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Evening star., 1926-02-16
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
Dir Hsrgrave wendever country gentle
don physician for examination. DR.. Hor-
ridse tells him he cannot live for more than
sG.o si1 or eight months. Wendever takes the
his plans for the winter as If If no,hing Gn had
happened He feels. however, an urge to
and ON tsi,a~ sp wpem
comes in contact until he finds one in need
t 1I neip This proves to be a delicate look
reEnary He 8ss oers SsT and whG smbes
Of her family vacation of two months at
his villa at Monte Carlo. Not having any
pose as her brother. Their host gives them
free rein in Monte Carlo
pbtT;1 tMT;ehdGevers Gs LONDON cronies.-the Rev.
Sissr. and Lord Pelling ngham-arrive at Monte
GharIo. ,hIo Wendever gives supper party for
is the Princess Putralka, a great beauty, to
pS5inGess tSn cess, is in love with Hargrave While
Of IT. creates distursanee @' in another waS rs p ne
6d 6dv the hss cafe and is forsihy elected The
Slolet is his hancee. not his sister. Violet
breaks her engagement. and early the next
Tet1n mo5n1ng leaves Hargrqye,s villa intending 20
brings her back and forgives her for the
Hargraves financial rival and enemy.
andrea TrentIno. arrives at Mpi.e Carlo.
harSrays has set in motion machinery to
rush. rush Trentlno, and the latter hegs Tor
mercy through his attorney. WegGe-. Har-
grave is adamant One Of Trentino's hench-
men Makes an attack on Hargrayes life. but
has Violet and Robert R' ahdunSed T" usanp eain
their release. Wendever agrees to let Trentinc
The next day Hargrave receives a sum
mons from the princess.
fr,,,
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FIRST BIDDING LIVELY
ON RUBBER EXCHANGE
Second Organization Of Xind in
New York Expects to Do
Large Business.

NEW YORK. February 16 R).-
Rubber contracts, with market value
in excess of $500, 900, changed hands
today in the first days trading Of the
new Rubber Exchange of New York.
Excited bidding marked the first
hours transa ctionS. when 81 con-
tracts. 212 long tons each, were re-
corded, showing a price range of Clio
to G2 cents a pound.
In declaring the exchange formally.
President +. r. Henderson called at
tention to the fact that the worlds
production of rubber had grown from
SO, $50 tons in 1900 to 500 900 tons in
1925, the market value last year run.
ming close to one half a billion dol
lars Approximately 20 per cent of
the worlds production is consumed in
the United States, he said.
He expressed the opinion that the
new exchange, by increasing the num-
Der of traders in the commodity, will
help to stabilize price movements,
which have ranged from II cents to
S1.2l a pound in the last six years.
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Friendship.

The song ceased abruptly, as Har-
grave surmised. with the announce
ment of his arrival \ moment or
two later he heard the sound of the
princess light footsteps crossing the
Winter garden. She paused to break
off rose and came TO him with it
I'm her hand She raised her fingers to
his lips. motioned him back to his
place, and seated herself by his side
There was the old fascinating note OF
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NEW YORK, February Is P).--Net
income of the United Drug Go. and
it's subsidiaries for 1925 advanced to
$6,222,9l4 from S5,232 400 the year be
fore. equivalent after preferred divi-
dends to $l227 a share on $34,7l9, 800
common stock, against S11.04 share
on S35 ,474 800 common in 1924.
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tell her how little it all mattered. She
saw the words framing upon his lips.
however, and checked him.
"Hargrave," she continued, 'for my
rrides sake ! like to think that my
words have given you pain. Pain.
however, is a common gift to all of us
who understand sacrifice. Tell your
self. If you please, that in dragging
down our beautiful friendship onto the
planes Where all these others walk,
we should have lost something which
we could never regain. VIII you
please walk away with that thought in
your heart. and leave me just the
touch OF your lips upon these fingers.
the unsullied thoughts which l shall
put away with the most precious
things OF my life. If you please"
Copyright, 1926. BY E. Phillips Oppenheim.)
CONTINUED tomorroW)
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beautiful ornamentation Of delicate,
shadowy lovemaking, had been a
priced thing in his life. He was sud.
denly filled with a sense of guilt. She
had OWNED the truth. She was choos-
ing this way to save her pride. to save
him. He was powerless to argue with
her. 1t was too late to tell her even
the truth, the ghastly secret he car
ried always with him. He felt all that
lowering, impotent sense Of humili-
alton. the scourge of involuntary in
fidelity. At least he decided, he would
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JANUARY LEAD OUTPUT.

NEW YORK, February 16 T.-
Production OF crude lead in January
hv members of the American Bureau
of Meta! Statistics amounted TO 67.999
short tons, compared with 69.l04 tons
in December. The refined output was
GS.l70 tons. against 65,222, and anti.
mortal 1928 tons, against 1,404.
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NORFOLK SOUTHERN HEAD
SEES HEAVY EARNINGS

NEW YORK. February 16 @.-
Ernest Williams, chairman of the
Norfolk Southern Railroad, sees a
good industrial outlook in the section
served by the road and expects reve-
nues for the early part Of 1925 to ex-
ceed those Of last year. He said the
outlook for agriculture this Spring
was excellent. The question of divi-
dends on the company's $4,000, 900
stock had not been considered, and no
new financing was contemplated.
AS much as $25. 900 a year is made
by some woman doll.designers.
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was equal to SO cents a share on the
preferred stock against $3.50 a share
on the preferred in 1924. The unfav-
orable showing was attributed by
Samuel NJ. Vauclain. president, to the
difficulty the company experienced
throughout the year in obtaining at
any price, sufficient business to oper
ate the workshops and maintain an
irreducible minimum organization.
Profit and loss surplus was $15 1853, 1872
against $1s,367,269 at the close of
1924.
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LABOR DEMAND GROWS.

DETROIT. February 1s (SpeciaD.-
Industrial activity here continues on
TIE increase. Each consecutive week
since the first OF the year has shown
an increase III the Detroit Employers
Associations labor barometer. which
registers a total of 266,106 now en-
ployed. This compares with 207,107
employed year ago and lacks only
$50 of touching the high point for
all time. which was for the week ended
November ii, 1925.
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BALDWIN'S 1925 net
IN SHARP DECLINE
Poor Showing Attributed to Lack
of Business for Low-Cost
Operations.
BY the Associated

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 16.-Net
profit of Baldwin Locomotive Works
| in 1925 fell to s196,564 after expenses,
| interest and other charges, compared
with $I,32O,026 the year before. This
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HEAVY OUTLAY PLANNED.

CLEVELAND, February 16 (Spe-
ciaD.-An expenditure of $3.50. 900. 900
is contemplated by 80 Ohio public util.
ity companies this year, including the
Ohio Bell Telephone Co. and the Cleve-
land Illuminating Co.
Evening star., 1926-02-16

Rice Is a rich source of supply of
alcohol. Every ounce of the grain
will yield about dessertspoonful Of
the spirit.
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During the fiscal year ending last
June 80, 5000 new flags were needed
by the Post Office Department to re-
place worn-out or faded ones.
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SHEET BAR ADVANCED.

NEW YORK, February 16 P).-
Sheet bars are quoted in the Chicago
district at $36 d ton, an advance of
81 a ton.
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Each 15-cent pack
age contains direc-
tions so simple any
woman can tint
soft, delicate shades
or dye rich, per.
manent colors in
lingerie, silks, rib
bons, skirts. waists.
dresses, coats, stock
ings, sweaters. drap-
er | es, coverings,
hangings - every
thing!
B NY Diamond
Dyes-no other xii
druggist whether
wish to color is
whether It Is linen
nnnlc
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INSTAII.MENT LTU.

Continued from Yesterdays Start
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UNITED DRUGS NET.

Continued tomorrow.)
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pointed are: Printing, Fred Hobart,
chairman, and Francis Keenan,; deco
rations, Roland Carr, chairman; Ber-
nard Zarin, Elizabeth George and
Cecile Ledger; dramatics, Lillian Mar
tin, chairman; Sue Yancey. Fred
Hobart, Augusta Butler and Howard
TeXter.
The following committees will ar
range the details for commencement:
Decorations, Roland Carr, chairman;
Bernard Zarin, Elizabeth George and
Cecile Ledger; flowers, Lillian Barry.
Valuable and unused British stamps
collected by Stephen e. Kramer, as
sistant superintendent of schools, Will
be given as prizes for the best stamp
display before the Central Stamp Club
at the end of the year.
Mr.. Kramer gathered the stamps on
his trip to Europe last Summer and
presented them to w. Frank Clark,
faculty adviser of the Stamp club.
Victor Kubinyi, a native of Wash
ington, whose remarkable creative
genius has aroused much interest in
the world of art, agreed to place a
group of his works on exhibit at
Central.
Depositors Who are taking advan-
tage of the I per cent interest paid
by the Central Bank number about
100. Besides these private accounts,
the bank handles the accounts of all
the school activities.
Ann Goldman and Lois Nichols have
been demonstrating mechanical office
equipment and giving talks about the
bank to the commercial classes.
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AMERICAN U. ANNOUNCES
CHANGES IN POLICY
Undergraduates Will Be Admitted
to School Of Political Sciences
After February 2.

When the second semester opens on
February the School of Political
Science of American University will
put into effect a radical change Of
policy by admitting undergraduate
students. Up to the present time only
advanced degrees have been granted
by downtown departments of the uni
versity. Last Fall the College of Lib
eral Arts was opened, and the B. A.
degree will be awarded to members of
the first graduating class this June.
a further expansion of undergradu-
ate work is now announced In the
fields of political sciences at the down
town center, in responce to the great
demand for college instruction in these
subjects.
The grade Of the courses to be Of
fered will correspond to those OF the
last two years of standard college.
| Applicants will be expected to have
completed the first two years of col
lege work or to pursue courses which
will make up for the lack of the first
half of college course before they
become candidates for a degree. The
work in the new courses of under
graduate grade will be professional III
character, and will lead to the degree
OF bachelor of political science. The
courses will be arranged for the late
afternoon and they will be offered in
government. history, diplomacy, eco
nomics and foreign trade.
Graduate work leading tothe ad-
vanced degrees of master of political
science and doctor of philosophy will
be carried on as heretofore in the
School of Political Sciences. But the
degrees will be given by the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences, begin
I ming with the academic year 1926-27.
This procedure Will be followed in
accordance with the whole reorganiza-
ton plan of the downtown depart
ments. which was unanimously ap-
proved by the faculty and the exec
utive committee Of the board of trus-
tees of the university last week. I'm
der the new organization there will be
only one graduate school. that of arts
and sciences. which will award the
degrees of NJ. Z. s., NJ. A. and Phi. D.
Evening star., 1926-01-17
ALUMNI OF EASTERN
LAY SEASONS PLANS
B. G. Foster, '94, Made Editor of
Bulletin of Body for Com
ing Year.

An executive meeting of the East
ern High School Alumni Association
was held in Principal Charles Hart s
Office Friday night. A report of the
alumni Spring show was received
from Miss Marion Hummer. chair
man of the committee. Plans were
outlined for the activities of the
alumni for the rest Of the school
term. DR.. De Witt CroisSant presided.
Il. G. Foster. "a. was made editor of
the Alumni Bulletin for the coming
year.
The Joint Rifle Club dance was held
on Friday night in the school armory.
1t was under the direction of James
Harbin, captain of the Boys Rifle
Club, and Leah Woods. captain Of the
Girls Rifle Club. and Miss Rosemary
Arnold and Miss Gertrude Shelp of the
faculty committee.
The four-year February graduating
class is to hold its class day eXer-
cises on January %. After the as
Sembly a luncheon will be held for the
graduates.
At the graduation on January %
Frederick A. Fenning, District Com
missioner, will address the class. The
invocation will be given by Rev Mel
ton OF the Ninth Street Christian
Church.
The senior prom of the four-year
February graduates will be held in
the school armory on January %
The Dagmoir Orchestra will play
Those of the faculty who have been in
vited are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hart,
Misses Kate c. Moore. Pauline Knee.
Mary +. Murray, Gertrude A. Shelp
and Mary Watts.
The graduation of the two-year Feb
uary class will be held on January IS
in the school auditorium. An ad-
dress will be given by Guilford
Jameson, president of Lincoln Park
Citizens Association. The invocation
will be given by Rev. William H.
Pettus of ST. Marks Church
The meeting of the Debating So
ciety that was to have been held last
Tuesday has been postponed to Wed
nesday Of this week. The meetings
have been changed temporarily from
Tuesday to Wednesday. The debate
on Wednesday of this week is the
first of series of interclass debates
that are to be held between the third
and seventh semesters.
The Girls Rife Club will hold
match with George Washington Girls
Rifle Club on February l5.
The war game scheduled for Janu-
airy was postponed because of Maj.
Paynes illness. A game was played
between the cadet staff and Company
A on January 10.
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TALKS ON THRIFT.
Parent-Teacher Association to Hear
Speakers.

The Slater -Langston and Twinins
Parent Teacher Association will hold
its regular monthly meeting next
Thursday, at s pm. in the Slater
Building. Appropriate Thrift Week
addresses will be delivered by Miss
Coralie Franklin Cook. member OF the
Board of Education, and Prof John
r. Hawkins. president OF the Pruden.
tial Bank
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HIGH SCHOOL HONOR
SOCIETY PLANNED
Central to Have Chapter of Ma.
tional Secondary School
Group.

Central High School at the invita-
ton of the National Association of
Secondary School Principals is max
ing preparations to form a chapter
of the National Honor Society of
Secondary Schools. The purpose of
the founders of this society was to
establish an organization in the sec
ondary schools similar to the Phi Beta
Kappa Society in colleges.
The standards by which eligibility
to membership In the society is de-
termined are scholarship. character,
service and leadership. Only schools
with high standards equal to those
accredited by such agencies as the
North Central Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools and the
New England College Entrance Ger
tificate Board are permitted to have
National Honor Chapters.
Over 800 charters have been grant
ed to high schools from Portland. Me-,
to Honolulu, since the organization of
the society.
Alvin w. Miller, principal. who is
greatly impressed by the invitation,
says: II think that such an organiza.
ton would be an excellent thing for
Central" He has asked the Board of
Education for permission to install in
Central chapter of the y. II. S. =. S
Selection of students who will maj ke
up the Central chapter is now being
made. All students with excellent
scholastic records have been requested
to fill out blanks telling of their work
in school activities.
Selections made by Charles Var
Meter. president OF the February
graduating class, are: Favors, Wee
Conner. chairman, and Louise Little
page; tickets, Gordon Rouse. chair.
man; James Hance. Genevieve vii
liams. Claris Bond and Berenice Spicer:
music. Francis Walker, chairman, and
Francis Davis: decorations, George
Roberts, chairman: Francis Farmer,
Dante Galotta, Ruth Laudick, Dorothy
Brazil, Clarise Long, Ralph Remley and
Katherine Perry; refreshments. Ger
trude Harris and Howard TeXter.
For class night. committees ap-
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PATENT COMMISSIONER
JOINS LAW SCHOOL STAFF
Becomes Professor at National
University, Succeeding Sam
uel F. Fouts.

Commissioner of Patents Thomas f.
Robertson has joined the faculty of
the National University Law School
as professor Of patent law. He sue
ceeds Samuel F. Fouts, formerly eX-
aminer-in-chief Of the Patent Office,
who resigned in order TO enter the
private practice of patent law at San
Francisco, Calf.
Commissioner Robertson is a gradu-
ate of the National University. class
of 1906, with the degree of bachelor
of laws. Because of the evening hours
of classes tor law students at Ma.
tional University. like several of the
judges of local courts, he is enabled
to teach in addition to discharging
his official duties.
National University offers a special
graduate curriculum leading to the
degree of master of patent law.
Among the required courses in this
group are patent law, Federal pro
cedure and equity moot court.
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Only two towns in Turkey-Angora
and Balia -Maden-have thus far her
aided the appearance of women on a
ballroom floor.
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CARTOONIST GIVES TALK.
Clifford Bergman Entertains Pow
ell Junior High School Pupils.

Clifford Bergman, nationally promi,
nent cartoonist, entertained pupils of
the Powell Junior High School at last
Fridays assembly. Mr.. Bergman
drew many of his famous characters
and gave an interesting talk on their
relation to United States history and
Government. Each section is to have
one of his autographed cartoons.
The Powell Echo is in circulation
and is creditable school paper-re-
viewing the activities of the school, as
we'll as giving news items of special
interest. The paper is rapidly being
placed on a good financial standing,
because of the loyal support of the pu-
pills, as we'll as the excellent manage
ment of its business staff
A musical appreciation assembly
will be given on Friday, the program
to be furnished by the special talent
Of the school in piano and violin selec.
tionS.
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{. j. ANNUAL DANCE.
SETF0R FEBRUARY 4.
Students Arranging for Bril-
liant FunCtion-University's
Activities Varied.

Catholic University students Will
hold their annual dance February at
the Mayfower Hotel. it is announced
10y Phil Schrier. chairman of the prom
committee of the junior class. Those
assisting Schrier are Joseph Biber-
stein, Philadelphia. Pa: John Dickin-
son. Bellefontaine. Ohio; Thomas =.
Hawley. Bradford. Pa: Edward La
fond Madison. Me: Joseph MCken-
driCk, Cortland. y. Y: Robert Mullen
of this city, and Walter Patterson Of
Welch, w. VA.
Eleven Students i'm Competition.
A group of II students of the Cath
Ollie University School of Architecture
working in competition with other
architectural schools in this country
on Il problem submitted by the BeauN
Arts Institute of Design of Paris.
made a perfect mark, each of the II
men receiving honorS. The problem
was a Byzantine Baptistry,' an
archaeological problem. Five were
awarded medals, the remaining six re-
ceiving honorable mentions. Those who
won medals We're: Thomas Locraft of
Washington: Robert TuCci, Trenton.
y. J.: Paul Miller, Fort Wayne, Ind:
Edwin T. Pairo, Washington. ID. c..
and James +. Hogan, Hartford. Conn
Those who earned honorable mention
John McMahon. Hartford. Conn: Paul
Patterson, Welch, w. Va: Phillip
Schrier, Stafford Springs. Conn; Don
aid Johnson. Washington, and Leslie
Duffy, Washington, d. {. The Uni
. versity School of Architecture was
@honored by the BeauX Arts Institute
last June when it was awarded the
gold medal for excellence, which honor
was conferred by the French govern
ment Frederick V. Murphy. of this
city is the head of the departments:
Debating Society at Tea Dance.
The Shahan Debating Society held
its first annual tea dance Yesterday
afternoon from $50 till $50 o'clock in
the ballroom of the La Fayette Hotel.
Rev. DR.. John O'Grady. associate
professor of sociology at the Catholic
University. has just returned to the
campus after a journey across CONT
nent. DR.. OGrady went to California
at the invitation of the Archbishop OF
San Francisco TO make personal sur
yey of the organization of the Cathollc
charities institutions in the archdio-
cese. DIR. O'Grady is the Washington
director of the archdioCeSan unit of the
national conference of Catholic
charities.
Library Enriched.
The Catholic University library has
been enriched by a copy of the picto-
rial life of st. Francis of Assist by the
famous South American painter, +.
Subercaueaux E,rrazuriz. This splen-
did quarto volume is the gift of NJ.
Phillip Bernardo, professor of canon
law al the university.
Several incunabula volumes have re-
Gently been donated to the library,
among them one of the earliest printed
edition Cologne. 150O Of The 1mita-
ton of Christ" richly annotated by a
cotemporary hand. This little work is
at once a choice specimen Of the
printers art and of the average 1tal-
ian handwriting of the early sixteenth
century Another of these early
printed books bears the date of Ven
ice, 1895. 1t is very small volume on
the art of dying well.
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NAVY SHIP IN CRASH.

TOCLON, France. January 16 (P).
The United States destroyer Bruce,
just out of dry dock, collided with "a
tug, which was easing her toward
her mooring buoy. The Bruce's stem
was badly smashed, and she had to
be taken back to the dry dock for
repairs. The tug suffered slight dam
age and no one was injured.
Evening star., 1926-01-17

LESSONS IN SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY
for beginners. For further information al,-
dress Secretary New Era Study Center. 1l6
East Capitol st.
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Engaged.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Little Billy gets into plenty of mis-
chief. AS a result of one of these es-
capades his mother perched him on a
high chair as a matter of discipline
and told him not to move until she
gave him permission.
Not very long afterward his little
pal called him. at the back door.
Il tan't tum out yet shouted Billy.
Il is busy being goOded."
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American medicines are found
throughout the world and their sale
is increa sing
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Plants of 5000 B. C.

Egyptian plants that flourished 5000
Be. and were placed in the tombs of
royal persons have been rescued from
their prolonged stay in the tomb and a
rare collection has been brought to
the museum of the University of Chi
cago, the plants being in a perfect
state of preservation because of the
even, dry temperature.
In the collection are to be found the
| blue lotus. dephiniums, poppies and
pomegranates, peach and olive pits,
emmer chaff and barley seed. all curl
osities and of rare interest to scien-
lists.