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Oh go VAN . ~ Az AA4OAao
States not forming parts of any provin-
ces of British India. He asked the Gov.
eminent whether they had in view
any scheme for dealing with such ques-
tions concurnentiy and consistently with
any amendments of constitution of the
British Indian Government that may
commend themselves to Parliament in
the outcome of inquiry now being made
by the Simon Commission. Viscount
Hardinge, former Viceroy of India, said
the Indian Princes were one of the most
loyal elements in India. They had render
ed great services in the war and had
offered ships, men and aerOplanes. AS a
whole, the Indian states were we'll
governed and met the needs of the pOpu.
Iation. They were states, like Mysore,
which served as a model of good admins
tration. He could conceive no steps more
backward, or more likely to be resented.
than any scheme by which they were
placed in a position of subSarvience to the
Legislative Assembly. or the Central
Provincial Government. The Marquis of
aiding, aiso former VicerOy of India,
sara that during the whole of his expert
ence in India no more loyal body could
be found than the ruling Princes. He had
never found the Princes. as a body,
slow to recognise the necessity for max
ing any concession. or for falling in
with any view that might be pat for
ward by the Government of India which
was fONnded upon thegdesire to protect
India, or to strengthen India in. any
way. The Princes desired to maintain
as closely as they could, their relations
with the Viceloy as the representative
of the government. Whatever the
Princes might do, he felt they would
not desire to be placed Under the Legis-
lative Assembly, Certainly the Liberal
Party, with which he was associated,
had no desire to see any change
in the system of sovereignty
under which Indian Princes ruled.
They had no idea of compelling, or in
any way forcing upon the states, a diff
erent constitution to the one they at pre-
sent enjoyed. Replying. Viscount Peel,
Secretary for India, said that until the
government had received the report Of
Sir Harcourt Buffers committee and the
report Of Sir john SimOns commission.
discussion on the matter could be only
speculative and hypothetical. AS to
whether the government had any scheme,
he could only say they had not. Any de-
finite scheme at the present time would
be clearly premature. The Government
were however, looking ahead examining
questions which could only be approach.
ed stage by stage. with full ~comprehen-
sion of the necessity of caution and de-
Liberation. He desired to associate him
e II
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IIto 81 toWdtOS a Cbl11l1IdIIAy vi HkSAN
with the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany.
Kabul, Afghanistan:-King Ananull
ans campaign to carry out far reaching
reforms in dress and customs of Atghanis-
tan has resulted 10 violent rebel l0rising.
Airplanes have bombarded rebe position
during the last few days scatter I'll group
Of Tribesmau and the military Cp 3~rati0ns
continue in an effort to surroun the in
surgents. Fanatic priests have 3purred
natives to rebel against the reforms.
New York. Temperature IN lXimum
thirtyeight, minimum tWentyeiGht.
New Notwithstanding the b}ttering
it received Thursday the Stock market
made a surprising demonstration of
strength in the middle of the day Friday.
Both in the early and late trading however
the selling was heavy and the close found
them below where they closed Thursday.
Generally speaking the losses were about
half what they were Thursday, The call
money stu 4tiOn was a little less threaten
ing. The supply Of funds available a. the
renewal rate Of ten per cent was a lItule
in excess of the demand and the tate was
dropped nine per cent in the m.3dle of
the afternoon. Outside funds wee avail
able at a concession Of half one ctr cent
from the closing official figure. Time
money on the other hand was a title fir
mer. Bond prices remained fai heavy
and most of them closed the d Y some
what lower. Sterling 424 11Il6 t'@ncs 800
3i2 Ira 523 9I16
London An official bulletin al 8 pm.
Friday said the King did not have a rest
full day, a medical examln atlOC carried
out IN the afternoon as had beer previ-
ousIy planned did not disclose an appre.
ciable amount Of pleuraI efIsion Che
Kings general condition remained I'M
changed. according to a later bulletin.
Shez:-The British cruiser Enterprise
carrying the Prince of Wales arr led here
Friday at nine fifteen p. m. and the
Prince left for Cairo at IL O'Clock in a
special train.
Aboard U.S.S. Maryland. > President
elect Hoover is expected to arriv@ at Ana
facasta Chile at 10 am. Saturday he will
then receive a Commission of B0Ievian
officials who will be entertained 1T lun.
cheon aboard the Maryland. Later IN the
evening Mr.. Hoover will go ashOtS to be
entertained at a banquet.
Kabul.-Unconfirmed dispatches re-
ported Friday that over 1000 had been
killed in recent operation due to. insurrec-
ton in Afghanistan where airplarGs have
been used to lombard rebels; important
operations to encircle the rebes were
continued today.
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A large and appreciative audience at
tended the moving picture show at St.
Mary's Hall last night after Church
service. The drama shown was The
Great Gatsby," a beautiful picture with
splendid acting. Warner Baxter. and
other Paramount artists were in the cast
Of characters, and made a fine entertain
ment for the large number of movie
fans assembled in the hall last night.
Henry Andersen's orchestra furnished
the music, and with the latest hits, gave
the real movie spirit to the show. 1t was
announced that another excellent drama
entitled Fine Manners, with Gloria
Swanson, a screen favorite in the lead
ing part, will be shown on Sunday night.
Movie patrons of the Christiansted
Theatre are preparing to see the popular
Buck Jones in BLACK Jack" tonight.
When the name of this daring rider of
the silver screen appears on the program
the audience is assured of a wonderful
time. as there will be thrills and more
thrills IN this "whirIwind Romance of
the lawless days in old Nevada" tonight.
Miss Eliza James has succeeded Miss
Mabel Christensen, deceased. as school
nurse for C~hristiansted.
The football game played on HoIger
Danske ground yesterday afternoon be-
tween the Alert" and the Sports" was
won by tie former. The Sports could
not get to leap the gap so they lost.
The following passengers sailed yes
terday per s. s. ''Catherine":-For St.
Thomas Marjorie Hunter, Nancy Hun
ter, ]. Hansen. Marguerite Merwin and
John David Merwin. For San Juan
Rev. Alfred Ostrom, Generose Melon,
Carlos j. Ortiz and Santiago Herey.
, 1928-12-10
KILOGRAMS

London, Dec. 9th In the House of
Lords, Lord Olivier, who was Secretary
for India in the Labour Government Of
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A RUSH FOR ACCOMMODATIONS.

A Norman was very i'll. One OF his
wives intercepted the doctor and said:
"Oh doctor, is my husband very sick?"
Yes, Madam, Pm afraid he is
DO you think that l ought to go to
his bedside?''
Il think you should, said the doctor,
but you'd better hurry; all the best
places are taken already"
US. NAVAL RADIO STATION
CHRISTIANSTED. ST. CROIX.
DECEMBER 8. 1928.
Courtesy of tue Associated PreSs.)
New York:-Radio corporation direct
ors today Authorized formation of a SUBJ
sidary to take care Of its communication
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LOCAL

: The post office inspectors. Circums and
Hagen, visited the islands on the last
round trip of the "Catherine".
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Don't Make alloy
Out Of Baby
Babies Have Nerves
BY RUTH BRITAIN

Much of the nervousness in older
hildFen can he traced TO the over.
mutation during infancy. caused
regarding baby as A sort of
minated toy for the amusement of
3arents, relatives and friends. Baby
nay be played with, but not for
more than quarter of an hour to
hour daily Beyond that. being
handled, tickled, caused TO laugh
or even scream, will sometimes re-
ult in vomiting, and invariably
"anses irritability. crying or sleep
.eSsneSs.
Fretfulness. crying and sleepie&s-
'ess from this cause can easily be
voided by treating baby with more
consideration. bnt when you just
ant see what is making baby rest
css OF upset. better give him sfew
drops of pure harmless Castoria
It's amazing to see how quickly II
c2lms baby's nerves and soothes
1im to sleep; yet II contains no
rugs or opiates. IT Is purely vege-
able-the recipe lis on the wra D.
,cr. Leading physicians prescribe
4 for collie, cholera, diarrhea, con.
,tipation, gas on stomach and
,owels. feverishness. loss of sleep
ind all other "upsets" of babyhood.
over % million bottles used a year
shows it's overwhelming popularity.
With each bottle of Castoria. you
get book on Motherhood, worth
ils weight in gold. Look for Chas.
Z. F'letcher's signature on the pack
age SO you'll get genuine Castoria.
There are many limitations.
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Now Go On With The Story.

early middle age. had not proved
too satisfactory.
She wondered whether she
should leave a little Eote for Alan,
but decided that it was Lnneces-
sary. She hurried down tie stairs
and opened the door. Alice was
in the little porch with a dressing
case
Good morning" She gave her
q, smile more welcoming than a
good servant would have per-
plitted herself Mr.. Kelton told
me to give you this. She handed
Shirley a note.
Shirley took the note absently.
ut was very thoughtful Of
! you, she said, indicating the suit
case. but shan'ts bother TO-
change here j shall 80 straight
home. Afterwards Carter had
better come back and see what ne.
can do with the Ford-tns mag
nete is broken
Yes. madame. but won't YOU
read the note first?p
Alice would have to go. Thought
Shirley. She had a hopeless man z
ner for a lady's maid. lBut; CT
course. all the servants would.
have to go--she had forgotten
that)
At that moment she was too
tired to point out that she did not
require suggestions as 10 her con-
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LINDA
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the broken windows, had
nestled in its corners.
Linda was turning back toward
the front door when something
arrested her steps. The shadow
flung by the great door across the
han was moving slowly. Some
body was pushing the door i'm
ward on its broken hinges, Just
as she had pushed it,
There was not time to reach
the dining room or the drawing
room. The bare hall offered no
hiding place except the shadow
in the lefthand corner behind the
stairs. There the second FOO"
balcony flung still deeper
shadow from above.
Linda reached the corner in
noiseIess plunge. She stood. flat.
tening her body against the wall,
and in the midst of her terror
shivered at the dampness cf the
plaster. She could see nothing
from her hiding place and there
was no sound.
At last, when she was begin,
ming to question her power to
stand motionless, and expectant
. any longer, there was faint
creak of the broken hinges, and
slow, heavy steps began.
Pressing her handkerchief over
her mouth and nose to smother
the sound OF her breathing, she
waited. The heavy feet were
coming across the hall. nearer
and nearer. mounting the first
steps OF the staircase, now vikrat-
ing duly above her head. She
heard them pass along the little
gallery to the next flight. begin
10 climb that. Craning her head
forward she caught a momentai.y
VISION of Stocky back. as its
owner rounded the next balcony
and started up the highest flight
The balustrade instantly shut off
the vision.
She took timid step out from,
Inc shadow of sthe stairs. On the
topmost balcony. blurred by dis.
lance and the half light. shor..
heavy man was fumbifn2 with
something on the wall. His face
was turned away from her. In an.
> other second he was gone.
Linda blinked her eyes, looked
again. On the bancony where he
had stood, far up under the sky
light, there were no doors.
The shock of his vanishing was
more stunning than the shock Of
his appearance. Linda, in a cold
sweat of terror, flew to the front
door. 1t was closed-tightIy this
time. for the man had set the
hinges straight and carefully
pushed 1t shut.
Try as she might, Linda could
not bulge the heavy oak. On the
side where the handle was the
lock held Il ksst. On the edge
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where the hinges were she could
get no hold on the wood.
A figure inexpNcably vanished
might Just as inexplicablv reap.
pear. She gave ons Terrified
glance at the high balcony. but it
was undisturbed. She looked to.
ward the dining room and the
pantries beyond. Somewhere back
there there must be a rear en-
trance. In flash she had. left
the dining room behind and was
standing in the store room, flooreds
and walled with concrete prOba-
bly, made for potato bins and
apple barrels when the house was
E, new.
The door through which she
had entered from the pantry was
the only opening in the room.
She turned back, trayersed the
buffers pantry again and found
herself in "A cavernous kitchen,
whose monstTous coal range
doomed across one entire wall.
Two startled mice, leaping from
the big sink to the floor almost.
flung themselves in Linda's face.
But big fears cure little ones,
and she rushed on oblivious of
them. through glassed passa ge-
way TO the summer kitchen,
Here an outer door stood open.
and she flung herself through it.
TO the free air beyond. Almost as
she took her first step upon tlc
grass the little dog appeared from
nowhere, barking joyously around
her feet. When she had caught
her breath she walked rapidly
around the house, skirting a de!
cayed fruit orchard, to the front
drive.
Halfway to the gate she turned
, to look back. The sun had gone
down many minutes ago. but the
front windows Of the old house
had caught and held blood red
CLEAN from the wsstern sky The
effect was Of diabolic mah-a ncy.
She caught the little cog up in
her arms, frowsy coat burrs and
all, and hurried on.
Orce in the road she stopped
In breathe and think. Moth ing had
happened but a visit Of some care
taker to house in which she
not fe--was the intruder And yet
the driver Of the first rakish strip
ped flivver she recognized as an
authentic campus car found her
a willing passenger back to town.
The dog refused to ride, jumped
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Its no use thinking and think.
ing and going round. in circles!'
she told herself. She had been
doing that for the greater part, Of
the night. She had thought and
thought until she had lost all
sense OF values and was left only
with the numbing knowledge that
Roger mad made her ia defaulter,
acheat and that she must remain
70 all her life. :,
Glimpse of the future came to
her in disconnected pictures. She
saw herself living with Roger in
comparative poverty in an obscure
suburb. But poverty was an I'M
known state and the pictures
were lacking in perspective
She would try to make herself
into a housewife. but beyond care
OF his house never again could
she give Roger anything! She
would never again be angry with
Roger because there was moi hug
left to be angry with:
She had finished dressing and
was about to leave the room when
she caught the sound of an ap.
preaching car. She looked OFT of
the window and recognized her
own limousine.
THAT settles the waking prob
lem. she muttered with sigh OF
satisfaction.
As the car drew up at the cot
tage, she leaned out of the VIM
dow.
'sAll right. Carter. I'm ready.
You can turn. she called.
Out of the car stepped Alice,
her maid
Why on earth has he sent
A1ice2 she thought
Alice like all the other servants,
had been engaged in hurry at
an agency on their return from
the honeymoon. They were all
Temporary and. zip to date,
Alice, a. dour enough woman In
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duct. so chose the easier course
and tore the flap Of the envelope.
She read the first few lines
standing In the doorway. and they
conveyed nothing to he: hut an
overwhelming sense OF the gro
tesque.
Wait a miAnte!' she said and
went back into the cottage. Then
she sat down and read.
Dear Shirley, / am aware that
you have left me for Alan Bren.
naway and hasten to assure that
Il viii give you your freedom as
soon as the processes Of the law
will permit If Erennaway of his
own accord will make fair set
: tiement upon you. will refrain
from claiming damages.
(. while disiFing to treat you
with all possible courtesy, must
make lit. clear that cannot allow
YOU TO enter PinecIiff during my
tenancy, nor my New York house.
and TO prevent misunderstanding
-on this. point orders IaavA been
given@to the servants not TO admit
you.
You can instruct Alice ito re.
move all your clothes, ete.s at your
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dress model, low in back.

I'd just come in to see II ] could
do anything"
In the woman's voice as she
spoke was a note OF cOnspiratorial
sympathy that staggered Shirley.
"Wait outside until come,
please" she ordered.
Very we'll" She moved to obey
but fingered by the door. Then
in voice that was little more
than a whisper, Please remer-
Der. that anything can do in any
way at all, ] shall be only too
pleased. / expect you are bit
upset now. as is only natural. Mr..
Kelton was upset, too. IL you had
told me in the first place there
needn't have been any OF this fuss
IL only. mention it i because
this Is not my first experience,
not by any means.
Shirley came out of her stupor.
She rose to her feet, her cheeks
burning with Indignation.
How dare you speak to me like
THAR
II didn't mean to be disrespect-
full. But il you will forgive my
saying so there's no getting over
the facts--Mr. kelton was shout
The Washington times., 1928-07-09
By Virginia Swain

, Linda laughed. Not the red
velvet one. hope?"
We'll, no." admitted Dulcy.
1T was an older one. with a
little burnt cigarette hole under
one arm
Linda frightened the diaphanous
hose with a pair of black lace
carriers, rhinestone studded, then
she slipped on black satin opera
pumps with three.inch heels and
brilliant cut steel buckles. :
After that, she spent almost an
hour on her hair and makeup.
The former, she brushed until it
shone, and until the afternoons
marcelle was mere alluring
hint Of wave that caught the
light in shining bands. Brushed
down rather closely around her
face, it made golden hood that
set off her pallid skin and dark
eyes. as the golden nets of
medieval women set off their
!. beauty 49,.
She used the &. powders and
colorings from a square ebony
box that bore French name in
silver on its lid-powders with
the fairtest /, tinge of lavender.
and rouge that gave a faint,
opalescent pink to sher. cheeks.
1t was perfect toilette for
electric light, ,frsf, almost trans.
parent~~not obviously artificial.
She smiled with satisfaction as
she slipped into the cunningly
- Hinr gr,F~ hi falg
chiffon and hung a. barbaric
silver necklace trimmed with
spikes AROUND her neck Her
earrings matched the necklace
two long ovals, with a silver
spike hanging in the center. She
wore no rings or bracelets.
Dudley gave a little cry when
she came in and saw her.
You're stunning. Linda. beauti-
fuI. You look like nothing that
was ever seen in Marbury.
Linda caught the overtnue OF
envy and the glance Dulcy gave
to her own rather naive blue geor.
cette. But hospitality conquered,
on the surface at least. and Dulcy
swept her away to the waiting
taxi with al the effusion Of an
admiring hostess.
The Alpha O house. solidly white
against it's smooth corner lawn
was lighted from roof to basement
when their cab drew up before 1t.
several girls were running up the
walk from the freshman annex
down the street. And in the draw
ing room windows Linda saw the
hacks Of several heads-some OF
them bobbed and curled, others
with gray hair piled high. You
see" DuIcy explained. tonight
is patroness night and three of
the darlings have brought their
bnbbics. to make the most Of
OIa's chicken. Don't blame EN-.
think if they hate this bust
ness as much as we do they're
entitled to az much chicken rs
they can stuff.
TO Be Continued TOmOrrow)
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out Of her arms AMI vanished in
the bushes.
On Monday afternoon Linda cut
classes. At 2 o'clock she might
have been seen entering the sole
Turkish bath establishment the
town supported. At 2 she was
in, the hands of the best hair
dresser in the institution. At 4
Z the manicurist had put on her
finishing dabs of nail polish. And
at 5 Linda was at home, begin.
ing the lengthy process OF an ex.
quisite toilet.
&, Dulcy bounced in. little later,
to remind her Of her date at the
Alpha o. house, and found Linda
sitting on the bed in gauzy
black chemise, pulling on the
sheefest of sheer lace hose.
The visitor postponed Ter greet
ing TO dance over ard touch. the
1ace of Linda's lingerie. What A
beauty" she cried. I've never
seen such lace anywhere but in
Aunt Marie's Paris nishties. She
brought back some black ones
like this that Uncle Zoe never
would let her wear-said teey'd
undermine his moral nature. they
were 'so--er--French. Where did
you get these, Linda"
The girl in the black gauze
looked up. whimsical smile upon
her lips. t.HonesTly. l told YOU
the truth. Dulcy, when said the
other night / didn't know where
any of my Clothes came from,
They were bought by someone
else, in Chicago, | think" Under
the apparent ingeaiCr%ness of her.
answer, there was a tightening of
some stubborn fabric in her ma.
ture. She would net be forced
by other peoples curiosity into
net of lies and suoterfuges and
eVasions.
Dudley stared, seemed about to
speak, but bit her lips instead.
A fine constraint had fallen over
her carefree enthusiasm for the
pretty things. Dinners at T."
she said. edging toward the door.
"I'll stop in for you. Were going
to have roast chicken and can.
died vans tonight. Ola told me.
She's the best cook in town. and
the greatest tyrant. Chased me
half around the block last week
when I swiped cold tart from
the pantry. I had to give her
my best kimona TO make friends
again"
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ing them over the house in front
OF the servants and telling them
all not to let you in IL you should
try to come back"
Shirley was speechless. BY
means yof trifles the Imagination
can grasp great issues--and It
was the trifIe OF her maid daring
to adopt confidential tone to
her that made her realize that
suddenly she had been thrust be-
You'd the pale.
Alice was not trying to be
insolent-therein Law the sting
Shirley faced the fact that by her
own actions she had become a
woman To whom eviI-minded SER
wants offered their sympathy. As
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own convenience from both places,
and ii you will send me q list OF
any other articles OF personal
property you would like to have
with you in your new life, / will
have them forwarded when you
have furnished me with an adj
dress-as presume you will not
be staying long at the cottage.
''Of my own few feelings 1t
would be futile to say anything
Roger Kelton.''
Before she had read the letter
through, Shirley grasped the fact
that Roger intended to dirovce
her, citing Alan as correspondent.
But she could grasp it only in the
sense that one can grasp the dis.
lance OF the stars. At that mo-
ment IL, was % mere abstraction
to her. Fl was too fantastic to
produce any immediate reaction in
her.
CHAPTER "a
Shirley was conscious that Alice
had entered the room.
II didn't can you" she said
stiffly.
II know you didn't, but ]. thought
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Alice saw it. she had been caught
with her sweetheart.
She dropped back into the chair
and for several seconds battied
with herself. Then she spoke
calmly.
What have you in the car.
Aliceg'' And when Alice particu-
Iarized, she said Tell Carter to
put the three trunks in the barn
where the Ford is. Leave the
dressing case here. Then you can
90 back"
Very WELL" said Alice eagerly.
II ran pack UP the rest re your
things today and do my own pack
ing as weIl-shaIl come back
here for the nfght2'
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No. thank you. Alice. You can
just pack my trunks and then !
shall not want you again. You
viii arrange with Mr.. Kelton
about references and so on.
"oh. / cant believe you mean
that. protested-S the woman.
YouH need me. / tell you as sure
as / stand here you'll need me.
You haven't had any experiences
NOR has Mr.. Brennaway ! should
say. though he's one OF the incest
gentlemen that ever walked. You
don't know how ii IL when you %
to hotels. they always know I'm
less"
CTo Re Continued Tomorrow