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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-03
An Unusual Story Of Modern Marriage
By the Distinguished Author. Of
THE Flapper Wife"
Read This First:

HONEY Lou HUNTLEY private secretary to old GRUMPY"
WAl4LACK, head Of the WallCk Fabric Mills
JACK WALACK who the
ness. falls IN love with Honey the minute her.
angela ALLEN pends TO Be friend Of Honey
ner nos e. take Jack seriously Jack jealous Of DR. STEVE
Honey Lou Niargret office Holy Cross
Hospital
sacks mother whom Jack calls THE HEAD because
everything at
Honey Lo. Angela who tells Jack Walack taking
her out to dance that evening.
has been drinking The place b radd dry
escapes with Jack Waack lack tells Honey Lon that thought
ne was ng him and ends BY telling her that be loves her and
Jack Honey their honeymoon and stay with
the Walacks while looking for Nat @.s.tf
aney. the cook.
The Head scods money spent furnishing
her Honey Lou makes her mind she must
much but the Honey Lon the beauty paEoF
r hair done and then shopping with Suzanne CemeuA o.
the way home Honey Lon stops to see Angela
Jack Saturday night Honey Lou home and find Jack reading
poems about little houses in the country filled with love and happE
Honey Lou decides
work. and try to make the kind home Jack wants The next
ing angela calls and asks Honey Lon to to town with her to pick
out dress for the
Influenced BY Angela Honey which
afford Angela very In
terested In his secretary, Miss Ayres
Margret telling
from buying the because knew could afford
Donegal tells Of the and
geher and the next morning Jack fcb Honey Lon to have TIM
Donegal In their house.
angeed By objections the
HAT mothers home Margret tells her she has reason to
be jealous Jane Ayres but watch Angela Honey Lou returns
TO the fiat quarrel follows.
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Now Go On With The Story.

t6noEs DR.. Stephen Mayhem
~ happen to be here right
now?" she asked the white-capped
nurse who sat in the office Just
outside the door.
''I'll see" the nurse answered,
and ran her specialized eyes down
long chart. 'sYes, he's here.
He's making rounds. Would you
like to sit down and waltz"
Honey Lou never liked TO wait.
She was the soul Of impatience
like most people who are wildly
alive. But there was nothing else
to do, so she made herself com.
Portable in the reception room.
Then she thought Of smother
question, and she tiptoed back to
the nurse. by the way, how Is
Mr. John Wallack, who is a pa,
tient here?" she asked.
The nurse did some low.voiced
talking over the house telephone.
Then she looked UP at Honey Lou
and smiled.
His nurse says he's resting
comfortably" she said.
Honey Lou looked back at her,
and there was a twinkle in her
eye !" she could imagine
Grumpy as doing almost anything
but resting comfortably. 80
I'll bet he's giving that nurse
OF his the time Of her young life"
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even the breaths she drew were
sparkling.
An orchestra was hidden on the
balcony; strains came to them
softly, bearing enchantment. He
would stand beside her, so. tall, so
handsome, pulling his lips together
as his arm went about her waist.
He danced not with Penny's grace,
but easily, talking all the time In
that intimate tone, catching her
close as the music stopped.
Her exuberance would soar; she
would say daring, reckless things
wind her fingers in his when he
canght her hand over the table.
How about 1t, Chris? Love me?"
wouldn't you like to know?
Well" Her glance happened
to rest on her wedding ring; his
: eyes followed hers and he laughed.
obsolete notions? I say-throw'
off the deadwood. Too young. too
lovely flower to bloom behind a
fence. You need admiration, my
dear; all the beaming rays Of life
to give you color, make you shine"
"But-but--"
understand. You've sworn to
love. honor and maybe obey. Do
so-but don't give up the rays.
That's fair enough. No one would
see the moon II the sun didn't light
it. Brighter for one because it's
bright for all. life
your sun, Chrissy. You see that?"
Maybe" He had, as a matter
Of fact, touched upon the thing she
hadn't been able to put into words
for herself. Admiration-life-of
course! Not a stay-at.home, like
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stared at her, surprised and q 1T.
tie confused.
His face grew stern and grave.
He thrust his hands into the
pockets of his white linen coat
and walked over to the window,
staring down into the hospital
courtyard below.
There was throbbing silence In
the little room. Through 1t, diTnly
and far-off, Honey Lou heard the
changing Of an ambulance bell,
the rumble Of wheels.
Then all at once Steve wheeled
around from the window and
faced her.
Not Like That
"I don't think So" he said
with shake Of his head. Mar.
greet isn't like that. We're friends,
Margret and ]. But that's all.
She's not In love with me, she's
not in love with anybody. If she
cares for anything, she cares for
her job"
Honey Lou nuttered her long
Iashes at him in amazement.
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women. We never get over IT.
and you men do"
She was thinking about Jack
as she said it, and her eyes were
fixed on the evening sky outside
the window. And so she did not
see the look that passed like
a swift dark shadow over Stephen
Mayhew's face. 1t could have
told her much, that look. But it
was gone when her eyes turned
to him again.
why did you come down here
tonight?" he asked in a brisk,
harsh way. . He knew she hadn't
come there to talk about herself
and him.
st came because / wanted to
talk to you about Margrct." she
answered him just as briskiy.
She's awfully unhappy, Steve.
About you"
His perfect calmness dropped
from him like q garment. He
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NEW FRENCH
HOSE

A new French hose, just
"A created by Lucille, Of Paris
will adorn the ankles Of American
women next summer. The stock.
irgs. designed in six pale shades,
are subtly underlaid by q rose
cast which gives an appearance
OF fascinating natural beauty to
the ankle, highly visible through
the sheer chiffon.
Lucille, one of the most firmly
established OF the Partisan cout-
urieres, whose mandates carry
much weight with the worlds
20,000,00 women of fashion, was
first to recognize the new import
ance of stockings In the present
era of dress. Since her recent
advent into designing for the
Holeproof Hosiery Company,
through which her hose, are re-
leased to American women, she
has become the leading authority
on stocking fashions.
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Lou" he told her, "I've stopped
crying for the moon. / never
think of you except as Jack Wal.
lacks wife any more"
She looked up at him then.
"Was like tn moon TO you,
once. Steve?"
He nodded. "You know you
were, Honey Lou. You were the
moon-out of reach"
But I'm not any more2"
He shook his head solemnly.
TITS all over, Honey Lou. You're
married, and I've made myself
stop thinking about you. It took
me long time to do 1t, I'll adj
mit-but It's done"
Honey Lou smiled a bitter little
smile at Inn. Steve, you're just
Ike all the rest Of the men, aren't
you?-Nothing matters very much
or very long to you. That's the
dreadful thing about love, for Us
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tory Of the world had had to ask
a man question like that.
But Steve did not seem at all
surprised by 1t. Whatever he
may have felt, his face was a
mask. A poker face.
His Query
do you mean-are you asking
me IL / still feel about you the
way I did last year?" he asked,
throwing one white-clad leg over
The corner Of the table in the cen.
ter of the room.
Honey Lou nodded. Once more
she was looking down at her small
fidgety hands in their channels
gloves, Try as she might. she
couldn't meet SteYe's eyes.
Then, instead of answering
Eyes" or NO" he came close to
her, and put one of his fine clever
hands on her shoulder.
"You see, it's this way, Honey
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PARIS GAMIN
CLICKS"

T'HosE who see La Nome Moi
neau laugh, dance and
coquette her way through "a
Broadway revue as street gamin
Of Paris wonder at the authentic
air Of the Montmarte dens that she
brings with her.
The answer Is sirnnlA. She is a
street gamin OF Paris.
The piQuant little French star.
with her salary of $500 9. week
ana an elegant apartment over.
looking Central Park today. only
two years ago was singing her
songs in an Apache dive. lodging
the police to sell her flowers on
the streets for a few francs a day
and shielding her pickpocket lover
from arrest.
This she. reveals in telling the
story Of her life In the March
issue Of Smart Set Manzzine.
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CHAPTER XXI

CdAEIER 1AL
Stanley was drawing away from
her.
Oh, not quickly, not ruthlessIy
not that he meant to. So white
faced, gaunt with worry, he was
feeling her weight about his
neck. Not the helper, the share
and-share-alike partner he had
taken on when their happiness
was new.
Nothing definite to make her
feel so. With q deadly stiffness
in her heart ana her hands lying
weakly, idly In her lap she would
think about 1t, her spirit numb.
When THAR happiness was
bright-.-yes, he had admitted her
then into his heart Of hearts:
they had been entirely one,
welded by love. That was ''for
better" Easy to 60 along sing.
ing when life smiles.
Now it was ''for worse and a
door had shut in her face. What
were his thoughts as he sat be.
side her evenings, weary and dis
couraged? Did he feel her the
cause Of 1t all-blame her for
failure?
Go Be Continued Tomorrow)
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his feet to keep him in bed where
he belongs" He laughed as he
followed Honey Lou into the little
waiting room off the hall.
mo. i didn't come down here
to see Grumpy. as 1t happens"
she told him gravely, closing the
door Of the room behind her, II
came here to see you, Steve"
To see me?",
She nodded, and bit her lip
looking down at her clasped hands
Now that she was here she
hadn't an idea how to tell Steve
the thing she had come here to
say.
Suddenly she looked up at him,
and under his eyes q slow pain.
full blush covered her face light.
ing 1t with lovely color.
Steve. how do you feel about
me?" she asked him, wondering
IL any other woman in the his
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Gay; not the sort to settle down to
humdrum married life. She wanted
lightness, gayety.
"I'll have to go now, Ive." She
sighed, gathering up her wrap.
Adjust when I've an evening
free. Can't get off for once? Call
your friend Stacia-we'h go some
where. You'd not be afraid with
her for a chaperone?" His laugh
set her pulses racing. "Get Stacia
and well have a little party where
we can be by ourselves"
He was thinking of the bunga-
low. She remembered, swiftly, the
night he had taken her there-the
terror packed into those few min
utes she had been alone with him.
It seemed far away and unreal as
If 1t had happened to someone else.
She smiled, shook her head
with her Iashes dropping. Got to
go home tonight, I've"
He leaned forward, suddenly
tense, spoke huskily. you will
some time, Chrissy? Another
time? Ah-golden girl-you little
golden girlr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-03
| MATRIMONY
$50. X.
r ILIAN RTY has

r ILIAN RTY has
~ changed her mind.
The noted adviser Of the love-
sick spent 10 years reading
million letters in which she was
told love is an illusion. romance
a snare, and marrige the grand
finale to any hope OF living happy
ever after. She was almost con-,
WINGED. She wrote Whats the
Matter With Matrimony?"
And then she married.! Mar
ried a teInperamental opera
singer at that-James Wolfe, Of
the Metropolitan.
That was nearly three years
ago.
Now, she confesses, writing in
Smart Set magazine for March,
"I'm not so free with advice any
more. There are so many excep-
tons to all rules. And she's
still happy enough to call her
husband "Mr. Gray Eyes"-right
out in print,
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Timely Topics

Including patients and staff,
there are about 1900 people to b
fed every day In the London Hos
pital, where there is every con-
venience. ,ncluding q separate
Jewish kitchen. for the prepara-
ton Of special dishes.
Rice paper is made not from
rice. but from the membranes of
breadfruit trees.
Denmark Is the only European
country which has retained pub
lie executions.
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CI,apter 4s

Chapter 48
CHRISTINE told herself, YEARLY,
~ that there was nothing to it
she was tired of things. Bored to the
limit. Marriage-the end Of adven-
ture. No more quivering expect
ancy: no more stealing up on the
thin. Just around the corner.
She was brushing her hair
before the mirror, gazing critic
ally at the shadow Of her lovely
face. Yellow eyes, all stormy:
exquisitely chiseled features-lips
too thin in repose, charming
when she smiled.
Yet the sight Of her own beauty
sent a hot restlessness surging
through her. Something she'd
expected Of life-somethinR big,
overwhelming well. it had got
by. Penny wouldn't - couldn't
understand. So xious. so
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-03
Color Harmony

NNHE proper choice Of color has
an important influence on a
wonan's appearance, points out
Eileen Bourne, an authority on
beauty subjects, in an article in
this weeks Liberty, "There are
countless women who could lift
themselves out Of the ranks Of
the ordinary by better under.
standing of color" she writes.
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DEMAND FOR
ADVICE

THERE is q large public de-
= mand for more information
on medical subjects, maintains
an editorial in this weeks Lib.
erty. which contends that the
ethics" which have kept doc.
tors from spreading information
on new medical methods and dis.
coveries are outworn and should
be abandoned. 1.-THE necessity
TOR some restraint and regulation
in the PRONUNCIATION Of medical
information 10 recognized, the
editorial admits, ''but the hiding
OF discoveries that will benefit
public health and the human race
because Of outworn ethics Is
another matter entirely"
A red diamond was found
recently in the Lichtenburg dia-
mond fields Of the TransvasL It
weighed Is earata.
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Do You Know?

Live fish become ''seasick" when
transported in railway cars, and a,
special tank car Is being built to
transport them to the new $4,000.
900 aquarium at Chicago.
The Oldest ship in the world still
In commission was sold recently.
It was built In 1900. and is still
sound in timbers.
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Short Summer

THE ai-man pilots who ny Rocky Mountains have
II that lasts but two months-July Auguthe
other ten months being cold p their line Of service that
they must wear, thick flying suits.
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she said to herself, thinking Of
the one morning she spent with
Grumpy when he was sick at
home.
Here's DIR. Mayhem now" the
nurse called from the office. ana
Honey Lou saw Steve coming to.
ward her In his white hospital
suit,
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This Dau IN Our History

HORACE GREELEY, journalist, born Amherst, N H,
~ February l81 He the founder OF the New York
Tribune and for twenty years he the most Influential editor in
America. He died at Peasanye, N " November co. 1872
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CHAPTER Ly11I

CHAPTER LVIII
Stephen Mayhem came up to
her, holding out his hand in well
come.
"Well!' he said, II suppose
you're here to see that old father
in-law OF yours-He's a card all
right. The nurses have to almost
tie him down and put weights on
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
MONEY MAKER. ;:
High-Class Boarding House.

MONEY MAkER.
High-Class Boarding House.
Filled With Good People.
Income $4OO Monthly.
Can he made To produce more entire
premises, lot, housefurnishings to be sold;
BARGAIN.
ACT QUICK.
Address ftSHeft Ro2 so.X. Hfs1''si star Office.
MARSHALL BUSINESS
BROKERS.
Tearoom. exclusive and paying. near 14th
and Irving NV; beautiful apt. shove; in
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$500,
Tearoom near 18th and SITS NV. now
doing a successful business; rent, SO; price.
$1,000.
Restaurant downtown: well equipped:
owner leaving city. Will sacrifice at $l,10O.
General store in suburb of Washington. on
man hIghway sas-tilling station on on curb;
party, price $1,000.
Bakery. near transfer corner. doing a
successful business: inspection invited; price.
$4,000.
Delicatessen and confect.; prominent down
town corner; apis. above: we'll equipped. in
cludins fountain; price. $500.
Grocery and meats: receipts. 500 per day
living rooms; price. S2,700.
Picture framing and art store: established
IL years: good reason for selling; opportu-
nifty for right man: price. $3.500.
Wood and coal business. large quantity of
wood on hand: motor circular saw, splitter
and bundle machine: price. $500,
Hotel G3 rooms. II baths, h.-w.h. cleo;
rooms we'll furnished; large income; price.
$1,000.
Rooming house. located near 18th and X
streets; II rms, > baths: half price at
81 900.
Rooming house. near Bird & c SITS. NV;
hot-water heat. cleo, % rms. furnished.
Ruud hot-water heater; price, 500.
Roomins house. near Dupont Circle; L.
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away at $3.50
MARSHALL. BUSINESS
BROKERS,
9@9 New York Ave
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.


ROOM1NG and boarding house for sale. \
rooms baths downtown; All h,o iilled; hot
dress dress Box heS 4ssv. 't. Star Office
OWNER will sell house, suitable boarders
and roomers: income. $40. Address Rox
OK. star Office. e22
Market; sinCly or both. Apply market mas
RAISE CAPITAL: best methods. Corpora.
&. $. Legal Corp. $40 Bond Bldg. Est. 1903
RETAIL BUTTER CHEESE. EGG BUsI-
ness established over 20 years: owner S, rGtlr-
ing. Address Box 10y. Star Office
HACKERS ATTENTION, One One Hudson
Jackson 1899 Wyhe st. ne.
SHOE REPAIR SHOP for rent reasonably:
fully equipped; owner sick, IL Sth ST. sc.
--------- ..
PARTNER and manager with $500 for the
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gas; cheap rent; terms to suit. 946 New
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LINOTYPE OPERATOR can have 400 square
feet rear job shop downtown, reasonable.
Address Box I"6-X. star Office.
RoOMING, HOUSE for sale: IA rooms. all
filled 2l5 John Marshall place NV.
DRUG STORE: fine location: low rent; lon4;
lease. $50 day average: bargain for quick
sale Address Box 137-X. star Office.
OPPOSITE WYOMING APT, on Columbia
breakfast. North 59o4 or North 1921 23'
GOOD POPCORN MACHINE, cheap, and
sure money making: now is right time. 13l
North Capitol st. "
TEAROOM TURE-Practnally new;
will sacrifice for quick sale. 13T Park ri.
n.W. -
LADY. formerly of Conn ave, wishes some
one with capital to finance Il frst-class mil
Inery shop. North PA.
INVENTIONS COMMERCIALIzED- What
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AND NOVELTY STORE
for sale. good paying business; 18TH and
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son. retiring from business, 22'
BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTING bUSINESS-
Well established trade: must Sacrifice at
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DFLIC ATESSEN. grocery soft drinks. soda
fountain: III entrance: separate from market.
Apply Supt. Convention Hall Market
FOR SALE 200-foot frontage on Lee High.
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INI ON|- II ION NJPOIt .
80 model: only one i'll city for sale; low
mileage. A high-grade used car.
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BAKERY.

Exceptionally large capacity oven. Located
us; over District Line and only few feet
from Marlboro Pike. VIII sell all equip
meut together with 4-room bungalow. on
Dg lot at very easy terms. Only 81 900,
Address Box I05X. star olica.
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SPRING SPECIALTIES.
Hupmoble 8 Sedan: good as new:
will sacrifice.
hrand-new: in excellent condition 81 .O5O 90
Buick Master Six Coach late %. 10000
cond. ...'.......... 10000
Hupmobile Club Sedan ball. tires. 10000
4-Wh. br. ' ......... $4,000
Jewett Brougham. "a: good car. 475!O0
SeD iine shaps '.e': ......c... ..'' . $4,000
late model -. -: e''.. .......D..: -. 375.oo
= Wheel Wheel base a o. ,Is:.1, -oDt GH ?75oO
model . ....... 10000
Maxwell 4-pass. Coupe. late. .... $4,000
Ford Touring 90: balloon tires. 1T500
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UNION STATION GARAGE.
:. 81 Eye St NE. Frank. s206. 20.
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PAPERHANGING and painting - Rooms
scrapcd. pointed up and napered. $40: Iatest
patterns used including polychrume: estimates
,hccrfully given: all work guaranteed.
Shansler 1919 Sth st. NV. Phone Main 9|"3
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PAPERH Angling. painting. metal ceilings.
roofing hut-water heating, oak flooring.
plumbing. porches built; all kinds of frame
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shin: no cash required. easy monthly pay
niemts Captol Home Improvement Co..
643 -. NV. Phone Potomac GAS.
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WILL rent my fun equipment for auto Iaun-
dry greasng, storage. etc, TO respons BILE
party. in citys best equipped plant. establish
ed business. Owners other business Connec-
ttOns takes entire time. Address Box 49-X
star Office. %"
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PAPERlNG PAINTlNG-Rooms painted up
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months Estimates gladly given Abelnan
< Ga 1900 Georgia Col. .SiH.
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PAPERHANGING. PAINTING-We can beat
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PAPERHANGING-Ro papered. ST and
up. A. T. George. 1884 18th st. NV.
Phone Adams 56S7.
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CONFECTIONERY AND DELICATESSEN-
Must sell at once: will sacrifice old estah-
mess: wonderful opportunity. Apply 3s0I
jtb st NV ~"
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PAPERHANGlNG AND PAINTING--Guar.
work al reasonable rates. Estimates given.
S j Koran 1850 Newton St ne. 3SS.
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LAUNDRY FOR SALE-Fully equipped.
doing good business: large brick building;
third story can be used for dry cleaning
plant. This is no new venture but is
l,uni fide established business. Has been oper-
atng on a paying basis for number OF
years. Owner retiring from business on
account OF age. For price and terms address
Box 55-X Star Office
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PAPERHANGING, painting. electric wiring.
rooms p3pcred, So up: latest styles: flrst-class
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FOR SALE-General store and gasoline sta
ION hay grain and feed business. buildings
stock and fixtures, in one of the best loca-
tons Of this section of Va: did S52 900
business last year: books open for Inspec-
ton: selling to settle an estate. Address
Box 3jn-X Star office.
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local business people: don't fail to see this
exhibit of perfected material at 18th and
New York ave. NV. Open 9 am. to pm.
daily. Invest with safety.
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gradients may be seen. All paperhangins
guaranteed in writing for > years This Is
local concern and we employ local men only.
we also do electrical wiring and hot-water
heating. Cash or terms. as long as 3 years
TO pay. No cash payment required: lhe
Real Estate Improvement Co, 202 Westory
RIng Col 5000