davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-29
NEMLUVNA ZHORELO.

Kym Mrs. Vassen Z jedneho
plejzu pri Sharon sla zaviezt
svojho muza do prace V Sharon,
V ich dome vypuknul ohen, ktofy
uplne zniGil ich dom. Y dome zho-
relo al ich S-mesacne nemluvna
Dvaja mali chlapci vyskoGili OBJ
lokom tax sa zachranili.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-29
AUTOMOBILOVA DAN =
SNizENA o 10 PERCENT

Okresny nctovnik Faust ozna-
muje, he dan cd automobilov bola
snizena 10 percent. Move auto
mobile bu,dti odanovane ma so per
cent lch ceny manifesto 7C per-
cent, ako tomu bolo dosavad'
Automobile roku 1925 budu o.
danovane ma 40 percent ceny, z
'roku 1924 ma 30 percent, 2 roku
1923 ma 20 a +. 1922 ma 10 per-
cent -rrt -
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-29
PETROHRADsKE KATA-
KOMBY.

z Petrohradu. OCEPS) "Kras
naja Gazeta vylicila V tychto
dnoch zaujimavy obrazok 70 III
vota petrdhradskej chudoby:
V Karavannej ulici lezi V roz-
valinach vel 'ka budova, V ktorej
PRIV bola kaviarna a chantan "a
polo. V rOzvalinach tohotO do
mu petrohradska chudoba spolu s
podozrelyymi zivlami zariadila 81
vel'kI spolocnyy 6tulok, ktorom
Wdy vecer schadzala sa pocetna
spolocnost'. O jej skrysi dozve-
della sa petrohradska policia, kto
ra cele S nacelnfkom bezpeGnost-
neho oddelenia TOmaSevskym vni-
kla do rozvalin a mic netusiacich
"najomnikov" prekvapila. Wac
vsak boil prekvapeni policajti sa-
mi nez dopadnuti, lebo videli O.
brazok, ktory jakoby Dol prenese-
ny do severskeho vel 'komesta 2
dob prvych krest lanov. .Okolo pla-
polajnceho ohna ohricvalo sa V
tychto katakombaeh ma 30 mu-
zov a zien. Jeden z muzov pred
cital nahlas 2 knihy "Veda a ma
boEenstvo'', pri com posluchaei
daktorym tvrdeniam autora hla-
site odporovali. sPritomni - sto-
jaci v kruhu okolo ohna, boil do
posldchania tax zabrani, ze v6bec
nepozorovali policajnych agentov
a len svetlo sluzobnych ziaroviek
ktore odrazalo sa ma stenach i'm
prezradilo, Re v katakombach sd
cudzi hostia. ShromaEdeni vSak
neboli nijako vzruseni. Ma otaz-
ku, Go tam robia, odpovedali po-
kojne, ze nemajti kde byvat'. Mu-
zovia chodia do prace' vo dne, ze-
ny donna gazdujti peeujt v edo
me" poriadok, spravcom oby-
dlia je voleny komandant. Poll
cajti prezreli dokumenty vset-
kych clenov novaho "bytoveho
druzstva'', mnohi pritomni v Pc
trohrade neboli vobec prihlaseni.
Policia poznala tam niekol'kych
znamych zlodejov a vytrEnikov,
ktori boil hned' odvedenf ma straz
nicu. V katakombach byval tiez
isty obcan S., byvaly prislusnik
zlatej petrohradskej mladeze, kto
ry svojho casu v za.bavnych miest
"Apolo" nechal nejeden
raz desat 'tisic rublov. Teraz pre-
zfva zbytok svojho zivota v roz-
valinach budovy, kde sa kedysi
veselil pri bohatydh stoloch a pri
plnej ciasi.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-29
YOUNGSTOWNSKY v NEMOC1
PODPORUJUCI SPOLOK
TATRA.

Uradnici: Jozef Martinko, predseda.
255 Carlton St., Jozef Javorsky, pod
prcdseda. Stefan Novotny, lct., 404 f..
Myrtle Ave. Andrej Adamko, poklad-
mix, 1884 Oak st. - Martin Muran.
ky a Frantisek Hudik, dozorcovia.
-sch6dze vydrziavajd 50 kazdd prvt
ncdel'u mesiaci skole sv. Cyrilla .
Methoda o 2. hod. popoludnf.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-29
PEtLIvoST o DIETKY MA
svETE,
+. +. |. S..

| & \ h.
Penzia natiek V Michigan. -- Y
State Michigan obdrAalo so per-
cent via cmatiek penziu ma pod
porn detf "a roll 1926 pri porov-
mani rokom 1915, kedy boil "a
kon tejto penzii uvedeny v plat
most. V rokn 1924 pomozen6 bolo
penziou 1853 vdovam, opustenym
zen;tm, nevNdatym ,matkam a j.
nym. V tychto pripadoch ijednalo
sa o 5,383 deti, vydane bolo ST.
$3.50, teda ma diet a wdane DO
10 priemerne $323.7O.
Dievcenske a chlapecke tabory
Nv N. H. - V State New Hamp-
shire ie nutne, ably pre- zariade-
ME chlapeckych a dievcenskych
taborov boly zaistene najpred eli
censes'' podl'a tFdhto 1radnych
povoleni ziada sa, ably kazdv ta-
Dor NAL zdravotnd podmienky a
tckutu vodn. E..
Osetrovatel'ky domacnosti.-V
Bostone sa nachadza Household
Nurse Association, ktora pripra-
v,lie ZvlaStnu triedu oSetrovatc-
lick pre- domacnosti, kde musi sa
takato oSetrovatcl 'ka uGit', ako
osetrovat " spitali, ako varit ;,
predlozit' jedla, rozvrhovat' list.
ky jedalne, nakupovat' a osetro-
vat dietky.
Predchadzanie zaskrtu vo Fila.
delfii. - Department verejneho
zdravotnietva stara sa teraz, ably
deti al rodicia dostali dostatocnl
vFchovu, otdzke zaskrtovej ma
kazy tiez ably 'bOly deti skolske
immunizovane pred nakazou Ste
penfm.
Ochrana pracujlcich matiek
Chile. V poslednej dobe vyda-
ny uvedeny Dol platnost' "a
kon, podl'a ktoreho kazda matka
musi mat pred narodenim diet'a-
ia 40 dni odpoemku a 20 dni po
narodeni. V tovarnach musejd
byt' zavedene zvlaSne miestnosti
pre- osetrovanie dietok a matkam
pri dennej praci mnsi byt' poskyt
mute dost' casu, ably mohly deti
riadne oSetrovat'..
Slnecne svetlo zdravie v Ang-
licku. - Y kral 'ovskom Istave V
otazke verejnehoa2 zdravotnictva
ma kongrese " Brighton, konanom
V mali bolo lekarskymi znalcami
| prehlasene, re slnecne svetlo pri-
r0dzene alebo uncle ma blahodar-
ny 1cinok ma l'udi duSevne me-
mocnydh. Poznalo sa ma Diet och,
IL ktorFch sa javila dusevna ne
dostatoGnost' v6bec choroba,
re ked' boly podrobene lieceniu
slnetnfm svetlom, vyzdravily sa
a donahanaly potom l'ahko svo-
jich byvalych spoluziakov. V ME
ktorych pripadoch ich al preko-
naly. ...
Snatky dietok v Indii. V easo-
pise Times vydavanom Bombay
v Indii uverejncna bola statisti-
ka vel 'kom mnozstve snatkov
deti. Podl'a tychto cislic poznava
sa, re r. 1921 bolo $4,000 vydatych
dieveat vo veku menej nez 5 ro-
kov a mich bolo uz 1000 vdov,
261 900 dievcat vydanych r. 1921
bolo vo velou medzi 5 a 10 rokov,
a tych $4,000 boly H vdovy. Vo
veku od 10 do Is rokov bolo ich
| vydatych $4,000 a vd6v bolo
$4,000. Umrtnost dietok v Indii
| ie vel 'ka. V roku 1924 cislo umrt-
nosti medzi det mi bolo All ma
jeden tisic. NJ
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-29
NOVY URAD A ROCNE UCTY
6. 1856. IKSzJ. v STRUTHERs.

Spolok Navst. P. Marie, cislo
1876. I. X. S. Z. J. Struthers, O..
zvolil 81 uradnicky ma rok 1926.
Za predsednicku Zofiu Hutira, "a
podpredsednfGku Annu Gura, "a
iictovnlcl1u Katarinu Sekerak, "a
podilct ctovnfcku Julianu Danko, "a
zapisnicku AlAbetu Gabrik, "a
pokladniGEu Mariu Sekerak, "a
dozornfcky Maria Virostek Ka-
tarfna Virostek. "a dozornicku
chorych Alzbetu Denes a "a straz
Annu Lesnicky.
Financna zprava je nasledoy-
ma: .a.
Cislo 1856 malo priimov
"a rok 1925 $4,763.47
yydavkov va ten rok 4,705.3 .3S
" Zvysok $500
Prenaska 2 roku 1924 $2,0S6.4S
Zvysok "a r. 1925 $500
Cely majetok 1. jan. t.r. $2,144.57
Alzbeta Gabrik,
zapisnieka.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-01-29
PESTOvANIE M0DRYCH IL
SOK MA ALASKE.
F. l.. I. S.

Ma ostrovoch pozdk juzneho
pobrezia Alasky zaeinadi sa pc
stovat' modre lisky pre- ich wac
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28
St DOWN Buying
WORRYING LABOR
LEADERS OF US.
Workers Spending Their
Money Faster Than
They Get It.
Times WASHINGTON bureau,
ann AZ oan Kns.E AateaaMP

1879 NeW IOTk avenue
WASHINGTON, June 2S.-The
Nations dollar down and dollar
week orgy A worrying labor lead
ers as we'll as bankers. economical
experts and Henry Ford.
Workers and other moderately
salaried people are spending their
money faster than they get 1t, the
trade journal of organized electrical
workers declares in a critical re-
view of installament plan buying
in the June issue.
Insinuating Statesmen
"Insinuating salemen," asserts a
pamphlet issued recently from the
Typographical Union headquarters.
trained in selling psychology and in
credit desire, abetted by wives
jealous Of noighbors' display, are
constantly waiting to take the bread
winner in a weak moment and I'M
load something on him.
Good wages and healthful work
ing conditions cannot add greatly to
the wago earner's happiness If he
persists in getting into debt. The
root OF the evil is the tremendous
growth of the credit business, which
in the last decade has raised a need
of defense against the high pressure
type of salesman
Sort of Peonage
Arthur Pound, writing in the At.
lantic monthly says: Union labor
has plenty Of good, selfish reasons
for Directing to an arrangement
which in effect, enforces on con.
scientious workmen a sort of peon-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28

Tuesday at Odd Fellows Hall In
Broad Ripple.
Woollen, Albert Stump, Demo-
cratic long-term nominee. and VIII
liam d. Headrick, Democratic norni-
nee for Seventh district representa-
tive in Congress, will speak.
Frank P. Maly is chairman. A re-
ception committee is composed Of:
Grover Parr. chairfan; John Eubanks.
Pearl Roberts. Ben BLUE. Frank Lease
Howard Coughrin. Charles Steinmeier
Mrs. VI. II. Huff. Nina Dearinger. Laura
Clark Mrs. Grace ,Eubanks. Mrs Flora
Settle. Miss ,Flossie Roberts, willard :
Adolph seidensticker, L. X. welliyer, Pau
Smith William r. Bassett. Ralph Miller
Howard H. Rates. Ed G.. Dorey. Leo F
WEIGH. Waiter & Lewis. Harry 4. Taylor
Thomas w. Fitzgerald. Paul F. Rockford
Ed r. Miller. James W. Myers and Kirk
Mckinney
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28
YEAR BOOK TELLS
OF GROWTH OF
CHURCH SUPPORT
Congregational Church Has
Its Best Year in Its
History.

Statistics indicating last year was
the best yet in the history OF the
CONGREGATIONAL churches In the
United States are contained in the
denomination's new Yearbook.
A net increase Ct 22,665 in mem
bership, a new record for year s
growtl,. is reported; the total mem
bership now is 901 $50. The total
funds reported raised were $25, 4S3,
536, an increase of $S07,664.
The amount raised for the regu-
lar or apportionment benevolences,
including home and foreign mis-
sions, was $3,1S6,S03, an increase OF
S74,2S3 over the previous year. rms
increase together with preceding IN
creases which have marked eacn
year except one since the war, is
considered especially noteworthy as
a number of denominations are re-
porting large shrinkages from the
high level of missionary giving at
tanned five or six years ago.
The congregational increase III
annual apportionment benevolences
since 1918 is 1,829,729. The amount
given in 1918 was 57064. Figures
available for the first four months
OF 1926 shows that the giving Is
continuing to steadily increase, the
annortionment benevolences Tor
January to April being $27,Sl2 ahead
of the same months for 1879.
An average increase Of $40 In the
annual salaries of pastors Is re-
norted. The average salary now is
1869 in addition to salary. three
fourths Of the churches provide par
sonages. Special aid averaging over
$4,000 annually is also available 70
the pastors for their pension fund
accounts.
The year book which will be
mailed to all pastors of the denom-
nation. is issued by the executive
committee of the National Council
NJ the Congregational Churches IN
the United States; its STATISTICS are
compiled from the annual reports Oh
fhe Individual local churches for the
calendar year of 1925.
An increase Of 1923 in Sunday
school enrolment and Of 2,423 in the
membership of Young Peoples soci-
cites is reported; the total Sunday
school enrolment is 797,9S7, and the
membership of the Young People s
societies total 21,910.
The number Of new church mem
bers received upon confession OF
faith was 45,722, andthe whole num-
Der of new members received, In
Guiding those added by transfer and
restoration as well as by confession,
was 1890. Both the number re-
ceived by confession and the swhole
number received are the second
largest for any year.
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An statements herein ar, o@r,.s
oroa.sd oninformstIon we regard
as reliable. and while ~. 40 ~.
guarantee them, they arc the data
upon which we have acted IN a..
purchase and valuation OF
this Issue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28
CHURCH GROUND BROKEN
New S15O,0O0 Building for Meridian
Heights.

Construction of the new church
building for the Meridian Heights
Presbyterian congregation at Forty
Seventh st. and Central Ave. will
start this summer, following ground
breaking ceremonies on the site Sun
day. it was announced today. The
structure will cost $150,000. Cere-
monies were under the direction OF
the Rev. Thomas R. White, pastor.
Prayer was offered by DR.. G. l..
Shepard, a charter member.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28

age. A union man carrying a load
of contract debts is likely to suffer
long and stand much. In a strike
he must have more help from head
quarters than his fellow who has
larger savings. untapped credit and
few or no obligations"
Henry Ford, fiivver king, criticised
installment plan selling in Detroit
interview Saturday as tending to de.
stroy the workers purchasing spirit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28

Incorporated under the LdtCS of I1ddad)
Per Cent Cumulative First Preferred
Tax Exempt Stock
Dated July 1, 1926 Par Value Shares 500 Each
CAPITALIZATION
Authorized aud Issued
Preferred Stock 100000
Common Stock 100000
Exempt Indiana from all State, County and Municipal Tia
Except Inheritance Taxes and from the Federal Nor
Income Tax.
Quarterly dividends payable the first days January Az
July and October. FIRST dividend payable October l. Il
Caabe upon thirty days written notice any dividend
at 1o2 and accumulated dividends.
Registrar and Transfer Agent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28

Grubs feed by winnowing the wa
ter with q pair CT fiat brushes spread
oMt like fans, so that minute frag-
ments floating in the stream are
caught in the mouth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28
MAKE GIFT OF ORGAN

Widow Presents MemOrIaI 10 WOou-
ruff Place Church.
Mrs. C. w. Craig and her children
will give a $4,000 organ to the
woodruff Pl Baptist Church in
honor Of her late husband, 1t was
announced at corner stone laying
services Of the new three-unit church
building Sunday afternoon at e.
Michigan and Walcott SITS.
Speakers were the Rev. f. G..
Kenny, director of religious educa-
ton Of the Baptist Church of In
diana. and the Rev. L. G. Trent,
church pastor.
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over $51 will go into a fund for the
purchase Of church organ.
Members of the choir who gave
special numbers were Emmlind
Junius, Mildred Kord, Evelyn l..
Crostreet, Ruth Wagner, Mildred
Jasper, Mildred William, Edna Kie-
witt, Lawrence Hewitt, William
Schultz, Edward Bloemker, Harold
Schortemeier, Frederic Crostreet and
Robert Schultz.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28
CHOIR GIVES RECITAL
Junior Organization at Church Pre-
sents Benefit Program.

Several bouquets Of beautiful
flowers used to decorate the Imman-
uel Reformed Church, Prospect and
s. New1-Jersey Sts.. Sunday night
for a recital Of the Junior Choir,
were to be delivered today to Sun
nyside Sanitarium.
A large crowd attended the con-
cert which was given under the di-
rection of Mrs. F. E. Crostreet, or
ganist. The proceeds which totaled
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28
FOR
EVANS WOOLLEN
Neighbors to Honor Senate
ASpirant Tuesday.

Neighbors of Evans Woollen.
Democratic nominee for United
States Senator, short term. will hold
a reception in his honor at 1880 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-28
Members Of the women's recep.

Members OF the womens ToWP
ton committee are:
Mrs. Grover C. Parr. chairman MIS-
Rose Gillaspy. Mrs. Frank Bryant. Mrs. rs
Woodburn Mason, Mrs Howard Batcs'
Mrs w II. HUFF, Miss Jessica Hun Ms rs
Frank Adams. Mrs. Walter o. Lewis ana
Mrs. Edward Earle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
A LONDON NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ANNOUNCING THE "END7
GEORGE KEMP THE MASTER CRIMINAL WHO TUTORED THE


pregnant with sudden memory.
Madame was shaking her head. The
inspector almost shouted at her:
rs it that your Nine. Ia Comtesse
r. Clairmonte possesses neck like
that Of u swami"
"Oh. no Inspector" Madame re
turned. smiling u little despite her
CONSERVATION at the loss of her pearls.
The countess Is not at all like what
you say-a swan. She Is quite the op-
posite. But why, NJ. le Inspector"
Labouche. a noted policeman who
seldom made mistakes, was as if sud
denly overwhelmed by inner dejec-
ton. Proceed with your ball" he
said to Nine. Roupin. 1T will not be
necessary to discommode your guests.
| shall ask you to give me only their
names. | know who has your pearls. ."
Half after 10 o'clock had come and
gone. but according to the time stamp
on the documents which record the
next police event of the evening il
was barely half an hour later, a little
past IL, when Deputy Inspector La
bouche sat with Chief Inspector Pierre
Maxim. then famous as the best Off
ciai match in Europe for the brains
of criminal adventurerS, in the latterS
ca binet.
There is no doubt at all" Labouche
reported. at was The Swan She
has pulled our noses-pulled mine, at
any rate. Mon Dieu, 1 actually called
her carl" 1t Is not written in the rec
ords, but there is little doubt that In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

tongue OF cold water that lay along
the Grand Banks. On June the
berg drifted due west To the extreme
southwest end of the cold-Water
tongue and remained stationary for
the remainder of the day, but was
caught in an eddy and whirled coun-
ter-clockwise for approximately day,
when II again took up its westward
drift. Then gales and fog obscured
further observations, so the Coast
Guard cutter took station to the
southwark of the ice. the while send
ing out radio warnings to the numer
Gus ships in that vicinity.
That an object the size of one of
these huge icebergs can lie tossed
bout. propelled from one place to an
other. sent scurrying hither and yon
by unseen forces Of nature. sounds
IS If the gods that rule the sea might
he playing Il colossal game Of foot
bail. One berg was trailed by the
cutter for several days; then south
crly gale was encountered and the
berg escaped. Two days later it was
aGain located. but we'll to the north
ward Of the first position. having been
carried due north by the southerly
yale. The seas We're then striking
the berg with such force as to throw
pray over 100 feet into the air. The
berg was now making its final stand
Tor the warm waters had battered and
reduced it in size. About il in its
death throeS ftoated countless "growl
ers." SO that it was still d dangerous
enemy.
Then fog came to play a part in
the game and TO aid the berg in a
final score. The Saugus, q medium
sized freighter, aware of her danger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

those areas: that the first part of
April was colder than any month dur
ing the Winter. that no ice except
local ice had been seen around Cap"
Race and the bays in that vicinity
up 10 April S.
In addition. returning explorers re
ported an open season for ice. Very
little had been seen in Davis Strait,
and none except local had been seen
elsewhere. a weak Labrador current
existed, and this would necessarily
mean little ice. on the whole. all in
dicationS seemed to point to light
season" Comdr. Zeusler concluded.
The Gulf Stream might he called
the Waterloo OF icebergs.' for its
tepid embrace is the one influence 10
which they will yield. Inpregnable
to gun fire and even mines. as expert
ments have proved. once they are
within its influence disintegratio
rapidly takes place.
1t would seem an easy matter III
this day OF marvelS to launch an eff
fective campaign against SO simple q
thing as an iceberg. Yet very little
effect is obtained from gun fire. only
small sections being dislodged by it,
and almost no results are obtained
from mines fired alongside ber2s at
depth of four or five fathoms.
Still other warlike tactics We're EN-
ployed by the Coast Guard during the
season of 1925 INT mines were
detonated in the air on the surface
of a large dry-dock type of berg. 1t
was approximately 500 feet long and
its greatest height was 200 feet.
Five successive charges were cN-
ploded in one spot. the first four be
ing the standard WreCking mine of
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spector Maxim smiled slyly. Polly
Carr. who was once a flower girl but
become the acknowledged queen of
Europe'S thieves, once upon time
had pulled his nose also.
Fiction presents many heroineS of
crime shaped after Polly Carr, whose
fragile fingers and nimble brain have
ruled the underworld of Europe during
the years since the World War. Hers
has been shadowy, evasive figure.
fitting across the police perspective as
Economically as the imaginative hero
ines patterned after her have fitted
through the pages of noVeliSts. Her
adventures have been one of the moSt
carefully guarded Of international po-
lice secrets.
1t was Augustus John, the noted
artist who first noticed the eXtraor-
binary beauty of the flower girl at
London's railway station. He per
suaded her to become his model, and
by him she was immortaliZed in many
masterpieces. From London's studios
she disappeared suddenly. Not long
afterward rumors came out of the un-
derworld of France, England and Ger
many of the beautiful young girl who
directed amazing jewelry coups; who
had gathered around her the most SIN
lister thieves of the continent; who APP
peared one night to administer diSci-
pline in an apache den in Paris and
the next as a guest at a ball in Lon
don'ss Piccadilly, and who was always
referred to as THE Swan-neck
Beauty" 1t was said that no one
with an artistic eye who ever studied
the graceful, symmetrical lines of
Polly Cars throat could forget their
suggestion of the majestic grace of
the swan. Deputy Inspector Labouche
was an artist at heart. The charm
ing throat of the Countess de Clair
monte" had fascinated him. The loss
Of a rope of priceless pearls identified
the owner of that throat at once.
x X X \,
THAT THE Swan" should stop for a
L chat with a police inspector while
she was emerging from the Roupln
mansion with the Josephine pearls
doubtless wrapped about her garter
was not considered extraordinary. La
bouche recalled that the supposed
Countess" had deliberately dropped
her mask and opened her wrap. Her
decollette display was Intentional, with
the fixed purpose of being recognized
afterward. That was like The Swan. .
She had done that before.
To The Swans" counterparts in
fiction this daring gesture would be
credited as sheer bravo-the bravo
that enjoys pulling the official noses
of the police. Both Inspectors Maxim
and Labouche knew that Polly would
not waste bravo. TheE saw "a purpose