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BY WILLIAM #. HEFFERNAN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, March 24-Public
utilities were outstanding features on
the Curb Exchange today. The de-
mand for this class of stocks was more
urgent than at any time in months.
In view Of the fact that there was
nothing new in the situation of the
companies selected for leadership. the
demand merely reflected a belated
recognition Of the favorable earnings
and increased operations reported
from time to time. American Light
and Traction at 231 recorded a gain
or a point. Associated Gas and Elec-
trio was up a like amount, while Com.
monwealth Power. Electric Bond and
Share, Lehigh Power. Northeastern
Power and United Gas and Improve
ment were among the favorites. All
sorts of rumors were circulated re-
garding merger deals between Durant
Motor and other prominent COM
panies. But most of the gossip con-
corning future plans of w. c. Durant
was nothing more than guesswork.
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PLANS BOND ISSUES.

BALTIMORE. March "a (SpeciaD.-
Following approval by the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the Seaboard
Air Line Railway shortly will issue
So .00o.000 first and consolidated mort
gage s per cent gold bonds, which will
be sold at no less than 96h per cent
OF par. The Seaboard has also asked
to sell $4,000, 900 of Seaboard All.FIor-
ida Railway first mortage s per cent
gold bonds at not less than 95h per
cent OF. par. The proceeds are to be
used for corporate purposes.
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EARNINGS INCREASE.

BALTIMORE. March "a (SpeciaD.-
The statement of the Maryland and
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. for last
month shows an increase over Febru.
airy, 1926, OF $3,S15.71, and for two
months an increase OF $9.029.02 in
gross earnings. The net increase is
81 ,003.7S, and for the two months 81
1888. Ratio Of operating expendi
ture to operating revenue decreased
nearly l per cent.
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NET INCOME DROPS.

NEW YORK. March "a OrD.-Nef in.
come OF International Cement for 1925
vas ~ .355. 1873. equal after preferred
sividends to 1852 share on 562. 500
$7,o3 on SOC, 900 shares of common ont.
standing in 1925.
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Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
$500 at los ST 900 at 105. ST. 900 1t lO5
Barber & Ross o y s-$4 600 At 80. 900
Seventh Street Savings Bank--10 at 230,
at $40
Lanston Monotype-2O at %. 4 at p5
Merchants Transfer & Storage pfd-2o
at 100.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas 5s-S1 900 at 1904
Washington Gas Light at 1874, 10 at
739s 10 at 73ss. 10 at 73H
Capital Traction Co at 100.
Anacostia & Potomac r. r. 5s-Sl 900 at
50 a
Capital Traction Cos at 1906
National Mtge & Inv, pfd.-100 at 81
Washington Rwy. Elec. 4s-$1 900 at
So II.
Money-Cau loans. 5 and per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24

NEW YORK, March "a R.-Sur.
plus OF the Great Northern Railway at
the end OF 1925 was $113,284,3s5,
against $99.SS9,627 the year before.
Current assets were $59,209,S60, in
Guiding $23 .004. 943 cash, and current
liabilities, S22,s51,037. Total assets
were $S23.128,2s9, against S796. ZAP. 257
at the close of 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24

CHICAGO. March "a UP).-Poultry.
alive, firm; receipts, cars fowls, 27a
2Sh; Springs. 50; broilers, 45a50: tur-
Keys, 30; ROSTERS. 10; ducks, 20a32;
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and even the best borrowers abroad
had to pay through the nose in order
to WOO funds from the American in
weston. There has been. however. a
swing Of the pendulum Of sentiment in
the other direction. Not only have the
best issues risen In accordance with
declining interest rates and a revised
estimate of the capacity Of Europe to
come back after the war. but there is
a growing tendency to become some
what less discriminating in picking
European credit risks.
AT time when the main chorus of
American bankers and investors are
boosting European credit. Richard
Martens. who in the pre-Soviet days
headed the largest foreign trading or
ganlZatlon in Russia, sounds a dis
cordant note. Mr.. Martens is more en-
thuslaStlc about the possibilities on the
racine Coast than in Europe. In~
letter to this column. Mr. Martens.
who is an adopted son of San Fran
cisco, writes:
Says We Have Overloaned.
i personally think that America has
oVerioaned money to Europe and that
we Will have to face a reaction. 1t
is ultncult TO state whether 1t will be
80 a year, OF Few years.
we have artiflcially pegged the
european countries, as we'll as Ameri-
can lndustrialism. The United States,
being for the first time in her history
creditor Nation, has misIudged the
actual fundamental facts and created
an artificial prosperity.
Il nave great faith, however. in the
Pacl1c Coast, and I believe that the
time is not far off when the United
states, instead of seeking bubbles of
prosperity in foreign countries, will
realize that there are parts of their
own hemisphere which, with capital
and the influx of people, can be de-.
veloped, and thereby relieve rather
serious conditions in the Eastern
States"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24

Following is a list of bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24
ATLANTIC REFINING co.

NEW YORK, March "a CD.-Atlan.
tic Refining Co. and subsidiaries
earned $11.24 a share in 1926, against
$11.53 a share I'm 1925.
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GERMAN BONDS AND STOCKS.

tQuoted In dollars per million marks1
Ger CT w In IS Iel4-IgI4Oo on IAso m
hamburg 4hs 1919. 100 90 1000
(Ou0fad in dalIzrs y,,r
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"Ndenelaos, I suppose we shouldn't
ask the stranger who he is before
he is ready to tell us, but if he is
willing, I'd like to make guess at
his name"
She looked straight at Telema-
chus, and he was so happy he felt
foolish.
ct did not know" she said. "that
two people could be so much alike.
Of course you see the resemblance,
Menelaos?"
mo, I don't" said Menelaos.
ooh, you must have, the moment
he appeared"
perhaps I must, but I didn't"
said Menelaos.
"In have to tell you, then-Odys-
seus," said Helen.
upon my word, I do see IL nowl"
said Menelaos. "And I spoke to
him of his father just before you
joined us; I noticed his interest in
what I was saying. Upon my word
There's no mistake, is there?"
Menelaos looked at him, and he
looked at Menelaos, and he noticed
| an expression on the older mans
face which hadn't been there before
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this" said Telemachus. "All this
bronze and gold and amber, to say
nothing of the silver and ivory! The
court of zeus himself on Olympus
must be like th!s-it can't be much
finer"
Menelaos put on a sober air, and
said that no one ought to compare
himself to the gods, but it certainly
was a satisfactory house. That is,
the building.
"But I would exchange large
part of my wealth." he said, ito
have back the years spent away
from this house, and the friends Of
mira who died at Troy, or were lost
on the way home.
"But I'm sorry for one friend in
particular-for Odysseus. You must
have heard the name. He did more
than any of the others for me, and
here I am home again, and nobody
knows where he Is, or whether he is
alive at all"
The mention of his father brought
sudden anguish to Telemachus, sud-
den because he had had his
thoughts on Menelaos' fine house.
He was about to reveal his name
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and his errand, when Helen Ell
tered from her vaulted room.
How could it be? Yet it could
be no otherl His mother had been
careful to tell him how old Helen
was, and he knew what she had
been through. He had expected
Aphrodite, a sophisticated goddess,
charming as sin.
AS she walked toward him he saw
that she was young and maidenly,
and he knew what Artemis must be
like. With her came a girl who
seemed older, but probably wasn't.
They called her Adraste. She set a
chair for Helen, with a footstool,
and brought her the wool for spin
ming in a golden basket set on
wheels. Telemachus forgot his
father, forgot his mother, forgot the
suitors. All his life he tried to be
sorry he forgot. but he never was.
Helen greeted him, and took the
wool in her hands, and extended the
conversation as though Telemachus
were very old friend, or as though
she hadn't really noticed him yet.
Then she let her hands fall IN her
lap.
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all, without losing a man, and he's
back in Crete as though nothing
had happened. Menelaos is at
Sparta now, you know, with Helen.
She's lovelier than ever they say.
"But that was a nasty ~trick
Aegisthus Played on Agamemnon!
You've heard, of course, how Ores
ties took his revenge? That's the
advantage Of having son-to see
that your murderer gets his deserts.
"Odysseus is fortunate, I don't
mind saying, in boy as enterpris-
ing as you seem to be. He'll come
home, if he isn't killed, and if he is
killed you'll go after the man who
did it,"
Telemachus was disappointed. No
news of his father, and apparently
no chance of any. not even from
Menelaos. But his curiosity ex-
tended 10 other matters also; he
was young.
Telemachus said that Sparta
would be his next stopping-pl
Perhaps Menelaos might know
something of his father. Nestor
thought not, but it would do no
harm to inquire.
So the young man continued his
voyage, hoping for news, and not
unmoved by the prospect of see
| ing Helen, said to be more beautiful
than ever.
When he came to the famous gate
where once Paris had knocked,
Eteoneus held him up with some
feeble excuse, and hurried to find
Menelaos.
There's another handsome young
man outside" he said. do we let
him IMP"
"Eteoneus," said Menelaos, "there
have been times in your life when
you did not act like fool I don't
get the reference. OF course we let
him inl
When I have Travelled in the past,
I have always been Hospitality en-
tertained, and I dare say it has
happened to you. We must do the
same in our turn, when a traveller
comes"
"Now, what's the meaning Of
that!" said Eteoneus, but not very
loud.
! Telemachus had seen no such
house as this. The size and the
wealth of it embarrassed him. He
remembered that his father had
more brains, but the thought didn't
bring ease of manner.
They took him to the marble
baths, where the attendants en-
barrassed him further by the
thorough washing they gave him,
and they oiled his hair, and put on
/ him better clothes than he was
accustomed to.
Menelaos came to welcome him,
a tall man with beautiful, long,
dark locks, which needed no oil
to make them shine. He wasn't SO
impressive As his house.
i've MEYER seen . house like
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his wife came in. A suggestion Of
serenity, or almost that; Of salts
faction, let us say. Telemachus ad-
mitted he was himself.
But he wasn't quite himself They
talked for hours, or Menelaos did,
and since there was no word OF his
father, Telemachus listened politely
and watched Helen and her weaving
hands, and his soul went out of him
utterly.
Then Helen said there had been
talk enough. and Menelaos looked
slightly rebuked, but used to 1t, and
he asked Helen if there wasn't to
be something for supper.
Helen came to the young man
with a goblet of wine in her hand,
and said: (
"Who drinks of this wine. they
say, forgets all his sorrows forever.
1t comes from Egypt, where they
know the secrets of herbs and drugs
and charms, and there's magic In
It'll"
He took it from her, his hand
touched hers. and she smiled at him.
1t was as she had said; he forgot
all his sorrows-as 1t seemed, for
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SATIRE ON ktooERN THROUGH raE LIPS OF TIE ANeENn
THO PRIVATE Life
|OF HGLGN Or TROY
By JOHN GRSKING-.
Published b4 Arrangement wh 3iEss 1etiona netureA Inc

send the other suitors away, and
take charge of the house.
He had never left his fathers
island before. When he came to
Pylos he found Nestor sitting down
to feast, with all his people about
him. Nestor insisted that he should
eat before he talked.
After the, meal the old man
opened the conversation himself.
He asked the boy if he was out on
some errand of honest merchandise,
or If he was operating as a private.
Telemachus was a little frightened
at the question, but he caught the
idea, and let the old man think
that pirating was one OF his
fayorite sports, or would be when
he had more practice.
"But I've come to ask'if you have
any news at all of my father. We
have heard nothing at home, for
I'VE forgotten how many years
Where in the world is he? Will you
tell me how and when you saw him
last, and anything you know about
him since?"
Nestor went off into rerninis-
echoes. Odysseus was his best friend
He never would tire of remember
ing their exploit together on the
plains of Troy. Telemachus was
afraid he wouldn't.
But when it came to our return
ing" he said, none Of us was wise
Menelaos said he was going home
at once-the war was over, ano
there was nothing to stay for.
Agamemnon insisted on some
sacrifices, to appease Athena. Hall
of us were for sailing, and hall
were for more sacrifices. saw II
the same way as Menelaos, ar1e
we made up quite a feet when we
set out the next day.
when we had gone as far as
Tenedos, most of us stopped Tor 9
few hours and offered sacrifices, te
be on the safe side, but Menelaos
went on. Your father made us quite
a speech. He argued that II sacrl-
fees were the thing, after all, nj
was for. no halfway measures, ane
he turned back to rejoin Agamem-
non.
"And that's the last I saw of him
Not a word have heard since. Mos
Of the others reached their homes
In Lesbos I stopped to sacrifice
again, to make sure, and I must So!
we had great wind right into the
harbor. Idomeneus-did you evel
hear of hirn2
1.-The sutton Helen turned dowr
frst- he had the smoothest trip O
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4 Out Our Way
REG. U. s. PAT. OFF.
CHAPTER VII

OF all the heroes who fought at
Troy, Odysseus was the last to get
home. In vain his wife expected him,
and Telemachus, his young son,
watching the family fortune as it
dwindled, wondered if he were the
head of the house, and if he ought
to do something about it.
The suitors were asking Penelope
to marry them, on the assumption
that Odysseus was dead or ought to
be, and they were advancing their
plea for her hand by economic pres
sure, living on her bounty till she
should make up her mind.
Helen had her suitors at the be-
ginning of her life, Penelope at the
end, when she was no longer young,
and her beauty had never been more
than, as Orestes would say, a mat
ter of opinion.
This fact has led some wise men
to suppose that Penelope's' story, as
we now have it, by some accident
got told backward. However that
may be, the question remains why
the suitors wanted to marry her,
anyway.
FOR the property, Telemachus
thought; and to his inexperienced
eyes it seemed vast wealth. But
Ithaca was rocky, barren place. The
first time he travelled he had his
eyes openedA Since the annoying
suitors came from distance, they
must have known better.
Jusk what was in their minds we
can only guess, but that they did
besiege poor Penelope, there is nc
doubt, for when Odysseus returned
at last he drew his bow and slew
them, every one.
At one point the story of Tele-
machus and his absent father is
touched with memory of Helen, Of
some value as a picture of her or
the domestic side.
Just before Odysseus made his
dramatic temperance, Telemachus
had grown desperate. He resolved
to slip away by night in a small
boat, with a few trusted men, ano
sail to Pylos, where Nestor lived
and then on possibly to Sparta, the
home of Menelaos.
If either of his fathers friends
gave him any positive reason te
think that Odysseus was dead, HI
would go back to Ithaca, put on 9
bold front, celebrate his fathers flu.
neral, marry off his mother *
somebody. be didn't care which one
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By Taylor
SKETCHES BY BEssEY
SYNOPSIS BY BRAUCHER

ever. But the magic, he knew, was
not in the wine.
Menelaos was busy with his food
on the other side of the table.
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"YOUNG PEOPLE" is TOPIC
Rev. J. J. Queally Will Preach at
Transformation.

At the Church of the Transfigura
ton tomorrow the services will be-:
Holy communion at 7:30 am, morning
prayer and sermon at II am. and
evening prayer and short address at
1880 pm. Church school at $3.50 am
Rev. J. J. Queally, rector will preach
on THE Young People of America"
The Womars Guild will give a din
ner in the parish hall December IS,
from 5 to o'clock.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
Christian EndeavOr

The District of Columbia Christian
Endeavor Union had a number of
distinguished c. T. workers as guests
at their meeting last Monday at
Church of the Covenant. They were
Miss Jessie Crooks, president of Bal
timore G. E. Union; Jack" Huppertz,
field secretary Of Texas G. f., and
Willard Rice, field secretary of Mary
land G. T.. Union. who led the class
on practical plans and delivered the
address OF the evening. There were
also a number of EndeavOrers from
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties, Md. and the Young Peo-
pies Society of Epiphany Church as
visitors. The G. II. Choir of T2koma
Park Presbyterian Church rendered
a musical number. Willard Rice told
about Bob, who plays the game
square and in the name of Jesus
Christ" The shield for best attend
ance percentage was won by Gunton
Temple Memorial.
The Flying Squadron" of the Dis
trict of Columbia c. f. Union will
conduct the services at Walter Reed
General Hospital Y. NJ. c. a. tomor-
row evening at o'clock. The follow
ing Sunday it will meet with the Met
ropolitan Presbyterian c. e. at Z pm
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ADDRESSES LISTED
FOR REV. DR.. COFFIN
Union Theological Seminary
President Scheduled for Ap-
pointments in Washington.

Rev. DR.. Henry Sloane Coffin, pres
idcnt of the Union Theological Semi
nary, New York City, is scheduled
to make several addresses in this city.
Beginning tomorrow ut $40 am, he
will speak briefly to the Sunday
school OF the Church of the Covenant.
He will preach at the II o'clock serv-
ice in the church, and also in the
evening at s o'clock, addressing his
remarks specially to the Coming
Generation"
At the request of the Federated
Council of Churches, he will address
the ministers of Washington Monday
at II am, and all others inclined to
attend, at the meeting of the Wash
ington Presbytery at New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church. He also
will speak at the luncheon to be
given him at 1890 pm. in Epiphany
Church.
Judge William F. Norris will ad,
dress the All Corners Mems Bible
class of the Church of the Covenant
at 9:45 am. on "The Religion of
Islam" A treasure hunt" will be
conducted at the G:45 o'clock Chris
tan Endeavor meeting by Miss Helen
Lyon, who will speak on Our
Ideals, Finding Them and Keeping
Them" The midweek service will be
held Thursday at s pm. DR.. Wood
will speak.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
LEGEND TO BE GIVEN
BY CHAPEL PLAYERS
Group to Present "The Other Wise
Man" at Luther Place
Memorial Church.

DR.. Henry Van Dykes legend of
''The Other Wise Man" will be pre-
sented three nights, December 26, -
and %, at the Luther Place Memoir
ial Church.
The annual presentation is made un
der the auspices of the Chapel Play
ers of the church, assisted by mum
Der of local players and musicians
Members of the Bible School and the
congregation likewise take part in
the play, which is being arranged by
number of committees including
personnel, Miss Ruth Chindblom, Ed
ward Eberly and Miss Mildred Sieg,
finance, Irving j.. Koch; costumes
Mrs. Irwin l.. Hollander. Mrs. y. X.
Gardner, Mrs. Carson F'railey. Mrs. +.
A. Burger. Miss Ruth Campbell. Miss
Hattie McIlwee. Miss Ann Lynn: set
tings, n. X. Gardner, Donald Moriar-
ity, Ralph L. kiester, John Swanson;
properties. John kiester, Albert Hall,
Edward Eberly and Miss Ruth Shoe
maker; lighting, Harold Snyder,
George NJ Diffenderfer, jr., n. X.
Gardner, Donald Moriarity; ushers,
Miss Rebecca Long and members of
the Rainbow Glass; publicity, Miss
Jane Lynn; stage direction and pro-
duction, Miss Bess Davis Schreiner,
Denis E. Connell, and music, Miss
Katherine Riggs.
The public is invited to attend all
three presentations, by the Chapel
Players. Officers of the newly organ
lied players are: President, Ruth
Chindblom; vice president. George
Gates; secretary, Margaret Eherly; as
sisant secretary, Hattie McIlwee;
treasurer, Ralph kiester; director,
Bess Davis Schreiner.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
MISSION GROUP TO MEET.
Mrs. T. E. Robertson Will Address
Calvary Baptist Society.

The Woman's Missionary Society of
Calvary Baptist Church will meet
next Tuesday at IL o'clock in the
junior room of the Sunday school
house. The speaker will be Mrs.
Thomas E. Robertson, president of
the board of lady managers of the To-
ca. Florence Crittenden Home. Mrs.
Lamont A. Williams will lead the de.
votional service.
The hostesSes will be members of
the Samuel H. Greene Circle. Lunch
con will follow the morning session.
Members of other churches are in
vited.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
CHURCH OBSERVES
10TH ANNIVERSARY
Special Services to Be Held
Tomorrow at Evangelical
Lutheran.

The tenth anniversary of the begin
ming of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of the Incarnation, Gallatin
and Fourteenth streets, will be oh.
served with special services tomorrow
morning at II o'clock.
The first meeting was held Decem-
ber 9. 1917. under the auspices of the
Washington Lutheran Alliance. Rev.
DR.. William a. Wade. president Of the
alliance and at that time pastor of st.
Marks Lutheran Church of this city,
preached the first sermon. Rev. Henry
Manken was called from Baltimore
and became the first pastor of the
new organization.
DIR. Wade. now pastor of the Holy
Comforter Lutheran Church, Balti-
more, and secretary of the Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Synod of Maryland. will
preach the anniversary sermon. The
public is invited.
The officers of the congregation re-
Gently elected are: Rev. Henry Man
ken, pastor and president: Harry l..
Golladay, vice president; Clayton S.
Becker, treasurer; Leroy f. kluge.
financial secretary: Edward II. Goltz,
recording secretary; Edgar A. Smith,
Edwin S. Clarkson, John H. Fahren-
bach, George p. Grove.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
PLANS ADVENT SERMON.
Rev. DR.. Frederic w. Perkins Will
Preach Tomorrow.

"Who Came When Christ Was
Born?" will be the theme of the ser
mon tomorrow morning at II O'Clock
in the Ambassador Theater. Eight
eenth street and Columbia road. before
the congregation of the First Uni
versalist Church by Rev. DR.. Frederic
W. Perkins, the pastor. This is the
first of two Advent sermons to be
preached prior to Christmastide. The
church school convenes Immediately
after morning services, DR.. F. w. Bal
lou leading the adult Bible class.
At pm devotional meeting of the
Young Peoples Christian Union al
the parish house, 1901 S street, the
topic for consideration being "Oui
Gifts" led by Miss Clara Beatty. The
S ssion of the Y. P. c. z. will be pre-
ceded by a Japanese tea in honor OF
Mrs. Alice G. Rowe of the Blackmer
Home, Toxic, Japan, now taking fur
Tough from her missionary work, who
will tell of her experiences during the
years she was in Japan.