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And when she and her father had din
ner in the restaurant. his long preoc-
cupied silences did not leave her rest
less. She would be sampling CONVEX
sationS from all over the room. It was
real bereavement when Mrs. George
left the hotel and went to New York
to live.
But the best friendship of those four
hotel years didn't begin until after Mrs.
George had gone. 1t was with Miss
Bacon, whose first name was Florabel,
the public stenographer.
She had jolly young voice and nice
smile. She didn't ask any prying CUES
tons, nor did shea thing Rhoda
couldn't bear-show openly that she
was sorry for her.
independence was Florabel's sacred
word. She might make more money,
she told Rhoda, working as somebody S
secretary, but this way she was her own
boss. Everybody, Florabel said, even a
ried, ought to have a trade. Then, II
anything unexpected happened, she's
got something to tie to. "Of course,
not IL she's rich" she added.
I'm not RICH" Rhoda said. Eat least
I don't think we are. Father expects
to be pretty soon. wish could learn
stenography. suppose it's awfully
hard"
But Rhoda, as it turned out was one
of those lucky people who simply can't
miSspell word that they've ever seen
in print.
Il could teach you myself" F1orabel
volunteered. I'D like to, first rate.
haven't much to do, hardly ever, in the
middle of the morning or in the middle
of the afternoon"
That will be awfully NICE" Rhoda
said
There never was a more enthusiastic
pupil and Florabel seemed as excited
about 1t as she was herself She worked
over the preliminary exercises until her
hand cramped and then until it came
uncramped again.
But by the end of two months she
could type a clean page, If she didn't
try to go too fast, and she was taking
slow dictation that Florabel read out
of the newspaper.
But now she had new worry. Her
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father didn't seem very well. His face
had a queer blue color sometimes that
frightened her. He insisted 1t was
nothing, and when she found out &C
cidently that he'd been to see the doc
tor who lived in the hotel he told her
it was for touch Of indigestion. Flora
bel was urging her now to go out and
find herself regular job. She was as
good as she'd ever get until she'd had
some actual business experience. Rhoda
wanted to do it, but she felt she couldn't
without telling her father about the
plan before putting 1t in execution. And
she knew-she could fairly see the ha-
raised, frantic look that would come in
his eyes when she did.
So she put Florabel off, saying she
would go looking for a job some time,
but she didn't see that there was any
hurry.
At the end of one of these CONVERSE
tions she saw something in her friends
face that made her ask. with catch
in her breath, us there any special
hurry that you know about?"
Florabel hesitated. 1T sort Of hated
to tell you" she said. why, I'm not
going to be here very much longer. You
see, I'm going to marry Mr. Gage. And
that means I'm going to Denver to live.
And I'd like to see you settled before
go!"
Rhoda hated to remember the little
scene that followed. Shed said, in her
hurt bewilderment, some pretty mean
things. about independence and so on,
and she'd made Florabel cry. They'd
made it up. though, within the hour
She helped Florabel shop and she went
to the wedding and saw the couple of
on the train.
She liked Mr.. Gage He gave her his
card. If anything ever happened to
her, he said, and she found she wanted
any help, she was to write or telegraph
She refrained from asking him what he
thought might happen. OF course, she
really knew.
When, about a fortnight later, an
hour after she and her father had fin
ished their late dinner, the blow fell,
she hadn't been surprised at all. She
had had the doctor there within 10
minutes but she known then that 1t
was too late for his remedies to do any
real good.
They gave him hypodermic and he
relaxed, so that for a while he talked,
but confusedly. A little later he stared
at Rhoda in frightened way and tried
to speak to her. waving the nurse away
as he did so. The only words she had
been able to hear when he lapsed into
Inconsistencies. were papers" and
your Uncle William" Soon after that
he died. And Rhoda faced the problem
of her future alone.
She was Is, and lots Of people
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no one had tried to put an obstacle in
her path.
Except for a telegram, purporting to
come from Florabel in Denver. which
she had slipped out early that morning
and dispatched to herself, she had
nothing to show any one as an indica-
ton that she had friend In the world
and 1t wasn't much good, since, II
you looked at it closely, you saw that
it hadn't come from Denver at all.
But it had served its purpose with the
manager of the hotel, the doctor, the
minister who had read the funeral
service in the undertaker's chapel. No
one guessed-no, they couldn't have
guessed-that the grave child who was
making her decisions and arrangements
so quietly and competently was in
flight before a terror. They'd probably
thought her a cold-blooded little thing,
though.
The next day she took her suit case
with her to the funeral and went from
the little chapel to the station. She
asked a woman with a Travellers Aid
badge to direct her to a nights lodging.
She had spent that night at the
Y. w. c. A.. where nothing important
happened except that she picked her
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,da. shed have felt lonely deprived

Rhoda. shed have felt lonely deprived
of that.
The very next day she found a job
and met Babe Jennings The job was
at the News, where Florabel had told
her they took girls without experience
in the stenographic department and
trained them themselves.
Her acquaintance with Babe had pro-
/ crossed slowly at first, and 1t wasn't
until she'd been working for the paper
six months that the older girl APP
preached her with proposal that they
live together. Babe was excited about
an ad she'd taken of a studio for rent
cheap, unbelievably cheap-$75 month
1t was really whole apartment-two
bedrooms and a kitchenette, beside the
studio itself Her scheme was that they
get two other girls and that the four of
them should keep house in it. They
rented the studio and found two other
girls to share it with them. These girls
were dancers, members Of the corps du
ballet of the opera.
To Rhoda the thing had been like
the happy ending of story. Inc
companionship of likeable people OF her
sit and beam sometimes in sheer en-
ioyment of it. unable to tell the others
what she was grinning at, until the
thing itself became a joke among them.
She liked her job and was promoted
to be special stenographer to one OF the
younger men on the executive star.
The only imperfection in her life was
the fear she felt. every now and then,
that it was too good to last.
There was no real threat. was there,
in Martin Forbes imaginary discov.
cries? She didn't know any one named
Lewis nor any one who could be spoken
of as &C. j." The only person who
could be advertising for her was her
uncle For all she knew, he might have
been doing it for years: on and on ever
since she'd disappeared. None OF the
girls knew her story, and they wouldn't
give her away If they did. She wouldn't
risk asking Babe any questions, though,
about Martin. How we'll. she wondered,
did Babe know him? The thing to do
now was to 90 to bed and to be SOUND
asleep before she came home.
But she was only half unoresseo
when she heard the click OF Babes
key. She felt her skin tingle as she
thought she recognized the voice OF the
man who was urging Babe to let him
come in for a smoke. Babe was firm
and sent him away.
Rhoda put on her bathrobe and slip
pers and came into the studio.
"Who was that who brought you
homer" she asked.
You ought to know. dearie," Babe
told her. Hes your friend, not mine.
When he found out lived with you, I
couldn't push him Off"
was it Max Lewis?" Rhoda asked.
"None other, darling" said Babe. II
had forgotten you had two of them to-
night"
There was a silence for a moment
after that. When Babe spoke again 1t
was in a different manner.
He asked me one queer thing about
YOU, Red. He asked me If your real
name wasn't Rhoda Mcfarland"
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
tCopyright, 1929
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Marine Corps Notes

The instruction courses for the Re-
serve officers of the corps for the COM
ing years encampments at Quantico,
va, and at San Diego, Calf. reSpec-
lively, are to include the following: Ma
chine guns, 3-inch trench mortaIs sig
mails, grimm. guns, grenades. automatic
rifle, bayonet, weapons, musketry. n.y.
eiene, topography, field engineering, in
terror guard duty, drills and admins
tration.
There will be no units of the corps
organized for chemical warfare during
the coming year, although should ne
cessity arise there are quite a few Off
GERS of the corps who, being graduates
of the United States Army's Chemical
Warfare School (Edgewood Arsenal,
Md. are qualified to disseminate
knowledge to troops anent the uses of
gases.
Brig. Gen. Robert H. Dunlap. who is
now on leave status in Europe, is due
to report at corps headquarters in jan
uary for assignment to station of duty.
In the event that the Chinese Situa-
ton does not require reinforcementS to
the present regiment being maintained
at Shanghai, China, it is expected Gen.
Dunlap will be assigned to command
the West Coast expeditionary base Of
the corps. at the naval baSey San Diego,
Calf. although no positive official or
ders have been thus far issued.
Former @. M. Sergt. oswald Bros
seau has been passed by the Ma
rine Corps junior examining board at
corps headquarters as being eligible for
promotion to quartermaster clerk and
has been so appointed and assigned to
duty at Marine barracks, Paris Island,
S. C.
Maj. Arthur ]. White, who has been
attached to the Department of the Pa
cific Marine Corps has been ordered
to duty at Marine barracks, GUAM
tico, Va.
Col. James Carson Breckenridge, who
has heretofore been attached to the
Quantico base, is to be detached there
from on December % and assigned to
command the Marine detachment,
American legation, Peiping, China.
First Lieut.. William N. McKelvy. jr.,
son Of Col. William N. McKelvy, United
States Marine Corps, retired, OF this
city, has been ordered detached from
duty in Guam. M. l., to duty in the
Department of the Pacific MARINE
CoIps) upon arrival in the United
States.
Capt. S. L. Zea, who is taking a
course Of instruction at the Army Motor
School, Camp Holabird, Md, has been
in this city on leave for the past few
days.
Col Louis M. Gulick has been tempo
rarily in the city on leave status for
the past few days and has been stop
ping at the Metropolitan Club.
First Lieut.. william Ulrich, heretofore
attached to Marine barracks, navy yard,
Mare Island, Calf, has been ordered to
duty at the Quantico base and is due
to report about the middle Of Decem-
Der.
The senior examining board of the
Marine Corps, as also the Junior ex-
aiming board of the Marine Corps. will
be in session at corps headquarters,
this city, during the coming week.
During the past week two former
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Evening Parade of Crawfsh.

Shellfish have their peculiarities,
from the crawfish that hold goosestep
march at shutdown to the crab that
decorates himself with all sorts of I'M
dersea life. Looking down into clear
depths at sunset, where the crawfish
are abundant, one may be lucky enough
to see the crawfish parade in their
ridiculous, solemn fashion, their gog-
gly eyes peering about and their lone,
stilted legs going up and down.
The procession is single file, the nose
of one crawfish close to the tail Of the
one ahead. Whether it is concerted
stalk for the evening meal, for exer-
else, or simply a sort of crawf1sh eve
ming ritual It is impossible to tell.
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the grave Of Lieut.. William Shehan,
where spray Of flowers was placed. Sun
day evening the chapter members were
honored guests of the Metropolitan Bap-
fist Church. The pastor, Rev. John G.
Ball, delivered an Arnistice day SER
mon. Flowers were placed at the foot OF
the cross beneath the church service
flag In honor of Charles Weaver, hero
son Of the chapter president, Mrs. Ethel
S. Mock. A bugler from the Marine
Band sounded the Call to Colors," as
a Boy Scout placed flag at the altar.
The pledge of allegiance was led by Mrs.
Walcott Simmons and Mrs. Gertrude
Lyons sang Taps" assisted by the
Marine bugler. At 1890 am. Monday
the annual service flag raising at the
Capitol was an impressive ceremony. In
every city and hamlet Of the United
States mothers again placed their serv-
ice flags in their windows as in the DAY
Of 1918, but many more gold stars have
been added. AS the United States serv-
ice flag of the American War Mothers
slowly rose to its place meath odd
Glory" guided by the hands of U. S.
Marine, delegated for that service by
Gen. Wendell C. Neville, and blue
jacket Of the United States Navy, as
signed by Admiral Charles Hughes, the
War Mothers stood with bowed heads
peace with the world. Maj. Gen. Peter
c. Harris, adjutant general during the
World War and father OF Capt Charles
Harris, who at the age of 81 gave his
life in service, being killed in the Ar
gonne Forest, spoke of the work of his
department during the World War. Mai.
William L. Fisher. executive officer to
the chief Of chaplainS Of the Army, gave
the invocation and Taps" were sound
ed by bugler from the 18th Field Ar
tillery. At 2:30 pm, at the close OF the
American Legion ceremony at Arlington,
Mrs. william Hamilton Bayly, assisted
by Mrs. Claudia Geary and Mrs. Theo-
dore Schwegler. placed a wreath on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Many
members attended the evening services
at the Auditorium.
, November % the Thanksgiving meet
ing and birthday party will be held In
the blue room at the Hamilton Hotel.
In December large benefit card party
viii be given in the ChantilIy room, to
. which the public is invited.
The washington CuItuS Club met with
Mrs. Herman w. Smith Tuesday. After
the social hour and luncheon the presi-
dent called the meeting to order. AT
conclusion Of the usual business Mrs
Jesse C. Adkins read paper on The
Progress of Finland; Mrs. w. I. Dyer's
paper on 'Women of Northern Europe
was of special interest to a woman's
club, and Mrs. Lucy Copeland presented
. Character Sketches Of Norwegians in
America"
The next meeting will be held in the
residence of Mrs. j. Ramsay hewitt, al
. 1920 Calvert street.
The Speech Reading Club of Wash
fnxtOn held an open meeting November
0 In the auditorium of the X. w. G. A
.
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before he had time to find out what
had happened.
Looking back now on those days, after
the passage of two years so packed with
life that they seemed longer than the
four that had preceded them, she Won
dered that she had been able to fol-
low out that resolution so steadily that
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new name. Shed had one all chosen,
but when they gave her the register
card to sign she'd begun writing her cid
one, Rhoda Whitehouse Mcfarland.
Half way through she'd seen what she
was doing and stopped. Well, Rhoda
White made a good enough name, and
she was glad that she hadn't discardS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
LATEST Creature in World.

The hobo of the fish world is the
shark-sucker, or remora, a lazy idler
without the ambition to move on its
own motive power. BY means Of
sort of large vacuum cup on the back
of its head, it fastens itself to some
larger fish, preferably shark, because
that is more of a gormandizer, and
rides about the sea, living on the re-
mains of his hosts meals. Some tales
relate that in return the remora acts
as a guide and danger signal for the
shark, but that sounds like real fish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17

commandments Of the corps have been
temporarily undergoing treatment at the
Naval Hospital. this city--namely, MAI.
Gen. Commandment George F. Elliott.
United States Marine Corps. retired.
and Mai. Gen. George Barnett, United
States Marine Corps, retired, former
commandant of the corps.
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Overcoats for Greyhounds.

Greyhound racing is to continue at
Wembly, near London, during the Win
ter months. The dogs will wear over
coats made of face cloth in various rae
ing colors and lined with tweed, the
fashionable materials for women
clothes in England at this time.
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SYNOPSIS.

Martha Forbes meets Rhodd McFdy-
laMd IN public dance hall, tDhere she
10 kaoDR as Rhodd White. He recalls a
blind al in the personal columns OF a
ReHspdrer asking for information regard
ting Rhodd Mcfarland. After ouerhedr.
tnO conUersdtioR between a man called
MAJ LetDts and a Domdn, Forbes is sure
that Rhodd White is Rhodd Mcfarland
and that these people think so. too, and
hare a special interest in terrifying this
belief. He tells Rhodd OF this. She re-
fuses to admit that she is Rhodd Nc
that his interest in her affairs is I'M
lcetcome. The incident recalls vfuidlv the
eceres Of q feD years ago, tDheH her
fathers sudden misfortune and disgrace
sci them dpart from other people.
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thought she was older than that. But
Is was still a child, according to law.
You weren't of age until you were 10
or was it 81? And il Uncle William
knew where she was and learned of her
fathers death he'd come and get her
and she wouldn't be able to get away
from him. Well then, the only safe
thing for her to do was to disappear
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:: 81: q: ]; Z: !: !: i s; s; q
always had as much money as
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The senior examining board of the
Marine Corps, as also the Junior ex-
amining board of the Marine Corps, will
be in session at corps headquarters,
this city, during the coming week.
During the past week two former
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-17
RADIO TO GIVE WOMEN TALK
ON BUYING SECURITIES

we're told the Toy ,Theater Players
do It rather well as radio play.
Another feature to be tuned afar will
be musical program called "A Gar
den OF Music" from WLW. This
program includes many spring-like
compositions which our experience
with WLW indicates should be done
in way worth hearing.
The Army Band will play for
WRC at this afternoon and WMAL
at 1880. There will be the Song Shop:
Hoover, Seiberling; Contraltones and
Slumber Music programs from WRC
during the evening, and the usual
Columbia features from WMAL. IN
Guiding the weekly Sonora outbuTst
which will present Oliver smith.
tenor. as featured artist. Smith is
the tenor we hear from WRC In the
Evening in Paris" episodes. Flor
ence Jane Adams will be heard from
WMAL at 6:45, and at $50 the
weekly program Of the Children of
the American Revolution may be
tuned from WJSV.
Chick Godfrey. THE Singing
Leatherneck" and a number of his
wJSV pals will offer radiotics an
opportunity to see and hear them
in person this evening in Alex
andria. Godfrey is to stage an
entertainment at EIks Hall, Alex
andria for the benefit of the Local
American Legion Post and win re
produce a radio program with "O!d
King Tut" as master Of ceremonies
and announcer.
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Local Radio Programs
By
Gardner Mack

ss0-United Opera Company &c,
B. 81.
5000 olumbians &C. B. 81.
9:sO-sonora Hour &C. B. 81.
1D.00--close- &C. B. 81.
t0:30-Merrymakerg &C. b. 81.
if:O0-M cWilliams Swanee Orchestra.
f2!O0-Late uews flashes from The
Washington Herald studio.
AVJsv--Mt. Vernon Hills. va.-2O5
7:OO--ChiIdFen's half-hour
1850 hoopie Dance Orchestra.
s:30--Children Of the American Reyo-
luton.
9;OO--JeweiI Downs Lorraine Esputs
Bent,y and George Bently.
0:30-Dorothy Seaman. Ruby Elkiui
Bacon and Lila Carma Haupi
in Joint seoftal.
i0:15-Hawaiian -Four.
WOE.-WasllingtoB--2
5:45-1own criers
s.aO--Nuggets Of knowledge.
6:03--Dfnner music.
6.45--Florence Jane ADAMS, tmper'
senator
7:00--CarIton Hotel concert.
f0.00--Dance music.
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The usual affairs of a. Thursday
are to happen in loud speakers from
here and there along the various
wave lengths this evening with only
few special events to vary the
even jazzing of it's way. For in
stance, in the Halsey-Stuart finan-
cial episode, with musical accom-
paninent, Mrs. John Simple, presi.
dent Of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, will have the post
Of sneaker of the old counselor who
usually functions with these pro-
grams. Mrs. Sipple will talk about
@Women's New Importance as IN
Vestors." e
Because it was. once announced
and then postponed perhaps the
singing in English OF Bizet's Pearl
E1ishers." nv the United Opera Com
many through WMAL at $3.50, will
he considered a special affair. To
those familiar with 1t almost any
production of this melodious opera
Il a special event. The last act
narticuiarly is filled with enehant.
ing music. even though of rather
tragic character. the ending with
general conflagration that covers
the escape of the hero and heroine
from immediate death at the hands
of their enemies.
DUNSANY PLAY
WPG FEATURE
For little theater addiets there viii
be special radio event this evening
In the presentation at 1880 by the
Toy Theater Players of Atlantic
City Of Lord Dunsany's ol1e-act play,
1.-THE Glittering Gates" through
WPGs The play is one sof the favor-
lite productions of little theaters. and