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THE STORY ORA MODERN GIRL AND
A MILLION DOLLARS

sudden stubbornness overwhelmed
her. EN- pleiny she called again,
and swept her At, 900 francs-$5, 900.
onto the table. Again she lost.
Whispering in the crowd behind her
ceased. Necks craned to see her
next play. EN- plein!" she called,
and tossed another $4,000 onto the
green cloth.
The crowd Of watchers at the table
gasped. Deathly silence fell. Even
Yvonne, who had been chatting fe-
verishly with John, was silent. Ken
ilworth started to murmur caution,
but Joanna threw up her hand jerk
lily and wilfully. If ever zen plein"
wins Immediately after losing 1t
becomes one OF the legends Of Monte
Carlo. 1t turns up one out of 400
plays, according to the average
struck after many years. Again the
croupier raked in the stake and
called for the next play. Make your
game, Mademoiselle!p
Her bag was empty. She signed
over her shoulder TO Michael for
her money from his pockets. Again
$4,000, and again! The watchful
chef de parties went away. At last,
with a shrug of her shoulders the
Golden Girl leaned back in her chair.
She smiled up to the croupier:
"Merci, M'sieur," she said, that
is all. have no more"
The croupier. as there was no one
else playing, permitted himself the
rare pleasure of an exchange with
Mademoiselle Joanna: !
II am desolate that Nfademoiselle
should have been so unluckyp
She shook her head, still leaning
back in her chair, and smiling at
him queerly:
"Merci, Msieur," she said, but /
am not unhappy. Unlucky at play,
you know, lucky at love. want to
be very lucky today, Msieur--at
love-" r..
She got up, then, and looked UP at
Kenilworth and Michael, who were
standing transfixed by the sudden
ness of the piling up OF her tremen-
dous losses. She put a hand on tho
sleeves of both of them and shared
between them that persistent, quiz
zical smile. She was about to chaff
them when her eyes found Yvonne
and the man beside her. Both Kenil-
worth and Prince Michael felt, and
took a different lesson, from the sud
den gripping of the fingers that had
rested so fairylike upon their arms.
Copyright, III. j. Gates)
ITO BE Continued
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st did hope" he said, that you
wouldn't say looked just the same.
Every acquaintance / meet says
that to me. I feel as If was dere-
lict in something; as If ought to
look different than I do"
Now that's a very appropriate
speech" Yvonne assured him. 1T
strikes home, because, frankly, I've
been wondering since 1 read of your
arrival, just how you'd look. Being
famous does change some people,
you know"
He fumbled~ a little with his re-
leased hands. Yvonne sensed the
question at his lips. "She is over
there. she said, playing. That
crowd is hers. She came In an hour
ago quite normal but the Red and
Black always sweeps her out Of her.
self. She's playing the maximum
treble, and winning. We mustn't dis
turb her now"
They walked across the sale and
up to the edge Of the crowd that
pressed against the girl in the gold
chair who still played, win or lose
three times the maximum, and whose
plays still troubled the chef de
partie because she continued to win.
Brandon came out of the pack and
greeted John affably.
II didn't think the newspapers
would announce me-" John said,
shyly. "I wanted to surprise her.
I had not told her when was COM
, ing"
They moved in among the spec
tators slowly, Yvonne nremaining
close to his side. Brandon edged in
between Kenilworth and Michael
and, almost without a word, COM
municated to both of them that "he"
not turn around. Prince Michael
swung around quickly and gave the
man, who stood with Yvonne, a
deliberate scrutiny. Apparently he
was satisfied with his observation,
for he coolly turned his back and
continued his fictitious play with
Joanna's money.
f~ VICE JOANNA played zen
fl plein" or the sweep Of the col.
IL ors and columns. She had
won that sensation play three times.
Now she lost each time, emptying
her bag Of it's boarded gold and
notes. Any experienced player
would have switched, as she knew,
to the simple colors. with the next
] plays, until luck" changed. But a
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BY I'll. l.. Gates
CHAPTER XIV
when Joanna CANDLES

WHICH, OOdAAA<D O"nuUACo
E---5 ENILWORTH would have
TX guided his companion around
- the big Casino building to the
pigeon field which lies between it
and the sea, but Joanna preferred to
go onto the white terrace and into
the gambling rooms.
In Roddy's manner there was
every sign of the truth of Yvonne's
observation in the Trianon summer
house at Annette; that he was wor-
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FLORISTS TO MEET

The State Florists Association of
Indiana will open their December
meeting at the Hotel Demming,
Terre. Haute, Ind, Wednesday. Com
petition for the Indiana rose and car
nation will feature.
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company disappear for dressing and
their more interesting dinner rem
devious. Yvonne could keep a
crowd about her, however, and so
could Joanna.
Three times in succession Joanna
lost the maximum, fifteen thousand
francs. Then she won a sweep Of
the columns twice. BY now she was
playing only the limit-fifteen
thousand francs at each play. And
across her shoulder, at her In
sistence, Roddy reached down at
every play to touch with his fingers
an added play Of six thousand
francs which theoretically registeded
him as a player and the extra maxi
mum as his own gamble. BY this
subterfuge the Golden Girl was
avoiding the rules and stalking, on
every turn Of the wheel, double the
maximum.
Brandon and Kenilworth ex-
changed chances. A chef de partie,
the official who supervises each
table for the Casino Administration
quietly took a stand beside the
croupier. Mademoiselle had won a
quarter of a million francs in an
hour Of play. And seemed to be
unwearied. The official gave a hid
den sign. Attendants in the quiet
uniform of the Casino silently
rolled up square box set upon
wheels. Out of the box they lifted
cases of money which they put in
the receptacles at the croupder's
hand. Once. in just such mood
as she evidenced now, Madem'
oiselle Joanna had broken the bank.
When she played the double maxi
mum for an hour and had a win
ming streak. the chief de parties
provided early for emergency.
RINCE MICHAEL a n
r Yvonne afte IA time Of desul-
l. tory playing left their chairs
and moved over to stand with Bran
don and Kenilworth behind the girl
at the table Joanna felt their pres
ence and called over her shoulder to
Michael.
You've got lots of pockets. Please
empty my lap off of money. My bag
is filled and l can't take care of II
ALL And you can play with me as
Roddy's doing"
1t is so clearly against the rules
for player to go beyond the maxi
mum play that the croupier, worried
already by the obvious trick of Ken
ilworth's merely touching the second
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TIME TO CELEBRATE
OMNIBUS CENTENARY

Among the numerous centenaries
which might be celebrated in 1926, If
anyone felt disposed. is that Of the
omnibus.
The omnibus "for all" was. of course,
direct descendant of the stagecoach
which fiourlshed In England until 1t
was superseded by the railway. But
the first real omnibus, carrying pas
sengers for short distances in towns,
seems to have been put on the streets
at Nantes. France, in the summer of
1925.
A former coachmaker In Paris start
ed line of buses In 1929.
After that the development was fair
ly rapid, and seats on the roof be-
came common. It was not until 1871
that the present London company
came into existence. absorbing a num-
Der Of smaller firms and beginning with
$50 buses.
The first American bus appeared in
New York shortly after the establish
ment of the London system.
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Too Much for Which
to Ask Forgiveness

Rev. George Washington Jackson
had lost fine. fat possum. Later, at
a revival, one of the grief-stricken
mourners would not be comforted.
"Cheer up, brutha," exhorted Rev
erend Jackson. mo mattah what yo'
sin 1t will be fo'given.'
But not diss'un." sobbed the mourn
err 'Ah sho' am a pow'ful sinah."
''Yo' stole some white mans chick.
ens7"
'Wussen at"
"Oh Lawd, help dis po' lamb. Is yo'
use razzuh ?"
"Wussen at. It's wussen murdah.
Brutha Jackson"
''Den All knows" shouted the preach
err coming down from the pulpit. peel
ing his coat. de good Lawd kin TO-
give yo' effen he feels dat way but
Abs gwine climb yo' frame Yo's de-
skunk what stole nah possuvu. Zap.
per's Weekly. Aa
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MARRIAGE AND REFORM
BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK

rROWN and were rather closely
d associated the year before ne was
married. Our work brought us into
contact nearly every day, and he took
occasion to pour out his feelings to
me as we walked along together
He had his faults, and some OF
these he recognized and commented
on. He was childishly optimistic. OF
course, optimism is an admirable
quality and one which constantly en-
courage. / see a good deal of youth,
and youth is constantly and quite
wisely given to looking upon the bright
side of things. Brown, however, over
did the matter. He was always sure
that his salary, which in no case
varied, would next month pay twice
as many bills as he had been able with
II this month to liquidate. In conse-
ouence. if he saw something in shop
window, or If book agent came along
and urged him to buy the latest edi-
tion of the Encyclopedia Britannica,
or If he had chance to subscribe 10
the relief of soldiers and sailors
orphans, he promptly obligated him.
self and bought the stuff or made the
subscription. He was, as a result, con-
stantly upon the financial rocks,
though Just as constantly hopeful that
the incoming tide of next months
salary would raise him up and permit
him to drift off.
His optimism invariably made him
late to an engagement. He knew
exactly how far 1t was from his lodg-
ing place to the Baptist church upon
which he was faithful attendant and
he was well aware, too, how long II
took him to cover the distance. He
never got there upon time, however,
for he always figured that this time
it would not take so long.
He was always making obligations
that he found 1t impossible to keep,
always burdened with debts which he
could not meet. always late to his
appointments or missing them entire
ly. He had other faults. too, with
which he struggled. but be looked for
ward hopefully and optimistically to
his coming marriage. quite sure that
this new obligation would help him
to meet the old.
'@Things are going to be different
with me next year" he would say
cheerfully after relating to me his
last optimistic blunder.
slow so?" I inquired.
swell. she'll make 1t different"
"Has she no faults2"
II suppose So"
"Quite likely. and the trouble will
be that 1t will be about all she can
manage to correct her own without
giving much time to yours" He
sighed, but when he left me he was
still optimistic.
There are great many people who
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Why have
RI MATS !?

NH, what a wonderful feeling to be
Ofree from that miserable rheuma.
tism. To know again the joy of timber
joints and active muscles - freedom
from that agonizing pain!
How often have you longed for
some relief as you suffered torture
from swollen, infamed muscles and
joints-how often have you said you
would give anything in the World for
q few hours comfort!
But you didn't know that all you had
TO do to get real relief from this nerve
wracking misery was just to build
rich, red blood, did you? You didn't
know that rheumatism had to be
stopped from the inside by destroying
the impurities that cause it--by build,
ing millions Of red cells In your poor,
weak blood, did you?
Until you I'LL your system full OF
healthy, rich, red blood you win never
end your rheumatism. s. s. s. will
surely help you. That's because s. SIS,
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look upon marriage as sort Of re-
form school. They feel that the mo
ment the minister has said the last
word they are new creatures, freed
from all their weaknesses, purged from
all their sins, and equipped with new
ambitions and new personalities.
Neither marriage nor joining a lodge
or buying a motor car works any par
ticular change in a man, or gives him
greater obligations.
saw Brown the other day. He's
still awfully in debt, he admitted,
but next year he expects to be on
his feet.
To- 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
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Ereshsn a Heavy skin

With the antiseptic, fascinating Cuti-
cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely
scented, economical face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume.
Renders other perfumes superfuous,
One of the Cuticura Toilet Trio (Soap,
Ointment, Talcum) Advertisement.
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Horizontal.

Horizontal.
1-SOmething girls use ON their faces
5--WindOw coverings
1O--An hmm easurabIe period of time
I2-The complete self
ia printers measure
15-A sphere 17--AbOve
IS--An obstruction I'm a waterway
ia long line of cars
2O-Before 21--A noun suflix
23--Finfsh
25--North river (abbr.D
28--A priests article of clothing
2S-Merry 30-An incentive
B1--A large cask
32-Came together
33--AnOther form OF ''I"
35-COnsumed
37--A proposition
3S-BelOnEing to IL
SEA region OF the earth
4O--A prefix meaning three
A1--A southern state (abbr.)
43-A girls nickname
accompany (abbr.)
40--Parf of the body
4S-A high card
5O--One who IA indebted
51--Guides
Vertical.
I--Settled beforehand
You and 1
"A domestic animal
"A printers measure
8-That man ITO grow OLD
S-TO perform
Clear of that which Is unknown or
mysterious
Acknowledgement of any matter
Ito deface
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Stop wasting money on big shoe
billsl No need for it. Tell your repair
man to put USKIDE Soles on your
shoes. USKIDE-the Wonder Sole for
Wear. Wears twice as long as best
leather. Made by the United States
Rubber Company USKIDE is comfort
ing. Protects against slipping. For
hard workers and hard walkers. Moth
ing can faze USKIDE. A Vermont man
wore a pair rs months. Ask your shoe
dealer for new shoes with USKIDE
Soles. He either has them or can get
them for you.-Adv.
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I5--Native metallic compound
16-To invite
liza vase
22-Suspended fog
24-SpOrts 20-Part OF play
27-A kind of bread 2S-A jewel
28--StfII
34--And SO forth (abbr.)
35--Every one of
SEA large Australian bird
37-Part of a circle
42--MOiEt 44-FrOzen wafer
46---A pound (abbr.) Alto proceed
4S--A proposition
4e-EIectricaI engineer (abbr.)
The solution will appear in next issue
Solution Of Last Weeks Puzzle.
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Beyond Hope

Wife (helping to choose a suit)-
Has he shown you all the cheviots?
Husband Yes- and the worsted's
yet to come.-Judge
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DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Cross"
Has Been Proved Safe by Millions.

Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for 25 years.
Say 'Bayer'' when you buy Aspirin
limitations may prove dangerous ADV
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'sNot so long ago | was like
you-headaches a good deal
Of the time, sleeping badly,
and the least bit Of house
work tired me out. My COM
plexion too, was bad.
'sFinaIly, | went to see DR..
Farman. He showed me that
it was constipation that was
back ofmy troubles. He said
that it was a very serious
thing because poisons from
clogged waste matter were
picked up by the blood and
carried to every body organ.
And If / didn't correct il in
time | might become .
victim of one OF those ter
rible organic diseases.
sEIe made me drop laxatives
altogether, changed my diet,
and put me on Nujol. ] don't
think I've ever felt better.
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DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART
HaUe Wrong Idea

No man can be brave who thinks
pain the greatest evil: nor temperate,
who considers pleasure the highest
good Cicero.
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The art of knowing how to make
others supply your wants is some
times called success.
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HOW TO SOLVE A CROSSWORD PUZZLE

HOW TO SOLVE A CROSSWORD PUZZLE
N
Indicated
first
h
No
obsol indicated definitions
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indigestion, constipation, liver complaint,
biliousness Costs you nothing to send for
trial box to BIZ Pearl ST.. N. Y. Adv
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One touch OF a poor relation is apt
to make the rich man think the whole
world kin.
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Unkind

"Ah, we doctors have many enemies
in the world"
Eyes, and more in, the next. "-Buen
Humor (Madrid).
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Tell me thy company and will tell
thee what thou art Cervantes.
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helps Nature build the red-blood-ceIIs
that fight or the impurities that cause
rheumatism.
Conquer rheumatism! S. s. s. has
shown the way. For generations
s. s. S. has brought blessed relief and
comfort to thousands Of rheumatic
sufferers.
When the rich, red blood that
S. S. s. helps Nature build goes cours-
ing through your system, it purifies
the blood in your body. rheumatism
vanishes - skin bFemishes disappear
You begin to get hum
cry again and enjoy -
your food-strength and
power I'LL your body-\A0A0x
you are vigorous - red
blooded and ready for
action. Know this joy OF
living again! Take S. s. S. and Danish
rheumatism!
Get S. s. s. from any druggist. ThA
larger bottle is more economical
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If brevity is the soul of wit, the
fiapper should not feel offended if
her clothes are called funny.
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He conquers twice who conquers
himself in victory.-Cyrus.
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A cheap coat doesn't necessarily
make cheap man, but it makes him
feel that way at times.
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s'But constipation IS serious, Grace"

improvement there is in my
skin. Nujol has done won
ders for me.
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She Understood Signs

Annette Ralph told me last night
that he's woman hater.
Nanette- Is he broke again Snaps
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VIII Buy Your Florida Acreage and Lots II
priced right. Write full description, price
terms Settler. 173 N. E. LIST ST., Miami Fla
AcetyIene Fixtures-All kinds, Globes, light
ers, burners, sad-irons, hot plates, etc New
e used generators & parts. Bargain prices
Circulars G. A. Brown, Mannsville, N. z.
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1 sleep we'll, my
headaches have
disappeared, and
you can see tor
yourself what an
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Nn;ol FORKS Like Nafnre

Constipation is dangerous for any
body. Nujol is safe for everybody.
1t is neither food nor medicine.
II does not gripe. Ii IS gentle and
naturalin it's action and IS
prescribed by leading medical
authorities.
Nujol simply makes up for a de-
6ciency = temporary or chronic =
in the supply Of natural lubricant
in the intestines. 1t sofrens the
waste matter and thus permits
thorough and regular elimination
without overtaxing the intestinal
muscles.
NujoI can be taken for any length
Of time without III effects. TO IN
sure internal cleanliness, il should
Be taken regularly, in accordance
with the directions on each bottle.
As Nujol is not a laxative, il does
not form a habit and can be dis
continued at any time.
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If you can't take criticism, don't Of
fer it.
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Ask your druggist for
Nujol today and begin
the perfect health that
is possible only when
intestinal elimination
is normal and regular
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Fortunate Woman

Visitor-Did any member of your
family ever make a brilliant marriage7
Professor-M wife did.
The Washington times., 1925-09-19
LEWIS HOTEL SCHOOL
TO DEDICATE BUILDING

The Lewis Hotel Training School
building, housing the first institu-
ton Of it's Kind in America and To-
Gated at Pennsylvania avenue and
TWenty-third- street northwest, will
be dedicated formally and opened
to public inspection Thursday, Octo-
ber l. it was announced today by
Clifford Lewis, president.
A number of prominent Washing.
ton educators and hotel men, as
we'll as public officials, are sched-
uled to speak at the dedication
exercises which viii be held at II
a. m. After the exercises those in
attendance will be escorted over the
four model floors of the building
and afterward have luncheon, pre-
pared by the Lewis students.
The new school gives the follow
Ing courses: Complete hotel train.
ing; cafeteria and tea room train
ing, including quantity cookery;
food checking anc control; home
cookery: public speaking; CONNER.
cial interior decorating; hotel ac.
countancy, and candy and pastry
making.
The Washington times., 1925-09-19
WHITLEY CHURCH ENGAGES
NEW PASTORAL ASSISTANT

.'What Shall / Do with Jesus?"
will be the subject of the Reverend
Doctor Earle Wilfley's sermon at
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
tomorrow morning. At the evening
service he will speak on THE
Neglected Warming The music
for both services will be in charge
of William u. Braithwaite.
The board of officers at it's meet
ing this week voted to engage Mrs.
b. T. Elmore, of Alta Vista, Md.
as pastoral assistant for an emer-
gency period. her duties to begin
next week.
On the occasion this week of the
Observance of the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the calling of Reverend
r. D. Power to the pastorate of
the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church, there were present the fol.
lowing persons who had held mem
bership continuously throughout
the half century: Mrs. Nellie Brad
ley, Mrs. Jennie Stier, Miss Kate
DUNCAN. Mrs. DeForest Gray, Mrs.
J. r. Saum, Mrs. Emma Sanford
Shelton, Mrs. Emma baltimore,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Sheppard. Doc
tor B. w. Sunny and w. P.
LinSconnb