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earned substantial sums as a realtor
In Chicago. He studied law at night.
and was admitted to the bar. He
then came to New York and bought
an interest in a concern of financial
investigators. He lost confidence In
his associates and withdrew. but later
bought them out.
Mr.. Proudfoot. after the close study
Of numerous crooks who pledged they
would go straight, told me that he
does not believe that out-and-out
swindlers. as contrasted with weak
dupeS. can ever reform. In at least
four instances where he believed In
promised reformation he was badly
misled. he asserted.
IF an individual has a clubbed
foot, he must go through life with
it," said Mr.. Proudfoot. a baldheaded
stocky individual. with trace of
brown hair on the back of his head.
with penetrating brown eyes. and
friendly smile, which is hardly conso-
nant with his unforgiving philosophy
Likewise, IL born with a lesion In
his brain, which makes a broker or
promoter think around corners, In
stead of straight. it's not in his make
up to go straight" added Mr.. Proud
foot. Real criminals are born: they
are not made by environment. Prison
terms do not reform them.'
Discriminates With Types.
Mr.. Proudfoot. however. discrimi.
mates between the criminal type and
the weakling. Boys that are born
in the slums. and who have never
had anything but desperate associates
are in danger of becoming petty lar
ceny thieves. Such chaps have never
had a chance. I find that settlement
workers by substituting good associa-
tions for bad can make good boys of
them. The Boy Scouts, too, may
make real men out Of boys with bad
start"
Mr.. Proudfoot declared that YOU
cannot read character by the bumps
on the head, the nature of the chin.
or the size of the mouth. The only
trustworthy clue to character read
ing, he said, was an accurate knowl-
Individual. Mr.. Proudfoot always
judges the legitimacy of n promotion
by the record Of the guiding spirit
behind it.
Mr.. Proudfoot said that he finds
some sucker lists are fifteen years
old, and cited instances Of men who
have gone back for more punishment
and bought as many as thirty fake
stocks in succession without a single
winner.
The only cure for the blue sky
evil, he said, is to teach the ele-
ments of sound investment graphi-
cally in the elementary schools.
The newest fashion in swindling Is
to tout a stock to q stranger over the
telephone, but to offer none for sale.
Later the vender makes a personal
call and sells the stock. AS the next
step another salesman visits the pros
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has ever been. For the average fam.
lily the luxuries of the last generation
have become the necessities today.
Wants have multiplied and the com.
mon run of men have sought in in
creasing ways to crafty the desires
of their families.
Neither Good Nor Bad.
The installment plan. like other
forms of credit extension. is neither
good nor bad. Its soundness depends
upon whether risks are wisely Sc
lected. In my own affairs l know
that spending more than I earn will
get me into trouble. whether | buy
for cash or on the installment plan
Partial payment buying is wise only
where the obligations contracted are
we'll within ones future ability to pay
For my own guidance I formulated
these simple foot rules:
F'irst-I never buy consumption
goods on the partial plan at n time
when 7 am able to pay cash, for
know that the credit substitute is eX-
pensive and that the cost falls on me.
Second-I limit installment pur-
chases to commodities of an esSentla
character whose benefits will extend
at least over the entire period or pay
ment. For example. even II the facln'
ties were open. would never think
Of buying theater tickets o. the IN
stallment plan. but | would-:ht hesl-
tate to purchase permanent thlnGs'
such as a house in the country, or
even plano. on this basis.
Figures OH Contingencies.
Third-When I find it necessary to
buy on the installment plan | am IN
clined to play safe and figure on ad'
verse contingencies, such as loss ot
time through illness or other unaNoln'
able causes which might reduce my
income. In other words. would never
think Of mortgaging my current ana
prospective income up to the hilt eN'
cept for emergencies, such as illness
and operations.
have come to the conclusion that
NV material welfare and command
over goods depend not only on tn"
size Of my gross income but also on
the astuteness with which | spend 1t.
Like other consumers, | am con
fronted with the temptation OF easy
partial payment schemes which might
lead me to eXtravagant and unessen-
tial purchases WaSteful expenditures
not only deprive me of other needs
which are more desirable, but ais"
hinder M program of building up an
estate to provide against the Contin-
genCies OF old age, impaired health or
premature death.
Other things being equal, ] prefer
to contract to save money in accord
ance with a regular partial payment
plan than to spend it in that manner.
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SPECIAL Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. September o9.-Uncer-
tain price fluctuations characterized
trading on the Curb Exchange today.
The pronounced changes again occur
red in the stocks of the So-called Spe-
cialty class, while groups like the oils,
public utilities and mining stocks did
little one way or the other. 1t was
evident that the buying power which
had been back of the market for the
past week was still sufficient to check
any drastic selling movement. but
there was not the same disposition dis,
played to come in on the buying side
as there had been on earlier sessions
Of the week.
Warner Brothers Pictures and Vic
tor Talking Machine were two prom
inent specialties. Heavy selling made
itself felt again in the former issue,
carrying 1t down another 4 points
when 1t changed hands around as.
The consensus of opinion was that al
most anything could happen TO the
market for stocks which had risen
from the low of the year of to high
figure of 65 without any material
NEW YORK, September 29.-Fol-
lowing is Il list of bonds and stocks
traded in or the New York Curb Mar
ket today:
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office

change having to take place in the
situation of the company itself.
There was no doubt but that good
deal of the selling which carried the
price down from its top to the present
level represented the taking down or
substantial profits. To what extent
these offerings represe nted selling Tor
short account was difficult to deter
mine.
Victor Talking Machine. on the
other hand, continued in demand fol-
lowing the report that an agreement
between the Vitaphone Corporation
and the Victor company had been
made, whereby the former obtains
the right TO use the services OF artists
under the contract to the victor COM
pany.
Du Pont new was a. prominent high
priced specially. selling at the highest
since trading started Mengel co. re-
sponded readily to buying when the
market was found bare OF offerings
around the previous closing level.
Realizing sales failed to check any
further rise in Freshman Radio. which
has been the feature of it's group Tor
some time past.
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Bv the Aseociated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 29.--Cot-
ton futures opened firm; October,
1870; December. 1852: January, 1852;
March. 1888: May. 1903. The market
opened today at an advance of 20 to
p points. as if Influenced by reports
of steader tone in Liverpool. un-
settled weather i'm the South and ap-
prehensions that rhe tropical storm
reported north of Porto Rico might
move in the direction OF the belt
There was active covering. with
some trade and Liverpool buvinC. mt
the start. but as soon as initial buy
Ing orders had been supplied prices
eased off several points under con
tinued Southern and commission
house selling. December contracts.
which had sold up to 1856 at the
start. reacted to 14.42. the general
market showing net advances OF about
10 to IA points at the end OF the
first hour.
Five more October notices were re
ported. but October held within 20
points of December IN early trading.
compared with q difference OF -
points at the close yesterday.
After selling off to 1897 under early.
pressure from the South and renewed
liquidation. December contracts stead
news, covering and reports of better
trade demand. The detailed weather
reports. showing heavy rains in Okla
homa and Arkansas, stimulated the
buying somewhat and at midday De-
cember was selling at 14.49. the gen
eral list showing net advances of
about 13 to 20 points
Liverpool Quotations.
LIVERPOOL September 90 (P-
Cotton-SpOt quiet: prices barely
steady. American strict good mid
ding. 9.12; good middling, ST.; strict
middling, S.52; middling. S.07: strict
low middling, 7.57: low middling, 6.77:
strict good ordinary. 6.02; good ordi
nary. 5.72. Sales, 5000 bales. includ
ing 5000 American. Receipts, 5000
bales; American, 1000. Futures closed
barely steady. September, 7.76: Octo-
Der. 7.73; December. 7.16 March, 100;
May. 7.96; July. 7.9S.
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BUSINESS OF GETTING
AHEAD.
Should / Buy on Installments?

The installment plan is based on M tne
merchants faith that my earning
power will continue unimpalred 1or at
least another year or two.
His Willingness to give me piano
an automobile or a washing macnlne
now on a small down payment ana on
nv promise to remit the balance IN a
series of payments in the future is
tribute to my honesty and integrity
If he has not misjudged my character
and nv ability to hold down my job,
he will profit by the TRANSACTION
Moreover, 1 will benefit from immedi:
ate use of the commodity which i
could not afford to buy outright Tor
at Least another year.
The American business man in the
present Use Of the installment plan is
making an experiment in trusting the
average man on a scale never before
attempted in the history of barter.
The tendency to buy now and pledge
a share of next years income has
brought criticism from austere bank
ing quarters. Yet the habit grows
and plays an important part in keep,
ing consumption on an exceedingly
high basis.
The standard Of living in this coun-
try is at present about as high as it
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Washington Stock EXCHANGE

SALES.
Capital Traction 5s-S5Oo at 1oi
GEORGETOWN Gas 5s-S5OO at 100
,ot spltai Iraction-5 at 104L. 10 a,
,oHMerchants Transfer & Storage pfd-5 at
Mergenthaer Linotype at 1o6s..
AFTER CALL
Lanston Monotype--7 at Qol,
Potomac Eler. Pow. pfi-3 a, lo1I
apltal Trartou Coo at l04
Potomac Flee Pow. pfG--.I At lO1s. 5
Ana; q Pot. r. 4. 5s--S1 900 a. a5l4.
Washington Gas 5s--$2 600 at lUl s.
Union Trust co. at :o5I. 10 al
2@5i,. 10 at "==o.
UNLISTED DEPARTMENT.
North Capitol Savings Bank-lO at is.
Money-Call loans. and q per cent.
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SURPLUS SHOWS GAIN.

NEW YORK, September 20 (E).--
Surplus of the Public Service Corpo
ration Of New Jersey for the 12 months
ended August 81 rose to $12,847, 1888
after charges from $S,503,321 for the
preceding year. Gross revenues were
$102, ,399.72S, against $91,927,714. Au-
gust surplus after charges fell to $780,.
9S6 from $402, ,037 in August last year
but gross moved up to $7,719,522 from
$7,343,642.
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STOCK NOT EXCHANGED.

NEW YORK. September 90 @.-
The acquisition Of control Of the
Hewitt Rubber Co. Of Buffalo and
the Gutta Percha and Rubber Co Of
Brooklyn by the Robins Conveying
Belt Co. was entirely cash trans
action, Thomas Robins. president of
the belt company and chairman Of
the board Of the Hewitt Co., asserted
today. 1t previously had been re-
ported that an exchange Of stock had
been made.
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INCOME DECLINES.

NEW YORK, September. % (P)
August net operating income of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy de-
clned to S3,420,723 from $3,67o.352 In
August, 1925. Gross fell to S14.s6s.-
1876 from $15.063 .s99. Net operating
income for the eight months Of 1926
was $17.705,96T. against Sl5,S16.773 a
year ago, and gross $l02.717.55O.
against Sl00,9JI. .369
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STOCK TO BE EX.RIGHTS,

NEW YORK, September % OP).-
The New York Stock Exchange rules
that transactions in preferred and
common stock of A. NJ. Byers & Co
on Friday, October s. unless made
specifically for cash, shall be eX-rights
to subscribe to new preferred stock.
Rights may be dealt in on a when
issued" basis on and after today.
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ACCEPT BELGIAN QUOTA,

BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 90
N).-Conclusion of the proposed steel
consortium, embracing the French.
German, Belgian and Luxembourg in
terestS, now is considered certain. The
Belgian quota of 295. 900 tons monthly
has been accepted on condition that
the Belgians agree not to claim a
higher quota should the trusts total
production be increased by 1000. 900
tons. 1t is expected the negotiations
VIII be terminated Friday.
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BANK CLEARINGS.

NEW YORK, September 20 (Spe-
ciaD.-New York bank clearings
$965, ,oO0,O 900: New York bank bal
ances, $116,000,O00; New York Fed
eral Reserve Bank credits, S73 900 900.
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PRICE TREND DOWN.

NEW YORK, September % R--
Prices of all grades of steel in the
Chicago district are reported to he
showing downward tendency. Heavy
melted scrap is quoted at $3.50 to
$l4 ton. a drop of about so cents.
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EARNINGS ARE LARGER.

NEW YORK. September % LPD.-
Net earnings of the Canadian Pacific.
after taxes. for the eight months this
year rose to $22,lS3.19S from S15.36S..
3ol for the same period OF 1925.
August net was S4,305.S75, again ST
s4,1S1.7S1 in August last wear.
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POULTRY PRICES FIRM.

CHICAGO, September 20 R).-Poul
try-Alive, firm; receipts, cars;
fowls. 20a27: Springs. 20a24: turkeys.
"a; roosters, 1S; ducks. "a; geese, 10.
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Most things are governed by tho
law of supply and demand. with the
possible exception of making mis-
takes.
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SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. September 20 P).--
Rar silver, 51ss; Mexican dollars,
1885.
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Sales IN STANDARD OIL ISSUES.

units. 49, ~
100 All Lohos 80. Ia Ia IA
900 Cont Oil nv 90 1as4 19%
local . pf old SO so so
$500 Humble o & - 5Gis h64
1900 INN Oil Can NV :S6i. asa, 35&
40 Indiana L . Sol, co., fOIs
3IO0 Int Pet C Ltd 31ss ?olt 3cL
400 Ohio Oil .... 5Sk 5S So
400 Prair & e NV 81 501e 50Tt
110 Sou p L NV. 24Is 24% 24N
6300 s Indiana :. 63A 63S 63as
100 g O Kentucky 1H1 121 1"1
600 o Neb nv E. 45S ASA t5S
5000 9 O y Y 80. 317s 31& II =
1OS o Ohio -. 2Q7 2q7 coT
30 g O Ohio Of. 11Sk 11aL 11Si
zoo Vacuum Oil . aS a1S aS
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Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
MISCELLANEOUS
PUBLIC UTILITY.

Chestnut Farms Dairy 6iss. lOf1,
=. G.. Paper Co. Mfg. Sc. 50
Pot, Joint Stock Id Blk 5s. l0l
Southern Bldg 8 i7s..... pn
wash. Mkt. Cold Storage 5s.. a5
wardman Park Hotel ) jas 90
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How About a DoSe2

Dear Miss. Lee: am very much in need
OF your advice as my hUsband flirts when
Eqstins to me. / do not trust or respect
him any more and my love is not the
sro Now n Miss Iee am MN not Ivf the hoTse
i've Srsss mo 9ds BUT G st9sR and f' wear
twice about it. in a nice way. He says I
am jealous and that l ought to be glad he
did n. no Tors' He is e years old o en9ush
have children for him although he speaks
of having one some time. hope YOU can
tell me what to do to break stp him OF this
How about Mussolini's method?
That would take all the fiirtatious-
ness out Of him for a while! You
see he's the bully type that enjoys
making folks foam at the mouth
He probably gets quite 1lIick" out
of making you jealous and miser-
able. So for goodness sake don't
give him that satisfaction. If you
would undoubtedly break him of his
habit in a jiffy. then ignore his an
tics. This is a game that two can
play, but it isn't wise to draw some
one else into a domestic tangle just
to straighten out the tangle when
you could do it yourself. Take him
as a large joke. I'll tell you a good
way to break him. Oooch! I'd hate
to have it worked on me! Make out
a pasteboard placard without hub
by's knowledge Of course, on which
in large black letters is written
something like this: you Hoo
Folks! I'm from Foolstown!" Then,
if you can pin It to him w3thout his
catching on-like a naughty boy
would do-he'll go parading around
flirting with the girls who will be
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And most of the folks who go
about preaching Bolshevism, or do
any other thing from little to large
in order to attract attention are the
people who can't stand ridicule even
in small quantities. They think
they've won their cause when they
arouse people to rebellion, or get
them fighting mad about it. But
oh, how it hurts to be ignored. or
made fun of! And what a clever
weapon ridicule has been in the
hands of Italy's Mussolini, who
knows better than most that the
sword is not the mightiest weapon
to employ and who has marched to
victory over his live enemies-not
his dead ones. And they tell of him
that all his enemies. rich or poor,
great or small. Jared alike. When
they rebelled, when they sought to
hurt him politically or personally
when the Bolshevists sought to
wrest Italy from him he saw that
each one received his punishment,
which was a large glass of castor
oil! And when. days later, they
emerged from their respective
dwellings, pale and wan and having
had a good long time to think over
their rebellion, they were met by
jeers and laughter of an amused
populace at this novel method Of
punishment, and ridicule was more
than they could bear. There's no
heroisrn about being martyr to
castor oil
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Her
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A STORY OF
a GIRL erTODAY
JOANS MYSTERIOUS BROTHER
WHO is your Attorney" Jerry
asLed loan

JOANS MYSTERIOUS BROTHER
WHO is your Attorney" Jerry
asked Joan.
"AIr. Josiah Elkins.'
Jerry nodded his head in approval
as he repeated the name of one Of
the Oldest and most respected of
Chicago lawyers.
HE was my mothers attorney"
she further explained. after mother
died it was decided that he should
take care of my interest as we'll as
my brothers, while my stepfather,
Mr.. Robinson. took his affairs to an
other attorney"
Jerry looked rather surprised at
Joan's mention of her brother and
he remarked that he had never heard
Of him.
l, too. looked up with interest, be-
cause Joan had never told me any
thing about her brother except to
mention him in the most casual way
the first night met her. From this
I had gathered some way that no
one knew him, that he was never
seen in the home. However, I had
supposed he was away at school
knew that there was some mys-
terry connected with him, and I was
not particularly surprised when I
found Joan telling Jerry her brother
was a hopeless cripple.
My brother and I are twins" she
said. 81 am about an hour older, l
have been told, and everybody was
delighted when I was born, because
1 was what you would call "a
splendid baby" John-we were
named Joan and John by my mother
is a cripple. He lives the year
around in his camp in the Adiron-
dacks."
Yes" interrupted Jerry, II have
heard about your million-dollar camp
up there. but 1 had no idea that it
was a home for your brother"
my mother was. very sensitive
about my brothers infirmities and
she started to build the camp just
after he was born. She spared moth
ing that money could buy to make
it most luxurious home for her
son, to whom she had impaired the
same sensitiveness about himself
that she had about him. He never
wants to see anyone, especially
a woman"
II have tried many times to make
him come out into the world, and
have always spent two months Of
every year with him. Really I have
seen many people who were worse
cripples than he who seemed uncon-
seriousness that they were objects of
pity and were very happy.
John has a wonderful mind. and
Of course he has had the best tutors
and companions that money could
buy for him, but they have all been
men with the exception of his old
nurse, who adores him. Besides
she and myself not another woman
has ever been at the camp. He has
had all sorts of athletic training
and with the exception of one leg.
which is shorter than the other and
withered arm. he is perhaps the
most splendid looking boy I have
ever SEEN"
Copyright, 1925. BY NEA Service.)
NEXT-Joan Explains.
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the dernier cri, the last thing than
which nothing is laster. We are
given dips and curlecues and cauli-
flower ears and swirls and roller
coaster glides. Our temples, ears,
and even the nape of the neck are
garnished as though our faces were
a plat dlp jour, and all the possible
trimmings of rosebud radishes. but
ter snails and sprigs of parsley were
being attacted thereto.
Pansy Herring for-short opines
that I resemble Fatima with snakes
crawling over her brow.
Then once again the scene is
changed With our tresses dripping
quarts Of water down the neck. a
Fatima-like veil is drawn over our
face and curlicued locks.
And that's but the half of It.
dearie. An object somewhat resem-
bling mules feed bag is dropped
over our heads. The effect is ghoul
ish-only eyes and nose emerge
through the proper Sits. We re-
semble the High Kleagle on feast
day.
The bag begins to swell like a
blimp preparing for ascent. We
clutch the chair arms to escape
vaulting heavenward. Blasts of hot
and cold air swirl upon our heads.
Monsieur departs for a moment.
The blimp gets hotter and hotter.
We cannot take. it off. We do not
know the French words for too
hot" We yell tres something.
and while waiting for the next word.
monsieur, assuming that we mean
tires froid." or very cold" turns
on some more hot air.
We yell. A good yell seems to
bring the same results in any
tongue. We are rescued.
When our heads have been prop
erly heated and chilled and dried
in the feed bag. the ondulation, mar
Gel. is given.
The bill? Six francs for sham
poo, six franc for cut, eight francs
for the perfume water spout, seven
francs for the ondulation. Total,
% francs or 81 cents.
You should see me!
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