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| Its good business" said Henry
Always"
But why" asked Lisa. reverting t
| his earlier Systematically won't
people buy new insurance now?"
Holidays coming-Christmas. They
want to buy a lot of presents. l con
slider the holiday season as very unset
thing, economically speaking. People
rush about and buy useless stuff to
give to other people who don't want IT.
and hate it when they see ii coming
they-say, listen to me rave. But it's
all wrong-0nristmas Lisa, | believe
this is the best pudding yet"
He was so cngrossed by the pud-
ding and his enjoyment of it that
he did not observe Lisa's silence, nor
that she was looking at him as one
might look at a dear and familiar
face suddenly turned gorgon. Lisa
could hardly believe her ears. but
she said nothing. She was thinking
funny, amazed thoughts, Christmas
all wrong, And Henry to utter this
heresy. Impossible. incredible, SUI
perlatively strange!
To be sure AS she now recalled,
during their short courtship, they
had never discussed Christmas.
There had been no need. They had
met last March, been engaged by
June. and were married in August,
when Henry had his vacation. so
they had never known Christmas
season together. And nowhere. in
all the engrossing duties and labors
of starting their home, had Christ
mas logically entered.
Only today, with routine and order
achieved. had Lisa noticed how near
the holidays were, and she had said
to herself, Thine to begin to plan
for our Christmas-our first Christ
mas" She had meant to speak to
Henry about it at dinner. but
Teeny's message had driven it out
of her head. And now-now-
Henry thought Christmas was all
wrong, a mistake. an economic un-
settler. a-no, she could not go on.
1t made her dizzy.
THE door-bell rang. "Mercy-it's
Bob and Teeny and l haven't
even cleared the table. You let them
in, dear, and I'll hustle these things
out into the sink" Lisa became
little dynamo of housewifely energy.
All the time, however, that queer,
dazed numbness persisted, that Won
uer. lHdI SURPRISE. SHS WAS Suilcl
ing acutely from the amazement
that comes to every young wife when
she discovers that her husband holds
views of which she was not aware.
OF course, Lisa knew very well
that Henry was trif1e inclined to
be thrifty. and that his thrift some
times steered very close to the edge
of stinginess. But Lisa did not mind
that-she had met the spendthrift.
irresponsible male in the person of
her own father and suffered there
from-suffered doubly and trebly for
on her mother.
Henry's unwillingness to let go Of a
penny-save for value received-had
endeared him to her, but now-oh.
she did hope 1t was not that that
prompted his dislike of Christmas:
She threw on her apron. raised
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thing of a tightwad with Lisa and
that he was rather poor cheese.
And then another pride rose in him,
a pride for Lisa's pride, her determi.
nation She wouldn't use his money
to buy what he didn't approve of. but
she wasn't going to be done out of
what she wanted. She was the smart
est-the cleverest--the dearest
He put his hand in his pocket and
took out the envelope with the $500.
That's a present from me to YOU.
love" he said. spend it any way you
want to-"
"Wha-at? Why, Heury-Henry-
you darling. you angel-your pre-
When the excitement had some
what subsidized, he looked about him.
Where's that COMPOUNDED sewing ma
chine?" he asked. I'm going to break
lit up into 10000 bits. When / think
of you sewing for every Mrs. Tom,
Dick and Harry
Henry Taylor, don't you dare lay
finger on that machine. It's the best
little sewing machine in the whole
wide world today" She came and put
laughing face against his sleeve.
You know. Henry. I've christened
that machine. l call it Good Bust
ness.
"Lisa-you're a scamp
"And this is a good business Christ
mas. so you can truly like 1t.
Whereupon Henry Taylor. like the
little automatic figure he had seen
month ago, responsive to the. hand of
it's owner, faced about and started
just as firmly. as straightaway as he
had gone before-only this time in the
opposite direction.
II guess / was Just strutting my
stuff, Lisa. Honestly Il was missing
Christmas something awful as came
home. Well always have 1t after
this-only not ever any more good
business ones-please-if you love
me-" J,
II love YOU" said Lisa. "Merry
Christmas, Henry, darling. forever
and ever Amen"
s.
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MAN at the corner OF Soutf
n and Jaw streets was selling til
IN soldiers. He wound them VI
deftly and set them on tn
pavement, and they marched
straight along with a stiff. droll. mill
tary step until the mechanism rar
Gown. Then they stopped. waiting
for another start. They were remark
able only an that they went so straight
and did not topple over at the end oil
their activity: It made them seem
alive. In spite of the cold November
wind. in spite of the 5 o'clock rush,
people stopped to chuckle and to buy.
Henry Taylor. on his way home
from the office where he earned his
own and Lisa's daily bread and honey,
chuckled, but did not buy. He never
spent money for nonsensical trifies.
1t did lot occur to him that the action
of the little tin soldiers was something
like that of his own mind.
Give Henry Taylor a start in any
desirable direction and he went right
on to the end, without the least devil
alton. He had always been that
way-as a little boy-in college
hunting his first job-and now he sold
insurance in the same fashion. No
nuances or subtleties for Henry; no
pervasive, persuasive suggestion; no
deliberate. indirect approach and
gentle enmeshing of good prospect
in a web of fine-spun argument that
held and conquered, willy-nilly.
Henry had, he knew. something very
good to sell, and. as he was a fine up
standing chap, with a smile that was
engagingly shy, he got by many a
private secretary who had instructions
never to admit an insurance man on
main of instant dismissal. Once in
side, he invariably made sale, and a
friend, too.
He wasted no ones time-particu-
larry none of his own. There were
the two good reasons why he did not
pause and enjoy the antics of the
soldiers. He knew he wasn't going to
buy, and he couldn't decently crowd
out some one who might be potential
purchaser. That wouldn't be good
business. and good business was the
slogan of Henry's young like. Every
thing either was or was not good
business. and he prided himself that
he never had to hesitate a second to
know which was which.
So he hurried along. straight to the
new section, where he and Lisa had
their jolly little house. 1t gave a
great lift to his heart to he going to
his own home and his own Lisa. They
had been married only three months,
and he knew that he was the happiest
man in the world, and that he was
always going to be. He was happy.
1t is wonderful to be young and
strong and perfectly happy-more won
derful than Henry Taylor suspected.
It is a great gift from the great gods.
It Is also wonderful to be sure that all
one thinks and feels and knows and
has is perfection, the very last word
in thinking. feeling. knowing. having
to see life as a wholly simple. uncom-
plicated affair, to have its way open
clear before unduestioning eyes.
Yes, this also is wonderful; but, IL ii
Is gift of the gods. they must be
ironics mischievous old rascals whe
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caught Bobs arm and gave 1t O
squeeze. Il wouldn't have you such
cold -blooded fish as Henry Taylor
for anything in the world"
Don't want a sewing machine for
Christmas, eh?" asked Bob, returning
the squeeze.
You daren was Teeny's answer.
You give me something for Christ.
mas that's a useless luxury and ex-
travagance. old dear, and I'll do the
same for you. Oh, he makes me sick
he might be. a dried.up old miser.
I certainly do feel sorry for Lisa. Poor
kid-did you see her stricken look!
1T was a jolt for her."
ut would be jolt for anybody I
was just aching to speak up and tel
him what / thought of him, but /
wouldn't do 1t on Lisa's account"
AND then Bob Robertson said a
"A very wise thing. Its no use
telling anybody, any time. what you
think of him, SO far as l can see, I'M
less he's an out-and-out rotter who's
tried to do something mean to you.
And Henrys not that"
mo. Henry's got a lot OF good
qualities" admitted Teeny grudging-
IN Il
lion times glad you're not like him.
(Which makes it unanimous" said
her husband. opening their own door
and swapping on the light.
Behind them. Henry and Lisa were
washing the dishes, salvaglng the
ginger-ale bottles, restoring to its
usual spick.and snannes their blue
and-white kitchen.
"Old Bob certainly did punish the
sandwiches" remarked Henry casual
ly.
Hes a pig" said Lisa. She was
glad she could say something deroga-
tory about Bob. truthfully derogatory.
Then she continued, thoughtfully:
Dear, don't want to urge you, you
know, to do anything against your best
Judgment. but won't 1t look little
odd to people on the street II we
don't even put up a wreath for christ
mas? Every one makes lot of fuss
about Christmas around here-puts
up wreaths and lights candles in the
windows Christmas eve. We needn't
have tree, or trim the house, or
have a big, expensive dinner-but /
don't want to appear different from
every one around. 1t wouldn't cost
more than a couple of dollars"
Now, see here. Lisa" said Henry
ood-naturedly. There is no sense
in spending money for any such truck
when we're trying to pay off the mort
gage and have this place clear. You
must look at money that way--as
interest on principal. Why, never
break a five-dollar bill but ! say to
myself. There's good interest on a
hundred dollars gone to smash"
You say that-you do, really.
Henry? You never told me so before"
Eyes. do. That's why I'm so care
full about what I spend. You can say,
It's only two dollars or you can
say, That's the interest for six months
on a good bond You see"'
But. il we haven't the bond, Henry
I don't see"
Henry laughed. my dear girl.
you're funny! its looking at money
that way that makes you save it and
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buy the bonds, pay off the mortgages.
and take more insurance. Now. II
you want to spend two dollars for a
wreath and candles, go ahead and do
it. But don't spend any money for
any present for me"
mo present for you-but, Henry
couldn't let Christmas go by. our
very first Christmas, without getting
you a present"
Her distress touched Henry.
why, you darling thing! he said.
"You give me enough every day, just
being yourself, and my wife-that's
such a gift as never was.
Now, don't shake your head. l
know what I'm talking about. IL
you're going to be unhappy about 1t.
why don't you make me something
when the sewing-machine comes?
Why couldn't you make me a suit OF
pa jamas? Good ones cost like fury In
the shops. and cheap ones tear up
So"
Lisa wanted to shout:
"Yes. Ill make your pajamas. and
maybe I'll make your shirts. too, and
maybe we can save the interest on
several bonds, and fine you'd look"
But Lisa restrained these symptoms
of hysteria. Instead she remarked
| tIldI she Wds NSiy tA~as tS's@ "sNs NsS
noticed Henry's final word on the sub.
ject: ..It's just as said TO Bob and
Teeny, dear-Christmas Is not good
business"
In the morning nothing was said
about the topic of Christmas. Henry
was I'm his usual amiable mood.
Lisa played her part. She even
waved from the window--and then she
had a grand. satisfying cry. Thsn the
doorbell rang.
She went to the door. A man push
ed stout box into the hall, asking at
the same time. III Taylor's"" The
sewing machine had arrived. her sensi.
BILE Christmas gift from her devoted
husband. With an effort she hoisted
the machine out of its box and stag
gered into the living room with 1t. She
UNFINISHED some encircling folds of
paper-and there 1t was. ready to sew.
She had been dallying over bungalow
apron because the material was stiff
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But he did. stradge to say-diddt you
--baba? You doe baba--you look
sobethig like the thigs they hagg ODD
Chrisbas trees-Looy add Sdoot so----
Looy-'Lo Folks!! 'Lo Pop-Lo
Mom--Mitt mel got job!i
I'm Sandy Clauss in the store--Oint
dat-
BOoOOOOOOoM- BANG-;wANG--
CRASH etet
BRRRRR rrrrrr rrrrrr--
Mrs. Feitlebaum Hollo = Hollo -
Geembels??-- Senty Cluss couldn't be
today.!
Downright 1877
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crawl back itself. Thed Sdoot said
Suppose it dote fit your old bad"
Thed Looy said-"Well they dote bake
square hats eyed 1t hat store. y Thed
Looy said-"Where kid we hide the
dab thig?" Thed Sdoot said-"Id the
bathtub-He'll denver look there. -
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a wig-they did DIT doe we were lookig
Be add Bortiber Bitzic--we were lid
a telephode booth-We saw theb.
Sdoot grabbed it add rad. The wig
cabe off with tive got the wig-Be
add Bortiber Bitzic. Looy waited to
brig it back but Sdoot sed 1t would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Exaggerations: Looy as a Senta''
BY MILF GROSS.

THIRD FLOOR-Mrs. Feitlebaum
-Hm-you should see q dol.
link boy, mine Looy became,
i Meesus Yifnif-
Second Floor-Wot is?? He's
working, maybe??
Third Floor--No--he comes me dees
monnink wot he saz: Mamma, lat's
you witt me witt Isidore we shold hall
cheeping cen we should buying for
poppa for Chreesmas a prasant! Is
MOI"
Second Floor--YI VI YI--a dollink
boy.!!
Third F'loor-So I cheeped a dollar
witt a quodder; Isidore cheeped dol.
lar witt tan cants-und Looy cheeped
de rast wot it was hall gradually two
witt heff dollars wot he went he
should buying for de poppa for Chrees.
mas q prasant.
SCENE III.
Acme Lunch Wagon.
fifty!!! Come seven!! Nine up?? Six
an a tree.! Big feet, bones! Nine
she isl! An de five shoots.! Five
bucks, boys! Yow!! Papa gets
Indian suit fer Christmas! No snake
eyes! :! Come lii Harry! -Four
she Is, boys! An we shoot de ten!
Oh Bones!! Ten bucks shoots. Six
an bullet! Bones!!! Phoebe in de
South! Lil-f1ve-Yow! Five
she Isl! An we shoot de 20!! Papa
gits-a racoon coat! Oh! Dice.
Match me fer 40. Come sew!
Eight! oh bones! Flock of tours
Bones!! an we move up to West
End avenue-Yow!. Eight up!!
Shoot de 4O! Forty open boys:-am
l off-watch us grow! VOW! Seven
she is! ! Shoot de 80 boys!! Seven
up and papa gifts a new Ford!!
Watch us--wot is it bones? Six
-an'--an'-- six-BOX
CARS!
p o k...
him, guys--Easy,! Over to de sink
Oats it--hold his head under de
fasset, Joe! Wot's he sayin', Mac?-
Chreesmas has came an---went.
SCENE III.
FeitIebaum Flat.
Third Floor-Mrs. F'eitlebaum-YT
VI VI Meesus Klepner-Mesus Meet.
zic-Meesus Grubnick-Sotch dollink
| ooy-Looy-wot ] got-I could Spreeng
| in de hair witt joy!!
Chorus-Wot is??
Mrs. Feitlebaum-Geeve a look a
| gudgeous Chreesmas prasant he butt
| for de poppa-Comm in-It1l Gust
you free to look
Chorus--A seek skoll-kep-YI VI
| YI-Megneeficance!
Mrs. Feitlebaum-A dollink SON.
Mine Looy--I should hev like heem
/ anodder twalf sons SO mine hair would
| toin bleck agan. For de poppa a seek
| skollkep he butt-he should WEIR 1t in
de synagogue!
| Chorus--A skoll-kep--From a
seek nature yatt!.
Looy-Snoot, yer pal! / never
woulda taut of 1t hadn't 1t been for
you! Let's blow!!
Mrs. Feitlebaum-Shsh-P
Ripping 1t for heem a sickritt-
Mr.. Feitlebaum-Ha ha-Youl
couldn't fooling de poppa, pipple! !!
Chorus-YI VI YI-he fond tt
Hmm---a dollink skoll.kep--Werr him
| In de bast from halth!! A wanderfool
| son--Looy! $50 wherr deed it was
| hutt??
| Mr.. ELECTROMAGNETIC geeve
| gradually a look de label-Mine Looy
guzz honly by de foist.cless PLACES
| Wot's dees? "A Hell witt Heye--
witt q Csee-----witt a--Leegets!
Chorus--Leegets! Who Is Lee
/ get??
Jsidore--It's the drug store-bob-
ba. I! They got 1t lid drug store
Looy add Sidoot-at the soda foutaid
! Or wud OF the soda jerker's head
the BADLY headed wudd that wears
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Plo on X.
! Mac, Snoot. Mugsy-Ooops-Gra
him, guys-Easy!! Over to de sink
Oats it--hold his head under de
| fasset, Joe! Wot's he sayin', Mac?-
| Chreesmas has came an'-went!
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ter items are already beginning TO
move in fair quantities, Hardware
Age says in its weekly hardware mar
ket summary. Wholesalers are taking
good orders for snow goods, ice skates,
sleds, and furnace items have been
fairly active for two weeks.
There are a few price adjustments
noted in the several important market
centers. Shelf goods are generally ac-
tive, with mechanics tools improving
the last week in August.
Collections appear improved in most
sections.
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NEW YORK, September / @.-
A new securities company to be known
as City Financial Corporation. with
paid-in capital Of more than $40, OOO,.
600. has been organized under the man.
agement of B. K. Marcus, president
of the Bank of the United States, and
Saul Singer, executive vice president.
Authorized capital consists of 100000
shares of class "a" stock and 100000
shares of class 3D." both no par value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-01

BALTIMORE, September / (Spe.
ciaD.-Directors of the Finance e.
Guaranty Co. and the Federal Finance
& Credit Co. have passed resolutions
recommending to the stockholders of
their respective companies that they
sanction consolidation of the corpora
tons. The new company will be
known as the Finance & Guaranty
Corporation and will be incorporated
under the laws of Delaware. Stock.
holders meetings will be held on Sep
TENDER q to vote upon the action Of
the two boards. The new corporation
will have an authorized capital of CO.,
600 shares. without par value. and
net capital assets of approximately
100000.
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and Power Of Baltimore had the Penn
sylvania Railroad electrihcation In
view when it acquired control of the
Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis
Railway is a belief expressed in the
local financial district.
Election of Arthur w. Thompson
president Of the United Gas Improve
ment Co., to the Consolidated com.
pany's board also was regarded as sig.
nificant Mr.. Thompson's affiliation
with the local company, it appeared
may strengthen It's pull with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-01

Pennsylvania for the reason that he
is a director of that railroad.
Various power companies striving
to serve the Pennsylvania, including
the Consolidated and Pennsylvania
Water & Power. may join a big super.
power link in order to facilitate the
supply of current to that railroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-01
EXPECT ACTIVE TRADE.
Hardware Dealers Stocks Light
and Good Fall Business Is Seen.

NEW YORK. September l (Sre.
ciaD.-Average retail hardware stocks
are abnormally light for this time Of
the year, say jobbers, which leads
them to believe that Fall trade should
be very active, barring a long stretch
of unseasonal weather. Fall and Win
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-01

A coin-in-the-slot camera which
takes your picture and presents 1t
finished in less than a minute has
been devised by a California inventor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-01
PENNSY POWER is HELD
FACTOR IN w., B. & A. DEAL
Election Of Thompson, Railroad
Director, to Consolidated Gas
Electric Board Significant.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. September THAT
the Consolidated Gas, Electric Light
Evening star., 1927-09-15
FREED;
TO co TO COURT
Expected to Testify Against
Woman Accused With Him
in Love Plot.

BY the Associated Press.
MOUNT VERNON. ILL.,. September
ia writ OF habeas corpus was is
sued here today by Circuit Judge Roy
Pearce for Lawrence NJ. Hight, for
mer clergyman, now serving a life sen.
tence in Chester Prison for the poison
murder of Wilford Sweetin, directing
that he be produced in court here
Monday morning, where Mrs. Elsie
Sweetin, widow of the slain man and
the pastors alleged accomplice, is now
on trial.
The request for the writ was the
first definite assurance that the prose.
cution will place the former clergy.
man on the stand, in an effort to have
him repeat the story that he once told
of how he and Mrs. Sweetin plotted to
kill their mates in order that they
might he married.
it will be the first meeting Of the
pair since the close of the first trial
when Hight was hurried from the
courtroom to begin his life sentence
at Chester prison and Mrs. Sweetin
was taken to Joliet prison to begin
her 35-year term.
Because she had been forced to 60
to trial jointly with Hight, who had
made a full confession. Mrs Sweetin
was granted new trial by the Su.
preme Court.
Two more special venires of Is men
each were ordered summoned into
court Immediately for jury service
when court opened today. A few
of the so special veniremen sum.
moned Tuesday remained to be
questioned. but, seeing no pros
pect of filling the remaining eight
seats in the Jury box with these,
the judge ordered that more farmers
be called. Interest in the courtroom
centenad about the table where the
pretty 35-year-old widow sat with her
two attorneys and three children.
Evening star., 1927-09-15
200 FREE METHODISTS
ATTEND SESSION HERE

Nearly 200 delegates including minis
ters and laymen from the Eastern
States are attending the New York
Annual Conference Of the Free Metho.
dist Church in session at the r. p.
Roberts Memorial Church, Twelfth
and N streets. over which Bishop Will
liam Pierce of Evanston, ILL.,. is pre-
siding. The conference opened yester-
day and will continue through Satur
day afternoon.
The election of lay delegates, who,
with the district elders and the bishop
of the church. will constitute the sta
tioning committee which assigns pas
tors, was held yesterday. The follow
ing were chosen: s. c. Jones, New
York district; Calvin Butts, Philadel-
phia district; John Marlowe, Wilkes
barre district. and Harvey Smith,
Windsor district.
The district elders who were elect
ed today to serve with the lay dele
gates, are: Rev. r. +. Shoup of the
Philadelphia district who last year
served the Wilkes Barre district; w.
H. Vanness of the New York and
New England district, formerly of
the Wilkes-Barre district; HI. w.
Hodge, Wilkes-Barre district. and ID.
c. Stanton. reelected for the Wind
sor district.
Rev. III. w. Mitchell is pastor of
the B. p. Roberts Memorial Church,
in which the sessions is being held
Evening star., 1927-09-15
SHRINERS INITIATE SO.
Special Train Takes Richmond d
Party to Staunton for Ceremony.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON. Va. September Is
Bet, cen 800 and 800 Shriners, mem
bers of Acca Temple, Richmond. were
here Tuesday for the James II. Price
ceremonial A class of 36 candidates
was initiated. :.
A special train brought several hun.
dred from richmond, anothe-' being
run from Clifton Forge to accommo-
date Shriners from that city, Coving-
ton, Hot Springs and other communi-
ties in that section. Illustrious Poten-
tate James Fl. Price of Richmond. re-
Gently appointed recorder of the I'M
perial Council of North America, A. A.
O. n. M. S.. presided during. the cere-
monial session. taking occasion at one
point during the evenings program TO
present distinguished mobiles,
Evening star., 1927-09-15
QUAINT ENGINE ON TRIP.
Woodburner From Wisconsin t.
Join B. & o. Exposition.

PRAIRIE DU CHEN, Wis. Sep
tember Is R).-An old brass-trimmed
wood-burning locomotive whose first
run into ST Paul rs years ago wrote
a new chapter in the history of the
Northwest is wheeling along toward
Baltimore, Md. under it's own power.
Patriarch of railroad locomotives,
the diminutive teaput William Crooks
has come out OF long retirement to
draw two tiny passenger cars to the
Maryland city. where is due Sep
tember II. There they will be ex-
hibited with other railway equipment
that made railroad history. The Will
liam Crooks was retired in 1908 after
so years of service. It was the first
locomotive in the Northwest. serving
on the 10-mile line of the st. Paul 4
Pacific, frightening Indians and racing
deer.