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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-10

Can any one clean velvet dress
at home?
Velvet may be cleaned by steam
ing. Place a damp cloth over a
hot iron which Is standing on it's
heel, and run the velvet over the
iron. The steam will remove the
dust and raise the pile.
Who was Chairman? What
kind of name Is it?
She was lady-in-waiting to Cello
patra, and killed herself at the time
Of Cleopatra's death. This is ac-
cording to Shakespeare's play, AN
thony and Cleopatra" The name is
of Egyptian origin.
Is there any kind of fur-bearing
animal called the kolinsky?
The kolinsky is a species Of wea-
sci or mink found in Siberia and
China. The color is generally tawny
yellow and the fur is almost always
dyed for commercial purposes to
initiate other members Of the weasel
family. 1t is also known as red
sable, Siberian mink and Tartar
sable.
When does the harvest moon
occur?
1t is the full moon nearest the
autumnal equinox. At that season
the moon, when nearly full, rises
for several consecutive nights at
about the same hour, so that there
is an unusual proportion Of moon
light evenings. The phenomenon is
due to the fact that at the time Of
the autumnal equinox the full moon
necessarily opposite to the SUM is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-10
ROAD BUILDING
JUST STARTED

WO hundred and sixty-five
miles of Hoosier roads were
- paved by the Indiana nigh
way commission during the con-
struction season just closed. 1t is
expected that approximately the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-10

IT'S STRANGE how the testimony of an
expert witness always seems to favor the side
that pays him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-10

STRANGE things happen We know
man who has everything in the world he
wants and still he is happy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-10
A Thought

God il our refuge and strength, a
very present help i'm trouble
Psalm 46:1.
- MIGHTY fortress is our God.
Al Martin Luther.
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How to Clean Velvet

You can get an answer to any oues-
ton OF fact or information by writing
to The IIn6ddisnaPolis Times Washington
i BITeau' 1922 New York Ave, Wash.
stamps for reply Medical, legal and
martial advice cannot be given nor
All other questions will received a per-
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are confiden-
tial-Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-10

III REAT philosophy can come
u ri only from great and big
character.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-30

that inst interview In the living room
a. home II seemed TO narban that
ycam must have elapsed since then.
thgt phs must have grown centuries
older How Bruce would laugh n he
could see her now, dlsheartensd. hu,
inflated
She wandered into department
store. and s,rolied thru tho Hiflss
looking sbssntiy ~ various wares a.
she passed
4 woman IN sRbirs was standing
before the lowclry counter. eEamin-
Ing necklace. Her face struck
barbara as vaguely familiar Out of
idle curiosity she stopped az a little
distance down the counter 10 watch
the purchase
Then she heard tie clerk speak 20
the customer Jade Is better than
coral this season. Mra iinmutou
There was difference iu her tone
Two other .alsswomen hung about
20 watch the woman az tho counter
Then. In ous OF her flashes o.
memory barbara identified the face
She had seen u beside ,hat Of The
new governor. looking out Of tho
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paper aniu and rsz.s
l'f5 Then couaefcsnd.sgi- ~
opened Che paper ana bsrsr ~
some Of me- copy u o,bsr 49,. i i'ii
She E@ beginning 10 ~
so affection Tor me To-. =
that goung reporter deys.aa %
their fret beat Va
Having read the n.~,
rather thorois Bartars gisss.s !.
some of the sdVertlssmsn,s
lion a'iis
a two.sJiumu box AZ n, -. =
n column On The real &C.,
caught her eye. Manner -
Reynolds" o. read. ana unss-e
"Eaal'0u"
This. with the tslspbons -
and suite number. wa ali =
The name "Esynoldg, psv. -.
Dara a start There vas bsss e - J.
sho" whether b was Bruce
0idr
Her thoughts were lni.rv.1
Adoilns had left the Fgitehbos,s !.
speak 70 her.
Somebody wants 70 tax =
Miss Hawiey she aid. -.
antiy says her names M &
Hamilton"
10 Be Continual =
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robe n the new governor wife,
There followed favorable com.
m-ut upon the taste ~ the rHvl1bIs
woman. an epic on her choice u f1u.
some remarks on rhoe ana gloves.
and o Iyr.r ~ her lingerie
Bnrbara settled back Boo the ereaE-
ing swivel chair Her hand ~ 90.
rsssiugly upon The smiing picture
of tho governor indy.
The city editor came bys on h.E
way 20 the composing room. and
caught tho pose he made A. II %
speak. thought better n b., and went
on, smiling.
"congrats. Barbara HhWIey- aid
someboiy clr by her ear Fob
Jeffries again You've made a
splash this time. all right Cues that
about makes up for Sikola-what's-
his name. doesn't itT'
Guess co." said Barbara, happily,
II got good position. didn't ~
Best IN tho world" sald Bob.
sort Of stuff that mcans circulation,
too. People rave on ABOUT 1FlpN
journalism. but CAD. how they eat Il
up, And women make the best gel.
low journalists In tho world. you
know"
He looked AZ Barbara, expecting a
sharp retort. But lie was disap-
pointed
surely they %. che said. he.
cause they have a nose for gossip
and flair for picturesque impro-
pretty. The talk that passes over
The back fences in our street would
keep any paper supplied with spicy
news for weeks"
A telephone call took Bob away
and left Barbara 20 her pleasant
medltationa. She picked up the
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pages or her own paper the day be-
fore Tho jeweiry customer was the
new governors lady
What run" thought barbara. tn
watch her buy necklace She
looked with interest az every detail
of tie woman's costume.
Then sentence Of Wells occurred
70 her Write wha sou would read.
II you were on tho outside" he had
said
when the Jade necklace had been
wrapped up aud the change delivered.
Mrs Ezra Hamilton moved away
followed by an unob,rusiyc young
person IN tailored navy blue No.
body observing would have guessed
that any connection lay between the
lads in sables and tho girl IN serge.
For that matter neither would the
lady IN gablc%
'"rhe FIRST lady prefers white
10 colofsA lingerie
Tier purchases In The under
wear departments yesterday aft
rrnoon adhered firmly 10 the
conservative color note, IN spite
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.ADVENTURESk9El
n Of the TWINSFT
NO. 1.-THE COACH TO Upton
y OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

when the Twins left the hunting
picture with Mister Blue Cap. all
the ladies and gentlemen waved
goodbye 70 them
Too had we didn't get a fox 70
show you" said the men who had
been kind, But come hack and
Wen try II another day. Your
ponies and hunting suits VIII be
here waiting for you
Thank you, we have had a very
good time said Nick But no
never said word about tho fox.
He knew and Nancy knew and
Mister Blue Cap knew why they
hadn't tagged a fox on tho fox.
hunt. II was because they. them
selves. had helped Mister Fox to
set away
They went down the steps and
Mister Blue Cap locked the glass
door Of the picture after them.
When they looked back. all tho
ladies' and gentlemen on the horses.
and the horses themselves, and
dogs. and everything hEi turned in.
to paintings again.
The picture was just marked
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Number isi The Hunt
That was all No one ever sus,
pec,ed that once behind the glass.
all was different. That the whole
affair WAS as real as football
game or a taffy pull.
But there was no more time 70
think Of that picture any more
now, for Mister Blue Cap was say.
ing:
III We are 20 have any moro al.
ventures in the pictures betore
your mother comes back. we shall
have TO hurry The coach IS just
about 70 leave anyway"
The COACH cried Nick what
COACH
That one. said Mister Hue Cap
pointing 10 the next picture
The Twins looked and bcheld a
cohbIe.stoned court yard. and the
front Of an old inn. before which
was a large sign hanging from an
iron arm over the door The sigu
said: The Red Lion Inn" Travel
ers could read Il plainly by tho
light Of an old-fnshioncd lantern
hanging beside the door
In the doorway stood Fat gen.
,leuan who ran 20 a large stomach
and eoat-talls, over portion %
his long wuistcoat and tucked neat
~ under his coat-tails az the hack
was spread a neat bit OF apron.
BY this one knew him 10 BE- the
landlord
Beside him was a young lady
with wide ruffed skirt, "A shawl
neatly crossed over her breast. and
a bonnet which looked much like
sunbopnet. except that It had a
fine feather on tho side
4 coach ana four stood waiting.
a very large coach q was, with
seats both on tor and inside
The driver. q man in a very tail
hat curved ont toward the top. and
almost buried in a large muftlcr
held the rcins OF the coach horses.
and a very. very long whip
els tho lady going 10 take
rider" asked Nancy
Yes said Mister Blue Cap SHE
is on her way 10 Upton
she always stays at the Red
Lion Inn when she comes 10 Lon.
don TO shop-she and her maid
Her name is Miss Crawford and all
tho cranfords have stopped here
for the last hundred years"
TO BE Continued.j
irnnnrI-ht fhah y Y RsruIr. IL
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' /: q6, palrgDe5ilc y 5 (

Tho rf} 1ruf looked az her die
Eutt written Hrsr upon hls face. "Of
course. hr duwIvd getting copy
into tho paper o. IL part OF your Job
] didn't send YOU out 10 enjoy re-
cital but 20 bring back "a story"
You might use q tomorrow" vol.
unteorcd barbara. quaking at her
own tcmrrlty
Tomorrow" Tho city editor gave
up the attempt Go express hts con,
tempt
Then, as n exhausted by Barhara'r
stupidity. he began 10 speak very
slowly ana patiently as II 20 little
child. In this Same, Miss IIawlsy,
there is no tomorrow The world
ends AT ~ O'Clock each day Copy
held over Is copy not worth printing
There "a no commodity that spells 50
fast as news. Miss uRwlcy Try to
remember that
~ story that b worth half a coll
umn today b. not worth half an inch
tomorrow To be specific. Nlkolakoff
gives hls concert tonight. and lcaVcv
town al midnight Tomorrow he viii
be as u he never had been. so fnr
as anyone hero II concerned No,
body win be interested In him or his
views. once his coat tails have fut
tered out % town Don't ever tay
tomorrow 10 me again"
lie turned away from her. and
Barbara knew that there was nothing
lcrl Tor her 20 say.
She turned away from the desk and
found McDrrm1tt confronting her. n
was the first time that she had seen
him FOR more than a flying glimpse.
since she entered Tho Telegraph
office lie smiled urbanely. she
could not gueas how much he had
heard Of tho conversation just ended
Good work on tho West Plains
wreck. Miss Ilawley." came his
smooth voice. your little heart
thrpb sidelights showed "A nice sense
Of news values. Hone youll keep h
up"
barbara thanked him. a little ehok
lbs, Then she bulted
She rushed out % tho office She
wanted 20 set away. fur away, TO tfy
20 forget that she had ever entered
this strange brutal world In which
she found herself where sickenlng
humiliation followed closely on the
heels Of triumph and lhurris snatch.
cd ono minute were torn away thf
next.
suddenly shc thought o. Bruce
She did not wan, TO think OF him.
but the thought would not b. shut
out.
just three days had passed since
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Of the attempts Of salsswomsn
20 press upon her the latest IN
apple green combination suits,
and orchid chcmiscs.
The climax was reached when
saleswoman advanced upon the
governors wife with a robe de
mutt In apricot crepe do chine.
lalthly trimmed with black
chiffon friis
"My goodness. said Mrs
Hamilton. ia feel like the bed.
room scene from Camille II
wore that
''whereuron she picked up her
parcels Of white unmsntion-
sbles and departed for the glove
department"
There Il vas. right in the middle
u page one. under a three column,
sut Of the governors wife and :
staring black headline. which read
= No Peach -coiored Sighilcs for Nc.
Says Governors Lady
But that was not hair Of g. Tit
story began with a few lines abou
The feat accomplished by The Tele
graph IN getting ~ first hand thb
detailed story OF the Inaugural ward
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nEGIN IIEsE rnnN

RARHARA HNWIEN So. breaks
with her u8ngy. HklNE kEANr
pLDS. when he opposes her plan Go
SCI a Job on Tho Telegraph aud see
urr.
ANDREW McpEENOTr. mRuaE-
iHg editor % tho paper and "a close
Irigud of her father before hts
death. gives her a sob as reporter.
barbara makes friends With BOB
lEfFRtES ruuEb aud ready police
reporter, who Is a great hclp 10 her
Ia getting a start ON thr paper.
ALt.NEt NlkOlsAkuFE world
famous pianist makes love 90 Rar-
hara when she interviews him in
his hotel suite he laughs az hCr
journalistic ambitions and saws
Women were not made for wtFb
N on can't beat NE she grts back
10 the office too late Go write thy
interview.
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Main Street

DR.. c. l.. Rion. dentist, looking
cheerful on Fourth ave. George
Early. business agent. scurrying
around on University 81, G. X.
Robson. umbrella specialist. making
the grade on Union 81. Joe VIC.
CONCEAL, helper. entering the Labor
temple Paul Truce. ice machine
man, travelling south on Sixth ave.
Bill Donaldson. purchasing agent
humping along wcstlnke Charley
Hughes, plumbing. making haste on
linton ST. w T.. Bayless, mcr.
chant, returning from lunch on
Pike ~. Red Campbell, steamfitter.
watching the building 70 up al,
Fifth and Union George 4. Virtue,
realtor. trying new lunch place
on Second ave.
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him now hcll snap ysug head oif
Better keep the post norton ull after
lunch. when DC ISN'T so busy And
thank your lucky stars hr hasn't
asked you about it"
Barbara looked again az Wells
tense face and 90 The pile OF copy
in his hands Il don't believe / have
tho nerve 90 confess TO him right
now, she said Lets so"
over tho hare wooden table In "a
little barbecue shop around the
corner. barbara told the sad story,
emitting only the episode % the kiss
dwelling upon the beauty u the
music and the power or N.holatofrs
personality,
Bob nodded Die shaggy head ngc
D., meanwhile pouring a nuod OF rcd
barbecue sauce over the meat on his
plate.
Yeah. that's the way with those
birds, nc remarked. as n from great
heights. They never know when
10 ring or, hut part OF your job Il
hh hlNAA away w NlINAfH NANA"Hf
offending their precious feelings
There's always "a way 90 do 4,
III / wcrc you. Miss Ilawlcy- aw,
say I'm going 20 call you Barbara
ia not say a word 20 old Wells
about a. lie may forget ne ever sent
you after Tho story,
II doubt a." replied barbara,
When thcy returned 20 The Tele.
graph office. Wells called her 20 the
desk. Ito Was CrowulnE What
happened 20 Nikolakofs1" he asked
curly
II was apparent that nothing but
the whole truth would do Il got
the Interview" she said. hut he b..
sisted upon playing FOR mc-a lot o.
things he doesn't do for the public.
And when go, away from the hotel.
l ran an tho way. but Il was past
the deadline. haven't any other
excuse"
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NOW co on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VII

AAAfhA TN ~
DOR a moment Il seemed TO BAR
L bara that the clock must have
made some insane leap around the
circle
when she entered Nikolakorrs
apartment, il had been only 10
o'clock. Il was now six minutes
after Il, No feature copy would be
accepted after noon.
Shn cast frightened glance az
Wells. He was buried under a pile
% last-minuto manuscript. from
which no emerged now and again 10
give n command lie did not look az
her.
Someone made his way 10 Barbara.
she looked Up 10 see the smiling face
of Bob Jeffries.
ANY copy 10 writer he asked.
Barbara shook her head. Come on
10 lunch. then" he replied.
She hesitaicd a moment. Hadn't
I better tell Mr. Wells I didn't get
my storyg" she inquired. pickering
her brows al the painful confession.
rSope." said Bob, III YOU tackle
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PHONE GIRLS mo- DANCE

A benefit dance 20 raise a fund 70
cndow bed at the orthopedic hos
pital win be held by the employees Of
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
90. December II. The dance will be
held at Queen Anne hall.
Evening star., 1925-10-07

foreign office what tho aGrcement Is,
that makes a bad matter worse; it
betrays the situation.
Understand am not complaining;
that does no good and is not my ma.
ture. mean only that the foreign
Office makes, consciously or nncon-
sciously, ar the difference In the
world between a communication or a
complaint that comes from the de-
partment and one that is understood
to have your approval; and they listen
less and less to what the department
says. As for its silence TO me about
what it does with the British Ambas.
sador at Washington, don't trouble
about that; it is beyond remedy. and
have ceased to worry about it.. dan
gerous as it is to nfe. I know, of
course, that there is no slight meant
to me; it's their Ways But, al soon as
this war job Is passed and conditions
come when l can be relieved, shall
be glad to escape the constant danger
of this situation and the continual
leaking of confidential Information,
the sending Of which is necessarily re-
duced to a minimum by this constant
QaHEcT. w I'LL tue llOSl ACLi'S hhlCi-
ligence" system and the most rigid
suppression Of information here and
with the grave danger of leaking in
the department-weli, l watch ScylIa
on this side and keep my rudder as
true as I misunderstanding too,
perfectly clearly, as l think 1 do. the
entire good will and sincere friendli-
ness ON both sides. 1t is not a thing
to have any emotions about-only un-
avoidable dangers ever to keep in
mind.
Heavens. how long letter. For
give both its length and its matter. It
is written out of affectionate loyalty
to you and from this volcanic outburst
of all fundamental emotions. I than nix
Heaven / keep we'll under it all.
Very heartily yours.
WALTER II. PAGE.
Evening star., 1925-10-07

show 1t all unconsciously--betwe
communications that come from the
department and communications that
the newspapers say come with your
approval. The department insist
ence on the acceptance in toto Of the
declaration of London and the several
mares nests that the department has
found and the sometimes shirt
sleeve tone Of their communications
causes them to take them rather pro
forma. =.
I fear the government suspects that
the departments suspects it. The dis
patch that l received some time ago
to make. in conjunction with the con-
sui general, thorough investigation
Of the licenses that have been granted
to export copper and other things has
been kept locked up in my private
box. But It implied carelessness Of
the government in permitting English
merchants to take advantage Of us. If
not completely with them. Our in
vestigations have shown neither. l
do not know that this government got
any hint Of our Investigations. but
their spy system Intelligence
bureau they call it-discovers abso-
lutely everything: and they may
know that somebody in the State De-
partment Il do not know who it isl
seems to suspect the good faith OF the
British government.
Kept in Ignorance.
This fear of mine-it is only fear
is increased by this fact: The de-
partment has had some CORE
spondence or conversations with the
British Amba ssador in Washington
which do not seem to have gone well.
I know nothing about It. for I am
seldom informed by the department
what it does in Washington. But I
have heard numerous references to
some note preceding the recent one
II there was such a note: as l say, |
am always in the dark about what
goes in Wa silington. Lord Haldane
remarked one day during his tempo
rary occupancy of the foreign office
that on the whole it seemed more
satisfactory to deal with such ques-
tons when the mind and the hand Of
the President were visible And they
have ceased TO tell me here what
Spring Rice telegraphs For instance,
although il is distinctly said in Sir
Edward Crews note and in the news
papers that we have come to an agree.
ment about exporting raw rubber
from England and her colonies-a
subject that had much to do with
have no idea what the agreement
Is: and for four or five days I have
had to tell rubber exporters and i'm
porters who have called here that ]
know nothing about it. II I ask the
Evening star., 1925-10-07

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Evening star., 1925-10-07
Fourth Installment.
Edited by BURTON J. HENDRIcE
Copyright. 1926. BY Doubleday. Page L Co.

1873 sYsr6S = Ps.s Co.
Continuing tho letter of January IL,
1915. from MIR. Page to President
Woodrow Wilson.)
A stone would weep to hear what
Hoover has seen in Belgium-pitiful
beyond all telling. Refugees are still
coming here In considerable numbers,
and the English take them into their
homes. My daughter goes every day
to help at one of the receiving and
distributing places. where poor women
come in demented from terror: they do
not know their own names. When she
speaks to them in their own language
tF'rench) they begin-some OF them
to come to their senses. some never
do. The pathos Of all this-the sin
and misery Of it-God! life has
nothing left for about half the people
on the continent. It would be a mercy
TO be shot. You weep at every corner
Of whatever road you travel until you
can weep no more.
Witnessing "Collapse"
d little while ago of prominent men.
The patriarch of the meeting was
cultivated and formerly) rich old
gentleman now past SO. a fine old
chara cter who. ! am tod, is known
and respected all over Europe. He
got 1t into his head somehow that I
had done far more for the commission
than have done or could do, and he
wrote me letter. which he took to
Whitlock and asked him TO send it
to me. I can quote it because YOU
know / don't deserve it; but have not
many times in my life been SO
touched. He concluded his courteous
French letter. in all sincerity. thus:
II offer my homage and kiss your
hand in profound gratitude-U1th the
Gus great country. -Adteu! We shall
all soon pass. But God does not for
get"
One reflection that saves us from
collapse is-the world is as infinitely
as it is unspeakably cruel.
Collapse-that's what we are wit
Messing, a gigantic collapse. not a
mere war-something far more than
that: and Individual kindness and un-
spea Ia bic pathos run through it all.
War Just Begun.
Since the allies have not even con
sidered the possibility Of an early
peace. and since the English prepara-
ton for the War is only fairly be-
gun. not only ESQ it seems to the best
informed men here whom I see) is
all peace talk received with smile or
more likelyl with resentment. but all
indica tions point 10 Il very much more
severe and determined phase Of the
war. The feeling is that it is just be
ginning. There will he very much
more suffering: there will be very
much more stringent regulations OF
every sort: there is likely TO be-So
there are private strong nations
a complete cable blockade of the
continent-except the territory of the
allies.
Engla nd oTnA all The cables. She
can Use them or throw them out OF
use as var mea sures, as We did in
our war with Spain. This government
"a sincerely and carefully friendly to
us-and most sincere-but it isn't
going to consider our convenience,
when no clear rights are involved, in
any action that it thinks necessary
FOR victory Victory will be won by
long and hard economic pressure and
by supplying unlimited men from all
parts Of the empire. 1t is the last
! 100. 600 men and tho last 100000 that
will win. Hence the struggle is al
,.aady passed out Of the sentimental