Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-23
Continued from Yesterdays Star.
INSTAl.LMENT M.


To somewhat NoluminouS
correspondence which plainly indicated
the nature of Lady Hannertun's pu'
u,lcal sympathies. A letter 10 Thorn
ION begging him not 10 call without
warning she took note oI, and also
one TO Pennington refusing an ihNi.
tation To luncheon at the H"u>t oi
Commons until her work in the neigh
borhood was finished.
She telephoned on several occasions
TO DeSslter and exchanged a lew
guarded words. On the titth morning.
Lady Hannerton, IN warm rose
colored dressing gown. trimmed win
fur. came into the small study which
had been given up for her use.
PLENTY of work tor YOU this morn
ing. Miss Brown, she announced,
handing her Two long sheets OF paper.
Il want three copies of these lists oi
names. he careful 10 get the regi'
mental numbers right anu the num-
hers of the battalions. Also you VIII
see thai after each name there are
elther one, two or three crosses, OF a
emery Those marks tell me just what
the political opinions of the men are.
and what chance | have OF getting
them 10 vote for me, At clock !
have II or Is Of the serSeants wives
coming TO tea in The other room.
want YOU 10 be there with your mole
book, and il use any phrase that
seems 10 you striking, make note Oh
IL. Is that quite clear? 81,
Quite clear, thank you' MISS
Brown replied. =,
81 have come 10 The conclusion,
LADY Hannerton went on. after a mo-
men,'s hesitation. that you are
,erson in whom 1 can place entife
trust. I want YOU, though. TO preserve
ali your notebooks and let me nave
them when YOU leave. Ii is a foolish
idea OF mine, perhaps. but people are
so inouisitive and the newspapers
might distort the most harmless re-
marks" .s
Certainly" Miss Brown agreed
with immovable face
Lady Hannerton trailed out. leav-
i,r behind her an odor of bath salts
and kindred perfumes. Miss Brown
bent over her task. typed Tor some
hours. ate her exceedingly moderate
luncheon comfortably at small table
drawn up 10 the fire. and typed again
until 4 o'clock. BY that time the lists
were finished. and neatly pinned TO-
Se,her. Lady Hannerton. looking
more attractive than ever In quiet
hut very fashionahiy made mouse
xown. looked them through. murmureo
4 few words of approval and took MISS
Brown with her into the larger room
where a score or so OF women were
seated whispering together. Lady
Eannerton greeted them all. smiling.
I'm so glad you've come to have
li,,Ie talk with me" she said nos
pitably. do draw up as close 10 the
IRE as YOU can. Ii seems 10 get
rolder and colder. Plenty OF toast.
please, Mary" she told the parior
maid. $500,
fully served. Afterward Lady Han.
merton sat In an easy chair ana
annexed one Of the cigarettes which
we're handed around.
''Of course you know what my am
b,,;on Is she began. 81 want to get
into Parliament and / must warn you
that I am very liberal in my views.
nar,icuIarly want the vote OF every
soIdier. because being a soldier
vridow IL il the soldier husband
mean to fight for more than any one
else. I tell the general the same thing;
tell all the officers whenever they
come here 10 dine 1 think the pri-
ystes and non-commissioned offcers
are the worst paid men In the army.
4 There was a little murmur OF not
unnatural approval
II don't know whether you KNOW
what the exact scale Of ray IL. Lazy
H.rrersor went on. I'm give you
each a little pamphlet before you go
which will tell you Just what private
~ets what a NON commissioned ofsicer
gets. and 20 on all the way to gen.
ersi. I want you to keep these pam
r,lefs 10 yourself. because not IN
natursIiy they are very unpopular
with the authorities. but / can always
provide you with some more Tor your
friends
There was some slight applause: q
Asnoite undernote Of sympathetic ap'
probation. several questions to whicn
Lady Hannerfon replied. =.
"f suppose you all read the papers,
LADY Hannerton went on. presently
you know that preparations are go
tnx on for what looks as though u
might turn out TO be nnisefsa
strike They'll probably want 10 Hlaks
s,s OF the army TO do all sorts OF
work they never ought TO be asked to
Al while this trouble Ii on. hut one
thing I want 70 point out 10 you 1s
shst TIE end of IL all will probably
be either what we hear 10 much about
rowadsys-a revoiutiOn-oF else con
sidersb bly, higher pay for the workers
while you will remain exactly where
sou we're before"
There was little uneasy movement
smong the women. Even those who
had come in contented and smiiing
were looking gloomy
Her Isdyship'r right" one worms n
ynuitered IN tell my Tom what
think when ] get home"
"Yo. must all OF you talk 10 your
~ H. rs GN N Sf& ft@d
MILITARY Discipline In wonderful
sbinz. Of course. but az It's admins
tered here nd my hDsbs nj Wa
general, you know say that II IL
nrIy another form 81 tyranny When
fire riots come, II they DO come. you
~lii see . colonel rawing his seven
~ eight hundred q year. ordering his
men. Ora wing Two H three shilinss
<sy. 90 hight their own eounifymen
VINO are struggling for reasonable
wage. what you'll all ~ about II
rsnt think. can only pray that the
Ine won't come until sfier ] have
pUccsede6 in getting seat IN parma
rasn' sns have called attention 10 the
bf6eous ib!us,ic@ shat In going on ~
she army to-day"
There wss . bfoldlng silence One
thin faced woman. who nad been nst
sginx tnaeatfy 81 the time. ysntursd
% speak
"Eupposing this revolution. ~. shS
ways. Tio'Ing. should come on account
sf the strikes" she ASKED. slowly
rs Your jAcysbip suggesting that the
army should refuse 10 obey oTdsrs|
Il an sDeges.iDg 0Dihing, Lady
Jtsnnefton snsweFs6 II have simply
ssksj you here ~ try 10 make yo;
Zee rlesFly the Ei,ust0n ss n *siris
lad 10 sst you ~ vote for me when
> pJt 40 for Parliament What your
s,sists nds may ~ n they ate fi1"eh
win sucb terrible Dtottiem ~ fsins
<s,deFeG 10 fire upon their own opuu
s,ynsn 1 cosiid not ss soldiers wife
HiscDss
This lt,ns there were very few Guss
sE,Hs Tbs ggofuEn went q 1sy for the