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"You work very hard, my dear-too
hard"
She was wearing a rope of pearls and
q collection of exquisite rings-old
rings picked up during her travels
Rostov had noticed them. They filled
him at times with a savage bitterness
He believed that many Of them were
wrung from hungry u~nfortunates. They
arrived. Supper was laid-iced soup,
| There was champagne, also a box OF
| cigars. Mrs. Evans dismissed the
| servant.
And RoStov was conscious Of some
| thing in the air. There was a part of
him that began to briStle. Even the
| cigar she offered him was q 10-franc
bride. And for what?
MY dear, have you noticed my
rings?"
Oh, yes, he had noticed her rings.
Madame has exquisite taste"
TT is my hobby. And at the same
time I help people. Is 1t not true, my
dear, that the Riviera Is full Of your
unfortunate people?"
very true"
"And sometimes they need money
and they 60 to some one with a ring
or a brooch or a necklace and they
i l6F W bdhC WAk0u AAC WACV(AA ~ AASO.
Even you, my dear, probably cherish
some treasure"
Rostov's glance seemed to narrow.
He was on the alert.
Eyes, that is true"
"And there are many refugees"
eyes"
"Well, my dear, I can offer you a
profession. Together we might con
trive to help your people and to please
me. I presume you meet many Rus
SLAMS"
"Oh, yes"
"Well, my dear, why not bring them
to me? You can act a. my confiden-
tial agent. I am a very rich woman.
I adore gems: they are my passion.
But I am not a broker. Rather you
buys securities. Now, wouldn't it be
quite easy for you to go about and find
| people who had jewelry to sell and
bring them to me? 1t would be so nice
and easy for them: no horrible hag-
Cling, M sneaking into shops"
Rostov,s face was very pale.
II see. You suggest, madame, that
I explore Cap dor"
mot only Cap dor, but when I go to
| Monte Carlo, or Nice, Of Cannes, or
Paris, OF London you follow me, my
dear, Int act as my agent. It Will pay
you better than dancing"
X X X X
CHE was very plausible, sitting there
- in a golden wig and with her peach
blossom face, but Rostov had n OF
those moments of illumination when a
man knows things without being able
to say how he knows them. Suddenly
he knew her to be a succulent, greedy
old woman, and he felt a chilliness up
his spine, tremors Of disgust. But he
was the diplomat. He felt in the hip
pocket Of his trousers and brought out
a little black leather case.
Madame will excuse me-"
He watched her face. He saw 1t
sharpen and. harden, Just as many
women's faces grow hard and alert and
greedy at bridge. The pupils Of her
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on the table. It was for him, the
poodle, the good dog, and he both
wanted it and loathed 1t. She might
do these things in a different way.
Mrs. Evans looked up at him archly.
II shall be around here tonight. Come
and have supper with me, my dear,
afterward."
r OSTOv left the hotel. He walked
fast in the direction of his street
quarter. He climbed the four flights of
steps. He opened the door and saw his
wife laying the table for their evening
meal-bread, potage and macaroni.
Vera looked tired and paler than usual.
Her movements had a languor.
Rostov noticed this. Another Of his
fears was for his wife,s health.
Tired, Vera?"
"Only one of my headaches"
"Lie down. I'll look after the res
taurant."
mo. I can manage. Go and change"
Rostov had to dress and return to
the Cosmopslis by $50 o'clock, where
he would have to dance and appear gay
and debonair till midnight. At IL
o'clock Mrs. De Quincy Evans would
carry him OH In her car, and he would
eat, and in return for his food he would
be expected to be gallant and amusing.
He went into the bedroom to change.
Confound the old woman! Why
couldn't she let him go to bed in peace?
He said, 1T have to go out to supper
with the woman from whom I stole the
peaches. Very boring. I think I shall
tell her I'm married"
Vera replied from the other room:
Poor Michael"
"Oh, one has to put up with 1t. She
gave me a hundred-fra1ce note after
the show today. I performed with her
party. I'll put the note on your dress
ing table. Buy yourself something"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
BY WILL ROGERS.

Wv YELL, all I know is just what I
"A read in the papers, or what
NV happens here in the old HUI
mar Hash Bowl. We got a
new Police Chief here and
he has arrested most of the population
and over half the Police force. I look
for him to issue an order arresting him
self some day. He has got the Cops so
scared that they are arresting trafic
away with it. He is quite a fellow.
He has had great training for such q
strenuous life. He used to be the head
of the Mayors Reception COMMITTEE. It
was his work to go down the Bay or out
on the incoming B~oulevards n meet
the Visitors to the City and try and get
them to go to City Hall and have their
Pictures taken with the Mayor. There
was for awhile that you couldent get q
passport into the city unless you had
had it "vesayyed" on the steps OF the
City Hall.
He has been decorated by almost every
foreign Government, for getting their
subjects through the traffic from the
pier to their Hotel. It used to take him
till moor every day just to meet n
Foreign Lecturers. People used to try
and disguise and keep the Reception
committe from knowing they were com
ing into New York. But it dident do
any good. They had a Detective force
to find out when any Channel SWIM
| mer, Golf Player, foot racer or Diplo-
mat wa trying to sneak thru the City
without getting their Picture taken and
they would nail en-.
Grover (his name is Grover Weyland)
worked IN a commission basis. He got
so much for meeting an Aviator, so
much for Swimmers. The Bounty on
Queens was the highest. If you could
coax a Queen to detour by City Hall
why he could lay off and call 1t a day
and not have to meet anybody else.
And he made such a big success out Of
this that a great store heard about 1t
and offered him a job at a great big
salary.
But say, he is just going after these
Crooks in this town like he did after
those Notables. He is not letting a one
get away, cause he Is that kind Of a
fellow. There is no half way with him.
1t would be o good joke OF this town
If he did clean 1t up. Course that would
ruin it, for its getting like Paris, its
supposed Devilment is its biggest add.
The rest of the country drop in here
and think if they don't stay up till four
a. m. that New Workers will think they
are "Yokels," when as a matter of fact
New Workers. have been in bed so long
they don't know what the other half Is
doing.
New York lives on the out Of towner
trying to make New York think he Is
quite a fellow. So it looks like this
J fellow y going to get somewhere. There
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Joke May Be on New York City

has any way proving whether he ever
found 1t out o. not, and the more
| things he can think of what nobody can
ind out about, why the bigger Scientist
he Is. One Of them here at this re-
union read a Treatise, that the whole
story Of Christ and the Bible dident
happen In the Holy land, that the whole
thing was away In the middle of Asia,
somewhere around where China and
India meet now. Now what If he is
right? What's that got to do with
stocks? The minute that California
hears that there Is q doubt among
Scientists as to just where the whole
action Of the Bible took place, 7 bet
they will dig up a Scientist from some
Rotatary Club" and he will read a
paper to prove the whole thing took
place just between Glendale and Long
Beach, California.
Then the argument will start as to
whether the River Jordan Is the Sacra-
mento Of the Talhassee. You know
that's n reason why 7 think Henry
Ford Is the smartest man In the World
today. He said never mind History, he
dident cara what had happened, he
wanted to figure what was going to
happen. think If every History on
books on old things vas thrown In the
river, and everybody had nothing to
study but the future, we would be
about two hundred years ahead of
what We are.
What do we care about whether
Caesar got along with Mark Anthony
or not? What we want to know is
Are We going to get along with Eng
land or not, and If not, get ourself
some Cruisers" George Washington
wouldent tell his father a lie, but he
misled the British about the strength
OF his Army till he led 'em into a war
and killed most Of EN-. What does that
mean to us? What do we care whether
he crossed the Delaware In a "Skift"
or dived under 1t? There is bridges on
1t now, that how we got across 1t.
Nothing ever happens exactly the same
twice anyhow.
Events are like finger prints. they
say there Is no two alike. History
dident teach us that: somebody was
smart enough to find it out. So whats
the use studying event, when you
know it will never happen that way
again? II all that History teaches us
Is that Napolean moved his Army on
Its belly" what does that prove? Only
that soldiers were all belly and no head
in those days. We got to fight the next
war with an Airship, so what does 1t
matter whether Lafayette was on a
Grey Horse or a Car? II Henry Ford
had studied the past instead Of the
future, about all he would ever have
invented would have been, THE cheap
est suit of Armour on the market. It
will take you through the most wars
with the least expense. Remember
Fords self-Starting Armour"
Accpsyighss z1a2s.A -
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eyes were pin points.
MY last resource, madame. One
must keep something in reserve. May
I show 1t to you?"
"Of course" d
He sprang the catch, raised the lid
and displayed to her a superb emerald
in an old italian setting. It had be-
great deal Of money, and always he
carried it about with him, buttoned up
in his hip pocket.
Mrs. De Quincy Evans eyes caressed
1t, but she was astute, a good business
woman.
"A pretty thing, madame. The
emerald is perfect. Perhaps madame
will value the ring for me"
She took 1t in her thick and stumpy
fingers, held 1t up to the light and ex-
amined the setting.
do you wish to sell it, my dear?"
THAT might depend"
Well, a hundred pounds-perhaps
There is a slight discoloration."
Rostov, deliberately and with grave
politeness, recovered the ring from her
pink palm and returned 1t to the case.
You hag," he thought, "the thing Is
worth five hundred, If 1t Is worth a
penny"
ne DOWeQ 10 IeT.
Madame will excuse me, but I dc
not sell. Nor am I tempted to be
madame's agent and help her to buy
cheaply from poor devils who have just
a little left. No, I have not yet fallen
so low. I apologize for having per-
mitted myself to eat madame's fooC
and drink her wine" .
But she had phlegm. She wa not a
sensitive sort Of woman. She laughed
and made as though to box his ears.
Don't be silly, my dear. Do you
think I should buy that ring from you
without having 1t valued by an expert?
Don't be s dignifled and silly. That's
the worst Of you people with half a mile
Of family tree behind you-you want
everything taken at your w valua-
ton; you want things done for you en-
prince. Don't be silly"
She pushed the cigars toward him.
Put half a dozen of those in your
pocket and don't quarrel with good
business. I am moving on to Cannes
next month. If you have any n OF
the value of things"
His face looked narrow and old, his
eyes sunk in his head. He stood look
ing at her for one moment. He seemed
to see her for what she was. He felt
stif1ed. He wanted to get out of her
villa.
He said, Madame Is privileged. ]
have eaten her food. Sometimes one
is hungry, but 1t is worse for a man
when his wife Is hungry. ! will wish
madame good night"
And he went.
X X X 4
OUTSIDE the night was calm and
clear, and the mountains and the
sea seemed to meet under the moon,
the same old noon confronting yester-
day and tomorrow; and he thought how
damnable 1t was that people should be
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the Toastmaster of the whole concern
by announcing that, I'VE needed some
other religion, that we should look to
the earth for our guidance instead Of
to the sky" The Head man. in the
Scientist business told him, Keep your
mind on your work, never mind worry
ing about something you don't know
anything about. We don't want to get
mixed up with these Religious people
in any argument. They are the one
we are living OF of, so find something
wrong with somebody besides u meal
ticket"
A Scientist Is q mar that can find
out anything. and .nopody. IN. the world
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o'clock to q young widow with much
money. She was interested in Rostov.
She had been having lessons from him
for a month, and always she was trying
to make him talk to her of himself and
his past. At 4 O'Clock there was the
dansant at the Cosmopolis, and Rostov
had to be in attendance and dance
with any Of the hotel guests who wished
him to dance with them.
A Mrs. De Quincy Evans was giving
a tea party, and with one of her cos
metic smiles she had ordered Rostov
to be in attendance. Mrs. De Quincy
pied one of the most expensive suites at
the Cosmopolis. She vas n of those
immensely wealthy women who wander
about Southern Europe and Northern
Africa. You found her at the st.
George at Algiers or at the Semiramis
at Cairo or at the Cosmopolis at Cap
dor.
Always she was dressed to the last
f%ngernail. No one knew her age, not
even her French maid, who daily re-
constructed Mrs. Evans face. She was
like Rome, the Eternal City, forever
renewed in the midst of its ruins.
Lately Mrs. De Quincy Evans had
rented a villa on the cape. She APP
RCdACO CVCLy 1iAkIlb dt IIlc OOSLlUpOllc,
glittering as though she carried half
the contents of a Partisan jewelry shop.
The man servant who sat beside her
chauffeur was supposed to be a private
detective. Rumor had it that she had
bought up half the precious stones that
had been struggled by wretched refu-
gees out Of Russia.
r OSTOv appeared in the vast lounge
Az Of the Cosmopolis at A o'clock. He
was a young man at whom people
looked. He had a dark aloofness and
dignity. He was well dressed. He could
stand quite still and be stared at
without appearing conscious of these
stares. No n supposed that he
emerged from a fourth-f1oor room in a
back street or that he had a wife who
served in a shop.
Gustave, the head waiter, foated up
to Rostov with fat, oily movements.
Gustave hated Rostov because Rostov
would not allow him to be conversa-
tional and familiar.
That's your old woman's table"
Gustave had n of those rubber
noses that wrinkle up like a dogs, and
a malicious, icy smirk.
How much does she pay you to &c
out to dinner with her?"
Rostov stood very straight, with his
weight on his heels, and looked over
the top of GuStave's head.
But Mrs. De Quincy Evans was ar
irving. She was always arriving, be-
cause her arrivals were so sensational
and lengthy. II she stayed put for
moment, it was a mere pause in the
rhythm Of her comings and goings
She was a large woman, with a glowing
head and a face that was perennially
peached. She was always moving hel
[ hands, which were covered with rings
She called all the walters by their Chris.
tan names. She patted mems sleeves.
Rostov bowed to her very gravely
and she gave him a jocund glance, anc
with all her party in tow was met b,
the urbane Gustave.
II have reserved madame her table
Rostov followed the party, trying no
Ito feel like a monkey at the end of &
string. The party consisted of a mid
dle-aged woman, two girls, a young ole
= man with an eyeglass and a youth with
no chin. Mrs. De Quincy Evans settlet
her party. She took a long time abou'
lit. She talked all the time.
as Oh, that dinnerl AHe . was Away
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wont be any Gin between" He is
either going to be good, or a bust. There
will be no half way record with him.
So here is good luck to you Grover, you
took on a mans job, and If you get away
with 1t you will be the fellow that they
will be rounding up the notables to
bring and have their picture taken on
the steps with.
We had all the Scientists met here
In convention lately. Il don't mean the
Christian Scientists. These from tie
way they talked were Atheist Scientists.)
They read great long papers to each
other, discussing what they had found
out. One Of them got n wrong with
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her chair and met her cosmetic smile
he began to wonder what her game was.
Was She Rostov preferred to think
of Mrs. Evans as a g~ood-natured and
rather officious woman who wanted to
be kind and liked to parade her kind
ness.
She was taking something from her
bag.
"Good boy, Michael"
He saw the hundred-franc note laid
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Housekeeping, my dear. And some
Of 1t can go into the money box"
81 leave 1t to YOU"
X X X X
THAT particular evening proved to be
l. Just like other evenings, so far as
Rostov was concerned, but Mrs. De
Qincy Evans was different. She ex-
hailed a perfume Of property. She car.
ried him of at midnight. In the cal
she patted his hand.
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THEY DANCED. ROSTOv WAS
AN ARTIST, AND YET HE MAN.
AGED TO DANCE WITH AN AIR
OF POLITE DETACHMENT.
MEANWHILE, THE CHINLESS
YOUTH SAT AND DESPISED
HIM.
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VERA LOOKED TIRED AND
PALER THAN USUAL; HER
MOVEMENT HAD A LANCUOR.
ROSTOV NOTICED THIS. AN.
OTHER OF HIS FEARS WAS FOR
HIS WIFE'S HEALTH.
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Wv YELL, all I know is just what I
read in the papers, or what
wv happens here in the old HUI
mar Hash Bowl. We got a
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OUTSIDE the night wa calm and
- clear, and the mountains and the
sea seemed to meet under the moon,
the same old moon confronting yester-
day and tomorrow; and he thought how
damnable 1t was that people should be
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
20 Howard Graduates
Get Freedmen's Posts

Twenty graduates or Howard Clll-
versitv Medical School have been
chosen by competitive examination
to fill inferno posts at Freedmen $
Hospital, beginning July l.
Meharry Medical School and Rush
College of Medicine supply six.
The bedside and clinical expert
ence gained in the positions at
Freedmen's Hospital is regarded as
of highest value to young physicians;
IIoward's exceptional offering in
this respect gives it first rank among
colore0 medical schools OF the
country.
Those chosen locally are: Leon
Anderson, G. Rayner Browne,
Charles Cephas. A. Basil Charles,
Montague Cobb, head of the Francis
swimming pool; Wendell p. Collette,
Ernest Downing. Theodore Candy
Nestle Gunthorpe, Herman Holt, M.
Johnson. Mitchell, Edward Jones,
Charles Kelly, jr.. Mansell McShane,
George Martin, Cyril Ohivierre, Ru-
pert Sancho. Arthur Sayers. Minturn
Thompson, John West. From Me-
harry School: L. Dibble, Henry Mar
tin, Philip Lewis. From Rush: L.
Fl. Berry.
Internes in the dental clinic went
to Harold Fisher and Ira P. Davis.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
z HELD IN Va.
WELFARE CASE

FREDERICKSBURG. Va, June
25.-Revolting relations between a
brother and a sister were revealed
at hearing before Trial Justice
E. r. Garner, of spotsylvania. when
four men were fined s25. and costs
each on charges of contributing to
the delinquency of minor. after
charges of criminal assault pre-.
ferred against them had been re.
futed by the testimony.
The men were Winfrey Talley.
Charles Talley, Robert Mastin and
Guy Hall. They were at first
charged with criminal assault on a
17-year-old county girl, the count
later being changed to contributing
to the delinquency of a minor.
Following the trial the girl an l
her brother. Is. were brought be
fore Justice Quarles Of the Juvenile
and Domestic Relations Court and
committed to the care of the State
Board of Social Welfare.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
TRAIN HITS Rus,
FIVE DEAD

SHEFFIELD. Mass. June rs
d.N.s).-Four children and man
were killed and nine injured near
here yesterday when bus was
struck at o'Neill crossing by the
New York Pittsfield express train.
With three exceptions all the dead
and injured were from New York
city.
County police learned that Mele.
med, operator OF a summer resort
at Ashley Falls, had driven some
of his guests down to town here
to meet the train and collect their
mail. After gathering the newly
arrived guests. Melemed started his
bus back to Ashley Falls.
Michael Coffee. engineer of the
train. declared he sounded his
whistle when approaching the cross.
Ing and could not understand how
the accident occurred The in
jured were taken to Fairview Hos
pital in Great harrington.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
'BAGK-TO-D. c.
MOVE PUSHED

LYON PARK, June co." "Back-to-
the. District" movement took defi'
mite shape last night at the mass
meeting held in the Lyon Park
Community House, when more than
so persons expressed a desire that
Arlington county be coded back to
the District of Columbia.
Richard l.. E&cho, sponsor of the
movement, became the temporary
chairman of the organization with
w. E. Sias, secretary.
Frank @. Campbell, opposing the
project, said the proponents of the
proposal allege that the taxes will
be reduced. THAT assertion is
based upon the bare fact that the
tax rate In Arlington county is
about S2.65 on the 500 assessed
valuation, while in the District Of
Columbia it is sl.70," he asserted.
'.They lose sight of the fact that
the rate is based on 100 per cent
assessed valuation in the District
of Columbia, while in Arlington
county the assessed valuation Is
not more than 40 per cent of the
actual value of the property,@
J. Cloyd Byars, favoring the prof.
ect, declared that il the area is to
be ceded back to the District of Co
lumbia, Alexandria should be heard
as to whether she wants to be re-
turned.
Alexandria has taken another big
slice of our county" he said Are
we going to continue to allow this to
occur or shall we take Alexandria
with us into the District of Colum.
bia?"
Chairman Eacho announced that
arrangements for another meeting
will be made without delay, at which
officers will be elected.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
FINGER IS WORN
AS CHARM

DIES MONIES, June 25 n.N.s1..
Sam Rappo wants his finger back.
Mr.. Rappo lost the digit last win.
ter when some mean-spirited assail.
ant bit it off in struggle which
preceded the fatal shooting here OF
Charles Pirro.
MFR. Rappo was mad about losing
the finger. But he was madder vet
when he learned that 1t was being
worn as watch charm by one OF
the "bulls."
So yesterday Rappo, who lives in
Chicago. filed suit for $50 damages
against Detective William Ham
mond, city finger print expert.
Hammond. Rappo alleges, picKed
up the finger after the melee and
after taking it to the station TO
make a print of it. had it mounted
and has been wearing 1t as q watch
charm ever since.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
No Smoking Is Rule
For Sigma IOta Chi
Sorority

mo smoking Is the rule for
s5 members of Sigma Iota Chi,
national junior college sorority,
who opened their three-day eight
eenth biennial convention yester-
day at the Raleigh Hotel.
The girls. representing junior
colleges throughout the country.
may not chew either, for there is
a national society rule forbidding
the sisters to indulge in tobacco
in any form.
Today they will visit Mount
Vernon and hold a formal dance
tonight at the Raleigh. A lunch
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
Religious Leader Says
Whoopee Wave
Is Waning

EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass,
June rs u.N.SJ.-iThe whoOpie
wave is waning because It was
the answer to the recklessness of
the younger generation, declared
C. Leslie Glenns, national student
secretary of the Protestant Epic.
copal Church at the Mortified
student conference.
This is a spiritually wistful
generation" he said. 1T IL Inn
possible to read the daily news.
papers and not understand the
worlds hunger without being
hard in the heart and soft in
the head.
'Tne answer today is the old
one of personal loyalty TO per.
SON"
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
MEMORIAL FOR CHILDREN

CUMBERLAND, Md, June 25.--
Services in commemoration of the
Lost Children of the Alleghanies"
win be held Saturday at Pavia, Bed
ford county, Pa. All-day exercises
have been arranged, the memorial
service to start at 2 p. m.