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me. Ny cousin, Eva Milliner. who
] lives next door to me, ran over to
her house to get shawl while the
preacher and I walked down to his
car.
"You know, he. told me, I'd rather
you'd 80. with me in. the car
than anybody else. I like you. And
then he rushed on and said I love
you / didn't know what to say.
He had hold OF my hands, and was
j pressing them hard. was scared
and happy. Somebody cared enough
for me to tell me about 1t.
II went home after the meeting
and ! didn't know what was
doing. Everything looked SO queer
n to me. And then he began win
ming my confidence. ! went places
with him. And then /, too, began
to love him. But always remem.
bered was married to another
man.
Became Her God.
''ae told me that his wife didn't
love him and that he didn't care
anything about her. BY then he
was like God to me ana whatever
he told me, believed, So, when
he told me didn't love Wilford,
ana that Wilford didn't care for
me, believed that too. s
sit was dusk one day, and we
were standing on the church steps
at Ina when he told me he couldn't
live without me, that he had to
have me and that If he couldn't
have me any other way he'd get
rid OF his wife and marry me.
thought Of divorce. went
home and prayed to remain. good
wife and mother. I couldn't sleep
and God forsook me. Hight, no
longer prayed with me. He Just
loved me. / was slave and he
was q king. I worshipped him and
thought he could do no wrong. II
had erred, but never sinned. For
my errors / could ask forgiveness
and did, but for my sins there was
no prayer. My lips were silent and
my heart mute.
loved Anna, his wife. I
thought she was too good for him.
And I think She loved me, but L
couldn't raise my eyes to hers for
i lover her husband. a.
Staying Plan BrOached.
"1t was on another night and
/ again in church that my uastor
] told me that ] belonged to, him and
! that he was mine. we've got ] Il,
/ get rid Of theraa,s he said, we're
!. going to kin Them A
7 ran down the steps and down
the road. 1taw was terrible, too terri.
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A&P Stores HaUe Done a
Generous Shore IN Mod
ernizing Grocery MsfhOds
in Washington and Every
Dhere.
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GIRL converts
STORY MAY
HANG2
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scsrder and Brother Face
Capital Charges IN jail
at Rockville
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Pennsylvania and while there
formed the acquaintance or the
Salvation Army worker, to whom
she revealed her life.
Her Johnstown brother suggested
that she write to States Attorney
Garrett ,imparting the information
which brought. about the arrests.
States Attorney Garrett and Sheriff
Clay Plnmmer went to YOUNGSTOWN
and interviewed the girl and upon
their return to Rockville, had the
warrants issued.
Poole's arrest followed PROMPTLY
but young Mellett had disappeared
He was located, however. ct Sipes'
Mill. Pa. and Policemen Lawrence
ClaRett. Oscar Gather, and LEROY
Rodgers went there and got him.
Poole Is a widower and is forty
three years old. He has two daugh
tiers nearly grown. He Ii under
stood to have offered to marry the
girl. VI
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Dies
!. IN AUT0-TRA|N
CRASH

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Sept. "a
Arthur Adams, Jackson. Mich.
engineer. was killed and five other
persons, three Of them passengers,
were injured today when the Mo-
hawk, Michigan Central flyer west
bound from New York to Chicago,
struck an automobile just east of
here. Nine of the eleven coaches
ere reported to have left the track.
The injured:
Henry Martin, fireman, Jackson;
c. w. Hoffman, 316 Grant boule-
ward, New York City; ]. l.. Jack
son, 20S East Tenth street, New
York City. and Bruno Remicke,
WilmettS, Ill.
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Havre de Grace
Entries For
Tomorrow

FIRST RACE r'wo-y sar-oIds: claim
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CLUBS
IN DRIVE FOR
BLIND VETS
Executive Committee Calls on
Stats President to Aid
Campaign

Requests have been sent out BY
the executive committee OF the
General Federation OF WOmeIi's
Clubs, meeting for q three-day con-
vention at club Headquarters, 1874
N street northwest, to all State
presidents asking for participation
In the campaign, October 10, for
the vocational school in Baltimore
for the blind veterans OF the world
war.
Other business completed yester-
day was the selection u West
Baden, Ind. as q place for thu mid.
biennial council meeting to be held
In June.
Mrs. John D. Sherman, president
Of the organization, appointed Mrs.
Maggie Barrie, OF College station,
Tex. TO head the newly established
department OF the American home.
The Washington Readers Club
started their season of classical
study with an elaborate reproduc.
ton Of Ancient Egypt" last night
at the College Women's Club.
The club members participating In
the scenes taken from the story.
THE Scarab Of Destiny" were w.
d. Crowell, Leslie Waudby, Miss
Lulu G. Adams, MRS. william E.
Bryant, Miss Alice L. Hunter, Miss
Ada Lee Townsend. and Miss Eliza
beth Wilson.
The first meeting Of the year for
the Chapter b.. p. -. O. Of the Dis
trict of Columbia took, place at the
home Of Mrs. j. e. Morgan, 1922
Quincy street, yesterday.
Mrs. Howard l.. Hodgkins, wife
of Dean Hodgdns, Of George Wash
ington University, lectured on
Thomas Jefferson and Monticello =
A resolution which was made
last year to carry out the work Of
the Near East relief under the
guidance OF Mrs. Flora s. Kalk,
who spent many months in Turkey
helping refugees, was acted upon
at this meeting and committee
was appointed to handle the cloth
ing which is being collected by
members In time to. 90 out on the
boat which sails next month for the
Near East. On this committee are
Mrs. Luch Fessencen, chairman;
Mrs. w. b. Hammond and Mrs.
Ray H. Peele.
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Beauties In Knickers,
After Chat, Rob
Va. Farmer

ok, Va, Sept. a.
] Police n this section have found
40 trace of the two young woli1-
en- described ais "a beautiful
blonde and h brunette bandit, =
wearing knickerbockers. reports.
ed to have robbed an elderly
bachelor farmer thirty miles,
from Portsmouth.
iii company with two men,
the alleged robbers, driving q
tudebaler car with q West
Virginia license plate, stopped
at the home of Thomas Land.
After chatting with Land for q
few minutes, the bandits drew
,revolYers and ransacked the
house, taking jewelry, two pis-
tolls, money and check for $50.
After which they departed.
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|TODAY US SCR TCHES
| AND JOCKEYS All
| AYRE DE- CIR ACE
Weather, clear track, fast.
FIRST RACE Five furlongs.

Horse Jockey Weight
Slow and Easy y. Kennedy !. JIG
Sun Polly Wallace Z. .ase. i, "a l6
Fracaa---C. Grace 116
Miss Finley III. Callahan ......1l6
Glutha--C. Lang
Wedlock Bukwell ..........IlE
Sun Caris--E. EmaIiwood 80. TIC
Lady Glaessn- Brue5aing 10
MidinSt ter No Boy .....s.....IlG
/ All Irish 10. Stirling ..........llC
/ Little Fox-N. Huff .......... 10
Rose ClOud--J. Maiben :...... ,iiC
S0ratchA Sun Sabre, hardwood.
SECOND RACE one mile and
sixteenth.
Vice Chairman--a. Callahan ..116
Normal. Maiben 116
SearchligI1t HILL. Schaef6er. ITO
South Breeze-C. Lang ....... .ll6
Invigorator-P. Madeira .........ll6
kAshburton Josiah .......... 10
Episode-B. Brliening .......... Ill
The Foreigner. Wayt ...... lie
Congcript-D d. Stirling ..........11O
IRags-R. Williams .s.......a. 1O9
Venal Joy. Booker .......... Ill
ToodIes-O.- Brown s,.ss.......1O8
Quecreek-G. Huntamer .s.a.. Ill
The Peruviah-M. Liebold $50. lii
Widgeon-J. Shanks ......s.s. Ill
Scratched Dodona, Our Birthday,
Jackson, The Reaper. Trajanus. ses
| THIRD RACE Six furlongs.
Time Exposure--H. Callahan ..101
Lovable--J. Shanxs ............l02
Noel-R. Kennedy los
Flying Cloud. Wallace $50. los
Strut Miss Lizzie--F. Booker. 1O2
ChamplainJ. Maiben ...:...... los
Setting SUM. Leyland. ....l1O
Lord Baltimore III. Butweil. 1f6
Will Land-No Boy. 100
Pepp to Peep-B. Bruening ....1O0
Bonaparte-R. Williams ....... 100
Scratched-Brtce, Sunmagne. Re.
ply, Heeltaps, Wellfinder, Maclean
FOURTH RACE-six furlongs.
Bother-No boy. ......o......... %
VolRnte--No boy. Northumberland 100
Hurry Inn-No boy. .lO2
Chink-NO boy. ..,....e..s.es..1 O7
Chrysalis-B. MarinelM. .....ss. 109
Gymkhana--L. Morris. ........ l09
Barbara Frietche-B. Kennedy. .10s
Finland-R. Williams. ...... ~. IO7
Laddie Buck-No boy. .104
Sun Tess-J. Wallace. .......... 100
| Lyrea-A. Vulliemort. .....ses.. %
John r. Kleaver-No boy 800. 100
Moon Magic-No boy. ......ses. 100
Sartoga Maje-F. Sharpe. ..s..- 1O6
Retire.. Lang .........e.e... los
Judge FuIler-Howard. ...e... los
Trip Ligihtly-J. Maiben. =. zee. l10
Cloudland-J. Butwell. .....s.... l12
Singlefoot-No boy. ....ss~~oose.1 liz
Scratched-My Idol.
FIFTH RACE-One mile.
Brice-B. Bruening. ....o....... l0e
Donaghee-F. Sharpe. .......... los
SunayrI. Wallace. ..se.eo Gee. liz
BatsInan-J. Shanks. log
Gold Bug-B. Kennedy. ...s... LOG
Rock and Rye-W. Smith. .o. los
Rustic. Butwell. ....s.sss~~s. lis
misunderstanding on.
SIXTH RACE-Mile ana furlong,
Queens Guild-H. Waloff 1890 ia
Bounced. Stirling. .....sosss.. ia
Links. Wallace. .....ssssess III
Altissimo--A. Vuillemort. .s>a .. .1O4
Hickory-No boy. Ill
Suppliant-Ca llahan ...o~~as. 107
Drumbeat--B. Marinalli. :. $3.50. .i0s
The Archer-M. Liebgold. s... .107
Fornovo-J. Shanks. .l07
SEVENTH RACE-Mile and one.
siteenth.
Guelph. Morris. ....o.ss..s>.o.S1 liz
Mimic III. Shanks. ..s.e.s... Jos
Calcutta-J. Wallace. lilo
Yankee Princess-R. Williams. S5
Belphrizonia-F. Sharpe. ....... .1lS
Floating On-E. Sma1lwood. 60. lilo
Thomasine-O. Brown. .l01
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And on this glowing Sunday
morning. with q myriad Jewels
sparkling on the waters, q white
cloud sailing like a bird and
autumn dropping red.gold beau
ty on the city's imperial wall OF
hills-on this day, with q touch
Of buoyance In her thoughts,
Chickie wanted more--more than
this. Hard to think Of yourself
always and always alone.
Mary was right. This wasn't
living. This was just avoiding
life; dwelling within herself; giving
no Joy to q single, single other.
She got UP suddenly and called
to Wilde. Why, even Jake said
she'd have to do better than that.
It occurred to her with b thrill
that she should visit Julie. Poor
old thing-she'd expect that much.
Bent, grotesQue figure, whose
aspect prompted even the thought
less to wonder why she should live
on and on while everywhere' the
young and happy were taken.
Odd that this battered fragment
should forge the link between
Chickie and q new, IL deeper,
harder life.
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was bounced out on my ear like
that before"
Perhaps It's your first expert
eflce with q jealous wife. She's
the Joneses Of the firm. The hls-
band is the land" ! knew what
to expect, but I thought I Yves
inoffensive enough to get by. They
say she throws q 1T II he even
looks ct q pretty girl. should
worry with q dollar In my pitrnel
DO you need the jo5?"
Ina wayyesN I'll
Tough luck. rye laid of all
summers and that's the only one.
worth looking up
"Oh--I saw another
ira like to bet It's the one that
said,5 must have personality plus.
/ also initiative" VT
f YES"
..TIl say you need the plus. al
right, to sell their fake oil unite.
That's the Job. I went there last
week. Well--so long. III have q
little more vacation"
ChicIxie was q little disnaysd
with this breezy dismissal 'Of her
chances. But Il was e fine, amber
day toward the end Of September.
The air was full Of sweetness and
there was StilI the third I'D.
She walked through the shop
ping district, stopping for q brief,
caressing glance at the wOAdrOus
cOlors Of evening gowns newly aiIas
ported. The shops here fascinated
her, especially that one that had
such q summary air, with birds ia
cages, 90 that when you entered Q
flash . Of song and a dart q yellow
The address was blocks beyond
this. Her buoyaflce sank as she
reached the street piled with fruit
boxes; crates Of vegetables, OF
squawking chickens stocked at the
ctlrbs. She. went on to the mid
die OF the block, breathing GIN
. gerly.
At the address she had 1oarkad
an enormous butcher draw vas
now parked and two men liff1d
out whole beeves, lambs ana pik.
singing them over their shoulders.
Drips or red went down slowly,
smudgtng the sidewalk. ChicIle
gulped. taking. In the raw. NeShy
OuOAt Uub 6tl0 IOH0Wcu the men
into the darlSened area. They hung
the meat.
In q corner on q small Mat.
form was a door with the Eiaas
painted white and "OffiCe" Writ.
? ten black and large. ChiclSie 81.
most ran to It, more IN the hono
OF getting free breath than
from any eagerness to begin work
IN these surroundings.
A thin man In q sack coat.
who looked more like & dis.
couraged, uIderfed preacher than
q wholesale butcher, admitted
her. He said: "Well-you come
about the adj can't exactly
say He seemed very uncorn.
Portable. In the corner, ftIgt
hanging her coat on q hook, was
a poor looking, sallow girl. She
eyed Chickie, almost with appeal.
brushed q heavy bottle ny that
kept circling about her head,
Finally the man. said: "Rut
you might leave your name and
address. Miss Nelson isn't sure
she can do the work."
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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CHAPTER xxxIm.'
Other Hearts.

ns5 Y,,4,. .a,S,s4 AZ A~ar,At.,...
Ou juno u1u.A ~.o' NAnU S'a1scAA0
didn't set q Job. But she made q
friend.
This was the nurse on duty In
the. ward where Julie lay--Eva
Chase, a big, soft, garrulous body
with q nice moon face and q sliD-
shod manner.
Chickie was immensely fasci-
mated by Eva's knowledge, and the
seeming unbounded wealth OF
Eva's experience. Eva, TOR her
mart. was secretly flattered by
Chickie's wistful admiration.
They became friends after
Chickie's third visit. Eva was
going off duty. They walked down
the corridor together.
Il was Quite q mystery to several
Of the ntIraes---the relationshin az
this pretty. well dressed girl to the
brown, gnarled old news dealer.
Eva saw jules eyes light with
1oy the first time Chickie entered:
saw the old woman hold! fast TO
Chickie,s hand, mumbling and
pulling her down till Chiclsie
kissed her lips.
Eva wondered at this. She asked
very adroitly, LearninR the truth.
she nlumned her hands on her
hips: "My word! what would you
d0 IL 1t ware your cook? Or your
erocervrnan? / suppose you'd go
into mourning"
Chickie answered: "Well. she's
a dear old soul and always says
God bless ye.' That counts when
you're quite alone. Perhaps you
don't know the queer, trailing
ache that goes along with you
when Won don't know a soul and
walk blocks and blocks, never see
ing a single familiar face
II don't, don't I? Well, that
queer old aches been trailing me
a good year now
This was their first bond. They
found others. Chickie said she
was interested in hospitals and
would just love to go through
one.
It was a Sunday afternoon, the
week after jules accident, that
Eva took her through the wards
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The Sequel to 'Chickie' By Elsnors Meherin

folded hands and allow Elena to
go out into this brutal alone.
ness. It seemed to her that she
was q hundred years older in
poise and confidence.
And it was bitter enough for
her. She went along the street,
stumbling, biting her lips. That
night she didn't sleep. Her
thoughts filled with quixotic
:. schemes for aiding.
She would send an anonymous
letter to Elena with 500 Of the
$3.50 she had In the bank. Or
! she would rent the vacant room
upstairs and ask Mrs. Janis to let
Elena come.
Then she would get a job. Why
she would support her for q
while. She was carried away
with the reckless fervor. OH
her own trouble was not a. awful
as tliia--older-- six years older
how tragic life can be-
Monday morning Chickie got up
betore SIX. She had pasted on a
card three ads. And one OF these
I she waa certain was going 10 be
her, jobrand q peach OF q Job
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CHAPTER 5r11xIV.
FLoTsAM.

Before 8 o'clock Monday morn.
ing Chickie waited in the small,
gray.papered office Of Jones 3
Jones, attorneys She had read
this ad with . glow Of hope.
Three applicants were ahead Of
her. One was q plump, blond
girl I'M pink sport suit and q
large picture hat trimmed with
pansies; then there was, very
rigid against the wall, a tailored
business person, one Of those
women who are thirty'five Ct
twenty, and still thirty five at
fifty; the third was q slim midget
with q neat air and very knowing,
eager face.
Chiclxies pretending to read q
book. surveyed these rivals anx-
iously and found them surveying
her.
A girl with drab hair ana nos.
trils so wide it gave her whole
face q greedy aspect, now opened
I the door to an inner office. She
motioned to the applicant In the
picture hat.
The girl flushed, looking very
young and aIluring. Ehickie
thought: "She won't get it--~why
did she wear such = hat--but it's
% warm here"
She had scarcely time to finish
this brief judgment when the girl
swept back to the room, her
cheeks scarlet. She made q bolt
for the outer door. The. same
thing happened to the midget, only
she returned with grin from
ear to ear.
The severe applicant was called.
A long moment elapsed. Chickie
was allowed to apply. Miss
Matchet," as Chickie christened
her predecessor, sat vigorously at
a table taking dictation from a
flustered unhappy-looking m #
while directly facing the door,
behind a small railing, was a
straight featured women with
wide mouth literally crammed
with very long, heavy teeth. She
watched as Chickie entered. then
reached for a pencil stuck in her
haid: your name? You've had
experience in legal work? No?
Sorry, you, won't do
No courteous: 1--WE may give
you a chance. You may hear
from u.s." No 'sit and rest your
self a Bit" Not a word. Chickie
walked unsteadily to the door.
In the hall the midget waited
for the elevator. She burst into
a laugh at the sight Of Chickie:
"You, tool What a scream! 1 sup
pose the fright gets it,
Chickie said whimsically: Sweet
and gracious, wasn't it? I never
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At IS, MoND ERs Why
He WED Herr SIZES IL

WASHINGTON. Pa. April is. y
don't know why I married her, she
has certainly kept me in not water
and has cost me ovsr $1,000 in three
months. =
This was the statement made BY
b. D. Wenrioh. aged al4ty-fiye,
wealthy resident Of West Browns.
vile, In asking the washington
county court to give him some rs
lief from the alleged 66capadSu Of
his si&Eesnsyear-OId wife, Mrs. Mar.
gRfet Wenfieh. Wenrich ana mis-
youthful sweetheart ware married
on January 1, 1854.
"Gh0 seemed to be the finest Girl
I'd the world" said Wenfich, "and
I fell had over heels II love with
her. But / soon found couldM'i
control her, never knew where she
was ana only saw her when she
came to me for money. / have
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'.KIN0 or WORLD" IS PUT
IN JAIL! SANITY DOUBTED

lEWIETONlN, Pa, April 1b.---
Harry Wendtfieid. oolored, hassbeen
placed in the Mifflin county prison
to await action Of a commission to
be appointed by the court to In
quire into his sanity.
Wendtfield has wife and two
children who became frightened
when he stood on a schair an
nounced himself as King of the
World" insisted the world would
come to an end after. April 10, and
that he was to be one of the chosen
saints
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NEW YORK JOINS WAR
ON CHICAGO CANAL

The STATE % New York sne BEEN
klyen pelznlS1iola b. tie United
heAtee DNRreElio Court tOs flIS ~
afeufnelt u the case of tha San.
saty District Of ChIcaeO Wiiich
waAts % divert more water from
Lake Michigan than the Fedefai
NAgxer1ment VIII approve.
MSW York tphold6 the no6ition
~ ~ tnS N0yernment. cOatolidlnw tllaf
~ CsysfNa0n q more water VIII
eAet1fn Great LAka9 'nO
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NAPoLEoN's tNl0HTsHIRT
BESTOWED ON MUSEUM

PARIS, April 15,-The nightshirt
Napoleon wore on his deathbed, the
glass from which he took his last
drink, a piece Of his coffin and
other relics which were to have
been sold at auction have been
purchased privately.
The anonymous purchaser has
turned over the relics to q museum
near Paris.
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sD1nE ovtr $1,000 "a her ais,ca We
were married. and I'm tired 0k 81"
Mrs. M4nrtch, On a cilatEe % N.
Girls indiEstrIai eekSoI & IunSy.
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A RECORD

The week ending April 5th, 1924
showed the largest volume Of sales
IN Dodge Brothers history.
Actual retail deliveries Of cars to
users for this week totaled S6o4.
This does not include export or
overseas sales.
Since Dodge Brothers new type cars
have been produced in quantities,
deliveries to users each week have
shown q consistent gain over the
corresponding week Of any previous
year. Deliveries In the first three
months of 1924 exceeded the same
period Of 1923 BY 21%.
uuDEE uRuThGRs DETROIT
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-11
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

In the District Court for the Territor
 of Alaska, Third Division
 Johannes Andreas Beck, Plaintiff, vs
 Bessie Marie Beck, Defendant. The Territory of Alaska to Bessie Ma
 rie Beck, the above named defen-
 dant
 You are hereby summoned to appear in the above-entitled court within. thirty days after the last publication of this summons, to-wit, on or before the 4tn day of April, 1924. and answer the complaint of the plaintiff herein and serve" your answer upon the attOr- ney for the plaintiff at his office in Seward Alaska, and in the event o your failure so to appear and answe said complaint, judgment will be ren. dered against you and the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief in said complaint asked for; the pu1- pose of said action being a divorce be- tween the said plaintiff and yoursel on the ground of cruelty, as more fully appears in the complaint in said action a copy of which has been mailed to your address.
 Witness the Hon. E. E. Ritchie Judge of said court, with the seal thereof, this 4th day of January, 1924 (SeaD w. N. CUDDY, Clerk of said Court By w. H Whittlesey. Deputy Clerk. First publication, Jan. 28, 1924. Final publication, February 26, 1924.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-11

H. s. Balderston, of The Bank of Anchorage is in Seattle on a business trip. MT. Balderston is stopping at the Savoy and taking advantage of his presence in seattle by visiting with his daughter, Miss Helen Balderston, who is a pupil at Madame Pless Seminary.