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Evening star., 1928-10-11
MARINE PRODUCTS
. PLENTIFUL IN D. c.
Trout and Soft Crab Receipts
i Large at Wholesale
/ Market.

There was no scarcity Of marine prod
ucts at Municipal Fish Market this
morning. Receipts of most fish were
fairly heavy, and dealers offered numer-
Gus varieties at what they termed low
prices.
Trout and soft crabs are especially
plentiful" observed dealer, "and there
are so many fish from the lower Poto-
mac and nearby Chesapeake Bay points
that fish from distant places are not SO
much in demand"
Because of the continued warm
weather. making it expensive and diff
cult to handle jumping mullets, red
snappers and other fish caught in
waters in the South, 1t is stated, very
few fish of such varieties are being
received.
Heavy catches of trout in the lower
Potomac and nearby Chesapeake Bay
were reported, the fish being plentiful
enough to reduce prices to as low as 10
cents for the pan size and Is and 20
cents for the larger fish.
Other Offerings.
Fairly large catches of rockfsh, also
from the lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay, were reported, and dealers
Offered them at 20 cents pound. White
perch, also plentiful. were quoted at 10
cents, and catfish and carp also were
fplentiful at 10 cents.
Other offerings included butterfish at
40, bluefish at Is, founders at 12h,
Norfolk spots at Is, Boston mackerel,
fgalmon and halibut at Is, cod at 8 and
haddock at cents pound. Green
shrimp were plentiful at Is cents, and
scallops were 81 a gallon.
Soft crabs were received from numer-
Gus points on the Chesapeake Bay and
lower Potomac and were offered
aaround Is cents a dozen. Hard crabs
Fwere quoted at 81 barrel or so cents
"a dozen.
There were plenty oysters on hand
this morning. Warm weather made
sales rather slow, however, at prices
$3.50 and standards $225 a gallon
Shell stock sold at $1.50 a bushel.
Vegetables along the country line
this morning, more especially the
Several varieties of greens, continued
cheap. Tomato prices also were lower
sbut most of the stock was not so good.
Nina beans were not so plentiful, very
Eaittle nearby stock being received, and
kdealers quoted them at not less than
80 cents quart or 81 bushel for un-
aShelled supplies Retail prices went as
nigh as $120 quart.
Corn was not in the best Of con-
sdition, dealers reported, and 5-dozen
sacks were quoted at SIPS and $3.50.
Beets were more plentiful and cheaper,
cutoff stock selling at 81 buShel,
bunch stock bring So and $4 per 100
punches.
Butter and egg prices confined un-
changed. No changes in prices of
meats we're reported, but chickens were
a trifle cheaper, price of live chickens
dropping from 80 and 80 to 28 and 80
cents a pound.
To5o,,,- xxyt.oro.oIo p.;.o.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
Today,s WhoIasaIe PRICE.

Butter-One- pound prints, 481ka491z;
tub, 4712a481a; store packed, 30a32.
Eggs-Fresh selected, 40a42; hennery,
5oa52; current receipts, 40; storage, 35.
Poultry, Turkeys, 30a35; fowls,
28a3o; Spring chickens large, 28a30;
medium, 30a32; small, 30a32; Leghorns
28a30; roosters, l9a20; keats, young,
68a80; old, 30. Dressed--Turkeys 40a
As; fowlsS large, .33a36; small, 30a32;
Spring chickens, large, 38a40; medium.
3Sa40: small, SO; Leghorns, 81; capons,
large, 42a45; small, 30a35; ducks, 29a30;
keats, young, 80a1.00.
Meats. fresh killed-Beef, 22a27; veal,
.25a26; lamb, 25a26: pork loin, 26a28;
Gresh hams, 25a26; fresh shoulders, "a;
Evening star., 1928-10-11
Favorable Factors,

There has been light seasonal
slackening in the concluding months of
1923, but the dip gives no indications
of being excessive. despite the high
money rates obtaining today. On the
Evening star., 1928-10-11

q. S. TREASURY RECEIPTS.
Treasury receipts October 9 were
S4.459 ,61803; expenditures, $8,644,553.13;
balance. 2O.828. .3O1.51.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-10

her out in the cold. There must have been a terrific scene, and Mae. as . result. contracted . severe ill., ness. wandering around that night in the snow. Exactly like an old melodrama. you zee.
 "A policeman picked her up and took her to the City hospital. She was there Tor three weeks, with no 1 one, she wept, to care whether she lfvd CT died. When she had re- covered sufficiently to be dismissed she came back here to work as If nothing had happened. After an unexplained absence, mind you, o> three weeks.
 There had been unpleasant stories. of course. about the poor i little devil. And our office man. l sger, being a stern and virtuoae woman. gave her two weeks pay and dismissed .her then and there" Mir. Hart paused.
 Do I make her sound pathetic,~ he questioned. Because I mnstnv let you think was too easily taken in. She was, I swear. the most helpless creature I ever laid eyes on"
 Ashtoreth smiled.
 Didn't you know" she asked that she might have gone to any ore Of several societies that woul'. have loaned her money. and helped her m her feet apainp 2" "fs," he admitted. 'I knew It But 1 don't think she did. She wa. 50 darn ineffectual. don't you se.. Like a little soiled kitten. buffete1 about. Besides. I supposed I Wac rather flattered that she had come to he so trustingly. Anyhow-,v made a long story short-I apoiu- gized for Mrs. Mason, who'd dis charged the poor kid without the slightest appreciation of the situ- ation. And I said I felt that I should make some sort of amends for the anguish and all that sort of thing her summary dismissal had occasionei."
 l Ashtoreth's heart beat excitedly, and she felt all queer and quiver, inside.
 But Mrs. Mason was right" she .maintained. little frightened as she took issue with her employer. There would be no efficiency in your office if she tolerated Mae de Marrs out there. And without an efficient personnel you wouldnr have so much money to spend That is. suppose you wouldn't Not iu the long run, I mean. \ day would come when the Hart millions would dwindlc and vanish. And the per 1 petuity of your henevolences would be defeated"
 Her eloquence embarrassed her. She wondered it Mir. Hart knew what she was trying to say. If she had chosen her words correctly IT. perhaps, she was being absurd, ana amazingly preposterous. But he looked at her with quick approva,, and inclined his head gravely.
 Minerva" he said. "has spoken" :" 1 "Oh!" she cried. You are being unkind. You asked mo to tell you what I thought. and now you a,- making fun!"
 No" he contradicted. 'I rr. quite serious. The name of tn. goddess of wisdom wound have fit-
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spend exactly as you choose Ashtoreth's eyes widened.
 You did!" she cried. You really did7'
 T did" he affirmed sravely. Tt took several minutes to convince the young lady of the purity and authenticity Of my offer. She cried some more. It was meet embarras- sing, really. But. finally she stuck my check in her bak and promiseo to keep il, touch with me until she got straishtened out.
 The next day she telephoned. and that evening I went to see the apartment she'd takh. One of those new ones on Commonwealth avenue. She'd been shopping all day. and had the things sent di. rectly out. My God, Miss Ashe, it was horrible,
 "Over-stuffed things. covered in purple taffeta. And lamps. drip ping all sorts of fringe. Shiny things with spindle legs. And rugs with blue snakes writfing all over thefn."
 l That. reflected Ashtoreth. was ex- actly the sort Of room that Gaizie loved to vision. Darling Maisie. who made the most awful lamp shades pillows. and was buying an imitation Chinese rug on the installment plan
 
 saying: ''''he place was full oS them. There was fur scarf and a hat that simply smothered thc child. Biz as a cart wheel. Hho tried it on ard flunk the scarf across her shoulders, and stru''ed about like Peggy Joyce on the boardwalk. Then she got into some pink thing with lot of feathers on, and made welsh rah- 1 bit.
 Tt was fun. don't you know, and I took to dropping in pretty regu- larly. suppose I was rather a chump. for I brought her little sur, prises, Inexpensive jewelry and a frock or two.
 And . few weeks later I helped her get tryout, singing over the radio. It had been her great am- bition for a long time, and wher they engaged her regularly she was proud as Punch. After that didn't see her so often. I tele phoned occasionally. and several times . mans voice answered. assumed Mae had taken up with $ boy friend. as shed say. And tha' was about all there was to it.
 Then this morning I received this letter - and there's the whclt story in . nutshell. Some one, sp parently, has taken Miss de Mar in hand. And now there's going te be the devil of a row"
 Hollis Hart concluded his mar. rative and looked to Ashtoreth fol comment.
 well" he demanded. "what dt you think of that for a modern. self
New Britain herald., 1928-12-10

ted you as perfectly as that of the goddess of love. Some time, Miss Ashe, I hope you will tell mo the personal significance of your nams Your mother. perhaps, is . student of Egyptolosy?"
 Ashtoreth thought Of her plump, jolly mother. Gay and garish in royal purple. Her poor puffy feet cramped fin toa-tight patent leath. CTS. Her peroxide yellow shihyle fringink the back of her violet tcque. Synthetic amethysts dan. gling from her elongated ear lobes, and double string swinging against her great deep bosom.
 Ashtoreth despised herself for being even mentally disloyal to her mother. She hated herself now for the lie she told.
 ''Oh, yes." she said. mother sim ply dotes on archaeology.
 She wondered if MT. Hart saw the tell-tale flush that suffused her pale face and left her deathly white.
 When Ashtoreth was a little giri, and went to convent school, she took a solemn oath in confirmation class. Swearing allegiance to God. she had earnestly affirmed that she would rather die than deny Him" The words had always remained in her mind. Only now they seemed to refer to her mother. Whenever, with a heart -sickening wave of re, vulsion. she saw Magic. cheap and radiant in dreadful finery. the words flashed again through her conscious ness Rather die than deny her. good, dear. hopeless MaiEie.
 "I should like SO much to meet your mother" said MT. Hart po- litely.
 And Ashtoreth felt suddenly ana acutely Ill.
 1T know" she murmured, "tha, you would think her quite delight, ful. She ie very charming" And all the while her craven lt- tie heart was vowing, "Oh. never -never!'
 And her soul was weeping !. Mother! Mother. forgive me, dear" And she was consumed with absurd desires. such as to buy her mother whole bottles of per fume, and boxes of scented soap and purple wrappers, and silk un- derwear. and to put feather pillowl at her back. and birds of paradise on her singled head. and presen, her with chocolate creams and all the simple. awful things poor Maizie loved. So that she mikh, make amends for having denied her.
 MT. Hart interrupted her char ifable nlusints.
 Well" he said. back to the It, tie De Marr. said to her-'Misa de Marr,' I said, I'm going to givs you a present. without any stfins1 at all. Ten thoasand dellars, tt
New Britain herald., 1928-12-10

''Ner MotAer, shs ssaA hea tAre~a her out. TAere'A 6eea . eit tt tcAA- lal and the oaa folks VII prStty much upset. N may seem bit poa Quixotic, out-weil. te tell tAe truth
 MT. Hart paused to tiGht . ctoarsa, and Ashtoreth scxtbbleA ~Dea coix- otic" on tAe cover q hee nokseoek. Something else to look 1p in tAe n- brary. Ghastly how sAaAy thinss . girl didn't know. Loes of people useds the exprslsten. 1As won1sred if they all knew what It meAnt. He glanced It hee Nsickly as she clipped her pencil back ia paecs. Bs. her hands were folAea now as b. fore, quietly in her lap.
 My secretary" hs tnfornea her surprisingly. "Aas . perfect paslton for cats. A few napnths aeo he sue- gested that we eadow soyaethiAE-e other for homeless feltae& \ hos pital. I think 1t was-Aa asylum Tor indigent animal& Doss, teo. IT remember correctly. He persuAd ded me to sign . check for tl6.ooo.
 Well, he hadn't teea out Of here 10 minutes - with my check in Ats pocket - whea in vals1s this little De Marr. Crying her eyes out. It was about ak o'clock, She'd waited. 1 suppose. until the rest Of the girls had gone. I was waiting myself ter a telephone call.
 "Now-I Eoadsr if can make myself clear - Mr. Higgins soea in. you see. for dumb antmals. Wen, here ~as dumb woman. And. if flock Of cats is worth t1o,ooo, how much, I asked myself. IL . woman wotth? If . man ean ea1ow . home for animals to keep them off the streets. how about . girl? How much was 1t worth to keep her off the streets?"
 MT. Hart paused.
 "A barely rhetorical question" he assured her. T was merely specuat- ing. It's puzkling-ths relative value of things. Particularly wAea . man with a philanthropic bent acquires . great deal Of money.
 Can you imagine. Miss AAhe. having so much money that 1t doesn't make any Aiffereace--to me. I mean = whether I spend 1t Sn starving cats or foolish kirls?"
 "You don't reaIly mean that ,~ she gasped.
 "Well.' he admitted, there ts more kick, of course. in spending It on girls. Cats are so undemon- strative, don't you know. Anyhow l reckoned it would be more fun saaanderine . few thousand on the little De Marr. A better return, you might say. on the investment"
 oh"
 Ashtoreu strengthened uncen. sciousiy in her hfgh.backed chair,
 No" he murmured. "t didnV mean that st all, My word, yos are suspicious young pefson. NY motives. ! assure you, wers entire ly respectable. Only I'd r~ther h. cur the gratitude of ! pretty ettl than the feline caresses of the best dam Malteet in Boston. An en. tlrely masculine point Of view, Perhaps you do not appreciate n, Miss Ashe."
 "oh, yes" she retorted. "t quite understand"
New Britain herald., 1928-12-10
respecting working eirl?"

respecting working eirl?"
 BN before Ashtoreth could an- swer. the door flung unceremoni- 'ously open. On the threshold, stood a diminutive creature, dressed in black and white. Hug ging a snowy fur against her vel vet wrap. Her eyes were blazing. and her cheeks were flushed. She stood there. breathing quickly, her gaze fastened. in a frightened way. on Hart's face.
 Then she moved inside the
New Britain herald., 1928-12-10
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"Miss do Marr," hs resumed. talks . lot about the modern girl.' Now | vpona<f what it Is. Miss AsAe. that makss people do that"
 He smiled insratiatingly and Ash toretA noticed the Asmoroas little life of an eyebrow. He was. really. she decided. quite charming.
 You'd think" he complained. that she was an entirely new spe- cies. The newspapers prate of her, and the refofmers. And the best sellers are aA about her. The gen. eral opinion seems to be that this so-calfeA modern girl is . paragon oY all the recent virtues. Honest fearless. clear thinking, independent
 Personally. I'm beginning to think she's . good deal of q fraud. N ssenas to mo that she's pretty proficient in most of the old time vices. l might Almost say that she practices then exclusively. And this war cry of Aers -- Independ- ehce and Equal Rixhts!' is rather . lot os hokuA. However, Miss de Marr may bA m exception, 0, tourse. rhat's what I'd like you to tell me-"
 CHAPTER III
 AshtofNth had bought a eafdenia on her way to work, and pinned I, on her tho1lder. It was . reckles. extravasance, to be paid for with various small economies.
 Hollis Hart reflected that he had never before seen . sardenia on | stenosrapher, Violets and sweet peas - yes. And orchids. occasion. ally. But never . gardenia, small and well bred. on . slender crepe clad shoulder.
 He had . mental picture of Miss dc Marr as she had invaded his office. He remembered the triple string of long imitation pearls tha, beat against buttons of her blouss And the angle Of her ear rings There was something metalic abou, Mae.
 And much that was soft, besides She was . clingfng little thins redolent or cheap, sweet perfume Her beiy wat small and lovely sh. reminded him of a plump Dresden figure On Aunt Nfeg's mantel. Tn> DresdeA lady coduetted with a chins %cldier. and Mae's technique, he thought. was much the came. The way che ciant and rslsed her eyes so shyly.
 well, as i was saying" he con tinued. Miss de Marr came on the hetls of Mr. Higgins. who had just walks1 out. you remember, with my check for tlo.ooo in his pocket.
 "She had been crying furiouely, and her eyes were red and awollen Nobody could possibly accuse m.., Mes Ash, or being enraptured with the eirl's beauty. She was positively plain. But the most piteous little spectacle I ever saw.
 There was A man. of course. He had violated, 1t seemed. her girlie,, faith and trust. Or 70, at least. she said, Her father had heard of the affair and had been to the man ihsittlnt that he marry the girl But the fellow was already married
 "Well the De Mar parents wer- apparently nasty. They wounded Mao tn the tenaerest spots and cast
New Britain herald., 1928-12-10

F A piece of land in the center of Sheffield, England, was recently sold at a price that is the equivalent ef S20, 0,O00.000 an acre.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-10
room and closed the door.
 (TO BE CONTINUED

It was Mae de Marr. of course but what was the identity Of tbs su.> rising creature? Ashtefsth t4 quite as surprised. in the next chapter, al you will be.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
University Astronomer Dies.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, November 13 Cp).
Francis p. Leavenworth, 6S, professor
emeritus of astronomy at the Uni
versity of Minnesota, died today. Prof.
Leavenworth, who formerly was head
of the department of astronomy, COM
pleted 35 years of service as a member
of the faculty last year.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
CITIZENS APPROVE
NEW CONSTITUTION
Congress Heights Group Also
Adopts Revised Bylaws.
Committees Named.

Adoption of a new constitution and
bylaws and the appointment of stand
ing committees for the coming year fea-
tured the meeting Of the Congress
Heights Citizens Association In the
Congress Heights Baptist Church last
night.
The constitution, as revised by a spe-
cial committee appointed at the June
meeting, was, with the exception of one
section, adopted unanimously. The only
section to which there developed con-
siderable opposition was one limiting
membership in the association to per-
sons not belonging to other citizens as
Sociation. AS the community contains
two citizens groups, some members
wished to reserve the right to join both.
The section, as reported, was finally
carried, however.
Protest Fire Truck Speed.
The association voted to register
protest with the District Commissioners
against what they described as the un-
necessary speed of fire apparatus through
the city, and requested that the traffic
laws be changed so as to regulate the
speed of emergency vehicles both when
responding to alarms and when making
other runs The legislative committee
was directed to take the matter I'D with
the District committees of Congress and
delegates to the Federation of Citizens
Associations to present the subject to
that body.
Other resolutions passed authorized
the school committee to negotiate with
the Board of Public Welfare and the
Board OF Education in an effort to Sc
cure bus transportation, especially dur
ing the Winter months, for school chill
dren in the outlying districts of the
community, and provided for the ap-
pointment of a committee to lay plans
for membership drive The school
committee also was directed to investi-
gate the placing of the younger pupils
in the upper floors of the Congress
Heights School,
Standing Committees Named.
|. The standing committees, as an
nounced by DR.. E. E. Richardson, presi-
dent, are:
Fort sites and parks-Gustav Bender
and NJ. r. Van Sise.
Streets and sidewalks-F. C. White
and B. Taylor.
LlSuIS-G. beagle ana FRANCIS Wahler.
Health and Sanitation-Mrs. B. w.
Eldred and E. Beagle.
Membership-Jesse Talbert, George
B. Stevens and Louis Bombrest.
School-Dr. E. E. Richardson, Valen-
tine Wahler and Edgar Mcdonald.
Zoning-E. c. Purdy, H. M. Fadeley
and T. D. Bowles.
Trees and parking-H. N. Weisbrod
and Theodore Diedrich.
Police and fire.. Louis Gelbman.
Arthur RICHTER and Dr. Richardson.
Public utilitieS-C. c. Haltgren, j, B.
Mcdonald and A. Lugenbeel.
Entertainment-Geor B. Stevens, G.
G. Haltgren, H. N. Weisbrod and Gustav
Bender.
Sewers and water-E. J. Read, M, 8.
Reigelman and A. e. Dawson.
Architecture-M. Joyce and r. A.
Varty.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
TODAYs AMUsEMENTs.

NationaI-"M Macbeth" tragedy, at Ss15
pm.
BeIascO-"The Sacred Flame a new
play by w. Somerset Vaughan, at $40
pm.
Strand - "Kuddling Kuties," barr-
leSque, at 2:15 and 8315 pm.
FOx-"Caught in the Fog (diaIogue),
at 1890, 2:35, 4:35, 7:50 and $3.50 pm.
Rialto-"The Magnificent Flirt," at
IL noon, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 pm.
Columbia-"White Shadows of the
South Seas" (soundD, at 11:15 am,
lis, 3:20, $40, 7:25 and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Be Beggars of Life"
(sound), at 1875 am, 1880, $3.50, $50,
7:30 and 9:35 pm.
PaIace-"Docks of New York" at
11:O5 am, 1:4O. 1855, 5:35, 7:45 and
10 pm.
EarIe-"Show Grip (sound), at 1850
am, 1850, 1855, $50, 1850 and 10 pm.
Little Theater-"Q-Ships," continue
Gus to IL pm.
Mother Knows Best" at
1880, $3.50, $50, 1880 and $3.50 pm.
Ambassador "Show Girl" at 6:15,
8 and $50 pm.
CentraI-"State Street Sadie" at
1890, 2, $3.50, S, $50, and 9:40 pm.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
Tz16Is READING zNIER1eI7E

r. J. & M. c. Grace
400 F Street NE.
Phone Lincoln 233
Griffith Consumers Co.
1919 G Street NV.
Phone Franklin 1910
w. H. Hessick & Son
14th & Water SITS. S.W.
Phone Franklin 1927
VIM. King & Son
ISL 18th St. NV.
Phone Decatur 273
Marlow Coal Company
S11 E Street NV.
Phone Main 311
Geo. M. McCulloch
3rd & P Streets NV.
Phone North 1898
John Meiklejohn
Van Buren & Sandy Spring
Road NV.
Phone Georgia 621
David Melnick
1116 w Street NV.
Phone North 1888
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-23
AUCTION SALES.
rNnWE HtfFEr
THoS. j. OWEN 6 son, auCTIONEERs,
1425 Eye St. NV


TRqsTEEssn SALE ,, OF 1, yAhuAR5E TRACT
sEs sTsESE AND NJ TIE BR6 H2FNF FfA 9E
By virtue sS Of q decree of the Supreme Court
q the pis trol4 Of Court passed II EQUITY
ton, in front OF the premises, on MoNpAY,
Ar FivE-TH1RTY O'CLOCK PM, the fol-
in the District of Columbia, and being part
Of tract Of ?t,v Land lylng, between Barry
part OF a tract Of land conveyed to ignatius
Tighlman By deed recorded among the land
records Of the District Of Columbia. in Liber
between the land conveyed TO Albert L.
Richardson ny deed recorded in Lliber 1891,
land dV Conveyed to Mary b Bradshaw by deed e
recorded in Liber 2l4S. at folio 1872, OF said
land records. being the, part shown on plat
folio 39l, MS containing 1897 square feet,
excepting therefrom so much as was con-
p is the D 2Pnn e Court RTuee c psco By
1890, of the supreme Court of the District
of Columbia. shown on plat book as parcel
Terms of sale: .one-third Of the purchase
money 90 be paid III cash, and the balance
and two Years from the day OF sale, and to to
the purchaser. bearing Interest at the rate
annually. and secured by deed OF trust upon
the property sold, or al cash ut the option
Of the of sqged
cost. Terms Of sale to be complied with
wise the trustees reserve the right to resell
the property at the risk and cost of default
OF such resale in some newspaper published
IN "'S"'n'''"' FRANKLIN WILSON.
tyl1-d&dsexSu Trustees.