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has been floating about the
vouneer set almost since the
honeymoon days. The bride was
formerly one Of the much courted
members OF the debutante group.
being considered particularly
pretty example oE the titan type.
She has recently been soJourning
in the Hawaiian Islands. where
she went to convalesce from q Sc
rious illness. We are told, on ex-
ce1lefit authority, that she was
besieged with admiration during
her trip. which those In the know
state was taken as the first step
in the separation proceedings.
Mother Ii Anxious
'The bride belongs to one Of the
pioneer families Of Santa Barbara.
being connected on the paternal
side with the Spanish aristocrats
OF the mission days. The groom
is one OF the richest young men
In the South. He comes Of an
old and very conservative family. "
AS Sandy read her mother
watched In panied, GREATNESS
anxiety. She now repeated: It's
not true, Of course. You didn't
know OF this?n
Sandy didn't answer
Did you know Of it2'
OF course not.
Leaning forward, the warm
hand pressing on Sandg's: You
haven't taken any such steps,
have YOU?
What chance have had? I'm
only home five days What right
have they to print such things2"
Mrs Mcneil drew a long. re-
lieved breath. They have no
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-27
By EIenOre Meherin,
Author Of "Chickie, " "Ann,'
"Ann and Phil' and
'.NOra Lee
CHAPTER xxxvII

CHAPTER XXxNII
TIE let go Of her. He went
over and sat at "a desk re-
peatfng in snarIing mockery the
bitterest Of Sandy's words.
She sat with her back toward
hin1-very excited-very still.
He wheeled slowly round,
watching her intently, his lips
moving. You can go. I've moth
ing more to say. You married
me. You're my wife. Youth rt-
main my wife. That's all I cana
TO tell YOU
ssIs It? Well. I've few things
to tell you. There's no sense in
making q tragedy of this. We
ought TO be sane about i.
cant live with you. You no.
longer care for me: The only
thing before US is to part. -
yes? You think so. do your
1T can be done quietly. You
can divorce me.
So you've said. I'm not going
TO divorce you.
Then I'll sue FOR one.
He came over. stood before her,
q smile of hatred on his mouth.
ION what grounds. my dear2
That / married you after you had
6fsgraced yourself? That / took
you back after you ran away on
your honeymoon? That I pay
your expenses for a breakdown.
+. induced by your own cheapness:
That ] send YOU touring with
your mother for several months
Sandy Defiant
Her eyes grew black and fiery
in the blanching Of her face:
have grounds enough to get ten
divorces IL ] chose to state them.
And slnalI.''
'sYou have witnesses for al,
these atrocities. have you? Re-
member. it's your word against
mine. and / can make mine worth
money II 1t takes the last cent
I've got. youth never get a
divorce"
Aren't you offering a rather
high price for your spite? You
forget you'll also be free. There
are plenty OF women in the world
better suited to you than l..
Plenty who would give you good
return for your shelter. There
are even some who might marry
you without being driven into 1t
by their disgraceful pasts"
You realize It, do you? Yes
plenty OF women better looking
than you! Plenty with more to
offer a man! But I'm married to
you. Married for life. l can't
get free. Neither can you!
81 am free. I've ceased to be
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their elbow bones shine through
their skin from lack of padding
between.
There is leading lady mar
Red to a star member of a famous
old theatrical family whose thin
ness would keep her from getting
q job if it wasn't for he" 3
monial connection, / remember
her not few years ago wAe-- Ia :
was soft and round and pretty.
Another actress travels around
billed as the eternal flapper, in
ducing women to think they can
become like she is. Few other
women can because she is OF
very small build and bone. ana
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No1U Go On With the Story

your wife. / buried that when
you buried my child. You might
as well know it plainly. II you
won't give me a divorce or get
one yourself and il you succeed
in baking me so that I'm COM
spelled in the eyes of the law to-
remain your wife, the only gain
to yourself will be the privilege of
supporting me.
And IL / don't. contest 1t? II
/ permit you to get a divorce.
who has the privilege Of support
ing you? You think your father
will receive you. He win approve
of your divorce and will be glad
to take you in?
Il won't ask you to worry about
it. / can make my own way.
Your own way? So that's 1t!
Who is he? Since I furnish the
opportunity OF the meeting since
1 buy the clothes and pay the pas.
sage, / might ask the honor OF
the gentlenan's name.
He stopped down, his eyes gleanl-
ing through narrow Sits fnfurt-
ated by her arrogance ana con.
tempt. Who is hep"
She swept past him, stood at
the window, twisting the glass
bead on the shade string.
I'm right, am IT,
She flung about suddenly, an
swering in a soft voice. Her
voice pulsed and was hot. You'd
deserve to be right! You regard
me as your wife and you've tried
from the beginning to shame ms.
You married after / disgraced
myself, did you. You know as
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What Has Happened So Far

Sandy Mcneil, young, beautiful daughter Of 2 family
that once had vast possessions California and is
settled in the town of Port Jervis agrees at her family
behes marry rich Ben Murio whom she does not love
away to her fathers home. Muilo follows her She dis
covers become mother and gives her plan to
leave him Finally she into the home he has
built for her. She broods her unhappy marriage and
accidentally meets Tmmy former sweetheart and goes
riding with him MurillO furious when he them
together They quarrel Sandy faints Her baby born
and dies and Sandy persuades her husband to let her
Rermuda with mother There she meets Ramon Worth
who pays marked attention to her. He saves her from
drowning and sails to New York the same steamer
sandy finds herself and in love with him and
throws her arms about him and kisses him She meets her
husband with indifference and when they reach home tells
him she wants her freedom He threatens to strike her and
rnshes ont Of the house
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from earliest stage work devel-
oped cute mannerisms that aid
greatly in her deception. Her un-
usually thick mop of bobbed hair
helps too.
Don't destroy your natural
beauty and good disposition starV-
ing yourself into an animated
skeleton!
Health is the secret of true
beauty, and you can't be well
when you are undernourished!
The films are foolish to lay SO
much stress on slender lines and
beauty. Great stories have been
lived by fat people, and homely
ones; why can't they be actOd2
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In Fury Sandy Calls Her Husband Liar and Coward to
Hint There Is Anything in Her Past Of Which She
Need Be Ashamed

God knows, that you're q shabby.
lying coward to say 1t. I've moth
ing to hide-now or in the past.
II make no. promises for the
future! Understand that! I'll give
you grounds to divorce me-
plenty of them
You will? Let me inform you
a little just a little before YOU
go any further with thai idea.
You give me grounds to divorce
you-you do one thing to lower
my name and youll get the worse
of it! You may not know, my
dear adultery is a felony in this
State. A felony punishable with
five years in the penits ntiary.
How would you like that n
Only Decent Thing
She regarded him across i burn
ing silence. Then she walked up
and smiled IN his face. When
you're sane again, perhaps we can
come to some agreement, I mean
every word I've said There's no
need to degrade. ourselves with
bitterness and insult. We made q
mistake to marry. No one is in
volved but the two of us. The
only decent. clean thing VIC can
do, since things are as they are.
is 60 part. / mean to accomplish
this.
He made clutch at her wrist:
And / mean that you shan't.
Think II over
She pulled from him cold and
defiant. She put on her hat, her
hands trembling. She whispered
to herself with a shal1y laugh:
Mustn't get any more freckles."
But outside it was uplifting
sparkle and Joy in the air. She
walked quickly, saying to herself:
Peach Of day. The hills were
so brown and quiet White clouds
fIuttered like wells of nymphs-
nympls dancing on the gay blue
sky.
No Tragedy
sandy drew in her breath. She
stepped along buoyaptly. She
Kept saying to herself: What Of
1t. It's no tragedy. She held
her head back drinking in the
sweetness 'of the fine September
morning.
When finally she reached the
back gate OF the old white house
dreaming It it's sun bath she ran
her hand over her face Her
hands were icy. She thought:
What will Isabel say? wonder
how she'll take Il"
Alice in q bungalow apron sat
at the kitchen table. all the bat
tered old family silver before her.
1t was cool in here, the brown
earthen floor freshly scrubbed
all. the pots cleaning on their
hooks near the stove.
Alice wore a stiff pair Of very
large gloves and with an angry
look worked the old toothbrush
over the filigree.
where's Isabel?'
Visiting your sister, Madeline.
The dear girl Is melancholy so
mamma must go over and make
lemon pies for her and the
brood. Did you come for q visit?''
That was my intention"
Make yourself comfortable.
Mice little old pastime for a
beautiful day. Ally"
Hated to Polish Silver
The brush going with redoubled
vigor: Beautiful days are moth
ing in my young lifep'
"Ole darling, there are worse
things in life than polishing the
Mcneil plate on September 81. at
1880 precisely.
such as visiting the islands
and remaining there three months?
I'd like to have a chance at some
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By FAY KING

HiE other day j was riding in
4 a hotel elevator. A woman
got in and greeted two men she
knew. She got out of the ele-
vator two floors before they did.
and / rode beyond them. When
she left one man said to the
other:
Gee. hardly knew her:
Doesn't she look terrible. Sine
plump.
Tnis would no doubt surprise
the lady in question very much
because one glance at her .saunt.
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The undeveloped slimness Of
youth is beautiful because it is
not lack Of flesh, but lack OF
frame!
When the bones are fully de.
veloped they must be cushioned
In the proper amount of healthy
plump flesh to be pretty.
On the stage we see some OF
the older actresses today stalking
around the stage in various, stages
of starvation. Their arms hang
in scrawny, bony ugliness from
sockets that prove the size they
should be.
Their hands look too big and
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THE TIMES
DAILY SIX
-Rv w n. WiIherf III. "

by A liz Wl1DGTts WAs A.
1. SCIENCE. what is biology?
2. Law. What is meant by sin
testats?"
3. CIVICS. What is the official
called, who looks after the inter
ests OF Americans in a foreign
country?
A. ART. Where is the best
place to study the finest examples
of relief-sculpture?
5. MUSIC. Which great pianist
was Poland's first premier?
6. HEALTH. What is the nor
NAL temperature of the human
body?
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions
l. Literature. Caedmon second
half OF the seventh century,.
2. HISTORY The assassination
of the archduke or Austria and
OF his wife at Serajevo, Bosnia,
on June %, 1914.
8. GEOGRAPHY. India.
4. BUSINESS. Uncertainties OF
the supply and of the demand.
S. MANKIND. China.
s, HUMAN NATURE Aphnsia.
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Of these WORSE things. Sorry !
can't entertain you in state. !"
Sandy took off her hat. began
scouting about the pantry.
Don't bother" said Ally inn
patiently "I'll get the lunch.
Its no bother. ole dear" Sandy
now made loud clatter dumping
vegetables from a bowl to a
saucepan to be heated. She fear
ed Alice's next move.
But Alice said: "Well, il you in
sist on helping. here, you can
finish the silver. she pulled off
the stiff gloves, handed brush and
cloth and resigned her chair 20
Sandy.
II there was one thing Sandy
hated it was to polish silver-get
your fingers all grimy. However,
she appreciated her sisters
superior strategy and gingerly sat
herself down.
"How's. your husband?" said
Alice brusquely.
Neither worse nor better"
Mas worried about you. She's
worried sick You were slightly
cold on the drive homeward, I'd
say. What's in the air?"
"Oh nothing much only / don't
expect to end my days with him.
That's about ALL"
what are you turning pale
about them"
Superb Disdain.
I'm always pale-my flower
like complexion, you know. What
did Isabel say?''
she asked me if you'd told
me anything. OF course she
didn't use the terrible word 'di-
vorce,' but she limited it,"
"And 1 suppose I'd be the black
sheep IL / ever dared think OF 1t. !"
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you don't expect anything dif-
ferent, do your
why not? n two people
aren't happy together"
Then YOU are thinking about
it, are you? All I've got to say
is you've got nerve with q fam
ilv like this on your neck.
IT'S not their business ex-
actly."
Alice smiled with superb dis
dain: "Oh no! And 1t wasn't their
business when I wanted to marry
Ted, either, was it? You notice
l didn't marry him, don't your"
Alice had her back turned. Her
lean shoulder blade stood out:
like an accusation. She whacked
the spinach. Just take 1t from
me, kid. you can't buck this
trustP'
Sandy blew, the powder from
the engraved design. els ma
coming back for lunch?" she
asked, getting up to ses the
table.
"She ought to be here now"
Mrs. Mcneil came painting up
the walk She said breathlessly:
Sandy Her face was suffused
with warmth and redness.
News Item.
She sat down at the table, wiped
her neck rs your father COM
ing to lunch, Alice?"
mo"
She sighed with relief. Then
she opened her bag, tears flying
to her eyes. She took out a
newspaper clipping, pushed it to-
ward Sandy. did you see this?"
She could scarcely breathe. Its
not true, is it? 1t can't be true. :"
CHAPTER 38
CANDY picked up the clipping,
- frowned to hide the sudden
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drawn face showed me that she
is a slave to diet. Although she
looked like a reed. she did rot
deceive anyone that she is 40 and
should be fat.
When will women get hep TO
the fact that these slim lines
after youth has fled are not
youthful?
The general outline when short
skirted and fur collared may be
"girlish," but there is n drawn
gaunt look that does not deceive.
They'd look much younger If they
filled out and were properly pro-
portioned!
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SAY III WITH
MUSIC

international News service ssatt

Gsrrreanonflent
Gay ii with music. IS NicoIe
~ CIRCUITS slogan this year She
saws that when Shakespeare wrote
a name had very little import
ance. it was before the day when
every smart gown had q name q
its own.
Musical gowns were the feature
OF the opening OF the new salons
of this smart couturier, when
real Jazz orchestra accompanied
every model, telling its name
with its lively strains Swanee
PLAYED for swan, a delightful cool
green sports model in softest
kasha. why Did kiss That
GirI?,, came III with Quick, one
Of the new crepes in blue with
bands of checkered red on the
sleeves ana about the bottom
Of the skirt. s'C,est une CANINE
charnante, welcome in Canine,
lovely crepe with q bolero back
and having embroidered roses u
pink. Tea for Two Of course
was just right for Tete a Tete. q
lovely yellow satin coat with
darker fur for the collar. And
the old beloved .sVioleterra' was
played for Violette. the loveliest
shade of soft taffeta with pleats
and pockets.
a bit OF Mozart was struck mp
for a black taffeta embroidered in
silver bearing the name Of the
celebrated composer and a few
strains of Chopin went with Cor
lime, simple white crepe de
chine with wide blue bands.
Every now and then the chic
audience joined In the tune, espe-
cially on the old popular melodies
and there was a ripple of gay
laughter when the mannequins In
day costumes appeared with dogs
on leashes, each time harmonic
ing with the dress,
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panic. whats it all about. lisa
bel?''
Read It. Madeline saw 1t.
Chrissie KeistOn was there this
morning to talk about it, So
you See Mrs. Mcneil cIasped
her hands. rubbing the thumbs
back and fOrth one over the other.
She said with frightened resolu
ton: "I told them it wasn't
true"
The clipping was from the so
ciety news a rambling item writ
ten with SNUG provincial chatti-
ness.
''Rumor has~it that one of our
popular young matrons. a bride Of
last year, may soon enter suit for
divorce. Gossip that all was not
tranquil on the matrimonial sea
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-A Romance Of B Girl Forced Into 2 Love
less Marriage BY q Family That
Thinks Only Of Money

right. az course. Papers do these
fhInQa. sandy. want YOU tu
Ten me the truth, are you
TF4TNKINC mean even think
ire 81 divorce? You saids
never know whether to believe
what YOU say or not, you're 20
daring. You t1rtimated sometnlng
like il while we were away. You
were Joking. weren't you ri
Alice j Victim
Alice. drinking her tea now
put down the cup with \ long
suffering. ironic smile expressing
To ali the McNeil family her utter
disdairl. Alice was . violent
enemy OF family interfereuce
she considered her life had beer
vicioualy warped.
AT 19 when she was III the lists
a. q beauty. she had fallen Wildly
IN love with young Teddy SeanoIl,
4 handsome, light hearted deck
hand on q boat plying between
santa Barbara and Santa Rosa
island. She wanted TO marry
him. In vain did Isabel implore
what kind OF a marriage II this
for & McNeiI7 Did ! think Id
ever i've to see the day q
daughter OF mine could 30 Tar
forget her upbringing2 a sailor
Ia common sailor
Alice was obdurate. SO Angus
stepped IN. He called on Teddy
He threatened him. He had him
transferred To Los Angeles
RIO Be Continued Monday.l
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Sandy IN Movies

Sandy" soon win be seem "
LOew's Palace. The FOX Film
Corporation already has started
production.
Madge Bethany, siiOrn Of her
luxurious tresses, Ilas been
selected for the part of the
red-lIeaded. bob-haired. flaming
SANDY
SANDY will make her screen
debut while the story 3 rum
ming in The washington Times.
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TRY BEAN
CROQUETTES
BY. Alice Langelier-l

BY Alice Langelierl
international News Service Staff
Correspondent
PARIS.
DEAN CROQUETTES make q
~ pleasant change from the
usual meat ones.
Cook French white beans until
soft. Mash them and mix with a.
good quantity of grated cheese
moistened with melted butter.
Brown a chopped onion in but
ter and add to the beans with a
little chopped parsley. Work all
well together to obtain g. smooth
paste.
Make into round or flat Gro
quotes and fry in deep hot fat.
Drain and serve at once.
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

when did Goldsmith write
the Life of Beau Nash"
2--When was Neisse. Prussia,
taken by the French?
3-When was the October Club
of English Tories formed7
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ANSWERS

to Yesterdays Questions
THE French built a post road
on Mt. Lebanon. Syria, from
Beirut to Damascus in 1868.
2-Sir Walter Nanny, founder
of the Charterhouse, London,
lived in the fourteenth century.
3-John Lawson, surveyor-gen-
eral of North Carolina, was MUIR
dered by the Indians in 1712.
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This Day in History

the anniversary Of the abdcation Of the greatest
Il te world by Charles Emperor Of Germany and 49,
o spain Who 1857 the monastery Ct ~ sus p
as = private
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The Worlds Huge Output Of Cotton

THE world crop the of 1921925 has
been estimated by competent about 250OOOOO
one half produced IN the
United
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FIRST PRIZE WINNER
FIRST PRIZE WINNER
AUTO COMPANY
AT FLINT, Mich.
GEORGES Vote
General Motors Tells
Flint to Appropriate
By a Worker Correspondent.

FLINT, Mich, Aug. 81. After a
threat issued by the General Motors
corporation, not to use their newly &C
quired 100000 plant unless the vo-
tiers of Flint, Mich. install new sewer
system the Loyal" Flint City Coun-
Gil has decided to give the voters an
other chance to make good
The General Motors corporation re-
Gently bought out the huge plant of
the Flint Motor Co. at the fancy price
of $4,0OO,000 for the purpose Of manu-
featuring the closed Buick bodies now
being made in Detroit, and recently
tied up several times on account of
labor trouble.
The city fathers Of Flint immedia-
te1y got busy and asked the voters of
Flint to favor a 100000 appropriation
to install new sewer system to ac-
comodate the General Motors corpora
TONS program Of still further expand
ing the former Flint plant. On August
II the voters of Flint defeated this
measure, and Immediately Mr.. H. H.
Bassett, president of the Buick Motor
Co. issued statement to the effect
that the new S4,O00,O00 plant will be
left idle and the Buick bodies continue
to be made in Detroit, unless the
voters Of Flint change their minds and
put in new sewers for the General
Motors corporation.
One Of the reasons why the Flint
voters turned down the new sewer
proposition is that in the thickly po-
pulated sections of the east and west
side Of Flint where the workers live,
there are no sewer Accommodations,
while the south side where the $4,000
900 plant is located, already has sew
ers and is not built up at all.
Immediately after the statement by
Bassett, in fact the same day, the
local politicians appeared before the
city council with resolution request
ing that the sewer proposition be Civ
en- another vote.
II am satisfied that the citizens of
Flint are loyal to their town, loyal to
their institutions, to the General Mo-
tors :. (D have heard it stated
that the sewers to be built we're for
the benefit of the General Motors cor
poration. This is not true. General
Motors never asked for anything it
was not justified in asking for
General Motors is only asking for what
the city has always done in the past
20 years." said the man who intro
duced the resolution.
And now the citizens of Flint will
again be asked to vote huge sums Of
money to improve the property of the
General Motors corporation at the ex-
pense of the health improvements in
the working class residential sections.
1t should be borne in mind that the
huge majority of the Flint voters are
employed by the General Motors cor
porations.