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of him az though he were made
Of wax, Jane Mcclure, wearing
geranium satin and all the pep
she could command. Then curly
haired Windy Grant, whose last
years careless letters to a Broad
way chorus girl had lately cost
his father fifteen thousand; out
of court. Then Evelyn Blair.
petite and blond, who called
eyeryb Ody sDar-r-ling!" and
Bunny Hopkins. a large and lo-
duacious Princeton sophomore,
with whom she held hands under
the table between courses.
Beyond the sophomore sat Helen
Drummond, who had smocks of
six colors and a. studio where,
when nothing more diverting of
fered itself. she painted. (She
had done the place cards for
Irene: ladies with cOlumin0ug pas
tel skirts, blowing forever to the
Ieft.) Besides this occasional
artist was Jock HamilI, OF the
matchless nose and the crooked,
whimsical smile.
Next TO Jock, Ann Beckenridge,
divorced at nineteen and fond of
talking about it. Then Ted, the
host, around the table corner
from Ann. Then a big girl with
muscles and suUburned, scaly.
nose, whose name-Hazel Taylor
was engraved on the golf trophies
of many country clubs, but as
yet on the heart of no young man.
Alan Pomeroy sat next to Hazel,
and Cav. a cigarette holder
studded with diamonds between
her lips. sat next to him. On
Gays right was Peter Newton,
who also loved her. Then Barbara
Johns Bobbie IL you'd known her
five minutes), who had lapis lazuli
eyes. and tawny hair, and a father
with a railroad. and very good
time, indeed. wherever she went.
Then Pierce Brown, sober now;
just one who laughted when others
said things. Then Mrs. Jock
HamiIl, the adorable Cecily. bride
of half a year; Dutch Weber,
pioneer of the Great Wheelbarrow
Movement. whereby the seniors Of
Dartmouth were spared the indig.
nifty of proceeding on foot to their
classes; Hope Glenn, whose first
novel, Midnight SOns,"' had gone
into it's eighth edition for no com
Drehensible reason; and Tenn Sin.
clair, with the jagged shrapnel
scar across his cheek-Tom, whom
war had made magnificent and
peace good for nothing. Then the
end Of the table. and Irene again.
II was = noisy and confused and
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LILY AND SUE DINED TOGETHER

nnanded, when she burst tncere-
moniously into his private office,
and then. In the doorway. she
stopped.
For StaIey's private secretary.
sweet.faced little blonde woman
whom Lily had often noticed and
honestly admired, was sitting on
the corner Of Sta1ey's desk, with
her hands on his shoulders. and
staIey's hair was rl1nlpIed 10 Il
she had been fussing with It.
She turned and flushed q guilty
red when she heard Lily open the
door and Staley, very much flus-
tered, jumped to his feet. smooth.
ing down his hair with both
hands.
"oh," said Lily. You're al
alike, aren't you? All You mem
1t was a trite and silly thing TO
say. but millions of women have
said it and have meant It. too.
just as she meant 1t then.
She barely noticed the little
blonde secretary when she skunk
out of the office. Her eyes We're
on Staley. and so were all her
thoughts.
Here he is. wildly in love with
me. 80 he thinks" she said to
herself, "but he carries on q COM
rnon-love affair with that little
woman. If i married him"
Oh, well. what IL he did not be-
have himself after she married
him? What If he did go on hav-
ing these small and unimportant
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scontinued from Local Pase)
With the rest. Of the
beautiesl"
She had not understood
this, and he explained briefly
that q beauty contest began
there on Tuesday. To which
she retorted, Well, that
lets me out! I'll be leaving
for New York again Tues
day morning.
They had talked about her trip,
and about 4 young couple she
had run across in Paris who knew
Jerry. And finally she had put
the question that had been in her
thoughts for eight long months:
"HoWss your little dance hall girl?
Are you still 30 devoted to herr"
She had asked 1t lightly. laugh.
ingIy-holding her breath--hoping
to hear him say. For heavens
sake. I'd forgotten all about her!"
He had said instead. Shes very
well, thank you.' And then.
rather irritably. She isn't really
a dance hall girl. you know, Gay.
She played a one.night stand on
that. only"
Into the puzzling disconcerting
memory Of this, James voice In.
truded. Come back! Answer.
mer'
Gay turned to her blankly.
what did you say"
81 SAID said Jane, "Do You
still love Jerry?"
"I---" began Gay.
Dinner
The big table looked like table
in room whore wedding gifts are
displayed, so freighted 1t was with
gIistening silver and delicate china
and glass. Candlelight beamed
softly over 1t. and a low unbroken
hedge Of roses bisected 1t down
the middle.
pattern, repeated, repeated again:
the chalky shield of a dress shirt
next the colored loop OF a bodice.
Eleven times this double pattern
was repeated, with variations only
IN the hue Oh the IOOp anu III the
degree OF. the forward bulge OF the
shield.
Irene sat at the head OF the
table, exotic and arresting In a
burnt orange gown. On her right
sat Benny Henley. latest OF her
flames: good looking youth with
wet brown hair still furrowed
from the teeth of the comb. and
brown eyes which he removed
from Irene's face only 10 seem TO
ask Of those about him. Isn't
she lovely? isn't she bright?
Wasn't what she just said
clever?'' Beyond Benny
was Helen Havemeyer. whose
pearls were real but whose
pounds were excessive; and be
/ yond her. specialized solemn John
Filler, the sort of person whom
hOstesses always sat beside thu
HELEN Havemeyers Of theil
parties. on the Observation-Disclosures
81 n1isfttg-tOgether plan.
Next to John, and ~ Oblivion,
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and into her mothers old car that
waited at the curb.
'I'lI do IT. too. TIL fix them
both" she promised herself furi-
ously. going through the humble
streets OF the neighborhood that
once had been like home to her.
She never had liked them. even
when they had been home-like
and familiar to her, and she fairly
hated them now.
How did / ever get into such
d place and In with such people?"
she asked herself. turning towards
the heart OF the town. She was
going straight to a lawyers Of
flee to tell him to go ahead with
her divorce just as fast as he
could do 1t. She was full Of re.
sentiment and strong desire for
revenge.
At IL o'clock when she left his
office high mp in the Elkins build
Ing tower, the noon-tide bells were
ringing.
She knew that she ought to go
home and help her mother with
the endless round Of household
tasks--the polishing ana sweeping
and cooking and mending. She
knew that she was expecting her
! home for lunch. too.
''But I'm not going home" Lily
Z decided. I'm too blue and mis-
I erable."
'In her misery she turned to-
wards StaIey, who. after all, had
all sorts Of amusing things to do
at the end of his purse stringe.
Take me to lunch.' she COM
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Non 60 on With The Story.

hrs. france shifted. 81 never
know whom Fat likes. she said
erisply. but you'd better Be care
fsll what you ~ shout him and
Miss Ertz, young lady. She never
has been ii his his flat alone with
him, ] know. she ana FIorsnce 50
down there and straighten things
IL for him once ! week And
she il very careful 10 come here
ana wait FOR Florence. they al
ways 70 together and don't you
ray things about my son. He's
decent. If he hadn't been he.
wouldn't have stuck to you for 80
long. Carrying on with another
man the way you were There's
plenty of mud could be slung ut
you, miss
CHATTER Nv
Mrs. Frances eyes snapped be-
hind her steel-rimnned glasses,
and she thwacked the counter
sEnartIsr with her small work.
roughened hand.
Don't you come here and talk
60 me about my son. Pat, she
eaid with vigorous nod De her
small, neat looking head. Just
remember that you were no kind
ef 3 wife to him at any time.
She stopped talking and with .
Jerk she turned toward the side
door that opened from the side
ward OF the little white house.
Lily turned too, following her
The Washington times., 1928-05-09
Don't Make alloy
Out Of Baby
Babies Have Nerves

Much Of the nervousness in older
chill dTen can be traced to the over
stimulation during infancy, caused
by regarding baby as q sort Of anil
mated toy for the amusement OF
parents, relatives and friends. Baby
may be played with, but not for
more than quarter OF an hour
10 an hour daily. Beyond that. be-
ing handled, tickied. caused TO
laugh or even scream, will some
variably causes irritahility, crying
or sleeplesgness.
Fretfulness. crying and sleepless-
ness from this cause can easily be
avoided by treating baby with more
consideration, but when you just
can't see what il making baby rest
less or upset, better give him few
drops OF pure. harmless Cast0ria.
It's amazing 10 see how quickly Il
calms baby's nerves and sOOthes
him to sleep; yet it contains no
drugs or opiates. IT IL purely veg,
piable The recipe Is on the wrap
rer. Leading physicians prescribe
II for colo. cholera, diarrbea, con
atipstion, gas on stomach and
bowels. feverishness, loss of slecr
and al other supsets" Of babyhood
Over 25 million bottles used q year
shows its overwhelming popularity
With each bottle of castoria, yol
get d book on Motherhood, WORTH
its weight in gold. Look for Chas
II. Eletcher's signature on the pack
age 20 you'll get genuine castoria
There are many. limitations.
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this time. 1t did not come TO
her that when u woman gets
away from true love and decency,
her feet slide very easily and
swiftly into bottomless depths.
TO sue Cain, now sue Eastman,
Lily had always said her soul.
And It was to Sue Cain that she
went with her new problem
problem OF StaIey and the little
blonde secretary.
Suppose / 90 ahead and set
my divorce and then he doesn't
want to marry me?'' she asked
sue. who laughed her To scorn.
Don't be q sap" said the
practical Sue. "Just because he
The Washington times., 1928-05-09

eyes There stood Pat iii his old
corduroy pants and shirt sleeves.
Iooking nc them from under
brows that were twisted into =
frown.
He came toward them. his blsie
eyes shining ii the sun that
sIanted ia through the front win
DIV and lay like rug Ck gold
tissue On the wooden floor.
.syFhat' pethe matter r. Ne asked
and his voice was 40 cold and
dull that Lily wondered II It
could be Pats voice.
He put his head to one side
little and looked down at her.
did you come to see me? he
asked, standing close to her. So
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love affairs? Did It make any
real difference?
III never win care for him.
anyway, she thought. coldly,
..and the less I have to see him
the better. / suppose. and ii the
meantime I'll be safe from poy.
arty and hard work.
Another thought was in the
back Of. her head. She might not
have to live All her days with
Staley. Divorce, now that she
had come close ID the idea Of n,
seemed so easy.
she did not realize how I'm.
moral her Thought process was at
The Washington times., 1928-05-09
I'm This Story Of Girl Torn BetWxt Two Great Desires
Beatrice Burton Has Woven Vibrant Serial
Pulsating With Romance

kisses an office vanp doeSnt
mean that he's off you h waa
FIST amusing himself. The smart
fhInr fOY Won III do III "a re alIead
ard ret your divorce Just - last
~ Won can. Staley adCrea you,
but he's not going To waik for
ever. you know
ssT'ns retfinr my divorces. I've
started its' answered Idly, and
hegafi to cry quietly into her
ndkerchief III that smart piibli0
place. the park Lane restaurant,
\ wEere people come 20 smoke ana
w 81 ana 10 drink and 70 flirt
and make love. but never 70 cry.
CTo Bs GOnsinues Tomorowp
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Breakfast
Table

Auids-docs not disturb digestion
works tOItbnot against the body.
The result is laxative action
so gentle there's not trace of
cramping or gripping yet so
wonderfully thorough that you
feel like different person!
Feen-a-mint is the result of the
work of famous European
scientist and thoughtful Amer.
can physician. Already millions
of people have found it preferable
to all other means of combating
the evils of constipation. Your
FIRST experience with Feen-a.mint
will show you clearly why!
The Washington times., 1928-05-09
LITTLE SINS-:- By Katherine Brush

danced three whole
dances holding a five dollar bill
behind her back as bride to the
stays, but nobody took him. AS
Benny said to me, There are
worse things than poverty
="
And 50 on and so on, for an
hour.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1928-05-09
What Do You KHOW?
ANSWERS TO ToDAY's TEST -,
Questions on Editorial. Page

QuestlOns EDITORIAL FaBe
Die; 2, Heaven; Powder Need; Healthy; Fight
"othslO5; arabian Nights Entertainment; g. David
Copperfield; 10 Twelfth Night IL, "Unce Toms Cabin"
T. Formal release from 49, To defiance a. Evidence
proof ~ Place OF trial. nghbohood; 49, written declaration
oath.
The Washington times., 1928-05-09
"A Boon to Radio Fans

Bish chemist Il epored 20 have discovered met,e cone
Mound which when appied to glass renders II y
also said attempts made to use A eonstrusoA q
radio tubes
The Washington times., 1928-05-09

Ohe pours the cofee-oh, if
across the sunlit table from her,
his face were only smiling, gay -.
Instead, nameless tension stiff
Silence -.
Then, suddenly, il happens: the
sharp word, the quick retort, the
Slamming door Love isn't
killed &C once thar way, it's true.
But love Is murdered thar way
slowly, surely, day by day.ss Wky2
Because the commonest physica1
ailment of all happens to work jusa
that way! Because, when poiSons
are bottled up in the intestines-
they don't stay bottled up. They go
through your system, inStead-Sap
the energy and fray the nerves.
The Washington times., 1928-05-09
Mikes OIL From Coal

Frederick Berrus chemist after experimenting Tor the
years process for converting soft coal INTO Pc
oau able half ton Of petroleum TOT every
Ton Of loW-grade soft coal .
The Washington times., 1928-05-09

A EANY people try everything
NA in the effort to correct this
condition-from "health foods"
that take six weeks to act, to
salts that leave them limp as a
rag the next day. -.
Feen-a-mimt is different!
In the first place, it is just like
bit of delicious chewing gum. You
don't swallow it-you cbet0 1t.
This is important. Because you
chew it, its laxative principle is
released slowly, the way science
meant it to be released. 1t actually
becomes part of the digestive
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
CHUTE JUMPER
SUED BY WIFE

William F. Scott, a parachute
jumper at the Anacostia Naval Air
Station, who, police say, snatched
his wife from the railing of the
Key Bridge, as she was about to
plunge to her death. two weeks
ago, was made the defendant in
suit for limited divorce brought TO-
day in the District Supreme Court.
After the rescue Scott turned his
wife over to the police. She has
been confined to Gallinger Hospital
since.
In her petition today, Mrs. Stella
e. Scott. the plaintiff charges
cruelty and threats telling the
court his conduct toward her drove
her to despair and finally to an
attempt at suicide.
Through Attorney Edward L.
Mathill, Mrs. Scott tells the court
she was married February 20, 1920,
and lived with the plaintiff until
he turned her over to the police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
AL WASHINGTON
HOME TOWN PAGE
POLITICAL R D "
ON MARKET
IS SEEN

A clash between the ERE
publican ring which rules
local politics and Herbert D.
Brown, chief of the Bureau of
Efficiency, is slated to come
when the Senate District Com
mittee opens its farmers mar
ket hearings this afternoon.
Thomas r. Littlepage, E. F. Cola
day and Col. Wriseley Brown, the
latter president Of the Potomac
Freight Terminal Company, are
are named in charges made by
Brown that a powerful political
lobby has been enlisted to force the
selection of a southwest site for the
market, adjacent to land owned by
the terminal corporation.
According to Brown. these politi-
cal leader stormed into his office
shortly after the Bureau of Eff
cheney made it's market report and
demanded that his organization keep
'thands off" the market fight in
the future. They criticized his re-
port severely, but a recheck by
experts showed that the report was
correct in all essential details.
The hearing before the Senate
District Committee today deals
with the proposed sites north of
Pennsylvania Avenue, including the
mid-ciry and lexington locations.
A delegation of Maryland farmers,
led by Senators Bruce and Tydings
will be among the principal wit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
Sparrow Hors d'Ouvre
For Monthly Meal
Of Python

Maybe it doesn't sound like
news to say that the python at
the Washington Zoo ate dinner
yesterday.
But when you consider that
one meal suffices the big snake
for more than a month, the item
grows in Importance.
open wide, please" said the
keeper to the python, consider
ably in the manner OF a cheerful
dentist. The serpent obediently
opened his jaw and lay by. to-
receive his meal.
A brace. of terrified sparrows.
thrust toward the python In =
pincer-lilke device. constituted the
first course. They went into
the gaping cavern whole. Chick
ems and pigeons followed, one by
one. The python slowly consumed
each one, with such gravity and
thoroughness that the weaker of
the many spectators could not
bear to remain.
This bird diet Is served only
once in five weeks. Rabbits are
often used, and sometimes ducks
take the place of the chickens.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
CLUBS To
MEET HERE

The greatest hegira Of motor tour.
lists that ever took to the open
road in the history of American
motordom-estimated to number
more than 10000 ,0OO-will dot the
nations highways this summer.
This was the forecast today of
officials of the American Automobile
Association, as they made plans for
their fourth annual conference to-
morrow at the Willard Hotel at
which representatives of the 1046
affiliated clubs will lay plans to di-
rect and route efficiently the tour.
ing millions.
Speakers at the conference will
include Representative Mclaughlin
R.) of Michigan on Motor Taxes"
Clarence Chamberlin, transatlantic
flyer; Paul Hoffman. vice president
of the Studebaker corporation, and
C. A. Vane, manager of the Ma.
tional Automobile Dealers Associa.
ton.
The conference will stress the
need Of motorist services, equitable
motor taxes and A speeding UP of
the national highway building pro-
gram,
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What Matter?

And what IL thOu doest wrong?
Thou eaDst do right again there
after.
For after the silence cOmeth song,
And out Of the sorrow IN born
laughter.
Morality IL but q thought,
And thoughts of men are prone to
differ,
, And what man does and what he
Than nothing is q question sitter.
Aait thine own self; IL someone's nose
In thy trent door 10 Uinched' why
Why let his Justly come by woes
To thy cOmpOSure cause Q fIuFFy9
Enjoy myself as best thou canst:
Though to some thou must seem
displeasing,
They know not what thOu're M
against
From thy keyhOle inst send them
Sneezingl
xIaugh 90 thou sinn'st, and find It
Though the unsatIsfied may sorrow.
Though there be bllsters on thy feet,
eunburn upon thy sOuI-tOmOrrow!
ALLAH BAMM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

Senator Fess 1auded the admin
istration of every Republican Pres
ident with the exception of Hard.
ing and Coolidge. He said that
every Democratic tariff for
revenue only" has resulted in the
hiding of capital, the unemploy-
ment of labor and soup-houSes in
every city.
Mrs. Virginia White Speel, pres
ident of the league, announced that
President Coolidge will receive the
women of the school and have his
picture taken with them on the
White House lawn, Thursday at
1890 p. m. She asked those pres
ent to- pray for sunshine.
Representative Charles A. Eaton,
Of New Jersey, speaking of the
achievements Of the Coolidge adj
ministration, referred to the Pres
ident as man of destiny and "the
Abraham Lincoln of New Eng
land"
Senator Tess took up step by
step the solution Of major prob
lens of each Republican admin
istration from Lincoln to Taft. He
said that Lincoln was the greatest
President America ever knew.
an 1912 we came to the con-
clusion that we could elect two
Presidents of the same day-and
we lost both of them" he said.
"If it had not been for the war
breaking out in 1914 this country
would have found itself in the
throes Of business anarchy. The
Republican party does not blame
the Democrats because we got into
the World War. It could not be
avoided"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

The husband, who was accused
Of allowing golf to break up his
home. insists that his temper is
nothing as compared with that OF
his wife. Through Attorney Ray.
mond Neudecker, the husband tells
the court that after months OF
ceaseless wrangling. he and his
wife agreed to live apart, and he
accordingly left the home.
He maintains that the only time
spent by him in golf playing. aside
from Sundays and holidays, was
between six and eight a. m.
Justice Hitz in Equity Court
signed an order allowing Mrs. La
Covey $4,000 per month Temporarily
for the support of herself and
child.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20
March Makes FOrlOrn
Stand Against Spring

March made it's last stand against
the embrace of Spring shortly be.
fore midnight, last night.
Bringing up its last line of re.
serves in the form of cold and
moisture, the powers that rule the
month of the big wind began an
offensive on sleeping Washington,
using snowdrops as shock troops.
The Spring influence, however,
was too strong. The snow lasted
for slightly more than five minutes,
and was gone as suddenly as it
came.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

sorta sick tonight,
Things ain't goin' right,
world seems kinda bent
Since you mp and went.
Hear . foot-step on the floor,
Keep afIyin' to the door,
Sest aprayin' you'n be there.
Il don't seem hardly fair
THAT you no longer care.
But I amt cOndemnin' you,
Suppose I'm kinda blue,
Amt fee1fn' well, guess,
Half mad from IonesOmeneSs.
Can't keep back the tears,
AthinlEins fhere'n be years
o. days ~ long and bare.
Pal, II don't seem fair
That you've forgot to care.
kelvin oGILVIE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-20

It costs nothing to marry
IN RussjG, and only IS cents
TO get q diUoYce. Over here
1t costs 81 to marry and q
fortune to get q divorce. Be-
sides that, y0u've got to IN
clMde Glimony. No aOonder
Soviet methods are gaining
fGpor here.
GRoUCHY GUS.
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Patrick ]. Farrell Urged
For Esch Job on ]. G. C.,

Senators Dale (R.) and Green RJ
of Vermont, today urged President
Coolidge to appoint Patrick ].
Farrell, chief counsel for the Inter
state Commerce Commission since
it was created, to the vacancy on
the commission,
Refusal of the Senate to confirm
the appointment of John J. Esch
leaves the post open.