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The Washington times., 1924-11-15
By EIenore Meherin
The biggest and Best Story 81
Her Career.

J Y 2 y d
MORA LEE mad been greatly in
famed by the sentence-in fact,
she didn't like this sociabiiity Of
his He went East to studylet
nm study. She wrote back in her
gIandest formality II was inter
Is. "a in your account OF the heir
/. ess. But money in such huge
quantities is very offensive to
my creed. regard such people
"a gluttons, They sit down at
the feast OF life and without wait
ing for any one else or for any
human decencies they begin stuff
ing food and drink into their
mouths. They swallow down their
own portions and then begin to.
bolt your share, mine. the other
fellow's They are just like the
greedy pigs ofethe race. Not one
offthem has money enough to buy
or to see mey'
Refuses Luncheon.
He ignored the whole thing I'M
til "a postscript Of his answer. This
said, teasingly: Sore about my
heiress. Nora Lee2 You don't
hafta' be. But we gotta live,
don't we? Can't get into a vacuum,
for the next few years. She asked
me to luncheon. have refusedH'
She recalled this now. Yes
they would have to live through
these years. No sense in growing
dull and stupid by shutting ones
self away from bright human con-.
facts. So she wondered when
Maxwell Reed would arrive.
But Godfrey Bell made her un-
easy. She thought of one, then of
The other. finally of herself
Thinking of herself she grew
warm with an odd eagerness. She
wondered If she were attractive
and il so, would her life be very
tumultuous?. Would there be mag
nificent and glowing moments?
Would dramatic and vivid things
be always sweeping upon her? Oh,
she hoped so!
1t had been lonely enough, and
quiet enough and sad enough.
Some people had everlastingly
thrilling adventures. Why not
her?
As she neared home this after
Eoon she saw machines in front
of the house. The Pauls lived in
Sixteenth avenue in the Richmond
district. The house was fairly
new--a compact, boxiike structure
wedged in a tight row of similar
dwellings. It had a gray stucco
front and y ldow boxes with
glossy pink geraniums.
1t was the afternoon of Billie's
card club. Nora Lee went through
the dark alleyway and up the
kitchen steps. Billie kept her
house in order. She got up
early and always managed to
have the sink snowy and the
pans shining. She used innum-
cradle lemons to get the stains
Of vegetables from her fingers.
There was note now pinned
The Washington times., 1924-11-15

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New Britain herald., 1924-07-26

orchard?" She replied, Shoot you with what, the tomatoes?" The man was sent to jail and on appeal to superior court was fined s100 and the jail sentence suspended. He now re. ports to the probation officer.
 Two boys got into a fight On. boy wound up in a hospital and tn, other in the hands of the prescott. ing attorney. The injured boy had 2 piece of brass taken out of his leg The father of the offending boy paid the doctors bill and administered an old-fashioned chastisement to the boy.
 One woman complained that an- other woman's son was annoying her. Both women met at the prosecutors s office and peace now reigns in the neighborhood.
 A long suffering wife said her hus- band drinks and makes himself gen. erally disagreeable about the house. He was ''called on the carpet" and promised to stop drinking and be nice to his family.
 Two Grove street women got into a fight The fight was fast and fu- rious,' until one woman knocked the | other downstairs with broom. Ruff fled feelings and minor injuries were salved at peace conference" in the prosecutors office.
 A husband and wife were not liv- Ing together. When the husband called to see his children he was given the icy stare. He appealed to the prosecutor and now he sees them regularly.
 Two women lost their tempers at the same time. One bed sheet and two reputations suffered severe dam- ages, the bed sheet being worth s5. The woman who tore the sheet prom ised to pay for 1t and the regulations are recovering.
 man purchased home, permit ting the former tenant to remain there for four months, with the agreement that the new owner would have certain garden privileges. The tenant interfered with the landlords rights. Now the landlord lives in the house and uses the whole garden.
 Another pugnacious woman throws stones at her neighbor, her neighbours house and her neighbours children. Her craftsmanship suffers from lack of practice since she visited the prose- cutor's office.
 A fight between women occurred be- cause of a driveway between two houses and bad language resulted in connection with the delivery of load of coal. One family moved away and now there Is no further trouble.
 A mine worker from Mount Carmel, Pa, had a long police record. He liked his "likker" and slept out in barns and made himself generally disagreeable. He was given $50 and told to go back to Mount Carmel. He went.
 One man threw a digging fork at some boys who were near his fence, one boy. He settled the doc tors bin and promised to try and con- trol his temper in the future.
 And thus are the scales of justice balanced and unbalanced often with out the aid. but always within the shadow of the courts.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-26
MORGAN MAKES DENIAL
Insists That His Trip to Europe Has Nothing to Do With Inter- Allied Conference.


 New York, July 2s.-J. F. Morgan who IS sailing for Europe today on the steamship Minnewaska, has is- sued a statement denying that his trip is in any way connected with the interalied conference in Lon don or that he desires to enforce any political views In that connection. He says he is taking a vacation.
 We have been requested by the allied governments to advise as to what in our opinion are the neces- sary bases for the sale of German bonds to American investors" said the statement. "In response to that request we have given our advice. We have no desire, nor Is it within our province, to make any political sug- gesions, much less to enforce any political views.
 Tt goes without saying that as bankers we should not ask the American investor to buy German bonds unless and until the allies have. in their own time, in their own way, and for their own reasons, determined upon a policy which will, in our opinion, give security to the bondholderS."
New Britain herald., 1924-07-26
Mans Face Blown Off by
 Premature Explosion

Norwich, July 26.--Premature ex- plosion of blast at the bottom of a 20-foot well at Oakdale. several miles from here destroyed the sight of both eyes, broke one arm and tore away a large portion of the face of Frank Shovick, 25, who was digging the we'll. He had to be hoisted out by der rick and was then sent to the hospital in New London.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-26
Lion Tanner Protected by
 Pet Lion of His Troupe

Bedford. Ind. July 2s.--John Hell lott. lion tanner, suffered lacerations about the chest and arms when 2 lion attacked him during 2 performance of the Haeenback and Wallace circus here. His life was probably saved where another lion, pet of the trainer, made furious onslaught on the attacking beast and enabled Hell lott 10 make his escape.
 Approximately 5000 persons wit messed the fight end near panic re- suited Circus attendants finally quiet cd the beasts and resored order among the patrons
New Britain herald., 1924-07-26
Majority of Cases Settled Without Saying Good Morning Judge," But Shadow of Court Hovers Always in Background.

To the average person the duty ol the prosecuting attorney is to issue warrants whenever anyone violates the law, hale them into court and sec that they get the full extent of pun ishment the law allows.
 To the same average person the duty of the probation officer is to look after bad boys and make them report
 10 him, once d week or oftener
 With these duties fulfilled the use fulness of both officials, to the aver age mind, is at an end,
 But visit to the office of the prosecuting attorney, to spend few hours behind the scenes and watch the inside wheels of justice revolve, eliminating squabbIes, trials and tribuations of humanity so that they never reach the police court, easily convinces the visitor that the monop- oly on wisdom of the much advertised King Solomon was greatly overrated.
 A check-up on the flotsam and letsam of the ills that beset humanity as seen in the probation officers of flee also would convince the visitor that the thin veneer which covers the human impulses and which is called civilization is at times but slight gloss, and also bears out the conten- ton that "Grown-ups still will be he children"
 Only as last resort is q case which can be settled otherwise ever brought into court, unless there is the actual commission of a crime involved. New Prtf f1I off hi I,nu ,rf pi foi 2 court of domestic relations, although 1t has juvenile court, but the two officials above referred to. Prosecut- ing Attorney Joseph G. Woods and Probation Officer F.. C. Connolly, arc called upon almost every day and sometimes several times a day to act in the capacity of domestic rea- tions court.
 Family squabbes between man and wife. caused sometimes by drink and sometimes by a careless disregard for the obligations of the married state, troubles of husbands or wives who take their family duties lightly, Q fincorrigible boys and girls who re fuse to go to school and persist in sleeping out becoming in plain Eng fish "hums;" difficulties encountered by men and women of loose morals; CT those of sharp tongues and quick tempers; neighbors who cannot agree; men who fail to support their wives. All these and many more float through the offices of the court off cials week after week. are threshed out before the principals Interested and settled if possible or taken into court if there is no other choice.
 Uassoed The Pole
 Many of these are strange. some humorous, some pathetic in their de- tails. Two neighbors had a quarrel over the location of telephone pole and its relation to revolving clothes nole. So the telephone pole was sawed in two and later was lassoed by ths woman on the other side of the fence l who drew 1t over 10 her yard. 4 com rlsirt was made to Attorney Woods | and g policeman was sent to investi- | gate. Everybody concerned was call i ed to a hearing in the office of the 1 prosecuting attorney. the warning |
New Britain herald., 1924-07-26
BODY LIES IN STATE
Funeral of Right Rev. Leo Maid, o. S. B., Will be Held at Charlotte, \. C., Tuesday.

Charlotte. N. C., July 26.--rhe body of the Right Rev LeoMaid, 0. S. B., dean of the Catholic heirarchy In America, bishop of the Vicarate
 Apostolic of North Carolina, and since 1885 abbot of Belmont Abbey and president of Belmont college, lay in state today in the church nearby, where it will remain until Tuesday. when the funeral service will be held.
 The Right Rev. Abbot Charles Mohr, o. s. B., of St. Leob's Abby. St. Leo, Florida, will be the celebrant at the pontifcal requiem mass preced- ing the burial in the Abbey cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-12
M Y WIFE "A ND I
 A Hssband Tells Ills Story To Carolyn Bsschsr

ately, pleading slight headache. Has your mother arranged to settle her billsY I asked. I had no intention of evading the subject. would hear what Natalie had to say, then forget [all about it. was sure it would never happen again.
 Brother Kirk paid them. I sent them to him, telling him they must be paid and this afternoon receipts came. still think it very ungenerotls of you; you might have paid them. Where, he got the money is puzzle to me, but it's none of my affair as long as they are paid.
 had not interrupted her---I couldn't. was SO, angry I dared not try to speak So that was why her brother wanted the money for. had paid the bills after all.
 You say you sent them to him. Did you tell him I refused to pay themr'
 "No! l wouldn't let my own brother know how shabbily you have acted. It's bad enough for me to know it." I Should tell her? I was strongly tempted to, then thought better of it. Kirk had told me it was . private mat CT; he had not let Natalie know how he secured the money. My petition WIS WOre uielnIleu II kepI suI. LV let her know that after all had said, after hade sworn would not pay them, was a blow to my self-respect I could not endure. So with some care less remark l dismissed the subject. The moment the bills had been paid no matter how, Natalie had apparently thought the matter ended. But long after she slept I lay awake, planning. I had not married the family and what happened might well happen again un- less I took steps to prevent 1t. (To Be Continued.)
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fashioned iron tea kettle-now almos, full of boiling water-and hurled 1t ai the tramp. The tramp, scalded ant dazed speedily took Milly's place on tn, floor, tied with the same line that hat prisoned her.
 Don't cry. honey" admonishes Sam, as he petted his weeping wife
 "Just wait till you see what l got out in the flivver The purtiest set q plates and cups. Ed Bowers said wed noways need the whole set. so got half"
 Milly swallowed.
 You go right back and get the whole set, Sam. When you take that brute in to the sheriff-go get the rest O them dishes, and set O glasses, too. Come to think of it, we need some tablecloths and you need some store things. I guess my husband can look as fine as Bill Lindsay or any O them loafers-not one O them could have done what you did, Sam, dear!"
 Sam went out to bring in the half set of dishes-and as he went he grinned and rubbed his mouth happily. It had been so long since Milly kissed him. But she stil lknew how!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-12

crazy? That set would cost not a cent less than $40! l just need that much to make enough to buy another bond ThatH do about the dishes What we've got have been plenty good enough for twenty years and 1 guess they'll last spell longer. Get to bed now plenty to do tomorrow"
 Sam had got to bed-miserably, and as miserably lain awake for hours. Ii was always so, because Milly had be- come used to having her own way, little snapping-eyed bit that she was., Pretty too. she had been. sam remembered when he was courting her how red her cheeks were, how soft her black hair as it lay along the curve of her head No harsh words had slipped from the full, redIips then. and the brown eyes how melting! Sam sighed. Of course Milly was capable. Yes. And the we'll titled farm, with its modern buildings the pile of bonds in the safe deposit box were all due to Milly, he supposed She said so, at least.
 But with all his starved soul Sam longed for a taste of cakes and ale.
 "Gosh--ain"t there anything in life but to make money and save it:" he muttered.
 "No children to leave it to. and here Milly won't have a decent dish in the house." He tossed and turned all night and when he was up that morn. ing hurried out to the old barn, now abandoned except as store house Here he had fumbled around in a cor ner. under the old hay now, where yet some musty hay. by stray chance had escaped Milly's thrifty eye. He brought out from under loose board ir the floor a tin cracker box and seat ing himself on an upturned keg, counted over the bills and coins within tht cache.
 "Fifty-three, eh? That'll leave some over. I'll get me couple of new shirts-kind like-and pair O then trimmed-up low shoes."
 He fumbled again with the box, i clinked and the board covering slam med down on the door. Then he aros, and went to breakfast, to be ordered of to the south forty.
 He ate his ham and one egg. dranl his coffee partly. Suddenly he slam med down the cup.
 Go get me cup that ain't cracked Milly. And plate that's good enougl for eat to eat off, now hurry.
 Milly stared.
 Sam's fist came down on the tabl,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-12
Hearts of Two
y VIRGINIA TeRHUNE VAN DE WAFER
CHAPTER 7s

asHe is needed. want to have a talk with him. Marian said. 1 Dad seems less comfortable she l fast table. T often wonder if he ever hears what goes on in his room"
 "Of course not!' the older girl de- clared. ssI watched him last evening when Mrs. Fisher and were talking. He lay with no more expression on his face than there would be on a mask. How long can this kind of thing go on, | do you suppose?"
 That is what I intend to ask Dr. Hazen today" Martha replied. "Hark {! There's the postman's whistle" Lois left the table and hurried to the door. She returned with letter ad- dressed to Marian. r For you," she said. "I see old Bans combe's name on the envelope. What does he want"
 With a sense of impending disaster, Marian tore open the envelope. In dead silence she read the letter. Lois had resumed her seat at the table and watched her.
 "Well!" she said fmpatiently, as Marian folded the typewritten sheets. Whats wrong now?"
 Everything" was the abrupt re- joiner. Our kind friend, Mir. Bans combe, suggests that we sign a paper which he encloses-promising to pay back within a stated time (six months), {, with interest, all the money that dad borrowed-and to make the payments regularly-beginning with the first of the coming month-that is, next week." |"
 "Oh!" Lois calculated. And that means" she hesitated.
 . And that means," her sister said, "that we must sign this paper and place in his generous hands $50 in less than a week"
 How can we?" Lois walled. With all the money we have had to pay out and with absolutely nothing to draw against"
 Be quiet!" Marian ordered. "This is the time to think, not howl"
 But what are we to dol"
 First of all, sign this internal prom ise drawn by our generous friend and nefghbor," Marian sneered. "Then-get the $50 he demands"
 But how" Lois Quavered.
 That is what propose to find out" was the laconic reply.
 (To Be Continued.)
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l, with bang that made the heavy plates

with a bang that. made the heavy plates bounce.
 You heard me-hurry
 White with surprise, Milly moved as in a dream to the pantry and brought out cup that was whole, if not pleas ing to the eye.
 My soul'' she murmured as she hastily washed it and another plate.
 My soul and body--have another egg, Sam?"
 One egg was all Sam ever ate, but he accepted another and ate it majesti- cally, taking long drinks of coffee from the fresh cup. Milly watched him hurry to the shed where the flivver was kept, watched him get it out. She opened the kitchen door and began to call to him-then changed her mind and stood in silence as he turned the car out into the lane and headed toward the village.
 She had hardly gathered up the dishes into the sink for washing when the back door opened and a burly form threw itself into the kitchen. Never in her life accustomed to violence Milly almost died from the fright of having heavy bludgeon held over her, and a raspy voice. adjure her to
 Come lively wid' de coin. now. De old bloke musta brung it in wit him. after all me bein' so sure he slung it back under de floor. Stir, now-and hand it over! I waited long enough in dat hay"
 Poor Milly had not the slightest idea what was meant, nor could she have spoken had she known. She sank down in a quivering heap on the floor, while the tramp, seeing she actually could not talk, tied her securely hand and feet with clothesline.
 Then, after searching the house, he concluded that she was recovered enough to tell where the money was To her repeated shakes of the head he added prsuasives of cuffs and slaps, but to no avail. He had just decided to heat something on the stove as per suader and was searching the stove closet for a suitable weapon when the kitchen door opened. Sam was home. Milly lay on one side, half fainting with fright. Poor Sam The tramp would kill him, of course. The tears which all the ruff fans ill-treatme had failed to bring now ran down the woman's sallow face Dear, run, don't mind me" She tried to say. All that Sam heard was that dear When had Milly called him that!
 His stopped shoulders strengthened he did not notice that the tramp's hand was seeking his hip. Like flash Sam grabbed from the stove Milly's old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-12
PERsIA,s PEACOCK THRONE

While most of the modern and "pro- gressive" nations can boast of more wealth, bigger armies and fleets, not to mention q population many times in excess of Persia's, not one of them can boast of a more costly throne, as the Sultan Ahmed Shah, Kings of Kings" etc., is the owner of the world-famous peacock throne which, when it was in the Diwan-i-Am in Delhi as the prop erty of the Grand MOgul, was valued at $30,O0O,00. It was carried off to Teheran. in 1739 by Nadir Shah, the Persian conqueror, ancestor of the very amiable young man now ruling over the Land of the Lion and the Sun. According to the very few who have gently it looks more like bed. Lord CurzOn describes it as follows:
 "The entire fabric is Overlaid with plating of gold, which is beautifully chiseled and enamled and absolutely in- crusted with precious stones, rubies and emeralds predOminating. A beautiful balustrade containing paneled inscrip- tiOns runs around, and the lofty back, which is one mass of gems, which rises to center whereon is fixed circular star of diamonds, with eeintillating rays, made to revolve by piece of mechanism at the back. On either side of the star are two bejeweled birds. perched on the edges of the back frame and facing each other" @
 The present day value of the peacock throne can only be conjectured as im- portant portions of it shave disap- peared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-12
TOD4Y'S SHORT STORY
The Powered Dish

Breakfast, Sam, and make haste the south forty's to be cut today" Sam Fortney scowled at the brisk advice. Farming thirty years and bossed by his wife. Yes, worse than lbossed. Hadn't he heard Bill Lindsay say at the post office last night that sam had to ask Mis- Fortney's wil-ye before he bought himself a plug O chewin'." And how the crowd had ha-ah-d. sam had felt his spine crawl with shame at. the truth of the sally and had hastily begun to examine the re- splendent set of china which Ed Bowers the general store-keeper, was unpack- ing. A gorgeous array of pink and green lowered dishes which made Sans eyes bulge. Milly his wife, deemed money spent on fallals wasted, and plain white cups served well enough for poor farmers. A crack or two did not disqualify a dish in her mind, either. And only Sam. himself knew how he hated those old crazed, whitey-yellow dishes upon which his food had been served for twenty years. He had gin gerly handled some of the wonder plates, blowing the packing-dust from them that he might the better see their glories, then set them regretfully on the countr.
 "Heh--Sam's goin' to buy Milly a lchina--weddin' present--but did she say you might, Sam?" A roar went up from about the stove happily cut short by the entrance lot little Freddie Lindsay in quest of his father and the consequent turning ot the jests toward that ruddy willing. | Sam had finished his few errands and hurried home. The. jokes of the. loafers I were all forgotten in the idea that pos. l sessed him. He. would ask Milly fl she wouldn't like those dishes. Their wedding anniversary was next Satur day sure enough. Then the pride in the new set would induce her to use them and set aside the old ones. Not throw them await was preposterous to think of Milly Fortney throwing away anything!
 He had cranked up his little flivver bought because Milly figured that il was cheaper than horses, and as he sped toward home he made up his mind how to approach Milly. That descend ent of the Pilgrims was awaiting his return, and this morning the remem- berance of her reception of the dish proposition still stung.
 =. Waste. good money on foolish stuff ike that? Sam Fortney, are you
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have some other information, from oth- CT young women on the matter, and it i, all excellent and corroborative.
 The plain truth of the thing is that if the need of a book on the technic of the defense exists it should be written for the protection of young women against the pursuits of young men. It is not our fault if they happen to be silly but pleasantly artful and beguiling.
 Moreover, as girls we are not told enough about men, We have to learn mostly ourselves and, of course, we learn about men from men.
 Mir. Mencken. am afraid, is again standing on his head. Nevertheless, he is interesting. He always is when blood rushes to his head