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Y VOW long she slept Richenda
never knew, nor could she
find what had Weakened her
so suddenly, brought her up
right in a sitting position
with the strange conviction that some
other living creature was apout ner
There had been that SOFT sWlshine
noise as her eyes came open' the Cat
tering of something in the doorway
Even as she bounded to her 1eei sne
heard it again, put out a quick nano
toward where she knew her rifle
would be. then, with little 1ndraWn
breath, felt carefully slowly, over the
ground about her. lingering every
inch of the spot where she had slept
moving on her knees through the
darkness as her hands paved over the
hardbaked earth. feeling, with worried
fingers, for the rifle that she could not
find-the rifle that, she realized SUD
IDENTIFY, must have been stolen from
her as she slept-coaxed from her
very arm.
She ran to the rough dark cloth cur
tain that covered the opening of the
hut, pulling it aside, wriggling her
body through the low aperture.
And, half way through, a firm hand
came upon her shoulder, low native
voice:
"Hapana. memsahib," it said.
No? Who dared to offer her the
word? She wriggled fiercely under
the restraining hand, seeking to free
herself. but slowly she was forced
hack into the darkness of the hut by
sheer strength Of the big muscled ma
tive who stood on midnight guard out
side her door.
no DENYING the command in his tone
She was to be prisoner! A defense
less prisoner, too, since, with stealthJ
cunning. they had relieved her Of the
rifle that had been her only means OF
projections!
She stood silently in the dark hut
as something Of her position came tt
her, then with stealthy movements
she probed a hole in the leafy wall op
posite the door and. peering out &c
the moonlit scene beyond, discovered
another silent form guarding the real
Of the place.
Obviously they meant that she
should not get away.
There was no more sleep for Richen
da that night. She sat on the bare
earth floor, hands clasped round hel
ankles. knees huddled up to her chin
viewing from all angles the dilemma
in which she found herself.
At times more reassuring attitude
Of mind came to. her. Maybe thes'
wild people were merely guarding he
against any marauder who nigh
steal around her hut. The Keniai
native, she knew, was a peaceabl'
creature. bearing much respect in hi
heart for the might of the white folk
who held his country. But, at thu
back OF all her brave self-assurance
came again the realization that the.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
The Misty Pathway
By FLORENCE RIDDELL
DIV TLONE1VIE N1DDEL
(Copxrikht 1926. BY Florence Riddell.)

had stolen into her tent and taken
her only means Of self-defense-the
rifle. That act she failed to explain
satisfactorily. 1t was sheer impu'
dence.
Dawn came at last. She was glad
when the cries of the brown babies,
the clatter of the. cooking pots. the
bleat Of goats and hens, freed again
from the huts they had shared
through the night hours, chased the
! silence of night away.
She walked outside into the pink
flushed morning. The natives gazed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
SYNOPSIS.

Richenda Peterson, London office Sir'
wins so. 900 pounds in newspaper, NO, contest
"a Of Air@a h%d the
adventure to her and she hooks l nassag 81 ar
braltar. Richenda goes off alone to- Inspect
the old town and is ane9sef ro Dy os
her fellow passengers. rescues her 1rohi Tie
man. ., .,o frst nerson
Rhsnda se q. i Brett FarWays
piorer whose face has haunted her dreams cams:
s sas is i WidSM @h 20 has a
her acquaintanse Mrs Dayenan,th s and on galr.
S ayS nS s.ped Kshend hs sS sG
into the interior. Richenda grows suspicious
0 Brett tells Richenda he loves he T;cb HE IL
moody and acts stranE ays Trough Rns the In.
'mae sa sstsefn he n' tells fHa %a%,
rhs Is me Creature at Of destiny consents Angus
BTods pays so surp sloS lie asks her to
com" to him if she ever needs his an, ndip; few
The srrfRSe ha is neF ovsrRears and
Lucille anarreling, Violently Lucille g rs rS'
rtn 6Te ,h aaa h Sis HIT MN % has
dead for time t frn, her. iuf Hrsaten
tau tsl, n Richsnda they have been lover. Brett
asks her what she will take c, Il aboSt
Lucille admits she ,T is IN to Eo Il Brett will
front tun @nmp f IN motor car in dazed she
re%emSeFs her p aryer TO to take er %
S reSts the Fairways. after discovering her ah
t fno sne r nsr 10 him
ra hn rs aS so he bundles her up in some
and carries ne9 to b sne IL called
aWay from the camp to aid wounded nunt NJ,
er and while he is gone Richenda makes I'LL
attempt to escape.
Continued from Thursdays starr
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OPERA TO BE SUNG.
wEAF to Give Daughter of the
Drum Major Wednesday.

The WEAF Light Opera Company
will present The Daughter of the
Drum Major" a radio version of La
File du Tambour ajor." Wednes-
day night at 3 o'clock.
The opera will be broadcast from
WFAF through WEEP, WGR. WTAG.
WCAE. WEI. WV KsD' WTAM
and WCSH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
CHANTERS TO RETURN.
Singers of Ararat Shrine Temple
Will Be Herd Wednesday.

The Ararat Shrine Temple chanters,
under the direction of Clarence D.
Sears, will return to WDAF on
Wednesday night, September Is. at 10
o'clock. This will be the chanters'
first appearance before the micro
phone at WDAF since last Spring.
The chanters are scheduled for one
concert each month to April, 1927, in
elusive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
"SCHOOL DAYS" PROGRAM
Staff of KNOX to Recall Childhood
Experiences Wednesday.

A presentation of "School Days"
will be given by the staff Of KNOX
next Wednesday night at $50 o'clock
The old, forgotten atmosphere of
reading and writing and arithmetic"
will be created over the air, with
songs and stories to remind listeners
of the happy days of carefree child
hood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
One.Act Radio Play.

A one-act play, THE Night Herd.
by Levi c. Ballou. will be presented
by the KNOX Players Saturday night.
September 4. THIS was the winner Of
the Hoover radio play cup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

500 round trip to Norfolk and Old
Point, via r.. F. & p, and Richmond,
account Labor day holiday. September
3-6. Consult ticket agents.-Adver-
tiSemenl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

The Ballad Monger," a play from
the French of De Banville by Arthur
Shirley will be the next dramatic Of
fertng from WGBS. which will be
broadcast Sunday at $50 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
WGY to Present Comedy.

The comedy. Tenants" will be
presented by the WGY Players. under
the direction o" Ten Eyck Clay, Fri
DAY night at WGY.
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WRC-RadiO Corporation of America
(i6Xl MeterSl

46S.J MeterS.)
$50 p.m.-"Automobile Headlights. y
by Frank A. PIN, State illuminating
engineer of Virginia.
$40 p.m.-Bible Talk by ID. Stewart
Patterson, teacher, Mems Bible Class,
Brightwood NJ. r. Church, under the
auspices of the Organized Bible Class
Association.
6:55 p.m.--Base ball scores.
p.m.-Irving Boernstein's Hotel
Washington Orchestra.
7:25 p.m.-Final outdoor New York
Philharmonic Concert, Willem Won
HoOgstraten, conductor, broadcast
with stations WIZ and WGY from
the Lewisohn Stadium in New York.
Program follows: Overture to "Wil-
liam Tenn" Rossinf: bridal song, "1n
the Garden" from Rustic wedding
symphony" G.. Goldmark; PolovetZ-
khan dances. from Prince Igor
Borodin; symphony No. !, in G minor.
B.ahms.
$50 p.m.-F'reddie Rich and his
Hotel Astor Orchestra broadcast with
station WIZ from New York.
1890 p.m.-Kitt Hour of Music.
1915 to IL p.m.-Organ recital, by
Otto +. Beck. broadcast from Gran.
dalls TivOli Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

Federal railways of Austria are
having record-breaking business, al
though the country has an economic
slump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

one bound, fingers dug deep into her
palms, eyes wide with amazement.
Was there no escaping this man?
Continued in Tomorrows Starr
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RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT.

Final outdoor New York
Philharmonic concert. WRC
and WIZ, us to 9:30 O'Clock.
Dance program by the Wash
inston Novelty String Orches-
ira. WMAL. ] o'clock.
Vaudeville program by ~.
ZONES Merrymakers, WTAM.
9 10 u o'clock
Freddie Rich and his Hotel
Aston Orchestra, WRC and
WIZ, $50 to 1880 o'clock.
Jubilee singers from Utica
Normal and Industrial 1nsti-
tutc. WANG. IL o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
Local Radio Entertainment
Saturday, August 20, 1926.

NAA-Naval Radio Station, Radio,
Va. 434.5 Meters.)
345 p.m.--Weather Bureau reports.
$50 p.m.-Time signals.
1906 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
WMM-WashingtO Radio Forum
(912.6 MetefS.1
p.m.-Dance program by the
Washington Novelty String Orchestra.
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INSTALLNIENT Xiv.
Captivity.

Y OW long she slept Richenda
never knew, nor could she
~ find what had wakened her
so suddenly, brought her up
,.inht In q sitting pOSitiOn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18

the prophet, his huge figure clothed
in white linen, takes a lighted taper
and lies down. The others take light
ed tapers and begin chanting. The
villagers draw nearer to watch thru
window and door.
At this point there comes long in
PERMISSION, during which the audience.
as Is the European custom, gravely
promenades thru the rooms of the
mansion. The audience is "NEP" in
character, for IN spite Of fifty per
cent reductions to trade unions, a
great many workers cannot afford to
come.
While we have been promenading,
drinking tea In the tapestried dining
hall and eating apples, the people in
our drama have been waiting for the
prophet to die. The curtain parts on
the weary watchers. Candles are be-
ginning to splutter, and tired heads to
droop. The skepdcal young people,
among them Verenea, begin shouting
ribald remarks. Suddenly, raising
himself, the prophet attacks the two
kulaks nearby, drives the frightened
watchers out, throws after them the
stand, the ikon, and lastly the coffin,
and then curses the God who betrayed
him. The boys and girls, lifting the
coffin on their shoulders, form a rak-
ish procession, and the accordion
breaks into a merry tune as they pass
out OF sight.
The fourth scene is a country cross
road. By the fence sits a crowd OF
young men and women singing. They
have been drinking and are very hila-
rious. A slender youth in a red ru-
bashka plays on his accordion the
most sentimental of Russian village
songs and, leaning amorously on one
another. the boys and girls sing
Pavel, the Communist comes down
the steps at the cross-road and turns
TO look at Verenea, who is sitting
against the shoulder OF strapping
youth. At his stern words of dis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18
The Theater Season In Moscow-1925-1926
By Ruth Epperson Kennel.

October revolution. The characters
are everyday types of villagers, so
real that they seem, all unawares, to
have been transported from their vii
lage to the stage. Verenea is the
type of village girl often found in
Russia, strong, gracefully poised and
independent. in her full, winsome face
both FIRE and tenderness. And this
splendid young creature is married to
weakling and is a domestic drudge
for him and his harsh mother.
The first act ends with her rebellion
and final departure from the sQualid
one-room home, from the whining hus-
band and the nagging mother-in-law
scolding her from her bed on top of
the brick stove-out into the darkness
of the village, where, afar of, can be
heard chorus Of young voices sing
ing.
A member of a fanatical religious
sect has announced that God will sum
mon him to die on a certain day. In
the next scene we have a winding
road with fence, a piece of the
matched roof, steps and q section OF
the room Of his log cottage. The other
members are preparing his bed
against the wall stands bis wooden
coffin. Outside are gathered the vii
layers. The deacon standing before
the roster announces Importantly
''The death will now take place" and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18

The neighbor, returning that even
ing with news that her husband is
dead. lifts her voice in shriIl lament
which summons the yillager. But
Pavel, entering, bids them cease
mourning for this victim of the czar's
war-the car has been dethroned!
The mourners break up into excited
groups, already divided into Bolshe-
viks and counter-revolutionis As
Pavel is leaving Verenea speaks to
him: 81 am coming to work for you
tomorrow"
Then we see the first elections after
the revolution. A bare room with win
dow and door at back and the village
street visible at the side. Pavel is
in charge of elections, and a Men
shevik is election clerk. The villag-
ers are hanging thru the open win
dow, impatient for the balloting to
begin. When the wooden ballot box
is produced and the people are per-
mitted to examine it, they approach it
in fearful curiosity, tap it timidly and
shake it, looking inside with know
ing air. 1t is then locked and that
most solemn of Russian ceremonies
the application Of the wax SEALS
performed. The voting begins, the vii
layers entering one by one, thus CIV
ing us an opportunity to study the
types singly. One old fellow in a
high fur hat and dirty shuba, his ex-
preston childlike in spite OF his
grizzly beard, wants to show his bal
lot to the clerk. mo. II is secret!"
shouts the Mortified Mensheyik. "But
| already showed 1t to everyone out
side," he answers. The act ends in
general fight out by the fence. A
sleek kulak erich peasanD makes
some remarks which the Bolsheviks
object to and Verenea challenges him.
Enraged, the kulak attacks her and a
battle ensues. At last, Pavel deserts
his post. Dragging her inside, he
tries to conceal his pride in her. while
she, calmly arranging her hair and re-
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approval she springs up Indignantly.
Left alone by her companions, de-
FAINT, little drunk, she is just in the
mood for the chief engineer of the
village factory, who has more than
once made unsuccessful advances to
her, and abandons herself to his
kisses. In this compromising situa-
ton the deserted husband finds her,
and, mad with grief and jealousy, he
appeals to the half-insane old prophet
to do that which he is too weak to do
himself. The scene ends with the
murder of the engineer In the gath
ering darkness of the lonely road.
Verenea has undertaken to look
after the house of a neighbor who
has been called to the bedside of her
wounded husband. PaYel drops in to
talk with Verenea about taking care
of his motherless children. Pavel is
heavy, dependable type, so natural
that he seems quite accidentally to
have dropped into the play. Verenea,
having learned something of men,
tells him that she does not want to
be his servant and mistress. He an
swers that he quite agrees with her
a woman is free human being who
has a right to earn her living and love
whom she chooses. They are both
young. and If they should want one
another, well and good, but that has
! nothing to do with her work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18

DEING chiefly interested in finding
- something new in Moscow thea
ters, we shall not here consider the
"Bolshoi," for in this great opera
house Of red and gold the ballet and
opera continue much as in pre-revolu-
tionary days. Kings and queens, fai-
ries and mermaids appear in magnifi-
cent costumes in settings the grandeur
of which leaves one breathless; huge
choruses of townsfolk fill the stage
with colors, swans sail In blue back
ground, ballet dancers float like
clouds in their filmy skirts. The main
difference now Is that there are no
kings and queens, lords and ladies in
the audience.
And to those who thought that the
old Moscow Art Theater was actually
presenting a Revolutionary" play at
the opening of the season, "Pugachev-
schina," the historic tragedy of the
bandit leader, was disappointing. 1t
has no revolutionary appeal and at
the same time falls short of the classic
standard of Stanislavsky's theater
The play depicts a rising in Siberia
$50 years ago, when Pugachev played
the role Of the legendary "Czar Peter"
and was accepted by the oppressed
people as their deliverer. Moskvin as
Pugachev does not create a sympa-
thetic character, and the play itself
makes of him weak adventurer. The
fourth scene alone lives in the mem
DRY: the inhabitants of village well
come the approach Of Pugachev as
their last hope, but in place of de-
hverer, detachment of czarist troops
appears and In punishment for their
rebellion one out Of every three hun
dred inhabitants is executed. The set
ting-which follows the almost crude
simplicity of the other scenes-the
desolate village on the steppes, the
poor huts, the crushed people, leaves
an impression of the hopeless life Of
the Russian peasants before the revo-
luton.
But in a little theater in the Arbat,
the third studio of the Art Theater,
we find the classic art of the past link
4h6 AlOCAA Win TIC RACoCAbs AAC cpACh-
dor of what was formerly a palatial
residence creates an appropriate en-
vironment for the versatile art of
these gifted players. On one night
they give you a fantastic fairy tale
like Princess Turadet," which holds
all the childhood thrills in lovely
princesses and charming princes, TAX
ing the audience into their confidence
by changing their costumes and sets
before your eyes; or perhaps they
give you an old French melodrama
like Marion de Lorm," in which they
play with such emotional intensity
that you weep luxuriously-and then
on the very next night you see them
in play of today whose realism hurts,
..'Verenea," which, from the point of
view of conventional drama, Is the
best play Of the season.
"verenea" has been dramatized from
the novel by Lydia Sifulina. The
scene of the story is village in the
period previous to and just after the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18

The Big (5oIshoi) Theater, Moscow
placing her kerchief, looks pleased
with herself.
Verenea is sitting in PavePs home.
She is wearing new holiday dress Of
white cotton with a pattern of small
flowers. The widow, entering, starts
to cross herself and, seeing no altar,
spits instead. Her open hatred of the
Bolsheviks exasperates Verenea to
the point where she throws her neigh
Dor out. Pavel, observing only this
part Of the controversy, comes in and
scolds her for her violence. Verenea
laughs and, sitting down beside him,
tells him that she is expecting baby.
They begin laughing happily like two
children. Then he seizes her and
kisses her, swears and throws his hat
on the floor with great fervor. A
brief moment of happiness-and then
to the serious business of life. He
must go away at once; the whites are
coming With stricken face she pre-
pares his knapsack and then stands
waiting for the simple farewell. At
the door, turning once more to look
at her, he lifts his hand and brings it
down at his side in a gesture Of sup
pressed grief.
The last scene takes place some
months later in the house Of Pavel
Verenea enters carrying bundle. She
has been in prison and gave birth to
her baby in the hospital. One of the
Bolshevik girls comes in with three
comrades. Verenea begs the men to
undertake a dangerous mission TO
PaVel in the woods. They turn away
in fear. but her scorn oVerwhelms them
and at last they agree. When they
have gone, she lifts the baby, her
face radiant with tenderness. But
outside we see her friend creeping
to the window. In a hoarse voice she
warns Verenea to leave at once. We're
nea hands the bundle to the old nurse
and runs out. On her bed on top Of
the stove the old woman, her head
lifted in an attitude OF tense waiting,
begins grooming lullaby. Almost at
once two rough soldiers led by the
Menshevik and the kulak enter the
yard and bang at the door. The
grooming stops sharply. Finding no
trace of Verenea in the ROOM. they
hold conference. r
Wait" says the sleek kulak, strok-
ing his beard, "she will come back.
The baby must have its milk"
When they have gone, the old
woman blows out the lamp and the
place is in utter darkness. The Groom
ing begins again. Gradually the light
of morning comes. The two soldiers
! can be distinguished sitting against
tree. At last, in the growing light,
the figure Of Verenea approaches.
moving stealthily toward the door.
toward the baby waiting for its food.
She is seized, she frees herself, turns
and runs-into the arms of the other
soldier. A brief struggle and she
falls. The two soldiers creep away.
clinging in terror to one another. A
far-off chorus OF boys and girls return
ing from some festival dies away.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-29
Mr.. Noble to Build a Home

M. C. S. Noble, who recently
sold to John Sprunt Hill his
property on Cameron avenue and
Pittsboro street, has bought the
plot at the southeast corner of
HillsborO and North streets and
will build a home there. The
plot extends 112 feet along Hills
boro and 1873 feet along North
street. 1t adjoins the property
which H.. M. Wagstaff sold not
long ago to Miss Daisy Ross,
where Mrs. Archer is now living.
1t is not known yet just when
Mr.. Noble intends to start his
new house, but his friends think
construction is likely to begin
within a few weeks.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-29
WILL BUILD GOLF
COURSE BETWEEN
HERE AND DURHAM
260 Members Signed Up, and
Club Therefore Becomes
Certainty
CHAPEL HILLIANS ENTER

Enough members have been
enrolled-between 260 and 30
make the new country club, on
the Chapel Hill-to-Durham high
way, certainty.
Chapel Hill men on the list are
Fl. w. Chase, James F. Royster,
w. S. Robertson, R. p. McClam-
roch, Kent Brown, Louis Graves,
Paul j. Weaver, and Parker Dag
gett. +. A. FetZer, who, al
though he.lives in Durham is to
be counted as d Chapel lillian,
being the University director Of
athletics, is a member, as is also
W. E. Thompson, cashier Of the
Bank of Carrboro.
The 600-acre tract upon which
the golf course is to be built
lies within less than mile of
: the halfway bridge in the direc-
tion Of Durham, on the south
side Of the road. This makes it
about seven miles from\ Chapel
Hill.
Golf, of course, is the feature
that is particularly attractive.
The real estate developers will
build the course, with Donald
Ross as expert adviser, and will
stand half the cost of a $4,000
clubhouse; the other half will
be met out Of the 500 initiation
fees.
The course and the clubhouse
become the property of the club
under the agreement with the
real estate developers, Messrs.
Sharpe and Mebane.
Hope Valley has been suggest
ed as the name of the club, be-
cause the district is. known as
the New Hope Valley, but a fin
al decision upon this has not
been reached.
There will be a meeting of the
members in the Washington
Duke Hotel, Durham, this (Fri-
day. evening. Gilbert White,
president of the club, is sending
out notices of this meeting, and
the exact hour will probably be
given in today's issue of the
Durham Herald.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-01-29
The Future of Duke
Virginian-PilOt Editor Discusses Uni
versity's Situation and Prospects

In the February number of
McNaught's Monthly, Louis |.
Jaffe, editor of the Norfolk Vir-
ginian-Pilot, has an article en-
titled Duke University's Bid for
Greatness. Mr.. Jaffe lived in
Durham and a few years ago
was a student in the institution
before its name was changed
from Trinity to Duke.
His analysis of the present
situation of Duke University,
and his speculations upon its
future, are preceded by brief
summary and ,bequests which it
has received, he sums it all up
with the statement that sit is
to have the costliest physical
plant in America" and "the fu-
(CoafiHHed oH bage faco)