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CHAPTER IV--Continued.

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She traced a pattern on the deck
with her shoe.
"Tm afraid of myself. You see, once
beforehand it was not so very long
ago-I thought / had mS my ideal,
but :"
Sam laughed heartily.
Are you worrying about that alb
gurd business of poor old Eustace
HignettY"
She started violently.
"You know !"
"Of course! He told me himself"
do you know him? Where did you
meet himT"
1--WE known him all my life. He's
my cousin. AS a matter of fact, we
are sharing a stateroom on board
now"
"Eustace Is on board! Oh. this is
awful! What shall / do when l meet
Aim?"
"0h, pass il off with a light laugh
and a genial quip. Just say: 'Oh, here
you are or something. You know the
sort of thing"
at will be terrible"
"Not n bit of 1t. Why should you
feel embarrassed? He must have real
ized by now that you acted in the
only possible way. 1t was absurd his
v e expecting you to marry him. 1
mean to say, just look at it dispassion-
ately 4. EHstace poor
old Eustace and you! The
Princess and the Swineherd !"
docs Mr.. Hignett keep pigsY" she
asked, surprised.
II mean that poor old Eustace Is
90 far below you, darling, that, with
the most charitable intentions, one can
only look on his asking you to marry
him In the light Of a record exhibition
-of pure nerve. A dear. good fellow, of
course. but hopeless where the sterner
rrealities OF life are concerned. A man
who can't even stop u dog-fight! In
" world which is practically n
@aething mass Of fighting dogs, how
gould you trust yourself to such a
OFF Nobody is fonder Of Eustace
hlguelt oman "m' oue "S"'
1 mea TO say!"
"I see what you mean. He really
wasn't my ideal"
"Not by a mile"
She unused, her chin in her hand.
"Of course, he was quite a dear In
a lot OF ways"
"Oh, a splendid chap" said Sam toll
erantly.
"Have you ever heard him sing?
/ think what first attracted me TO him
was his beautiful voice. He really
sings extraordinarily WELL"
A slight but definite spasm of jeal-
ousy afflicted Sam. He had no OBJ
lection 10 praising poor old Eustace
within decent limits, but the conversa-
zion seemed 10 him 10 be combining
itself too exclusively TO n subject.
"Yes?' ne said "Oh. yes, I've heard
him sing. Not lately. He does draw
inc-room ballads and all that sort OF
thing still, I supposew
"Have you ever heard him sing My
love is fike a glowing tulip that In an
oId-world garden grows'w
.I have not had that advantage"
renlied Sam stifiy. "But anyone can
sing a drawing-room ballad. Now
something funny, something that will
make people laugh. something that
reaIly needs putting across
THAT'S a different thing altogether"
.Do you sing that sort OF thinsy
.People have been good enough tc
sThen.n said Billie decidedly. 'yog
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"HE'S YOU!

Mrs. Horace Hignett. world
famous writer on theosophy. au-
thor Of THE Spreading Light"
etc, etc. arrives in New York on
a lecturing tour. Eustace, her
SON., ls with her. Windles, ances-
trail home OF the Hignetts. is his,
so her life is largely devoted TO
keeping him unmarried. Enter
her nephew, Sam. son OF Sir NAL
laby Marlowe. the eminent Lon
don lawyer. 1t is arranged that
Sam and Eustace shall sail to-
gether on the Atlantic the next
day. Enter Bream Mortimer,
American. son of a friend OF an
insufferable American named
Bennett. who has been Fostering
Mrs. Iiignett TO lease Windles.
Dream informs her that VIII
helmina Bennett is waiting for
Eustace at the Little Church
Round the Corner. Bream him
self is in love with Wilhelmina.
Mrs. Hignett marches Off to Eus-
faces room. The scene shifts
TO the Atlantic at her pier. Sam,
heading for the gangplank. meets
a glorious. red-headed girl, with
whom he instantly falls in love,
though her dog bites him. Eus-
tace appears, heart-broken. 1t
appears that his mother had
"pInched his trousers" and de-
layed the ceremony. w~hereupon
Wilheimina had declared the wed
ding of. Sam is pushed over
board. has a desperate struggle
In the water with another swim
mer and rejoins the Atlantic at
quarantine. The red-headed girl
is Wilhelmina Bennett-"Billie."
She halls Sam rs a hero and in
PRODUCES Bream. Eustace, a poor
sailor. keeps TO his berth. He
doesn't know Billie is on board.
Sam makes warm love. He pro-
poees and Is accepted.
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"Hullo! You awaken he said and

"HullO! You awake! he Saiu anu
switched on the light.
Eustace Hignett SHE'D like n startled
horse. His friends profile, seen dimly,
had been disconcerting enough. Full
face. he was a revolving object. Moth
ing that Eustace Hignett had o
tered in his recent dreams-and they
had included slvh unusual fauna as
elephants in top hats and running
shorts-had affected him so profound
ly. Sans appearance smote him like
a blow. 1t seemed to take him straight
into a different and dreadful world.
"What what . 4. what
z" lie gurgled.
Sam squinted at himself in the glass
and added a touch Of black TO his
nose.
How do | look?"
Eustace Hignett began TO fear tina,
his cousins reason must have become
unseated. He could not conceive OF
any really sane man, looking like that,
being anxious TO be told how b,
looked.
Are my lips red enough? It's for
the ships concert, you know. i
starts in half an hour, though l be
lieve I'm no on till the second part.
Speaking as a friend, would you put
a touch more black round the ears,
or are they all rlght?'
Curiosity replaced apprehension il
Hignett's mind.
What on earth are you doing per
forming at the ships concerto"
"Oh, they roped mt in. 1t got about
somehow that | was a valuable man
and they Wouldn't take no." Sam
deepened the color of his ears, "As a
matter of fact" he said casually, "my
fiancee made rather a point of my
doing something
A sharp yell from the lower berth
proclaimed the fact that the signiii,
canoe OF the remark had not been lost
on Eustace.
"Your fancee?"
THE girl I'm engaged 10. Didn't
tell you about that? Yes, I'm en-
gagged"
Eustace sighed heavily.
II feared the worst. Tell me, wild
is she?"
Didn't l tell you her Nance"
mo"
"Curlousl / must have forgotten"
He hummed an airy strain as he black.
ened the tip of his nose. ITS rather
q curious coincidence, really. Her
name is Bennett"
"She may be a relation"
That's true. OF course, girls DC
have relations"
"What is her first namef"
'"That is another rather remarkable
thing. It's Wilhelmina."
"Wilhelmind"
"Of course, there must be hundreds
Of girls in the world called Wilhelmina
Bennett, but still it IS a coincidence
What color is her hair" demanded
Eustace Hignett in a hollow voice,
Her hair! What color is it,"
SHer hair? Now, let me see. You
ASK .me Wnat color Is ner nalr. wen,
you might call 1t auburn or
russell . or you might call II
"Never mind what you might call 1t,
Is 1t red?''
RED? WHY. yes. That is a very
good description Of II. Now that you
put 1t to me like that, IL is red"
HAS she a trick OF grabbing ut you
suddenly when she gets excited. like
a kitten with a ball Of wOoI?"
YES. Yes. she has
Eustace Hignstt uttered a sharp cry.
"Sam," he sand, can you bear a
slreck?"
"TIl have a dash at it,"
'Brace up!"
"Fhe girl you are engaged TO fs the
same girl who promised 10 marry nle.'
We'll, well! !" said Sam.
There was a silence.
"Awfuily sorry. OF course. and all
that" said Sam.
"Doajt apologize TO. me said Eus-
tace. MY poor cid chap. my only
feeling toward you is n of the purest
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"Darling, II was like you to
ask me to meet you here"
tTO BE C~oNTrNUED.)
OriQin Of "Dumdun."

The hollow-nOsed 'dumdum" bullets
got their name from the place where
they were manufactured. Dumdum
is a town In British India. I'm the d.
VISION OF Bengal. Ii was the head.
quarters Of the Bengal artillery I'm the
early eighties. At the Hague confer.
ence the use OF the bullets was for
hidden by International agreement.
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Useless Learning.

First Student-Our professor speaks
seven different languages.
Second Student-Which language
does he use when he is at home?
First Student-His wife doesn't give
him a chance to use any of them.
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QrY-CIeaned by DOUGH.

Household am glad to see you
have such nice, clean hands, Maggie.
Maggie-Yes, aren't they? But you
should have seen them when l started
to work up the dough for the cake.
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~8
and profouDdest pity" He reached
out and pressed Sans hand. II regard
you us a toad beneath the harrow"
well, suppose that's one way of
offering congratulations and CHEEKY
good wishes"
And ON top Of that" went on Eus-
tace. deeply moved. "you have got To
sing at the ships concert"
why shouldn't ] sing at the ships
concerto
"My dear old man, you have many
worthy qualities, but you must know
that you can't sing. You cant sing
for nuts. don't want Il DISCOURAGE
YOU. bnt, long ago as IL Is. you can't
have forgotten what IN ass you made
Of yourself 81 tLSt supper III school.
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Sneezinc Brought Good Luck.
Our forcfafhers believed that 9
sneeze brought good luck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

Worcester. Mass; Omaha; Atlantic
City, and Youngstown, Ohio.
Memphis averages almost 100000
and Washington, d. c., almost
100000.
Detroit Third City.
Detroit which is the third city in
magnitude OF building opeSations this
year, as evidenced by building per
mits. shows a gain for the first II
months Of this year over the like
period Of last year. The total money
valuation this year is $f50,112,191.
where as last year it was s119,27s,s47.
Each month, excepting August,
shows a considerable increase, the
largest increase being approximately
100000 in April. The August de
crease was around $4,500,0O0.
Portland, Greg, is nearer $4,000, 900
than 100000, Cincinnati is over
$4,000, 900, and Louisville and St Paul
are slightly under 100000. Coluu1-
bus, Ohio; Toledo, Jersey City and
Houston are near the $500, 600 mark
Providence, r. l., is over the $4,000, 900
mark.
All these cities, except Richmond.
Va; Springfield, Mass; Albany, y. y;
Toledo, Ohio, and Omaha, Nebr.. pass
the 100000 mark for November
valuations.
The following is comparison be
tween the leading cities in various
sections of the country for the first
IL months OF 1928 and 1924:
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front of this space would make a
splendid den or study If finished off,
and the rear could be left for the
always needed storage space.
Native flowers and vines will surely
find their way to the proper places
along the borders Of the porch and
the base of the house. The cream of
the wild cucumber blossoms agains
the copper of the roof would add
much to the beauty of the pergola.
wooded lot of ample size for such
a design as this would mean a home
of more than ordinary distinction and
one which could not help but give
real comfort and happiness.
Since the price of material and labor
vary so materially in different locali
ties, we do not attempt to give an
estimate as to cost, but suggest that
you consult your local builder, who
can give YOU detailed information as
to the costs of your exact needs to
be installed in this design.
For information as to the procur-
ing of the building plans of this
design, No. IS, send stamped and self
addressed envelope to the real estate
editor, The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
DEMAND FOR LUMBER
Is CUT BY COLD WAVE
However, Active Market Antici-
pated if Temperature Permits,
Needed Building Activity.

The recent cold wave, which brought
below-Zero temperatures to MANI
sections of the country, put stop to
much construction and other outside
work, and the effect on the demand
for lumber has been noticeable. The
usual holiday shutdown of the mills
for repair purposes will undoubtedly
make for even greater firmness, &C
cording to the American Lumberman.
Demand within the immediate future
will probably be regulated largely by
weather conditions. Housing needs in
most cities are still great, and Win
ter building is generally on the pro-
gram. II temperatures admit there
will be a general resumption OF build
ing activities Immediately after New
Year, and a consequent upswing of
the lum Der market.
The Southern pine market has been
very active lately. Not only have re-
tail dealers in all sections Of consum-
ing territory been buying consider
a BILE quantities of lumber. for stock
as well as for immediate require
ments, but industrial demands have
been extensive. There has lately been
a marked revival in business with the
oil fields, which are now consuming
much long dimension stock, together
with tint ers and boards. Railroad
demand for car and maintenance Of
way material has also remained
heavy, while exports have been
stable. The mills are much oVersold
and are little interested in new bust
ness, turning down practically all
offers for future delivery. Prices have
not advanced materially within the
last several days, and the tendency
remains strongly upward.
The hardwood market is approach
ing the rlnga nf the y,
greater activity and strength than in
any recent year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

this rocky stream unmarried in its
existing natural condition. with dimi-
mutton of the present clear water
now. 1t is understood that such
future improvements were contem-
plated under the original plan for
the Piney Branch sewerage system
and your committee urges that the
time has come for their installa ton
These improvements are only q
step, but an important one in the
program recommended for taking the
sewage pollution out of the park
streams. Clean up the park streams
Is urged year after year in these re-
ports, but no material progress is
made. Rock Creek itself throughout
the park Is so polluted by sewage as
to be unfit for bathing, receiving as
it does the drainage from many ad-
jacent communities. The Intercept
ing sewers to take the sewage out Of
this park stream were planned many
years ago, but If their rate of COM
progress during the past five years.
a half century must elap.e before
their complete functioning.
Those who visit Rock Creek Park
can hardly realize that the entire
sewage from the great Piney Branch
area pours down that open stream
during every rain and every shower.
or that large volumes OF sewage
are flowing constantly into Rock
Creek and polluting the waters of
this beautiful stream throughout the
length of the park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
PADDED" LEASES
HIT BY REALTORS
Rebates and Other Allow
ances Not Shown in Docu-
ments, Opposed by Board.

Holding that padded" leases, in
which a. larger consideration is named
as rental than is actually agreed upon
between the owner and tenant, are
becoming an increasing element Of
danger in the financing of construc-
ton, the property management divl-
sion of the National Association of
Read Estate Boards has taken a
stand unequivocally condemning all
such lease arrangements.
The action was taken at a meet
ing of the executive committee of the
division just concluded at headquar-
tiers of the association, Chicago.
This division is opposed to the
making of leases with concession,
free rent or rebates unless such are
clearly shown on the face of the
lease" the resolution states.
The report states that to insure
sound financing Of apartment build
ings and office buildings careful
analysis of the rental capacity and
maintenance costs OF every proposed
building by an expert in property
management to determine it's earning
power is as essential as an eXamina-
ton of the land title by a comp etent
lawyer or the drawing OF it's plans
by an architect or the examination of
its accounting by an auditor, division
officials point out. Whether the
building will pay interest on the loan
is bound to depend on there being a
healthy relation between it's rent
rolls and such matters as construc-
ton costs, taxation and extent of va
cancy. Space is commodity. The
experienced property manager knows
what it costs to sell a given type of
space.
ANALYSIS of office and apartment
buildings to determine their net in
come value, present or prospective.
will be an important topic to come
before the division at it's meeting in
connection with the annual meeting
of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards in Dallas, Tex, January
1916, 1925. The division meeting,
which will be an informal round table
on the problems of property manage
ment. will be held on the opening day
of the session, together with stimuli
taneous formidable meetings of the
divisions of the association specialize
ing in industrial property, farm lands,
home building and subdividing, real
estate finance, general real estate
brokerage and real estate board Or
ganization.
National surveys will be undertaken
by the national association during
the year through tn, property man.
agement division to determine the
of residential vacancy nor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
WILL ERECT THEATER.
Clarendon, Va, Group to Put Up
$50 600 Buildine

Clarendon is to, have a motion pic
ture house. Pendleton-OBar, 1116
Fourteenth street, have sold the
ground at the corner of Wheeler ave-
nue. and Wilson boulevard to a cor
poration which will erect $4,000
theater.
Construction will begin at once and
the theater is expected to be ready
by Spring. 1t will be built along mod
ern theater requirements and will
seat approximately $50 persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
LEASEHOLD HELD CAPITAL
Board of Tax Appeals Renders De.
cision in Income Tax Case.

\ leasehold is property, and its
cost and increase in value are prop
erly capital, according to a decision
just made by the Board of Tax APP
peals In relation to the Federal in
come tax.
The board, states in part: That a
leasehold is property and its cost and
increase are properly capital. The
owner of the leasehold is entitled to
take deduction for exhaustion of such
leasehold in the same manner as he
would with any other exhaustible
property, and that where the value of
a leashold is determined, and that
value is used as the basis for COM
putting gain on the sale of a lease,
the taxpayer is entitled to take the
deductions for exhaustion on the
same basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
CAPITAL SPENDS 4 MILLION
EACH MONTH ON BUILDING
This Average GiUes Washington High
Place Among Cities of Nation for Con-
struction activities During Past Year.

Washington has maintained an av-
erage of nearly $4,000, 900 per month
Tor new construction during the past
II months. This gives the National
Capital the lead over a number of
large cities.
A survey of 209 cities disclose a to-
| tai valuation of $234,212,640 for last
month, whereas November returns
from the same cities last year totaled
$255,422.21s. New York City for it's
Ave boroughs has November total of
s49.881,248. as against s70,004.42S for
it's November return Of last year. But
the total for the first IL months in
the Nations metropolis exceeds the
whole IL months figures for last year
Up to June of this year the returns
for New York consistently showed
great gains over last year. June
showed only nominal gain, and July
and August registered big losses. Sep
TENDER showed small gain, and a loss
was recorded in October.
Chicago Total Drops.
Chicago's total for the first II
months of this year drops below the
returns for corresponding months of
last year. In this second city in size
and second in building operations,
May is the first month of this year
when permits were greater than last
wear. June followed with a practical
doubling of last years figures. July
showed a small gain, and then follow
ed September and October with losses.
November, with s29.264,990 shows a
gain of about 100000.
Los Angeles, which is the fourth
city in magnitude of construction
work, shows a loss for the first IL
months of this year. January and Feb
ruary exhibited gains, and since then
every month has been in the loss col
umn. The total for the first IL months
Of this year is s13S,223,555, and for
the first IL months of 1923 was S179,-
374,9S7.
Greater Combined Total.
Twenty important cities that form
the accompanying chart and tabula-
ton show a slightly greater combined
total for the first IL months of this
year than for last years first IL
months OF this year than for last
years first IL months. OF the 20
cities only six show November gains
over October. But 13 show gains
when comparison of the IL months of
last year with the corresponding pc
riod of this year is made.
Several cities not included among
the 20 that have been selected for
purposes of continuous comparison
have produced big figures for this
year.
Denver, whose November figure is
S2,114.350, has averaged more than
$2,000,000 month valuation. Spring
field, Mass, has averaged more than
100000 month, and so has Rich
mond, Va; San Diego, Calf; Albany;
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Construction for Year to Reach Ap-
proximately $1,000, ooo,o

York City is about to witness a
$1,000, 900, 900 year in construction. Al
the beginning of last week the tota.
volume of building had reached s972-
500, 600, and construction planned for
the following ten days will about
bring 1t to that level.
This is the greatest on record for
the metropolis. Last years total was
5000 100000 and the year before was
s6S9700,OO0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

NAL to American cities, the prices
actually being paid for store rentals
and Office space in cities of more than
100000 population and in cities under
that population and the detail of cost
of property management. The asso-
citation also will study the rise or fall
in rents, the types of apartments most
in demand, the effect of overbuilding
on rentals and the tendencies in types
of apartments buildings now being
erected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
RESIDENCE EXCHANGED
FOR NEW APARTMENTS
L. A. Snead Gives $4,000 Home
as Part Payment for Sixteenth
Street Structure.

amounting in value to $4,000 took
place this week through the Office
of Harry Wardman. when L. A.
Snead, president of L. A. Snead Co,
exchanged his residence, 1924 Six
teenth street as part payment for
new apartment house erected at 1101
Sixteenth street by the Wardman
Construction Co.
Mr.. Sneads house is a 14-room and
3-bath structure with a large garage
valued at $4,000. The apartment
house is eight stories high and con-
tains 16 apartments of four rooms
and bath each. The value of the
apartment house is S1S5,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
HUGE NEW YORK TOTAL.

1892, 26s, s32 81, 1902 ,97s.s2:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
EMPLOYEES GIVE DINNER.

The employees of Morris Cafritz &
Co. held get-together dinner on
December %. The affair was at
tended by the sales force, Office en-
ployes and superintendent and was
given in honor of Mr.. Cafritz
Mr.. Cafritz was presented with a
golf bag and General Sales Manage
Holmes gave individual presents to en-
DlOyeS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Secretaries Are Engaged.

The Billings, Montana, Real Estate
Board and the Fort Myers, Fla, Real
Estate Board have begun the employ
ment of full-time executive secre-
taries. George L. Lore is the new
secretary at Billings. L. X. Bobbitt,
of Lexington, KY. has been chosen
for the work at Fort Myers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Realtors to Get Cut Fare.

n fare of one and one-half for the
round trip has been granted all real
tors attending the annual meeting of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards in Dallas, Tex, Jan
uary 1916. The rates are given on
the certificate plan.