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The Washington times., 1927-10-06
By RAYNER SEELIG

shyly at Scarlet. Her eyes.
meeting his, seemed to beg him
to be kind, to be loyal. A hot
flood swept through him, mem
DRY. repentance, shame.
What right had he here? Why
had he come here to fulfill a
destiny of destruction? Looking
backwards it seemed as though
everywhere his steps had been
there was = TRAN OF heartbreak
and desolation. And now-now
this final cruelty, vengeful; al
most reasonless. Accident
that trumpery tale of the acct.
dent.
He had come there to see Nan,
to pay back the hurt she had
given him, to be unjust, to be
mean and small. Scarlet, dis.
gusted. turned from his own re.
Election in the looking glass over
the sldeboard. He despised
himself. He wanted Il to be
morning; he wanted 20 80. to
leave Nan free, happy.
Then, as though she had sensed
his thoughts. and with them her
own security, Nan laughed un-
constrainedly. slipped her arm
fkSsA1Nev1N AsRAhaAAfa
walked toward the oblong ma.
hogany table, And In that same
instant hatred and fury struck
like knives at Scarlett's heart.
she was the intruder, the up.
start. 1t was Travers' home,
Travers' wife, Travers' peace!
Jealousy shook him; she might
have been his, Scarlett's, but for
an accident. His--this gorgeous,
shining woman. And she had
left him without q word for this
English fool; for all her declara.
tions OF devotion she had gone
away, without so much as q
farewell. And now it seemed to
him she Haunted at him her
security in happiness.
IAdlS4u6 Ills W1It0 SAdSG " HIS
lips Scarlet thought angrily: "It'll
be a long time before we five
drink together again in peace
and happiness" He felt des.
perate, cheated, isolated. The
table, the faces OF the three men,
Mans radiant countenance, all
went swimming In a dim haze
OF resentment. He wondered
whether 1t ever would end.
And then 1t ended. Coffee, liq.
ueurs, cigars and cigarettes, Nan
rising and moving toward the ter
race.
Scarlet said: event you let
me walk with you, Lady Travers?"
She answered, almost inaudibly,
that she would be charmed, But
behind the graciousness Of her re-
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NOU Go On With The Story.

WRAPPED in that same heavy
w silence, he watched her wash
and wipe them, and put them
realty away on the shelves. His
eRes followed the quick play of
haP hands as she poured Miles
shampoo into q bowl, and poured
cold water into the pan where
It had been made.
BE back In a jiffyv' she told
him, disappearing with 1t.
When she came back he was
standing out on the back porch.
Through the screen door she
could see his stocky figure, out.
lined against the darkness.
At the sound of her footsteps
behind him on the floor of the
kitchen he called to her: Come
here a minute. I want to talk
to you"
''Wait half a second" Sally
answered. 1--WE a couple Of
things to do"
She did them with that same
deft quickness of hers. The
bread was rolled in a clean white
cloth and laid in the bread box.
The cold sliced meat that was left.
over from the evening meal went
into waxed paper. So did a head
of lettuce and half of cucum-
Der that Mile had left in the
kitchen an hour before, when
she helped to get supper.
Then Sally filled a lard pail at
the sink and went out on the
porch to water her geraniums
and to see what Ted Sloan
wanted. She thought she knew
Move away from my flower
box" she told him with elaborate
carelessness when she stood be-.
side him at the porch railing.
7 want to water my geraniums."
There were only three Of them
in the wooden box that was
nailed against the railing. But
Sally loved to see their red bios.
SONS nodding in the wind when
she stood at the kitchen wash
ing dishes. She had a passion
for flowers.
well, what's on your mind,
Theodore Roosevelt?" she asked
him when she had finished. Ted's
name really was Theodore Roose.
welt Sloan.
ssYou," he said, without turn.
ing to look at her. His arms
were crossed over his chest and
he drew on his pipe thoughtfully.
Suddenly he did turn with a
single movement that brought
him so close to her that one of
his bare arms touched her shout
der.
YOU" he said again, and
slowly and deliberately took his
pipe from his mouth and laid it
on the railing in front of him.
Then he put his hands on her
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} turned me down, Lord T'ravers.
I've led hectic life since
but this awakens dead desires"
It does" Lord Travers, EN-.
barrassed by the hint Of con.
fession in the tone, opened
heavy door, and said rather
stiffly: Here you are. Hope
everything'l be all right. Cheerio."
CHAPTER 40
What Dan Scarlet had told his
host about the effect Of Barker.
ton Manor was meant in deadly
earnest. The old brick house,
brooding so pIacidly on the pleas
ant hillside, seeming to slumber
in the shade OF trees that had
been planted in the days Of Good
Queen Bess, stirred his restless
mind to dead dreams and retro.
spective longings.
Fastening his tie before the
long mirror in its heavy frame
of oak, listening to the gentle
murmur of the wind in the leaves
while he gmoothed his hair with
silver-backed military brushes, he
compared the turmoil of his own
existence with the peace Of the
countryside; he weighed the thrill,
the never-ending novelty and ex.
element of his days against the
tranquil monotony Of these, and
it was own life that he found
wanting.
Poking his arms into the sleeves
of dinner jacket made by the
smartest Bond Street tailor, who
maintained Paris branch, re-
garding his figure, beginning 70
tend toward fullness, his face
still handsome, but showing the
devastating effects OF late hours
and hard drinking--his arms, still
heavily muscled under the dark
cloth, but with muscles beginning
to soften from disuse, he com.
pared all this to the lean, brown
cheeks, the boyish smile, the hard
grace, Of Godfrey Travers.,
Peace, health, dullness. Or ex.
element, color, and in the end,
the bitter taste Of dead sea fruit.
He thought Of Nan, and images
of her thronged about him like
so many ghosts, stirred old feel
ings-feelings that had been
prompted by mercenary motives.
yet not unmixed with such love
as even the Scarletts of this queer
world know.
He saw young Nan, innocent.
eyed, eagerly watching his face
as she had that first day In the
small tearoom off Broadway. He
saw Nan, trusting, smiling trem.
ulously as she chung to his lap.
els; young. Nan holding the hope
of salvation in her child's hands.
He saw her tears that were like
holy water for the absolution of
a hardened sinner. It had been
so close to his lips, that blessed,
unbelievable cup 30 close.
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StCUICIDE?" Scarlet shrugged
~ "she was the sort Of girl
who would-if life treated her
too badly. q
Estabrook got up, almost knock.
ing over his chair, mumbling
something about dressing for din.
ner. AS Godfrey reappeared
just then. Abelard followed his
friend.
"I'n take you to your quar-.
tiers. Mr.. Scarlett," Godfrey said.
Harris has brought your things.
Let me repeat that we're all
delighted. It's been the hap.
piest kind of accident for u.s."
And for me. I'm in love
with your place, your England,
everything. Your wife is right;
there's something secure in the
serenity here. It rests the
weary soul of the sophisticated.
He followed his host into the
house, adding: 81 once had =
chance at this sort of thing,
but" he smiled ruefully. "She
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MOTHER
Look at Child's Tongue if Sick,
Cross, Feverish
Cross, Feverish

No matter what ais your child,
a gentle, thorough laxative should
always be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out-of-aJrts,
half sick, isn't resting, eating and
acting naturally--look, Mother! see
IL tongue Is coated. This is a sure
sign that the little stomach, liver
and bowels are cIogged with waste.
When cross, irritable, feverish,
stomach sour, breath bad or has
stomach-ache, diarrhea, sore throat,
full of cold, give a teaspoonful of
s'California Fig Syrup" and in a
few hours all the constipated poison,
undigested food and sour bile gently
moves out Of the little bowels with
out gripping, and you have a well,
playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after Civ.
ing this harmless, "fruity laxative
because 1t never fails to cleanse
the little ones liver and bowels
and sweeten the stomach and they
dearly love its pleasant taste. Full
directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown.ups printed
on each bottle.
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you," he told her quietly. Don't
be in such a hurry"
CHAPTER x.
Sally saw that the only thing
was to stay there ana listen to
what Ted Sloan had to say to
her. She had known 1t for q
long time.
For months she had seen that
this moment was bound to come
sooner or later. This moment
when Ted would set their friend.
ship aside and insist upon making
love to her. Making a perfect
fool Of himself" was the way
Sally put it to herself.
Now that the moment was act.
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put his arms around her and
was turning her towards him
with the strong pressure OF his
hands on her waist.
Don't do thatT' she cried out
again. and tried to push him
away from her. She put her
hands up against his face as It
came down close to her own.
1t seemed like the face of a
stranger--an enemy--in the
starry darkness. And he was go.
ing to kiss her! This stranger.
"Don't-piease-" said Sally,
and something Of her confused
agony must have been in her
voice, for the man suddenly let
her go. She sank hack against
the porch railing. with her hand
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ualIy upon her, she was nervous
and uncertain.
We'll, what do you want?" she
asked him sharply. TELL me
what's on your mind, only make
1t snappy. And you might take
your hands off my shoulders. too,
IL you don't mind. Because
do"
You do what?" asked Ted,
whose brain did not begin to
work as fast as hers.
II mind having your hands on
my shoulders she told him
again, and she shook them off
with q sudden twist Of her whole
body.
She leaned back against the
railing and looked up at him,
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NOlO Go On With The Story.

And Becky had come. Scarlet
walking down the wide stairs,
chatting with the men on the
landing, reflected angrily that
Becky had been his evil genius.
She had been so weak, and so
temptingly talented. If only he
had let Becky alone from the
first, he might now be married,
safely and happily established
with pretty Nan, standing in the
shoes of that stupid, idealistic
young noble with his valiant eyes
and visionary mouth. But he
had not let Becky alone. The
lifelong habit of meddling with
other peoples affairs. to his own
advantage had been uppermost.
He had meddled, and Becky, re-
turning blow for blow, had med.
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waiting for him to begin. After
q minute or two he did.
''You make it mighty hard for
me, Sally" he said dolefully. az
was going to ask you to marry
have my hands on your shout
ders." His voice sounded hurt,
and she was sorry for him all at
once. After all, he was
nice boy, even If she didn't want
to marry him. She didn't want
to marry anyone. She started to
say so. and changed her mind.
81 never have liked to have
anybody touch me-" she said
steadily. Its not because I
don't ike you, Teddy, because I
do. Don't do thaty' For he had
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died in her turn. and stolen from
his very lips the cup which he
now felt, had held for him the
only possible happiness.
Nan came down the stairs. She
was wearing a clinging thing.
softly green, Greek in outline.
She had done her hair differently
too-parted it in the middle and
rolled it in a great knot against
the nape of her neck. It gave
her dignity, that head.dress.
dignity and sweetness.
There was something pure, some.
thing still virginia., in the con.
tour of her face which no longer
seemed brilliant in its coloring,
now that the softer lights of
candles had replaced the rays
Of the sun. She nodded, smiling
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live caterpillar! But don't mind looking stuffed snake it
is in q heavy plate glass case!
The American Museum Natural History has
interesting exhibition Of visit and your
learn a lot about snakes. 1 did!
Naturally woman-lke interested change
Of wardrobe So spent my time dressmaing
parmet Here just how the well dressed
what it wears.
The skin the snake sheds like slker-transparent and
marked! It first loosens around the head The
back by rubbing against shrubs
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When it back far enough the snake pulls off like
umbrella
It's done much wgg and out Of onepece dresses
under the impression that all snakes poisonous and
deceitul But find that this Some
but really quite harmless I'm fact may be said that there
friendly and unfriendy snakes.
Some of the harmless
and act like them for their protection
have learned in the
regular pend hangs around keep other harmless look
ing pests, which really perfectly poisonous.
the young Of cunninp
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up to her mouth as IL he actually
had kissed It.
I'm sorry" Ted apologized
after q second. II didn't know
you felt this way about me.
/ thought you liked me all this
time while we've been dancing
together, going to shows"
ooh, but ! dor Sally told him
solemnly. II like you fine, Ted
Sloan. And I'd rather dance with
you than do anything can think
Of. But hate thisr'
She spread out her arms as II
to show him that what she meant
by this" was the warm dark
ness. the solitude, the romance of
the summer night.
II guess I'm sort Of hard.
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An Amazing Narrative of the Trials and
Pitfalls That Confront Our
Girls of Today
WhGt Has Happened So Far:

SALLY JEROME pretty is prop and main
arated from her mother for nine
family consists twins,
LIE and Sally herself Mrs Jerome sentnvaId So Sally does
afternoons.
In young SLOAN in
love with Sally Mrs Jerome dreadfuly afraid that Sally win
ton The only man whom she interested JOHN NYE whose
office
scarcely him,
On Monday Mile
with the that she's left her b because the whose
this reason although Beans girl MABEL W0T the
Mile quits do
Mabel the Me stay job "having
q
Mile catches glimpse Nye over and
ASK MN ne needs stenogaphr Sally stops her. but that night
Nye asks her she
needs for the who working
Reluctantly Sally tells
fingers - - -
Miles not home when she gets there h however,
asks
give at their fiat the night Sally
ana IrWt punch expecting Mabel to for IT, Of
At midnight Miie
Sally begins to tell her about Nye's job.
MIN On On With The 0fnrr.
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ply Scarlet saw the cold breath Of
dread, chilling the phrases. Ef-
fusively grateful, he followed her
out Of the room, out into the sum-
mer softness Of the night,
To Be Continued Tomorrow
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BY FAY KING
| FELT a LOT BETTER
HOOKING AT TIE
SKELETON s

Modern daughters Of Eve have taken to snake skin like duck
does to water!
We know that the snake Eve apple the Garden Of
Eden but think the snake also gave her first fashion hint
For the snake know sheds skin every year and
completely well fitting attire which altered and worn
for second best, but is shed and discarded foreyerl
This would naturally interest and delight any woman!
1 confess that would mile-and too-from
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What Do You KnOW?
ANSWERS TO ToDAY's TEST
Questions on Editorial Page.

Questions Editorial Page.
heaven bones; g. lost; Shakespeare; Lewis Carro
Charles Dickens; R. D. Blacmore John Milton; boxj TO-
nsh IL hower H. anma 1S. peppe H. basket; Is spear
The Washington times., 1927-10-06
Heart Stops Beating Eight Times

DURING attack Of bronchial pneumonia the heart Of
- Australian baby old stopped beating eight times
Massage successfully applied by hospital doctors and the
childs life saved
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The Origin Of ''Pm-MOney"

CtDINMoNEY," the Of wfes allowance back
reign This monarch received e500 year
from the pn-makers this he handed to his queen
her private purse.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-16
Jury Picked in
FOrd-SapirO
Libel Suit
Anti-Semitic Issue Creeps
Into Suit for Cash

DETROIT, March ia jury of
housewives, small salaried employees
and small-town merchants, was final
ly chosen this afternoon to sit in
judgment on the milliOn-dollar libel
suit of Aaron SapirO, wealthy Chi
cago attorney, against Henry Ford,
Americas first Millionaire.
What this jury will have to decide
is whether the Detroit manufacturer
was justified in declaring, in various
articles in his magazine, "The Dear
born Independent" that Sapiro, or
ganizer of more than 40 cooperative
associations and author of farmers
cooperative law, was the prime
mover in a conspiracy" of Jewish
international bankers to throttle ag-
riculture.
The Issues Are Clearer.
Lines along which the libel suit
will be fought became clear with the
examination of the prospective
jurors. AS the questioning by the
high-priced attorneys progressed it
was quite evident that even the de-
tense, which has firmly maintained
that Jewry was not an issue, never
theless took sharp notice of the diff
ference between the Jew and nom
Jew as jury material.
One candidate for the jury box who
testified that he once coined the
Ku Klux Khan, more out Of curiosity
than anything else" was subjected
to hard questioning by lawyers for
Sapiro, the man who wants Ford to
pay him $1,000,O0O as damages for
the statements which he made about
him and his activities.
When the selection of the jury was
finally completed, there were two
Jews among the IL talesmen in the
box. They stoutly maintained that
they could give Ford fair trial.
There seems to be slight interest
in the case here. Should Ford sud-
denly make his appearance, however,
there is no doubt that the case would
take on "Peaches-Browning'' interest
in the public estimation.
Will Henry Ford Appear?
Much legalistic discussion has TAX
en- place in the last "a hours as to
whether or not Ford has officially
been subpoened to appear. Sen. "Jim"
Reed, of Missouri, counsel for Ford
said, however, that there will be no
trouble having Mr.. Ford here if the
court wishes his evidence"
Continued on Page TsOo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-16
Marconi Shareholders
In Disorder When Loss
Is Announced to Them

LONDON, March Is. - Disorder
marked a meeting of the sharehold-
ers of the Marconi Company today.
The meeting was called to consider
recommendation of the directors
that the capital of the company be
reduced forty-six and one half per-
cent to meet a reduction in the COM
panies assets, caused by losses. This
would mean reduction in the par
value of the stock held by the share
holders.
The shareholders gave every evil
dence of being greatly annoyed at
the recommendation and booed Mar
conf when he arose to speak.
Marconi told the shareholders he
would sever his connection with the
company unless the recommendations
were carried. The financial history
Of the company has been full of
charges of fraud and mismanage-
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-16
100 DELEGATES ORGANIZE HANDS
OFF CHINA" CONFERENCE IN N, Y

The Hands Off China" conference
held last night at the Labor Temple,
14th street and End avenue, was at
tended by over a hundred delegates
representing 81 labor unions, workers
organizations, and political bodies
throughout the city.
The Provisional Committee which
issued the call for this conference in
vited all groups interested in the
fight for Chinese freedom, to join in
formulating ways and means to pro-
test further interference by foreign
powers in the internal affairs of
China and her people.
Pickens Chairman.
Last nights conference chose Will
lam Pickens as temporary chairman,
and he was later made permanent
chairman with Patrick Mcclellan as
vice-chairman, and Vivian Wilkinson,
secretary.
Almost the entire first hour of the
conference was wasted by the obstruc-
zionist tactics of socialist party
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-16
Smith, Mellon
Scramble Over
Water Power
Governor FavOrs General
Electric Company

ALBANY, March 15.-Republicans
and democrats in the legislature are
at each others Threats in their scram-
bic for water power. Back of them
stand the General Electric Company
and the Mellon interests pulling the
strings.
The fight between the republicans
and democrats was brought to a head
last night when Governor Smith in a
special message to the legislature flat
ly rejected the republican proposal
for an Investigating commission, y
which, by wasting time, would permit
republican leaders to hand over New
York's rich power resources to the
Mellon interests.
-Pqblic Ownership"
Making a plea for 'publie owner
ship" of the power resources of New
York, Governor Smith introduced bills
in the legislature providing for a New
York State Power Authority empow-
cred to submit a comprehensive plan
for public development" of state wa
ter power. Governor Smiths plan
would permit the General Electric
Company to mulct the public for pow
.er generated by the state. Owen D.
Young, vice-president of the G. E. C.
was a prominent contributor to Gov
ernor Smiths campaign fund.
The hypocrisy of Governor Smiths
plea for public development of power
resources was clearly indicated in his
message which stated that the Power
Authority would finance the building
the dams and plants at the river
through the contracts which it would
make for selling the power to be gen.
Grated to private companies which
would finally market it to the people. "
Although Governor Smith makes no
mention of the company which is to
market the power, it is quite obvious
to those in touch with the situation
that the fat contract will go to the
General Electric Company. Governor
Smith has on a number of occasions
proposed Owen D. Young as chairman
of the Water Power Authority, and
Owen D. Young, with true christian
gratitude, has reciprocated by boost
ing AL Smith for president.
Governor Smiths bill was intro
duced in the senate and the assembly
by Senator Bernard Downing and AS
semblyman Maurice Black after the
reading of the Governors message.
Young VS.. Mellon.
Determined to maintain the present
power laws which would permit them
to grant the Mellon aluminium trust
the power resources of the state, re-
publican leaders are waging a bitter
war against the Power Authority Bill.
The aluminium Company of North
America with its numerous subsidi-
aries, all of them controlled by An
drew D. Mellon, is back of the repub-
lican opposition to the bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-16
Dunno Member c. |.
Executive Following
Ruthenberg's Death

William F. Dunno is now a mem
Der of the Executive Committee of
the Communist International, fol-
lowing the death of Charles E.
Ruthenberg. At the Fifth Congress
of the Communist international held
in June q24, Ruthenberg and Will
liam 2 ter were elected as mem
bers Dunno as alternate.
According to the statutes of the
Communist International the men,
bers of the Executive Committee
are elected by the Congress and
not by the various sections.
Dunno was chairman Of the Amer
lean delegation at the Fifth Con-
gress. He and J Louis Engdahl
are the editors Of The DAILY
WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-16
barrow Sick, But Negro
Lawyer Defends Sterry
In BIasphemy Hearing

TORONTO, Ont, March IS
With Clarence barrow, famous
Chicago lawyer, unable to be pre-
sent on account of illness, the trial
of Ernest Victor Sterry, editor of
the Christian Enquirer, accused of
"blasphemous libel" was opened to-
day.
Sterry is being defended by Z.
Lionel Cross, brilliant Negro at
tOrney, assisted by Norman Waldo.
He'll of a Note.
The indictment sets forth that
the defendant published certain
statements in 1926, "unlawfully
and wickedly, and with intent to
asperse and villify Almighty God
and bring the Holy Bible, the Holy
Scriptures and the Christian re-
ligiOn, to the evil example of all
Others"