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LADY SLIPPER
By Ella Wister HalneS
Author of "MYTERIOUS SWEETHEART"
DOWNRIGHT Service. Inc
conrrlght. 1920 Thomson Feature Service. Inc.

, Only one thing was absolutely GER
tain, the woman didn't go overheard,
for | never left the boat deck that
whole night, and her body was not on
board. Marie and / between us COW
cred every inch of that ship, and
what caused me to get in dutch was
my being caught exploring the llie-
boats, The woman had brought car
riers on board, too, Helmer, l can
imagine what for as 10 to the
birds would never reach New York
again, and they never came from TINS
zone originally. at least not during the
last two months. I'm sure"
where's Marie now?" Helmer
looked completely baffied by the whole
story.
* ship was just clearing through
for Colon when we landed, ana /
hustled her aboard. She'll get right
TO headquarters with the story. The
point is now to find the woman's con
federate, and I've got hunch, del-
mer, seems like crazy pipe dream
and I'm not ready yet to spill 1t.
What l want you to 90 is TO go
through to Carey at headquarters ana
watch for this fellow Dahlgren.
told him to meet me at the Strang-
ers' Club, but I'm not sure if he got
me. He's loony over the Norris girl
and because of his infatuation is not
to be depended upon"
you're not suspecting him or the
Morris girl, Mac? You're dead sure
of them both|'
Absolutely"
This other chap she knew, what
did you say his name Was?"
"Straine. assistant to her father and
in love with her himself. Tried to
marry her on shipboard. but Dahl
gren and l put a tack in his tire"
know anything about him?'
Everything. He's the one Carey
Der. and was absolutely satisfied
about. He's a middle-aged man. very
much of a gentleman. You'll see him
when they land. Watch carefully. and
don't forget to put Dahlgren wise, l
hadn't time, III be back as soon as
| can. meet YOU at the usual place
at nine or ten tonight at the latest.
! told Marie to register at the Wash
ington under the usual name, but
she may not get in there till night
if Carey keeps her. So long" and
the young man was off like shot.
Helmer. a tall thin chap, tanned
by long years of tropical sunshine,
watched the bearer of this eXtraordi-
nary news until he had disappeared
from view. Then. taking the first
means of transport to Colon, pro-
ceeded to carry out the instructions
the young man had left him.
Things worked according to Hoyle,
for at the Colon Government Head
quarters he came face to face with
an alert, capable looking woman, who
ran to meet him, hands outstretched.
"Helmerr' she cried, "did Mac find
you?"
"Mariew Helmer was equally de-
| lighted to greet her, what kind of
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be as we'll to let him wander about
a little before we make ourselves
known? He'll report in here and III
tell him that we have received word
of the ships grounding and will send
out a rescuing tug as soon as possible.
Then we'll watch him! I'm certain
that he is all right, but we won't take
any chances! AS soon as we get the
passengers safely into port and the
Hope righted and hauled in, We'll con
duct an investigation of the English
woman's disappearance. Meantime I'll
get in touch with Washington and be
guided by orders from the depart
ment. One thing is absolutely certain,
we can't let this pair slip through our
hands now. This is the first time
we've been able to get the woman and
we've got to keep hold of her.
Have you any ideas about who the
De We're might have been?' Helmer
asked.
The official shook his head. mot
vet. but I'd like to know where Mac
went. l suppose that you will go to
the Washington Hotel, Marie, and
register as usual?'
Eyes, but If I'm to keep out of
Dahlgren's way I'd better wait until
night, although l hardly believe he'll
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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

CHRISTOPHER Dahlgren, a young newspa-
per reporter is travelling on a steamer bouilu
Tor Panama Through a coincidence Anne
Morris his ex-fiancee. is also aboard ana
In addition Victor Strainc. the man who
causpd the trouble between them when ieu
Ia the breaking of their engagement. one
hight CHRISTOPHER sees "A woman IN ms capli
wearing glass slippers and with thousand
COLLAR bin tucked inside the ankle OF her
transnaraut stocking When he attempts 10
-invrstipato he is knocked UNCONSCIOUS ~ q
How an the head but after he mas beeh
revived he finds the thousand-dolla hote oi
the floor The purser Identifies ~ Is n X
longing to a certain mysterious Lacy De
We're However. this lady has suddenly uts-
snDeared and various compucatous silSueec.
One of the glass slippers IS fouhu n AtLiISs
cabin and one IN Christophers Inc t hou-
sYnd-do note turns oDt TO be Counter leit
rhristouher discovers carrier pigeons ~ a
hfehoat where they have been cohceale9
s,,narantlv nv Aubrey Winston. haif.wltteu
~n1nc man The wireless apparatus Is
found to be broken suspicion Is a.so a.,
rocted toward the stewardess. fraueiIn
Snuia Christopher. too. IS suspected, a.
thnurh the captaln believes MN Ililucci, -, ;,
Al his point "A terrible storm COMICS az
IN the night and the shin Is driven az toutin
AZ dawn Anne and St9alne 20 ashute .t ~,
a. san,a t,gat and leaving the rest on tiie
~. 80, start ont for Colon with hatiNc
Pt;Sc hnt get lost on the way. Chllst9pntI
o',,,r,s a rescue boat from tolon auI ~
srrninr with II is dismayed 10 thu A .,
n,;ssinr Meanwhile Winston ana ms nl. .tIi
bave gone on alone to Colon ana upor ~, t1i,o
arrival the young man drops MS
Of imbecihty.
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IInpTIY after noon OF the Gay
q filled with adventure for the
passengers of the 5. ;. ROPE
\ and at the hour when lheSe
refugees waited upon the lohely
shores of Panama, eagerly 50 -
tha horizon for relief. EoulS nc
entered the telegrapher's ONCE a.
Gatun Locks ana app O"o'
operator sad: o,,
:. where's Helmer? ,,,o,,
.Well of all things" the teiegrapher
~suewered. "how'd you come oil youl
owl, steam? Ship isn't even slsu'e"
shes stranded on shore, ABOUT
-~h+ niles M near the outlet OF Tue
s,s;iI,,,avr Get word 10 Colon rlghI
sff 70 send out a tug. The captain lau
10 set the passengers aSnote, .+
"a badly listed he was afraid " y 10
her in this heavy sea. 1hat va"
whale of a storm, Bud the WIZ
ever seen" + hin, in.
The generator was staring at MN III
4. sredulously. .o,,
"I1n the river. by canoe hurry
along your sos and tell me WneIe
70 get hold of Helmer. l haven't
second 10 lose" 4h;s
Hes on the locks, came up TINS
morning to wait for you! Say, what
hnnnaped To YOUR wireless, anyway
ne tried all day yesterday TO com
-o,unicate after your last message.
:. ..Thev fixed it all right tell you
later. Hurry that rellef 10 lie Alope'
Bud. see you presently: .,oro
The young man lett the teis Ii1
nher's office on the run. ana after looh-
ipr into several places discovered the
1.
him promptly pushed him into qulet
--~o,ner before that individual could re-
cover from his surprise.
"Nac" Helmer cried, how on
earth--'
"Shhhr the young man clapped Z,
hand over Helmer'S mouth, listen.
and without seconds delay ne pro
reeded to pour out the whole story
of the Hopes eventful voyage, the
disannearance of Lady de We're. the
Toss of the wireless, the landing OIL
The passengers. his own canoe "Trip
10 the Locks for help, concluding WIN
cthis startling information: :,
Zone of them was on board an
right, Helmer! She took her pant per,
fectly. reported for stewardeSS ana
the captain let her sail. Then the
FINN began, She's safe, too; the cap
tain knows we want her and Marie
will help on her trail. but unless we
can find her pal, she'll be no use TO
u.s.
know?"
e. Everything we know l took MN
into my confidence when we went
aground. for of course | had to get
ashore, and he had arrested me as
suspect in the disappearance of the
woman. I'd held off till then, hoping
that / could work it out myself, and
remembering how Carey had insisted
that the captain shouldn't know any
thing about it. However, they went
"a step too far in getting rid of the
Englishwoman, and to save my soul
Helmer, / can't figure the thing out.
"You saw the woman?"
"Yes, several times. This Miss
Morris, dandy girl, by the way, hac
become much interested in her and
made me go down TO that passageway
as il by accident, and meet her. Thai
was on the second day out from New
York. She was a funny looking thing
(. Helmer, dippy, thought, and natu
rally ! watched her as closely as pos
sible Marie was on the job, OF
course, and could be far more effec
tive there than /, but neither of u'
could get a good line on the affair
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large sum of money went with her,
and we had at least one suspicious
character on board"
still that is the one thing we shall
not dare to make public! Whatever
happens it must not be known that
we are trailing one Russian until we
catch the other one. In any case,
Marie. you understand that nothing
concerning these crooks is ever to be
exposed. We have definite orders
from the department that they are to
be deported under arrest and landed
back into Russia in the strictest Sc
crecy. This is not the time to run
risks
The entrance of a Zone official
brought the conference between this
woman and her friend to a close, and
another long hour was spent with the
Government officer while Marie again
repeated the story of the Hopes voy
age, stenographer taking the re-
port word for word
This man Dahlgren will be smart
enough to find some way to come into
Gatun. He'll hear that you came by
canoe and will be quick to follow
suit the Government officer remark
ed when the last word had been in
scribed. I'm wondering if it will not
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monkeyshines have you been up to?
Never in all my career did l hear
such a wild yarn as Mac has just
spilled! Looks as If you'd all come
pretty close to Davy Jones locker,
last night!'
"Such a sea- the woman addressed
as Marie raised her hands in ges-
ture of horror, land such passage!
Who ever would have dreamed what
lay in store when we sailed peacefully
out Of New York harbor knowing
that our game was safely on board
and all we had to do was to watch
herr
"How soon did you size up this
Lady We We're as her confederate
Marie, and what possible interpreta-
ton do you put on her dramatic dis
appearance"
"We're completely batfied. Helmer!
sailed, of course, with the idea that
we were searching an employe of the
steamship line, / mean aside from our
woman. but we never got the smallest
oDening on that tack. We suspected
Miss Morris and Dahlgren and Straine
all in turn and without avail. No,
guess the department will decide to
dispense with my services hereafter!
l certainly have gone cold on this
trail"
perhaps you haven't" Helmer said
consolingly, where's Mac gone, do
you know"
mo! But he's got an idea. He'll
probably run over to Balboa before
we see him again"
The captain of the Hope will come
ashore and hold an investigation under
Zone authorities" Helmer volunteered.
'but | don't see what good it will
do, To the ordinary citizen there is
nothing of special importance about
the loss of a passenger during an
ocean voyage. It's a favorite suicide
route and one soon forgotten as far
as public interest is concerned. Lady
de We're sailed and Lady de We're didn't
land, that's ALL
YES" Marie replied thoughtfully,
"still, this case is little different. A
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note was also found? The other one,
| suppose, was put in this Morris girls
room to throw suspicion upon her?''
mo, although the steward claimed
to have seen it there. l guess i
left out that part of the story. While
the captains investigation was in
process we found the mate in most
peculiar place. and in the nick OF time
for Mac to be able to get 1t to the
captain and claim he had picked 1t
up on the stairway"
"Well, don't keep me in suspense
forever! Where was the mater"
Continued in tomorrow's starr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
OFFERS SWAMP VICTOR.

MONTREAL, September 5 R.-
Ernest Vierkoetter, German baker and
long distance swimmer of the world,
says he has had movie, vaudeville and
offers. totaling nearly
quarter of a million dollars, but only
q portion of these will be accepted.
He told of the offers when he reach
ed Montreal from Toronto, the scene
of his recent victory in a marathon
swim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
CHAPTER M.
The Clown.

uoRTLY after noon of the DAY
SO filled with adventure for the
passengers of the ). ,. ROPE
and at the hour Wheh lheHe
refugees waited upon the loi.eiS
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tones of crimson will give you cheer
and plenty of color.
Question: have daughter 10
years old and / am anxious to make
her bedroom a little different and as
charming as possible. She loves rose
color. What would you suggest?
Answer.-There are thosuand
combinations we might suggest for
your daughters room. Without know
ing more about what her furnishings
are we are cropping a bit in the dark,
although, of course, with her room 3
southeastern exposure we will be eA :?
to tell fairly well what colors would
be best. NJ
Arranging Color Plan.
Since your daughter is to have a
plain wallpaper in neutral tan, as you
say. you will need to bring color and
design into the curtains and cover.
ings. For her overcurtains and bed
spread you might select one of the
''Toile de Jouy" patterns that are so
popular on the market today. These
patterns are copies or adaptations of
old French designs and usually show
people in charming attitudes against
delightful backgrounds of gardens and
landscapes. You might select a good
pattern printed in rose on q cream
ground. For accent on her curtains
and bedspread, bind them or border
them with a ruffie of blue green in a
contrasting material, possibly some
thing with a sheen like glazed chintz
or sateen. Make the skirt around her
dressing table of the blue green mate
rial you use for piping and border it
with the toile. Cover the little chair
that faces her dressing table and her
slipper chair, or small armchair, in a
striped material, either of blue-green
and gold or rose and neutral tam
II you would care to paint her bu-
reau and little desk in soft shade of
blue-green that has been ''antiqued,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
CHEEKY Grapes Query.

Occasionally dining room Is to
the north and rather dark, so ! would
like the Grapes, If any, to be CHEEKY.
Answer.-There is no place in the
house where you will do better to use
cheerful colors than in the dining
room. This is especially true in your
house. where your dining room Is to
the north. Not knowing the other
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you will add considerably to the
charm of her room and will give 1t a
fresh appearance without the expendl-
t,ire of much money. You can get
charming little decalcomania patterns
of wreaths of flowers in soft paste
shades, and II you wish you can use
these as decorations.
The prints that you hang on her
wall may add much to the cheerful
effect that you wish to obtain 1t is
possible to purchase delightful French
costume prints for q very small
SnsAsaaast If you will frame these with
mats that have bordering lines of blue
and black and gold alternating and
use narrow black and gold frames
you will achieve the effect of much
more expensive pictures.
The color scheme suggested above
might be reversed, with the curtains
and bedspread of blue green toile Dor
dered in rose. The amount of light
that comes into your room Will help
you decide which color to use as your
main color, a warm one or a cola one
killing Paperhanger.
Ouestion.--An amusing reaction &c
the article or wall coverings came
over the telephone a few days ago. IL
was as follows: Your article on wall
papers came out just in time. ! have
repapered a 12-room house, following
your suggestions. and am delighted
with the result. But one terrible
thing happened. I told my paper
hanger under no circumstances was
he to cut up the bedrooms by using
borders. Imagine my horror when ]
went through the house and found
that he had forgotten in one room and
had put on a border of birds and flow
ers. The very kind you do not ike
II almost killed the paperhanger
Now, my question Is this, should !
have finished the job and killed him
con1 Dletply?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
Permanent Construction

Built not to fit price, but planned and erected TO
the desires of the most discriminating home owner d.
to prove how much extra value in the way of moder
veniences real comfort and beauty could be put into h
Shapiro methods, without boosting the price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
COURT UPHOLDS MULE.

RALEIGH, N. c., January /. R)-
The North Carolina Supreme Court
yesterday rallied to the defense of the
mule. Mrs. Sam Rector, widow of a
southern coal company employee, Bun
combe County, had been awarded
$500 damages because her husband
had been kicked by mule
In reversing the judgment, the Su-
preme Court said in an opinion: "If
recovery could be permitted under the
facts of this case, then every farmer
or contractor in the State could i'll
afford to keen a mule"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
TOWNS PLAN
FOR BETTER HOMES
Week of April ~ to May |
Will Be Observed in Sixth
National Campaign.

The better homes campaign
launched a few weeks ago by Score,
tary Hoover, is fast gaining ground
and already more than 1900 com
munities have started their programs,
which will eliminate in the obserV-
ance of Better Homes week, April
"a to May /, 1927.
This is the sixth nationwide cam
paign sponsored by Better Homes in
America. the educational organization
of which Mr.. Hoover is president.
President Coolidge heads the advisory
committee, which is composed of
heads of Government departments
and national organizations interested
: in improved housing conditions and
in home and community life. DIR.
James Ford of Harvard University
is in active charge of the work of
the organization, as executive di-
rector.
Homes to BE Improved.
The purpose of the better homes
ulate home Improvement. Headquar-
tiers activities are made possible
through public and private gifts and
the program is carried out in local
communities by volunteer commit
tees of citizens whose Chairmen are
appointed by national headquarters.
More than 1900 communities, rang
ing in size from the smallest village
or rural section to the largest
metropolis, conducted programs last
year. These consisted of lectures,
contests and demonstrations and
We're designed TO reach families of
limited income. In many communi.
ties houses were built and furnished
and budgets prepared to show how
such homes could be purchased and
mainta ined by the average family of
the community.
Contests Aid Campaign.
Home improvement was brought
about in many of the communities
through kitchen contests, garden con-
tests and other forms of competi-
ton. Permanent home information
centers, wher home-makers of the
community receive daily training
have been built in many places. as,
for example. Minneapolis. Washing
ton. Waltham. Mass. and Phila
delphia.
Through this organization home
making practice houses are being
built in connection with schools and
colleges throughout the country. In
these houses girls in home economics
classes are receiving practical expert
ence in home making and home man
agement.
Programs for the work are being
sent from headquarter1 Of Better
Homes in America to chambers of
commerce, parent-teacher Associa-
tons, women's clubs and civic or
CARNATIONS by whom the movement
is sponsored locally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
FIVE TONG MEN DOOMED
TO DIE FOR MURDER
Found Guilty in Killing of Chi
nese Restaurant Keeper
in Arizona.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
KINGMAN, Ariz., January 1.-F'ive
Chinese Tong men from California
yesterday were sentenced to die on
the gallows at the State penitentiary
at Florence March IL for the Staying
of Tom King, a Chinese restaurant
keeper at Kingman, AriZ.
All the condemned men are mem
bers of the BinG Kong Tong.
King. who was killed the night of
October 20 last, belonged TO the Hop
Sing Tong.
1t took only five days to try the five
defendants-By Sam, Shin Chin, Jiu
Har, Gen Ken Lung and Wong Long.
The first two were given separate
trials. The jury which tried the latter
three jointly returned a verdict in
Is minutes.
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DEBT PACT SIGNED.
British Portugal Agreement Splits
Payment of $4,000. 900.

LONDON, January N9.--An agree
ment has been signed In London for
funding the Portuguese war debt to
Great Britain. It provides for pay
ment In SO annuities, beginning with
f125 900 for 1928 and gradually rising
to f400, 900 yearly for the years from
1889 to 1887, and a final payment of
600 900 IN 1888.
Portugal has the right to redeem
the whole debt by a single payment of
e., 500, 900 before the end of 1927.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
USE WHITE ICING
FOR LAYER CAKE
Successful Way. of Making
Cooked Frosting.

Here's an entirely different and al
ways successful way of making cooked
frosting for layer cake. The outside
of the icing will have a crisp, shiny
crust and the inside will be moist and
soft. The bureau of home economics
furnishes the recipe, which can be
modified for chocolate or caramel frost
ing. If directions are carefully fol-
lowed there should never be failure
with this icing.
Put the sugar, water and unbeaten
egg-white into the upper part of a
double boiler. Have the water in the
lower part boiling. Commence beat
ing the mixture with an egg beaten
at once and beat constantly while
1t cooks for about z or minutes. 1t
should then appear just like ordinary
boiled frosting and should be almost
thick enough for spreading. Take it
from the stove and continue to beat
about 5 minutes or until it has thick
ened.
If the icing proves to be INSULT
GENTLY cooked 1t may be placed in the
double boiler and be recooked for q
short time. Or If it is too stiff add a
small quantity Of water and cook
again.
Chocolate Frosting = Melt 2h
squares of chocolate and pour into
above mixture just before removing
it from the stove. Beat thick and
tn IN spread.
Caramel Frosting.-Caramelize one
half cupful of sugar, then add a few
tablespoonful of boiling water. A
thin dark sirupc should result. Sub
stitute about two tablespoonfuls OF
this strip in place Of two tablespoon
fuls of water, or such amount as will
produce the desired flavor; and con-
tinue as in vanilla frosting, above.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
West Virginia Village
Has Place in History

The village of Charlestown, West
Virginia, founded by and named for a
brother of George Washington, also
claims place in history as the scene
of two treason trials.
The sedate, white-plllared court
house, half hidden by great shade
trees, housed the trial Of John Brown
in 1859 and Of William Blizzard and
others In 1922. Brown was convicted
and hanged for his effort at Harper's
Ferry to arm slaves and spread revolt
against their masters. Blizzard and
his companions, accused Of treason In
| leading an armed march of striking
coal miners through Logan county,
was acquitted
The old courthouse has a history
of it's own, apart from the dramas of
nationwide interest that have been
staged in It,
When Charles Washington laid out
the town In 1886 and named the
streets after members of his family,
he decided the corner lots at the In
tersection Of the main streets to the
public In the event that the county
was ever separated from Berkeley
county, Virginia, of which 1t was then
a part.
The separation took place in 1901
when Jefferson county, named after
the author of the Declaration Of In
dependence, was organized. In 1868
the old courthouse was partly burned
by "the Yankees" 1t was rebuilt In
1872 and enlarged In 1915.