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Evening star., 1924-12-10

thrown to the ground. The assaiiant
snatched a bag she had been carry
ing and ran away, She pursued him
for a short distance shouting for
help, but he made his escape. In the
bag, she told police, were letter to
Superintendent of Schools F. w. Bal
lou. a Latin text book, a black leather
pocketbook containing 81 and a pair
of eye glasses. She told police she
could not identify the man.
Three or four colored men were
reported by John Burke, formerly of
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Officers to Study Map Reading.

Maj. J. c. II. Lee, Corps of Engi-
neers: Maj. Donald NJ. Beere, Field
Artillery, and Maj. Joseph c. Mehaf-
fey, Corps of Engineers. all stationed
at the War Department, have been
constituted board to meet at Balti-
more TO investigate and report on
the mehod of map reading devised by
Prof Carroll T. Merriam of that city.
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M0T0RMAN is BLAMED.

LOS ANGELES, December 1o.-The
negligence of a motorman caused the
death of Gene Stratton Porter, novel
list and naturalist, who died here Sat-
urday night. due to injuries received
when a street car struck her automo-
bile, according to the verdict at the
coroner's inquest
AS the inquest was not attended by
any representative of the district at
torney's office, no official statement
was forthcoming as to whether a
charge would be laid against the
mOfnrman
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TWO PERSONS ROBBED.
School Teacher Assaulted and Bag
Taken-Man Injured.

Two assaults and robberies report
ed last night to the police, were be-
ing Investigated today.
Miss Helen NJ. Gray, Central High
School teacher, was seized by an un-
identified man at Delaf1eld place and
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Famous Old Recipe for
Cough Syrup
but it beats them all for
quick results.

Thousands of housewives have
found that they can save two-thirds
of the money usually spent for cough
preparations by using this well known
old recipe for making cough syrup.
1t is simple and cheap, but it has no
equal for prompt results. 1t takes
right hold of a cough and gives inn
mediate relief. usually stopping an
ordinary cough in "a hours or less.
Get 2Is ounces of Pinex from any
druggist, pour it into a pint bottle
and add plain granuIated sugar
syrup to make a full pint. If you
| prefer, use clarified moIasses, honey
or corn syrup instead of sugar syrup.
Either way, it tastes good, keeps
perfectly, and lasts a family a long
time.
It's truly astonishing how quickly
it acts, penetrating through every
air passage of the throat and lungs,
loosens and raises the phlegm,
! soothes and heals the membranes,
and gradually but surely the annoy
| ing throat tickle and dreaded cough
disappear entirely. Nothing better
| for bronchitis, spasmodic Group,
hoarseness or bronchial asthma.
Pinex is special and highly con-
oentrated compound of genuine Nor
way pine extract, known the world
over for its healing effect on MEN,
branes.
Avoid disappointment by asking
your druggist for "zI. ounces Of
Pinex," with full directions, and
don't accept anything else. Guaran-
teed to give absolute satisfaction or
money promptly refunded. The
Pinex Co, Ft Wayne, Ind.
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The International Association OF Ar
and Letters will hold a business meet
ing, s o'clock, at 1907 ! street.
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District of Columbia branch, Ma
tional Association for Advancement of
Colored People, will meet, 8 o'clock,
at Twelfth Street Y. NJ. c. A.
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CARDS of Tbanks.

DoGANS. The family of Mr. Leonard E. Do
Eans wish TO express their appreciation to
the many relatives and frieds, the various
orders, the general accounting checking
division, the communica ton division of in
ternal revenue and the Universal Develop
Inent and Loan Co, for their kind sympathy
and beautiful floral tributes at the death of
the husband and father, LEONARD e. DO
CANS. THF Family los
GROSS. We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to our friends and
relatives for their sympathy, kindness and
beautiful floral tributes at the death Of our
mother and sister. MARY GROSS
THE FAMILY. 9
PEhRI. We deeply appreciate the kilograms
and messages of sympathy and the many
tributes of respect offered by friends of the
community, the beautiful floral pieces and
the recognition of the several churches on
the location OF the death OF our father
AUDREY NJ THOMPSON, MAYME r.
ASHTON AND HARRIET L. PERRY
DAUGHTERS; MRS. MAMIE NJ JONES
SISTER.
FERRY. We desire to thank the many
friends and relatives for their very kind
messages of sympathy and many beautiful
noral tributes on the occasion of the dea
Of our brother, EDWARD A. PERRY we
VIII be ever grateful to the pastor and
choir Of the Metropolitan Wesley A NJ E.
Zion Church for their beautiful program of
service rendered at the funeral occasion .
Rev T., b. Watson, pastor: Mrs. Laura
Tyler, directress; Mr.. Addison Turner, presi-
dent Of choir.
AUDREY NJ. THOMPSON. MAYME R.
ASHToN AND HARRIET L. PERRY,
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ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TONIGHT.

The Illinois State Society will meet
at Washington Club, 1910 Seven
teenth street. Program will consist OF
speaking, dancing and cards.
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An Englishman has invented a spec
tacie shutter that will throw a
shadow over the eyes of an automo.
bile driver when approaching blind
ing headlights
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Bazaar for Casualty Hospital will
be held In crystal room of Ebbitt
Hotel, afternoon and evening.
Evening star., 1924-12-10

United Lodge of Theosophist will
meet, 8 o'clock, at 1871 K street. AL
welcome.
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Burnside Post, G. A. R.. will elect
officers at Grand Army Hall, 7:3C
o'clock. Proposed amendments to by
laws to be considered.
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The Spanish-American Athen cum
VIII meet at Thomson School Prof
Jose Lorenz will speak of "Henitc
Herez Galdos, the Spanish Poet
Miss Mary Stecker will recite
"Portia" and Mr.. Stecker will render
the same in Spanish. Musical mum.
bers will be given by Miss Helene
Marie Andrews. Public invited.
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The Young Mems Hebrew Associa-
ton Will give a dance at it's quarters
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
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FOREIGN.
ARGENTINA.

For the week ending December s, 1924.
Mean Depart. Avg Depart.
tcmpera- from pre- from
ture. normal clip. norm.
Corn and northern
wheat area ....... G5 % OIL 90
Southern wheat area. 80 10 90 -0.6
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Miss Janet Richards will give a
travelogue on Europe, As 1 Found
1t in 1924" o'clock, at the Church
of Our Father. for the benefit of the
Lucia Gale Barber School, 1916 Bel
mont street.
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Viva NJ. January will lecture ir
Unity Auditorium, 1926 1 street, s
o'clock. Subject: developing Stay
ing Qualities"
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birth.

HARPER. Tuesday December Q. 1924 at st
Thomas. Virgin Islands, TO Dr. and Mrs
! John Harper, a son.
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Loyal Women's Glass of Fifteenth
Street Christian Church will have a
bazaar and serve a turkey dinner
from to o'clock at the church.
Repeated tomorrow.
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FOUND.

BOSTON BULL, valuable, about Nov %
POPS 18th st. NV.
CAT. Call Adams 552l
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ihe civic section, Twentieth Gem
tury Club, will meet tomorrow noon at
IoSa L street. Col. Clarence o. Sher-
rlil and DR.. George F. Bowerman will
Evening star., 1924-12-10

Kit Carson Post, No. 2, G.. A. r..
VIII meet tomorrow, 2 pm. at Grand
Army Hall.
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FOX terrier pup, large brown spot on bacl
and head, black face; answers to name o
Bob. $25 reward if returned to 120 18th st sc
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DOG Collie. Sunday between 8 and 4 n m
answers by name of Nell Please return aj6
n se and receive reward. Mrs. Swartz. 1Os
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CAMEO RING, In the vicinity of 18th and
New York ave-, Saturday night. Reward if
returned 3519 14th st. NV
COLLIE, white, 8 mos. old: round, brown spot
on left hip: strayed from 1921 Col I'd re.
ward Adams 5064-W. Ios
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University Club will have an eve
hins OF music and dance Saturday,
when MISS Anna T. Mitchell and her
Pupils VIII dance. Songs and spe-
cialties by Capital Male Ouartat
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LOST.

BREASTPIN, old-fsshioned, gold, Monda
afternoon. Reward. Call FIR. 544. 1Os
BRACELET, diamond platinum; Pan-Ameri
can Union, Dec. 8. Mrs Owen Hankins
Xardman Park Hotel: reMsrd liz
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GLASSES, shell trimmed. in case; near Plaza
apt. Please notify w. 81. Howard, 25O1 Pa
ave. NV.
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The Mississippi Society will hold IL.

Mai. r. f. Scott of Walter Reed
Hospital will explain why Blood
Pressure Findings Are So Important
In Life Insurance Examinations" at
the luncheon of Life Underwriters
association tomorrow, 2;3o, at City
Club.
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POCKETBOOK. containing s92, $50 and $50
gold bond. SO Federal note, rest in small
bills and ticket to Chicago; in or vicinity of
Union Station. Address Box 242-E, Star Office
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week for the same work-so my time is fully occupied
 "I suppose children take lessons in the afternoons" the clergyman re- marked. "I hope" without waiting for her reply, that you are not doing too much work"
 "Oh, mo- Marian began. But Lois, glancing at Summers solicitious face, interposed.
 Marian could rest more than she does," she declared. But she seems so well and strong these days, and so much interested in her new job that she actually surprises me. l think it is a good thing for anybody to get out of the house-especially when one is in such trouble as we are in dear fathers illness"
 Perhaps you are right" the minister replied. "Yet outside work is tiring 10 the average woman-especially if she has been in the habit of staying at home."
 But I have never been in the habit of staying much at home," Marian re- marked "So, you see, Mir. Sumner, I need no sympathy though I appreciate your efforts to hand it to me. am, as Lois said, interested in my job. The harder lot falls to her. She stays at home except when she varies the monotony of existence by the wild ex- citement of church sociable or Guild meeting. She is the one with whom you should sympathize.
 (To Be Continued.)
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THE REVOLT OF
 SUSAN HYDE
nx CARoLYN REEcHER

had murmured. And I was pleased. What girl would not have been? Yet even so I could not shake Of the feel ing that Manville and the handsome widow were being too confidential for it to be in really good taste. Just as l arrived at this conclusion Mir. Pratt, a man who had taken our hostess in, re- marked:
 Having post-mortem, Hyde Don'tl It never pays. Take my word for it"
 "A lot you know about it, an old bachelor like you," Mrs. Hughes spoke rayly, but her quick, apprehensive glance in my direction had not escaped me, nor look very like warning she threw toward Manville and the widow.
 forgot Lawson McKee-he was talk ing, but heard nothing he said. What did that Mir Pratt mean by post mortem," and what significance was in Doris Hughes glance at me the intend ed warming to them?
 "Please talk to me-" Mir. McKee's voice was 50 boyishly hurt that l begged his pardon, then calling upon all the poise possessed, I compelled my self to pay close attention to him through the remainder of the dinner. But my disquietude increased when, as we were leaving the table, I overheard Mrs. Markham. say to Manville: r "You will find me any day at 5.
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Not Too Old To Make Change In
 Business

Do you think thirty-fve too old for ' woman to make a change in busi- ness?" asks correspondent.
 was especially interested in this query, because it is typical of so many ! receive. There seems to be a mis- taken idea among business women that over thirty is the down-and-out age in business today. As matter of fact. ' really believe it IS the up-and-coming Age. Any reader who cherisbes the idea HhAt because she is over thirty or be- cause she has gray hair her business chances are limited will please disillu- sion herself.
 personally prefer to have my as- ustant or secretary a woman who is past thirty. She is usually more more steady more dependable. less flighty and is more seriously interested in her work That is the opinion of great many men in business today.
 Unless you consider the type of busi- ness man who hires "cuties" just be- cause they are "cuties," you may safely assume that the average employer will d n over thirty as he will to a young nan. And I may remind my readers who are at the thirty-or-over stage that h any interviews for positions it will help them to call this fact directly to khe attention of the person hiring them Their ages have certain decided ad- vantage that any far-seeing business man cannot fail to recognize.
 There are, moreover, certain posi- lions that call specifically for women who are over thirty and those who pre- sent the appearance of maturity. Some bhices prefer reception clerks who have experience, boise and dignified appear ance to meet those calling at the of | flee. There are certain department store positions in which mature women often get the preference. I refer to positions of selling infants apparel, children's wear, womens clothing positions that demand experience and mature advice.
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My Vim---MyP Pep
How l maintain them By Edna Wallace Hopper

The wonder of wonders, to the thou sands who see me daily on the stage, is rny youthful spirit. my vivacity, my vim.
 Not my girIish looks, but my girlish 10, is what women envy most, For mine is the fireside age. Yet four times daily I appear, ever on my toes, acting like girl in her teens.
 That is my great source of joy. What would youthful looks amount to if I felt old inside?
 A Secret I've Kept.
 I have not told you the secret of this inner youth. I wanted to be sure about it-sure the wonderful results would last. Now I know they last. I xeem to constantly grow younger. To day, in almost any activity, will match any girl of Is.
 Now I tell you how do this. and l offer you the same help. Some of the ablest modern scientists have contribut- ed to it. A world-famed laboratory now prepares the formula for you and me.
 call it my Inner Youth.
 Feeds the Glands.
 One factor in my Inner Youth Is gland food, made of glands. You know, perhaps, what glands are doing. How middle-aged women are made girls again by restoring gland activity. My Inner Youth contains the gland which does that.
 But it contains much more. It con tains phosphorA for nerve food. It contains tonics to stimulate all bodi- 1y functions.
 The combination is the greatest youth restorcr known to science. l be-
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Hearts of Two
' VIRGINIA rERHunE VAN DE WATER
CHAPTER e7


 at first" she confessed. But as soon as the dance is well under way, forget everything else. But for that l never could do my stunt. Moreover, the mask I wear is wonderful pro- lection. I feel as if I were hiding my real self behind it."
 "Yes-and your blonde wig would keep anybody from suspecting that you are dark-eyed and dark-haired," George observed. Your disguise is complete. Hark !-who is that?"
 "It must be Louis coming from church" the girl said. q wonder who else is coming"
 She checked herself as the front door opened and Lois and Harold Sumner entered. The minister's face lighted at sight of Marian. He hurried for ward with his hand outstretched.
 "I am lucky in finding you in,' he exclaimed. 'I hoped I might. It is several weeks since I have seen you. Your sister told me that you are busy in the evnings."
 "Yes," Marian hastened to explain, my work is very absorbing-my- clients--would you call them?"
 She hesitated. suddenly afraid to speak an untruth to this man. This was the first time she had seen him since she had signed up with DeIisle.
 Pupils, or clients, as you prefer" the minister smiled.
 'Let us call them clients" George Dixon broke in. "It sounds better than pupils-more professional, doesn't itT
 "Yes, it does," Marian followed his lead promptly. Well, anyway. they want me in the evening---as that is the time that suits them best. And I cannot afford to be too particular. Then, too, have three afternoons
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Show Bravery In Facing The
 ruth
By SOPHIE IRENE LoEB


 If the tragedies of the world could be written they would be summed up in one unfailing fault-the fear of facing the truth. As q general thing something occurs and the person who has been wrong fears the consequences of the act and says nothing,
 In order to eevade the issue he will begin to tell small lie about it and then, as the matter develops, he keeps on lying untilit has assumed large pro portions and he is enmeshed in laby- rinth of misery and woe from which he finds it most difficult to extricate him self.
 I know cfa young man who got himself intos Azst such a mess for fear of getting a little scolding about some thing he should have done. He explained that he was at the place he should have been, but he lied. Developments followed that made it necessary for him to keep on making up other stories to substantiatesthe first.
 And now he is so hopelessly involved that he is bound to lose his position, has discredited himself, and it will take considerable time for him to arrive at the place he held before he started his deception.
 In the words of the great bard: "Oh, what tangled webs we weave When first we practice to deceive"
 Many a misery and hardship could be averted if one would but face the issue and take the medicine by telling the truth about a thing. Also, many a time a person evades the truth, thinking that by not telling it he is saving him. self.
 Such a one shows the white feather indeed when 1t is necessary that the truth should be told. He is only creat- ing distrust of himself. When the facts are known and it is learned that he wnhheld them, it will make his posi- tion all the worse.
 Besides, telling the truth disarms your opponent. For instance. If you admit thing is wrong it disarms the person who is against you. He has perhaps built up 8 tirade of abuse of you, but when you quietly own up that he is right and you insist on the truth yourself, it leaves him little with which to fight
 Then there are those who place the blame on others when they themselves have been at fault This shows the worst kind of weakness. It is shift ing responsibility and shirking your own.
 If only people. especially the young, would realize that the truth will pre- vail some time or other. and that they are only putting off the evil day they would find out that the best thing to do is to confess and get it over with. Sometimes it is better to take little medicine and get cured than to be a constant invalid" as the re- suit of not havin. courage enough to swallow the dose you ought to get.
 No matter how much you hide it., the truth will come out and nothing you can, do can change the color of truth. For as the poet Milton says : Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam" |"
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exactly the case, as you and l know.
 Buster knew that it was just about this place that Blacky and his friends had been making such a racket, and his greedy little eyes searched every where for some sign of what had been going on. But there was nothing to be seen but a black feather at the foot of a tall old stump. But this Buster knew for sure that he had l,und the place where Blacky and his friends had been, but they had been there. Buster sat up and blinked thoughtful ly. Then as he looked at the old stump his eyes frightened.
 'I don't know what all that fuss was about" he muttered, and guess I never will know. but I'm glad l came just the same. That old stump looks to me to be rotten and hollow. I have found ant nests in many an old stump like that. and beetles and grubs. I'll just see what that one contains"
 Buster walked over to the old stump, hooked his great claws into a crack, and pulled with all his might. Peter Rabbit. watching. held his breath with excitement. There was sharp crack ing sound, and then the whole side of that old stump gave way so suddenly that Buster Bear fell over backward. As he did so Bobby Coon rolled out. half awake and frightened almost out of his wits. It was hard to say which was the most surprised of those two cousins, Buster Bear of Bobby Coon.
 Next Story Buster Bears Short Temper.
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USED FURNITURE
HEARD over the telephone
 "JalIof Je +b;e n n +,,.o,,+r 4l

n A 16AhO ON eT Ille CpJepUOOP
 LII Hello, Is this O-O-twenty- three ? You advertised piano for sale? A grand piano? What sort of grand is it? Whats that? A baby? And how large a baby? Six foot baby ! Mahogany legs and all?
 'Oh, I'm afraid it won't do at all ! l have q grand apartment. but I only wanted an apartment grand--not a six foot baby
 What kind did you say it was? never heard>of the Playwell piano. of course, I don't know thing about music or pianos, but | do think a grand piano gives a place such an air Whats that? Am interested in other furniture? Oh, my, yes!
 How about the dining room set ? for 8 bride just starting out, six chairs is a good many, What style did you say your set is William and Mary Well, isn't that just too quaint! You know, my husbands name is William and mine is Mary Ii must have been meant for us!
 Couldn't you sell us three chairs Aou see, 1 believe in hospitality and all that sort of thing-and always room for one more-and three chairs would be just enough
 And what size is your table? Sixty inches Oh. my goodness, this William and Mary would never want to sit five feet apart. And, you see. wanted to use it for 3 card table and library table III one of those lightning change apart ments. No' Tin afraid it don do What's thatt Do I want anytbna else you advertised .Iusr wait q minute. now
 "oh. Nes-' Dishes I'm crazy for uice sci of dishes I think wouldn't mind washing dishes if had real pretty set, something dainty and