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Evening star., 1923-12-27
bond INVESTORS
DISPLAY CAUTION
Mellon Tax Reduction Plan
Bears on 0utIook-Today's
Quotations Irregular.
By GEORGE II. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to the Star
NEW YORK, December 27-Bond
prices were fairly steady today, but
there were numerous irregularities.
The market these closing days of
the year is under conflicting inf1u-
ences the relative Importance of this
it is difficult to appraise. Foremost
among these is the matter of tax re-
duction. If Congress adopts the Mel
lon plan the logical results would be
an Increased demand for taxable Sc
curities and a smaller inquiry for the
tax exempt. Something of this kind
may have been going on in the mar
ket for United States government is
seues today for the tax-exempt avs
were down while the taxable Az per
cent maturities were either up or
firm. At the same time there was
very little change in the high grade
rails and industrials.
Cautions Among Investors.
With this group another factor.
that of the probable disposition of
the large sums which will be dis
bursed in dividends and interest on
January l. is Of prime Importance.
So far there has been no sign that
any considerable portion of this fund
is going into the high grade invest
ments, meaning by high grade bonds
yielding Az to 5h per cent. Inquiry
seems better for securities returning
from 5L per cent up, good eX-
ample being the new American Te1e-
phone and Telegraph debenture US,
which sold at one time today at the
issue price.
Among the speculative Industrial
issues today the strong feature was
furnished by the Virginia Carolina
Chemical Is. which went above 50.
United States Rubber 5s were also
fairly strong. The sinking fund in
the case of the last named bond oper-
ates next month. On the other hand
Wickwire Spencer Steel Is and Amer
lean Writing Paper 6s were down.
a new high the present move,
above 90. in tardy response to the i'm
proved financial outlook for this
corporation.
Traction Bonds Higher.
Market Street Railway 5s were in
better demand and Third Avenue al
justments, among the local fractions,
sold higher. Maryland Oil SIS with
warrants ran up with the stock.
There were no very important
changes in the speculative rails. Sea-
board Air Line and Erie issues were
steady There was considerable ac-
tivity in the New Haven group, while
the st. Paul bonds moved irregularly
Much interest was taken in the prob
able fluctuations in the St. Paul issues
after the first of the year when tax
selling will be over.
French bonds, which were weak
Wednesday, steadied today perhaps
in sympathy with the rally in frame
exchange. The Paris Lyons and Medi-
terranean issues were particularly
active
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LIVE POULTRY HIGHER.

CHICAGO, December 21.--Pou1try,
alive. higher; fowls. I5a23, springs,
"a. roosters. IL. geese, IL; turkeys R4.
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Queen Mother Alexandra of Eng
land recently celebrated her seventy
ninth birthday
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TOTAL SALES (par vaiue);
IL am. 3438 900 IL noon 4O3 900
pm. S431 900 2 Pm. 10 7O1 900
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TREASURY, CERTIFICATES.

louotations furnished by Redmond & Co.,
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HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS.
Ii a.m.....4 .4I5 500 ] PIN. 49, $50 400
IL m. 49,. 1874 500 2 p.m.....l 096 200
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BONDS 5;
ON NE W YORK
Received by Private
ats Wire Direct to The Star Office.
(salss are In tl.ooe.)
UNITED STATES BONDS.

(Fractions represent thirty seconds.
Example: 98-3 means 98 3-32.)
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French Francs Recover.
Sailing Iucreases MT Close.

Realizing sales increased as the af-
ternoon went on and made more
general impression upon prices
There was, however, no weakness,
only a natural enough check upon
buying movement which had become
too impetuous.
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BALTIMORE, December - (Spe-
ciaD Live. poultry-Turkey pound.
SOa4O. Young chickens, 20a26. Leg
horns, 20a22. Old hens. 2Ga26. Leg
horns, 1Sa20. Old roosters, 15a16.
Ducks, 20a25. Geese, 22a2S. Pigeons,
pair. 25a3O. Guinea fowl. each,
35a65.
Dressed poultry-Turkeys pound.
3Oa42. Chick ems, 24a2S. Old roosters,
16a17. Ducks, 23a2S. Geese. 25a30.
Eggs-Loss off, native and nearby,
firsts. dozen. AZ; southern. 40.
Butter-Creamery, good TO fancy,
pound, 50a56; prints. 56a5S; nearby
creamery ladies. 34a35; rolls. 2Sa32;
store packed. 2Sa29: dairy prints. 2Sa
SO: process butter, SO.
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Two small. partially bald, per-
spring men, with q slight Rus
sian accent, were evidently the
proprietors.
HERE'S A CONTRAST.
Their voices were SO gentle,
their apologies were so ready!
They were always gorry-always
in the wrong--always anxious to
please and to adjust.
While I stood there an arrogant,
big man came in. also with an ac-
cent-a different accent. He
wanted to do business. but pa
tiently. inexorably. the brothers
referred him to their agent.
later learned that his rent was de-
inquent, he was their tenant. and
was moving out of their premises.
He told them who he was, what
sort Of ancestors he had. and what
he surmised theirs to be. He said
he wouldn't give doubly-Qualified
damn for all their money. They
shrugged deprecatingly when he
went away.
What made it interesting 70 mo
was that I knew the big man. who
10 one OF the wel-educ&ted. engag-
ing aristocratio derelicts who In
penniless. dependent. and-proud.
I did not know the young Rus
sian brothers, but I presently
asked one IL he had not sold me,
some years before. eleven balloons
for eleven small hot children, one
June Saturday. at the beach and
afterward showed us where we
could get drinks Of water?
remembered the occurrence be-
cause I had tipped him for his
courteous guidance, and he had
run after US with an extra balloon
for the smallest child, who was
shrieking over the inevitable
tragedy.
"Sure I did," he said. radiantly.
That's the way we began. Now.
L turn over 100000 worth of
business a yearv'
Don't be afraid Of the detour.
Publish your stories In the local
weekly, at S. story, If there IL
no better opening.
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to the vice president and the man.
ager. But this girl had a better
open sesame than they. She had
humility.
You know-and I know few
OF those brilliant, amusing, cap.
able persons whose only drawback
Is that sickening, incurable thing
called pride.
They get splendid positions, ano
they lose them, and, they tell you
why they lose them.
This whipper snapper" they
say bitingly, began to give me
his letters, il you please!
Zone night I just had it out
with him. I laid him out fiat,
and sailed out of that office, and
not one of them dared open his
mouth!
"The idea, when my mother
was Frothingham!
However, a day or two later
old ]. F. spoke to me, and asked
me if | could oblige Mr.. Wilson
now and then, and l simply told
him that I wasn't employed for
that and I wouldn't do it.
II don't think that was the rea-
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characteristics Of the well fur
nished English living room. Sec
ond in Importance is the prac-
teal utility Of all the furnish
ings. so that when it is stated
that an English interior is cheer
full and vivacious through lack
OF restraint, the truth Of the
statement can be readily appreci-
ated.
The living room illustrated is
entirely furnished with goods
made in the furniture center Of
America. These pieces are all
splendid reproductions or adapta-
tons, of authentic English period
patterns, but it is much easier
and much more advisable to OBJ
tain these domestic-made articles
rather than the originals. The
lamps, also, and the small acces-
sories, are all of domestic manu-
facture, and so are the rugs.
LIVING ROOM CHARM.
This harmonious grouping Of
beautiful furnishings made to-
day will somewhat surprise many
people who imagine that it is
necessary to buy genuine an
tiques in order to obtain the cor
rect effect. The fact is that
new furnishings, in authentic pc
riod design, as in this interior.
are much more serviceable and
interesting than pieces made CEN
turtles ago..
Jacobean and Queen Anne mo-
tifs are most i'm evidence in the
styles shown in this interior, and
by comparison with earlier STYLES
they serve to remind us that
genuine home comfort in furni-
ture was not a reality until the
later Jacobean period. Before
that time it had always been
thought necessary to make beau
tiful furnishings stately, regal
and consequently uncomfortable.
That beauty need not be sacri-
feed for comfort and utility is
plainly shown Ia this delightful
room.
(Copyrighe American Homes Bureau.)
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With these he organized q YER
liable crusade Of destruction
against the Socialist and Com.
munist parties. He terrorized the
entire Italian labor body, sack
ing, burning, numbering all that
was suspected of being Red.
In 1921 Mussolini was elected to
parliament at the head of a
group of thirty Fascist deputies.
In his first speech he emphasized
his republican leanings. The dis
sension among the Socialists and
Communists and their breaking
up into several factions helped
the Fascist.
The weakness of the Govern
ment and the frequent cabinet
crises convinced Mussolini that
his opportunity had come to seize
power.
The majority Of the army Of
ficers were secretly Fascist. He
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Laugh? Why not? He was
writing the first of the Pick
wick Papers"
The rest Is history. How the
world seized upon these papers,
how it laughed and cried over
them, how it bought out edition
after edition of the lucky maya
zine where they appeared, we
all know.
The artist presently died-no-
body remembers who he was
And then, the editor had to hunt
about to find another artist good
enough to go on with Mr..
Dickens famous fun.
CHOKES GENIUS.
I often think of this when
women tell me that they want to
write, or want to do anything
else, for that matter, and then
proceed to lay down the condi-
tons under which alone they will
start to work.
I believe that Pride-just the
old deadly sin, with Q capital
has robbed the world Of more
genius than ever poverty, jeal-
ousy, obscurity, Ill health ard
laziness have. all rolled together.
One woman, remember, sent
me some ten years ago, three
excellent stories to place for her.
They were to be published in the
Atlantic, the Century, Harper's,
or any one Of three specified
women's magazines, she said.
She would not consider allowing
any others to publish them.
1 need hardly say that she still
has them. beautifully intact and
clean, in their long envelopes.
For another woman an inter-
view with one Of the biggest Of
the editors was arranged with
some difficulty. He wanted a GER
taSS sort of article; she had the
maccrial for it.
I was present at this interview,
and what I (who have a whole
some fear and respect for the
genus editor) suffered in that
brief half hour would be hard to
describe.
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Musson Tells His Own Story of His Life Isaac Don Levin

motion the sonOrOus wheel Of his
tory"
Italy's entry into the war IN the
spring Of 1915 was due principally
to the fiery eloquence Of Dan
nunzio, but the much younger and
little known MussoIini greatly aid
ed the world-famous poet.
Giolitti, then prime minister,
was opposed to entering the war.
On the eve of the defeat Of the
Giolitti ministry, Mussolini adj
dressed a gathering of his followers
crowded into a small room:
Enough talk, boys. Tomorrow
] will have at my command two
hundred men, brave fellows and
ready for anything. Now let US d.
vide this force into four squads.
The first squad will attack the ar
mOry tomorrow night, imprisOn
those who offer resistance and
seize all that is needed to domi-
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for Parliament on a platform of
nationalistic republicanism. but
those were the days Of bolshevism
in Italy, and he polled an insig-
nificant vote. During the regime
Of the Nitti government Mussolini
was arrested for his incendiary ar
ticles and activities.
ION one of the most turbulent
days of the Red fever I happened
to be with Mussolini In the offices
of his newspaper" writes a friend
of his. ''It was day Of red flag
professions and yells, among
which were the invariable, Death.
to Mussolini! Long live RussiaH
''The cries. intermingled with
the whistling of the police and
the clicking of rifles, grew men,
acing. Mussolini, slipping his
milk, spoke:
'"They shout, yell, and make
world Of noise, but behind the
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Asks Him to Take Reins.

IT refuse to participate" he
replied, because 1 do not want
to impair the Fascist victory"
Then came the turn of the son
of the locksmith. The King
asked him to take over the reins.
So it happened that Mussolini,
who had experimental with re-
volution for years, finally sue
ceeded in achieving his grand
coup de'etat. In his first address
to parliament he used this Crom-
wellian phrase:
81 am here to defend and to
strengthen. the revolution of the.
blackshirtS, infusing it into the
history of the nation as a power,
for development, progress and
stability.
81 refuse to conquer too much,
although l can take care of the
victory. impose limits upon
myself. tell myself that the
best wisdom is that in which the
victor does not abandon himself
after his victory.
81 formed a coalition govern
ment not with the intention of
having the support of a parlia-
mentary majority without which
i can get along excellently. 1
do not want, as long as it is posi-
BILE, to govern against the will Of
the Chamber. But the Chamber
must understand it's peculiar
position, which makes it liable
to dissolution at any time.'
Parliament was scandalized by
this insult to democracy, but sub
serviently bowed to Mussolini.
Copyright. 1898. by the N. Y. American.
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Repudiate Insurrection.

But his colleagues on the execu-
tive committee of the Socialist
party disagreed with him and re-
pudiated the instruction. This re-
pudiation caused the first deep
split between Mussolini and his
comrades. He considered 1t a be-
trayal of the masses by their lead
ers. He was bitter because his
attempt to engineer a revolution
was frustrated as an adventure by
his own organization.
The outbreak Of the world war
widened the breach between Mus.
solini and the majority of the So
cialist leaders. Italy in August,
1914, was the ally Of the central
powers. The Socialist party IA
v0red neutrality. MussOlini was
for Joining the war on the side Of
the entente. In November, 1914,
he was expelled from the party.
He warned his judges in an i'm
passiOned speech:
81 tell you that from now on /
Will have no mercy, no forbearance
for all those who i'm this tragic
hour do not speak out for fear Of
being jeered at or shouted down."
He founded new paper in Milan
and carried on in it's columns a re-
lentless campaign for Italy's en-
tering the war on the side of the
allies. His nationalism now was
as intense as his internationalsm
some months previously.
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proceeded to form an army Of his
own, the uniform Of which was a
black shirt. The Fascist troops.
were trained and differed by
war veterans. Mussolini then
plotted the conspiracy which 80
spectacularly brought him to the.
helm.
A week before the Fascist ad-
vance on Rome Mussolini address,.
ed in Naples a vast gathering
Of his partisans. Having dis.
avowed his republicanism CONS
pletely, he appealed for iron
discipline and preparedness for
any emergency. Every time in.
history" he added. when
strongly conflicting interests and
ideas struggle for supremacy, it
is force which ultimately decides
the issue.
cit is raining in Naples, what
shall we do?"
The Government, without sus-
pecting it's significance, allowed
the transmission of this message
to all parts of the country. 1t
was the agreed signal for the
execution of the conspiracy.
The action developed according
to the plan. One hundred thou.
sand disciplined Fascist advanced
on Rome. The Government tried
to declare a state of seige but
the King refused to sanction It.
The cabinet resigned. The
King invited Salandra on Satur-
day, October %, to form a gov
eminent. The latter officially
asked Mussolini to participate but
received a blunt refusal.
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Continued from Page So

Continued from Page o.
The following year Mussolini
emerged as the outstanding figure
at the national Socialist Congress
held in Reggie Emilia. Although
only twenty-nine, he swayed the
congress at will, compelling the
expulsion from the party Of the
conservative minority which sup
ported the governments war in
Tripoli and committing the party
10 his radical program Of direct
action. He was elected editor Of
the Avanti, the great Socialist
organ published in Milan.
In the spring of 1914. Mussolini
made a second attempt at a revo-
luton. The so-called Red Week
In the central provinces Of Italy,
which was accompanied by the
establishment of a republic" in
the region of Romagna, by the
seizure of government and muni-
cipal institutions, the arrest Of
army officers, and by incendiary
outbreaks, was all planned and
initiated by Mussolini. whose de-
sire was to augment the small
mutiny into national uprising.
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. dish washing IL from tho present
duties Of Mrs. Warren q. Hard
Ing.
Not being able to do what she
wanted-she did something. In
tho beautiful and expressive term
Of the day. she got busy.
One of the most successful
scenario writer's in southern Cali
fornia first went into the office
she now manages seven years ago
Ito sweep it.
She did not flutter in there and
lay down an engraved card. and
refuse to tell her business to the
stenographer.
She went in, and when they told
her that she would have to file
letters and dust desks, as well as
= keep books, she nodded.
And when they further added
they hadn't been able to get
woman yet to clean, she nodded
again, and said that she could
come down early for awhile until
things got Strengthened out.
LOSING POSITIONS.
Hundreds of girls besieged that
office with letters Of introduction
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" HE modern home owner 10
confronted by several prob
- lens, which may be CLASH
fled under these divisions:
First, the newly built house de-
signed and planned for the
owners use, which can be fir.
nished throughout without the
handicap Of being required to
use the old furnishings.
Second, the house built by and
for someone else which, with a
restricted remodeling, must be
made suitable for the incoming
family's needs.
Third, the house inherited by
the husband or wife from either
Of their families and which Is in
excellent condition, fully and
comfortably furnished, but with
no one room in it as the mistress
would want it to remain. This
most difficult problem of all.
In the first house, the pros
pective owners can make their
problem easier by confiding their
ambitions to their architect in
them realize their ideals In fur
nishings by properly creating the
setting which will be appropriate.
In a way the architect will pay
closer attention to the architec-
tural design to meet the in
terror plan and color schemes.
WALL DECORATION.
For the second house the
owners will meet the emergency
by paying close attention to the
living-room wall decoration. d.
viding the walls into paneled
spaces covered with dull tapestry
paper, making all the woodwork
ivorywhite and taking the prob
lem of additional furniture which
must be purchased for the room
to their furniture merchants. Thus
Is evolved a living room that at
once becomes interesting. inviting
and restful
In the case of the third home,
the persons who inherited their
house, obstacles are met which
are, in a degree, personal. But
the same strength of mind and
spirit shown in solving the prob.
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nate the city E1ilitaTiIy. The sec
ond squad will occupy the station.
No train must leave.
'"The third win take the munich
pal building. There will be little re-
sistance there. 1 think. The fourth
must capture an artilFry depot.
This is the plan. No m ire discus
sion! Those i'm favor mise their
hands,
Completely surprised by the sud-
denness Of the conspiracy, hyp-
Noticed by Mussolini's imperious-
look, all hands but one went up.
The objector was a lawyer.
II must warn you that the day
after TOMORROW I have an impor-
tant case in court. and 1 don't
think will be able to show up
tomorrow"
And what about arms?" asked
another voice. No one had thought
of that item. It seemed easy to
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~ nee upon time there was
an impecunious young man
~ who had every reason to
fear poverty and want for him.
self and his dear ones.
He had every reason because
he had been born in a family q
actual paupers. shiftless, in
capable and irresponsible.
The little boy had suffered
shame and hunger as a child,
and he consequently feared these
same things as a man.
He wanted TO write.
But how could he steal the
time. with his wife and baby in
need of food and clothes?
He sat up late in the nights,
scrjbbling, and he left what he
had scrubbed with various editors
for a few weeks at time, and
then he went humbly to the
offices and collected his works
again.
One day an editor spoke to him
hndly-that was something.
The editor said that he had In
his pay q popular young car
toonist; all the world loved this
mans work, and he-the editor
had contracted for lot OF it.
But the young cartoonist-alas!-
had no facility for writing anus
ing words; he couldn't even write
captions for his own work.
THUS THE BEGINNING.
The young, ambitious and un-
successful writer said he would
try to supply amusing reading
matter for the cartoonist.
1t was a rather humiliating
business, of course, and it was
rendered the more so when the
editor warned him that the read
ing matter must have to do with
horses. dogs, hunting costumes,
and country clubs.
The pay was naturally very
low, because the large salary was
going to the cartoonist.
However. the writer accepted
this chance, and he went home,
and began to write furiously, and
presently he began to laugh as
he wrote.
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Our amateur first RECALLED him
with q somewhat witty, but also
acrimonious account Of his office
boys supercilious treatment OF
her, and told him with great good
humor what was the matter with
his magazine.
Then she retailed exactly the
conditions under which she would
work, and asked-before she had
begun, even-for an assistant.
Then she said that the Better
Husbands Magazine had offered
her large salary. which I knew,
and suspect he knew. was untrue.
but that she never could work In
an office with other women.
DOING SOMETHING.
He listened; thanked her, and
said she would hear from him.
Perhaps she may yet, although
this was some years ago.
Ask the next successful woman
you meet how-no matter what
her line of endeavor-she began.
Ten to one-fifty to one-the be-
ginning was as far removed from
the zone of her present success as
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believe that Pdejut the old deadly capitnhas
robbed Ord of
WheaLh and aziness haze, all rolled together.
Ask the next successful wOnan meet ho she began Ten
fifty Onethe beginning
dish Uashng from present duties
Warren G. Harding.
One of the successful scenario riters
first into the office she GgOO
besieged Introduction to
than they She had humility.
Humility admirable only Is swee and uDbmlu0
brOtherLE unreudubm becouae
is wise Humility is policy
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First Fascist in 1919.

ST will take care Of that" re-
piled the chief, after a moment of
reflection. The following day he
appeared in the office carrying a
sack full of -fevolyers and cart
ridges. The staff was taken aback
when he proceeded to load the
guns and distribuate them to all
present. Shoot and set up q re-
public when I give the ORDER" he
muttered rudely and locked himself
up in his den.
1t was in 1919 that he formed
the first Fascist organization in
Milan. consisting of war veterans
pledged to combat the Red peril.
He tried his fortune as candidate
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Aided D'Annunzio.

1.-THE betrayal of the German So
icaiists compelled those Of the other
countries" he declared, "tO return
% the camp Of natiOnaIism and
national defense. 1t has been just
y m1d+ that the international IL
like love-
eft takes two to make love,
otherwise II IL sterile. -. We
must act, move, fight, and, II nee
aaxy, die. Neutrals have never yet
dominated events; they bow to
them. It 4 blood which sets In