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Evening star., 1926-11-16
Rainent.

IN ELLA BURTON made a motion
- with her hand and Nurse
Avery. ever on the watch.
IL bent over the bod
Il believe my time is near"
Bella said. She looked up into the
large kindly face of the younger
woman. Nurse Avery took one OF
Bella'e thin hands and stroked It
sympathiZinsly She pushed back tho
white hair from Bellas forehead as
caressingly as II her patient We're
child instead or an old woman of 20
whose feet were approaching the
border line. Il have no further use
for raiment." BELLA went on in her
small voice. "1ou NAV put all my
things together and send them to the
Charity Rummage sale. DO il ~ once
please, while ! can know about II. ="
She closed her eyes and turned her
face away. do il at once, please, -
she repeated.
Nurse Avery sighed. She was a
good. common. substantial soul, whose
coarser fiber bent to tho finer quail
ties of the other woman. She sighed
again and went into the next room
to do Bella s bidding.
From closet hooks she took down
Bella q dresses. those black we'll worn
dozen times. From hat boxes she
took headgear. also black and pa
thetically shabby. From bureau
drawers she took other clothing and
ranged II all in neat pile. From
mothproof bag she took two coats.
heavy and light, and added them to
the assemblace NJ articles. An oc-
casional tear fell upon the pile. 1t
was not an easy thing To do to give
lat. l.
ing that she would have no further
use for IT, Besides. Nurse Avery
really loved Bella Burton She had
had many patients hut none So ap-
pealing as this little old gentlewoman.
Meanwhile Bella lay on her he'd in
her large old-fashioned room waiting,
as she believed. for summons. She
had nothing else to wait for. She was
20, alone in the world with no interest
In life. Her money WAS almost gone.
If she hurried mp her going. il could
he made to last as long as she did
She strongly desired to leave no debts
behind her.
Well. that's done" Nurse Avery
said, entering. II put them all in a
big packing box and telephoned over
to the salesroons and they sent
man right over after therl.'" ="
Hey Ie All gone ftlHt ill4ulFHU
family.
All gone. my dear And now it's
time for your broth.
Il don't think care for any broth.
thank YOU" Bella said.
oh, but you must ca. something"
urged Nurse Avery. She went to
prepare the broth. Rella had no in
clination for the broth. Her clothes
We're gone, she had only her night
gown and little gray hue-me-tight
about her shoulders. She smiled faint
ly to herself.
Steps approached. It was Nurse
Avery with the broth. Bella opened
her eyes. She noticed the emptiness
Of the womans hands and the troubled
look on her face.
My dear. you've got company.
There's somebody come to see you"
she said.
Company! When had Bella ever had
Evening star., 1926-11-16

Lucy stood at the foot Of the bed
holding up a garment of pink silk
and lace and ribbon.
Here's your nightgown. Bella" she
said. "Pink's cheerful. Put it on her,
nurse. And add that-and that" She
flung a pink quilted bed jacket
and an astonishing cap after the gar
ment. They were put upon Bella be-
fore she scarcely had time to gasp.
"I've been getting you some new
clothes. Bella" Lucy said. Look at
this now" She held up a shimmering
pink neglige And see this little
dress. l took a chance on it's fitting"
"A dress" whispered Bella. She
raised up in bed to look, she who
had been lifted for a week. why,
don't want any raiment, Lucy. I'm
done with raiment"
Evening star., 1926-11-16

away in preparation for her passing.
There was something stimulating
about Lucy, who was -itdidn't seem
possible-just the age of herself.
Also. there was something inspiring
in that rose and something refreshing
in the sight Of the food. Bella was
astonished to find that her mouth
actually watered for a strawberry
you've done pretty WELL" Lucy said
when the meal was over. Now turn
over and take a nap. I've got a few
things to see to. You see, I'm going
to stay with you spell. Bella, so we'll
have plenty of time to talk.
With that dreadful gnawing gone
from the pit Of her stomach, Bella fell
asleep. She dreamed pleasantly and
awakened with a feeling of color and
beauty about her
Evening star., 1926-11-16

hand then indicated some order to
Nurse Avery. who stood staring at her
patient. Nurse Avery left the room
quickly.
A moment later she returned with
tray. Lucy took the tray herself.
On 1t was vase Of pink roses. She
placed this on the table beside the
bed. One long-stemmed beauty she
thrust into Bellas hand
'Creamed chicken and Strawberries
never hurt anybody" she said. II
brought them from home, Bella. and
you've got to make a meal You're
going to eat every bit of that chicken
II l have to hold your nose and feed
you with SPOON
1t was the old Lucy, and Bella
smiled. For moment she forgot
that she had just given her raiment
Evening star., 1926-11-16

She bent over and kissed Bella. Color
followed the caress upon Bella's thin
| cheek. II wasn't going to wait for
your nurse to find out whether you
| wanted to see me or not. l knew
you did she added.
"Of course" Bella looked into the
glowing face. They had been enemies
for 40 years. these twain. but they
met as friends. What brought you.
Lucy?' she asked.
"A desire to see you. | heard YOU
were sick. / knew you must have
forgiven me by this time" Lucy
F,imore laughed heartily. Resides. l
thought you'd probe hly outlived most
OF your old friends and would be
glad Of the sight of some one you used
TO know. even though she was your
worst enemy" She patted Rella's
Evening star., 1926-11-16

apparently mortal weakness with silk
negliges and howery hats instead of
pills and potions.
CRY away" Lucy Elmore said
cheerfully. You'll be laughing next.
All yon need Is good emotional stir.
ring up. You need an interest In
life. Bella. That's what you've lacked
this 90 years. IL we could have one
of our old time lights" She smiled.
"Of course that's out Of the question,
now we're friends again. So we'r have
to depend on raiment and other things
especially raiment." she added. as
she gave the glowing negligee a caper.
ish hirt and tossed the bright hat
within reach of Bella's slender. seek
ing and. yes, eager little hands.
THE End.
Evening star., 1926-11-16
"ch,,. ,,n", sn,nnad 1:uc,,

shut up"' snapped Lucy. eff you
don't wear this dress out I'll slap
you. I'm egoing to take you home
with me in about a week and you've
got to have something decent tS wear.
Here's your hat"' She set II pm her
head and twisted it about. ia was a
smother of roses and silver with
your hair marceled and a bit of
powder" she paused,
Bella had dropped back on she pill
low. She was crying. Lucy thrust a
pink handkerchief into her hand. 1t
smelled heavenly.
Over in the corner Nurse Avery
stood twisting her hands and staring
in amazement at the brisk woman.
whose ways were more effective than
professional skill and who treated an
Evening star., 1926-11-16
THE EVENING STORY

, company? The neighborS ran in to
see how she was. but there was no
! one els" to come. She wondered who
II could he as Nurse Avery smoothed
the counterpane and turned the pillow
! Then there was a movement at the
Gpor and woman entered. She was
rsc and rosy and handsomely dress
ed and faint sweetness of violet pre-
ceded her
P3'la Burton OF all things she
cried. For you to he lying abed on
beautiful April daN such as this.
The Washington times., 1926-07-22

Others believe that a separate
branch here-which would insure
complete independence from the
The Washington times., 1926-07-22
TWO GREFN|EN
co HENCE

The champion Griffmen lost two
members Of their outfit today. Curly
Ogden leaves tonight for New Or.
leans where he will report to Mana.
ger johnny Dobbs, of the Birming-
ham Barons. He goes to Birming-
ham under option Of return and
Bucky Harris expects to exercise
that option, figuring that Ogden will
find himself with the Barons just
as he did q year ago with Chat
tanooga.
Horace Red" Mcbride. the Mas.
silon, Ohio. semi-pro, has been turned
over to the Parksley, Va, club in
the Eastern Shore League, where hi
is expected to acquire needed polish
The Washington times., 1926-07-22
OVER
WithLonisAD on!gher
THEY SLIDE BACK RAPIDLY

Simmons, with batting average Of 1886 voted the
Mackens player enthusiastic him
automobile predicted that this he would be voted
player the league Yesterday he benched
hitting and Indifferent fielding"
this Shbe
boong Simmons the roughnecks the upper tier
hurled violent the plate
Youngsters home soued the fans
too said that the public resented large head Sim
was showing seed the youngster
up balloon and he unbearabe anyway that the story
Simmons changed PLAYER the winter
The Washington times., 1926-07-22

of the Mackmen to take the lead
and maintain it may be traced to
this disorganized condition among
the players. When the curtain
rose the AS looked most for
midable. They are still very much
in the race. But they have failed
to produce the brand Of baseball
OF which they were considered
capable and Connie Mack may
have to shatter his machine in
order to perfect it.
Look at Eddie Moore
IN the 1925 world series Pirate
= fans went wild over Eddie
Moore, their star second baseman.
Recently he was benched and fined
500 for indifferent playing" and
has now been slipped to the Bos-
ton Braves at the waiver price of
$4,000.
Moore played great ball in the
field against the American League
titleholders, but his hitting was
light, .231 for the seven games.
It was his good fortune to win
the deciding game with a home
run and all Pittsburgh acclaimed
him the greatest second base
man" in the big leagues. That
was last October.
July, 1925, finds him gone to
the lowly Braves, with the VEN
cradle Johnny Rawlings placed at
second in his stead.
They slide back rapidly.
Now for GOslin
TN October, 1924, Goose Goslin's
4 name was on the lips of nine
men out of ten. Wasn't he the
smuggling star of the Washington
triumph over the New York
Giants in the world series?
"Come on, Goose!" became
slogan carrying all through the
1925 campaign.
The Washington times., 1926-07-22

stupidity Of the S. A.-would be
the means of reviving sports here.
Such course was mapped out,
and the responsible followers here
took the matter up with Balti-
more and New York. New York
passed the buck Baltimore, and
Baltimore, with its hand-picked
committees, fatty turned down the
proposal.
Since this A.. A. u. debacle has
been opened, scores Of letters have
been received in this office. To
quote them all is impossible. just
as a sample, though, one is pre-
scented. It is only a typical case.
IT was glad to read your story
in today's paper about the A. A. u.
lit is a mess.
I'm 1908 Jack KILLER was first
in an A. A. u. meet in Conven-
ton Hall and the judges didn't
see hirns He was not even placed.
That was in the so yard dash.
"In one instance / was in a
so yard dash with a yard handi-
cap and was disqualified, for a
reason I never learned, by the
A. A. U. I repeat, it is a mess"
The. letter is signed and dated,
and is being held in this office.
The Washington times., 1926-07-22

mated BY Frank Dolp. OF Portland
Greg. one up In 10 holes: Chick
Evans. Chicago winner Of u major
golf championships in the United
States, lost to Art Vera, Mime
apolis youth; Kenneth HIseTt. Big
Ten champion, eliminated JiE1nly
Nanion, Of st. Louis, three and
two; Jimmy Ward, OF Kansas City.
defeated DR.. o. II. willing, OK Port.
land. Greg, three and two. and
Bin Medart, Cs St. Louis. won from
Al. L. Miller. Of Chicago, one up
in 10 holes.
or the eight remaining In the
championship fight three are froq
the Pacific coast, one from Kansa
city, one Ii from st. Louis. on
from Minneapolis and two are from
Chicago.
The Pairings for today are
Ben Stein, Seattle w. Art Tverr3
Minneapolis.
Frank DoIp. Portland. Greg. VI
Chuck Hunter, Tacoma.
william Medart, st. Louis.
Rudy Knepper, Chicago.
Kenneth Hisert. Chicago. VI
James g. Ward, Kansas City.
The Washington times., 1926-07-22
UPSETS MARK
WESTERN

WHITE BEAR LAKE, Mimi,
July 22.-Upsets galore marked the
first day Of medal play IN the
Western Minnesota golf tourna.
ment here when Chick Evans.
Jimmy Johnston, Keefe Carter, de-
tending champion, Russ Martini
runner-up to Carter last year st
Detroit. and Dexter Cummirls. Tor.
nler intercollegiate champion, end
Eddie Held, present trans-M issis'
sippi champion, fell by the way
side IN one Of the most startling
SUGGESTIONS OF upsets that has ever
been known.
Jimmy Johnston, Of the White
Bear Club, who had been toutea
as q possible winner, was elimi-
The Washington times., 1926-07-22
BoIen Back at Tulsa

Stuart Boien, young left-hander
is back with the Tulsa Club. He
was transferred there by the st.
Louis Browns. when. turned back
BY the Buffalo Club of the Inter.
national League. Bolen was one
of the best Ieft-handers in the
league last season, prior TO being
sold to the Browns, and on his
return should help the Oilers pen
nant chances greatly.
The Washington times., 1926-07-22

And those three sports are the
heaIthiest I'm the city. The sand
lots are busy with basebalb
basketball and football-the LAT.
ter two. of course, in the fan
and winter.
The Washington times., 1926-07-22
new BLOOD
I5A. A. j.
NEED

Otherwise peaceful residents OF
The Capital fly into torrid tempera-
lures simply and without prelin1i-
nary warming up by the mere men,
ton of the South Atlantic branch
of the Amateur Athletic Union.
Honest Woodworking Washington
ians. in all walks OF life, like moth
ing better than airing their griev-
ances--and they are legion-against
the Baltimore nincompoops.
The South Atlantic branch OF
the A. A. q. is supposed to control
amateur track and field, amateur
swimming. amateur basketball. ana
that is about all. It is supposed TO
control other sports, but the lead.
ers in other sports have seen the
ainf1uence Of the 8. A. on other
sports and have cut shy.
sandIot baseball is one sport that
VIII have nothing to do with the
wise men in Baltimore, home OF the
IS. Al al A. u. Football is without
their realm. and sandlot basketean
has cast away any OF their niunoe1-
Ing actions.
And those three sports are the
EeaItFiesk I'm the city. The sand
lots are busy with DaseDalL,
haskefbaII and fOOtbalI-the lat
Ter two, of course, in the fan
and winter.
Track and swimming, two OF the
most appealing of outdoor sports,
have died down to a wither under
the Jurisdiction of the South Al
. The odd part about 1t is this:
other branches Of the A. A. Y. re-
eard the south Atlantic as joke.
T T1- have openly declared them
selves to that effect. One or the
III, men of the medal trust, when
.;s closely allied with the A. 4. u.
was the author Of a pertinen!s
every on the matter. He guyeo
ts,a RaItimoreans openly, and they
s1 ts. at his funny sallies. Either
49, we're foo dumb TO get Wnat
- meant or they were clever
.e .r to affect an innocent AR.
seSUhaf IL your idea or 1nstruc-
se,va criticism Of the South AT
iantic A. A. U.?" one man mere
was asked.
he didn't ponder a minute.
aKiclx out all those Baltimore
neonIe. and put some one IN
rff;re with some brains, Initiative
and foresight. The South AT
Ianfic organization Is lne1Ilclent
and incompetent from the cnalr.
men down to the connnttee'
men"
others believe that a separate
trench here-which would insure
romnIete independence from the
The Washington times., 1926-07-22
A No-Hit Game

The first no-hit, no run game of
the Eastern Shore League season
was turned in by Crawford Of
Parksley, with Easton on the losing
end. Seven Easton player reached
first base, due to five walks, one
hit batsman and an error.
The Washington times., 1926-07-22

hy actually playing. He also goes
Under option.
In order to obtain General
CroWder from Birmingham Ogden
had to be included In the deal.
Johnny IIobbs refused 70 consider
turning over his star tWirler unless
Ogden joined the BaronA President
Griffith has now completed the
Crowder deal.
Mcbride is too young to break in
at once with big league team but
lie shows signs Of developing and q
heavy c1rd is attached to him.
The Washington times., 1926-07-22

R. ]. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston Salem, N G
The Washington times., 1926-07-22
Reds Ruy Pitcher

Cincinnati has purchased Pitcher
Wykoff, young highlander,
from the Salina Club of the South
western League. He will finish the
season with Salina and report in
the spring.
The Washington times., 1926-07-22

No ball player can afford to
swell up over his monetary sue
cess. The same public which
lifted him to the throne can tear
him down.
Babe Ruth was once crowned
with a silver crown at the Polo
Grounds. Within a year he had
to chase an insulting fan through
the stand.
Al Simmons is a young man.
He was % years old on May 20
and this is his third year in the
big show. He may be pardoned
for believing the boosts showered
upon him last season. He will
be wiser than most if he learns
something from his present situa-
ton.
A big Lacquer usually hops to
the top in rapidfire fashion. The
descent is equally rapid. Sim
mons was the "most valuable"
Mackmen in 1925. Now he is
benched for eight hitting and in
different fielding"
There is a lesson in this for
every player in baseball.
The Washington times., 1926-07-22
AS Are Fighting

al are c1BnGAH8
CLUBHOUSE gossips have chat
" tered for weeks concerning
the fighting among the Mackmen.
Simmons, by the way, was one
Of the participants in a big rough
house at Shibe Park this spring.
Philadelphia sports writer's kept
silent about it, if they knew of
it, but all the players in the
league knew about the scrap and
the why of it.
The Mackmen have been torn
apart by religious feuds all year,
according to the players on other
clubs. So long as the contests
consisted wholly of "jawbone exer-
else" all was well. But when
fists began flying, the morale of
the club began fading. There
isn't much left of it now.
1t is possible that the failure
, 1926-09-07
LOCAL

The s. $. Haiti" sailed from New
York on Saturday evening, the 4th inst
having 81 tons Of cargo for this island.
The s. S. "CorpeIia" after loading
5000 bags sugar from the St. Croix
Sugar Factory left here at LIS on Satur-
day afternoon for Frederiksted at winch
port She loaded 1900 bags from the La
Grange Sugar Factory and sailed for
New York at midnight on Sunday,
The S. S. catherine" from Porto Rico
via st. Thomas arrived at Frederlksted
on Saturday afternoon with the usual
weekend mail and the following paSsen-
gers from Porto Rico:-Fernando Vlnas.
William Clother, Rofno Ruiz, Rafael
Ruiz, Andrew J. BIackwood, John +.
Volk, Luis D. Malta, Colin c. MacRae.
June MacRae, Colin Mackae, Jr., Otto
, 1926-09-07

Espersen, Rosalia Benjamin and agatha
Bennett. The ship. called at this port at
s o'clock on Sunday morning and after
discharging 80 tons Of cargo sailed on
the return trip at ? .. m, with the out
going mail and the following passengers:
For St. Thomas--MadeIine johnson, Jane
Warner. Aubrey Prince, G. Houston,
d. H. Jackson, Edith Williams and Mary
Adams For San Juan, P. R-Ruino
Ruiz. Rafael Ruiz, Colin McRae, June
McRae. Colin McRae Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Backwood and children. Revd.
Lindke.
, 1926-09-07

Sixth and eighth races by D. Warmers
iron cream ''Speedhome'.
Seventh race by V. Gibbs bay stallion
Come And See Me-.
Between the advertised races Mr.. G.
Pentheny's famous Bone Dice took
quite an exciting part, winning as usual
all races he entered into.
, 1926-09-07

The meeting held yesterday in ST.
Narv's School, House by the Home Ser
Vice Committee Of the American Red
Cross was very interesting. The Chair
MN. Mr.. r. w. Skeoch called the meet.
ing to order, and I'M q few well chosen
words introduced the first speaker Mrs.
G. EsDers4n. This lady gave a briIIi-
ant account Of the good the Red Cross is
doing in this island, many OF the things
are not generally known. On the con.
cIusi9n of her address she received
hearty applause from the audience. The
next speaker was the Hon. Il. Berg,
his address on the activities OF the
American Red Cross was also very
interesting. The Chairman then intro
duced Rev. Father Clair, 9. S. S.. r.,
who. in his usual eloquent style made a
strong appeal to the people TO support
the American Red Cross in these Islands
for the wonderful work that is being
donc right here. He also reviewed the
GOOD work that is carried on by the Navy
doctors and nurses in the hospitals.
At the conclusion of Father Glars adj
dress the Chairman asked II anyone 10
the audience would like to say a Few
words. Miss CIaudina Simpson, a mem
ber of the A. M. E. Church took the oD.
D9rtunity to say a few words in appfecla-
ton of the Red Cross. The Native Brass
Band rendered some lively music. The
meetings was brought to a close with the
Stars Spangled Banner played by the
band. Support the American Red Cross.
Enroll now.
, 1926-09-07

The races held yesterday at Est. Jeru.
salem race track was favored with good
weather and admirably behaviour which
added much to the enjoyment of the day.
The races resulted as follows:
The first and second races were won
by b. Newton's bay mare "Steamline"
fhird race by V. Harris bay mare
'Jazzy Girl"
Fourth race by c. Paul's iron grey
stallion Dandy Coon.
Fifth race by A. Aliens bay geIdinG
"SkyIight''. %
, 1926-09-07

quite an exciting part, winning oS usual
all races he entered into.
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New York.-Supplement Of Justice
filed bv Jack Pempsey's Attorney Tor
two warrants of attachment obtained by
Jack Kearns against money properly
which was won by Jack Dempsey. The
9ttacl nents with a suit for three hun
drpn thousand three hundred and thirty
al an L ,o,vLt ogoiort I3anlnGEV
, 1926-09-07

The Ever Ready c. C. defeated the
Dauntless C.. q. on the HoIger Danske
Ground yesterday afternoon by . runs.
The total scores were, Ever Ready lz3,
and Dauntless ll8 runs.
, 1926-09-07

RAINFALL ON ESTATES BELONG.
ING TO WEST INDIAN SUGAR
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
ALLEN WASHER \

military honors will mark the
funeral tomorrow OF Allen Washer,
10 be held from the home of his
Uncle. Nathan Williams, 1916 Kalo-
rama Rd. N w. Mr.. Washer, 81
years old, was a first-class seaman,
but in 1918 was stricken with the
disease from which he died yester-
day at the Naval Hospital. Follow.
ing the serviScs at 1880 O'Clock, the
body will be removed to Arlington
Cemetery for burial in a sailors
yfaye. Elmer Baldwin, leader of
The First Church Of Christ Scien.
fists, will officiate. Beside his uRcle
and aunt, Mr.. aid Mrs. Nathan Viii
lian1s, the deceased is survived by
hla wife, Florence Wayland Washer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-29
MRS. ANNE e. TAYLOR

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
r.. Taylor, widow of the Rev. j.
Anderson Taylor, for quarter of
4 century pastor OF the Shiloh Bap-
list Church here, were held today
from the Trinity Baptist Church,
Thfrteenth and Corcoran streets,
N. w.
Al native of Richmond, born there
II 1853, Mrs. Taylor came to Wash.
iflgton with her husband in 1891.
six sons survive her: John A..
Harvey u. Arthur c., Joseph A..
Robert B. and David Eugene Tay.
lDr, and two daughters, Mrs. Julia
r. Nickens and Mrs. Annie Haw-
lSans. Interment was in Harmony
cemetery.