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TOday's True
Story

"THEN a man sees q
" pretty girl and wants
to meet her more
than he wants anything in
the world-object, matri-
mony, so to speak-what is
he going to do about itf
What is he going to do,
that is when he sees her
only fleetingly and occa-
sionally on a subway station
platform and hasn' t the least
idea who she is or where
she lives7 Except that she
is undoubtedly what is
known as a lady, though
that s a much abused term,
and is most decidedly not
the kind Of a girl to whom
a man may casually speak
with any expectation of pro-
longing a conversation into
an acquaintanceship.
Well, that's what Kenneth
Harlan was up against.
There was a girl that he
wanted to meet more than
anything in the world and
he thought and thought
about how he was going to
do it, all without getting
anywhere.
He saw her on an average
of twice a week, in the morn
ing rush and roar Of the
Times Square station. She
got out Of a train coming
downtown and he got out Of
one coming uptown and, if
he was lucky, the surging
crowds threw them together
for a brief moment. But
that was all.
He knew she had blue
eyes and. a single dimple in
her left cheek and the most
lovely face he had ever
seen, but that, too, was all.
And it wasn't enough. He
just had to meet her.
But he didn't and, ap-
parently never would, be-
cause he realized that he
couldn't go up to her and
say, "I'm Kenneth Harlan
and won't You please tell
me who you arei" Not
without a good chance Of
landing in a police station.
And then one evening as
he was riding home in the
crowded subway, his fellow
passengers were more than
a little surprised to see a
personable young man sud
denly drop the newspaper
he was reading and almost
shout, "That's the way to
do it. :"
The next morning he ar
rived at the Times Square
station half an hour earlier
than usual, to make certain
that he wouldn't miss her.
He waited at the stairway
until he saw her coming,
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The Worlds Largest LifebOat

The largest leboat in the world has been built
Cowes This long has cabin accommodations
between 50 and so people, with for 300 people deck in
calm weather,
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of her crew Of IL, had been abated by
the deathe of the magnate.
The suits were brought on behalf of
dependent relatives of the Miramar's
crew and the decision means that they
can collect nothing.
The Miramar left Charleston, S. c.,
November 30, 1925. for Palm Beach
with only her crew aboard. She never
was heard from.
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absence of part of their stats. Medical
workers were issuing leaflets on how to
avoid and cure influenza.
Indoor workers were mainly affected.
The biggest London Omnibus Co. re-
ported that very few men were absent
because of illness. Although exposed to
rigorous and variable weather, the
drivers maintain their average health.
Hungary, Finland and Germany were
among the chief European sufferers.
Warsaw alone reported 100000 cases
with some deaths, but the epidemic was
milder in Poland than some other
countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-23
MANAGER OF APARTMENT
FINED UNDER SMOKE LAW
Janitors Fired Too Fast to Learn
Heating Plant, Owner

The efforts of police to enforce
the smoke law resulted in a fine of
S25 being imposed on Aaron A. Fritz.
manager of the McReynolds Apart
ments, yesterday when arraigned in
Police Court on charge of violating
the regulation.
Fritz told Judge John P. Mcmahon
that the janitors of the apartments at
Eighteenth and G. streets were changed
so often that they did not learn to
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Grace Weitzel, junior vice president;
Mrs. Nora Albers, treasurer: Mrs. Ella
Newton, secretary: Mrs. Paul Chap
man, chaplain; Mrs. Doris Meeks,
guard. and MES. Emily Hayes, color
The committee that presented the
flag on behalf of the District of Co
lumbia Ffremen's Association consisted
of Battalion Chief John Virnstein, Capt.
H. A. Chapman, Lieut.. r. E. Moreland,
Pvt. A. L. Mayhem and Sergt. A. j.
Lipske, while Capt. Chapman. presi-
dent of the association, made the
speech of presentation.
The next regular meeting of the
Ladies' Auxiliary will be held January
% in the boardroom.
Under a goverr'ne plan, for which
$4,000 has been voted, ITO Persians
recently left Teheran to study in Paris.
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D. C. FIREMEN PRESENT
FLAG TO AUXILIARY
Mrs. H. Schultze Is Installed as
New President of
Association.

Installation of officers and presenta-
ton of flag by committee from the
District of Columbia F'iremen's Asso-
citation featured the last meeting of
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Association
held in the boardroom 70 the District
Building.
The new officers installed by Mrs.
Helen Mayhem. retiring president, were:
Mrs. H. Schultze, president; Mrs. Rose
Virnstein, senior vice president; Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-23
INFLUENZA INCREASES
THROUGHOUT EUROPE
London Offices Crippled by Illness
/ Hungary, Finland, Germany
I and Russia Stricken.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, January 23.--InfluenZa APP
peared today to be on the increase in
Europe.
The epidemic was acute in London
where many Offices were crippled by the
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regulate the heating plant before they
were discharged.
THAT is too bad" said Judge Nc
Mahon washington is getting to
be like Pittsburgh" He ordered the
man to pay the fine.
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With rooms for $50 guests, hotel at
Antrim. England. which is becoming a
popular vacation resort. has not sim
gle bathroom, and the town itself has
no water supply.
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SHIP LOSS SUITS QUASHED

Judge Holds Death of E. M. Statler
Abates Damage Actions.
NEW YORK, January % (P).-Fed-
eral Judge Knox ruled yesterday that
the 100000 damage actions that fol-
lowed the sinking of the late E. M.
Statler's houseboat Miramar in South
ern waters two years ago, with the loss
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heart, Wee and round
shaped collars, and Panel
collars, with and without
cuffs.
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CONNIE few to her mother s
~ bedside and Harold followed,
drawn by the alarm in MildredS
call
He saw the younger girl fling her
self down beside the still figure on
the bed in an agony OF f'-"-7-'- fear.
He saw Mildred take her by the
shoulders and pull her away. Then
Mildred saw him there.
oh. do something. she implored.
"Take care of Connie. Connie, stop
#. Get the ammonia. I think she's
tainted.
"Oh. no. no. she's dead! She's
goue!" Connie shrieked.
She isn't! She can't Rub her
hand. Here, put this under her
feet" Swiftly Mildred removed the
pillow from under her mother s
head and thrust it at her sister.
Connie took it and did as she was
bid. Harold stood by helpleSsly.
But when he saw Mildred start
frantically to chatting her mothers
uniniured hand he rushed down
the hall where he filled a glass with
cold water and dashed back to the
bedroom.
He started to throw the full con-
tents into the unconscious woman'S
face. but Mildred stopped him. She
reached for a towel on a nearby
chair and wet it. Then she layed
I7c,. mothers face vigorously, but
uaavailingly
Rub her hand and feet hard
she ordered Harold and Connie.
While they obeyed her instructions
she held tn eglaSs to her mothers
lips and forced few drops of
water through them.
A moan of pain accompanied Mrs.
Lawrence's return to consciousness
while Mildred held q handkerchief
with q few drops of ammonia on
it under her nose.
Tears of sympathy streamed down
hIildredS cheeks.
The doctor will be here in
minute. Nom" she said encowag-
inglyI Doesn't the oil help at all?"
oh, I guess so, dear Mrs. Law
renee managed to say between bit
ing her lips to keep back her means.
She smiled at Harold when she
recognized him. I'm sorry to spoil
Don't talk" Mildred broke in.
"Oh. there's the doorbelll It must
b. DR.. Brill. Answer it, Connie
CONNIE ran out of the room
~ and Mildred turned to Harold.
I'm afraid 1 can't leave mother
tonight" she said. "but If YOU want
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Did YOU have a deadly time,
roor darling?9 Tony asked SYM
pathetically. as the two girls entered
their bedroom to dress for dinner
and dancing.
Far from deadly" Crystal an
swered. quite exciting, in fact. I
posed for George for an hour and
half, with conversational rests in
between"
What made it exciting?"
Hope Crystal began, as she
lifted her daytime frock over her
head.
"Hope!" Tony interrupted in
credulously. Hope that George
WOULD"
oh, quit kidding me about
Gecrge!" Crystal begged. i meant
Cherry's baby. Hope. of course. Lena
brought her into the living room
about 4 o'clock. all dewy-eyed and
sweet and talcum- powdery from her
nap and bath.
u took her on my lap, and George
began to sketch furiously. Said ne
had a great idea for picture, II
he could get her TO sit still long
enough each day. Hes going to ask
Cherrys permission at dinner to-
night. That's all-but it was eXclt-
ing.
Hope is the most beautiful baby
ever saw in my life, and to have
her sit there so contentedly. cuddllng
II
across the pallor Of her cheeks.
II know" Tony admitted. I've
felt the same way When I was hold
ing Faiths baby. Robin. We modern
girls are about as modern as Eve,
aren't we. Crys? I'm afraid I'm 60
ing 10 find that an anti-marrlage
complex doesn't mix very well with
an oid-fashioned maternal instinct.
She darted abruptly into the
bathroom. turned on the water. and
came back whistling. Crystal
watched her furtively.
And your afternoon. Tony?
Crystal asked at last. when that
blithe whistling could be borne no
longer. Good movie?'
ROIt6n! 1OIly II LEU S4AOC4AoA
". "Thay no tho. Thuthie! she
initiated obligingly the lisping, nasal
voice of the "talkie." by the way,
Dick has figured out what that silly
phone call must have meant"
''Yes?" Crystal managed a con-
vincing caSualnesS. Was her beau
tifully worked out theory about
Dick and the mysterious "Callie'
TO come TO naught?
1T came to him in flash While
We we're driving to Darrow who
this Callie person is, Tony went on,
as she stripped for her bath You
know his father owns two or three
tearooms, as a sort OF recreation
from banking.
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MILDRED LAWRENCE. stenographer
~ tho Jucsou Hotel. has her toy Ilr
stolen from her ia crowd but STEPHEN
ARMITAGE catches the thief and re-
turns the scarf He asks 20 take her
home Not wishing 70 seem ungrateiLI,
she invites him to dinner.
Their evening is spoiled when PAMELA
JUDSON daughter OF her employer.
phones Mildred 70 return 70 duty-
Stephen escorts her 70 the hotel Nnere
Pamela recognizes him IS the salesman
who had sold her car she snuos
Mildred and tries TO lure stephen away
b. pretending she wants 20 buy anotneI
car Then She meets HUCK CONNOR;
n 10 becomes infatuated with her. ana
she amusea herself Dr. PLAYING with
When Stephen fayors Mildred the no
tel manager warns her % 9c careful
or Pamela TII have her dlscharEeG.
but This MAJ not be so easy a. HAROLD
.uDSCN is Ia love with Mildred. re
&c a veakling and Mildred permits him
to call 70 keep him from Huck gambling
crowd However. he suspects that she
cares more for Stephen than Tor nm
and refuses TO stay one evening when
As the weeks pass Mildred realizes
that Pamela IS winning stephen from
her and that Harold IS hopelessiY
tangled 9ith Huck's gamblers. she ASKS
Harold 10 Condde in her but he refuses
unless she viii 20 out 70 dinner Win
him They drive b. her home so sne
can change her dress aud they learn
that her mother has had serious &C
cIdeuf.
now GO on WITH THE STORY
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Takes a deep personal interest in
them, too, Dick says. Well, this
Callie girl-Wait a minute till turn
off the Water!" In moment she re-
turned. but in that moment Crystal
had turned her back and was rum
maging in the big clothes closet.
las I was saying, this little Callie
person is waitress in one of the
tearooms. I gather that Dick US
ually sat at her table. when he was
short of cash and ate in the tea
room where he could sign his
check.
The last time he ate there the
girl looked pretty sick, he said, and
told him she was afraid she would
be fired"
TO Be Continued
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passed less frequently across the
pinched features and Mildred knew
that the mercifully induced sleep
had come.
She tiptoed softly out Of the room
and found Connie trying to dispose
of the flowers Harold had brought
up.
Won't mother love them!" she
exclaimed gratefully. And I'll en-
JOY them, too, I'll be home with her
for a while. You'll tell them at
the hotel, Haro,d?"
of course. l hope it isn't going
to be serious. l mean
Mildred glanced at Connie. The
doctor said he doesn't think the arm
will be crippled" she replied, but
there was a note of gravity in her
voice.
Connie missed it. rs mother
asleep?" she asked in happy relief.
Mildred nodded. Il wonder what
we can give you to eat" she said
to Harold.
You needn't worry Connie ex-
planned. Hes brought up every
thing but canary tongues
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NEILDRED sighed. A guest
fl bringing food Well, there

was nothing she could do about it.
She didn't feel like making a fuss
over a trivial matter, but it always
seemed that she must forever be the
recipient, and recipients, she was
certain, knew better than others
how much more blessed it was to
give than to receive.
No one. she thought irritably,
would take food to Pamela. Orchids
and French chocolates, perhaps, but
not pate de foies gras and almond
stuffed olives.
True enough, Harold had brought
large pot Of pate and a jar Of
truff1es but there we're more sub
Stantial viands as WE'LL which Con-
ME and Harold appeared to enjoy.
Mildred ate sparingly. Somehow
the food had no SAVIOR for her.
She left the table several times
to slip in and see that all Was we'll
with her mother. Connie. assured
now that the accident was not a
tragedy, was her own self once more
and led Harold gay verbal dance.
Mildred would have preferred to
have him enjoy himself less, for
! he stayed much later than she liked.
And Connie stubbornly resisted her
sisters efforts to send her to bed.
Harold might have minded her
| hanging on in the living room, but
he could see that Mildred was not
in a mood to listen to him. And
Connie was lively She was all
right when you had something to
forget.
But when II o'clock came Mil
dred firmly put him out. And it
was not until she curled up III the
big arm chair that she and Connie
had hauled into their mothers room
that she remembered she hadn't
found out why Huck Conner could
bring that look Of mingled fear and
hatred to Harold's countenance.
Well she'd have to let that go
for the present. She had other
things to think about. The doctor
had warned her that the shock Of
the accident had been bad for her
mother.
The patient must be kept as quiet
as possible for while. and there
was the matter of the doctors fee.
Her mother would object to calling
Inn again, Mildred knew, but there
was danger of Gripping if the burn
we're not properly cared for.
Mildred slept f1tfully and unCom-
fortably. She was up many times
during the night and when morn
ing came she was wan and tired.
But she got Connie off to school
on time and managed to keep up a
cheerful appearance through the
morning for her mothers sake.
At noon neighbor came in,
bringing a bowl Of hot soup and
an apple dumping Mildred fed
the soup to her mother and saved
the dumping for Comics supper.
She was too tired to eat, but she
drank a glass of hot milk which
made her feel sleepy.
Finding her mother Slunbering,
she decided to take a short nap.
But just as she entered her room
the doorbell rang and Mildreds
heart jumped into her throat.
She knew that ring.
| ITO Re Eontinuedl
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+ to we can have bite of dinner here
when the doctors gone
I'D be in the way" Harold de-
INJURED.
"Oh. no." Mrs. Lawrence put in,
her hospitable spirit surrounding
her suffering.
I'D like to have you here" Mil
bred admitted, fearing to be left
alone with her mother i'll and Con-
ME unstrung.
The doctor came in then and
Harold told Mildred hurriedly that
ne would wait in the living room.
Connie came TO him soon and told
I him the doctor was dressing the
burn. She couldn't bear to watch it.
How did it happen?" Harold
asked.
Mother was preparing dinner"
Connie explained, and she tipped
over a pot of boiling lard. Her hand
and arm are frightfully burned.
L don't know what I'd have done
if Mildred hadn't been here. 1t
happened just after she came up
stairs. Oh. dear, there's the tele-
phone. viii you answer it, please?
I'm too upset to talk
Harold went out and Connie soon
heard his voice raised in angry
argument.
mo, won't call Mildred to the
phone" he said. you've no bust
ness bothering her after office hours,
Pam. Besides, she's not working
for you.
mo, I won't tell her what you
want. Her mother is i'll and the doc
tor is here. What? Well, that's none
of your concern. Yes, of course I'm
going to stay. They need me-"
He hung up with bang just as
Mildred appeared in her mothers
doorway.
who was it?" she asked, not
having heard Harold's end of the
conversation.
Pamela" he said GROSSLY.
II suppose she wanted me" Mil
bred said. Did you tell her what
has happened?"
Il told her you couldn't be both
cred. Isn't there something l can
do Mildred?"
yes, will you take this prescrlp-
ton down to the druggist on the
corner and have it f1lled?" She
handed him a slip of paper and
Harold Hurried out with it,
YXTHEN he returned half an hour
w later his arms we're laden with
packages. While he waited for the
prescription to be made up he'd
bought everything he could and in
the neighborhood that he thought
would be conductive to the comfort
of sick persn.
Connie helped him unload them
while Mildred took the medicine to
her mother. Already she was be-
ginning to worry over the problem
that faced her.
The doctor had said that her
mother would have an uneasy
night: some one should sit up with
her. or at least sleep near at hand.
That some one could not be
Connie. And who was to stay at
home during the time that it was
necessary for their mother to be
kept in bed?
Mildred knew that it would worry
her mother to have Connie out of
school. Il suppose I'll have to take
a few days Off" she decided, Won
dering how a deleted pay envelope
could be made to meet the present
emergency.
Her worry did not show in the
tenderly sympathetic face she
showed to her mother, however, and
presently the FESTIVE figure on the
bed grew quiet, the spasms of pain
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Term Broken Only Four Years
When Man Was Postmaster.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. April II.
At the conclusion of his present
term. Charles S. Ashley will have
served as mayor of this city for
twenty-siX years.
A four-year break in his career
was served as postmaster. He is 70.
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CHAPTER XIV

SOW GO on WITH THE STORY
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MAYOR FOR rs YEARS

Ito Be Continued)
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-11-28

Of course, most of us take Thanks
giving Day for granted. We forget
that this pleasant annual holiday,
when the whole family gets together
for a feast and a jolly good time, is
the result of a long chain of circum-
stances. These circumstances were
fully explained in a recent article IN
The Pathfinder magazine, published
in Washington, D. c.
If you were asked could you say
why our national Thanksgiving day
always falls on the last Thursday in
November? Why not Wednesday, or
Friday or any other day of the week?
And could you tell why turkeys are
peculiarly associated with Thanks
giving day Why not wild geese, or
cartridges, or prairie chickens?
And why it is that we have ma
tional Thanksgiving day while most
other countries on the globe do not?
How did it happen that we were the
first to think of this bright idea?
Although religious peoples in diff
ferent parts of the world had pre-
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throp wrote eve keep Thanksgiving
day today in Boston,
In 1889 Connecticut held similar
thanksgiving, and in 1914 the Dutch
of New Netherland proclaimed a pub
lie day for giving thanks. Thanks
giving gradually assumed the chara-
ter of an annual event in both Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut, although
for many years it was held at irreg-
uar intervals.
During the Revolution the Contin-
entail Congress appointed one or more
days of thanksgiving nearly every
year, and these were our first ma
tional" thanksgiving days. In 1888
Congress by joint resolution request
ed the president ito recommend to
the people of the United States a
day of public thanksgiving and pray
err, to be observed by acknowledging
with grateful hearts the many and
signal favors of Almighty God, es-
pecially by affording them an oppor-
tunity peaceably to establish form
of government for their safety and
happiness" Washington, in the first
thanksgiving proclamation issued by
president of the United States, de-
signated November 26th, the last
Thursday in that month, and this sell
ection, later many years, was to be-
come precedent.
Washington designated Thursday,
February 10, as day of thanksgiv-
ing on account Of the suppression OF
the Whisky insurrection. The elder
Adams designated Wednesday, May
9, 1893. With this single exception
all of our national thanksgiving days
since the adoption of the Constitu-
ton have fallen on Thursday. Adams
also designated Thursday, April 20
/ 1899. Another proclamation for this
purpose was not issued for Ii years
when Madison designated the thirf
Thursday in August, 1912. He ap
pointed two other such days, the las
being the second Thursday in April
1915, after the restoration of peace
with Great Britain.
No more national days of thanks
giving were recommended by tn
president for 40 years, when Presl
dent Lincoln, in 1863, set asid
Thursday, August 6, as a day 0
thanksgiving, and later in the sam
year designated the 'last Thursda
of November next for the same pu
pose. There was reason why Their
were no national days of thanksglV