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feel content if, at the end of a year,
it split even.
But the trouble with Taylor's pri-
vate and personal organization was
that it was not splitting even. AS
president. treasurer and general man
ager of Taylor, Inc, he knew that ne
was running behind at a rate which
threatened bankruptcy If he did not
do something about it.
He had been getting to the Office on
time lately. With so much to think
about, he awoke earlier than usual,
while coffee that tasted like chtckWeed
and mullins without any taste at all
were never any excuse for prolonging
breakfast. Suzanne would have been
worried about this sudden slump in
his appetite had it not been for the
fact that he could very we'll afford to
lose some 20 pounds. But It was not
pleasant to sit opposite and watch him
toy with his food, recalling his old
time enthusiasm. It demanded self
control, particularly when she knew
exactly what the trouble was.
When Mary Ellen made coffee. she
did not make it especially for Teddy.
She merely brewed coffee in a general
sort of way. That was true of the
mullins. AS for his three-minute egg,
it became automatically an eight-min-
ute egg If he happened to be five
minutes late.
However, this enforced abstention
did not affect his health adversely. He
moved around the Office with brisker
step which Hutchins was quick to no.
tice. He had always liked Taylor and,
if he felt certain disappointment
over his work of the last year, he was
ready enough to forget that, provided
the man gave him chance. And this
Teddy seemed to be trying to do.
For one thing. he got out more.
Automobiles are not sold from behind
a desk. If they were, the firm would
not have needed statesmen. They are
sold as the result of personal inter.
views and actual demonstration.
Taylor did not intend to exert him
self, but he knew that If he landed
old Brenbridge, who had been hanging
fire six months, the commission on the
the middle.sized bills. It was more
with that in mind than anything else
that he drove down to his Office and
finally got him out. Even then, as
Brenbridge stepped into the seat be-
side Taylor, he said:
You're only wasting your time and
mine. With business the way 1t is to-
day, I'm not buying new cars"
Business has been punk" admitted
Taylor. But it's looking up"
1t Is, is it?"
"Surest thing you know"
He spoke with conviction--a convic.
ton which he could not explain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26
Strange Sea.Spider.

ONE of the strangest creatures of
~ the sea is a certain species of sea.
spider named Nymphon gracile. II
has a body about the size of bit Of
thread. a quarter of an inch long and
tied into four knots. The head looks
like the end Of a thread split into two
horns; from each of the four knots
start two legs, one on each side, max
ing eight in all.
The legs are three or four times
longer than the body. but the odd
thing about them is that the alimen-
tary tube. into which the food goes,
runs down into every one of the legs,
so that whatever the spider eats cir
culates through his legs and. in fact,
the legs are like the body in inter-
nal structure.
Another curious feature of this form
Of life is that the baby sea-spider is
not in the least like the grown-ups OF
the same family. It is much more like
a crab: but how II develops from a
crab-like form is not yet ascertained.
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along the line. And with it all. there
was, as far as he could see, mighty
| little to show.
For three weeks he had not had at
home anything but an indifferent
meal And the battling part of this
was that he could not put his finger
on anything in particular and say.
| This is punk" 1t never was exactly
| that. It was not exactly anything.
| The soups were fiat without being pos
itively bad. just as they were never
hot without being cold. The roasts
and vegetables were edible, but they
lacked that little something more that
made him want to come back a second
| time. The bread was passable and the
desserts looked good. but he never
could get more than half way through
one of them.
And yet Taylor, to his credit, said
nothing. He was a reasonable man
and understood that Mary Ellen av-
eraged as we'll as most Of them. He
understood further that he had no
right to expect his wife to continue
indefinitely in the kitchen. She had
done her share in the last five years.
Now that it was so easy to get out
there, she used the country club a
good deal and began to take an inter-
| est in golf. That it was good for her
he had no doubt---he wished he could
get out with her more. But there was
no chance of this, with that collection
of bills staring him in the face. His
desk was always cluttered up with a
batch of them. Suzanne sympathized
with him continually.
I'm afraid I'm getting eXtrava-
CANT" she suggested.
mo, it isn't that" he denied. Il
hear every one kicking the same way.
Living today is a darned expensive
proposition, and that's all there is
to it."
You're very sweet, Teddy"
"Who wouldn't be, with a wife like
you?" he grinned back.
| He believed what he said, too. Those
| last new frocks she bought-she had
to have them-were stunning affairs.
He had forgotten how pretty she
could be.
TT began to look as though the only
way Taylor could square himself
was to earn more money. He did not
come to this conclusion consciously.
He was not the kind of man who
| reaches conclusions that way. This
was fortunate, because it would have
brought Encouragement. He had
nothing with which to reproach him.
self in the past. for he considered that
he had struck a good, fair pace from
the first and maintained 1t. Moreover,
every one admitted that business was
so bad that any organization should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26
Nature Works Backward

THE following is an interesting In.
= stance of reversal of the ordi-
nary course Of nature which cost Eng
lish market gardener dear:
Watercress is eagerly devoured by
caddis-worms. and caddis-worms are
a favorite food OF trout. The trout.
in turn. have a voracious enemy in
herons, which ordinary catch the fish
after they have grown fat on caddis-
worms. Now, in the case referred
to. it happened that a large grower OF
watercres had three-quartcrs of his
crop ruined by the ravages Of caddis.
worms. On investigation it was found
that the trout, which ordinarily pro
tected the plants from the wormN
had been devoured. ahead Of time. so
to speak. by flock of hungry heron.
which, in thus reversing the course o.
events. had brought disaster to the
owner Of watercress.
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He Paid 90 Shillings for
a Plot of ISL Acres.
Some Facts About the
Bridge, Which Is One
of the Wonders of
Nature w a s hin g =
tons Name Carved IN
the Stone.

~ TEEPED in history, rich in no.
nance. one of the seven natural
wonders Of the United States,
~ the Natural Bridge of Virginia,
in Rockbridge County, is sum-
mer mecca for week end motorists
from Washington.
Situated close to the core or the
historic Shenandoah Valley-one or
the scenic masterpieces of the East
this mammoth rockribbed span when
links together two neighboring noun
tains is a natural mystery. Neither
scientists nor laymen can explain how
the bridge was formed, shaped ana
sculptured from solid limestone rock
It may be the product of great con-
vulsion of the earth's crust, or 1t may
have been nodded by flowing water
or by the gnawing of powerful gases.
The bridge is a mOnolith of lime
stone, 215 feet high. 100 feet wide ana
80 feet in span. It's walls look eX.
actly as though they had been chiseled
from the solid rock. The Natural
Bridge might pass for mastery
achievement of expert engineering
skill. It is a wonderful accomplish
rent, however, of natures craftsman
ship. Chief Justice John Marshall
spoke expressively more than cen
Gods miracles in stone"
THOMAS JEFFERSON was the
original owner of the tract of 157
acres, which was granted TO him by
George III, King of England, upon
payment of 20 shilings. Jefferson
built three log cabins at a command
ing location on one of the adjoining
| mountains. Patrick Henry and his
wife occupied one of these dwellings
several Summers as Jefferson's guests
while the Sage of Monticello" spent
many Of his most enjoyable vacations
in the other.
In that immediate neighborhood
there are five round-topped mountains,
two of these being Joined together by
| the oAe-piece bridge of rock. Inc
! Natural Bridge first won mention in
the annals Of American history when
a bloody Indian battle was fought
close to it's shadow in 1853. Twenty
years later lightning struck the ele'
waited span and catapaulted to earth
great masses of rock. A cave or salt
| peter located in one of the adjoining
mountains was worked for inter dur,
| ing both Revolutionary and ClVli
| Wars. About the middle of the nine
teenth century a commercial attempt
| to manufacture shot was made by
using one of the extremities of the
| Natural Bridge as a shot tower.
| High above the terrain or the pre-
cipitous and almost perpendicular eX-
posture at Natural Bridge the name
| &c Washington" carved crudely in
the limestone rock, is still visible.
During the period when Washington
was employed as a surveyor by Lord
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Teddy came home early, his face
beaming, and kissed her at the door.
1--WE some good news for you,
Suzanne" he whispered.
eff you've made 40 more sales.
don't care" she answered suspiciously.
1T isn't that" he treasured her.
But Hutchins called me in today"
IF all he did was raise your salary
I don't care either" she warned.
"He did that-but more. He wants
me as assistant s;les manager.
Teddy
And he's given me small interest
In the business"
"A baby partner. But II 1 make
good"
"Oh. you'll make good she ex-
claimed. ''Only you mustn't make too
good
what do you mean by that?"
She kissed him.
'You must always come home 10
dinner now, for I'm going to tell Mary
| Ellen she can CO."
"I don't get you," he admitted.
"I'm going to make fudge cakes
and everything. And we won't have
dinner until you get home, even II It's
midnight. 1t won't hurt you now to
put on little weight"
That's too deep for me-"
"And I'm going to sell the old car"
you don't understand; I've been adj
vanced, not chucked."
| Advanced. that's it. Teddy. So we
can afford a little freedom. oh, you
don't understand and never Will under
stand, and it's not important that you
| should. The only thing I'm sorry
| about is that I've got TO give Mary
Ellen two weeks notice. But, Teddy
Taylor-that dinner will be worth
waiting for"
1t was. but hang 1t all. what was the
Joke? ,r-.,-,. ,oo1,
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IN ~ AS- IlEODOINE JOSNL@S ~
NH LOR had, in an unostenta'
/" tious way, been doing good
A. deal of serious thinking. Nc
one suspected her OF any
thing OF the sort. least of all, her hus
band, because she was not the klno
of woman one suspected of doing any
thing at all of a secretive character
u was not her nature, and her circum'
stances had been such that she never
had occasion for developing this trait.
II ever a model and comfortable wife
WAS mated to a model and comfortable
husband in q model and comfortable
home, it was Suzanne Taylor. 1t had
been so from the beginning, FIVE years
before.
Taylor secured a good position with
n high class automobile agency. his
father gave him nice house in Scars.
dale and there he took his bride ana
his position in society. No question
ever arose about a single detail of the
whole arrangement. Taylor enjoyed a
good income, earned without any
nerve-wracking effort on his part. And
he loved his wife. Not even his wife
doubted this.
Yet here she was thinking-not out
loud. but quietly and to herself. Some
times she began this in the morning,
as soon as she awoke. She rose early
because she was doing her own work.
Teddy was fussy about his break
fast, and she was a good cook. She
did not mind the extra effort involved
IN this new duty. but, like every Good
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virtues and the points of its su-
periority.
at will hit So" he added, for full
measure.
Eighty what?" she inquired anx-
iously.
eighty miles" he groaned. but
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I'm AFRAID I'M GETTING Elk.
TRAVACANT," SHE SUGGESTED.
mo, 1T ISN'T THAT" HE DE-
MED.
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n RS. THEODORE JONES TAY-
MA LOR had, in an unostenta-
VI tious way. been doing a good
n deal of serious thinking. NO
one suspected her of any
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Underground Streams

fCopyriEht. 1927
Evening star., 1927-10-23
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~AMBRIDGE, Mass. October
22-The might of another
great Dartmouth team. gath
~ ering just as 1t did In 1925
to sweep on to national
supremacy, today crushed a stubborn
Harvard eleven into defeat as severe
as the Crimson ever has experienced
in time honored pigskin fray with the
Indian of the North.
The trouncing to the score Of go to
was administered before $4,000 roar
ing spectators, the largest collegiate
gathering that ever. packed Soldiers
Field.
Coupled with individual prowess.
was the smash and power of an eleven
that has arrived" to complete the
promise shown in early season tri-
umphs and thrill Dartmouth hearts
with the realization that the regime of
Jess Hawley has produced another
team fit to stand with the aggregation
of two years ago.
Behind perfect interference the:
youthful Marsters, playing his first
big" game for the Green, riprAl the
Harvard line to streamers with N1ife-
like slants between the tackles and
bent the Crimson ends with flashing
runs that ended usually with des.
perate defense chasing the youngster
offside after failing to tackle him
down.
In the 90 times that Marsters
handled the ball, he stopped just twice
without gain--once when he slipped
on receiving the ball In the third
quarter and again just before he was
taken from the game exhausted In the
final period. In all, the slim 19-year-
old youth gained 1875 of the 362 yards
Dartmouth ground out through and
Evening star., 1927-10-23
LAFAYETTE STOPPED
BY W. & j. IA TO 0
b. the Associated Press.

BIZ the Associated Press.
EASTON, Pa, October 22.--Wash
ington and Jefferson today handed
Lafayette 14-to-0 defeat, the first
the Maroon eleven has suffered on
it's own gridiron since 1918. The
reverse came at the end of a string
of II consecutive games in which
Lafayette had not been beaten.
Eighteen thousand persons saw
Washington and Jefferson outplay
Lafayette for three periods. AL
though the Presidents scored one of
their touchdowns in the opening
period. the Maroon was able to hold
its own i'm yards gained from the
scrimmage in this quarter. In every
other period, hOwever. Washington
and Jefferson held the upper hand.
Amos scored the first touchdown
with startling rapidity. Douds inter-
cepted a Lafayette forward pass, Amos
to Cook, and placed the ball on
bearing the brunt of the attack. the
ball was carried to the Lafayette goal
line. Amos going over four minutes
after the opening whistle.
Lafayette's most consistent attack
came Immediately after this score. A
65.yard advance. was brought to an
end Is yards from, Washington and
Jefferson's goal. On no other oc-
casion did Lafayette really threaten
to score.
Late In the third period Heisel
scored w. and Us other touchdown.
Amos kicked both goals from place.
ment after the touchdowns.
Evening star., 1927-10-23
By the Associated p-ess.

BY the Associated P~ess.
LOOMINGTON. Ind, October
- ga driving, plunging Notre
Dame team came to Indiana
University today to beat one
of the hardest fighting eleyens
developed here in years. ID to D.
1t was a case of too much Christy
Flana gan, last years All-American
selection. When Flanagan was out
OF sti.s lineup, it was Niemec who car
ried the attack for knute's eleven.
His booting, too. was revelation.
several of them being good for from
AS to so yards. Indiana after squirt
in the first six minutes of the play.
when 1t scored a touchdown on q
40.yard dash by Rhinehart, backed
down the field stubbornly before a
fierce attack, which in the early play
was centered on the line.
The results of that battering showed
later in the game. when the lines
strength ebbed fast, but recovered to
hold in the fourth period, with the
ball within two feet of the goal. The
Crimson suffered greatly from poor
punting, at times the boots being good
for only Is or 20 yards.
Following custom, Coach Knute
Rockne starteds his second team.
Coach Pat Page met the maneuver,
however. by Withholding most Of Indi.
afas strength.
h Indiana scored first, when Rhinehart
took the ball on the 40.yard line on
the third play Of the game, shook of
IA couple of Notre Dame hands and
dashed to The goal Garrison's try for
point by a place kick was blocked
1 Starting a drive from riiidfield.
Eiemec carried the ball to within two
Evening star., 1927-10-23
ROSS YOUNGS, GIANT
/. 0UTFFlELDER, / IS DEAD

BY the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. October o.
Ross Yonngs, former outfield star of
the New York Giants, died here to.
night.
Youngs came to San Antonio from
New York In the midst of the 1926
base ball season and went to a hos
pital suffering from bright's disease
His recovery was very slow, and
physicians said he could never play
ball again, although the star him.
self was optimistic. His condition
finally became so good that he was
allowed 10 return to his home late
this Summer. but relapse sent him
hack tosthe hospital October 10.
Youngs was star foot ball, basket
ball, base ball and track man at West
Texas Military Academy and began to
play semi-pro base ball after his grad.
uation. His history as professional
began in 1916, when he signed as an
infielder with the. Houston club of the
Texas League. Houston farmed him
to Sherman of the old Western As.
sociation, where he made fine rec
ord. The, New York Nationals pur-
chased him for a stiff price and farm
ed him to. Rochester of the Interna-
tionai League. That was in the
Spring of 1917. and Youngs was shift.
ed to. the outfield, where he made
good, lie bit above 800, and the
Giants gave. him a permanent berth
in right field.
His widow and one daughter, Caro-.
line. age 3, live here. Youngs was 20
years old
NEW YORK. Ocs ober %, Up Ross
Youngs was one of the greatest out
fielders the New York Giants ever had
and Manager John J.. MeGraw con.
sidered him the peer of all right
fieiders.
Youngs played his first professional
base ball with Austin of the Texas
League. in 1914. Four years in the
minors seasoned him for major league
competition and he came TO the
Giants In 1917 only to be turned over
TO Rochester OF the International
League for the remainder Of that sea-
son.
Youngs played his first full season
with the Giants the following year,
and from 1918 through 1926 he batted
300 orAbetter with only one exception,
that in 1925. when he slumped to .269.
His nine.year batting average in the
Ma tional League was 1882. The Giants
obtained him at a price reported to
be g2 0O0 f@
Evening star., 1927-10-23
GEORGIA TECH PRESSED
BY TAR HEEL GRIDDERS

By the Associated Press.
y ATLANTA, October 22.-North Car
olina brought the most dynamic threat
of the foot ball season to Grant Field
here today and kept Georgia Tech in
mental agony for one hour before
finally succumbing, ID to o.
No less than four times did the Tar
Heels batter their way almost to
Georgia Techs goal line. Twice they
lost the bah on downs within the one
foot mark.
Whisnant. Young and Yard formed
an aerial trio, employing short air
game that dazzled the Yellow Jackets
as has no other type of offense this
year. These short interspersed with
an inspired drive. carried the Blue and
White in sustained attempts far into
the enemy territory. It was to Capt.
Crowley and Stumpy Thomason. both
entering the game after play had
started. that Georgia Tech owed ite
touchdowns. =
Evening star., 1927-10-23
PENN STATE RALLY
DEFEATS SYRACUSE
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press
SYRACUSE. NJ Y. October ee.-
Capt. Johnny. Roepke led the Penn
State team In whirlwind final
period attack to defeat Syracuse
University, ? to 6. In Archbold Sta
dium this afternoon. Twenty thousa nd
spectators were thrilled by the Lion
attack, which netted touchdown and
placement kick in the final rs
minutes of play to win after Syracuse
was leading, 6@to 0.
1t was Penn States first foot ball
victory over Syracuse. In the six
years of rivalry between the univer.
sites, Penn State never before had
been able to score even a touchdown
against the Orange warriors.
Long punts by Baysinger brought
Syracuse from it's own territory to
within 20 yards of the State goal in
line had swept the Orangemen on n
long march down the field as the
game opened. Sammy Zebo scored
! for the Andreas coached team by going
| 20 yards through the Penn State line.
Br0phy failed to make the goal
!, Capt. Johnny Roepke was rushed
| to the aid Of his team near the end
| OF the third period. and the Lions
began passing and bucking Syracuse
OFF its feet to bring the ball to within
! 10 yards OF the goal as the third quar-.
ter ended
Cy Lungren, Bezdek's signal.
barker, made sweeping nun of his
right end to score a touchdown in the
hrst few minutes of the final period
Roepke failed on try for the extra
point.
Without Capt. Barbuti to back ur
the line, Syracuse was unable to
check the determined march of the
victory-scenting Lions. Roepke le,
his mates down to within 20 yards ol
Syracuse's zero stripe, and booted
over placement kick which wor
the game.
Penn State completed ten forward
passes to nine for Syracuse. but thu
Orange gained considerably more
ground on the long heayes y,
Eaysipger. ..
Evening star., 1927-10-23
BROWN GIVEN A JOLT
BY LEBANON VALLEY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE. r. l., October o.
Lebanon Valley, led by sliperstar.
Charles NJ. Colbert, at halfbaek.
staged the biggest upset Brown STA
dunn has witnessed in many day by
defeating the Bear, 13 to IL. this
afternoon.
Three long forwa rds, for a total of
81 yards. thrown by Colbert in the
last.minute play to Pierson. Hendricks
and Bendigo, the last-named carrying
the ball over, cheated Brown of a
12-to-7 victory.
Randall scored the first touchdown
at the start of the second quarter
after march half the length Of the
field.
A little later Lebanon duplicated.
Gelbert making the final plunge.
'Pierson kicked the goal for what
later proved the deciding point.
Brown marched a yards In the
third period, Lawrence carrying the
ball over.
Evening star., 1927-10-23
125-PLAYER BIG FACTOR
IN EASY WIN OF N. Y. U.

NJ YORK. October 22N(P. Led
by tiny substitute halfback, New
York University foot bail arrogant
power and military precision swept ~
a crushing G0.to-6 victory over Rut
gers before $4,000 pcrs,..s here today.
Little Henry Horned, a pint.si.sd
sprinter OF 125 pounds. led the scoring
attack with three touchdowns on
dazzling dashas Of 20, 81 and "a yards
behind ,rfect interference.