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panions, Wilmer came down the ter
race. Nervous by nature and nervous
by the occasion, he was. by the sight
Of the group on the terrace, rendered
virtually galvanic.
Meet Miss Weathers and Mis-
Block-the Trivet family" said he,
with an enlivening gesture
Mrs. Block now presented herself to
Wilmer in a new light. She sat in a
basket chair, threw hack her coat and
looked extremely well in a crepe
whose elegance was not lost on the
haberda sher's son. The jewel spar
king on the hand which held the cef-
free cup, the studded platinum of her
glass and a string of remarkably fine
pearls were evident to the Trivets.
Why" she inquired, gazing down
the darkling slope Of the lake, does
anybody want to bother with city,"
Walter Trivet placed his chair be-
side hers.
Il understand" he said. that you
are the Mrs. Block who was so for
tunate as TO inherit the bulk OF Jo-
sephus Coles estate"
WAS it really the bulk?" she said.
Twenty -four thousand. | should have
thought" She said no more.
Such nice man." observed Mrs.
Trivet, MIR. Cole was. Only" she
added with her unconquerable man
ner of contribution. "he would wear
such high collars. You are reia-
tive?" she added, trustingly.
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in?" she said Il should want her to
have her share"
They're going in fifty-ffty," Wal.
ter Trivet thought.
How about that, Mrs. Block" he
inquired.
Il should wish to see what develop
ed said that lady only.
And then" pursued Miss Wealth
ers. II should like this young gentle
man to have his two thousand"
"Oh. say now"' Wilmer burst out
II don't need any real education--'
But the other bequests," suggest
ed Mr.. Trivet mildly-'they are equal
ly worthy: the katytown Hospital. the
crippled Children's school over in
Morrison, a libary for the Morrison
Hosiery Factory and an addition to
the home for the blind-all those are
worthy, worthy"
oh" said Miss Weathers earnestly
land IL l got mine-those couldn't be
paid?"
Hardly" said Mr.. Trivet. hardly
However. if you are the heir at law
you have no right to consider all
that"
Miss Maudie Weathers turned To
Wilmer with an engaging air of ap.
peal. In the pale light streaming
from the open windows and mingling
with the moonlight. she looked beauti
full. But it was her manner--her
manner of lovely and. go to say,
liquid surrender which flooded the
heart of Wilmer Cole.
What" she said to him. would
you advise me to do?" and before he
Evening star., 1926-03-07

A NDRE TARDIEU is returning
~ to public life. When Poincare
"A was prime minister, ii was
\ thought that Andre Tardieu
might take his place. Instead
of that he lost his seat in Parliament
in the elections two years ago, and he
has been in retirement ever since.
He Is q remarkable man who has
never given his measure in active
politics, although he has been devoted
to high politics all his life.
Now he comes out of retirement sud
denly, unexpectedly as an exceptional
candidate for Parlis isment. A member
Of the Chamber Of Deputies for Belfort
died, and there Is an offelection in
consequence. 1t is the first time since
the landslide of May II. 1924 swept
him out Of office that Andre Tardieu
has come forward to ask again for
his natural place.
1t is no small news-for Tardieu
will be a small man nowhere. His
missions to the United States made
him well known to Americans as a
F'renchman with reasons and figures
to support them running out of his
mouth beyond anything they had ever
heard.
Such. perhaps. Is his trouble as a
pOpuIdI Ills tdlh IL AWAY -
documented reasoning which people
find hard to follow. being like the
Englishman who said: IF you are
going to use logic on me l shall surely
not believe you"
In high politics, above elections and
caucuses, Tardieu Is important be-
cause of knowledge and view, and the
fact that you cannot tire out his mind.
He has never done anything else like
Roosevelt and Gladstone.
One of the most rancorous financial
papers of Paris land the storms are
all in finance) says fatty: You may
like Andre Tardieu or you may nate
him, but YOU cannot deny that he is
force. With regret we saw him retire
from politics, and with pleasure we see
him come back-and with fear.
Who is he? Andre Tardieu is ma
tive Parisian-and there are not many
such in Paris as there are not many
native New Workers. in New York. In
1865. when the Adamses were select
men in New England and RooseVelts
were getting settled in New YORK, the
criminal lieutenant of Paris was Iar-
dieu. 1t was his business to attend 10
the criminals of Louis %lV's city;
and he did II so well that they
got together nd ASIA ssinated MIN ana
his W1fe.
About that time the Tardieus began
furnishing generation after generation
of high art engfavers. In FIVE genera
tions there were eight of them known
to fame Then the son of the last
engraver (who died in lS4D turned 10
law-medical Jurisprudence and tried
to talk Frenchmen into pubic ny
giene. and particularly the sanitation
of criminals. Paris medical students
did not like it. They made 1t particu.
larly hot for him in the school OF
medicine of which he was dean
His brother. Eugene Amedee Tar
dieu, went in for geography In di-
plomacy and passed his life at the
foreign office. Both these brothers
wrote and published many books and
both died in 1879.
Andre, whom we are talking about.
has. In French fashion, kept Amedee
for one of his middle names; and so
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father could not have earned S. a dav
any one Ia save the Union when sent
as minister of the distressed United
states during our civil War.
From college. Tardieu went ,p tu
the famous Ecole Normale. 1t forms
university professors. and admission
10 II is gained only by verified high.
grade scholarship. In France such
higher studies go along with later sue
cess in politics. .Iaures was such q
student and a professor of philoSophv
before he became one of the greatest
popular orators and practical poll
t1CianS of modern times
Tafdieu took ont his degree in let
ters. hut he never went into university
professorship. World politics were
in his blood and at ~ he entered the
foreign office and was sent as en-
hassy attache to Berlin. This was I'm
1879. when tho Young Kaiser wa
beginning to shake his mailed fist Al
the various points of the COmpa ss
The experience was valuable to
Tardieu
The NEXT year he was attached to
the foreign office itself. in Paris. Then
from $50 to 1902. he was government
secretary under Prime Minister
w HIuSfk- iNbuSSPNI IneN were stormy
wears Al home and abroad for Fra nee.
In 1904 he published his first book
on THE Diplomatic Questions of the
Tear''-and the grave French Acad.
er1y promptly crowned" il. Inter
rational embrOlments went on prelud-
Ing To the great war. and he followed
their course with other books on the
AlgeCiraS Conference ton Morocco
ard. as opposition increa sed, on the
whole question of North Africa. where
the French had been building up. for
100 years. vast self-supporting colo
nieS.
At this time Tardieu got his first
chance To open his mind on the uni
verse-and he has been doing it pretty
nearly ever since.
He became the foreign leader writer
on the very important Paris daily
paper the Temps-a very notable
paper from its international as we'll
as national influence.
An exceptionally serious and large
evening journal. the Temps had a.
unusually strong service of foreisn
views. II neGan in the liberaI or
position under the second empire
and under the republic it has bee..
consistently moderate or left center
altogether remote from monarchy and
not particularly conservative, yet not
radical. The ablest minds of France
have written for the Temps. and even
radical governments that ranked ii in
the opposition have treated il as semi
official" as far as this-they frequently
cOnfide 10 II information which they
wish To communicate TO the outer
world
The foreign leader Of the Temps Is
the first article of its first page In
these leaders appeared that wonder
full mastery of facts and figures put
forth by Andre Tardieu in his clear
dry style.
Those who dislike his views will not
deny their news value. And he is
hard fighter, as Americans know.
The war came and he was sent to
the United States as high commits
sioner for Fra nee. He went hack and
forth more than once. He spoke. he
wrote, he obtained help. he directed
the information service and he wrote
Continued on Fourth PageJ
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I'D forget that I said that if l
were you," she said only.
"Will you give it up?" he went on.
Just pull out now? I'd hate to see
you get into trouble. Will you give it
up?"
You heard what l said to Mr.. Tri-
vet" she replied. II couldn't change
that sort of will-neither would my
mother"
She turned back abruptly to the
others. Mrs. Block was saying to
Mrs. Trivet:
did the Norway fiords and that
sort OF thing. Charming Summer. |
must have it again"
Hear her." muttered Wilmer.
Nurse nothing. Couldn't you tell
that at glance"
y the drawing room Marjorie was
to be heard singing to the Rev.
Arthur Brace. Drink to Me Only
With Thine Eyes" song which he
made clerical joke about calling il
a dry classic" probably to excuse
its unanthemesque character. From
the library Walter Trivet was ad-
vancing. He handed her papers back
to Miss Weathers and he bowed
-
he that these are in perfect form.
SO far as r>can determine, these seem
TO be In perfect form--license. certif-
cate and the writing and early photo
graphs of my old friend Joe Cole are
undoubtedly authentic. If YOU can
prove that YOU are the person to
whom these things refer"
Travellers checks" said Miss
Weathers. letters of credit
Precisely. Then there would be
no doubt that you would have an
open way to your claim
Then Maudie Weatbers shook her
head. Really she said. Il couldn't
touch that money. now that I've seen
how everything is. No, please; we'll
leave everything as it was going to
be-"
DO you mean" burst from Will
mer Josephus Cole, '.ihat she is my
Uncle Joe's daughter"
1t is" said MIR. Trivet, reasonably
certain that she is so."
Wilmer stood looking at her in
silence. For a defeated young man,
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for young man who had brought to
his lawyer his own cousin, charged
with being an adventures, he ap-
peared peculiarly without Chagrin. He
was even smiling. Before them all he
crossed to her and held out his hand.
and not until she looked at him did
he begin to stammer.
They We're still trying not to laugh
at him when Marjorie and the Rev.
Arthur Brace stepped from long
window and joined them. And when
they were presenting him. the Rev
Arthur suddenly put out his hand
and exclaimed:
'But-NIrs. Block
Arthur" she said. "WhateVer are
you doing here"
could make me happier. This" he
explained lis the wife of an old friend
in Il law firm YOU may know of.
Trivet: Block, Wood and Weltv."
The clergyman then stared hauGhti-
ly at an Impossible young man on the
terrace who said loudly: But |
thought YOU said YOU was a nurse.
For some years-yes." said Mrs.
Block kindly. How good Of YOU to he
interested Mr.. Cole
We'll, well, well,' SAID Walter
Trivet, and once more. We'll. we'll
well"' His one generation sometimes
slipped away from him. II did so now.
Il will" said he. ''be jumped up
\ X
As Wilmer would have handed
Maudie Weathers into the motor
car with the throaty rk-plug. Bob
Trivet pulled his lax length from his
deCk-chair.
Miss Neathers" said he
Bob's voice was furry and compel
ling, its drawl was electric. OF it's own
will it drew Miss Weathers apart
until Bob stood looking down at her
in six feet of surrounding seclusion
You are said he earnestly. the
best that | ever saw
II beg pardon" said Maudie
NcatherS.
automatically he told her: I've
known it. But you've proved it
that they make them like YOU"
You're laughing at me"
Il was never" said Bob Trivet
trembling, 80 dead in earnest in my
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life. And when come to New York
on my way back TO school"
He thought that her voice made
music of the mere street and mum
ber which she gave him.
He loaned her to Wilmer and the
little jumping car.
The Rev. Arthur Brace was TO drive
down Mrs. Benjamin Block in his
roadster
Mr.. Trivet." Mrs Block now said.
II came on myself to see whether Mr..
Coles relatives were to he at all de-
prived-under the terms of his Singu-
lar wiL-in which case |. of course.
proposed to leave the money in his
family. / feel that in any case we
must arrange for Mr.. Coles nephew
To have his two thouSand-without
expecting the impossible. And we
must arrange to send this sweet. un-
affected daughter of his through col
lege"
enormous energy.
After which the bulk Of the estate
which | understand myself to have in
herited and for which I have no use.
since Mr.. Blocks fortune is ample.
must of course belong to her"
Very noble" said Walter Trivet.
Very noble. Mrs. Block"
She stared at them both in some
annoyance,
Not at all. Merely pasSably good
financial manners" she said.
When the roadster of the Rev
Arthur Brace had rolled away In the
moonlight and the Trivet family sat
on the terrace alone. young Bob said
softly:
where's your commercialism in
that. dad? Where's the Self-interest
the law of Self-preSerVation-
That" said Mr.. TI'ivet with dig
nifty, lis the most remarkable exhi-
bitiOn | have ever Witnessed Where
you'll find one such example of the
spirit you've seen here tonight, you'll
find 20-40-99 of the exact opposite"
You would. wouldn't YOU" said
Marjorie reluctantly.
They were merely practicinG on
lightened solf-int crest" said barbara.
oh" said 4cb Trivet loudly, "bun-
cCmhe"'
IOpyright. 1H.6.b
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Andre Tardieu, Returning to Public Life
Welcomed as Leader of Unusual Ability

has another Tardieu. a cousin some
what older, who belongs 20 the coun-
Gil Of state (which comes nearest to
our United States Supreme Court in
disputes about law. And another. yet
older, kept the name of Ambrose and
entered public life in high finance.
Here is a family, very Partisan, very
French, for hundreds Of years-and
always in an assured condition of
fortune and sharing in the higher
education of their times. Always, also,
they were thinking in Il large way
about public life and interests-or, as
we might say, about higher politics.
more permanent than party and priv
ate interests, and superior to them
Such was the way with Gladstone
who, in England. went in for such
politics from his first start in life.
This was not done by Andre
Tardieu-active politics are no easier
in France than in the United States.
Also, he was Independent in CirCum-
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could answer: "Oh," she said, yours
and these others-why. l couldn't
do il. couldn't take the money
How could 1? My mother would hate
that"
Mr.. Trivet studied her impersonal.
ly. Nerve giving out. he decided.
Have you. by any chance" he said
your papers with you? Yes? | might
examine them right here. while we
are alone. Mrs. Block, with your
permission-my dear" he said to his
wife, in a manner uttering vague
direction, and disappeared to the
house.
MRS Trivet interpreted his vague
directions as ma nda tory over
Mrs. Block, to whom she began un-
interruptedly to talk. Bob and Bar
bara were In some momentary alter
cation. Wilmer stopped to Miss
Maudie Weathers.
Come with me a minute, said he
and led the way to the house.
kid" he said. we're on to YOU
I was on to you the first thing there
in the hotel. You might as we'll give
1t up and go away quiet-before any
trouble comes of II. See?
Miss Weathers stared up at him.
We're on to Mis- Block. too" he
pursued. Fixed 1t up together. didn't
you? She amt no nurse-not with
the diamonds she flashes. | just
wanted to warn you you're both
spotted I'm a friend Of yours-see?
Now you both best leave town quiet.
on the midnight"
Miss Weathers continued to study
him.
you are" she said softly, "a much
better sort than you look, aren't
you?"
BY this he was taken aback. SO
she admitted everything, that easy,
He stammered: "Oh. | don't know
take that two thousand and get an
education with It, You could be al
most anything, should think, with
an education"
You really think that"
"Of course l do. And when" she
pursued. when you are educated
and married to some nice girl-will
You think sometimes of Maudie
Weathers. who wouldn't take your
money even II she could?"
In her was glow, sOftness. Her
hand touched his sleeve. He caught,
inexplicably, as youth alone can catch
it. that strange fragrance of the hid
den being who was herself.
Kid" he said. "oh. kid, IL YOU
was only the way you seem, how ]
could love YOU
She looked fun at him. smiled enig-
matically. moved little away.
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81 was Mr.. Coles nurse" said Mrs
Block serenely. She drained her cur
and surveyed the moon.
A silence fell. Mrs Trivet glanced
| uneasily at her daughter Barbara
whose concentration was electric.
DO you happen to know the dispo
sition Of the remainder Of the estate?'
asked Mrs. Block.
Something like eleven thousa nd. .
the lawyer told her. 'in bequests to
katytown orga nizations-and to this
/ nephew here two thousand. provided
he spends 1t on an education"
Indeed said Mrs. Block. "Ea silly
spent, she added. smiling. No one
save Bob Trivet caught in this pos
| sible ambiguity.
Bob had momentarily and for the
first time since her arrival glanced up
from absorbed converse with Miss
Maudie Weathers. Wilmer, who was
growing tired of that sustained con
verse. now leaped In. producing In
that serene air an effect of physical
displacement.
But none of us may come in for
anything" said he. If Miss Weathers
can prove up. And very glad Of it, -
he added in his gallantry
Attention being thus centered on
AllSS iduGle w edIneES. Sno was seen
to sustain 1t with nothing like Mrs.
Blocks aplomb. She was still upon
the edge of her chair. In fact. and
turned her eyes. when she turned
them, without moving her head
Under its blue crepe frock her little
figure was seen to he rigid
What's this?" said Walter Trivet
tolerantly.
MISS MAUDIE WEATHERS made
her announcement OF the parent.
hood Of Josephus Cole with a sim.
plicity which caused the Trivets vary.
ing emotions-in Barbara sympa thv
and belief; In her mother. a secret II
told YOU SO"' aimed at the departed
Josephus: in Bob Trivet. a Say" OF
homage: In Walter Trivet. narrowed
eyes and pursed lips. And when she
had told her story. the truth Of every
word Of which Walter Trivet suspect
ed, he proceeded to gentle and
courteous crOss-Questioning. there in
the bosom Of his family on the ter
race. under the rising moon:
"iiow old are you. Miss Weathers?"
Nineteen"
May ! ask who is chaperoning yon
In New York;"
mo one"
with whom have YOU lived in Geor.
gia?"
IAN aunt---my mothers sister
since my mother died. 10 years ago"
"A woman of maanso"
mo, sir: book kkeeper''
Have YOU never applied to Mr.. Cole
for money!"
mo. sir: my mother told my aunt
never to do that
Then why are Won doing II nOw?'
My aunt thought when he died tina
his death would make a difference"
When were your father and mother
divorced?"
They were never divorced. They
separated when l was three wears
old"
You have their marriage license
with you?"
IVES. sir"
who are your lawyers?"
IT haven't any"
Have you ever seen Mrs Block
before?-'
''rea. str; we came all the way from
New York together"
I'VE met on the train for the first
time" interposed Mrs. Block. I'VE did
not know each others business until
this was accidentally disclosed at the
hotel here"
"A -ha"' said Walter Trivet softly.
He added "Your idea would he to
break Mr. Coles will and he declared
his sole heir?''
Miss Weathers glanced at Mrs.
Block
But then where would she come
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stances and was drawn into side ca
reers i'm diplomacy and journalism
before the tragedy of the Great War
force! him into Parliament and Gov
ernmcn'. Unless all signs are false,
he is r"s" set straight hack to both
What haas been his career, SO tar?
He is 5U years old. lie had his
studies at the LyCee ConG1iret. one Of
the state colleges in Pd.is -"nlN a
few steps FROM the handsome house
of his parents. in WhicG n st3il lives
1t is that reside hi i@lt of Paris
built up by Baron lIauSSu mn under
Napoleon the Third ana keJ. u}' in the
Third Republic.
IL was known as the .tt.slttr Of
art and mOneN--nOt uE,t a. v new
milliOnaires. but ComptTs - securing
social position for ," ~ 4" higher
education for ChildrP e4. 1Pir po-
sition assured and SO 40
Lees and Adams i'ed .rothing
like il Henry Adams siJ t.lt his
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Katytown opera house and Wilmer
Cole were on the stage. His father!
No. his father would he excited and
useless-he would shout till all the
rows of belts and suspenders would
rattle. Mr.. Trivet. the lawyer, was
Of course the man. Wilmer drew down
his brows.
"Tu take you both to Trivet, my
uncle's lawyer. II you like" he said.
He watched closely to intercept a
glance from one to the other of these
two adventuresses, but he caught
nothing. They were, he concluded
with satisfaction. very. very smooth.
WHILE the two ladies were settling
their luggage. Wilmer sealed him
self in the telephone booth and sought
out Walter Trivet at his country
home.
Say Mr.. Trivet." he began,
there's "A funny phenomena here.
Yeah. Two ladies come into the Crit.
tenden on business with my uncle.
Yeah. One says she is Mrs. Block and
the other one says she's his daughter,
and my idea is they're both of 'em an
adventures. Yeah. / like to bring
'em to you now. Nope-never do ia
wait till morning. | tell you, Mr.
Trivet, there's no tellin' what-all
right, then, I'll shoot 'em up there
now"
Whatever the intentions of the
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could answer: "Oh," she said, yours
and these others-why, l couldn't
do il. couldn't take the money.
How could /? My mother would hate
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EOR all his absorption NSmer had
been timing his bread pudding
10 terminate With the cup custard OF
Maudie Weathers. Now, however, as
she rose to leave the room-with that
telltale fixity of gaze of the lli-at-
esse-he saw that he need not have
troubled. She came directly to their
table and sat down. So sudden was
her onslaught that only after she was
seated did Wilmer remember his late
lv ACQUIRED habit of springing to his
feet and did so. and rather foolishiE
resumed his seat.
Excuse me-" said Maudie Neathers'
with her diffidence upon her ike
shadow. II couldn't help hearing what
vou've been talking about. And II
on this same matter that l came 10
Katytown."
Wilmer was speechless. or all the
oossihle beginnings of a conversation
with this fair stranger. such a begin
ming could never have crossed his
consciousness. What could she have
to do with his uncle?
"I-I thought perhaps You wouio
help me-" she said, and looked appear
inrly at them both. A fetchinE ap
peal. The eyes were as blue as the
frock. When she dipped her head
her bobbed light hair stood out like
very little childs hair.
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w YILMER sat in the doorway
n of his fathers shop. Katy
NV town called II a store. Will
mer's father called ii his
Evening star., 1926-03-07
BY STERLING HEILIG.
Paris. February IS

NDRE TARDIEU is returning
~ to public life. When Poincare
"A was prime minister. 1t was
4 \ thought that Andre Tardieu
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Continued on Fourth Page.)
New Britain herald., 1926-12-14

Miss Estella Gertrude Cuddy, di rector of physical education in e)e- lmentary schools since 1919, was born in North Brookfield, Mass, and was
 educated in the public schools Of that town.
 Among the many prominent edu- cational positions she has held, have
 heen assistant to Dr. Ernest Herman, professor at Sargent school, follow ing her graduation from that school, and director of recreation in New ton, Mass. Previous to coming to this city she taught in the public school of North Brookfield. con- ducted classes for elementary. Jun for and senior high schools and in elementary schools in New York city. She was director of a summer
 camp for girls at Cape Appanequet
 in Acushnet, Mass.
 She is former president of the
 New Britain Teachers club, former
 president of the State Federation of Business and Professional Women's $ clubs, and is now national vice president for Connecticut of the Ma tional Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs.