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I soft depth of her velvet skirt ana
something reminded her that, though
he had been drawn back to her, i
would be only charm and loneliness
that would keep him. Argument
never could.
Its a rotten empty world. judith
| threw away the only thing I really
wanted in it. Is it any satisfaction l."
you TO know that"
NO" she answered. and wondered
for II had been just such an admissiuu
that she had tried to force from him
before.
How serene You are" he said. like
the peace of the woodland so beauti-
full: I'd truly forgotten how beautifH!
you are
He had forgotten the pink-sstiu
dress. thought Judith. Still she did
not speak.
Will You come downstairs and talk
TO me-" he asked.
What about" asked Judith
Il hadn't gone quite that far in nv
own mind. 1t would be about myself.
, / suppose. and of the things YOU know
All the things I've said before. Apollo
gies. perhaps-hopes. Judith. how I'd
like to come back to you-how l would
have come back to you months ago
if I'd had any confidence that I
wouldn't smash your faith all over
again. tread upon Your lovely little
planted rows of rules and Inoralities
I'd Try not TO step on them. But |
can't be sure. so ! can't ask you to BE-
sure. You can't love without those
suretieS. those promises and all those
ifs. But people do love sometimes
! whether they have any right to or not .
AS l loved your sweet, accusing face
following me all over the world and
telling me what brute I'd been. I
didn't mind the accusations. They
were true enough. But / wanted to
comfort you. Now I've the idea YOU
don't need comforter want to see
mo-"
His eyes rested on the scarlet scarf
splashed against the depths OF ivory
| velvet.
! Judith looked at her husbands face
/ with its tired lines of mockery. its bit
4 ter. humorous mouth and the eyes
| that were so eager and miserable And
! suddenly she was tired of all this dis
/ cipline of her love. all the badgerin E
of 1t and demanding and standing or
its right.
! "kirk-kirk' was all she said; and
| the tremble in his voice as he held her
in his arms and told her all the tender
things she had starved TO hear was
! answered complete.
You're more beautiful than ever. -
! he said. releasing her for further al
miration. There isn't any other man.
! is there"
That was Kirk. Confidence had al
ready leaped back into his face along
with happiness. How quickly he
dotted mis- cap of worry to don the
more becoming plume of triumph.
Judith thought Of Mr.. Appleby.
There is man" she admitted.
( who wants to marry me-
There's more than one said Kirk
| jealousy, but I'm the only one who's
going to get what he wants.
/ Copyright. 1920
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Some will have the energy TO get
back home; but the ma jority will
slump into the AmericaniZed Paris
life which passes in sitting around
and making acquaintance of other
Americans
They get more society in Paris than
they ever had at home-and il is
they knew Il small circle. humdrum
and monotonous. without men-the
men We're occupied, all day, in
business; and if their wives were any
good, they let them rest, at night.
after dinner. But in Paris American
men are as leisurely as the women
They spend their time in endless chat,
in lazy afternoon teas.
Parisine does it.
Continually meeting people like
themselves keeps Americans in Paris
placidiy occupied. so that they forget
all haste and struggle. Teas are
their type of highest activity. When
men get inoculated with Parisine they
become capable of attending teas
every afternoon-and actually give
| teas of their own.
Can you imagine half a dozen
American men joining together to
give a pink tea to the girls?
We see former roughnecks do it. in
Paris. We meet pugilists, socially,
at pink teas! Paris is the only city
where American business men take
time off for afternoon teas.
Parisine is the poison which makes
you content.
Contented people. it is understood
are bound to degenerate. Noble dis.
content is the secret of all progress.
Well, these Americans had discon-
tent at home. They were struggling
TO amass a competence, to rise above
their surroundings. Discomfort and
ambition. in truth, mean the same
thing. But, by association of ideas
the means to win the object becomes
! IN time, the object itself-most Ameri
cans with money take their pleasure
| in making more money. Probably il
| is good thing for American prosper
ity. But do not call them contented
Now, these crowds of Americans il
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hesitated to draw away for fear of
exaggerating his gesture.
Good night" he said at last; we
need not say goodbye. / am sure it is
only au levofr, Mrs. Leland"
X x = X
WITH him gone. the house was so
w still that. Judith almost, wished
him back again. She told herself for
the hundredth time that she must de-
velop interests, must shake off these
lurking, unadmitted thoughts and find
something that would engage her
mind.
There was nothing to do but to go
TO bed. She ought to be thankful that
she could go peacefully to bed instead
of waiting up to see when kirk would
come in, if indeed he came at all. he
had been outrageous, she thought for
the millionth time: and treading on the
heels Of that thought came the wonder
why she hadn't managed to hold him
more successfully. When they were
first married, he had cared. More than
that. he had been happy during all
those months. happy as a boy, full OF
plans, and even dreams. Kirk had
dreamed grandly.
She pressed the button in her wall.
and the soft Swallowed lamps lit her
room. On the dressing.table bench
ray long thin package wrapped IN
PAPER. That would be the material
Tx, bad hoIci.t FOR Miss Hames to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
Continue to Succumb
To Pleasant Poison in Air of Paris

ike parasite absorbing the beauty,
dignity, Wit, ease and leisure all
around him. The year passed. He
had a small fixed income, just enough
to live on decently, with careful ex-
penditure. He had no money to be
Partisan" or TO play up" Paris. He
did not need TO DO anything of the
kind. He became a cafe philosopher
2nd atternoon-tea SpecialiSt-but
above all. he loved the beautiful
streets.
After 10 years he is still at it. He
has sold his American birthright for
Z mess of elegant leisure. sitting and
chatting with other Americans. about
America. All Parisined,
You call this lad an expatriate.
Perhaps so.
All the same. he meets more Amer
leans than you do
These Parisined Americans are con-
stantly meeting crowds of Americans
like themselves in Paris-or on the
road to become 50.
1t is astonishing how they come.
from all parts of the United States
They come. youngish, not only from
Harvard, Yale, University Of Penn.
sylvania and Columbia, but from the
plains colleges of Texas and Kansas.
the grain and dairy-buiIt universities
of Iowa and Wisconsin. the Chicago
Gold Coast. the hardware stores of
Pine Bluff, Ark, the cattle plains of
the Southwest and the apple orchards
Of Oregon and Washington.
Middle-aged Americans throng
Paris. married couples, to get more
for their money, to take a couple of
years rest" to fulfill an ideal, or be-
cause dissatisfied at home
,, American business men who have
made a cleanup are led to Paris
by their wives. / say business men
/ in a wide sense. There are retailers
from American small cities, sold out
and come to Paris, in surprising num-
j Der. There are all kinds of retired
America ns-retired with a competence
before so. and hesitating what to do.
They look in on Parfs-and Parisine
gets them!
All these are touched by Parisine.
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Judith in her low voice, and there was
). hint of something in its tone that
made her mother look at her merry
uusly.
Judith was coming along very well.
but there had been one or two times
since she had left that man when she
had been pretty bad" Mrs. Jarvis
decided to waive further discussion of
the velvet.
Judith knew that tolerant silence of
her mother. 1t was part of the dread
full stiffness that had surrounded her
break with kirk-When no one spoke
Of Kirk or the fact that she had been
abused and neglected. II surrounded
her now as she went out of the shop
with her mother and they took their
places in the limousine drawn up to
the curb. A boy on. the curb with a
tray of flowers tried to sell them
punches of doctored violets. Judith
shuddered Such things We're always
happening to jog her memory. II
Kirk had been along he would have
stopped to buy the vlolets. He might
buy them for a peace Offering or to
cover up hagrancy, but he always
bought her flowers. Toward the end
Of her endurance it had seemed that
he took the beauty and fragrance out
of them. They always were the cul-
mination Of some episode.
Once when the car Swerved a little
Mrs. Jarvis spoke through the tube
TO the chauffeur and told him to go
slower. Peaceful and safe. the snow
fell around them, and Judith knew
that she should be contented. During
her turbulent five years of ma rriage it
had sometimes seemed that if she
could ever get through the dreaded
period Of separation and divorce, free
dom would be heaven. And here she
was-free. AT last she had time to
rest. She relaxed in her soft corner
and wondered what on earth she
would do with that velvet. Such a
mad purchase, Though Judith had
married Kirk Leland, she was born a
wealthy Jarvis, and the Jarvises never
wasted.
Mr.. Appleby is coming to dinner.
you remember" said Mrs. Jarvis.
"and tomorrow night there is that
play at the Orpheum.''
1t was as If she was trying to re-
mind Judith that life was full of
events, and Judith felt ungrateful
not to meet her mothers attempt
half way.
Il asked Grace, too" Mrs. Jarvis
went on. Perhaps you had better
rest before dinner, Judith. You look
a little tired.
why should be tired?"
You're hardly over the strain. y
said Mrs. Jarvis, briefly and kindly.
She was always kind to Judith. She
had been kind all through the shock
Of finding that her daughter had mar
ried unwisely and that everything
which had been done must be un-
done, that lawyers must be consulted
and difficult testimony discussed with
them. Just as she had married Ju-
dith to Kirk Leland, SO she had un-
married her, making both processes
as easy as she could.
X X Z x
JUDITH chose one of her dark
dresses for dinner. There were
plenty of good ones. She remembered
that she had bought another today.
and then she wondered when the ivory
velvet would be delivered and what
on earth she would do with it. She
parted her hair accurately and drew
it up. loosening it slightly, then pulled
it back to her neck. where she twisted
it in a coil and fastened it with long
bone hairpins. Nothing disturbed her.
There was nothing now to break con-
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amazed recognition and the white
puzzled look that went with it. In
stantly she forgot her dress, her con
tidence. her assumed manner. Shrink.
that Kirk was not feeling agreeab BILE
She read accurately that slight curve
of his lip, the double wrinkles in his
forehead from which his black har
waved back as CALAMITY as ever. He
was Immediately dressed but SO
tired-lookng, and certainly ill-tem-
Dered, thought Judith.
She shifted her chair a little so her
face was hidden. For she meant, in
her new confidence. to enjoy this chi
sode. II didn't overcome her or daunt
her.
She had sudden determination 10
bring him to acknowledge her charm.
her beauty. But how to manage il
she did not know. The dinner passed.
In the lounge outside people were
talking in groups, having coffee at
small tables. reading. writing. Judith
ing back into herself, she rose and
went hurriedly To the elevator, CRATE.
full for gilt gates that changed even as
Kirk started from his chair.
IN her own room, with the door shut
everything that had happened be
low seemed like dream. This was
what her life was, this safe retreat
The mirror gave back her image and
seemed TO say that it was a strange
retreat for one SO beautiful Kirk
might telephone the room. He would
perhaps. He might at least. But q
half-hour passed, and the telephone
remained silent. She thought then II
was more probable that he had left
the hotel, in disgust at having run
~ hxr- 'nt- l.. l.
sat there. hoping unadmittedly for the
telephone. 1t did not ring, and grad
| ually she knew that il would not. tina,
she might sit and sit there until her
youth vanished-sit there forever.
Careful. lest she wake her mother
she pulled the light low and opened
her door into the hall. with only colo
desperation and secret hope that be
low she would see Kirk again anG
show him that she didn't care. Their
| she drew in her breath with gasp
| for there. leaning against the wall, OBJ
/ posite her door. was Kirk.
! Judith. was all he said
! She could not answer. She CLOSED
! the door behind her. as if TO deny hin
entrance. but with her heart tremblinl
| in her throat
| Here's the bad penny. he said.
| There was the same old shamed
amused, almost philosophic look in hi
eyes. Judith knew that twitch of hi
, lips as he seemed 10 laugh at his weak
ness and accept it.
| Il didn't quite have the courag e L
knock" he ventured. but you CAV,
| me such a scant look at YOU down
! stairs. And I've been hungry for one
! You look as if it agreed with You 10 b.
rid Of me. Judith. l suppose perhaps
/ il should
! Words trembled on her tongue
words describing her loneliness ant
f, pain, her wretchedness through empty
months. They sought to form them
! selves into q flood of accusation anc
anger. Then her hand touched the
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| Paris poisoned with contentmentl are
about as near contented as folks get.
Compared with the rush and strain
at home. they are tranquil and at
| peace. If you understand me, they
| are satisfied, easy in mind. appeased
| Soothed, Gained, untroubled and al
rest. In other words, their new life
in Paris is quiet. serene and placid
unmoved. still, undisturbed. They aR
aSSuaged,
They are not wild. The tourists
are the wild ones, and a few new
corners. Our friends take in the Paris
theaterS. the cabaretS, the races, YOU
might say. in passing.
The Paris setting delights them
They have got away from struggle
, and ambition. They have slumped
back to the pleasure of mere living.
And they are charmed to find each
! other SO nice,
Here, exactly. is the great DANCE
of it all.
Because Americans are SO nice, the
fatal poison of Parisine keeps more
and more of them in Paris. Can't You
see it? Only in the leisure of Paris aft
ernoon teas do Americans Of PennsyI-
vania and Michigan discover how nice
the Americans of Texas and Tennessee
are. SO, Americans of Massachusetts,
and Missouri come to appreciate
Americans of California and Florida
So, from all over. In the hurry and
fatigue Of home life, what chance has
America at self-knowledge? Ameri
cans meet in Paris, and they are a
revelation to each other. Uike the
beautiful streetsD
! They are nice, nice, nice-the nicesi
people in the world: and they find II
/ out about each other only when they
get the time, in Paris.
So they stay right here. in Paris
enamored of each other and Of the
! lazy content which Parisine inf1icts ol
them. IT. makes them sit and chat
| They chat about America.
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In the Atlantic Ocean offshore be
tween Mama and Key West nearl!
600 varieties or hsh are found.
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BEST PROSPECTS

D. m. Play by play brba1-
| east OF Baseball Game between
| washington and Chicago in Chi
cago. WASHINGTON Times Herald.
g" IS nSssandman circle" for
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CHAIN PROGRAMS
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ROUND THE RADIO DIALS

ture that was about All that was
saved from the Wreckage of Mas.
senetss opera Sic Cid comes next
and opens the way with lts very
good music to the last three num-
bers and the most important OF
the program.
These are Rimsky- lNarsokoW,A
Hymn Is the sun. from the ballet
onerA eThe Golden COckrell the
music Wagner wrote for the en-.
TRANCE 81 the gods to Valhalla in
the last act Of "The Ri1ineg0ld, I, the
ffrsf 81 the four great operas telling
tlle lerendary story Of Siegfri 81 and.
finally the brilliant finale of
grseha fIso1vslxy,s Fourth Syn1ph.
ony one 81 the most tren1end osis
efforts OF the great Russian coma
poser at great harmon ~ one
that IS particularly well suited 70
brass band interpreted ton.
sHAKESPEARE FOR
THE LITTLE ONES
A Midsummer Nights Dream.
arranged Tor the entertainment Of
children, win Be one Of the interest
ing things loud speakers viii give
forth il tuned At s o'clock for
WBAL, Baltimore. The program
wiIl Sc worth the time Of any grown
sups who care TO listen IN.
The ROYAL salon Orchestra Will
do rs usual Thursday evening stuff
from VIZ. and there VIII also be
another of those very good ire
side Boys programs only songs
well sung. !.
AT WGY an operetta, n lnala
will be produced at $50 thai OUGHT
to attract listeners The root Deer.
9fnger aIe and tire manufacturers
'sl1bsIdies entertain at WEAF on
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LISTENERS BECOME
THRILLED EAVESDROPPERS

a second thrill came late in the
evening when radio listeners
throughout the world became caves
troopers on the correspondence be-
tween Comdr. Donald Macmillan, the
Arctic explorer, now somewhere off
the coast OF Greenland, and the
members OF his family in various
parts of the United States.
The correspondence was One-sided,
because it was broadcast by WJAZ,
Chicago, for Commander Macmillan.
For one hour WJAz directed a pro-
gram to the receiving set Of the
Bowdoin, Commander MacMillan's
vessel sailing the Arctic seas. w.
III. Mcdonald, president Of the
Zenith Radio Corporation, which
operates WJAZ, was a companion OF
Commander Macmillan on his last
voyage to the Arctic.
DOLL OPERA
HAS GOOD TUNES
La Poupee, the doll opera Of
Edward Audran, was the offering
OF the WEAF light opera company
last evening with a host of good.
lifting music that was well presents
ed. Most light operas, as has been
said here once or twice before,
depend quite bit on dialogue and
| setting for their complete under.
standing. As neither was posstbie
| iii the WEAF production. the music
was more or less wasted, save OF
| those who had heard the opera.
The Orient was well represented
In the music of the evening, the
Davis saxophone outfit presenting
| the Amy Woodford Finden setting
| for four Of Laurence Hopes I'm.
dian Love Lyrics and the Ipana
Troubadours playing Rimsky-K or
sakow's Song of India among
other good things ON both programs
| MISS SBIALLW0OD
STARS AS COMPOSER
Gertrude SnaIlWood registered vel
as a composer from WCAP during
! the course of d short piano recital
| Miss SmalIwood's light, airy piano
| study, "Skyiark," is dainty piece
of work Snd impressed her audiences
quite ~ much as the other mum
bers on her well-played program
Joseph Domeglio, tenor, shared the
/ honors with Miss SmaliWood with
two groups Of Italian songs.
Interference by local broadcast
made it almost impossible TO hear
/ the New York Philharmonic Or
chestra from VIZ. although the
/ WIZ dance program was received
later without difficulty.
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LOVING CUP FOR
STANNARD

Another Good night for the dial
fvrisfers was the evening of We'd
nesday--wifb quite q bit OF noise
IN some sections and less NJ
others. but fair reception from all
az them. IThe tuning radius scent
Cd 10 be Boston on the North.
neS NOines on the West. Mem
nhis. Southwest and Atlanta,
south. At least, these stations
responded To careful dazzling. Sew
eraI Chicago stations were uTl-
usually noisy, and Washington IN
terfered considerably with new
York.
There was variety of thrills
provided by the loud speakers last
night one of which was shared by
Can't william j. stannard. leader
Of the United States Army Band.
Tbe CAPTAIN was genuinely sur.
prised by Isaac Cans in the mlodIe
Of the band concert at the Sylvan
Theater and presented with a hand.
some silver loving cup as evidence
Of the esteem in which he is held
BY the public that has enjoyed his
music.
In the presentation speech Mr..
Cans stated that the musician hid
greatly endeared himself to the
people who have been listening to
his band play and many OF them
wanted to make sOfl1e material testl-
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NEARBY STATIONS
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GIVE AND TAKE
new A|R R|IIE

Washington and New York VIII
divide the time of the WRC pro-
gram this evening in a rather in
teresting way. Washington gives
New York the Marine Band for.
an hour and a half and New Yo.k
returns the courtesy with three
programs.
With the Analganations Of sta
tons that are going on these days
the evening entertainment seems
to be taking very much OF this
form, although it is probable that
from now on New York will fur
I1ish quite a bit more OF WRC's
fare than It has heretofore. All
OF which il interesting and help.
full because it viii compel the
trio). Cincinnati Either Players.
10 p. "a. Henry Thies' Castle Farm
lo:Is >. m.--Ai Kirsehner and Pep
Golden.
1910 p. m;--Irehe Downins and
II ii. Tony i Laxarro's Imperial
i1:I5 b m.The Latonia Melody
Boys, Elmer Brennan and Carol Burr
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1870 p. M Imperial Sereuadera.
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production In Washington Of pro.
gram material that ait least APP.
proximates what 1t gets from is
larger neighbor.
JUDGE JR.
STARTS EVENING
one Is again tempted and falls
for the temptation--to can atten.
ton to the very clever fifteen min.
utes Judge Jr.v puts into the loud
speakers from New York Of q
Thursday evening. This evening
the time set FOR the event Is $40
and tuners must dial WI u t0 get III /.
The Voice Of the Silent Drama
will bring thriller to listeners
from WIZ by way of yvRE
BIT I o'clock in the form of the
story OF ssThe Great Deception
which has English heroes. Russian
villains and glorious American girls
together with internat ionaI spieA
airplane ESCAPES ana wild motor
rides.
MARINE BANDS
ELABORATE PROGRAM
The program of the Marine Band
from the Sylvan Theater which IS
expecLe0 70 entertain the auQ1Gne6A
Of WIZ and WGY as well as WRC
when It starts at TO contains
about as wide q variety 81 things
as Taylor Branson has given the
customers for many weeks After
two numbers of fair interest come
the waltz and pizicato movements
from Delibes' ballet suite, SylVias (
There are no daintier or more
delicate bits III music than these
with which the audience win find
itself very familiar.
Then comes the equally familiar
Titl Serenade served as q duet for
flute and French horn. The over