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Philip Baldwin. a boy of the rural district falls in love and mamies Marjorie Jone
an Irresponsible vvacous girl who believes she is being neglected by her husband
who is seeking fortune as real esateo operator in Frisco Too much mother inaWs
brings the ultimate break and the msmated couple aed divorced but not until a child
born.
Thus begins the story, of which Roger Ferj, the critic who reviewed the picture
says in pat-"Warner Brothers can quietly st back confident that then screen ven
sion Of BRASS. adapted from Charles G. Norris widely read move, they have cor
hibuted to the picture world masterpiece artistic and entertaining to a suneratve d
gree BRASS, he says, lis the best production that has carried the Warner ban
ner'
divorce, loveess marriages and hatred good people going wrong and Of bad Poop
seeing the light The theme. concededA, in book form an unusually delicate an
dangerous one in these days of reform, blue law embarrassing. has been handled
such a style that makes it positively CENSOR PROOF
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ADMISSION As USUAL
, 1927-05-19

2Gtb 1917 al the Pos: Office at Christian
8t9d, st. 1r2iJ. Y l.. of the y, S.. A. I'M
der the Actof Itorc1 3, 1879.
Order OF The Day
Tor an extraordinary meeting
of the Colonial Council for st. CroiX
for the fiscal year 1926--1927, Sixth
Council, Second Session, Friday,
My 20, 1927, at one O'Clock p. m.
lCongened By request Of the ~Chojrman.)
1. Election of a member to serve on
the Kings Hill Public Village Com
mission for a period Ct two years,
from April l, 1927 to March 81,
1929. in accordance with Ordinance
OF 8 December 1912, creating the
Kings Hill Public Village Commits
sion,
2. Colonial Council Bill No. 80.
2nd. Discussion on Colonial Council
Bill No. 81, dr2ft of budget for the
Municipality OF ST. CroiX for the ifs
cal year from July l, 1927 to June
80, 1923, introduced by Government.
t3. Colonial Council Bill No. 81.
2uI Discussion on Colonial Council
Bill No. 81. Resolution introduced by
Government authorizing The Cover
nor 70 eXpend, from the Immigra-
ton Fond. a sum not 70 exceed FIRES.
%, 00O. 90, for the purpose Of con-
ducliog a demonstration farm at the
Agricultural Experiment Station, Es-
tate Annals Hope, with Committee
Report
a. Colonial Council Bill No. p.
Continuation of LIST discussion on Co.
ionIal Council Bill NO. Y, draft of
an ordinance, Introduced by lst APP
pointed u mbel (5takemann), amend
ing me y. de OF Laws for the NUM-
cipalJy Of ST. Croix, with Committee
Report.
5. Colonial Council Bill No, %.
Introduction of and 1st discussion on
CJ0nial C)u1.il Bill No. p, draft of
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Her Bad Bargain.

"LAINE CAGES resignation pro
l. duced sensation. Her EN-
ployers, J. =. O'Shea & Sons
IL had not expected it, and none
had dreamed of such n thing.
The day before Elaine had been at
work as usual, a quiet, trim little fig.
ure in dark serge with no iewelry
save her wrist watch, her brown hair
smoothly coiled over her ears, her de.
mure violet eyes intent upon her bust
ness. At % Elaine appeared to be
stabilized in the business world. She
was earning $50 a week with the pros
pect of even better. She had no one
but herself to look after. Success and
independence and a peculiar fitness set
Elaine Gage apart from her fellows.
She was looked upon with envy, won
der and admiration.
'Of course, there is but one reason
for this sudden change" Cora Gin
ton said. She was the girl who came
nearest to being Elaine's friend, the
one with whom Elaine oftenest walked
and lunched and talked. They were
lunchng together now at the small
restaurant which had become famll-
lar to both of them. You are going
to do the thing l thought you never
would do--get married.
That's it." Elaine took a sip of
coffee. you ought not to mind. Cora.
Without Doubt you will be asked to
fill my place. You've earned 1t"
when / get It," Cora's lips were
firm. II shan't give it up for any
mere man. I hate to say it Elaine, but
unless your fiance earns twice what
you do
Thirty dollars a week! And you
have $50. Well, you must be in love
or--crozy. For two persons TO live on
$50 a week is like asking a lame old
horse to carry double"
Elaine smiled family.
1T looks like bad bargain to you,
I suppose" she said.
Cora leaned forward, her dark eyes
fun of anxiety.
1T looks like worse than bad bar
gain to me-" she said. ut looks like
suicide
A week later Cora stood beside
Elaine before the altar of certain
plain little church and saw her take
the vows that made her the wife of
tall, plain, shy-looking man of 80.
named Will Collins. 1t was a mystery
to Cora. She herself saw nothing in
the man that should have attracted
Elaine Gage. She cried when she said
EOOu-Dy u IloF IfleH size went
back to earn the $50 per which Elaine
had sacrificed.
One Sunday afternoon Cora and
another girl from the office went t.
see Elaine in her new home. She had
two.room, kitchenette apartment
with windows on air shaft five flights
up, in a building where there was no
elevator. The furniture was of the
sketchiest, yet Elaine seemed to be
very happy. She served ginger ale
and sandwiches. Will, she said, was
out on an assignment.
He came in while the girls Vert
there. Tired and shabby as he was
there was no mistaking the admira
ton in his glance as it rested upon hi
wife.
Cora came away more Mystic,
then ever.
1t looks like the real thing-but
won't last. Thirty a week-and he
doesn't look as if he could report
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THE EVENING STORY

| fire. Crazy thing-this love. ! shall
stick to business.
Guess I will, too" Helen Archer re.
sponded. But she sighed as she
thought of a certain man back home
who was hoping that she would get
enough of the city and return to be
his wife.
Cora went again and again to the
little apartment. She felt that Elaine
must needed her even if she, pretended
not to. Each time she was astonished
at the happiness that seemed to ra-
date from this amazing girl. Yet for
a whole year she never had a new
garment, and the whiffs of food smells
that Cora detected in the kitchenette
seemed to consist entirely of beef stew.
Elaine must have learned to handle a
soup bone with the skill that a chef
bestows upon poulette.
In the second year Elaine's baby
girl was born, but this only added to
her happiness.
WY, this can't go on forever"
Cora thought, mot on thirty a week
She was touched by that baby whom
Elaine had named afted her own
mother and jane.
That Summer VIII got hurt in
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to know how comfortably we shall get
along"
That was the last of Elaine for that
Summer. When Fall came and the
Collinses did not return to town Cora
wondered if they had starved to death
down there in Peckville. Cora herself
had received raise in salary and had
beside cleared up tidy little sum on
lucky investment. She was even more
successful than Elaine had promised
to be. Poor Elaine,
She was browsing in a book store
one afternoon for something to read
when she caught sight of Will Col
Inns name on the cover Of new
novel. She bought the book, took 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-12

home and devoured it. 1t was en-.
thralling. Next day she searched
through the papers for comment on
the novel and found that the thing
was selling like wildfire. The $30-a-
week reporter had emerged as a best
seller!
A week later she went down to
Peckville to see Elaine. She walked
in Unexpectedly and surprised a pref
ty domestic scene-Will tipping, the
baby laughing over a new toy, Elaine
looking like joy itself. Cora received
hearty welcome. She laid aside her
sealskin coat and took Annajane on
her lap. The talk turned to Willis
success,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-12

He always wanted to write book.
poor boy" Elaine said. And 1 knew
that he could write good ones. This
is only the beginning of his success
as a novelist"
II couldn't have done 1t if she
hadn't married me-" Will said. I'm
naturally slow and careless and lazy
And was stuck fast to my job as n
reporter. After Elaine got hold of
me-" he smiled at her admiringy, "she
just kept at me till l finished writing
what Id begun and laid aside a dozen
times. I'm doing another now. She
won let up on me till it goes to
press"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-12

street jam and couldn't work. A man
out Of work, baby, wife scarcely
more than convalescent and no bank
account to fall back upon! Cora as
lelicately as she could offered aid to
/ elaine.
'-e are perfectly all right" Elaine
saiu. I've are going to the country
till Va. gets well. There's a little
house i'll the village he came from
which we cal ront for almost nothing
and we're going to give up the apart
men on chance of getting another
next Fall, and take our things in a
van. Thank you, Cora, dear, for your
kindness, but we really don't need a
bit of assistance. You'll be surprised
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-12
TRAIN VICTIM SUCCUMBS,,
North Carolina Youth Struck While
Supposedly Asleep on Tracks.

LYNCHBURG, Va. August IL (P.-
Charles Overcast, 10. of Davidson, y.
c., died at local hospital yesterday
afternoon as the result of injuries sus-
tanned yesterday morning when he
was struck by a Southern Railway
passenger train at Leftwitch near
here. The youth was said to have
been asleep on the tracks.
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said proudly. ION Annajanes account.
A child should be brought up in the
country. 1 think she is going to be
literary and famous like her dad"
Cora Clinton sat staring at the ra-
diant Elaine, whom she had consid.
cred the biggest fool in the universe.
Elaine's bad bargain was nothing of
the sort. She had just taken a chance
on love. And love hadn't cheated her.
The End
tCopyright 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-12
tCopyright. 1877

A small forest of pine trees has
been planted at the top of Mount Fra
ger. California, and dedicated to the
memory of Luther Burbank
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-12

"LAINE CAGES resignation pro-
l. duced a sensation. Her en-
ployers, J. =. O'Shea & Sons.
IL had not expected it, and none
I'D ,Iraapaad of Cirb q thing
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The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15
Saturday, Oct. Is, 1927.
Business Men Bunced for Years

tough birds all Of them and
Charles doesn't like tough
birds, even of the featherless
variety.
They make him seek, veri
SEEK these hombres who tote
gats and sheer at law. He pre-
fers safety first" last and all
the time - that and his six
thousand per year.
In brief, you gentlemen who
have been contributing to
Charles Davis salary have
been bunced cleFerfy-if not
cleveriy, then completely. He
has done less. for more money
than any other employee in the
city. He, as you can prove by
his record, has neither -uncov-
cred, prosecuted nor caused
the prosecution Of any major
"vice" in this city. He can find
a punch-board, l, admit. He
can locate a friendly poker
game, it is true. He can-smell
a petty baseball pool five
blocks against the wind bnt he
can't locate a gambling joint
that is protected and RUN BY
THE GAMBLING SYNDI-
CATE. He's the bunc and if
you gentlemen are not .saps,
you will check. hinr up. If you
do: you will ease him out Of
your employ. Better spend
your money buying snowshoes
for Hottentets than squander
it on Charles Davis--the man
who dare not deliver anything
larger than a petty game of
chance.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15
Charles Davis, Head Of the Law-Enforcement
League, Rimless Cipher as u Law.EnfoFeer.
S,xoops Down on Pnchboards Like a Hungry
Hawk; Heads Spectacular Raids Oh Dinky
Poker Games; Ballyhoos Through the Daily
Press and---Draws His Salary.

1t is almost a pity to shake
the confidence of a mans en-
ployers in that individuals 10y
atty but there are times when
the essence of pity must not be
allowed te,enter and this is. one
Of those rare times.
For several years Charles
Davis has been employed in
some well-paying capacity. or
position as the ''head' Of
law-enforcement body. Away
back in those hectic days OF the
World War, Chawles tripped
bhtheiy about as the head Of
the COMMITTEE of 49, His
patriotism :, couldn't be- meas
u,pd by geometrical. yardstick
or other cont1ivance. Accord
ing to Chawles, he was the
auintessence of patriotism and
he got away with it-and.,rhis
salary. r' = T'.@
The gentlemen who had fall
en- for his peculiar line ofsbmc
never questioned any of his
acts. They placed implicit con-
fidence, in Brer. Davis. Then
che war ended AS even wars
have a habit Of: doing, and
Chawies the Bunco Buster felt
his salary slipping. He con-
ceived the idea Of a 'I,aw-En-
forcement League, with him
self at the head. His plan was
brilliant and his salary assured.
and that last ingredient was
what intensely interested
ChaWles.
The anti-bellum days were
filled with woe and worse. Of
ficiaidom was staggering under
an unexpected load. Conditions
were chaotic. Davis had no diff
.ficulty in convincing the Off
cials upon whose shoulders fell
the. burden of law-enforce-
ment, that his league was nee
essary if the country was to
escape anarchy. They were
glad to share their burden with
any organization. And Charles
stepped into the scrimmage
with smiling face and a fat
salary.
For years he has fought say
agely against penny-ante po-
ker games, punch boards, I'M
syndicated: baseball pools and
alley crap games, but when it
came to. interfering with COM
mercialized gambling, Herr
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15

Part of a loaf is better than
none," Chief Brunskill is quot
ed in one of the daily papers
as saying anent the appoint
ment of 10 additional police
men, although we could easily
use one hundred. I am study
ing the situation so as to place
the new men to the best ad-
vantage
If that wouldn't contract a
gosling's giblets!
Studying the situation! What
situation? The present one?
What Brunskill needs to study
is a lot-let's say from the kim
delgarten up.
"To the best advantage" is a
scream. To who's "best advan-
tage?' It would be delightful
to know. But as the public will
never know, | suggest that
Brunskill broadcast the ten new
men so as not to interfere with
big Moe" They might cause
the ex-java jerker some embar-
rassment.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15

Charles was a minus quantity.
: H., as happened some few
weeks ago, a poker game that
interfered with the big
game" the protected game OF
the gang, was located, Charles
gave the raid his personal at
tention and the daily papers all;
the copy they could stuff
into eighteen pages: OF. pearl
face. -~.~"
If a chip fell to the floor
during Charles. daring raid,
no one except that knight OF
the Plurhed; Woo-ha's dared
pick it up. Charles got them
aAe-except the big game. He
never could find that! ~.
49, <Whenit ran so openly down
at 20S nth Avenue south that,
even the ruralites flpmsthe tall
sticks couldn't escape it; when
it was pe11rittedrto run. at that
address. SO tough birds from
other cities would congregate
there where they would be
easy for Our police to pick up
IN CASE they were wanted,
Charles never, knew the. game
was running.
He was a very dense youth!
And yet he was and has been
for several years, cashing sal
airy checks to the total of six
thousand dollars per year.
Why, when Chawles didn't
know" the nth Avenue game
was wide open, two unsophis-
ticated bank cashiers were
fretting because they had to
wait until after banking hours
in order to play their employ
er's currency over the green
cloth! These young men would
start stuffing bales of our "me-
dium of exchange in their
ulster pockets as soon asthe l
p. m, whistle blew and before
the janitor had the pennies
swept off their cage floors.
they would be down at the
gambling joint Don Charles
couldn't find losing their
firms money faster than a
farmer can milk COW.
Then there was the matter
of baseball pools: Charles
found them all-except the big
one operated by "Big Moe"
Barnett. gangster and gunman.
Charles never COULD find
anything, that Big Moe, Bev-
ans or-Ed Morgan were inter
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15

ested in. Funny thing, but he
simply couldn't. If you doubt
my word, look at the record"
Davis has compiled with the
enthusiastic assistance of the
daily papers and a former
beerwagon driver.
And again we come to the
punch-board crisis.
1t was terrible! Charles
couldn't stand to have it,
around so one day he swooped.
down on the business places
where the offensive boards
were harbored and confiseated
them all. It was a brilliant at
tack -- duly featured, with
elaborate eulogies Of Chawles.7
in. all our daily papers. Once,
more had Davis proved his
worth to his employers! It was
almost time for the monthly
check and Longboy took no
chances.
Were l a profane man /
would say that it is a dam
shame that this runt~has been
: able to bamboozle so many of,
the brightest men. incur city,
but as | am not profane except:
upon nonrare occasions, I~sim-
ply submit that:
IF the gentlemen who have
been paying Charles Davis sal
airy all these years will check
back on that buckoo's record,
they will find as every one ex-
cept themselves KNOWS, that
he has done nothing - except
cash his check.
Davis KNEW PSI Hennepin
Avenue was running for his at
tention was called to it and
Mr.. Guilford offered to pilot
Davis man into that place. But
Charles was a canny cuss. He
didn't want to be shown and
for the next few days he was
busy running down a gum ma
chine proprietor.
No, no, Charlie, you won't
start any SANDER or libel suit.
If you ever do, you'll be the
"sickest sister in the choir"
and that means some sick right
now, if you know what | mean.
When few weeks ago the
Beaufort hotel was raided and
a score of fellows who were
students of the great Ameli-
can game were arrested,
Charles again broke through
the front pages of the daily
press and press-agented his
proves to an astonished world
Charles, if you took no.
tice, didn't raid 818 Hennepin
Avenue! Not a chance in the
world!
That joint was protected"
/. 1t was also the hangout of the
neutrality-suspicious. gang
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15

The Brunskill way - but it
don't weigh" much.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-23
Retains Lead in
Dog Derby
BIZ Unitcd Press

BIZ United Press
QUEBEC, Quebec, Feb. 22.-Emil
st. Goddard, Manitoba musher, re-
tanned his lead in the Quebec dog
Derby today after covering the
eighty miles in hours AZ minutes
and 30 seconds. st. Goddard drove
his dogs over the course Monday in
3:47.35, and Friday in 3:54.45.
st. Goddard's dogs finished the
course in good condition and he was
favored to win today's heat and the
race. Paddy" Nolan, local 15-year
old driver. was in fourth place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-23
q a G. K | :
HIS O w N
MAN AG E.R
"PII Fight Tunney, but
az Nobody Else" Former
Champion Declares.

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23.-Gene
Tunney, worlds champion heavy
weight, is the only opponent Jack
Dempsey will consider if he returns
TO the ring.
That was the former champion S
answer today to reports that he
was considering q bout with Jim
Maloney.
He said Gene Normile, who made
esannouncement that Dempsey
might accept $1,000 offer for the
Maloneyi bout, had no authority to
speak as his manager.
MY proposition is the same as
it was two months ago." Jack said.
''I declared then that if l couldn't
beat Gene Tunney. I couldn't beat
anybody.
7"I don't intend to enter any elm
ination tournament. l think my
record entities me to a bout with
Tunney, and if he refuses to fight
me, or if / find myself ull liable to get
Into first-class condition, then I will
hng up the gloves.
81 have not recovered completely
from the attack of blood-poisoni1g I
had several weeks ago. My special
ist tells me that it will be at least
two weeks before / can make any
attempt to get into training.
when I go into training ] will
know whether 1 can get back into
shape. If can. I will fight Tun-
ney, nobody else"