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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-08

How should one begin a letter
to a young lady, If Ii is a bust.
ness letter? Is Dear Miss cor
rec?
Never use the form Dear Miss.
Tho young lady's name should b
used, as Dear Miss Blank" or "Dea
Madam"
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20 mention plnah. my cat. who 4
such a good mouser. Next l spoke
Of Tho terrier next door. and The
nret thing I knew be swan away
In a great rage But he came hack
ana after that. when begged his
pardon, We ran a race 10 dry our.
selves after our wettinE."
who else aid you ssoy" asked
Nancy.
''oh. let me sos." said Alice. Il
went 90 a tea party while I Was
there. A queer tea party u wasi
The Mad Halter and the March
Hare and the pormouso were hny.
Ing a."
THAT was a queer partyr' re.
marked Nancy.
Wasn't n. tho, II was even
queerer than Il sounds. for their
conversation was most unusual. 3"
sald Alice. They asked riddles
without any answers. aud tho Dor.
mouse slept all The time They
really didn't invite me. but the "a.
bic was 90 long and the three Of
them took up 70 little room. l In.
vltsd myself, As they used up the
clean dishes. they kept moving
along 90 new places and had a
hard time talking 10 them Al all"
what did they sAyf' asked MEX.
who was more interested IN the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-08
LETTER FROM JOHN AIDES
PRESCOTT TO SYDNEY
GkrfEnN

Was glad % set your telegram.
old man. Tor h told rae thar you
wcro really on the road 10 recover.
Both Leslie and 4 are frp. yery
glad that sou are Eolng 10 spend
some % the time OF your GONZALES
cenca la our city. and SIC nlnh most
heartily that Ne hnd room In that
little apartment ~ ours TO put
sou up.
You dd not state when you are
coming. consequently I am writing
20 say that Leslie b. called % New
York this evening 90 welcome her
parents home. You remember her
younEuter sister. Aiioeg sho il going
70 marry that guy that was 20
sweet on Leslie ! wish him 500 with
her. but n be was fond % leslie 1
can't understand why he could
transfer his affections 10 that am
bilious. self.centercd. ssotisilcal ni.
lie mortal. Between you and me !
bet she ropod him In. She IL sure
10 bo one Of those managing women.
and I pity Whitney from the ho'-
tom o. my heart.
OF course / haven't said anything
o. thia 20 Leslie. for ! am buro she
admirea her sister ven much. IN
bet. however. In the future she viii
be happier II she doesn't see much
Of the Whiineyh.
leslie hopes that you will not
come 20 us until after Hho has re
turned from New York. She won't
be there but two or three days.
however. In the meantime my
mother IL coming over. She win not
stay AZ our house tshe wah quite
Mortified 10 find out that VIC hadn't
a guest chamber waiting for some.
body 90 occupy so. We, however.
were able 10 find her a small apart.
ment. ono that Leslis'H mother occu.
pied when tho was here.
don't know how long mother
will stay but nhe II bringing her
nurse and companion with her. and
I fancy there Will BE- many times
that she viii wish 10 be alone. Con.
seauenuy ! think the arrangement
Is better than as n she were cooped
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The Tdmgle


up 10 our apartment with Leslie.
the baby. az well 49, myself. whom
you know am not alNaYn the easiest
person 70 live with.
wonder II talked 20 you vcry
much about my secretary. hfr-
gaiiy Atheifon. when J was doHn
there. or course ! know I men.
TONED her 70 sou quite frequently,
but Ola I tell gou anything about
her peculiar sentimental hiascs,
She came back from the funsrai n
her husband the day returned.
and settled down Immediately 10 abe
routine of business she wouldn't
allow me 20 mention her husband 3
name 20 her-told me that BE- had
been a stranger, almost, 20 her for
long while.
want you 20 meet her. sgd. J
think you viii be fascinated ~ her.
I have never had a man come into
ms office that could keep his eyes
OF u her. aud set abe is not "a
pretty woman. and pays very little
attention 20 her clothes. Her hair
l. h0bbed and straight. and abe
mostly dressed IN tweed suits. and
set. with an her assumption u
munliness. she II the most feminine
thing have ever known IN my
life. She Htirs your senses before
she speaks. Hastily JACK.
Copyright. 1884. by Seattle star
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-08

March Hare and ths pormoass and
the Mad Haiter thar no vas In
Alice.
n Vas On very niiy." sald Alice
The Mad Halter complained that
his watch was two days slow Dc
cause he had oiled ID with butter.
And the March Hare replied TINT
Dc couldn't understand that at an
aa d saa tuch good butter. Aud
then the Halter said that no doubt
crumbs had got In as the Hare had
put the butter IN with the bread.
knife
"Why was his watch tvo days
slow. instead Of two minutes siowf'
asked Nick euriouaiy.
because n stays one year 10
long IN Wonderland said Alice.
that they toll time BY days instead
n minutes
AFTER that the Dormouso began
10 sinE." Alice went on.
What dld he singT'' asked
Nancy. who wanted 20 know every
word about everything.
Let mo Sse N can remembsr.
II went like this. I think
" Twinkle. twinkle. little bat.
How wonder what you're al.
Up above the world no high.
Like toatray IN the sky
The last sine be said n. the
sleepy nomouse went twinkle.
twinkle. twinkle 20 many times
that he fell asleep again
The last saw Of them. the
Halter and The Hare were trying 10
put the Domoute into the teapot"
said Alice.
"oh. dear That was funny" said
Nancy. DO you know any moreT"
"Tii tell you another part OF my
adventure tomorrow" said Alice.
II you like a."
10 BE Continued
Copyright. 1894. Seattle STAR
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that the junk. by degrees listed
more and more
why. tho ship h almost on its
sidsr' exclaimed Marian with alarm.
"seo. Floyd. Wo arr tipping over"
And thni he told her not 20
be alarmed. that Il would be
many hours before the ship
would ''tip over" hut By that
time their raft would be ready.
What II we have another Storm
she asked fnlterlnEly.
There will DO no storm" he
asserted reawurinEly, I'VE will
have days of calm. And In the mean
time some ship viii pick us w"
she was worried despite bis
assurances but watched In silence
while he worked Clark had never
been handy With tools, he Vas an
artist. not a mechanic. But stern
necessity made hun fairly good
carpenter
By late afternoon he had made
stout raft. built a shelter on
u to serve aS cabin for them
and stocked u with food and
water. lie stored their gold
away on II too. wrapping Il
tight In canvas.
blankets no dried on deck and
wrapped In oilcloth. Then he took
Marian In his arms and kissed her
Trust me-" he said Have con.
fldoncc In me. n ! know you arc no,
worrying ! can pull Us out o. this, %
She smiled up thru her tear.
Il DO trust you." she said. Floyd.
you arc the most wonderful man in
the world
Despite his words OF confidence In
his own ability 20 pull them thru.
Clark was not 90 sure OF himself He
knew that In few hours they would
b. aboard another craft. a Trailer
craft. a bit Of boarding able TO re.
main intact only n few days. Their
only hope Of surviving was 10 b.
picked up by passing ship.
The old junk sank farther and
farther into the sea. listing heavily
at tho stern. Her bow noscd into
tho heavens.
Marian crept closer 10 Clark.
Take care Of me-" she begged.
stay with me-
lie smiled encouraginsiy aitho bis
own heart was faint.
Get aboard. little iady." he said
eheerily. Wen ship on a now boat
now. All aboard" and he placed her
on the raft.
And then rs the junk slipped
backward into the sea the raft
floatod off the deck. Clark had
fashioned a paddle. lie strained
against Il.
In a few minutes the raft was
clear Of tho wreck and a safe dis.
lance away.
Together they watched the old
Junk aldo to It's grave. Tho sea
closed over H. Odds and ends Of
tho quaint ship appeared where II
had COMO down and then noated
away.
They were alone on the great ocean
and they felt very tiny and insecure.
yet In the calm that had so suddenly
followed in tho wake Of the storm
the raft rode easily.
Tho sun was fast sinking over
the western swclls.
Continued In the next issuc.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-08

TOMORROW; Note left for
Mrs. Mary Alden Prescott by
Mrs. Leslie Prescott
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-08
BY FRED v. WILLIAMS

were mountains hat they bad lost
their FURY. ON deck a scene ~ dcs.
citation greeted hts sight The masts
were gone. sails were gone. The
rigging was twisted and tangled IN
torn canvas
Clark thrust the hatch aside and
pulled Marian up AFTER him, They
stood. unsieadily. on desk, A stlff
hrccEo was blowing. but tho sky was
clearing. tho clouds racing away In
the FAR distant horizon.
Were safer' cried Clark Marian
was cold and weak ana trembling.
The sun came out and warmed them
Clark went below and secured
some food. lie brought IL ON deck
and they ate,
They sat there la the sun and
marseled that they had escaped
death. thcse two. who had been
thru so much. They could mt
believe the danger was ov-r.
Then Clark began 10 take ae.
count Of the damage done by the
storm. lie Eas Ihat the old junk
was past repair. The wheel
whiried crafty; the rudder was
gone. There was no sail. There
Was only a wooden hulk. battered
and bruised. incapable Of stand.
ing another affray with the sea.
Ills INST act was 20 hoist new dis.
tress signals and his next 10 attempt
10 relieve the cabin OF all the water
Il had shipped during the storm.
Pumping out the cabin kept him
busy for some time while Marian sat
on the companlonwny and watched
him. she was too weak 10 help.
Floyd. does the ship seem twisted
or somethlnET'' she finally asked.
Clark laughed Now be noticed IL
himself The junk was listing he
lett the pump and hurried down into
the hold.
Go ON deck. MNrlan." he
called cheerily. aud as she
obeyed he flung his arms up In
despair. The Junk was leaking.
She WAS taking In wafer faster
than he could pump u out.
Clark ran on deck. The skin was
gone.
by now the sea was calm. Clark
decided 10 build a raft. That was
the only thing 20 do. Fcyerishly
he went about his preparations.
lie found a carpenters Kit. He
sawed and hammered loose great
boards from tho Junks upper
structure.
what ON earth arc you cut.
ting our old ship 10 pieces forg''
asked Marian In all innocence.
clark smiled.
Our Skin has been washed away
in the storm. l am going 10 make
ourselves a life boat
And he worked on. All day no
labored. and as he f0.icd he noticed
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sraRr nrRr TO-DAY


T1oyd CLARK. seattle artist. lurrd
inta = vacant house On Beacon hill
D. a mysterious woman IN hlArhr
letes CONSEQUENCE In tho perfume
- an excite tleSsr To ssSn s,,,s
and beauty surround him. They hold
a race % dwarf men slaves
The penalty % love on this islena
= death. The women believe thst
hy slaytnx their husbands on the
morrow 81 their wsddlng nigat they
win paradise. Toba. a beaHfifus
native Eiri. falls ia love with clark,
He flees her cave after marftake
q escape death AZ her hands In the
ianglss he slsys a PrehistoTie beast
ionx feared hy the natives. In the
belief that Clark IL supsrhuman the
women make him their King.
storm wrecks a ship Narlsn
Page. a white sir, also ~ seattle,
ss sr reSa msai,ssss lssioa iss' cisfE
and smith find buried treasure.
saith Is KILLED by the natives, Cap
tain Larsen. skipper and crew % an
cid innk. rcscues CLARK and Marian
S ,I:ssgt s'T sisr sAt P'' Win q he he
They san away with tho native
women swimming after them. That
night standing watch on the old
junk, clark q aware % the presence
81 a fourth party. Later Larsen. on
watch. my steriously disappears and
Clark and Marian are alone on the
ship. suddenly a storm comes up.
and a brown figure 10 swept 20 sea.
NOW CO ON WITH the STORY
OZARK dared no, tell Marian
" what he had seen. Ho realized
now that IL some manner native
had secreted herself In the junk. had
Laid In wait for the captain and
Clark and had managed % throw the
captain overheard and then been
trapped BY the storm,
lie did not doub, the enemy was a
woman. He knew the men on the
island would not have the courage TO
undertake such task
Then the thought struck him.
WAs Il Toea? Had Ioha drowned
within his sight! Much rs he
feared this beautiful native girl.
stiIi he wished her no harm.
She had been his wife by tribal
rite. She had shared his island throne
with him. II was 20 Toha he owed
his life against the intrigue OF the
dcposed old queen.
And NOW. perhaps. she had disd
within his reach. within the posi-.
hllity Of saving her. He hoped not.
And he would no, tell Marian.
What mattered now They would
soon share the natives fate. The
ship rolled hclplessly in the noun.
famous seas. And then It's wild
pitching ceased OF q sudden.
The waves no longer pounded
with their accustomed fury. The
junk no longer crcaked and
Eroaned under their strain. Clark
ripped off the hatch and peered
nut.
The sea was high. The waves
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-08
l happened to mention Dmoh, my cat.

Nancy aud Nick and Mister
MuEEs we're talking 10 Alice. who
had had such wonderful adventures
Ia a place called Wonderland
"uh. yes," said Alice. 'ths rabbit
was a dear. but the moufo was al.
ways getting offended. I started Il
IN the first place by cr3ing a whole
lake OF tears and ncagly drowning
the poor thing. then While Nc were
both 50 imminG about. happened
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-08
EInNYIsR

A flower on the shoulder Is one
way Of showing that you keep up
with the fahhions-and a very fas.
cinatinE way. too.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-08

Bright red cherries. natural size.
and Stimulating the actual fruit very
clcyerly. trim a bouffant frock OF
white taffeta
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sorARE.NFCKFD

The square necked. Hhort-slesved
tube dress Is developed IN many ma
terials and combinations 81 mate
rails
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SPORT FRocK

An unusually attractive frock for
sport wear Is Of yellow crepe d.
chine with a brown suede belt worn
low about the hips
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REsILvIsHISG

II q mirror IA badly blurred. re.
silvcring 4, h tho only remedy and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-08
VANITY BOXES

New llpsticka and powder boxes
como In very brilliant colors-bright
reds. greens or sometimes glossy
black.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
SOVIET ENVOY STAGES
BIG LONDON CELEBRATION
Brilliant Reception Given in OBJ
servance of Revolution and Re-
gaining Embassy Possession.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, November S.-Christian
Rakovsky. Soviet charge d'affaires in
London, held a brilliant reception
last night at Chesham House. the old
home of the Russian embassy, where
dazzling entertainments were given
in the czarist days
The present occasion was a double
celebration, first, of the seventh an
niversary of the Russian revolution,
and. second. of the Soviet trade dele
cation having regained possession of
the embassy from the White Rus
SLAMS. who had occupied it since the
war as headquarters for refugee re-
lief. and Red Cross work.
The red flag today waved over the
building and was the principal dec
Grafton in the reception rooms, being
draped over all the fireplaces. The
STATS of the trade delegation and
all the Russian officers in London
had a holiday and attended the re-
ception, as did also a number of mem
bers of the diplomatic corps. No list
off Invitations, however, had been
given out for publication. Virtually
all the foreign office officials and
Pfemier Baldwin are known to have
been invited. but they did not attend
Evening star., 1924-11-09
PLAN TO RE-ENTER GRAIN
TRADE DENIED BY Letter
oace Big Operator, Suspended,
Asks Reinstatement to Board :
Only to Sell Seat.
ahe Associated A Press

By1he ASsOclated PresS.
CHICAGO, November S.-Joseph
Letter, whose gigantic operations in
wheat approached a corner in 1898
only to collapse with a rush of wheat
from Canada and with the advent of
the Spanish American War, has no in
tention of operating in grain again.
This was disclosed today when Mr..
Letter, in response to published
stories of his application for REIN
statement as member of the board
of trade, said he would sell his mem
bership.
He added in explanation that with
the settling up of the Templeton
claim, one of those against him in
connection with operations which are
said to have cost him $3,000,000 or
more, he had applied for reinstate-
ment merely - sell his membership.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
SHIP ANTi-R0LLiNG TANKS
GIVEN ROUGH SEA TEST
Prove Effective in Preventing Vio-
lent Tossing in Experiment on
Liner Albert Ballin.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, October 21.-The eff
cheney Of anti-rolling tanks was de-
termined on the last trip of the
Hapag liner Albert Ballin from New
York to Hamburg. when the ship for
the first time encountered rough
seas. Scandinavian Shipping News re-
ports that the gyroscope- pendulum in
dicated a rolling movement Of six
degrees against the horizon with the
tanks in operation.
When the anti-rolling device was
put out of service, the steamer rolled
instantly up to an angle of Is degrees
Evening star., 1924-11-09

\ HE Phillips Memorial Gallery
Is again open to the public,
and may be visited. as last
year, on Tuesday, Saturday
Evening star., 1924-10-27

Speedway event twice and only hold-
the world speed record of 1864 rniicN
All hour at Daytona Ecach. So ,r
must hc admitted hc knows Soulr
thing about pace, The officials g..
IN" rae" were non-committal. Tho
began Il checking Of tho rccords
The long tape of the electrical timer
and lap recorder was placed undo
scrutiny and come nine hours Iat,r
tho inc1orabl" truth. crushed for !,
tim" 10 the planked surface OF IT..
big track. arose again and proclaim
ed the winner.
This tcll-talc ape also disclosed tu.
fact that all records for $50 mII.s
had been broken by Milton. who had
averaged 11S.l1 miles an hour fnr
the entire distance. including. a.
course, his stop at the pits f;a
Cooper was placed second Bcnur.
Hill third and pc Paofo fourth.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

right through a mess of lincmen and
Sashed on to "A touchdown.
Boy. why did you quit your intcrfer-
HnCe?' | asked him after the game.
"Shucks, | saw an opening and knew
| could get through it, he replied. II
suspected those fellows would all be
playing for our interference, and !
bought it would pay 10 puzzle them"
Is Terrific Struggle.
Well. November % and the game with
Auburn finally arrived. The battle was
staged at Atlanta and n huge crowd
was on hand 1t witnessed IA struggle
which was almost featureless down to
Nh" closing minutes of play. The two
"'evcns were evenly matched. Play was
almost entirely between tho 3O-yard
lines. Several times when n Georgia
Tech man seemed on his way to IA touch
down this big Babe" Taylor. who was
worth three ordinary men, would smash
into the scene and stop him. With only
II few minutes to go tho score stood
nothing to nothing.
We wero following our usual plan
Strupper was held in reserve, waiting
for the moment to arrive when he
could deliver telling blow. But it
seemed as though it never would
como.
When arc you going to put Strup-
per in?' the Georgia Tech crowd was
yelling at me, however. | held fast to
ny plan, and let the impression get
put that he was hurt. word came
back from the Auburn side that this
was accepted as fact there.
Then, suddenly, the hour for ac-
ton arrived. Spencer, our fullbacll,
with the ball on our -Hard line. got
off a high kick which was fumhIed
4 ,.ttr-
quarterback. Morrison, tearing down
the field, fell on the bah OH Auburn's
G0-yard line.
Strupper Is Sent In.
This was the opportunity for which
| had been waiting. Before the teams
could line up ] sent Strupper in to
relieve Capt. Fletcher at left half.
He carried instructions to Morrison to
use the new spread" formation. 1t
was TO be executed as follows:
First call on t'ullbacl< Spprcsr and
Evening star., 1924-10-27
WESTERN
BATTLE TOMORROW

Eastern Highs hope To still fig
ure in the 1924 high school cham
pionship foot ball running will be
blasted for the current season If its
eleven fails To topple the formidable
Western team in Central Stadium to-
morrow in a game starting at 5:l5
O'Clock.
The Light Blue and White players
already have been Worsted at the
hands Of Tech. and another defeat
would place them in the also ran
column. Eastern rose TO unusual
feats when IL downed Western in one
of the big upsets last season
Business High il expected to extend
CentraIs tea Friday in the Blue and
White Stadium in the other titular
match this week. Although the Cen
traIiteS have a decided edge, it would
rot be surprising if the Stenographers
offered their foe real tussle-that
is, if they can stop Mike Gordon and
Bob Williams, the fleet Blue and
White backs.
Coach Elmer HardcII of Tech will
subject his team TO some severe treat
ment this week in preparation for
Western on November 4 in a game
that will practically decide the 1924
scholastic title.
Evening star., 1924-10-27
Game Likely Sparkle Uncheeed Driver Wins Big Auto Race
Supreme Strategies in Foot Ball
~ n
BoysD Dash and in SSpeadP Play.

Right Half johnson to hit the line;
then, on fourth down. If Georgia Tech
hadn't made its distance, Strupper
was to run with the ball.
Second. If Spencer and Johnson
made the desired gains. keep right on
using them. The chances would be
that Auburn, expecting that Strupper
would carry the ball, would be play
ing for him. and would be fooled.
Unfortunately. on the first for
ms ion, our center made Il mistake
and snapped the ball to Strupper our
lincmcn charged the wrong way, al
lowing a flock OF Auburn men to cut
right down on Everett.
Looks like IL 10-yard loss I said
gloomily to myself. But il was here
that the boy showed just how good he
was. He stood still for a period that
seemed unendinE. watching those Au-
burn boys bear down upon him. Then,
just AS the first man dived for him,
he got into action. With wonder
full burst Of speed, he cluded the
whole crew, dashed toward the side
line and made "A 12-yard gain before
he was forced out of bounds.
That was fine strategy, for tho ball
was brought II yards into the field.
IT was first down on Auburn's 20
yard line.
Employs the Spread.
Quarter Morrison now employed the
spread formation as had been in
tended. But after johnson hit the
line for a 2-yard gain mad Spencer
for yard, Johnson was stopped
dead on the next play. Again it was
up TO Struppcr.
Without this lad, it is hard to tell
what might have happened 10 the
spread" With him-wcn, in the
succeeding moments the crowd was
treated to an unparalleled exhibition
of open field running. Bear in mind
that the end of the battle was less
than a minute away. Everything
depended upon this one'play. 1t was
a thriller.
Auburn deployed their linemen to
counter ours, each standing ; yards
apart. Georgia Techs center snap
ped the ball direct TO Strupper.
Everett dashed for the hole between
center and right guard. There he