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Evening star., 1924-03-23

look at il is this: Ever since we mel
you've been after me to become one
of the worlds workers and earn :,
now I see a way to repay you for
your confidence and encouragement.
You'll look me UP sometimes at tho
good old shop, went you?" He slid
off the table and moved toward the
door. There won't be any formal
tiles where YOU are concerned. You
can sign checks for any REASONABLE
amount any time you want cigar or
a stick of chocolate. Well. toodle-oo'
stop
Now what"
How much do you want for that
shop"
Il don't want any money. I want 4
job. If you are going to take my
lifework away from me, you ought TO
give me something else TO do"
What job"
You suggested it yourself the
other day. 1 want to manage your
new hotel"
Don't be a fool! What do you
Nothing. II will be your pleasing
task to teach me the business while
the shanty is being run up
There was a pause, while Mr.. Brew
ster chewed up three inches off
pcnholder.
Very we'll" he said at last.
Topping said Archie. II knew
you'd see it. I'll study your methods
WHAT Adding some of my own, OF
course. You know, I've thought of
one improvement on the Cosmopolis
already."
Improvement on the Cosmopo
lis"" cried Mr.. brewster, gashed in
his finest feelings.
Yes. There's one point where tho
old Cosmopolis slips up badly, and
I'm going TO see that it's corrected at
my little shack. Customers will be
entreated to leave their boots outside
their doors at night, and they'll find
them cleaned in the morning. Well,
pip-pip, 1 must be popping. Time is
money, you know"
Copyright. 19o4l
Evening star., 1924-03-23

n few bars from RigoIetto' and
signed on the dotted line"
You're not such a fool as you
look" owned Mr.. Brewster.
Archie scratched a match on the
desk and lighted a cigarette.
It's d jolly little shop" he said.
Il took quite a fancy to il. Full of
newspapers, don't you know, and
some weird looking sort of choco-
lates and cigars. ] think I'll make
a. SUCCESS of it. It's bang in the
middle OF a dashed good neighbor-
hood One of these days, somebody
will be building a big hotel round
about there. and thatll help trade a
lot [ look forward to ending my
days on the other side of the counter
with a full Set of white whiskers
and skull-cap, beloved by every
body. Everybody'n say: oh, you
must patronize that quaint, delight
full old blighter. He's quite a. char
acter'''
Mr.. BrewSterS air Of grim salts
faction had given way to a look of
discomfort, almost of alarm. He
presumed his son-in-law was merely
Indulgipg in badinage. but, even so,
his words were not soothing.
We'll, Im much obliged" he said,
Now I can start building right
away"
Archie raised his eyebrows.
But, my dear old top, I'm sorry to
spoil your daydreaIns and stop you
chasing railbows and all that, but
aren't you forgetting that the shop
belongs to me? 1 don't know that |
want to sell"
Il gave you the money TO buy that
shop"
And dashed generous of you it
was, too" admitted Archie unreserv-
edly. Some day, when I'm the news
paper and tobacco shop king, I'll tell
the world all about it in my auto
biography"
Mr.. Brewster rose dangerously from
his seat
DO you think you can hold me up,
you-you angleworm?"
Well" said Archie, "the way l
Evening star., 1924-03-23


T 7 IDDEN away in the century
- old College de France there
is chemical laboratory
which is not one of the sights
of Paris. But when the enemy dur
ing the bitter war began using his
poison gases on the French a chemist
too old TO fight soon invented in this
laboratory an asphyxiating gas that
fought back powerfully.
What are these French chemists
doing with this gas now that peace
has come?
They are manufacturing it--and
using it--more than ever. Put jar
of it to your nose and one whiff will
make your nose smart horribly all
tho way down to the throat, which
will close up and suffocate, pushing
torrents of tears from your poor eyes.
But no one smells IL nowadays. 1t
is solidified-and behold, how nice.
You can get it in umbrella handles,
in cigarette holders, in paper weights
in all sorts of movable little deco
rative objects. Only amber could be
used SO ornamentally-and we all
know what an amber mouthpiece
costs. This is cheap. Also, it is
harder than ebonite and it can be
used in the same way.
AS an insulator of electricity, it is
no end better than that vulcanized
compound of India rubber and sui
phur. If you understand chemistry
and want to know more, why, this
war gas "acroleine" is subjected to
taI, icpa -
the ornament of peace.
The inventor of the war gas was
Prof. Lepape, who still works in this
laboratory. His chief is the vener-
able Prof. Moreu, who is great in
medical as well as in ordinary chem
istry (Pasteur, remember, was never
r medical doctor at alD. With them
are Prof. Du Graisse and the younger
Moreu, and a number Of young chem
lists of good will, for they will never
earn here the money they might have
in industrial chemistry. But they all
work together on the discovery of
a modern instance of beating swords
into plowshares and pruning hooks.
Perhaps in time great French in
dustries may give these laboratories
of high science the money they need.
Liebig said in his time:
Chemical discoveries arc in in
verse ratio of Importance to the mag
nificence OF laboratories
In this particular laboratory Prof.
Moreu studies specially the ill-smell-
ing acetylene, which we all know
from the glare of its lamps. From
derivatives of this disagreeabIe thing
he has evolved sweet perfumes in
great variety, and ladies sprinkle
them on their cloaks and furs and
purple raiment and fine linen. to the
delighted wonderment of men drawn
after them. No one reproaches them
with smelling like. an automobile
Evening star., 1924-03-23

| Archie. darling" she said, one aft
ernoon, as they sat at lunch, Its
such IA shame about father!
There was a troubled look in Lu-
Giles gray eyes.
Hes worried just now, you know.
Il didn't know. He doesn't confide in
me much"
Hes worried about that waiter"
What walter, queen of my soul"'
"a man called Salvatore. Father dis
missed him some time ago"
"Salvatore!'
He used to wait on this table"
why"
And father dismissed him, appar-
emily. and now there's all sorts of
trouble"
II remember the chappie. Wrists he
been doing?"
"Well, you know father wants to build
a new hotel, and he thought he'd got the
site and everything and could start
building right away, and now thiss man
Salvatores mother owns a little news
paper and tobacco shop right in the mid
die of the site where father wants TO
build, and there's NO way OF getting
him out without buying the shop and
he won't sell. At least, he's made his
mother promise that she won't"
"A boys best friend is his mother"
said Archie approvingly.
80 fathers in despair
II knew my old friend Salvatore would
come out strong in the end if you only
Brainy Sort
LuciIle's small face lightened. She
gazed at Archie with proud affection
She had known all along that he was
the one to solve this difficulty.
You're wonderful, darling! Is he
really a friend of yours
Absolutely! Quite the old college
chupL'
Then it's all right If you went to
him and got him to sell his shop, father
would be happy"
Il know. That is the objection, of
course"
Think how grateful father would be
to you! 1t would make all the differ
ence"
Archie turned this over in his mind.
81 see what you mean. How much did
shop"
81 don't know. There is father. Call
him over and ask him"
Archie glanced over to where Mr..
Brewster had sunk moodily into a chair
at n neighboring table.
You call him. he said. You know
him better
Lets go over TO him.
They crossed the room. Lucille sat
down opposite her father Archie draped
himself over a chair in the background.
Father, dear" said Lucille, Archie
has got an idea"
"Archie?" said Mr. Brewster, incred-
ulously.
This is me-" said Archie. indicating
himself with a spoon, the tall, dis
tinguished looking bird"
What new fool thing is he up to
now?''
Its splendid idea, father. He wants
to help you over your new hotel"
wants TO run it for me, l suppose
by jove," said Archie rcfiectivciy,
that's not a bad scheme. ! never
thought of running a hotel. 1 shouldn't
mind taking stab at it,
He has thought of way OF getting
rid of Salvatore and his shop"
For the first time Mr. Brewster's inter-
est in the conversation seemed to stir.
He looked sharply at his son-in-Iaw.
He has, has he?" he said.
Archie balanced a roll on a fork and
inserted a plate underneath. The roll
bounded away in corner.
Sorry said Archie. My fault, abso-
lutely! 1 owe you a roll. Ill sign
check for it. Oh. about this sportsman,
Salvatore. Well, it's like this, you know:
He and are great pals. Lu was sug-
gesting that ] seek him out in his lair
and enSnare him with my diplomatic
Evening star., 1924-03-23
Archibald Moffan, Hotel Guest
BY P. @. WODEHOUSE
The First the Afab

view tnis thing must look like a bit
of a waShout."
How do you propose TO support
Lucille. anyway"
Archie ran a finger round the in
side of his collar.
We'll, there, old beam" he admit
ted frankly, you rather have me-.
! He turned the matter over for mo-
ment. Il had a sort of idea OF. as it
were, working, il you know what J
mean"
Working at what"
Now, there again you stump me
somewhat. The general scheme Was
that should kind of look round, you
, know, and nose about and buzz TO
and fro till something turned up.
That was, broadly speaking. the
gadget."
And how did you suppose my
daughter was to live. While you were
doing all this"
Well, l think" said Archie. Il
think we rather expected you TO rally
round q bit for the nonce."
Il sec. You expected to live on me 80
We'll, you put it a bit crudely. but
out-that was what you might call
the general scheme of procedure.
You don't think much of it-what?
Yes? No?"
Mr.. Brewster exploded.
NO; l do not think much of 81.
You go out of my hotel-my hotel
calling il all the names you could
think Of
"Trifie hasty,r murmurcd Archie.
apologctically Spoke without think
ing. Dashed tap had gone drip drip
drip all night-kept me awake
hadn't had breakfast--bygones be by
gones--''
Don't interrupt me, say you go
| out of my hotel knocking it as no
one has ever knocked it since it was
built. and you sneak straight off and
marry my daughter without my
knowledge-----'
Did think of wiring for blessing.
Slipped the old bean, somehow. You
know one forgets things"
And now you come back and calm
ly expect me to fling my arms round
you and kiss you and support you for
the rest of your life"
only while I'm nosing about and
buzzing to and fro"
Well, I'll tell you exactly what 1
propose to do. You think my hotel is a
pretty poor hotel, eh? Well. you'll
have plenty of opportunity of judging
because you're coming to live here.
IN let you have suite and I'll let
you have your meals, but outside of
that, nothing doing. Nothing doing!
Do you understand what 1 mean?"
absolutely. You mean 'napoo.'"
You can sign checks for a reason
able amount in my restaurant, and the
hotel will look after your laundry. But
not cent do you get out of me. And,
if you want your shoes shined, you
can pay for it yourself in the base
ment. II you leave them outside your
door, I'll instruct the floor waiter to
throw them down the air-shaft. Do
you understand? Good. Now, is there
anything more you want to ask"
Archie smiled a pror'story smile.
We'll, as a matter of fact, 1 was go
ing to ask you if you would stagger
along and have a bite with US in the
grill-room."
Il will not"
Fiji sign the check" said Archie
ingratiatingly. You don't think much
of it? Oh, right-o"'
X X x
ITO be set down at the Cosmopolis
with free suite and d free hand
in the matter of signing checks for
meals would have been most New
Workers. idea of heaven. For
month Archie was perfectly happy;
then. gradually he got dashed fed-up
with the place.
It was at the end of this first month
that he became really intimate with
Salvatore.
Evening star., 1924-03-23


meet Archie, Mr.. Brewster's general
idea was that Fortune had presented
him with a son-in-law who combined
in equal parts the more admirable
characteristics of Apollo, Sir Galahad
and Marcus Aurelius. True, he had
gathered in the course of the con-
versation, that dear Archie had no
occupation and no private means, but
Mr.. Brewster felt that a -souled
man like Archie didn't need them.
You can't have everything. Mr..
brewster proceeded to the lobby in a
glow of optimism and geniality. Con.
Sequently, when he perceived Archie,
he got a bit of a shock.
''Hullo- ulio-ullo," said Archie. ad-
vancing happily.
Archie. darling, this is father"
said Lucille.
Goo heavens" said Archie
There was one of those sllences.
Mr.. Brewster looked at Archie.
Archie gazed at Mr.. Brewster Luz
ellie, perceiving, without understand
ing why, that the big introduction
scene had stubbed it's toe on some
unlock ed-for obstacle, waited anx-
iously for enlightenment. MIR. Brew
ster swallowed once or twice and
finally spoke.
Luz"
Yes. father?'
rs this true?'
True"
Have you really wished thiS-this
on me for a son-in-law?" Mr.. Brew
ster swallowed a few more times.
Go away! Want to have few
words alone with this-this--wass-
Archie for the first time.
'I told you, father. It's Moom.'
"Moom?''
Its spelt M-o-f-f-a-n. but pro-
nounaed Noon"
To rime." said Archie helpfully.
with Bluffinghame."
'Lu," said Mr.. Brewster, run away.
1 want to speak to--to-to---
You called me this before" said
Archie.
You aren't angry, father dear F."
said Lucille.
"Oh, no! Oh, no! I'm tickled to
deathm
Bit embarrassing, all this-what?"
said Archie chattily. II mean to say,
having met before in less happy circs
and whatnot. Rum coincidence and
80 forth. How would it be to bury
the jolly old hatchet-start a new
life-forgive and forget-learn to
love each other-and all that sort of
rot? I'm game if you are. How do
we go? Is it a bet?''
X X <
MIR. BREWSTER remained entirely
A'A unsoffened by this manly appeal
to his better feelings.
what the devil do you mean, you
you panetela, by marrying my daugh-
tern
Archie reflected.
well, il sort of happened, don't
you know. You know how these
things are. Young yourself once and
all that. / was most frightfully in
love, and Lu seemed. to think it
wouldn't be a bad scheme, and one
thing led to another, and-well. there
you are. don't you know"
And / suppose you think you've
done pretty well for yourself?"
"Oh, absolutely! AS far as I'm con-
cerned, eyerythings topping. I've
never felt so braced in my life!'
yes" said Mr. Brewster, with Bit
terness: II suppose. from your view
point, everything is topping You
haven't a cent to your name, and
you've managed to fool a rich mans
daughter into marrying you. 1 sup
pose you looked me up in Bradstreet
before committing yourseIf?"
From boyhood up, Archie Moffam
had never been one of the worlds
great thinkers. Until this moment, it
had honestly never struck him that,
when you married a girl and hadn't
any money, you might find it hard to
support her.
II say!' he observed, with dismay.
"I never looked at it like that be-
fore. I can see from your point Of
Evening star., 1924-03-23

THERE were moments during tho
ensuing days when Mr.. Brewster
permitted him self to hope, but more
frequent were the moments when he
told himself that a pronounced chump
like his son-in-law could not fail
somehow to make a mess of the ne
gotiations. His relief, therefore,
when Archie curveted into his pri-
vate room and announced that he had
succeeded was great.
You really managed TO make that
fellow cell out?"
Archie brushed some papers off the
desk with a careless gesture and
seated himself on the vacant spot
Absolutely. l spoke to him as one
old friend to another, sprayed the
bills all over the place, and he sang
Evening star., 1924-03-23

manner and superior brain power and
what not
TT was your idea, precious" said
Lucille.
Mr.. Brewster was silent. Much as
it went against the grain to have to
admit it, there seemed to be some
thing in this.
What do you propose to do
Act as n good old agent. How
much did you offer the chappie::"
Three thousand dollars. Twice as
much as the place is worth. He 5
holding out on me for revenge"
'Ah, but how did you offer it to
hiu-what? l mean to say. / bet
you got your lawyer to write him a
letter full of whereases, peradven-
lures and parties OF the first part
and SO ,, forth. No good old com
panion"
Don't call me old campanion.
"All wrong, laddie, Nothing like
it, dear heart. No good at all, friend
of my youth, Take it from your
uncle Archibald! What you ought to
do is 10 let me go and see him, TAX
ing the stuff in cracking bills. I'll
roll them about on the table in
front of him. III tell you what to
do: Give me three thousand of the
best and crispest. and I'll undertake
to buy that shop. 1t can't fail, lad
die"
Don't call me Iaddie.'" Mr.. Brew
ster pondered. Very we'll" he said
at last II didn't know you had so
much sense" he added grudgingly.
"Oh, positively" said Archie. Be
meath a rugged exterior I hide u
brain like a buzz-saw. Sense" L
exudc it, laddie; L drip with it,.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
PARIS, March 6

I -1IkItS, 4ddICIl o.
r 1DDEN away in the century
- old College de France there
is chemical laboratory
which is not one of the sirhfs
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M=..----Z0
Evening star., 1924-03-23

TT had been settled by Lucille during
L the journey that Archie should be
broken gently to his father-in-law.
That is to say, instead of bounding
blitheiy into Mr.. Brewsters presence
hand in hand, the happy pair should
separate for half an hour or 50, while
Lucille saw her father. Then, having
impressed Mr.. Brewster sufficiently
with his luck in having acquired
Archie for a son-in-law, she would
lead hip to where his bit OF good
fortune awaited him
Ths program worked ont admirably
in its earlier stages When the two
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-24
PATENT OFFICE
VACANCIES
LURE 70
Practically 0ne-fourth of the
Applicants for Examination
Are From D. c.

More than twenty men and
women in the District have applied
for the examination to be held
April 9, to recruit the force Of 100
additional assistant examiners
needed at the patent office. This
is practically one-fourth Of the ap-
plicants who have registered for the
examination throughout the coun-
try. According to the Civil Service
Commission $50 applicants will take
the first examination. OF this num-
Der, it is expected, twenty will be
women.
The small number Of women ap-
plying for the examination, accord.
ing to the Civil Service Commission.
is due to the limited number OF
women who take engineering and
technical courses at the. universities
and colleges. Reports received from
the latter institutions, however, in
dictate a steady increase in the
number Of women matriculating for
engineering courses, and future ex-
aminations for patent office exam.
iners, it is said, will be featured by
an increasing number Of women
entrants.
The showing made by the Dis
trict indicates. it is stated, that the
advantages offered employees in the
patent office are understood here,
many native Washingtonians re-
garding it as one Of the most de.
sirable branches Of the Government
service
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-24
TEST IS
!. PLANNED FOR
! SUSPECT
Davis May Submit to Solve
Mystery in Staying of
Dr.. Wilkins.
BY international News Service.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March a.
billiard Davis, who has been held
In connection with the death Of
DR.. Zoe Wilkins, may be given the
truth serum" test today.
Davis. who was janitor in the
wilkins mystery home" where
the body Of the pretty osteopath
was found, said he would consent
to the serum test il the white
folks he trusts" tells him it Is all
right.
A strong net Of circumstantial
evidence has been woven about the
negro and police have found dis
crepancies in the stories he told
at Saturdays hearing Of the cor
oner's inquest. The knife found
beside the body of DIR. Wilkins has
been identified as having been
owned by the negro.
He declared at the inquest that
on the night the woman was MUIR
dered he was shooting craps"
Another witness said he saw the
negro at the doctors house that
night and that he acted strangely.
Negroes who were in the dice game
told police Davis did not arrive
until about midnight and the police
have virtually established that the
Staying occurred between $50 and
1890 p. m.
The inquest was to be resumed
today. Charles Wilkins, brother
Of the slain woman, and b. F..
Tarpley, patient and friend, were to
be placed on the stand. Both Of
these men and the negro have been
held by the police,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-24

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