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New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

T know I'm going 10 win my case Jim." Barry said when. fresh from his conference, he met Jimmy Rand again. T think they see I've got them licked. This fellow Church made mo another proposition today and 1t was just twice as good as the first one he gave me"
 "You're getting pretty cocky. young man, aren't you? You know what they say about this man Church. He doesn't know when he's licked"
 I'm not afraid of him. Matter of fact, he seemed to be good deal worried"
 "Did you see Mary Lowell. Barry"
 Barry paused to light a cigarette. | From behind his cupped hands he watched Jimmy narrowly as he spoke from lips that were clampcd tight on the cigarette end. Yes, l saw her. She asked about you"
 Asked about me? No Barry Oh. don't kid me? about it."
 I'm not kidding. l say she asked ! about you-and she seemed greatly interested, too-a good deal more than you deserve. You're just a l stubborn blockhead."
 Wait q minute" Jimmy grabbed the others arm and stopped him short. Stay right where you are. Now what the devil are you driving at?"
 "Oh, m put you out of your mis- cry. She doesn't love Sam Church. No more than you do"
 And yet" Jimmy said bitterly. shes going to marry him."
 Wrong again. youngsier. She's not going to marry him. She broke off with him some time ago.
 Barry. if you're lying l'Il-" "Yes I know you would, Cocky. But I'm not lying. I'll swear it on a stack Of Bibles as high as the WoolEorth building.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

A Los AuE' los society lady nails her place cards 10 the table 10 pre- vent their shuffling about by match mamas who want their Guine,crcs 10 sit next to the clcgibIc bachelors.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

A special lounging room has been the British House of Commons. When Miss Alice Robertson, con gressWoman from Oklahoma, was in our own house, she complained that whereas male members had smoking rooms galore, there Was nothing but q public lobby for the congress- N OmCn.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19
TOMORROW: Man Meets Maid
Cossip,s Corner
Word Or So

"Wo soon will hear of mothers promising their daughters diamond bracelets or wrist watches if they refrain from smoking until they arc 21. just as in the old days sons were given gold watches if they at tain"d the age of majority without purting the brar." So writes Edith Johnson in an article entitled ITO smoke or Not 10 smoke"
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

Under the spray Of Niagara Falls
 his spring an Indian girl who was baptized in tho waters of the falls lG years ago and named Au-paw- -haw-Qua- kcokuk will .hoosr whether she shall return to Inc religion of her ancestors or stay Christian" We find this In liau way of letting inc adult child .hoose very likoahh.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19
"ItS Being DOnc.'

1T q girl who is 10 be married is an orphan her nearest male rrla- tive issues the invitation in his name. If he is married, in the name of himself and wife, ol course. Thus:
 "Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown request the honor Of your presence at the marriage Of their sister
 Ruth Marie -----'
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19
Opera Lore

Opera Lore
 "Wc live in d little town which will mover as long as it exists, hcur an opera. We do not even have q lihrary, but you hay" told in your column how one may get books from th" state trav"ling library Can you suggest some books about the opera for which l could ask?" reads an inquiry.
 Books Of Operas" hy Krchbicl; Story of Opera" by Lee; "Stand- ard Oporas,' by Upton; "GranI Opera Singers Of To'lay,' by Dalhcc.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

The next story: "Whi,cfoot the Wood Mouse Complains"
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

The aim of PMisian designers is 1t least one new hat design for every week Of the year. Again rommcrcialsm explains the II. C. l..
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19
Glad Rags

Spring stockings continue grayish and nudish. Shades known as grey beige, apricot-tau, Grid mouse and sunset arc popular.
 
 Scarrs as gay as tropical buitcr- flies take tho place Of evening wrHps at Palm Beach and on Atlantic City's winter boardwalk.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

tenant O'Day then tells Jimmy he found picture Of Henry Rand, taken when q boy, in Olca's apart lncnt The thought that Olga may
 have heon implicated In the murder, after all, rises to torture him.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

with so much to hate him for, try to make him happy"
 "Oh, well, it takes all sorts to mako a world. I suppose But if she had only told my father, things might have turned out so differently. All this"-Wth d vague wave of his hand-"ncedn't have happened"
 He sighed. If Thaddcus Kand- my grandfathcr---is dead, he must have died very unhappy"
 Barry stood up and signaled for the waiter. 'I'vo got another con fab on this afternoon. About that damage suit. ] suppose I'll have another interview with your friend, sam Church.
 He grinned. Shall give him your regards ."
 "Ycs,' Jimmy said grimly, With a piece of lead pipe"
 By the way, Jim," and Barry tried 10 appear casual, have you heard anything lately from Mary Lowell?"
 "Why no,' Jimmy looked at him kceny. What makes you ask?"
 "Oh, nothing in particular" Barry shifted the subject. T wish you'd take me mp on my proposition of stalking you to q little money until you get on your feet again."
 Nothing doing, Barry"
 "WoIl, lei mo be your financial manager, then"
 Jimmy laughed. "I'll agree 10 permit you to keep me from starv- ing. old socks. When I'm up against it hard, I'll call on you."
 Knowing that Lieutenant O'Days rising hour was somewhere about noon, Jimmy haetcned to call him by telephone and apprise him of the latest news from Mooney.
 Fine" said O'Day. Hes d smart lad that Mooney. Tell him if he ever needs job there's a place waiting for him in the dctec- tive bureau here"
 With Harry, O'Day agreed that 1t was not so strangc-Marie Rcllane's refusal to di"closc to Thaddeus Rand the whereabouts of his son.
 If you ask mo, Rand, I think the old boy had it coming to him. Pun ishmcnt, you know And I think we're coming along fine now. Somcthin' tells me we're going 10 get at the bottom of this before very long"
 ODay had no idea when he said it just how wonderful a prophet he was.
Evening star., 1926-03-14

not exactly wish him dead, he surely
would like to have some of his pic
lures.
Knowing his work and his ideas.
little can be added by recital Of the
facts of Mr.. Powell's life. The story
of the eventful 70 years he has en-
joyed can be compressed into a single
paragraph without detracting from
its significance.
He was born in Virginia. December
10, 1846. After spending his early
years on farm he became pupil of
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts. in Philadt lphia. and later studied
abroad-in London. Rome. Venice and
Paris. He travelled far and wide Ior
the purposes of making sketches from
nature, and his work everywhere at
tracted the attention of the leading
art patrons. His visits to the Far
West resulted in the production Of
several masterful canyon pictures,
one of which hung in the White House
during President Roosevelt's admin
istration. He is especially fond Of
Venice, the canals Of which he often
reproduces on canvas. His trips have
also taken him to the Holy Land, Italy
Switzerland and most of The other
noted scenic spots and art centers of
Europe. On one occasion he held an
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she pushed aside the fluffy folds Of
the silk coverlet and stood for a mo
ment erect, before the knee of thf
broken leg sagged suddenly and She
swayed toward him.
"Polly!"
Alan Nelson's arms went about her
protectingly, and Polly's flushed face
brushed against his coat. Startled
little shaken by the weakness which
had assailed her. Polly looked up-up
into a mans face.
"Oh-h-h.' said Paula Kendrick rap
turously.
For the first time in her life, f.
spite Of the tremors Of pain which
shot through her bandaged leg, Polly
raised herself on tiptoes.
AS Alan Nelson bent his head to
kiss her. Polly closed her eyes. 1t was
a silly thought to flash through /:
great girls head at such a momen;
yet it made her heart leap even moY,
strangely than il had been leaping.
When Paula kendrick walked down
the aisle of the church to join Alar
Nelson before the altar she would I,c
wearing white satin slippers-with
nigh heels.
{COpyright 1904
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The Months Stone.
40 in this world OF ours their eyes
In March first open. shall be wise,

who IN this world OF ours their eyes
In March hrst open. shall be wise,
In days OF peril firm and brave
And wear the bloodstone to their grave.
THE bloOdstone. representing the
month of March in the list of
natal stones, is symbolical of wisdom.
firmness and courage. Its virtues are
believed to bring safety and long life
to its possessors, to stop the flow of
blood and to serve as a protection
against disease. 1t is thought to exer-
else a calming influence. to remove
anger and discord and to endow it's
wearer with the gift of prophecy. As
late as the middle of the seventeenth
century the bloodstone was used as
cure for dyspepsia, and when
powdered and mixed with honey and
the white of an egg was considered a
remedy for tumors.
favorite use of the bloodstone
among the Spaniards and Indians In
the early days of American history
was TO check hemorrhages. The best
results were obtained when the stone
was first dipped in cold water and held
in the patients right hand. The ap-
plication of any cold object would, Of
course. serve to CONCEAL the blood, but
the logic in this was not recognized at
that time
The bloodstone, a variety of flint.
colored dark green and mixed with
spots of iron stain resembling drops
of blood, has been the center of much
legendary interest. One of the most
striking traditions, perhaps, was the
belief prevalent in Europe during the
middle ages that the stone had it's
origin in dark-green jasper which
happened to lie at the foot of the
cross at the time of the crucifixion
and upon which the blood of Christ
fell, hence the red spots. This idea
of Christ carved in this stone found
in the French royai collection in Paris.
so executed that the red spots of the
stone most realistically resemble drops
Of blood. Another fine carving Illus
trating this idea is a head of Christ
in the Field Museum, Chicago.
Heliotrope, the name commonly
given the bloodstone by the ancients.
is also the occasion of a striking ira
dition concerning this stone. Hello
trOpe was derived from two Greek
words meaning "sun turning" and
refers to the superstition that the
bloodstone imparts reddish hue to
the water in which ii Is placed, so
that when the rays of the sun TALL
upon the water red reflections are
given forth. From this fancy was
developed the exaggeration that the
bloodstone has the power to turn the
sun itself a blood-red. and to cause
thunder, lightning, rain and tempest
The best quality Of this stone should
have rich. dark green color and the
spots should be small and uniformly
distributed. The supply Is obtained
almost wholly from India, especially
from the Kathiawar Peninsula west
of Cambay. Fine specimens have,
however, come from Australia and a
few from Brazil. The bloodstone is
not extensively used in jewelry other
than for birth-stones, but outside the
realm of jewelry It supplies fine
material for artistic cups, small vases
and statuettes.
Evening star., 1926-03-14

Polly S Short Month
By Phyllis Dugunne
She Was Difficult Combination, Very Tall and Very
.4..C:

Sympathy from Bill was too much.
Tears started in Polly's blue eyes and
she turned her face against the pillow
angrily.
ooh. you never mean anything"
she said. You think that being the
worlds tallest woman Is funny!
You-" Her shoulders moved spas
medically. "Give me a handkerchief,
Bill. I'm all right. A great thing like
me crying like baby!'
Bill gave her his handkerchief and
sat down beside her. Funny! Polly
hadn't cried through all the pain, but
now
You know Polly's a game kid" he
said to Wally that evening: 1--WE
ought to do something to sort Of en-.
tertain her while she's laid up.
maybe"
That night they completed the
transforming of the old nursery into
sitting room for Polly. And the
next day, when she was installed there
on the couch. they brought Frances
knight and Alan Nelson around for
a chess game.
IF 1T had been love at first sight. 1t
was equally love at second sight
and third for Polly Kendrick.
She leaned back against the stack of
pillows. her cheeks flushed. deep-blue
eyes luminous with pleasure, and
studied the thoughtful face which
Alan Nelson bent over the chessboard.
Guess you've got me again. he ad.
mitted finally. and looked up at her
She smiled and dropped her eyes; not
for long could Polly meet the gaze Of
Alan Nelson without giving away the
secret which was growing daily more
difficult to hide.
You're ever so nice to come In and
amuse a poor invalid like this" she
murmured.
Don't be idioticr' Polly swelled to
the masculine dominance of his tone.
Put it'll be nice when you're up.
Fran says you play speedy game OF
tennis" He grinned. "And I'm really
male enough to have horrid desire to
beat you at something. Supremacy
Of the sex must be maintained!
What makes you so sure youn
beat me?" Polly inquired. I'm pretty
good. you know"
He laughed. "So'm I. And while
the female brain may be quick. re-
member I've got 1t all over YOU In
reach and length on the tennis
cou~ ~
Polly started. Reacn ana length
Because she wanted so much to be lit
tie and helpless before this tall young
man-and because nothing under the
sun could ever make her really little
and helpless-the old defense Of mock
cry sprang up In her. Her lips parted,
to remind him that after all she was
the female giraffe of the tennis court,
when he spoke again.
Fran and I played a set yester-
day." he said. You really should
have seen it. About half the balls
went over the poor little kids head"
But I'm taller than Fran, you
know" said Polly. wondering why the
picture Of Frances knight facing
Alan across the net of the tennis
court should make her feel SO bit
ter. Fran was so little and feminine.
"Oh, yes.' His tone was i'm.
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mensely casual, and in that instant
realization dawned upon Polly.
Alan Nelson did not know how tall
she was! Alan Nelson had never
seen her standing up!
She looked down at the silk quilt
which covered her neglige, down at
the bump which was at her feet.
"Alice's Right Foot, Esq. Hearthrug.
Near the Fender" If only that ab.
surd book wouldn't always rattle
through her head! And, as a matter of
fact, her feet didn't look half so far
away when she was lying down.
He didn't know how tall she was!
Perhaps he pictured her as rather
short, even. Certainly there had been
ever since their first meeting a pro.
tectiveness in his manner which few
men have toward big girls. Perhaps
- Polly turned her eyes toward the
wall. Perhaps he didn't like tall wo.
men! She gathered strength slowly
to pursue that terrible thought.
"Fran's so little and cunning" she
said in a fiat sort Of voice. Little and
cunning! She was filled with a sud.
den cold hatred of Frances knight.
Il always feel as II was out with q
walking doll when 60 anywhere with
her." Alan agreed. 1T would be 60
much simpler for us both IL I could
pick her up and perch her on my
arm"
"Yes," said Polly duly. A walking
doll! She, with her Ave feet eleven
inches was like a loosely strung
marionette. She had never inspired
any man to pick her up in his arms.
But you do expect to be up pretty
soon, don't your" asked Alan.
Polly shook her head slowly. 1T
was q pretty bad break" she said
soberiy. II may not be up for-oh
for years and years and years."
DR.. Beech was genuinely worried.
"Of course. she made pretty thor
ough job Of it." he told Mrs. Kendrick
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only one other procession that ever
appealed to him.
Il have often thought that should
have liked to be a musician" he con-
fessed. Music and painting are
closely allied in y any respects. Most
musicians appreciate good paintings
and, conversely, most painters ap-
preciate good music. The world is
full of pictures and songs. 1t is the
function of the artist to see the pic
ture of the composer, to catch the
melody for the people. Both are in
spired by similar influences, the basis
of which is harmony"
Several of Mr.. Powell's pictures
are on permanent public display in
the National Capital. If it Is true
that by knowing a painting one
knows the artist. then hundreds of
Washingtonians who have never met
him must know Mr.. Powell. One of
the largest pictures he ever made,
and which has the Grand Canyon for
it's subject, hangs in the reading
room of the Public Library, while in
the main hall of the same building
are two Of his Venetians, one of
which John Singer Sargent pro-
nounced as the best he ever saw.
Other paintings Of Mr. Powell In this
city are housed In the Corcoran Gal
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Octogenarian Artist
Tells of Need of Color in Modern Life

lery the National Gallery, the Amer
ican University, Georgetown College,
the Congressional Club and the Col
orado Building. Scores of private
individuals in the District are also
proud possessors of specimens of his
work. foremost among them being
Mrs. John Il. Henderson, who has
bought nearly two hundred of the
elderly artists pictures and heralds
him as the Michelangelo Of Amer
ica."
The late William A. Clark. whose
priceless art collection was given &c
the Corcoran Gallery last Spring,
bought all his paintings. as most rich
men do, through a dealer, and con-
fined his purchases to works of de-
ceased artists, but on one occasion
told Mr.. Powell that, though he did
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Roman tic Girl.

| like to. but you're so much taller than
am that 1t makes me look ridicu-
| lous"
ooh, bitter, bitter blow! Love was
blown out like candle fiame-and
tears flowed in the dressing room.
Painting the nursery shelves with
broad. sweeping strokes, Polly re-
membered that incident and chuckled.
1t was fairly easy to laugh about 1t
now; after all, she had carried her
height for three long years now and
should be accustomed to it. 1t was
still annoying, of course: annoying. in
rains, to have other girls, from the
mug complacency of five feet and
| few inches, ask her to reach down
uitcases from overhead racks; an
loying to have to spend her life In
ugly, fiat heeled slippers. to have to
foreSwear even the prettiest OF striped
material But it was not quite so
hard as she had thought at first.
There We're in the world short men
whose dignity was not so aSSallable
Arnold's had been. and-for which
Polly thanked Heaven whenever she
met one-there were men taller than
she. Though, with appalling unrea-
sonableness, these fellow giants in.
variably seemed to prefer feminine
compa mans of almost pockets
And Polly Kendrick was pretty.
Sometimes ii seemed to her almost
absurd that her yellow-brown hair
should curl in little ringlets around
her face, that her eyes should be as
deep blue and heavily lashed as any
baby vampires. Absurd-but Polly
didn't really object. She could laugh
about her height now; quote those
more pertinent passages from alice
in Wonderland" with the best Of them,
and refer 20 herself. even as her
brothers always referred to her. as
great, girl. 1t didn't hurt SO very
much.
A ND so companion giant had ar.
"A rived In Millbrook, Frances
Knight had said something or other
about a man who was coming to spend
month. Polly shrugged. After all.
what did it matter?
She didn't know how much it could
matter until from the veranda Of her
house she saw Alan Nelson swinging
down Elm street accompanied by
Frances knights 5-year-old sister. He
was so tall--so very tall--and the
amused face which he bent down to.
ward the little girl was SO likable!
The sun shone on his uncovered blond
head and he looked to Polly-and, for
that matter, to girls far shorter than
Polly-like young Greek athlete, a
statue come to life.
Polly Kendrick was not romantic
what great girl of 5-feet-11 would
dare to be?--but as she looked at
Alan Nelson conversing so earnestly
with his diminutive companion she
knew that it had happened. There
was no doubt about it, Polly had fal.
len in love at first sight.
She rose, almost hypnotically. from
the hammock and advanced to the
edge Of the veranda steps to stare
after him. Gosh, he was good look
ing! And so tall, SO gloriously tall.
All the resentment for her undesired
inches welled up in Paula Kendrick,
those hated inches which stood be-
tween her and feminine charm.
1t was at that Identical instant,
Polly Kendrick, sending a last glance
after the figures of tall young man
and tiny girl, lost her balance and
fell the scant 4 feet from the veranda
step to the ground-fell and, instead
Of picking herself up, turned white,
even to her lips.
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New Seruns.

PREVENTIVE serums against blood
poisoning. erysipelas, puerperal
fever and other ailments have been
discovered by DIR. Sergius Zabolodny
professor of bacteriolOgy at Leningrad
University. says an announcement by
the university.
In preparing his serums Prof. Zabo-
lodny uses what are descrit id as 'aro-
matte bacteria" These are said to
possess the property of dissolving a.
substances in the body.
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A small sound Of pain escaped her
tightly pressed lips and all the sum-
mer world went inky black.
The tragedy of measuring feet
II inches! If small girl had fallen
from great height and broken her
leg, sympathy would have flowed like
water from a fountain. But when
great May.pole of girl falls 3h
feet and breaks her leg thoroughly
and conclusively, humor turks behind
condolences.
"If you'd fallen from the roof, now,
Polly, I'd understand" Bill suggested.
looking down at, her where she lay
with a frown of anxiety wrinkling his
forehead.
Bill didn't mean to be brutal; 1t was
he and not Alan Nelson who had found
her lying in a still heap on the grass;
it was he who had stood by in silent
admiration of her courage when old
DR.. Beech was busted with setting the
bones.
"Oh shut up!' said Polly, and closed
her eyes against the pain.
This was what came OF getting ro'
mantle! Not only would she be con-
fined to the house for at least the ex'
tent Of Alan Nelson's visit, but, to
make it even worse, the first thing ne
would hear of her was her ridiculous
feat in making the worlds short.dis'
tance record at leg breaking!
I'm sorry. Polly. ! didn't
ypean-W
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"Why won't you tell me what's the
matter? Why won't you get up?
don't believe there's anything the mat
ter with your leg at all any more. The
doctor said---' He paused, knelt be-
side her bed. eff you knew how I
wanted you to be up and about with
me. Polly" he pleaded. III you just
knew how / wanted you every minute.
It's silly. but this dance tonight Is the
first dance I've ever looked forward
to in my life-because / thought l
could dance with you-dance with
girl l could talk to without having to
stoop over like a blinking hairpin-"
Alan Polly sat up abruptly
erect. What do you mean?"
II mean that love you, of course.
And"
mo. not that" Polly's eyes grew
dark with excitement. II mean
about dancing-with me-
He looked at her hopelessly.
"One of us is crazy" he said.
mo. But. Alan, did you know
| was-tall?"
Alan Nelson stared at her.
Know you were tall? What are
YOU talking about?'
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"Why. look at you!"

"Why, look at your
Obediently Polly looked down at her
long outline on the couch; looked back
at him.
"Of course, / know you're tall.
You're probably the tallest woman
I've ever seen outside a circus. That's
one reason why was so interested in
you-at first. To be with a female
who's pretty and who doesn't make
me look like totem polei Paula Ken
drick, have you any idea how tall I
ann"
He had risen and suddenly one of
his arms shot upward. He rested his
hand fiat upon the ceiling and looked
down at her.
''Let's>-let's measure on the family
measuring board?" said Polly.
While Alan lowered beside the
couch, a sort Of cartooned caryatid
Polly swung one foot in hated heel
less satin slipper to the floor. He
stared speechless while the other foot
followed gingerly-stared while Polly
rose, a straight, slender figure of a
girl, in falling white folds. like a
young Venus. And, like the Greek
Venus rising from the foam Of the sea,