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SILENT nine CARRY
GERMANS SECRETS
Foreign Office Couriers Are
Never Identified to Public
by Officials.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclaLed FreSS.
BERLIN, June 22,-Germany has a
silent nine" whose pictures nobody
ever receives and whose names are
never publicly divulged. They are
couriers of the foreign Office who carry
the sealed diplomatic pouches from the
German capital to foreign lands.
Most of their trips are across Europe
or Asia, for they are seldom used for
overseas journeys. Generally the cap
tains of German ocean liners are en-
ployed on such missions and their f1rst
objective on shore leave is to the Ger
man embassy or delegation.
Sometimes Memorize Orders.
Sometimes, too, the foreign office
does not care to take the FISK of re-
ducing special instructions to writing.
In such cases a trusted attache OF the
foreign office is coached to memorize
verbal orders or information. When he
arrives at his destination he Identifies
himself with a password and the Am
baSsador or Minister personally takes
down the instruction as they are re-
cited to him.
In the regular routine, however, the
silent nine" are employed to convey
cOnnQentlal documents. Every mOltn
the code division of the foreign Office
maps out their railway Schedules and it
knows day by day where each man is,
whether in Kovno, Moscow, Augora,
Tirana, Rome, Madrid or London.
Keep Eyes on Baggage.
An outsider has little chance to
recognize these men for what they are.
They travel first class as they are not
expected to risk loss of their baggage
by sharing their railway compart-
ments with others. This, however, is
the only luxury in which they indulge,
They stop in good, but not extravagant
hotels, live unostentatiously, and never
let their baggage out of sight.
If courier deems it essential, he
may request the foreign government
through whose country he is travelling,
to surround him with special safety
measures such as detectives or police
guards. This is privilege, however,
of which the courier takes advantage
only In rare instances, because his
identity becomes known to too many.
Whether he carries a pistol not even
! the foreign Office knows.
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propriated for these purposes are
limited, and 1t is necessary TO econo-
mize in their expenditures.
Until further notice, courses OF In
struction which are less than five
months duration will be considered as
temporary duty, and orders VIII De SO
framed that the of1cers concerned
will proceed to the places designateo
for temporary duty under instruction.
These orders will not entitle them To
transportation for dependents or to
TRANSPORTATION of household effects be-
yond the amounts authorized In general
orders Nos. 166. 1927, and 1877, 1929.
Of6cers are ordered to the Naval Air
Stations at Pensacola, Fla, and Lake
hurst, N. J., for temporary duty under
instruction. After period OF approx
mately two months, those officers who
are considered qualified to continue the
course to completion are assigned to
permanent duty for the remainder OF
the course and this assignment en-
titles them to transportation for de-
pendents and household effects.
In order that the Navy Department
may have available some of the men
required for the compliments Of new
vessels to be placed in commission dur
ing the next fiscal year, number Of
several classes of ships will be decom-
missioned The first vessels to be de-
commissioned were the presidential
yacht Mayfiower and the U. S. S.
Sylph, yacht of the Secretary of the
Navy. Orders were later issued direct
ing the following vessels to be decom-
missioned: U. S. S. Mercy (hoSpital
ship, at Philadelphia; U. s. S. Napa
(station tug at Guam, at Cavite,
Philippine Islands; u. S. S. General
Alava (gunboaO, at Cavite; U. S. S.
Meyer, McDermut and Sinclair (de-
stroyers attached to destroyer squad
rons of the battle fieet), at San Diego,
Calf, and U. s. S. So (submarine)
at Mare Island, Calf.
The U. s. S. Avocet and Penguin,
which had been ordered out of commits
sion, will be retained in commission,
the Avocet for service with the air
suuadrons of the Asiatic fleet and the
Penguin for station duty at Guam. The
u. S. S. Ashville has been ordered with
drawn from the Asiatic fleet and as
signed to the special service squadron in
Central American waters to replace the
u. 8. S. Cleveland, which probably will
be decommissioned.
Light cruisers are scheduled for COM
missioning during the next fiscal year,
beginning July /, as follows: Salt Lake
City, October, 1929; Pensacola, Febru-
airy, 1880, and Northampton, Chester
and Houston, June, 1880. The sub
marines VS. and We are scheduled
for commissioning March and June l,
1880, respectively. These vessels will
need about 5000 enlisted men. About
one-half of that number will be pro-
vided by approximately 1900 from
ships decommissioned and placed in
reserve and an increase of 500 in the
enlisted allowance of the Navy provided
by legislation passed by the last Con-
gress The other one-half will have to
be obtained by pairing down compile
ments Of ships remaining in commission
and possibly by taking few from shore
| stations.
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Nut May Bring Fortunes.

America has cracked another foreign
nut that may add wealth to the world
and to those from this country who
have become interested. It Is the Ba-
bassu nut, from the cocoanut-family
tree, Of which there are 200, 600 900 In
Brazil Long serving the natives of
Northern Brazil as food. shelter, cloth
ing, fuel and illuminant. the babassu
burst into fame during the World War
as a fuel on the ships of the Brazilian
Navy. After the armistice many Amer
cans and Europeans took up concessions
In Brazil to exploit the nut. They found
1t all the natives claimed for it--also
that soap, coke, acetic acid and methyl
alcohol could be made from 1t. All
that was needed was to crack 1t, which
was difficult because of its unusually
hard outer shell. An American has in
vented a machine that was successful
in recent tests, and future development
Is planned.
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synopsis of Preceding instruments


Martin Hevs, q legless cripple, lives in q
huge, sinister house called Breezely Mansion.
The place is fun of mysterious electrical de-
vices, and Martin Hews gets about in an
electrically controlled chair.
Maj. owston, who tells the story. is q
soldier of fortune, who apples for job as
Hews' bodyguard. While the matter is un-
der consideration, Beatrice Essiter, Hews'
niece, appears and secretly offers Owston
eco If he will leave the house and never re-
turn. He rejects the offer.
A London gang leader, Jim Donkin. ar
riyes at the home with girl named Rachel.
He ) killed a man in . fight with gang
e:np.oyed by Hewsa chief enemy. a master
direction. Maj, oyston spirits ,Donkin away
aboard a fast launch headed for sea.
RACHEL h is left under Hews, protection. ~;
owston is definitely hired to gTard Hews.
He gets instructions from the cripple $
personal attendant. Minchin. Then, as he
takes .. walk in the dreary waste land in
proaches through the darkness. It proves
70 be Miles. the butler. Suddenly huge
scape, binding both of them. AS 1t is
switched of Miles is trembling violently.
Continued From Yesterdays Starr
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There never before has been e s.1 !.
car in the .low-priced field so
smooth and flexible, SO quiet and SO alive.
Plymouth, bear in mind, is the onylow
priced car with the advanced scientific
advantages of Chrysler engineering.
THAI, in and of itself, explains the thrilling
superiority of Plymouth performance.
Plymouth is the only low-priced car
with the beauty and style SO appealingly
characteristic of Chrysler designing.
Thar at once accounts for the grace and
charm of the car.
Plymouth is the only low-priced car
with Chrysler weatherproof 4-wheel
hydraulic brakes. That is the reason why
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ways have 1t ready-and hurry to my
uncle's room"
Some five hours later, wakened out
of profound sleep, sat up, striving
for realization. The room was I'M
familiar to me. The silk pajamas
that chung to my limbs were strange.
Nothing seemed to be my own. No
where could I piece together those
fragments of memory In my mind
Then my eyes leaped toward some
thing on the wall exactly opposite the
bed, and everything flashed back. The
red light was burning
(To be Continued.)
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Theater managers of Edinburgh,
Scotland, are complaining that, al
though they changed the time of start
ing performances from 1880 to 8:15
O'Clock, to stop the late-comer evil.
stragglers have set back their arrival
time to $780,
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known among deep-sea fishermen at
Fleetwood, England, as "The Bride of
the Sea-" Mrs. Jack Carter accompanies
her skipper husband on his long fishing
voyages, and is believed to be the only
woman who regularly goes to sea In a
traWler
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LIVERY day brings additional emphasis
- to the self-evident fact that the i'm
proved Plymouth is today's great ex-
ample of progress in the low-priced field.
There never before has been a low
priced car of Plymouth's fa2-sSe room
mess and restful comfort.
There never before has been low
priced car incorporating such rugged
strength and stability of construction.
There never before has been a car at
anywhere near the price that could be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
heretofore unheard Of
in aZow.R4ced motor

driven with real comfort at top
speed hour after hour.
There never before has been
a car in the low-priced field so
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preciate all that today's Plymouth is and
does until you sit in the drivers seat and
get the actual feel of the car. We invite
you to test Plymouth in your own way.
Coupe, $685.; Roadster (qUih rumble seat,
S6Z5; 2-Door Sedan, $685.; Touring, $685.;
De Lnse Coupe (qOith rumble seat, S625:
4-DO0r Sedan, S625. I'LL prices i. o. b.
factory. Plymouth dealers extend the con-
venience Of time payments.
Il1YNlIQDQJIII
AMERICAS LOWEST PRICED
FULL-SIZE CAR
a28
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THIRD INSTALLMENT.

Continued From Yesterdays Star.
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(To be Continued
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Another Shipment
O1d-Type Hooked Rugs -s775, $3.50, $3.50
Far REGULAR Prices
Far BeIoU Their Regular Selling Prices

THEIR SPECIAL LOW PRICES
are considering gift-giving. Nothing,
you know, would be welcomed any
more enthusiastically by those who
are antiquarians at heart.
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TRADITION lives anew in their
present-day New England habitats.
We discovered them in remote cot
tages in Maine, where they have
lived for many years.
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AMERICAS FIRST DESIGNS
faithfully reproduced in colorings as
mellow in feeling as the original
ones used. Beautifully used with
the Colonial interiors of today.
RUGS, FIFTH FLOOR.
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/ Exhibit of Original Etchings
Made by 1.-THE Etchcrafters"
On The Tea Room Balcony, Seventh Floor

Mr. Swami the anw be personal attendance with several of his welknO~n
and The Ehce
Washington
and
al have an artistic insight for
ETCHING YsrrNrHF 1oR
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Fine Fabrics
that IiUe tUith
lovely Furniture

Fabrics that frame our windows with coorful dignity
rich damasks and tapestries that add worth to our
fine furniture vevets and luxury textures that create
our hangngs-they know new Importance this
season with the trend toward more luxurious and
formal atmosphere in the home. Woodward &
Lothrop assemblies the seasons home fabrics from
the wel-known mills, here and abroad
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Fine Friezes, SO yard
:. inviting FriendIineSS

This season of interesting textures finds freze as
Stunning all-important role. They are covering
many of our finest divans, lounging chairs. rlsts,
green's gold and taupe are preferred their designs
are modern striped. so inches wide.
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Satin Damasks, $6.75 yard

Meg BrOcade LUXURY WeaveS
Window draperies, door hangings and furniture
coverings all know a new Importance through the
use of these satin brocades. so inches wide.
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Chenille Damasks, SITS yard

-. With old World Dignity
The old world sends these fabric inspirations for
upholstering our fine old chairs. Two very dis
tnctive designs; in rose-and~taupe and red-and-
taupe. so inches wide.
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Imported Satins, SITS yard

-. Cleaning sVith Formally
The rich antique finish is the proud boast of 1890
upholstery notwithstanding lights add prestige to
rich shades of rose, blue, green, red and gold The
pieces are so inches wide.
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Fine Tapestries, SIS yard
Rich and HumStrOuS

-. Rich and IImStrOMS
Small-hgured tapestries that contrast softly
blended rose and green designs on taupe ground.
Libraries and living rooms, both use their dignity
to charming advantage. 5o-inch width.
DRAPERIEs SIXTH FLOOR.
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An Outstanding Collection of
Distinctive Drapery Rods
Black, colorful and metal hnishes-choose the type
that tones in with your hangings. All smart win
dow draperies them in preference to valances.
Feature group, $3.25. Others, 81 to $3.50.
DRAPERY RODS SIXTH FLOOR.
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The Snob.

A man who holds hefty job In some
great seat of learning, advises youth to
be a snob, old-fashioned virtues spurn-
ing He may have for that ugly word
a meaning new and pleasant, but with
disgust it's always heard by all the
gray-beards present. The snob'S a crit
ter who admireS the station much above
him, who as a climber never tireS-and
SO few people love him. He's no respect
for sterling worth, which makes life
good and sunny, but measures all things
on the earth in sordid terms of money.
He'll bend the knee to belted earlS,
cheap adulation showing, but has con-
tempt for honest churls who keep the
worlds wheels going. He always regu-
lateS himself, when mingling with the
voters, according to their stack Of pelf,
their station and their motors. Old
Noah Webster doesn't grant the word
better meaning; the Snob's tinhorn
sychopant, on beaStly standards lean
ing. And so feel my being throb with
wrath when some professor advises youth
to be snob-he is a careless guesser.
The youth who follows that advice will
have few friends to cheer him when
he'd put up his share Of ice-he1l find
detractors near him. Old-fashioned
modesty is best. the youth who has that
merit is everywhere a welcome guest
may all the laddies share it. I'd say to
Student Go and rob a hen roost II you
care to. but never. never be a snob,
trust you will not dare to. Go forth and
labor to the end. some useful station
filling: the snob will never have friend
who's worth a phoney shilling"
WALT MASON.
copyright, 1929
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Famous Slaves of Their StOmachs
Queen Anne of England, Also Called Queen of
Commands"
BY J. p. GLASS
BY J. p. GLASS.

1t is said that after Prince George
passed on, she dined alone, giving her
self over freely to the consumption of
toothsome viands, washed down with
liberal quantities of wine, of which
champagne was her favorite.
Hayward, writer on gastronomy, re-
fers to her as the queen of gour-
mands." History records that she gave
her name to pudding. Her indul-
genceS resulted in severe suffering from
the govt. Rather good looking IN her
youth, she was fat in middle age, her
only pleasing possession being a rich
voice.
In TIA, in her fiftieth year, her
health was so bad that the whole ma
ton began to worry about her death,
largely because of the succession. Wran-
Cling in the cabinet council, which last
ed from 9 o'clock on the night of July
25 until o'clock on the morning of
July 26, so exhausted her that she
tainted and had to be carried to bed.
II shall never survive" she said. But.
Notwithstanding this belief, and the fact
that she was miserable the next day,
she consumed great number of black
heart cherries.
A stroke of apoplexy came on. On
August she died, but not until she had
taken the steps which brought George
I and the House of Hanover to the
throne of England, making sure there
would be no return Of the Stuarts.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

unless it is too much appetite. I think
this is the matter with a good many
people. I think I could always eat
twice as much as I do, but don't"
Luigi Cornaro must have had some
vague conception of hyperorexia when
he wrote his art Of Living Long" In
the time Of Christopher Columbus. But
it remained for I. F. B. to give the
world his classic description Of the
malady, also the best known remedy for
it. Read it again: II think could
eat twice as much as do, but don't"
Who was it that advised the young
man contemplating engaging in some
occupation, profession or way Of life
the other had followed with success2
Anyway, I. F. B. gives us the healthful
answer to that great modern problem.
Shall take another section OF pie?"
Strange how our ideas have changed
in a short generation. Formerly the
chief concern of doctor and patient
was how to crowd more nourishment
in. Now it appears to be nearly every
body's object to select food that is
Strengthening" yet not "fattening,"
and nearly any smart one but a doctor
can and will tell you which foods meet
this requirement.
Seriously, I. F. B. really has dis
covered new disease, think. Eating
is great sport, and in many cases 1t Is a
social accomplishment; lunching is an
important factor in business circles;
dining is a recognized way Of bridging
business and social relations; superflu-
Gus late suppers mark advanced stages
of the disease; everything in modern
life conspires to keep appetite far ahead
of metabolic capacity. Maybe, after all,
hyperorexia is just another indication
that we can't stand prosperity.
Downright 1921
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81 Will"
Ingram sprang to a telephone. In Is
minutes the picture to be Shot-"The
Four Horsemen"-had a new leading
man, a dark young Italian who had
studied landscape gardening and who
danced tango women remembered.
The other chap? He became pupil
of Frank Brangwyn. He had leaning
for art, and an income of his own. The
leaning" was justified. He lives at La
Jolla quite a part of his time when he's
not in the East arranging shows or TAX
ing contracts for muralS.
In the same way Ferdinand Pinney
Earle. the artist, making a motion pic
ture in this village, saw Ramon Novarro.
The young Spaniard was working as an
extra, and Earle's trained eye picked
him from mob scene and put him in
small part.
Novarro's face did the rest, and when
he got more than that first chance he
proved an actor of ability. Then his
voice came to the fore. The Novarro
personality has been entirely ignored
don't know why. He is one of the
most charming of the acting group.
He is one of the few people in Holly
wood Of whom every one, high and low,
instinctively says, Isn't he splendid
fellow?"
At present Buddy Rogers is influence
ing the colony most strongly. The cor
ner hangers-on, those beautiful and I'M
employed mentioned in the opening SEN
tence of this dispatch, must have an
idol to pattern after.
When Valentino was the rage they
grew side chops and cultivated the
slumberous, hot eye of the star.
The Jack Gilbert craze sent them
curling their hair and wearing the little
Gilbertian mouStache.
Gilbert Roland set another pattern
for the boulevard boys. This was easier
plenty of curl to the hair and plenty
of cocoanut oil on the curls.,
Buddy Rogers was put in a Southern
story, an after-the-war tale of the days
when girls smiled shyly above their
hoop skirts and young men wore side
chops and picturesque waistcoats.
All the local aspirants are now in
side chops and picturesque waistcoats,
or as nearly picturesque as they can
coax their tailors to get them.
Strange, this longing to initiate the
famous. Yet a duplicate of famous
lace never got any one anywhere. Ger
aldine Dvorak, as like Greta Carlo as
one pea to another, has doubled for the
Swedish star a long time. Every big
director in Hollywood has seen her.
She models for a smart shop in one of
the popular cafes between pictures.
) But the person who has the outstand-
ing characteristics of several stars-a
composite face which suggests many
favorites-maY climb to the top quite
eaSily-perhaps!
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OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI

Helen and Thomas are IL and
Is years old respectively. They
are driving the family frantic because
they keep going from one thing to the
other all day long, never still moment,
never wholly occupied If the door bell
rings, both rush .madly to answer it.
The same thing with the telephone bell.
They are present at every interview
their mother holds with a book agent,
insurance man, stray peddler. No
guest is permitted to spend an hour
alone with the persons he came to
visit Helen and Thomas keep busy
every moment but they do nothing.
That is because they have carried
their childish activity along into the
years when it should have been changed
into purpoSeful activity. There is a
time when a child has little continuity
of thought or effort. All he is required
TO do is keep touching. pulling, inves-
tigating. But that time passes. The
sense experiences have been gathered,
the nerves and muscles rather well CO.
ordinated, ideas pretty well systema-
tized. The child should be about his
own business. Purposeful activity
should have taken the place of this
childish phase.
Sometimes it is not possible for a
child to make the adjustment. He is
a mental defective and must stay for
ever set in his childish mold. But
normal child should not linger in this
purposeful activity. He is to have in
terests that carry him along, melting
him to greater and more varied activ-
tiles. He must take on responsibilities
and achieve certain ends or he will
fail to mature to full power
What can a child in the modern home
do? Plenty. Life is just as full of
things to be done as ever 1t was, per-
haps more so. There are collections
TO be made, hobbies to be followed,
tastes to be cultivated and the oppor-
tunities are as numerous as there are
children to enjoy them
A group of l1-year-old children
can write and perform play. That
occupies them completely. They can
form club and write letters to children
in foreign lands and touch wide fields
of interest. They can select birthday
gifts and Christmas gifts; they can