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Evening star., 1926-04-07
The Adopted y! Wife
By Am ellie Ripes
rPrincess Troubetxkoyl

ers in the beloved's hair. but because
ii was the first time that he CItliary)
had known her to fail in good taste.
whoever did 1t is to be congratu-
lated on a sense of the becoming, ne
said dryly, and didn't even try to Keep
the irony out of his voice.
Celia. was silent, but her lips tight
ened and those two patches. ike PINK
moth wings, began once more TO nut
ter and tingle on her cheeks. Hilary
feeling suddenly that some queerer
and stronger mood than any ne had
yet seen must be driving her, felt com
passion also. This strange being was
at the crossroads He. so much older
and more experienced. should have
patience with her, not allow her child
ish spitefulness to vex him. He deter
mined to burn one bridge, and set fire
to it by saying in a kind, indulgent
voice:
Celia, feel that you are very much
displeased with me about something.
We've always been frank with each
other Won't you be frank with me
now and let me make amends II l
can?"
Her response to this was not prom
ising.
I'm sorry you think ! would pre-
sumo on your kindness enough Tor
that" she said, with prim carefulness,
when I've tried in every way l knew
to show you my gratitude"
Her look was still fixed on her plate
She had not eaten a morsel of what
1t contained. Jenkins, who knew that
his master disliked having servants
stand about when he was dining alone
or with his wife. entered here, and
changed the still full plate for an
other. He and footman served the
next course, then went out again.
MY dear girl. / do wish yot
wouldn't use that awful yord graft
tude' to me. I'd far rather have a lit
| tie ordinary Affection
"'A little ordinary affection. re
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peated Celia. musingly.
Then she looked up for a second
with the briefest, most unendearing
smile.
81 suppose little extraordinary af-
fection would be a great calamity in a
scholars life. It's fortunate. isn't it..
that | can give you only ordinary af-
fection. which l do. of course"
II II wouldn't have been so absurd
and childish. she would have liked to
add: In fact, feel 'aff1y' to you"
Hilary was gazing at her with quiet
eyes that were beginning. however. to
have glow at the back of them.
This was a Celia whom he neither
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BIG INTERESTS BUYING.
W., B. & A. PREFERRED
J. E. Aldred and New York Gen.
tral Discussed in Plans for
Electric Line.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.


BALTIMORE. April THE fact
that Washington. Baltimore and An :
napolis Electric Railroad preferred
stock during the upheaval in the
market did not sell under 22la. or
points down from its recent top. and
is now selling at %. has caused COM
ment In the financial district. Some
interest apparently is willing to take
all the preferred stock offered at %.
Several thousand shares have
changed hands In recent weeks at
that quotation. and the demand Is
still unsatished. say those who fol-
low the trend of the market. Prac-
tically all the preferred stock traded
In during the last few weeks has
been bought by one house. and that
house is known TO be close to J. z.
Aldred and associates.
Although not word has ever
come from Mr.. Aldred relative to ac-
QUESTION Of the W.. r. and A. Rail
way stock. II Is no secret in the fl =
nancia1 district that the power mag
nate has acquired a substantial stock
ownership in the company. and 1t Ia
believed ne is still adding 10 his
holdings.
Recently a new Richmond firm has
appeared in the field as a buyer, or
rather bidder. for the common stock.
This firm was a heavy seller of the
stock few months ago. IT is now
bidding for the stock. but up TO
this time has not been successful in
corralling many shares at that price
The only explanation for the in
vestment and stocks Is that they are
being accumulated to turn the road
over to another company. The name
of the New York Central has been
mentioned frequently in this connec.
tion.
Certainly the shares are not beins
bought in anticipation of resumption
Of dividends on the preferred stock
since earnings at the present time
are barely sufficient to pay interest
on funded debt.
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SPRING TRUCK LOWER.

Early April markets closed lower on
nearly all the Spring truck crops.
either as a. result Of heavier arrivals
or depression caused by inferior stock.
the Department of Agriculture reports
today. Cold weather hindered trading
to some extent.
Onions and sweet potatoes were
rather unsettled. and apple prices
showed little change. Cabbage again
advanced at Texas shipping points.
and the fob. prices of potatoes were
irregularly higher, with sensational
gains in northern Maine.
Eastern potato markets were strong.
but the middle West weakened
Strawberries advanced under the
limited supplies: the Louisiana crop,
however, soon will be abundant.
Lettuce shipments increased sharply
In consequence of renewed activity IN
Arizona and the imperial valley, but
the combined movement Of % products
decreased to 12.150 cars.
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COTTON ADVANCES
ON WEATHER NEWS
Relatively Steady Liverpool
Cables Another Factor in
Staples Rise.


NEW YORK, April cotton fu-
lures opened steady; May, 1872: July,
1925: October. 1852; December, 1928;
January, 17.15. The market was steady
at an advance of to points In re-
sponse to relatively steady Liverpool
cables and an unfavorable weather
map. Increased commission house de-
mand as well as covering and trade
buying carried prices up to 1885 for
May and 1853 for October before the
end OF the first hour, or about Is to Is
points net higher.
The weekly report of the Weather
Bureau was mixed. saying that the
early crop was making good progress
In extreme south Texas, but poor else
where, with planting backward and
termination unsatisfactory.
Private cables attributed the ad-
vance in Liverpool TO trade2 calling
covering and continental buying.
New Orleans Quotations.
NEW ORLEANS April P).--Cot
ton futures opened steady; May, 1901
July. 1856: October, 1890: December
1894: January u920, 1891 bid. The
cotton market was firm owing to a
combination of bullish influences, in
cluding better cables than due, an un
favorable weekly weather report and
bdd weather In the belt. AS result
first trades showed gains of 8 to 10
points, and although prices declined
after the call they soon rallied, May
trading to 1919. July to 17.74 and
October to 1896, or ID to Is points
above yesterdays close. At the end
Of the first halfhou of trading the
market was steady and within a few
points of the highs. The weather con
tinued the dominating influence in the
market.
Cotton Steady at Noon.
NEW ORLEANS, April CP),-Cot-
ton futures, noon.--BidS steady: May
1907: July, 1855; October, 1886; De-
cember, 1888; January, 1856.
NEW YORK, April 7 P'.-Cotton
futures. As a.m.-Bids steady; May
1881; July, 1880: October, 1885; De
cember, 17.24; January. 17.17.
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SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
Celia Gibbs whose mother died when she
waa an infant 10 left an orphan at IA by
the death Of her father. Gibbs was an
artist. but he was known more for his eccen
tricities than for his paintings; He was OF
cold. brutal disposition. and treated his
Hilary Fraser. a. .dilettante bachelor of 3s
10 one of Gibbs few friends After the
artists death he is astonished to learn that
Gibbs has beaueathed to his care and harity
the orph aned Celia. Hilary's sister. Laura
Eversham. assumes the responsibility of
Celia's education. She places her, along with
her own daughter, In convent in France.
When the girls finish school Laura takes
Ter marries an Engljshman and goes abro sd
Shortly afterward Laura dies In despera-
ton over Celias situation. Hilary proposes
that she marry him In order that she may
1--we In his house with propriety.. She is sat
ished with the arrangement until she over.
hears Jome acQuaintances gossipfng about
her white marriage. and for the first tune
she learns that her father had left her pen
nj niss: e., and that she is LIVING on Hlarg
Lnovledge and she grows restless. When
Padraic OShea, young musician, pays hei
marked attention she is f1attered by It and
encourage him. He suggests that she d.
vorce Hilary and marry him, but this she
will not do. She tells Hilary that Padraic
wants to marry her. and he also suggests
that she divorce him: She is hurt at The he
asks her to take three days to think the
matter over before deciding what she shall
do. She tells Padraic that she will go away
WiLh hiId to Canada and then abroad.
Ccnfip,,o1 FROM vastardav'S Sfarl
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Then Donovan has an eye for fine
touches that didn't credit her with, I"
said Hilary, still pleasantly. though
Celia's tone had been anything but
pleasant.
1T was not Donovan, either" she
vouchsafed in the same rigid voice.
Then he realized and knew she had
meant him to realize that it was Pa
draic O'Shea who had added the fine
touch. .-
Celia would have been more indig-
nant than ever could she have known
the true effect of her tiny dart upon
him. He felt genuine regret, not be-
cause Padraic O'Shea had stuck flow
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Mayan History Mysterious.

One of the greatest mysteries of the
Mayan civilization of Central America,
which dates back at least several
thousand years, was its calendar. As
early as 900 AID. these people had a
we'll organized method of reckoning
time and the problem of adjusting the
length of the year to the uneven mum.
ber of days which II contained had
been solved. The complete Mayan
calendar Is capable of fixing any given
date exactly and uniquely in a period
of over Ave million years.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
BY WILLIAM r. HEFFERNAN.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April THE point of
. most significance about dealings on
, the Curb Exchange today WIS that
the volume of business had fallen off
to point where the market had be-
come comparatively dull. This has re-
suited from failure of the outside pub
lie to come in. despite the recent
drastic fall in prices. At times the
stock recording instrument was at
a standstill No disposition was shown
IN the part of the professional element
inclined to the short side to renew
operations. Outside sentiment. II any.
thing. favored the side Of higher
prices.
This was evident by <he fact that
the line Of least resistance lay in the
buying side, and although price
changes IN most instances were
small they were generally higher.
Among high-priced speciaities Fajar-
do Sugar furnished a feature. ad-
vancing points or so following de:'
laration OF the regular quarterly
dividend. However. this action was
NEW YORK, April 7.-Following
is an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb Mar
ket today.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
Handshaking Is Passing.

Some large business organizations.
as well as the Soviet officials in Rus
sia, have started a movement to do
away. with the custom of shaking
hands as one that takes unnecessary
time and being mea ningless. How
ever others, pointing to the origin Of
the custom. maintain 1t is one that
should be preserved. II Is said that
the custom arose out OF the primitive
mems habit of shifting their spears to
the left hand and extending the right
20 show EooC Will
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WASHINGTON Stock Exchange

SALES.
at ioot. $500 at 1907. 50: 500 q lQ0h;
Potomac AZ E,ec; sFosSs r. Is 41-s5.ooo at
potomar Fiee' Pow pfd.-. At 1854,
Potomac Elec. Pow. pfd. int. ctf.--3 At
Washington Gas Lght-e At 80. 4 Al
aia 20 az 6eIa 3 at 6eis, at 90 y. 10
at 69ls.
AFTER CALL.
Continental Trust. Colo at loe;
Lanston Monotype--3 at 81 u. 2 At 81.
Money--Call loans. and per csnt.
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PATHE EXCHANGE INCOME.

NEW YORK. April Cp,.-Net in.
come OF Pathe Exchange. Inc. for
1928 totaled 81, ,431.757, equivalent. after
preferred dividends, to $7.67 share
on the common stock compared with
SI,312,S09, or 81 a share, In 1924.
Evening star., 1926-04-07

A FTER another considering look
~ at Celia's small face, cold and
~ hard as bisque between the
y two orchids that so perfectly
matched her gown, Hilary de-
cided to speak trivially, as II there
we're nothing unusual in the air.
II like so much the way you've set
those orchids over your ears" he said.
They're most becoming"
I'm glad they please you." returned
Celia, but ] did not put them there. "
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Potato Market Stronger.

Potatoes-Supplies moderate; de
mand moderate. market stronger:
Michigan, l50.lb. sacks Russet Rurals.
L. S. No. 1. s.25aS.50: mostly S.25:
Maine, 150-lb. sacks Irish Cobblers. L.
s. No. |. s.75.
Spinach-Supplies moderate: de-
mand moderate. market slightly
weaker: Texas. hushel ha slletS. Savoy
type, 9oal.10: ordinary quality low
as IS. Virginia. Norfolk section.
cloth.top veneer barrels. Savoy type.
some slack pack. 1.5oa2 90; few best,
%.
awberries--Supplies light; de-
mand moderate. market stronger;
Florida, pony refrigerators best.
mostly, 60: 32-Quart crates. wide
range in prices, 3oa6o, according TO
condition.
Caulifiower-Supplies light; de-
nland moderate market firm: Cali
fornia, crates. 2.40ao.50: Oregon.
pony crates. Broccoli. some fair con-
dition. 2.25a2.4o
Tomatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate. market steady: Flor
ida, skies. ripes and turning.
wrapped. originals. fancy count. $50
a7.0o: choice count. 5.50a6.0O: Cuba.
Span cartons. repacked, ripes,
wrapped. 2.76.
String beans--Supplies light; de-
mand moderate. market dull: Florida,
7s-bushel hampers. green. $50: some
ordinary quality and condition. 2.o0a
$50.
Peppers-Supplies light: demand
moderate market steady: Cuba. pep
per crates. fancy stock. fair quality,
500; choice, 4.50.
Eggplant-Supplies light: demand
,Hn
per crates, fancy. 700.
Beets-Supplies light: demand
mod crate, market steady: Texas,
bushel baskets. punched. 2.50a2.65.
Carrots-Supplies light; demand
moderate. market steady: Texas.
bushel baskets, punched, best. most
", 2.25; some fair quality. 200.
Evening star., 1926-04-07
INSTALLMENT XLVIII.
A Bitter Misunderstanding.

Continued from Yesterdays Star.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, October Up UNITED
States Department of Agriculture
Hogs-ReCeipts. 5000 head market
fully steady with best time Yesterday
top. 1890 bulk desirable 10 to 27O
pound averages, 13.35a13.S0: few good
200 pound butchers around 1925: most
packing sows, 11.25a12.25: strong
weight slaughter pigs. mostly 12.25a
1e.75; shippers took 1000: estimated
holdover, 1000: heavyweight hogs.
u 60a13.S0; medium, 13.25a1S 90
light, 1375al3.S5; light light. 11.75a
1910; packing sows, 10.75al2 So
slaughter pigs. 11.65a13.0O.
Csttle-Receipts. 500 head native
receipts around II 900 head: less than
previous week; Western graSsers. at
$4,000 head, largest of season: fed
steers and Yearlings. mostly Is to 40
higher: YearlngS and lightweight
steers up most; heavy. fat steers and
plain short fed still at 25 to IS un-
der Nighttime of previous week: best
yearlingS. this week. at 124O: highest
of year: fat. she stock. 10 to IS lower:
all cutters around 25 higher: bulls.
steady: Veals and calves. % to so
higher, tops for week: yearlinSS. - 40:
heevies. l1.6o; grass slaughter steers.
e?5.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000 head: odd
lots of natives around 1900; steady:
c,ills. $50 for week, IA 900 head di-
rect and 367 doubles from feeding
stations: fat lambs. % to 20 lower:
yearling wethers and feeding lambs,
30 TO 75 lower; Gull lambs. IS or more
lower; sheep, mostly steady; week s
top fat range lambs. 1885: fat natives.
1875; fat yearling wethers. 11.00: fat
ewes, 6.75; range feeding lambs, 1885.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
WHEAT PRICE HEAVY
IN CLOSING DEALINGS
Values Give Away Rapidly in Final
Trading of Prospect Of Visible
Supply Gain.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 2.-PrOspects
that the Canadian wheat visible sup
ply total on Monday will be enlarged
as much as 100000 bushels did
good deal today to send wheat values
lower Closing quotations on Wheat
were heavy at, q to | a cents net De
cline. whereas corn showed Ia TO @s
cents advance, with oats unchanged
to 81 cent up. Provisions hnlshed
unchanged to 80 cents down.
Wheat prices gave way rapidly at
the last, demand proving limited when
traders who earlier had been buyers
attempted to realize profits. Some of
this earlier purchasing of wheat was
due to reports that rain was again
threatening in Canada, but aggres-
sive corn buying on the part of spec
ulators was more largely responsible
for temporary strength which at one
stage developed in the wheat market
On the whole, however, weather CON
ditions in Canada appeared to have
become a good deal improved and TINS
circumstance. together with Likelihood
of a big increase of the Canadian Vlsi-
BILE supply figures dominated the mar
ket at the finish.
Corn scored liberal gains for the
day, although best prices were shaded.
Eastern houses were credited with
much of the buying of corn, and in
this connection belief was expressed
in some quarters that political inter
eSts which were reported as having
been recent active purchasers of
wheat had now taken a hand in sup
porting corn. At any rate, wave of
buying orders in~the corn pit today
quickly absorbed the surplus offerings
and brought about a sharp upturn in
price, notwithsta anding that weather
conditions were somewhat better.
Oats sympathiZed with corn.
With only moderate selling, pro-
visions showed a disposition to sa &
as a result of lack of support.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
DEMAND FOR MORTGAGE MONEY
UNABATED DESPITE BIG BUILDING
Hieh Cost of Construction Makes 1t Diff
cult to Secure General Scale Reduc-
ton nRents-Financial Notes.

two. including savings banks. for all
banks are doing a commercial busl-
ness these days and the strictly saw
inss bank is a rare spectacle.
Phe American Bankers Association
convention opens tomorrow morning
i'm Los Angeles, and branch banking
will be cussed and discussed at great
length.
The fear of it's opponents that this
system will bring about a situation
in this country. like banking in Eu-
rome. is not we'll founded. The branch
banks in existence. with the eXcep-
ton of the great Bank of Italy sys-
tenn, have not proved so successful as
to lead one to fear great expansion.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
WOOD FLOUR IMPORTED.

NEW YORK. October 2 CP.-Ap-
proximately 12.OO0, 900 pounds of wood
flour is imported annually from Eu-
rope into the United States, says
report of the National Committee on
Wood Utilization, its uses ranging all
the way from dolls to dynamite. New
uses are constantly being developed
and it promises to become an impor-
tant industrial product and profitable
economic solution for the disposal of
material heretofore frowned upon.
Wood flour Is made from sawdust,
shavings and other mill waste. re-
garded in this country as a liability
and a fire hazard. While American
operators are spending money to dis
pose of this class of material Euro
pean lumber manufacturers are con
verting it into wood -four and selling
it at a profit in this country.
Evening star., 1926-10-03

Prevailing interest and commisslon:
Joseph l. Weller 4sS s!sy wasa 9th 7; NV: N.W:
Evening star., 1926-10-03
LARGEST SEPTEMBER.

CHICAGO, October 2 CP).-Septem-
ber was the largest September in the
history of the Nash Motors Co.. both
as to sales and production, said a
statement today by Z. Fl. McCarty,
general sales manager September
business brought the total volume of
Nash sales and production for the
nine months of 1926 up to 111,965
cars, as contrasted to 75,347 for the
same period in 1925. which was the
biggest previous Nash year." the
statement said.
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RECORD PRODUCTION.

NEW YORK, October CP.-Gulf
Oil Corporation is assumed to have
established a record in production of
crude oil per acre for the country
during the period from June 80 to Oc-
tober / from it's six acres of produc-
ing territory in the Spindletop field.
Estimated output was 100000 bar
rels, production about $4,000 barrels
per acre for the period. The acreage
is still producing at the rate of 25,O0O
barrels daily.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
BOND DEPOSIT URGED.

NEW YORK, October 2 (P).-Hold-
ers of the Iowa Central Railway Co.
first mortgage per cent 50-year
bonds are urged by the protective
committee, of which George E. Rosse-
welt is chairman, to deposit promptly
all bonds in order to give the commit
tee the support of as many bond
holders as possible.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
INITIAL DIVIDENDS.

NEW YORK, October 2 CP).-Initial
dividends of 1919 cents a share on the
common stock of Pacific Coast Biscuit
Co. and 43a4 cents a share on the
preferred were declared today. pay
a able November / to holders of rec
ord October Is.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
The Hull Amendments.

Members of the legislative commit
tee of the American Bankers Associa-
ton were perfectly willing to accept
the McFadden measure with the Hull
amendments, rather than see the
whole business transferred to fu-
ture session.
The objection of the members of the
committee to the Hull amendments
were founded entirely in the fact that
they prohibited national banks from
operating branches in States where
the law did not offer this right to
state institutions. without the proviso
that in the event of State banks be-
ing given branch bank rights Ma
tional banks would be entitled to the
same privileges.
1t seems most logical and reason
able that national banks should not
be given any rights in preference
over State institutions, and likewise
.there should be equality between the
Evening star., 1926-10-03
STEEL SCRAP REDUCED.

NEW YORK, October 2 C0.-A re-
duction of so cents a ton in steel scrap
prices Is reported from the Pittsburgh
district. heavy melting steel now rang.
ing from SIT to $3.50 ton.
Evening star., 1926-12-05

ton may be obtained in regard to an
itinerary of the sacred places In the
midlands associated with the begin
nings of the Washington, Franklin
and Adams families.
The officers of the national society
in New York City, in addition to the
president. John w. Bavis. include
such we'll known public and literary
men as DIR. Edwin A. Alderman. presi-
dent of the University of Virginia:
Paul d. Cravath, Otto H. Kahn and
George Haven Putnam Of New York
City; Robert S. Brookings of st. Louis.
Myron r. Herrick of Cleveland, now
Ambassador to France; William Law
renee of Boston, G. G. Moore of San
Francisco as vice presidents. and
George W. Wickersham. formerly At
torney General. as chairman of the
board of directors. Others on the
board are Matthew Page Andrews of
Baltimore. Frederic A. Delano of this
city, Allen Forbes of Boston, A. n.
Marquis and Frank Fl. Scott of Chi
cago. Charlton Yarnall of Philadel-
phia, and from New York City Mrs
Evening star., 1926-12-05

More than 10000 members are en-
rolled in the National English-Speak-
ing Union and several times the head
quarters have been moved in New
York City to more spacious apart
ments. At present these are situated
in 10 West Forty-fourth street, a few
doors from Fifth avenue, and here
may be found every convenience of an
exclusive club. reading rooms and an
information bureau. There is hospi.
tality committee which looks after
every need of the visitor. and they are
always asked to meet as many of the
national officers as possible and to
have tea or dinner with some mem
bers of the society. One of the largest
and busiest committees In New York
deals with planning and extending
courtesies to members who may be
travelling in this country or contem-
plating a trip 10 England or the prov
inces. Headquarters are maintained
in we'll known places where tourists
congregate - Chester, Stratford. OK
ford and various spots in London. In
these places the most minute informa-