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FOR SALE--HOUSES.
NEW RESIDENCES
TAKOMA PARK,

36,IOU--
4 bungalow OF 3 rooms and fully
tiled buiitin bath, hot-water heat.
nIasaod lakewood floors. open fireplace;
electricity: garage lot 50x525: more
than 100 beautiful trees: $3.50 cash
s,o ox ana $40 per n1ontn to carry.
frame residence of 7 rooms hot
water heat. hardwood floors tile
bash. open fireplace. buiit.in book
cases large lot with garage: near
stores. churches. schools and car line.
Can be bought reasonable terms.
IHOS. ]. FISHER & co, Inc,
13S 18th st. NV Main $3.50
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THOS. j. OWEN & SON. AUCTIONEERS,
1425 Eye st. NV.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIM-
RREovEp q oY, PRQPERSTTY pSTTInrn SITUATE "a n
RIsoN; Il HARRISON R r, ] FORTY; t9E (; FIFTH T TT,

:. By virtue of certain deed OF. trust. dated
November is, 1928. being INSTRUMENT No.
the land records Of the District OF Columbia.
and at the request of the party secured
az public auction, in front Of the premises.
NE 20 9D DiAsa TAE HF rfVE HHs0Et9 otlocAkf 2
the following described land and premises,
situate IN the ID District tr,r of Columbia and
square 1875. of 2 subdivision of lots made
by Harry g.. Lewis. as per plat recorded in
the ONCE OF the surveyor for the District
Of Columbis, In Liber 81. at folio SO. sub
Terms: Sold subject to a prior deed of
trust for about $37 $50 90. further particu-
lars of which will be announced at time OF
sale: the purchase price above said trust TO
be paid in cash. A. deposit of $1,000. 90 re-
purchasers cost. Terms to be complied with
within thirty days. otherwise. deposit for
feited and the Droperty may be advertised
and resoid ct ths dlscretion OF the trustees.
JESSE II. HEDGES.
ixnx11.dAdaexsu&hol Trustees.
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NEW HOMES.
INSPECT AT ONCE

INSPECT AT ONCE.
9l3-oN QUINCY ST. NV.
+ large rooms, tile bath, built
in tub. h.-w.h., electric light,
hardwood finish, built-in ice
box and lots of other built-in
features; double rear porches,
wide front concrete porch; deep
lot to wide alley, with or with
out built-in garage. For sale by
THOS. A. JAMESON CO.,
200 n. Y. Ave. NV. NJ. $3.50.
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OPEN FOR INSPECTION DAILY
corner E Eta ah a caGf sns ' pns ~
fail only for ideas from eeauaul home
STREET
~ @ sG @ Ss % home :su, e ,h:
10 a bargain q
W.
Location essvy ch:. c. 18th
saase seonsdersd 70 snsn Fl 600 " ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~
h... Juse % sSp r ~
QUICK REALTY COMPANY, INC.
Main 64s2
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FOR aALE-HnuNEa.
F0R sALE-HOUsEs.

1925 ALLISON ST.
sg story brick l.ae.s ie Ms
valued at $4,000 In > ass - '~ " ' ~
CHEVY CHASE, D. c.
$3.50 Casf--$75 Per Month
% dehss @
fuEsreSn
al
ASCOT ST. NORTHEAST
R @ ps aH oc S s & i r'S n I sSso as.s iS
. remT ~ "
WARDMAN,
1887 K St. NV. Main $780,
Evening Phone Service to 9 PM
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
THOS. J, OWEN & SON ACCTTOETTRS
1A0k EYE ST NV

STORY FRAME DWELLING. BEING
PPRlBEMMIJ1SyEs PlE MI1ysSss no. 745 ASPEN STREET
BY virtue Of 2 rain deed of trust. dated
recorded August 10. 1925. among the land
records OF the District of Columbia. and at
the request of the party secured thereby the
undersigned trustees will sell at public auc.
THE THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MAY, AID.
ing-described land and premises. situate in
the District of Columbia. and DESIGNATED as
and being lot 43 in Charles c.. Riddel's sub
division OF lots g. and in SQUARE 3170. az
per plat recorded In the Office of the surveyor
for the District OF Columbia in Liber TO- at
folio 13 subject to building restriction and
covenants Of record.
,-Ici Terms; ,or sSld koo ospbses to pri9r deed o
which win be announced at, time Of sale:
paid In cash. deposit of $500 required.
cost. Terms to be complied with within
thirty days. otherwise deposit forfeited and
the property may be advertised and resold at
the discretion of the trustees.
THEODORE MICHAEL.
:. p. BELL.
n1y1 / dads exSu Trustees.
UTHE ABOVE SALE rs POSTPONED
until SATURDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST
PAX PIX p}t.dNA Of MAY. A,D' 1927. SAME HOUR
BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
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THOS. J. OWEN & SON, AUCTIONEERS.
l425 Eve St NV.
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HOS. J..oWEN e son. ,ATCTIoNEERs,
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THOS. j. OWEN & SON, AUCTIONEERs
1d25 Eye st n w
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THOS. j. OWEN & SON. AUCTIONEERS.
1925 Eye Street Northwest
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nyI -d&ds .exSu Trusieer
ADAM A. wESCHLTR & SON Auctioneer.
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AUCTION SALES.

THOS, J. OWEN & SON ATCTTONEERs
1923 Eve ST NV
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VIM, K. HARTU Na,
my31 "a. .26. 263lie Trustees
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"improvised civilization" of America.
The European is apt to say, in reply
to any favorable comment on an art
object of this century, "Oh, that is
modern" in disparaging tone, quite
as the American says, "Oh, that is
DID," in disparagement of antiquity.
And Egypt, il not the oldest nation,
has the oldest recorded history.
The new legation building, rambling
and spacious. of light gray stone, tops
a hill in the northerly part of the
city. 2501 Fifteenth street. And, al
though American built. there is sug-
gestion in its straight, severe towers
and many small windows of Egyptian
architecture, probably selected by the
legation for that reason. The interior
is to be OrientaliZed, In style BETTING
the East as all these diplomatic estab-
tain national individuality.
The central portion of the first floor
Is composed of the reception hall in
the middle, with the Minister'S study
on the right and the first secretary's
study on the left, with offices of the
chancery to the extreme left.
This central reception hall has, in
itself. that Old World effect attained
through simplicity and contrast. For
instance, a small table Of dark brown
carved wood has a white marble top,
on which is placed a shallow dish of
dark green jade. and nothing else.
Over the entrance TO the Minister'S
study hangs a framed design. center
of light green with crescent moon and
three stars, the design of the Egyptian
flag, surmounted by golden crown.
On the large center table stands a
lamp Of brass open-work with lining
Of rose pink. And at the turn OF the
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staircase, probably by way of con-
trast TO the Egyptian desert. hangs a
painting of mountain peaks, snow
capped. In one corner is a wonderful
settee of heavily carved wood, COM
bination of teak and red mahogany,
making color effect of wood. A
painting of roses, in antique frame of
brown wood shows an effect of life
and delicacy mos marvellous, the pale
pink rose petals seeming to hang
quivering in air.
These effects in the reception hall
give suggestion of the beauties in
preparation for the more ornate parts
of the establishment. Beauty is the
prevailing tone of foreign establish
ments--a haunting sort of beauty sell
dom attained in these United States.
even within the most elegant habita-
tons.
An employee of the legation of South
American origin, while waiting for the
first secretary to return from lunch.
had some observaGoss to make re-
garding architecture, the birthright
OF the South American. where fine
buildings are the rule. Perhaps many
North Americans hardly realize the
superiority OF our neighbors to the
ouutli VI uS III THIS respect. Anu dTCH-
itecture in Egypt has ever aimed at
colossal effects rather than beauty.
I'm South America" said he, "even
our commercial buildings are planned
for beauty. never merely for utility.
never ugly. But your commercial
buildings are just walls: you see moth.
ing" He threw up his hands and
laughed-"Tall."
The government of Egypt Is also
being modernized in the sense of pre-
vailing unrest. The present govern
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ONE of the most amazing-perhaps
~ the most amaZing-instance of
human vanity i'm all history is that of
Peregrinus Proteus, cynlc philoSo-
pher of the second century of the
Christian era, who. in order to be in
the '1imelight." actually had himself
burned TO death in public square.
Peregrinus had spent an eventful
life, i'm which sort of pagan fanati-
cism is believed to have a most impor-
tant part. He was born at Parium in
Mysia and, when still a boy, was sus-
pected of having killed his own
father. At any rate, he seems to have
gone to Palestine to escape arrest and
to have ingratiated himself with the
people there and to have risen to a
place of prominence.
So fnordinate was his craving for
being always in the public eye that. to
crafty il, he went to extremes OF ia
naticism in his conduct and was locked
uD by order of the governor Of Syria.
The governor, finding that impris
onment only seemed to whet the man s
fanaticism, concluded that the best
thing, after all. was to allow him to go
free. as he might otherwise come to be
regarded as martyr
Peregrinus now returned to Parium
and claimed his fathers estate, but the
suspicion which had rested upon him
with regard to his fathers death had
not yet subsided and he found the
temper of the people go hostile that
he concluded that it would be wisest to
make a virtue of necessity. Accord
ingly, he gave his inheritance to the
municipality of Parium and went
away to renew his career Of wander
ing.
Once more he sought to attain dis.
tinction among the Christians, but
was detected in an act Of proclamation
of the rites of the church. and was put
under the ban of accommodation.
He reached Egypt after a while and
there made the acquaintance Of the
cynic Agathobulus and joined the sect
The cynics, whose name is derived
from the Greek word which means
~lax." were SO called on account oi
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She bent forward to enter, and Joe
Waters put hand against her
shoulder.
I'm sort of afraid you can't come
in here. Emmy" he said. You'd
ought to go back home
II can't! 1 can't she exclaimed
I'm afraid he'll kill us. He's crazy
mad, Joe. You don't know how he
gets--so jealous mad when he's drunk.
I've got to come in, Joe; there's no.
where else"
There wasn't either; no other house
for miles.
II guess you'd better not come in."
Joe repeated. 1T amt going to look
right, somehow, when Bill finds you
here in the morning. 1t amt going
to look right for neither Of us. It's
going TO look bad, you runnin' off
from him this way. Now, you ought
to see that, Emmy"
But what can 1 do?" she cried.
What can 1 do?"
well. now. how about this?" Joe
asked What if was to hitch up the
team for you and you was to drive on
into Nord? You and the baby, huh?
And, come morning, 1 don't know
word about it. You seen my wife?'
Bill says to me. No. I says, I amt
seen her. She cut away durin' the
night he says. Well, 1 don't know
nothin' about it; / slep' sound all
night I says. But your team and
wagon is gone, Joe,' he says. BY dad,
that's so" I says. How do you ac-
count for it?' he says. She must have
snuck over and hitched up l says,
and drove to Nord.' How'd that do.
Emmy
But l can't do that she replied.
her eyes appealing to him. with
my baby? He'd die in the cold, Joe
Waters. And l would die, too: I'm
not dressed for it. Please let me in"
y X x
THE hard snow stung the hand he
was holding against her shoulder.
and already his fingers were stiff with
the cold.
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THE VAINEST MAN.

their homeless, dog like life and the
snarling manner which they displayed
toward every foible, failing or weak
ness in whomsoever they found 1t.
Agathobulus evidently discerned the
true reason for Peregrinus' wish to
become a cynic-namely. an urge to
get into the "limelight" accord
ingly gave him no encouragement a.
all. On the contrary, he "snarled' at
Peragrinus so viciously that the latter
quit Egypt and proceeded to Rome, de-
signing to put the cynic manners into
practice there.
One of the first whom he singled out
for his invective was the emperor, and
he was promptly arrested. Fortunate
~ for him, the emperor was the mild,
kind-hearted and forgiving Antoninus
Plus, and when he heard Of the impris'
onment of Peregrinus and the reason
for it ne ordered him to be released.
The authorities, however. deemed 1t
for the best interests Of the city to ex-
pei him the moment he was released.
Peregrinus next appeared in Greece,
where he taught philosophy at Athens
and gathered a great number of stu
| dents, among whom was the famous
Aulus Gallius, who has left us a high
| ly favorable account of Peregrinus.
into public notice got him into trouble.
| His attacks upon some of the most
prominent and best.liked men, both
| Athenian and Roman, brought him so
much unpopularity instead of the ap.
plause which he had expected that he
| decided to take unheard-of means to
recover popularity. He announced
| that, on the occasion of the celebra-
ton Of the Olympian games, in the
year 165, he would incinerate himself
on a pyre, in full view of the populace.
In addition to the many thousands
Of persons who had come from every
part of Greece to take part in or at.
tend the Olympic sports, many other
thousands came from other countries,
drawn by Peregrinus' announcement.
He did not disappoint them. Lucian,
the famous author of Dialogues Of
the Dead" was present and has left a
description OF the gruesome event.
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By Ellis Parker Butler
Joe Waters Memory Was as His Sense of Caution

kindly word to you now and then and
| talk about things back East. Not
| too much talk, and not too blamed
| friendly, but just now and then and
| occasionally, as might happen to any
body with any neighbor woman.
Nothing. by long shot, to rouse up
Bill Tildock.
Presently Joe Waters folded the
accordion into it's smallest compass,
took off his clothes. blew out the light,
and got into bed.
A LONG in the night some time-it
was just after IL, but he did not
know that-Joe Waters was doubly
awakened.
First he thought that the ache in
his knees had awakened him, because
the weather had turned bitter cold,
and the fire in the stove had burned
out, and he had drawn his knees al
most to his chin, the blanket having
come out at the foot Of the bed. But
moment later, the knocking on his
door sounded again. and he sat bolt
upright, swinging his feet to the
floor.
who's there?" he called.
tits me-Emmy Tildock. Let me
in" came the answer.
1t was then that Joe Waters became
aware that the snow-fine. hard snow,
like sand--was beating against his
window, that the wind was blowing
steadily and hard.
Just minute. I got to get my
clothes on" he called.
He went to the lamp and lighted 1t
and threw ears of corn in the stove,
opening the damper. and slid into his
trousers and shirt.
please, Joe. let me In: I'm freez.
ing Emmy Tildock cried.
Right away in minute now.
ma'am." Joe Waters answered, and
glanced around the interior Of the
shack.
He knew, with fair certainty. what
had happened: what had driven Emmy
here. Bill Tildock was on another of
his raw-liquor rampages, raising the
deuce over yonder. crazy drunk.
Bill on one Of them rampages
again?" he called
"Yes. l was afraid for the baby:
was fraid he'd kill us. Let me in, Joe:
were like to freeze to death out here"
So they were, for that matter, and
Joe knew 1t. AS likely as not she had
come-such fools women are-in her
nightgown and shawl, barefooted
They'll do such things for their babies,
women will.
And at that" Joe Waters thought,
maybe she'd be glad enough to get
shut of Bill Tildock, any shape or
manner. Only
He was a careful man, Joe Waters
was. 1t wasn't by any means only
that Bill Tildock was violent sort OF
man who would think nothing OF
coming over in the morning with
shotgun to make mean trouble for his
wife and any man with whom she had
taken refuge. 1t was what folks
would think. too
But Joe Waters opened the door.
In the lamplight. with the shawl
over her head and her dress Tapping
in the keen. cold wind and the baby
held close to her bosom, Emmy Til
dock was like madonna. standing
there in the storm, her gaze raised to
Joe in mournful supplication.
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ment is constitutional hereditary
monarchy, under King Fuad. latterly
entertained in London 10y King
George The connection between
these two governments has been for
mutual interest, or so regarded by
the Conservative party of Egypt
England guarantees protection to the
smaller nation in event of invasion
by a. third power. thereby maintain.
ing British army of occupation upon
Egyptian soil, for protection of the
imperial route to India by way of the
Suez Canal
1t appears that the Nationalist, or
anti-British party in Egypt, composed
mainly of small farmers, students and
peasants. wants England to with
draw, while the higher officers of the
nation, as a rule. prefer the statu.
quo. And England has not the slight
est intention of withdrawal. How
ever, the writer did not venture to
question Charge d'Affaires Chaffey re
garding these relations, assuming
that he would not regard such dis
cussion, in the absence of the Min
lister. good diplomacy.
Soldiers, from yonder pyramids &C
centuries. look down upon YOU" said
Napoleon to his men during his i'm
vasion of Egypt with the dream a,
establishing a mighty Eastern empire
And 40 centuries of Viceroy. Caliph
khedive. Pasha and other rulers bring
Egypt down to its present constitu
tionai King and to it's new legation
in the American capital. where one
may leave its threshold with a feel
ing that East has met West and that
one has gained good friends among
these kindly. light-hearted people Of
the western edge Of the Orient.
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EY GEORGE HI. DACY.

y one of the scientific laboratories of
the national Department of Agri-
culture on the Mall, Washington's
i NEST remarkable tobacco user, an
automaton of unlimited capacity,
smokes four cigars simultaneously and
aids in solving technical secrets about
the burning qualities Of tobacco.
Recent news stories from Constan-
tinople tell about a certain Turk who
nspires to the title of worlds champion
cigarette smoker. This wearer of an
Eastern turban is reputed to consume
more than 200 cigarettes daily. He
smokes at the rate of ten an hour
and only sleeps four hours each night.
Uncle Sans scientific smoker sur
passes the best efforts of any human
being in the consumption of either
cigarettes or cigars, for it has four
mouths and smokes quartet of
either cigars or cigarettes at one and
the same time.
The tobacco specialists of the De-
partment of Agriculture did not design
and devise this automatic user of nico.
tine in order to establish marathon
smoking records. 1t was invented
purely as an assistant of research in
determining important facts about to-
bacco which could not otherwise be
Investigated.
True, the Government might adver-
tise for professional smokers and give
them assignments to test out the burn
ing qualities of the experimental per-
fectos, clear Havanas, Stogias and
other types and varieties of cigars.
The difficulty in such case would be
to secure smokers who would pull and
puff on the test cigars in scientific
synchrony. All smokers differ individ-
ually in their methods and systems
OF smoking. Hence the human equa-
ton dominates tobacco, burning re-
suits when test cigars are smoked
The automatic smoker. originated
and used by the Federal agricultur-
fists, is a unified stimulation of the lips,
mouth and lungs of the human
smoker. This automaton pulls at the
cigars IN leisurely fashion in quite the
same way as the after-dinner smoker.
It is an ingenious combination of
three bottles half filled with water,
which are linked together by series
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was not even sorry to put distance
between himself and Emmy Tildock.
He drove all day and the next, and
at night inquired about land.
Two more days he drove and reach
ed Black Bend, with snow two feet
deep on the level, and here found new
land to be pre-empted.
1t was only then that he felt his
journey was ended, and it was here
he smoothed out Emmy Tildocks
crumpled note.
well, I'll be durnedp' he exclaimed
as he gazed at the crumpled paper,
for, in his haste, he had written, not
two hundred dollars" but two dol
lars And I threw in the cow" he
grinned to himself. THAT shows a
mans got to be careful
IN the years that followed he thought
Of Emmy Tildock more than once.
He thought of her wher1 he hauled
huge wagonloads of corn to nearby
Black Bend, where a railway was so
handy and corn had good market.
He thought of her when he stood on
the rich black soil of his new farm,
looking up at corn that lowered above
his head. and thought Of the nearly
barren acres of Golfer County, the
acres Emmy had driven him to sell
for nothing.
He thought of her when the first oil
men crowded to him, waving money in
his face, begging him for lease rights.
He thought of her gratefully as the
royalty checks came piling in.
And now Joe Waters. not at all
hero, stopped his car carefully before
the unfenced dooryard of the Tildocf
farmhouse.
He climbed carefully to the ground
and walked to the front door and
knocked. AS he waited. he united the
ear tabs Of his cap, tucked them in
side the cap and cleared his throat
twice.
He heard some one unlock the door
and pull at the knob, for the door
stuck at the bottom. He kicked II
with his toe. in the way of friendly
assistance, and the door opened and
Emmy Tildock was standing there.
For moment she gazed at him, as
one might at a face seen indefinitely
through mist. and then she spoke.
"Well. if it amt Joe Waters.' she
exclaimed.
Emmy" he said, and put out his
hand and she took it, and he knew
by the handclasp and the light in her
eyes that everything was most likely
20 he all right. Emmy" he said
again. and then took her other hand
and said:
"I'll be right in in minute; just
want to toss blanket over the radi.
tor--if man amt careful she's liable
to freeze"
IL.6I .1UsL1uO1l