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FOREIGN EXCHANGES

NEW YORK, MATCH 1.-ForeIgn eX- changes-Easy. Quotations in cents: Great Britain, demand, 4RS; cables, 4.2Sll 6e-day bills on banks, 4.25% France, demand, S.76%l cables, 3.77l4 i; Italy. 4.25@425h; Belgium, 3.3243.321s; i; Germany, demand (per trillion), .22; Holland, 3712; Norway, 1852; Sweden, 26.OS; Denmark, 15.12; Switzerland, 17.26; Spain, 1216; Greece, 1.62; Poland, .000012; Czechoslovakia, 2.S9A; Jugo- siavia, 1.251a; Austria, .0014; Rumania, .058; Argentina, 34.12; Brazil, 1900; Tokio. AZ: Montreal. 96 23-S2.
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NEW YORK, March 7.-Butter-Firm Receipts, 7,49S. Creamery, higher than extras, 4SK@ creamery extras (92 score), 4sc; creamery extras firsts (e8 to s1 score), 46A 0471sc. se
 Eggs-Steady. Receipts, 27 500. Fresh gathered firsts, 24Q25c; fresh gathered seconds and poorer, 33Q23lsc; nearby hennery browns, extras. 29631c; Pacific coast extras, S2@s2hc; Pacific coast firsts to extra firsts, 2S931c;' refrig- erat0f best, 200.
 Cheese-Receipts, 2,7s5.
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RAW SILK
STEEL MARKET

NEW YORK, March 7.-Steel-Un changed.
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NEW YORK, March 7.-Call money Steady; high, Az; low, A; ruling rate, A; closing bid, A.; offered at 414; last loan, A; call loans against ac- : ceptances, 4; time loans, steady; mixed collateral, 60-SO days, IA; 4-6 months, 4s4; prime commercial paper, A.
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LittLe Stories For Bedtime
Buster Rear seeks AId
sy TMoAproH V. sURaEss

|nUSTER BEAR sat in the Green n Forest scratching his head as he
 tried to decide what to do. He had started to follow Busy Bee, but he had found that this was by no means as simple matter as he had thought. He had watched her dart away in a certain direction. He knew that she had gone in a straight line to her storehouse. It was that storeh0use he wanted 10 find. He knew that the chances were that it was in q hollow tree, so he felt sure that all he had to do was to follow that straight line until he came to a hollow tree. So he had started out bravely enough, but though he had walked and walked he hadn't come to hollow tree. Now he began to suspect that, in walking around trees that grew in his way, and in going around brush piles, he might have got off that straight line. Should he keep on or should he go back and, start over again?
 He hated to go back. So he sat scratching his head, unable to make up his mind. His head was tipped back and his eyes were idly looking through the tree tops when suddenly they be- came fixed Yes, sir, they became fixed on the top of one particular tree. That tree was alive, very much alive, but near the top was a place where there was no bark. Buster Bear knew that mart of the tree was dead. Buster knows enough about trees to know that they are quite likely to be hollow.
 stupid, stupid, stupidl% grumbled Buster Bear. Here I've been look ing for tree all hollow. Probably I've passed dozen that have got hOllows somewhere up high. The thing for me to do is to go back and start over. My, If had that honey this minute I wouldn't ask for another thing in the wide world, not one Y
 He turned around and shuffled along back to the place from which he had started to follow Busy Bee. Then an- other thought came to him. How was he to know which trees had h6llows In them. high up and which didn't unless he climbed each one to find out! A funny look of dismay crept over Buster Bears face. He wouldn't mind climb ing one. or two trees, for Buster IS good climber, but the idea of having to climb a whole lot of trees before find ing the right one wasn't at all to nis liking. You see Buster, like most folKs, doesn't like to do any more work than he has to.
 So once more Buster sat down 70 think. Presently Sammy Jay came flying along and spied him there. Hello, Buster Bear ]" said he, You look as if you are trying to think, and I didn't suppose you ever did any thing like that"
 "Sometimes I do; am now" replied Buster, his little eyes twinkling shrewd- ly as he looked up at saucy sammy Jay. "I would advise you to try IL just once yourself, Sammy"
 "I don't have to. get my thoughts raadv made.n retorted sammy. What is it you have on your mind, Buster z
 II am wishing for wings" replied Buster as soberly as if 1t were really so.
 Wings g shrieled sammy Jay. You wishing for wings! Say, wouldn't yoI, be sight with wings! Ho, hO, ho
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Hearts of T,co
CHAPTER 1ss

CHAPTER 199
 If she only had more money she could leave Roscoe's late some Satur- day evening and take the midnight train to Fairtown-spend Sunday with her father-returning to New York in ample time for her performance on Monday!
 If she only had the money! She re- called Bible verse she had read years ago. ''The destruction of the poor is their poverty" She had asked her mother. what it meant, and her mother had tried to explain it to her. Now the lonely girl understood 1t as never before.
 An exile, eating her heart out for home, yet without the means to per- nit her to spend a few hours there with her dear father. He would not know her, she reflected sadly. But it would comfort her to sit by him and hold his hand as on that last Sunday before her departure for New York.
 She must change the current of her thoughts. She had seen all the pic lures and would now try to walk off the fearful depression that had taken POScSoSAOh OL HCE. 4uhl IdThcT WdS not here this afternoon added to her melancholy, but she did not admit this to herself
 The rooms had filled rapidly since her entrance. Slowly, she made her way toward the front of the building Halfway across the outer room some one spoke her name. Stopping abrupt ly in astonishment, she found herself face to fact with the middle-aged wo- mans whose voice she had heard a while ago as she was studying Parker's picture.
 Miss Horton--isn't it?" the ma tron asked, holding out her hand. T am sure it is--although I have seen you only once before am Mrs. Cros- by, the cousin of Frederick Parker who has spoken to me of you and who took me to see your exquisite dancing. 1 have wanted to know you. This turning to the man at her side, "is my husband, Tom, I want you to know Miss White-whom we have both hoped to meet"
 The lonely girls hand was held in a warm clasp by woman with a moth. erly face and a sweet voice.. Suddenly Marian had an absured impulse to burst into tears. But she heard her. self saying calmly
 T am glad to meet you, Mrs. Cros. by"
 (T0 Be Continued
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By Branner

of magical things!" Then Raggedy Ann wigled her left shoe button eye at Mrs. Mingle.
 "Aha ?, the Genii thought to himself, "they don't guess that already have the magic cupboard :" Hut out loud he said: : "Yes, it would be nice, Rag gedy Ann, and maybe some day l shall have one just like Mrs. Mingle's"
 Then the Genii passed the box of magic sleep chocolates and everyone took one and pretended to eat it. Then the mean Genii chuckled to himself and they pretended they went to sleep and walked back to his dining room to eat lot of goodies from the cupboard. ''As soon as he falls asleep we will take the cupboard away from him!" Rag gedy Andy laughed, and everyone re- mained very quiet until the Genii started to snore.
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FOR GUN :FLAsHERs
France Puts Criminals To Death Who
 Try To Use Deadly Weapons

France Puts Criminals To Death Who
 Try To Use Deadly Weapons
 Gabriel Alphonse Moure2s notorious criminal, has been seltenced to death in Paris. Mourey was wanted for the theft of $00,O00 worth of jewels in New York and had been playing hide and seek all over the world with American detectives.
 The Paris police finally captured him. Had he not attempted to use a pistol when the officers arrested him he might have been turned over to the New York authorities, brought back to America for trial and if he did not escape punishment through the laws delays and efforts of technical at torneys, the worse he might have ex- use 1t. The French law calls for the pected was few years in prison.
 But he had that pistol and tried to death penalty when thief attempts to use a deadly weapon. So Paris disposed of aMouFey's case with neat ness and dispatch.
 Such a law in the United States would have a very discouraging effect on the criminal element which has so little regard for human life. Whether they murder or not makes no differ ence. They are armed to kill and their intentions are to take muman life If they feel it necessary. They should be condemned to death for their inten- tions. That Is the French view of it. San Francisco Chronicle.
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Genii had fooled them and warned them not to eata any more chocolate candy.
 "Indeed! We shan't!' Mir. Mungle said.
 Presently thu. Genii could be heard coming down the hallway, so the hobby horse hid again, and the Raggedys and Mrs. Mingle and Mir. Mungle pretended still to be sleepy,
 "Ha, ha, ha ?. the Genii laughed. T came in few moments ago and found you all asleep. You must not enjoy my wonderful things in the magical room if you go to sleep while looking at them"
 "Oh, yes! We enjoy the things very much l" Raggedy Ann said. But, MT. Genii, it would be nice if you had wonderful magical cupboard like Mrs. Mingle owns to add to your collection
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w ny Marriages Sometimes
 F all
By BOTTLE IRENE LOEB

By SUPHIE IRENE LOEB COME one has asked me what is the N greatest cause of breaking mar.
 riages. I believe if the truth were known and the cases summed up it would be found that the greatest cause of most martial mistakes is too much intimacy. av,ag
 By this I mean that people, after they are married, want to go on the theory that they are one, which is one of the greatest fallicies in the actual experience of living.
 The fact is, they are two and should regard it this way. But having decided they are one they regard their relation ship 50 close that, paradoxically, they get to know each other too well. They presume on each other too much. They think, for each other and talk for each other until one day they awaken to too close. And then they want to break the bonds that bind.
 The truth is that they have lost respect for cath. other. While people can have e@a-great love, a fine com panionship, with one and the same interests, yet there are some fine lines that might be drawn in every case tlint will keep the fire of love alive and hold a., coptinual friendship that will otherwise be broken.
 would suggest as the first requi- site to observe the niceties of exis. tence. For example, man should not always decide what his wife should do, and vice versa.I There should be a certain amount ofs willingness to ob- serve the others wishes. The little courtesies of every day must be main tained.
 A bit of ramance, of surprise and things of that nature must be forth. coming. And, further, to keep each other guessing q bit is q very good rule to keep the interest alive, and by this mean not, have him or her know exactly what the other is going to do every minute. s
 One happily wife, has told me that the one big way in which she has kept their love alive is that she and her husband have never permitted them selves to overstep the bonds ot com mon usage. For example, he has never entered her room without knock. ii;g also he has always accorded heT the same deference as lady as he would to any other woman, and she mas done likewise.
 In word, they have great respect for each other--a fine friendship yet have not grown too intimate III their daily relationships
 It might be said that they have never become satiated with each other. There are periods when they are apart visiting friends, and the joy ot getting together is all the more beautiful.
 As soon as people know each other ovtrmucb and feel they have the privI.. ileRe of infringing on each other at all times--this has caused more unrest and disouitetude in the marriage relation perhaps, than any other. To find tht happy medium wherein respect is tht great mediator as between the two who love, therein lies the big chance fol happiness.
 This happens so often with sisters and brothers and other members of ths family, At least they can get away from 1t when they find things irksome But within the two who are married Il is a different matter.
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will put them to sleep again and they will never discover that I have the magical cupboard!'
 1: "Ohl" the hobby horse thought to himself. '.So that is the way you have put my friends to sleep, is it? We'll, I shall certainly try to rescue them the first chance I get p But he remained very quiet until the Genii had gone down beside Raggedy Ann.
 Presently Mrs. Mingle yawned and awakened; then the hobby horse told her all that he had seen the Genii do. And you must just pretend to eat the candy when the Genii offers it to you p the hobby horse told her.
 .'He shall not fool me again, you can just bet p Mrs. Mingle replied.
 Then, when the others had awakened the hobby horse told them how the
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"AsKs roo MUCH or LIFE"
DisIllusiOned Man Is The Saddest Pes
 simlst, Says Writer

The saddest pessimist is one who asks too much of life and of the living one whose ideal is so high, whose con. ception of what men should be, or what men might be is so noble that the sordid reality, as 1t creeps upon the dull and muddy earth, breeds nothing but perpetual disappointment and des-
 Human soils might be glorious in hone, in aspiration, in love, even in actual achievement; and they are what they are.
 So yOu turn away sadly into the "iyory tower" where ideal thought and beauty dwell, there to weave dreams and visions with exquisite words and phrases that cannot die.-Gamaliel Bradford in Harper's Magazine.
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Buster Bear with wingSl What under the sun do you want wings for?"
 "Eh-h-h! Can you keep secret?" replied Buster, looking very myste- rious.
 Right away Sammy was all atten- tion. Certainly can," said he, flying down to q branch just over Busters head.
 "Win you keep itT' asked Buster.
 By this time Sammy was all curi- osity, "Of course will. Cross my heart and hope die if l don't" he re- piled.
 Buster looked all about as if to mab' sure that no one else was near. T want to find lot of, trees that are hollow high up and I wish had wings so that 1 could do 1t without having to climb every tree come to in order to find out if 1t has got hollow in 1t where cannot see it from the ground" whisper. "You have no idea what a lot of work it is for a big fellow like me to climb a tree"
 Sammy looked as astonished as he felt. What under the sun do you want with hollow trees?" he demanded.
 "That is something can't tell even you" replied Buster, but if you cai think of any way to help me find them YOU can come along and see for your self what want of them"
 "Get Drummer the Woodpecker to find them for you" replied sammy promptly. "You know he is what is called an expert on hollow trees"
 Next Story: Buster Flatters Drum
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(To Be Continued.l
HORsON'S TT1cK

Look at Hobson's wife. There's de- votion for you. She wouldn't go away this summer because he couldn't leave his business"
 "Humph! No devotion about it. 4 beautiful grass widow has taken the flat across the hall from them. ."-Bos- ton Transcript.
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REAL PRAISE

A wholesale hardware company had sent letter after letter to a delinquent retailer trying to collect long overdue account.
 At last their ultimatum came and he paid up with the following explanation : 'eThanks for your wonderful system of collection letters. I would have paid sooner, but I wanted to get the whole series. ."-Los Angeles Times.
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RESEMBLANCE

Dick said I was like a girl on a magazine cover"
 That's because he only sees you once a month. ."--London Mail. .9.
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BLOC HAS BALANCE OF POWER
 It is said that President Coolidge cannot sing. If he gets the solid sup port of all the voters who can't sing, the thing is going to be just about unanimous.- Star.
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THE PENALTY

Teacher asked us where all little boys n girls go to who didn't put their pennies in tn collection box.
 Jean-An' what did you say?
 Willie-I said, Please, nm, to the pictures Sydney Bulletin.
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.A. NEW WAY

Alfred-Dearest, you don't seem to smile at me as you used to.
 Aline--Eo, Alfred, don't. This is a new one I just learned at the school of dramatic art.
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WINNIE TWINKLE
|A0UetIiNns
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know that the magical hobby horse had fol- lowed him into the castle, so, when the Genii brought in Mrs. Mingle's magical cup board and ate every thing he could wish for, he went to sleep.
 Then, when the Ge- nil was fast asleep and was snoring, the hob by horse searched through the castle until he found his friends fast asleep in the wonder room.
 So the hobby horse hid himself behind the soda water fountain until he found a. chance to rescue his friends.
 The hobby horse had only been waiting about ten minutes when he heard the Ge- nil coming down the hall. q must keep out of sight !" the hob by horse thought.
 ''Ha, ha, ha r what a pleasant sight it is to see the Raggedys and Mrs. Mingle and Mir. Mungle here fast asleep l" he Genii laughed. T shall give them some more chocolate candy when they awaken and that
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Next Story: Buster Flatters Drum mer the Woodpecker.
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aEsoRrs AAp TRAvEL
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Right away sammy was all atten- tion. Certainly can" said he, flying down to q branch just over Busters
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Full size mahogany stands, guaranteed silk shades. Many designs to select from and truly wonderful values. Some of them have sold as high as $29.OO. 3 to { p. m.
 (Fifth FlOOr)
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JAPANESE FROM
HAWAII ARE
BARRED
Orders Are Drafted Not to
Admit fallen Residents
of Islands
BY International News service.

Japanese residents of the Ha-
waiian Islands will be barred from
the United States under the new
Oriental exclusion law, it was
learned at the Department of Labor
today.
Orders to immigration agents on
the Pacific coast, directing the eX-
clusion Of such immigrants have
been drafted at the department, and
probably will be issued the first
of the week.
Large numbers of japanese have
emigrated to Hawaii, to engage
in business and to seek employment
as common laborers. Reports reach
ing the department indicated that
some of these would try to get
around the exclusion law by com
ing to the mainland on the ground
that they were already residents of
the United States since they have
lived in the Territory of Hawaii.
Secretary of Labor Davis has
ruled, however, that such immigra-
ton would be illegal, and plans to
stop it before any Of the Hawaiian
Japanese start for the Pacific coast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
PACKAGE ROOM
IN BUILDINGS
PROPOSED
Real Estate Board Asked to
Make Survey to Decide
on PracticabiIity

The Washington Real Estate
Board was asked by the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association
today to make a survey of apart.
ment and office buildings to de-
termine the practicability of estab-
fishing a package receiving room
in each.
In a letter to John S. Petty,
executive secretary of the realtors,
Charles j. Columbus, secretary Of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, terms such action
real step forward in practical
economy"
Secretary Columbus points out
that merchandise delivery is one
of the great problems Of wholesaler
and retailer. A package receiving
room, it is stated, would eliminate
hundreds of trips daily through d
building thus effecting an economy
in elevator operation and wear and
tear on the building, besides re-
duCing the cost of delivery.
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the story of their respective periods.
To run upon one of the latter prim
little specimens of bygone gentility
sets one dreaming of society
peopled with men in powdered wigs
and danes in caps and lappets.
In the Hotel de Cluny, Paris, is
a screen Of pure gold, the gift of
an emperor Of Germany to the
Cathedral of Basic, Switzerland.
Many old castles and country houses
of England contain beautiful
screens in tapestry or needlework.
At Hardwick Hall are some of
crimson velvet covered with pat
terms worked in silver wires. Single.
fold screens of Chinese embroidery,
framed in carved black wood, fine
of grain and brilliant in polish, re-
veal variety of figures, many of
them having symbolical signifi-
canoe. A background of creamy
silk embroidered scenes contains
Fo's dog, the sacred horse, the
dragon, that extraordinary mon
ster, the Fong Hoang, and the
Mandarin duck, representing in
colors which have in themselves a
special meaning to the Chinese
decorator.
THE CONNOISSEJJR.
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PASTOR To TELL
Of MERCER
FARLEY
Rev. w. A. Lambeth to Preach
at Both Services
Tomorrow

A report on the proceedings of
the general convention of the South
ern Methodist Episcopal Church at
Chattanooga, Tenn, which has just
approved the proposed union with
the Northern Methodist Church,
will be given at 8:15 o'clock next
Thursday evening by the Reverend
w. A. Lambeth, pastor CT Mt.
Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. Doctor Lambeth
attended all sessions of the con.
vention, which began July 2.
Doctor Lambeth will preach at
both services tomorrow, taking as
his topic in the morning, tits All
in the Days Work" and in the
evening, at 815, why Not
Judge?"
A twenty-minute organ recital by
r. Deane Shure, director of music
will precede the evening service.
The Senior League will meet at
GAS tomorrow evening, but the reg.
ular morning service of the junior
church has been Cancelled for the
balance of the summer.
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CHURCH SCHOOL PLANS
DE LUXE LAWN FETE

on TUESDAY and Wednesday eve-
nings. July Is and 16, the church
school of the Church Of Our
Saviour, Brookland, will hold a
DE Luxe" lawn fete on the new
church lots at Sixteenth and Irving
street northeast.
Ice cream, cakes. soft drinks,
canes, darts, a spinning wheel, a
touch and take table, a grab bag.
a fortune teller, a live mermaid,
Barney Google or his cousin, a
Chinese laundry, and the tomb of
King Tut-Ankh-Amen are amonS
the features.
The Junior Guild will give n
picnic supper on the new church
grounds the evening of August 6.
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CHURCH ANN0UN NTS.
COLUMBIA 3. Y. p. U.SENDS
DELEGATION TO DENVER

Fifteen members Of the Columbia
B. Y. p. U. Federation are now at
tending the B. I. p. U. of America
Convention in Denver, Colo. John
Ruthven is in charge of the party.
Other delegates are: Mrs. Ruthven.
Mary Ruthven, Virginia Moore,
Beatrice Sharp, Helen Moore, Jennie
Hodges, Donna Mae Sparks, James
a. Rollins and Elliott Stewart.
After the convention parties will
be formed for extra trips to Cal
ifornia via the Grand Canyon. and
to Yellowstone Park by way Of
Salt Lake City.
The Congress Heights B. Y. p. u.
has elected the following officers
for the coming year: J. #. Miller,
president; Miss Lille Johnson, vice
president; Roddie w. Doughty, sec.
rotary; Helen Hoyle, treasurer;
Mrs. j. w. Humphrey, Bible quiz
leader,