity
that nc state has yet repealed such
legislation-wnl be swept away. And
other western states will soon shoot
the argument full OF holes.
The mining industry will always be
the target for flag.waving friends OF
the farming and other organized In.
dustries. II Is high time that were
done, not TO put over class legisla.
ton. but to prevent It. The industry
is struggling under in~supportable bur.
dens now The limit has been reach.
cd.
, 1923-03-05
Personal Incomes

The statistics of personal incomes
for 1920. as reported to the Bureau
of Internal Revenue show that 64.39
per cent of the aggregate incomes
were in the classes from 81. 900 per
yea to $4,000 and 1852 per cent IN
the classes from $1,000 10 $40. 900.
Incomes in excess of $40. 900 per year
comprised 22.6s per cent Of the total
of reported incomes.
The class showing the largest az
gregate of incomes is hat from
1000 TO $4,000. In which the number
reporting is 2.569,3I6. with total in
comes Of S6.1s4,543,96s The class
showing the next highest aggregate
of income is that with from $4,000 to
s. 5000. which includes a broader
spread and has a total Of IS. 039. 607.-
236. There are 1887. Jig in this class.
The third class in aggregate income.
put first in number reporting. is that
with incomes from $1,000 to $4,000.
the total of which is $4,000. 066. 61s.
with 2.671, $50 reporting. Little doubt
is entertained that IL all incomes
were reported. the latter would be
the largest class. both in aggregate
incomes and in number of recipients.
There is reason to believe that a
large number of incomes between
81 900 and $1,000 are not reported,
although the increase of reported In
comes in this class has been quite
remarkable.
The following table shows the ag-
gregate incomes in the several classes
for the year 1918 and 1920. 1t will
be seen that the classes below $50. 900
all show increases, but tho classes
from $1,000 up all show decreases.
The most notable increases are in
the lower classes. indicating that
more individuals are reporting The
falling off in the higher classes is
probably due TO. increased investment
in securities.
, 1923-03-05

was contemplating too great a strain
on h nerves of paying tellers and
other functionaries.
And on the other hand added the
banker. clinching tne argument, the
attempt by banks to live UP to the
code of good fellows would open up
a primrose path before the feet OF the
professional forger. In view of which
there Is small likelihood OF banks re-
taxing the rule of strict adherence to
the sample signature that every de-
positor hands in when he opens an
account.
Some men INVOLVE a complicated
signature, and the more complicated
1t is moro likely the man is to vary
1t at times when no is bus, being a
good fellow. A moro modern, matter
of fact tendency is merely to write
your name with no moro effort at
ornarnentation or significance than
you give to h writing OF the date or
the amount.
Even a dull fellow sometimes exper-
fences a certain mystical thrill in
signing his name. AS a gesture. the
operation might be moro dramatic IL
1t could be don by pressing ones
thumb print at the foot of the check
or document. That would have some
thing Of the theatric value of the
tyrant signing a death warrant with
his signet ring.
Monarchs of the Middle Ages
couldn't write and their signatures
were made with monographs devised
for them by their clerkly scrlbes.
Sometimes the a would trace n
stroke or two Of the monogram. but
at other times the clerk did It all. The
Emperor Justin was one of these mon.
ogrammed -ignoramuses and King
Theodore Of the Ostrogoths was an.
other.
Charlemagne adopted a monogram
signature and ell the French kings
from him to Philip the Fair followed
his example. Ard later. when writ
ten signatures became the style. peo-
PIE used to follow them with a figure
OF complicated fourishes called by the
French a ''ruche'' or beehive. Old
editions of Dickens had their covers
, 1923-03-05
The Mystery of Its Origin

Many a philosopher has given "a.
rious thought to the subject of kiss.
ing. That is. TO the origin and HE.
tory OF kissing. And the theme 90
sim n that frequently comes mn for
deoate when Intelligent people meet
especially when there are two of thsr
and they are of different sex.
There are two ways OF exp,a,rir,
ene coming of kissing into this
world. One way is materialistio and
the other is romantic.
Inc romantic explanation is much
.ne pretter Of the two. II Is that
Aissins was taught to men by the
angels. That is SO simple that any,
pouy can understand 1t and every tri,a
A, n VIII strain a point to believe n
Inc materialistic explanation q.
mat kissing came in the first Mac
rom sniffing and mumbling az Other
faces when they had been
eatins something savory. Ana Oh.
mats such a nauseous explanation
OF an agreeable habit that everv -
a person of either sex WIN ~
ready TO swear that It can't be tr,a
fortunately nobody knows for cor
tam now kissing really did coma 4,
% a popular human institution
whether we learned It from the anrsI.
or the animals. And so the ouest,o.
WIN always be a perfectly safe one for
debating societies to wrangle over-
neither side a ever prove that II "a
right or the other SIDE wrong.
or course with a little intellectual
ingenuity It IS possible to trace the
sweetest OF human experiences and
the MODEST of human aspirations to
the dullest animals origins. That was
a favorite amusement of the intelli-
gentsia In the nineteenth century.
when Herbert Spencer Tor was 1t Hux-
lucy? declared that every human &c
ton could be properly attributed to
n OF two animal lnstints-self-pres-
ervation or preservation OF species.
And there are still minds thai live
in the nineteenth century and take an
~iconoclastic delight in stripping the
softness and beauty from human in
tercourse. n of these discoursed on
Kissing as follows:
kissing is a survival of the nat
ural habit Of smelling of a person to
SEQ IL we like him, and is also a tast-
ing process. In other words. Jack