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New Britain herald., 1927-05-06

No demands for money had been received by Mrs. Taylor. although Mrs. Scharlin received four letters and several telephone calls de- manding money for the safe return of her husband.
 Search of Marcus body at the morgue disclosed half of Scharlin's Elks club card. The other half had been sent to the kidnapped mans relatives with a threat that he would be killed unless cash was taken to a rendezvous in Philladel- phia last night.
 Together with the Elks card, police found five checks for $3,000 each, signed by James A. Taylor of Brooklyn and made payable to a Charles Kraemer of New York. Kraemer was arrested on a charge of complicity in the Kidnapping. but declared he could prove the checks were legitimate.
 Marcus and Berman, police say, are known as hardened criminals. Marcus had a long record, and was wanted in Montreal for the mur- der of a constable in 1923. German is said to be one of four gunmen indicted for the robbery of the Su. perior. Wis. post office in 1925 when $71.000 was stolen.
 According to information re. ceived from San Francisco. Schar. lin was involved in a series of mar. cotic and liquoI charges on the west coast a few years ago. He was one of three brothers who, DO. lice say. owned string of stores which traded exclusively with Chi nese. In Chicago he is said to have been known for bootlegging activi. ties.
 He and his brother were indicted in New York for rum running but the indictments were dismissed when important government wit. nesses disappeared. Scharlin's occu- patton is given as a real estate dealer.
 Authorities in Chicago believe Marcus and Berman were two of the men involved in the unsuccesss- full plot revealed a few days ago to kidnap the young son and daugh- ter of Charles H. Schweppe ot Lake Forrest and hold the children for $1,0o0,OtO.
 Af.er Marcus was killed Mrs Mary Goldberg. who said she had been living with the slain gangster in Brooklyn for the past three months, was sent to a house of de. tention as material witness in the case.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06

This trip, he explained. was only one of several which he contem- plates during the year to take him to every state in the union in his campaign to strengthen republican state organizations. MT. Butler declared that he re- trained from discussing either can- didates or issues on his trip, but when asked how many times he had been questioned as to President Coolidge's candidacy for renomina- tion. he replied:
 T didn't keep count"
 San Francisco, he said, is making the strongest bid for the republican national convention next year as it has raised quarter of million dollars and is now polling the national committee in an effort to obtain endorsement. Other cities
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
KIDNAPPER SLAIN
 IN CENTRAL PARK
Shooting Leads to Solution of
 SCharin Case

New York. May 6 Np - The kid mapping of Abraham scharlin os Chicago. held under threat of death. has been disclosed as a re- suit of a gun battle in Central park west in which police shot and killed one of the alleged kidnap- pers and captured another. Schar- lin has figured in liquor charges in New York. Chicago and San Fran. cisco.
 Later. in the arrest of still an- ether man as co-conspirntor, Charles Kraemer of New York, the police learned of the mysterious disappearance of James A. Taylor, Brooklyn business man, April 2S, the same day Scharlin was last seen.
 The whereabouts of the two men remained mystery today. The wife of Scharlin had received sev- cral demands for ransom, which ranged from $4o0.Oo0 down to $2O,- 900. but Mrs. Taylor told police she had heard nothing to indicate her husband had been kidnapped.
 Fight in the Park
 The battle in Central park west which sent scores of persons scur- rying to safety occurred late yes- terday when Joseph Marcus. alias "Red" Thompson of Chicago. and his companion, Dave Berman, of Sioux City. Ia., elected to shoot it out" with detective who had been "shadowing" them.
 Marcus had been connected by police with the kidnapping because of several telephone calls he made from the Empire hotel, nearby on Broadway. to the Scharlin home demanding ransom money.
 German and Marcus had been watching a ball game inside Gen. tral park when they realized they were being followed and started for the 66th street exit into Gen. tral park west. As they reached the street. Berman suddenly wheeled and pointed a pistol at De- tcctive John Cordes. who seized the gun and overpowered Berman. Mo- torcycle Policeman Richard W. O'Connor, who had been trailing Cordes, quickly arrived and when Marcus ignored his demands to raise his hands and tried to draw his gun, he shot and killed him.
 Police Worked Quietly
 The police had been quietly working on the scharlin disappear ance since 1t was reported by his brother, Nathan Scharlin, with whom Scharlin and his wife were Sharing an apartment in West 77th street when he disappeared. No re- port had been made on the dsap- pearance of Taylor. The two men were said by the police to be friends.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06

also striving for the convention. he added include Denver, Seattle. Minneapolis, Detroit and Cleveland. I.He expressed the opinion that final decision on q convention would be reached by subcommittee of the national committee next December.
 During his trip, the chairman. who was accompanied by William V. Hodges, treasurer of the national committee, and J. o. White, execu- tive secretary. stopped off at Chi cago, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Spokane and Minneapolis.
 Chairman Butler reported his findings to President Coolidge at a luncheon yesterday at the temporary White House and was a dinner guest there last night. He will leave today for Boston, where he expects to spend ten days before returning to Washington.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
Report Smith Will Be
 Given an Ultimatum

New York, May 6 R-The New York Herald Tribune says that for mer Governor William E. Sweet, of Colorado, is in New York to notify Governor Smith he must declare for support of the eighteenth amend ment to win Colorado's support in the 1928 democratic convention.
 Smith make an out and out affrma- . ton of allegiance to the constitution and the laws enacted to give it force" MT. Sweet said. He might as we'll do it. The 18th amendment cannot be repealed and he might as well recognize that any proposal to repeal it is not an issue"
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06

of inability to find a pilot accept cial packer of the venture.
 Chief Warrant Officer Floyd Ben nett, who was to have been the pilot, is still a patient in the Hack nesack, N. J., hospital as a result of injuries sustained when the Fokker
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06

monoplane America" upset h landing at Hasbrouck Heights. V. J. April 16. It is said Bennett will be unable to fly for several months.
 Commander Byrd whose wrist was broken in the same accident. is said to be turning his attention to south pole flight
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
BUTLER TELLS 0F STRENGTH OF PARTY
Sees (. 0. P. Gaining Power | in the West

Washington. May GR- Strong republican sentiment in the West was reported yesterday by Chairman Butler. of the republican national committee. who returned yesterday from a tour that carried him into 10 states.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
Byrd Is Reported as
 Abandoning His Flight

New York. May 6 R)-The New mander Richard E. Byrd has vir- tually abandoned his contemplated New York to Paris flight because
Evening star., 1927-08-30
SUMMERTIME
BY D. G. PEATTIE.
Hawkweed.
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

In the dry woods. where the pewees
call through the long Summer after
moons, and the first fall of hickory
leaves crackles under the foot, blooms
the haWkWeed now-dainty, gold flow
ers. like more elegant and innocent
1andelions, on hairy stems.
Last April. the sort called rattle
snake weed had it's first blooming from
q basal rosette of sage green leaves
beautifully veined with purple. Some
times it blooms again now, but com.
moner far are the harder, cOarser
sorts. There2 is one species, too,
strayed down. | fancy, from the Blue
Ridge, where it is abundant. more del
icate and lovely than the others. that
| have noted in the high woods along
the upper reaches of our Potomac.
But though these our native hawk,
weeds are innocuous. we are on the
watch for an invasion from the north
Of some foreign hawkweeds with hab-
its less lovely-usurping weeds. defy
ing extirpation. They come, as the
salesWomen say. in many shades, or
ange for choice, or butter yellow,
lemon sunshine. and buttercup yellow.
and are known under such aliases as
King Devil Devils Paint Brush. Grim
the Collier. and devilish grim. rak.
iSh lot they are-so sporting and
iaunty of hue. so ineradicable in habit
At present. these bolsheviki are not
in our District flora. but they are lust
north of it, and we may expect one or
more of them any day.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
DOROTHY DlX'S LETTER BOX
Talented Girl Who Wants to Sell Stock in Her
Career-Is Term "Gold-Digger' Compli-
ment or a Knock?

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if married
Would
my makn a r.
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of
hadbe
suburban
which
expensive training under high priced European teachers
home make
egot who desire their look them and they little
husband OF the distinguished writer or orator
all the better for them between husband
children and else all
And if @ husband isn't willing his wife with
has incorporated herself DOROTHY
DEAR DOROTHY a young a
Answer d he
is who
everything possible a
The girl who go'ddsger a a
of hand does
professional mol
refined.
Sometimes she toows
hardheaed anady
has sobed out her the has dried
Her nveigle
where
she leads him
always hungry and wanting to eat in restaurants or is dying
Of confidence man
and in about the most disrepuabe profession
toio" DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1927-08-30

Select a flank steak weighing two
to three pounds. Make a stuffing
with the following Ingredients One
and one-half cupfuls of stale bread
crumbs. one teaspoonful of salt, one
half a teaspoonful of pepper, one
onion (minched), one half a cupful Of
chopped celery and two tablespoon
juls of butter or one-fourth cupfuI of
finely shopped salt pork. Brown the
celery and the onion lightly in the
lat, then mix the ingredients lightly.
combining them with fork. Spread
the stuffing over the steak. Roll the
steak crosswise. not lengthwise, and
lie it In two or three places with
clean string. Roll the outside of the
mock duck in flour. then scar the sur
face in small amount of fat in a
| baking pan. Add more -four IL nee
essary. so that there will be enongh
for brown gravy. When the meat is
thoroughly scared on all sides add a
cupful Of water. cover closely. and
cook until tender This takes about
one and one-half hours. Add more
water If necessary when making the
gravy. When the meat Is done mix
TWO tablespoonfuls of fat with an
'4ual amount of -four add the liquor
from the pan and enough water to
| make as much gravy as you need. II
the steak had fat on it there may be
enough fat and also -four in the pan
to make the gravy without adding
| any other Roll the steak so that
! when ii is carved you cSn cut it cross.
wise through the grain
Evening star., 1927-08-30
Diet for Rheumatism.

Foods that make too much flesh,
besides spelling the figure and the
woman's good looks. often have an
other bad effect--they produce consti-
patton. bilious attacks and rheuma-
tiSm, or one of these three troubles
Not always-the fat woman usually
has a grand digestion.
But Mrs. r. was overweight. had a
bad skin and had rheumatism. Here
is the treatment diet specialist pre-
scribed for her. She was put on an
apple diet for four weeks-during that
time she ate an apple every two hours
during the day. and after eating il
she drank glass of cool water.
In a week headaches and bilious fee,-
ings had gone entirely. tShe took an
enema daily. too. but she had been
constipated for some time before the
treatment).
At the end of the month. thinner
healthier. with clear skin and feel
ing like another sort of human being,
She went on this modified diet:
For breakfast; large bowl of oat
meal pOrridge, mush or cooked wheat
in breakfast dish form, with butter
and cream. but no sugar. Lunch; one
or two cooked vegetables and salad
Evening star., 1927-08-30

next TO Mans. asked a saleswoman
for clfamofs gloves. size 6. and then
turned her dark eyes on Mans face.
No woman could look at Nan with
out stab of envy. Marcia herself
had beauty. a SOFT of dark, inso-
lent. full-lipped ,oveliness. But Mans
face was SO childishly pure. her fea-
lures were so delicate
They chatted over the purcha Sc
of gloves and then sauntered out on
to the sun-lit avenue. They were
walking along absorbed in talk of the
od life, and quite Needless of the
fact that people turned to stare at
he contrast they made, when they
bumped full into Jerry Everett
Both girls had posed for him. and
liked him. He was quite young. Nan
looked at him and drew a long
breath. He reminded her of Tom.
BLOW you to tea," said Jerry as all
whirl of traffic go by. Just got a
swell check"
Needless of extravaganza, he had
bundled the two girls into a taxi, and
in the lobby of the hotel they had
encountered one of Jerry's friends
One glimpse of Mans face was
enough for Ronald Tanner. And that
was how the four happened to be in
the tea room of the Gilmore as Mar
tin and Alicia were having tea there.
1t was all quite innocent. as was
Martins own engagement with
Alicia. but Martin did not stop to
think of that. He knew only that
Nan was deliberately disobeying his
wishes.
His one desire was to go over and
interrupt the party of four. to make
a scene of some kind. Once more he
half rose. and then Alicia spoke Her
tone was bright.
i've finished. Have you? Take
me over and present me to your wife,
won't you?"
1t was impossible to avoid doing
as she asked. and the next moment
they were pausing beside the other
table. There was a tense moment as
introductions were interchanged and
Martin. through the haze that con-
stantly seemed to he hanging before
his eyes, saw that Nan avoided meet
ing his glance.
1t infuriated him. 1t made him feel
that she was guilty of some wrong
doing. whether she was or not. Be-
sides. she had deliberately disobeyed
him
The two younger men were stand :
ing stittiy beside their chairs. Mar
cia lolled in hers. taking short puffs
of her cigarette and missing nothing
of the situation
Martin turned deliberately TO Nan
He tried to make his voice light as
he spoke. but it had an edge to it.
Are YOU ready to come home? We
can go together, as Miss Rumsey is
staying here
The words in themselves were all
right. but Martins manner was not
1t had in it quality of compu'sion.
Mans heart was beating nervously
but she seemed quite cool as she an
SWered him.
You go on, Martin. We haven t
quite finished, and | hate to miss
any of this music"
1t was open defiance, something he
would never forgive.
Copyright. 1927
Continued I'm tOmorrOw's Starr
Evening star., 1927-08-30
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

In order to build a house We must
be careful of each tiny detail. Mis-
placing one brick, mistake in one
small calcutta ton, will throw the
whole edifice out OF JOINT.
The baby is a potential house of
habits. Each day he adds to his hab-
it's, either good or bad. the perfect
adult structure being the result of
these early ones inculcated in infancy.
The tiny baby's habits are purely
physical ones. He is awakened from
birth at regular hours SO that he will
learn to be awake at these hours and
his nursing habits will become estab
lished and undertaking.
This must be started from the first
day of his life. If he is allowed to
sleep for five hours one period and is
then nursed in two hours. because he
is awake and crying. he can never
learn regularity. He must be awak-
ened every four or every three hours
after the first two days during this
time siX-hour nursing period is usu.
ally held to) and shortly these hours
will be established
Bathing should come at regular
time. His hours of recreation will
gradually become habitual. Every
hour of his day will fit into the sched-
ue his mother has outlined If she will
only stick to this schedule conscien-
tiously until it is established. Even If
some illness breaks up this schedule
the baby will go back to it as soon as
he is well. and sick babies whose
habits are regular are much more
easily taken care of and cured because
of these fine habits.
Habits of regularity in these mat
ters carry over the mental ones. The
person who eats at all hours who
never knows when he is going to do
anything and has to eXpend time and
energy thinking about it, is going to
have mental habits that are just as
alipshod SO much of our lives is
taken up with the doing of trivial
things which deserve no wasted men
tai effort. One arises and takes a
morning bath. eats breakfast at a
| regular hour and starts the days
work without thought as to the
habits which, If left undone. would
cause one discomfort. so much are
they a part of daily routine.
| Luncheon and dinner should be at
| regular times. because digestion Is bet
! ter when they are. The digestive
| juices, ready to work at certain hours.
will flow more readily than when they
are called into duty at any old time.
! The most restless unhappy and dis
satisfied persons are those who have
no regular habits whatever. They
think they are free because of the
lack Of habits, but they waste their
time thinking about when they shall
eat, when they shall do this and that
and their freedom from habit gives
them no satisfaction.
| Along with a lack of system in one s
daily habits goes a lack of system in
ones thoughts. The artists who get
somewhere. the writer's who accom-
plish something. are persons with the
ability to stick regularly to their
tasks, not the ones who work inter
mittently.
Train the children TO have good
habits in their daily living. and rest
assured that one has done all one can
to insure their having sane. orderly
habits Of mind.
Evening star., 1927-08-30

seemed to fly out at right angles to
her sieeky coiffed head. and ii occur
red to me that that particular angle
and motion OF the earring was some
thing entirely modern. Our grand
mothers could not even have imag
ned it.
Rubies. am told. have recently
sprung into a place of great impor-
eal ce among the jewelers. of the Rue
y In PaiX in Paris, There is also a
.ight movement toward amethysts.
one of the leading D ench jewellers is
showing brooch which combines
amethysts. toplZes, turquoises and
oii liantS on blue enameled bar The
stones are arranged in low square
formation with circular settings at
either end Sounds like quite a med
ley hut il is really very beautiful.
One of the best known women of
fashion in Paris wears her hair long
in ! tight knot ut the nape of the
neck she wore ornamental hairpinS
consisting Of two arge pearl balls
hound with hoops OF small hrilliants
These pins were placed one at either
sid" of the knot.
"Nery few women wore necklaces.
hut every one wore bracelets and
,,arrirSs." is the comment made con
rerninG fashionable evening gather
inc In Paris recently. one of the
mort beautiful Of the great dress
mHkers wears as many as six brace
lots and they are all wide. One is
four inches wide and none less than
an irch vide and yet there are six
Of those bracelets on one arm.
Chilly nights in earlv Autumn when
you Ike To he coZv in he'd at night but
don't wont a lot of heavy covers, lust
light covers and something to keep
yCH" rhoU'f"rS worm
TN"t's when n little he'd Packet is
"rnl h'nr"'"" nd v0', c"n mo- one
'h"t l. rs n"e:ty MS il is convenient
~~1 I'll v-'+H"'rt havine to sew single
~a1N,. ""ni mo n St"r,nnd self
&C "ere"l err"'one "rd will send Won
d'~~ram of tho rntterr sketch Of
the jacket and full directions.
tConvrirat 100.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
DLAO NI1A > BY EDNA KENT FORBES

Dinner; either fish. beef. mutton or
chicken. with two non.starch vege-
tables and salad and stewed fruit
for dessert. Starch. which ferments
and congests in the stomach and plays
havoc with the digestive and bowel
system If taken in too large quanti
ties, was almost eliminated, you see.
Gradually this diet was changed to
include normal foods. Gradually the
daily enema was left off-first once in
two days. then once in three. then
weekly. then stopped. The patient,
who was well along in her thirties and
looked 80 when the treatment began.
dropped years and years and looked
less than her age at the end of it,
She will never be able to eat too much
stan CHI. but by keeping to a diet with
more than the usual amount of greens
and fruit. she need never have bilious
headaches. a bad skin stodgy feel
ing. or a bad figure. The system must
first be cleansed internally. for such
a diet. The apples did this.
Troubled AT Is years of age vou
could not have any lines in your skin
that will amount to anything. What
ever causes the trouble is temporary
matter and will disappear as you fill
out in the coming few years
Evening star., 1927-08-30
CHAPTER Xiv.
Defiance

Nan had seen Marin before he
had seen her. but she carefully
avoided his glance. 1t made her
angry to have to do this. Martin
had forbidden her to have any man
friends of her own. and vet he was
free to do as he pleased.
She remembered that mysterious
Mrs. Westbrook who had called at
the apartment that night. And n w
here he was having tea with another
strange woman. a rather attractive
woman. too.
Whenever she got chance she
studied Alicia. There was wind
blown quality about her as though
she didn't belong to the city. Who
was she?
Nan did not see Martin hall rise
from his chair as he recognized her.
She had been busily talking then.
Ever since she had felt that Smoth-
ering sensation If being wndlocked
crush down on her she had grown
to dread the big Park avenue apart
ment She wanted to be out of it
as much as possible.
OF course. it did contain Muriel
But Muriel was in more competent
hands than her own Besides she
had 10 have regular hours for sleep
ing and in between there were only
short moments when Nan might hold
her close, peering anXiously into the
tiny wrinkled face for any signs of
q likeness to Tom.
She had grown to listen eagerly
for the telephone. hoping that it
might be something to carry her out
somewhere. More often than not
this hope was futile. OF course. Mar
tins friends cultivated her. She was
invited to lunches followed by aft
ernoons of bridge. She and Martin
were invited out in the evening.
But what Nan wanted was to get
away from these people. The only
way to do that. of course. was to
see her own crowd-the gay artist
crowd to which she and Tom had
belonged. And Martin had practical
ly forbidden that.
This afternoon, at the same time
Martin had been meeting Alicia,
Nan. sitting at The glove counter
having pair Of thin black kid gloves
fitted to her slender hands. had been
accosted by a familiar voice.
We'll, Nan Hartley"
Ii seemed so strange TO be called
Nan Hartley. Not since her days
with Tom had she been called that.
Marcia. How nice to see you
again.
Nan spoke with such feeling that
the other girls face relaxed into a
smile.
She belonged to that other world
IF which Nan had once been Il part.
Marcia Blake was a model and a
very good one. The two girls had
become good friends. perhaps be-
cause of the fact that their appeal
was so different their territories new
er crossed.
Since Mans marriage to Martin
Lee Marcia had absorbed all the
studio gossip about Nan At first
she had hesitated TO speak TO hel
lest she had changed. But with
Mans undoubted cordiality, Marcia's
fears had fed.
And 50 she sat down on the stoo