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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-21

Il. CHAPTER v
Ne ''Did you want me. Aunt Evyie?"
loan was still walking on air. Not
even the thought of Aunt EWES
possible aispleasure could pene-
frate the warm dream in which
hhe moved.
Sin loves me-A-Bill loves me -"
1t was a kind Of litany repeating
itself in her heart.
But Aunt Evvie wasn't dis
pleased. Now that she was going
to be rfdsof Joan once and forever,
8ele. felt a glow Of something like
affection for her. AFTER all, she's
been a good girl, considering how
pretty she is. 1t might have been
worse" she thought. And aloud
.,she said, "Yes--I just heard from
.sEousin Belle. She's sent the money
for you to go to Philadelphia,
philadelphia! Way back East
rr-why, Aunt Evvier'
w Joan couldn't believe it. SausR-
Alito. with occasional visits to San
. FsafaeI, and still rarer trips to San
81 Francisco--had been her. world.
sETo think. Of going to Philadelphia
AZ Boarding school," Aunt Evvie
scontinued. cousin Belle conducts
q very fine school for young ladies'.
You'll be expected to help any way
you can ----"
rs "Oh, Aunt Evvie.' she cried
sand flung eager arms around her
-"Oh. / can't tell you-tt's the
most wonderful day in my whole
-1Mfer'
..She can't go East in that out
mt Babe put in sharply. She's
got tO have clothes, You're 90
smart thinking Of everything, Eve.
.6lYn Van Fieet-I suppose you
4sdIdH1 Tank st that? I knew it
would cost more than just car fare.
saIld where're you going to get the
i gnoney?''
~ I'm going to take her over to
sthe city tomorrow and get her
sAome things" Evvie said srandly.
ss'Belle sent $50 over thu price OF
sg4he ticket. Ten dollars will be
oceans for meals on the train
ethat leaves $40 for clothes"
That night, with the door locked
and her heart beating painfully
and hotly, she wrote her first love
letter. But the words that slipped
so naturally and warmly from her
lips when Bills tanned cheek was
close to hers, looked strange and
lonely on the white paper. ''Oh, 1
can't write itg' she whispered. II
The hands. on the battered
alarm clock pointed TO 8: And
she wanted to post Il that night.
So discardtng the pen, and the
few sheets or Christmas note pa.
per that were left, she grabbed
her stubby lead pencil and
school tablet; and wrote firmly
and quickly in her round. school
girl hand: H
+ fDear Bill:
Can you be on. the hill, you
know where, ,abouty4 tomorrow
afternoon? I am not going to
school am going to the city
with Aunt Eyvie. but we will be
back by then. BE sure to come.
IT is important L must see you.
have lots to tell you. Don't
forget. I've just got to see you.
Your always loving JOAN"
Gerwin brought 1t to him when
he came hack from lunch the
next day. Letter for you, Bill.
Lady friend2'
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, only prayed that they would I'M
derstand.
One thing was troubling her
and that was her inability to
. stop thinking of Howard Yves.
colt. She had only been away
from him few days-a few
days in which she had suffered
the shock Of finding that her
father was alive, poor suffering
wretch, tOrmented with a craving
for drugs: OF meeting her grand.
mother who didn't know that
she had a grandchild and who
probably thought her son MONTY
was, long dead. And still Wescoft
was always just, on the border line
of her thoughts.
"A big bum" Ginger and Vic
had called him.
- What did they mean. a big
bum? She only knew he had
! been kinder to her than anvone
outside Mud and { Dairy. she
could close her eyes and fee,
his kisses She had fought against
them; hut now she knew thev
had thrilled her.
Fight the thought as much
as she would, Nancy knew Yves.
colt could make her his slave
and II she had to make a choice
she would gladly renounce every
thlng for the honest love of a
man like that.
But could his love be honest"
me thought tormented her.
He could be cruel. She had
seen evidences of that, and yet
she even found herself admiring
the decision with which he exer.
cised his cruelty. He could hurt
her' and still she couldn't hate
Nun for it, Some primitive urge
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By
ROY L. FOLEY

He stopped. but did not turn
away his eyes. She noticed how
enlarged the pupils were, so big
that his eyes weren't gray now
but a shining, blush. black.
I'm a broken down-and-outer
now. girl. l guess I'm .hr3ush
Lille has been pretty rotten and
I've gone pretty low in the last
~ years. lower than an innocent
girl like you will ever know.
nineteen years ago ] defisd my
rather and left his home. /
thought Julie was dearer to me
than anything in the world
wen in less than three months
l left her. What my father said
was right. He told me my 1nfatu-
alton would die as quickly as it
had been born. He wanted to an
null the marriage. He was proud,
and was his only son. He said
II went with Julie ! need never
come back, and If / did come it
would be crawling to beg his for.
giveneSs.
well, child. I've gone low, but
have never crawled on my knees
to ask for help yet. When. get
out Of here / am going TO leave
for the place came from. There
is nothing / can give you but dis
grace. These people have been
good to you. You've never seen
your grandparents, have you.
These people say you haven't.
They've never claimed YOU
1t was a long speech for a man
just snatched from the brink OF
eternity. His face was the color
Of putty,
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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All her nervousness was gone
now She was going to Bill ana
he loved her. with b little sigh
OF perfect happiness she stepped
down into the garden. ran lightly
and Awiftly toward the south
hedge.
aBilll' she whispered, .Im
here where are your
He stepped out 81 the darkness.
sssI was AFRAID you wouldn't come. !"
4 he cried. oh. Johnnie--R you
wouldn't come" he cried. "Oh.
Iohiln3gik got hadn t''
they chung TO each other
sTietltfy. The wind made = little
rustiing sound ii the leaves,
some birds stirred sIeepfIy In the
trees. He kissed her soft hair
shining paiely In the moonlight,
the little hollow In her neck. her
soft. red mouth.
Il love YOU don't you know I
love you. Johnnieg I couldn't live
without you now. When thought
You weren't coming this after
noon oh, I can't tell you how
feIt--I guess you wouldn't be-
lieve me-
aIm always believe you, and I'll
always love you. too. Bill, she
said gravelg. a little pIlcker Of
pain gathered between her brOws.
How could she leave him. even
FOR q little while? How could she
have been glad, even for q
minute. to think 81 going away?
she sIaivered in his arms.
"Joan! What's wrong some
thing wrong-I can feel it,
She held his big, freckled hand
soothingly against her cheek. No
no" How could she tell him?
How should she begin? And all
OF q sudden she burst our breath
lessly-sI,m going away day after
tomorrow 10 PhiIade1pli to
boarding school,
Thereit was out
She was crying q little now,
the tears were splaHhing miser-
ably down her cheeks. a CEN
tury passed. The trees cast onli-
nous shadows on the grass. Long,
reaching shadows. Like skinny
hands.
81 was thinking she said
after a long time. that maybe
you could come East. too You
have TO go somewhere and We
could see each other
He laughed shortly. Its no
use, Joan. Let's not pretend.
IT'S all fight--I don't blame you.
III might have known I'd lose
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NouO Go On With The Story.

Dolores, Gerwfn's pretty wife,
who. had stopped in the garage
to rest after her days shopping,
laughed loudly. Lets see, I
dare YOU. Come onscared. ehy
/ knew--a woman. Why don't
you tell as2 You're the quiet
one. still waters"
Jaw. It's nothing!' Bill damned
it into his pocket Guess til
go on over to Murphy's and see
about those tires.
In the shelter of Murphy'S
shed, half hidden by some empty
barrels and q pile OF old tires,
he ripped the envelope open, read
the hastily penciled words.
His heart sank. Something Ini.
portallt had happened. 1t couldn't
be. anything good The old ladies'
hnd found out, and warned her
not to see him again most likely.
Still II didn't sound very blue.
ut didn't sound just like Joan
either Dear Bill"-somehow he
expected something more than
Dear Bin Oh well, he'd know
at 4 o'clock. He got to work with
a will.
Across the bay Joan was eat
ing banana shortcake and hot
chocolate with whipped cream, IN
q restaurant!
She bean4ed across at stolid
Evvie. consuming chicken pie and
green tea, with evident relish.
At their feet was a big paste
board box containing sturdy
tweed suit, two cotton blouses,
and little round straw hat with
a ribbon bow. And on her feet
oh wonder OF wonders brown
oxfords with high heels!
From the,blissful whipped cream
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This Dan Ii History

Sir walter Scott novelist Tweedde st Abbcts
ford d September Il 1882 Born Angst Is It'll, It Edi
burh scotland he is best his wavery novels
Evening star., 1928-12-21
FUNERAL URN YIELDS
QUEER DUST MIXTURE
Minute Water Animals, Dried Up
for Three Years, Live
in Dirt.

PITTSBURGH, OR.-A decorative
nrn in a cemetery in the Pennsylvania
mill region has yielded a queer combi-
nation of dust which is under micro
Bcopic examination at the University OF
Pittsburgh.
1t is mostly coal dust, black and very
fine-grained, but mixed in it are num-
berS of rotifers, minute animals that
live in water. These rotifers have been
dried up in the dust for about three
years, yet they still are alive.
Once year DR.. Robert T. Hance,
professor and head of the department
of zoology, has some of the rotifers
placed in water. To each test they
have responded, within periods varying
from few minutes to quite lapse OF
time, and have come to vigorous life
DIR. Hance says that breathing tests
while they are apparently dried up in
the dust, indicate that they are not in
a state of suspended animation, but are
actually, though very slowly, breathing
The coal dust in the funeral urn is
accounted for only on the theory that
1t was precipitated out of smoke clouds
Evening star., 1928-12-21
AUDIENCE PLEASED
WITH "ZU|DER ZEE"
Musical Comedy Presented
by Princeton Players Is
Well Received Here.

= Undergraduate enthusiasm tempered
!. by a polish of professionalism marked
. the performance last night of "Zuidel
!. Zee" musical comedy. by the Trian.
. gle Club of Princeton University. The
: production functioned from curtain tc
= curtain to the entire satisfaction of a
crowd that comfortably filled Polls
Theater.
: The college troupers. after playing
> in Baltimore tonight, will swing West
on tour for st. Louis and intermediate
. cities. They include SO players and a
I 20-piece orchestra.
: The piece they unfold here recon-
: mended itself as a spectacle and as a
smooth bit of comedy work, while a
song or two worth remembering came
" out. The one called Give Me Break"
seemed to capture popular fancy.
Chorus Teamwork Good.
/. Perhaps the highlight was the chorus
/ teamwork, the chorus girls" perform
: ing Snappily.
. Dialogue attributed by the program to
. Undergraduates B. Kelham, c. E. Arnt,
jr.; E. Barnow, j. L. Logan and A. M.
i. Wade got across" in good shape.
z "Zuider Zee'S' plot, the usual sketchy
! AFFAIR or musical comedy, concerns a
simple Dutch inventor, his girl and her
parents, who live happily enough in a
: quaint Holland village, until the advent
; of an American sharper pair, who alb
scond with the DutchmanS patents.
, take all his credit for saving the village
dixie in a storm which arrives, con-
veniently, at the climax, but balk at
marrying his girl.
The applause for individual perform
ance seemed equally divided between the
two Americans, Kenneth G. Keen, jr,
, and J. L, Logan, and the Dutch father
and mother, Charles E. Arnt, jr., and
Bruce Kelham.
FIunks Beer Test.
, There was one scene in particular
that went we'll with the crowd-that of
Arnt as an ancient Dutch tipster, who
is called upon to differentiate the beer
brands, and f1unks his test.
' Young Arnt distinguishes himself in
the guise of a bluff, corpulent old Dutch
braggart and husband, only to stand
revealed, when the curtain descended,
: as an accomplished cheer leader. AS a
, grand finale he led big Triangle yell
dedicated to the Washington audience.
= The student orchestra was conducted
by j. G. Hawthorne, while the Triangle
tour is under the management of Un-
dergraduate James E. Lawrence.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
OF RAD|UM
ON WORKER SOUGHT
Health Hazards of Painting
Luminous DiaIS InveSti-
gated by Cumming.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Health hazards in commercial use Of
radium, such as the work of painting
luminous watch dials, were studied here
yesterday by rs scientists and industrial
officials, who recommended appoint
ment of committees to determine what
| the standard of robustness should bt
! for radium worker, and to codify
and distribute the information.
The conference was called by Surg
Gen. Cumming of the Public Health
| Service to determine a program by
which his officers may attack this
newest medical problem of industry.
One suggestion of the conference was
that the Public Health Service inveSti-
gate the medical history Of the entire
group of persons in New York City
painting. The other motion recon-
mended that the surgeon general ap-
point committees to report on the
character of health to be required of
persons who work at dial Illuminating
and also on tests which might be used
to determine this robustness. The COM
mittee likewise would study the best
methods of applying luminous paint.
AuOpt SuRkeStlOHS.
The conference adopted these sug-
gestions after DR.. Ethelbert Stewart
commissioner of labor statistics, urged
that commercial use of radium be dis
continued entirely. He declared that
seven or eight persons had died as a
result of working with luminous paint
containing radium, that five were under
observation for suspected radium
poisoning, and that 18 others had
shown 'radium activity or some i'll
effects. All of this, he asserted, was
for a fad"
Outlining the Bureau Of Statistics
investigations which led to discon-
tinuance of white (and Yellow
phosphorus in the making of matches
and In the making of certain type of
flrework, DR.. Steward said his bureau
was interested solely in commercial
phases of the material investigated, and
that his interest was the same in
radium. He declared that this was en-
tirely apart from the medicinal uses of
radium.
Questions Utility.
"Any one who comes in contact with
radium in commercial uses for any
length of time" he insisted, lis exposed
to a health hazard. I don't need to
argue that the luminous watch and
clock, are purely fad. Is there enough
utility in this to pay for what it has
already cost?"
DR.. A. B. Moore, dean of science at
Purdue University, contended that 'if
We shut down all the industries involv-
ing health hazard, we should shut
down every metal mine in the country"
He argued, moreover, that there was
doubt as to the real cause of some
deaths attributed to commercial uses
of radium. In former years, when less
was known of radium, he said he had
experimental with it in the Bureau
of Mines, worked with it constantly,
even drank water containing it, be-
cause he thought this would cure
rheumatism, and was still very much
here.''
Evening star., 1928-12-21
M USIC
A MOZART-FAURE PROGRAM.

An unusual and fascinating program
was presented yesterday afternoon in
the chamber music auditorium of the
Library of Congress. Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, born nearly two centuries ago,
and Gabriel Faure, whose birth was
nearly a century later, were the COM
posers represented.
The performers were Mrs Frederick
S. Coolidge, whose interest as a patron
eSS of music made this Elizabeth
'Sprague Coolidge Foundation possible,
and Emanuel Bay, pianistS, with Will
liam KroI, violiniSt, and Francis Rog-
ers, baritone, the latter accompanied at
the piano most symparhetically by JUS
tin Williams.
Mozart is one of that very small
group Of composers who wrote prolif-
ically, but so beautifully that his works
may be heard on every program. Yet
they never tire an audience of music
lovers and musicians His Sonata for
Violin and Piano. in c." opened the
program. Mrs. Coolidge, who has been
heard here before in the piano part of
ensemble compositions, again showed an
authoritative appreciation of the tradi-
tional beauties of the music she played,
rs well as a marked gift as an inter
prefer. The neatly dove-tailed effects
work were tucked into their proper cor
ners with speed and surety by this eSH
cellent musician. Her tempos were sus-
tanned with briskness and given that
joyous spontaneity that is a character
1stic Of artistic interpretations of the
works of both Mozart and Haydn. Mr..
Kroll, whose violin bow has a suavity,
and even at times voluptuous tone, kept
pace admirably, both in tempo and
mood, with his co-artist.
The sonata which closed the program
was played by Mr.. Kroll and Emanuel
Bay, fine pianist, who has not been
heard publicly in Washington for a
couple of years. appearing here last with
Efrem Zinlbalist when the latter gave
q violin recital in 1926. This sonata
was Faure's, written in the key A. This
work was written nearly SO years ago,
yet in its syncopation effects of the
third movement it might have been
composed yesterday. The whole compo-
Sition shows a carefully polished art
that Is firmly founded on sure tech
nique.
Mr. Rogers two groups Of contrast
ing songs also were given highly artiS-
tic Interpretation. several historical
anecdotes concerning the Mozart songs
gave added interest to their preSenta-
ton. The Faure songs all showed
marked beauty and individuality OF
treatment in their skillful musical set
tings. Always the vocal part and the
piano part made admirable ensemble
. effect. H. F.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
"P0kER ALICE" SAVED
FROM PRISON TERM
Pioneer of Gold-Seeking Days and
Indian Warfare Pardoned
in South Dakota.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PIERRE, S. Oak, December 21.-
Mrs. Alive TubbS, known as Poker
Alice on of the few remaining char
acters of the colorful pioneer days in
Black Hills of South Dakota, days of
gold seeking and Indian warfare, today
was saved from serving a term in. the
State Penitentiary by gubernatorial
pardon.
Convicted on vice charge, the wo-
man, who is rs years of age, was sem
fenced to serve six months term in
the State Penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
Gov. w. j. Bulow today pardoned her
on the ground that because of her
feebleness she has but few more years
to live.
Mrs. Tubbs was a picturesque char
acter with "Deadwood Dick" of dime
novel fame, Calamity Jane" and wild
Bill Hickok." She lives at Sturgis, near
Deadwood, where she became widely
known for the part she took in the
rough life of gold boom days.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Stress Athletics and Diet.

LEBANON, Tenn. CP.-A human
laboratory for experiments designed to
develop a stronger boy of preparatory
school age is being conducted at the
Castle Heights Military Academy, 10
Gated here in the Cumberland foothills.
Every student is required to take part
in some branch of athletics. Only
black bread Is served the cadets. The
school prepares its own flour, dairy
dishes and vegetables and dietary meas
ures are part of the school training.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
GOOSEBERRY IN FLORIDA
SHEDS DURING SUMMER
Plant Becomes Green in Winter
and Produces Fruit, Biol
ogist Says.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. NP-There is
a strange plant on the shores of Lake
Miccousukee that knows its berries"
about the business of being unconven-
tional.
1t is described by DR.. Herman KurZ,
biologist at Florida State College for
Women, as a specimen of wild goose
berry belonging to a hardy Northern
family. Instead of following the usual
custom of gooseberry bushes this
stranger in a tropical land sheds its
leaves in Summer and puts on green
foliage in Winter
DR.. Kurz believes its trouble in de-
Gliding what to do with torrid South
ern Summer is caused by its custom of
reproducing in the cooler parts of the
year.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

made an "apostle" at the Angelus Tenn
pie, he claimed
Almost shouting that his sentence
would cleanse" him of his sins, Arnold
confessed the fraud which gave him a
position as a pastor. A sheaf of testi-
monials of faith in him written by his
flock had been read in court.
Judge Walton Wood gave the young
man a severe reprimand after passing
sentence, saying that the crime he had
committed was trivial beside the act of
deceiving and destroying the faith of
devout people who had accepted him.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
PIGEONS AID FLYERS.
Help Lower Winter Hazards for
Alaskan Pilots.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska LP).-Carrier
pigeons, for conveying messages of dis
.tress in case of accident, have beer
trained to operate this Winter in Alaska
with airplaneS for their bases.
All planes doing Winter flying now
are equipped with compartments in
which the little messengers live while
touring the North by air.
The introduction of carrier pigeons
was the result of several near-tragedies
where aviators, operating freight ano
passenger service to all parts of the Ter
ritory, were forced down in remote dis
tricts.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
PASTOR SENTENCED
IN RELIGIOUS FRAUD
Poesd as Blind for Five Years Be-
fore Being Cured" by
Mrs. Mcpherson.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, December 21.-The
Rev. Arthur B. Arnold, jr, was sem
fenced to serve one to five years in San
Quentin yesterday following his convic-
ton on a charge of issuing worthless
checks and confession of ''duping' re-
ligious organizations.
The 23-year-old pastor of the Penta-
costal Church of Huntington Park,
Calf, told the court he had posed as
blind for five years and then was
cured" by Aimee Semple Mcpherson
in order that the rejoicing might place
him in the high esteem of church
workers. Shortly afterWard he was
Evening star., 1928-12-21
WATCH WINDS ITSELF.
Rival to Perpetual Motion Is Ex.
hibited in Chicago.

CHICAGO, (P)-Found. a rival to
perpetual motion-the self winding
wrist watch.
An automatic self-winding wrist
watch is being shown here. The watch
operates on a lever shaped like an
anchor. The anchor arm extends to
the rim of the workings with the
curved cross-pieces sliding on track
half around the watch. This causes a
spring to be wound with every motion
of the arm. 1t cannot be overwound.
Except for the winding stem, the
thermometer looks like any othek.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

Bulgaria now has 80 hydroelectric
stations 20 having been built in the
past five years.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
BRANT ARE PLENTIFUL.
Waterfowl, Puzzle to Students,
Abound Near Hatteras.

Waterfowl, Puzzle to Students,
Abound Near Hatteras.
OCRACOKE, N. c., December 81 up.
Brant, species of wild water fowl that
has long baffied ornithologists, are more
plentiful this year than ever before,
says Capt Bill Gaskill veteran sports
man and guide. He bases his opinion
on observations during the last SO years
Very little is known of the migration
habits Of the birds. Where they go in
the Spring of the year is unknown to
scientists, although it is believed they
go to the northern part of Labrador.
In the Fall of the year they are sell
dom seen farther south than the PAM
lico Sound, from HatteraS. N. c., to a
point 20 miles down the coast. In the
Spring, however. they are plentiful in
the vicinity of Long Island Sound as
they migrate North.
rio ,,0H, hos IN