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The Washington times., 1928-05-25

course, but what under the sun
Beneath all the letters, at the
bottom of the chest. she found
several layers of what may be
generally described as gimcracks,.
A black wig that once had covered
her blondness in a Japanese play;
two swimming medals won by an
adnnirer; a broken vanity case: a
leather cardcase that had held a
dance order, with the seal of a
boys preparatory school on the
cover; souvenir badges dangling
little tin footballs; prom programs;
suede-bound commencement pro-
grams.
Such things she dug out by
handfulS, filling her lap. There
was a fraternity pin, gold, with
pearls. There was a small round
white felt hat with the numerals
1925 embroidered on it in red.
There was mateless bathing
shoe, an empty tarnish flask, a
pale, blue-sating domino. Where
she had worn the domino, how
long ago, she did not know. but.
for an instant, color swirled in her.
mind. and a wistful dance time
she thought she had forgotten,
Coral Sea-" throbbed in her ears.
Suddenly she was crying. Cry
ing mfserably, with the blue domino
hung by it's little string on a
finger of one of the hands that
shielded her face. Crying because
a. sense of the ineffabIe dearness
and the terrible impermanence of
you had overwhelmed her, because
she felt old, and utterly. irrevo.
cably finished.
She bowed her forehead to her
bent knees and rested 1t there,
and the festive small treasures
spilled off the sides OF her lap to
the floor. oh she whispered,
Jerry wouldn't care-I would
not mind--if it were you--"
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thing. shall WEI" asked Staley,
and they went into the big living
room on the left side of the hall.
1t was filled with a heavy sweet
.odor Of fresh-cut roses, and the
late afternoon sunlight gilded it
with magic.
They sat down on a wide couch
In the bay window, and Ito
brought tea in with unbelievable
swiftness.
IT phoned to tell rim you were
coming this afternoon" Staley
said, in his quiet, courteous way,
watching Lily pour tea for her
self and a cocktail from frosted
silver shaker for him. Aren't
you drinking?"
Lily shook her head and tried
to smile. "No-Pm reformed
character. staley," she told him.
That's part of what 1 wanted
to tell you today"
StaIey raised his eyebrows and
took three or four roses from a
vase on the smoking table beside
the lounge where they sat.
Put these on, dear" he said.
"Or-turn around end I'll pin
them on your coat for YOU"
Lily held out Ter hand for
them. LET me take them" she
said, not wanting him to touch
her. She swung around and
faced him squareiy.
Please listen TO me. I told
you ] was a reformed character"
she said, flushing with embarrass-
ment. 1t was going to be pain
fully difficult to say all the things
that were in her mind to Staley.
Let me start from the begin
ming" She cleared her throat.
The Washington times., 1928-05-25
LITTLE SINS : By Katherine Brush

away, remembering to replace the
cap on the toothpaste tube and to
have the oil changed in the auto
mobile-anything that was even
momentarily Observation-Disclosures
in the list of performances OF
which she professed herself In
capable.
81 just simply can't, Alan" she
would say, appealingly and a little
aggrievedly, as though to imply
that he really was expecting much
too much.
Fortunately for connubial peace,
her inefficiency amused Alan
rather than irritated him. He
thought it charming; he even
boosted about it. This little
wife of mine" he would announce
with pride, couldn't boil an egg
without a cookbook" Or, grinning
broadly, THE Pomeroy family
mending is done with safety pins
CTO Re Continued Tomorrow
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DALE-LOOKING faces Z. cross,
L irritable dispositions 6. don't
let them appear in your family,
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DI
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Love in a MilliOnaire's Mansion or In ;
Poor Mans Flat Is Lily's
Problem Of Future
Rend This First

LILY LEXINGTON spoiled the CYRUS LEXING
bachelor much older than
PAT FRANCE
and her
Wher he homework. :
and his friend
shop make it,
Pat and Lily
everything into the piston So
begins regret her hasty marriage How
s is wildly jealous OF his
ERTZ One day she meets her chum SUE
invites party Lily
Il when Sue tells her that staley still Is IN
ones She buys them a AngOuisnss
them with his chec Florence sees ii o.
Pat about until months later
after hprOmisng se that she viii get divorce
and that Staey helping him financially
Pat and him. She inds
him dust his fiat and back her fathers
Elizabeth Ertz named correspondent
flat broke when he his
the
him. In his delum RAJ
Elizabeth
She that. she -
that lily lnve9p Pa Z
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NOtD Go On With The Story.

pitying me because ] married Pat.
Everybody thought ] was running
my life by marrying poor cab
driver-and yet you people were
all pityin... Pat because he had
married me. You all thought he
had married | 1neath him when he
married q wild person like me,
didn't your
"Oh, no." Florence said, with
emphasis. at knew you were
smart and we'll bred and all the
rest OF 1t. But the rest Of them
didn't. They just knew you looked
like the Frazier flapper, and acted
like her. They couldn't see the
difference. Ny mother thinks there
are Just two kinds of women in
the world-bad ones, ike the
Frazier girl, and good ones, Ike
Elizabeth Ertz /"
The door opened and Elizabeth
came in. Her face was ashen
from lack of sleep, and her feet,
In their clean, white canvas shoes,
dragged as il lead weights were
tied to them.
"I'm dead" she announced. and
dropped down upon chdlr DeSlue
the kitchen table. Absolutely dead.
Could I have some coffee?-the
stronger the better
And then. after minute, she
added: "Dr. Billings thinks Pat is
going to pull through. OF course,
we can't know positively-but he
says he has changed for the bet.
ter. he thinks"
Lily clasped her hands, with
their broken nails and their bruised
knuckles, under her chin. She
turned around with her back to
the room, as If she were looking
at herself in the mirror again.
But her eyes were closed and
her head was bent above the
clasped hands for a minute
For the first time in her life she
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in it, and starting out from the
packed, noisy business district
towards the wide lawns and trees
ionable suburbs that lay to the
west of the town.
II want to see you in your own
house today" she had said to him
over the telephone that noon. "Ill
come down to your office for you
at five and we'll drive out to-
gether, Ell, what? There's some
thing / want to say to you."
She knew that he was curious
to hear what she had to tell him.
She could feel his questioning
eyes on her face every now and
then as he steered the car
through the late afternoon traffic.
"I suppose you thought / was
insane when you heard I'd gone
down to Pats house." she began.
when they were turning into the
driveway of his big, proud house,
set in It's gardens like a jewel.
Il wrote you two letters, but
didn't send either one. | knew
you'd understand that ] felt ]
had to go, just because Pat was
my husband once upon a time"
He gave her a sharp look as he
helped her out Of the car. WAS
that why you went?" he asked.
"Yes-that was why / went, in
the beginning" LILY said, going
up the steps beside him.
Ito, in his white linen jacket,
flung open the front door, and his
face was radiant with smils of
welcome that crinkled up his al
mond shaped eyes at the corners
and seemed to squeeze the rest of
his face into q tight ball.
Lets have some tea or some
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Lily Lexington Had Always Gotten What She Wanted Bu
Could She Land the Richest Man in Town
And Still Love Another?

az told you went down to the
Frances house because I thougnt
ought to be there II Pat died
because 1t would look better II
I were there"
staley nodded and she went on.
''WeIl, that isn't why l went.
thought 1t was the reason, but II
wasn't. I went because / still
loved him. was angry with
him. and hated him, but !
loved him, too"
She tossed her head. X
know you despise me for being
like that, Staley, and / don't
blame you. I've been unfair 20
you. made up my mind 70
marry you twice, not because
cared so very much about you,
but because of--oh. may as
we'll be honest-because Of all
this"
Her hands took in the big room
with a quick sweep. Her eyes
ran over the fresh flowers, the
deep-piIed rugs, the hand-carved
furniture, the heavy silk window
curtains, tied back to show the
gardens and the velvety lawns
outside.
At came here today to look at
1t all again." she explained. de-
termined to tell him everything.
"I wanted to ride in your car
again and see all of the things
that are yours and would De
mine IL that divorce Of mine was
granted and 1 married you. /
wanted to look at 1t all and be
sure that l didn't want It,"
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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Evening star., 1928-11-14
ANXIOUS CROWDS
GATHER At PIERS
Await Docking of Rescue
Ships for News of Rela-
tives and Friends.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 14.-Crowds
of relatives and friends, many of them
uncertain as to whether their relatives
had been saved, gathered at daylight at
the piers of the first two rescue ships
bringing survivors of the vestris.
Outside pier in Rector street, the
home pier of the American freighter
American Shipper, which rescued 125
of the survivors, an anxious crowd OF
200 had gathered hours before the ship
was due to arrive.
Tear-Dimmed Eyes.
There were traces of tears on the
cheeks of many as they gazed out
through the early morning mistS for
the first sight of the American Shipper.
Farther up the North River water
front at Christopher street another
crowd, numbering more than 100, was
gathered about the North German Lloyd
Line piers, where the Berlin, bearing
90 of the survivors, docks.
They separated into little groups, Si-
lent, strained, yet fearful that those
they sought might not be among the
survivors.
"Why do they take so long?" a wom-
an queried.
She did not know that every resource
of the u. S. Public Health Service
had been geared to high speed to rush
the two ships through quarantine, so
that their shipwrecked passengers might
be landed with the least possible delay.
Special squads of patrolmen were as
signed to handle the crowds, but they
were hardly needed, the people stand
ing quietly, waiting as so many had
waited before them for news Of men
and women who go down to the sea
in ships.
Among the anxious walters at the
Rector street pier were Mrs. Edward
F. johnson of Scarsdale, N. Y; her son,
Edwards, jr., and Guy Wellman, an as
SiStant general counsel for the Stand
ard Oil Co. of New Jersey, who waited
to meet Mr.. Johnson, one of the pas
sengers rescued by the American Ship
per. He is an attorney in the legal de-
partment of the Standard OH Go. OF
New Jersey.
Waiting to meet E. j.. Marvin of
Montclair, N. j., were his wife and four
sisters. Marvin, an auditor OF the
Standard Oil of New Jersey, was also
rescued by the American Shipper.
The New York Chapter of the Amerl-
can Red Cross sent two nurses to
render aid. They were Miss Florence
M. johnson and Catherine Hay. Miss
Hay returned two days ago from Porto
Rico, where she aided in the Red Cross
relief work following the hurricane
there.
Crowd Increases.
The crowd at the Berlin's pier hao
increased to 1000 as the rescue steamer
was being docked.
Julias Elias, brother-in-law OF Carlos
Ouiros. chancellor to the Argentine con
sllate at New York, and three friends
of Mr.. Quiros were in the crowd.
Two Fifth avenue buses were at the
American Shippers pier to take the
rescued members of the crew to the
Seamens Church Institute in South
| street
Evening star., 1928-11-14
PLAN POWERFUL STATION

ROME. November IA Cpl revere
said today that one OF the most power,
canahle of reaching the United States
viii % he constructed in the course of
the he coming year. 1t will be ready for
ina,,euration ina on october %, 1929, the
anniversary of the Fascist march on
Rome. A., s..,S;o,,
to h,Iild the station was taken at a
meeting of the committee OF ylgilanc;1ei nee
for radio diffusion. The new plant WIZ
have beam system OF the Marconl
tvpe. It will be used for the senolng
of national programs.
Evening star., 1928-11-14
.SEAPLANE BURNED
|NPOTOMAC RIVER
Craft, Disabled in Air, Bursts
Into Flames After Forced
Landing.

A huge seaplane manned by two Off
GERS and three men from the Naval Air
Station at Anacostia, was destroyed by
fire this morning after forced landing
in the Potomac River, the plane catch
ing fire as it touched the water. All of
the crew escaped injury. They TAXED
the plane to shore and beached it just
back of the Washington Steel and Ordi-
nance plant.
The plane was of the new Pm II,
and the largest of its type, and was be-
ing tested for the first time. The ship
had been In the air about half an hour
when leak was discovered in the gas
line running to the port engine.
The crew consisted of Lieut.. D. W.
T0rnlinson, pilot: Lieut.. 8. w. Galloway
and Aviation Machifiist Mates K. y.
Erickson, Charles Kidder and G. M
Ranicker.
The leak was discovered by Kidder,
who called Lieut.. Callaway's attention
to it, and a landing was ordered. Mem
bers of the crew said that the exact
nature of the leak could not be deter
mined, but that gasoline appeared to
be squirting from the rear end of the
engine.
Both motors were functioning smooth
ly when the airship came to rest on
the surface of the river Just as It
touched the water the port motor burst
into flames and Lieut.. Tomlinson tax
led over the north side of the river,
where he beached the plane.
Residents of the neighborhood seeing
the heavy cloud of black smoke rolling
up from the burning ship hurried to the
place and rendered what assistance
they could in summoning the Fire De-
partment and boats from the air sta
ton across the river.
No. IS Engine Co., commanded by
Lieut.. T. H. Greene, responded, but the
flames we're already we'll under way and
it was impossible to extinguiSh them.
The distance to the nearest fire hydrant
was too great to permit the use of a
hose
Evening star., 1928-11-14
18 DEAD, 40 INJURED
RESULT OF TORNADO
Number of Victims May Be In
creased Upon Investigation
of Argentine Storm.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, November 14.-The
railway center of Villa Maria was part
ly in ruins today, with 18 known to be
dead as a result of cyclone which
swept the city. It was feared that the
death toll would mount when the
wreckage was searched thoroughly.
Forty persons were eXtricated, Seri-
ously injured, from the debris. A relief
train carrying physicians and nurses was
rushed to the scene
Nearly all the buildings in the town
were damaged by the cyclone, which
lasted little more than an hour last
night. One of the railway lines was de-
stroyed for a distance of IS kilometers.
Lines of communication were severed
and details were scant.
A considerable portion of the crops
in the region were ruined.
A loan of 10000 pesos (about $9,6O0)
was decreed for relief by the provincial
government.
Evening star., 1928-11-14
SMITH ASKS PARTY
TO BUILD PROGRAM
Urges Support for Winning
Candidate-Leaves for
Southern Vacation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 14.-After
broadcasting an appeal to the Demo.
cratic party to develop. and. present ts
Congress constructive national pro-
gram. Gov. Alfred E. Smith today was
intent on golf in the South.
accompanied by a few friends he
will have a two-week vacation near
Biloxi, Miss.
The governor in his speech, which
was broadcast over 80 radio stations
also urged that Herbert Hoover-al-
though he did not mention him by
name-be given the cooperation of
every citizen in the development of a
program calculated to promote the
welfare and best interests of the
country
"It must be remembered" said the
governor, that while political parties
may seriously divide public opinion
throughout the country during the
progress of a campaign. after the
Aemrican people have made their de-
cision the man selected is not the
president of the Republican party, but
the President of the United States.
President Of "All the People"
HE is the President of all the peo-
pie, and as such he is entitled to the
cooperation of every citizen in the
development of a program calculated
to promote the welfare and best inter-
ests of this country. He is entitled to
a fair opportunity to develop such a
program Only when he fails to ac-
complish it does the administration
become the subject of proper criticism
of the opposition party"
The governor denied the election was
a crushing defeat" for the Democratic
party, which he asserted was still "a
live, vigorous and a forceful major
minority party"
The existence of such a party he de-
clared necessary to serve as q check
upon the majority party"
The governor said that if the Demo-
cratic party in the next four years
neglected to build up a. constructive
program and relied entirely upon the
failure of the opposition party it would
not be in a position to solicit the con-
fidence and support of the American
people.
Still Supports Democracy.
"It would be regarded as con-
structive achievement" he said, "if the
Democratic party at Washington we're
to formulate a program adopt it, offer
it to the Congress of the United States
and there defend it.
"A refusal of the party in power to
accept it or their inability to bring
about party unity for the solution of
these problems would then fix the re-
sponsibility and make a record upon
which a successful campaign can be
waged four years from now"
Gov. Smith asserted he did not re-
gard the defeat as impairing in the
slightest degree the soundness of the
principles for which the Democratic
party stands.
st am Just as anxious to see them
succeed as was when the party hon.
ored me with the nomination, and
with all the vigor that can command
I will not only stand for them, but
I will battle for them"
Evening star., 1928-11-14
Dry Agents Help
Motorists, Arrest
Trio as ViOlatOrs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, November IA
John G. Bowen of Jackson County
and two companions we're under ar
rest here today on Government
charges of violation Of the prof1ibi-
ton law, because he hailed passing
automobile last night on a road near
here and asked for assistance In
removing his truck from ditch.
The passing car contained a squad
of Government prohibition agents.
The arrest came after a stream of
bubbling intoxicant is alleged to have
dripped out from under a stack of
apples which the truck appeared to
be conveying, while the car was be-
inx righted.
Evening star., 1928-11-14
Colored Quartermaster, Proclaimed
As Hero of Disaster, Saves 20 Lives

per picked UP the boat, he had saved
20 lives" e.u 80 +,,o
vostris could be praised for their
e,,Jaavors to save us. The quarter
' master was the only member of the
crew who exerted himself in our
behalf" .,ooa
swinging his legs on the rail of the
American shipper, until he, was IN
troduced to newspaper men by Ramos
as a hero of the rescue.
The quartermaster was reticent about
his own exploits, but said the Vestris
began taking water" a few hours after
she left New YORK.
lone of the starboard hatch holes
was not made fast and water came
through Ii" he sala.
Evening star., 1928-11-14

one lifeboat went down with the ship.
It was No. and she didn't get a
chance even to clear"
Monday night, Marvin said, brought
thunder, lightning, rain and heavy seas.
but the worst ordeal was watching the
searchlights appear and disappear with
out spotting the boats.
Marvin saw the body of man float
ing near his lifeboat. Then it suddenly
sank. When it came up one arm was
missing -. Gulf Stream sharks were
waiting.
Tells About Capt. Carey.
George Santana of New York told
the story of Capt. Carey's disap-
Santana asserted he tried to reach
three lifeboats but each denied him
entrance. He couldn't swim and had
put on a lifebelt before the ship sank.
ct found myself on the topSide," he
continued, alone. save for Capt. Carey.
He was wearing heavy top coat but
no lifebelt. The ship began sinking
fast. You could feel her going down
beneath you.
Then we went down. It seemed a
huge wave was pouring over us, and
the captain and myself were both in
suction. came up and reached for a
floating box. I didn't see the captain
again. don't know how long I f1oated,
but finally was picked up by life boat
No. S.
IT had been swimming after the boat
for some time, but the negro members
Of the crew rowed away.
"Other people we're begging to get
aboard, too, but the negroes didn't seem
to want any more aboard. But Chief
Engineer Adams made them stop, and
we swan to the boat and were taken
in."
Saw Captain in Water.
e. M. Walcott of Halifax. N. S., was
among the last to see Capt. Carey.
when came up in the water" said
Walcott, ST found the captain near me.
He had on no lifebelt. He just came
up and went down again. Walcott
was picked up by lifeboat.
Conrad S. Slaughter, an auditor of
the International Harvester Co., was
probably the only smiling passenger in
the group brought in by the American
Shipper. At quarantine he had learned
| that his wife was safe aboard the
French tanker Myrianl.
Slaughter also criticized Capt Carey
for being "too slow in sending on the
| S o S and for waiting too long to lower
the boats.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slaughter were on the
port side of the Vestris as she was
sinking. AS the water engulfed them
they were parted. When Slaughter
next saw his wife, she was 100 yards
! away. and when he tried to swim to her
he could not find her.
George De Vale of Brazil said the
| loss of life was caused partly by the
| failure to unfasten the lifeboats in
preparation for abandoning the ship.
Two Cling to Debris.
P. A. Dana. South American repre-
sentative of the Radio Corporation of
America, and Mrs. Clara Ball of
Pleasantville, N. Y, stewardess. had
clung to debris for nearly "a hours
before they were picked up. 1t was
these two whom Capt. Schuyler Cum
mings of the American Shipper had
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