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patent leather hair, the Hopping socks that reveal bits of very unin- teresting bare skin, and the silly little sideburns prove that Dumb Doras haven't a corner on all the empty heads.
 One of a wife's hardest jobs is to keep from breaking out into a hearty laugh while watching her husband trying to stand on his dignity when she IS squelching him.
 Another reason why betting par ties are so much more interesting than married life is because it is a heap more fun to have a girl sit on your lap that to have a wife sit down hard on you.
 When we used to hear so much about bare facts we never realized how skinny some of them could be.
 When a married woman says My mistake" she is not admitting she is in wrong, but is referring to her meal ticket.
 We never expected to see the day when modest girls wouldn't think it was necessary to seek the privacy of hallway to fix what ever needed it, no matter how far up or down it happened to be.
 It is getting so the modern girl don't care a rap what you hang n them just so it isn't clothes.
 A good many of the middle-a aged women now feel as uncomfortable with their hair slowly getting long er as they did when skirts began 3etting shorter SO fast.
 Among some other things hus- bands would like to do-if their wives would let em-is forget their faults occasionally.
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RESTAURANT FOR SALE

Furniture, fixtures, stock and good will of Rhodes Cafe, also known as Gastineau Cafe for sale. Every thing needed to commence busi- ness. but purchaser, if desire op- crate in present location, must ar range for lease of premises from owners of Gastineau Hotel.
 Property must be sold by April IT, 1929. Write or wire offers. The undersigned reserves the right to reject any and all bids or offers. Stock, fixtures and equipment in- ventories approximately $4,0oo OO Copy of inventory furnished upon request.
 R. E. ROBERTSON,
 Assignee for benefit of creditors of B. F. and Christie Rhades
 200 Seward Building,
 Juneau, Alaska.
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Teaching Literature.
(Emporia, Kan, Gazette.)


 The other day student who works in the Ga- zette office was moani.. and grooming over his les in literature in "St. Agnes Eve" by Keats-a lovely thing He regarded the lesson task The teacher made it that
 Literature when it is taught mathematics is a dull and awful subject The first thing teacher of literature should do would be to dispose of Keats and Shelley a bootleg basis. Tell the students that they must not read Keats and Shelley; that their writings contain many dangerous sentiments and very suggestive passages not fit for their young minds Then order Keats and Shelley put out of the library except to the older students. That would bring Keats and Shelley into their own. The same thing would work with Shakespeare cept that the teacher should explain that many passages were unfit for young readers The teacher should frown upon the obvious indecences of Shakespeare. If that fails, forbid classes to read Shakespeare at all.
 And how they would swallow him!
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They'd OutseII All Others

Blinks-I see they claim a certain brand of cigarettes soothes the throat.
 Jinks-If they ever get one that will quiet the tongue I'm gonna in- sist on my wife learning to smoke.
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Useless Information

The manufacturers of porus plas- ters take the summer and fall to 5pend the money they made during the -shoveling and spring gar- demanding seasons.
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May Be All Right As Weed Perhaps our system does
 The spinach badly need, But nature, we will bet,
 Meant it to be weed.
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Bernard Shaw persists in his refusal to visit the United States notwithstanding that he is immensely more popular here than in England where he lives Possibly he feels more certain of retaining that popularity by staying away from the country
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In Michigan tax is proposed on bottles, corks, caps and the like in effort to dis courage the making of home brew.-(Florida Times Union.)
 That may be effective way for a State to cooperate in the enforcement of Prohibition.
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Passing Observation

Scientific menus may make a man healthy, but we think too much of a nickle to risk it on bet they also make him happy.
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One For The Debating Societies
 Which keeps the owner out o1 the most trouble-anirnal instinct or human intelligence?
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Country Store and Barn Dance, Elks' Hall, April 20th, supervision If Pastime Club. Special prizes for pest hayseed couple now on dis play at J. M. Saloums. Groceries
 pots and pan and what have you Ill given away free An equal chance for all to win. Save the late. adv.
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More Or Less True

More Or Less True
 It's an i'll wind that blows mo- body good and styles that cause so much feminine cuticle to get frost bitten in winter and sunburned in summer make it possible for the makers of cold creams to give the wolf at the door the merry hal ha The hatless heads, with their
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ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
 pV gAM HH,I
Nh Angel Child
By SAM HILL.

No Angel Child Well, LATER maybe 'Tis The GENTLE Spring-but heck When it arrives it acts More like a tough roughneck.
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Getting Lazy

What in the blankety- b a n k blazes does the star want with an- other double?" demanded the Man ager.
 "She now wants some one to do her marrying and divorcing for her." grinned her press agent.
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Help.

T want something catchy" said the sheik, who was looking over the greeting cards.
 Mouse traps are in the base ment," snapped the Princess be- hind the counter
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big tactical coup in the Mexican rebel cam paign has come to light General is living in the Pennsylvania Hotel, New York-Detrot News)
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Fugitive slave law passed in 1850 and re- pealed in 1864. This gives the Volstead law five years to go.-(Boston Transcript)
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Business Note

Business Note There may not be anymore calf love than there ever was but the tremendous sale of silk hosiery shows there is heap more love of calves.
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Difference of Opinion

DHIcTtHCt UT OpIHlUn An artificial light, they say. Is hard on eyes-and yet. She's sure she is a treat for 'em When she's bleached bru- nette!
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So Do the Barbers

So Do the Barbers A girl I like Is pretty Anabelle, She keeps hers trimmed So she doesn't look like-CYou know what)!
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Same Old Story

Did your husband rave over your new Easter hat?"
 No, but he did plenty about the bill for it.'
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Way to Be UnpopuIar-

way tU De UHpUpuIdf- Let youE face be the parking place for gloom.
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EXPERT SHOE REPAIRrgG

It pays to nave your zlppers and boots rebuilt at Mike Avoian's. Gents furnishings. adv.
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Tired of the JOb

Tired of the Job Angry (would bel Diner: "You pay your walters here, don't you?" Restaurant Proprietor: Of course we dol"
 Angry Diner: Well, then pay me my half days wages, I'm tired of waiting and am going to quit"
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Fresh roasted peanuts and pop corn. Juneau Ice Cream Parlors.
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No Brains

The fool woodpecker must oft wish He too, could aspirin tablets take For using his head as he does, We'll bet he's ne'er free from
 headache.
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No Accounting For Some Folks Divorce Court item in a Los An geles paper:
 Suits filed:
 JUNE-Charles R., against Anna J.
 Can you i'm inc ANYBODY wanting to get rid of JUNE? Es- pecially in APRIL!
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Whaddya Suppose Iney're Gonna
 Make En It? (Headline in Philadelphia paper) GARMENT FACTORY TO RE-
 OPEN
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confessed. ST know a little more about
him than did last night. I wanted TO
find out what he was up TO-, especially
after Babe told me he'd taken her
home last night and asked her ques-
tons about you"
He thought she held her breath
while she waited for him to go on.
"He isn't what anybody would call a
valuable citizen, but, at that, he doesn't
seem like the man to break in here
and steal your $500. He wrote some
indiscreet letters to a chorus girl once
and she sued him for a hundred thou
sand. Probably she wouldn't have done
it if he hadn't had rich, respectable
uncle she hoped would buy her on. HIS
the Worcester Hotel. Did you ever
hear of him?"
Apparently she attached no i'm
portance to the question, for she
answered it with a mere absent shake
of the head.
"I want to tell you another thing,
Rhoda," he went on. ct am sure thai
the man who's been advertising for the
| address of Rhoda Mcfarland is the
same man. Charles j. Forster
c. do you see? The man they were
talking about last night"
But I don't know who he ISL she
told him, vehemently. Then, sudden
" intent, she asked, Ibid you do any
thing else?"
"There was only one thing left to
do, and that was to look him up and
ask him why he was advertistng-for
her. And-and didn't want to do
that unless you said you wanted me
to-"
She thought that over for a mo-
ment before she spoke. She wasn't
angry with him, though, as he'd feared
she would be.
You might have asked him." she
said at last. AFTER what told you
last night, you might have argued that
it was no affair Of mine what you
found out about-her. But I'm glad
you didn't. Please don't do 1t, Martin.
Let me tell you little, and then don't
try to find out anything more.
I'm Rhoda White now, but used
to be Rhoda Mcfarland. The only
person who'd try to find me would be
my uncle, William Royce. Mr.. Forster
must be working for him. He fright
ened me so when was q little girl
that I've never got over being afraid OF
him. He was cruel to my father and
wanted to take me away from him, then.
We ran away so that he couldn't.
IT was only Is when my father died
and I was afraid that If Uncle William
heard about it and knew where I was
he'd get me then. There wasn't any
one else, you see. So I changed my
name and got job on the News. and,
Martin, don't want anything changed.
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on and have visit alone with her after
The last thing Babe did before she
left the studio was to 60 over to Rhoda
and hug her. Don't you worry any
more about it, precious" she said.
Something nice Is going to happen
soon that'll make you forget all about
it. I've got a bunch about that that's
strong enough to bet money on"
Martin bit down the question he
wanted to ask the moment Babe had
really gone and said something nice
about her instead: What a good loyal
sort she was.
ooh, she isl" Rhoda assented. "But
she's about as easy to see into as q gold
fish bowl. She promised she wouldn't
let you suspect that anything had hap
pened here, and she's gone OF now
without the faintest idea that she's
given anything away" Then she went
on, It'll tell you what its was: there
was a burglar here this afternoon"
did he get away with anything
Important"
"He got three hundred dollars of
mine" she said. I'm ashamed to ad-
NIT I was so silly as to keep a lot of
money like that in cash in my room.
I'd had it under the paper lining Of
one Of my bureau drawers. Probably
that was the first place he looked"
Martin thought most likely 1t was,
but, instead of saying so, he asked If
they had any idea when 1t had hap
pened, or how the man had got in.
eft would be an easy place to get
into any time during the day." she
admitted, ruefully. 1.-THE dreSSmaking
people leave the outer door unlocked,
so that their customers can come right
up. Our door wasn't broken, but I
suppose a burglar could have picked
the lock easily enough"
Martin took look at 1t. "The way
this locks put on" he told her, ANY
one could open 1t with a kitchen knife. !"
She didn't say anything to that and
he went back to his chair.
WAS the $500 all he took?" he asked
at last.
Wasn't it enough?" she countered.
He was afraid 1t was thin ice, and
he didn't want, to get her angry with
him again, but he ventured to answer:
"No--that Is, wasn't surprised at the
burglary, but I was surprised that he
took money. Haven't you missed any
thing else? A document Of some sort,
or letter-or perhaps a photograph?
I'm just guessing, you see"
She remarked: IT don't think you're
exactly guessing. You're thinking
about Mr.. Lewis and the things you
heard that woman telling him last
night. But haven't any document or
any letter. mean haven't lost any
and I don't own any photographs, ex-
cept Of Babe and Doris and Isabel"
"I was thinking about Lewis" he
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| RHODA
IA Red-Headed Girl
By Henry Kitchell Webster
Alliance
Copyright 1922 American Newspaper Alliance and
Metropolitan Newspaper Service.

quarrel that had flared up between
them, but 1t didn't seem like that.
Rhoda looked hStleSS and depressed.
Babe seemed to be bursting with some
thing. She was excited, and she was
trying to be mysterious. She was con-
cerned about Rhoda, too, judging from
the way her gaze followed the other girl
During the dinner the bell rang and the
rather nondeScript visitor whom Babe
admitted announced himself as @ name
taker for the new city directory. He
wanted to get the names and occupa-
tons of everybody who lived In the
apartment. Rhoda, Martin thought,
didn't much like the idea Of giving
them to him, but she made no openeob-
lection, and Babe recited them while
he wrote them down. He had to have
Rhoda's name spelled for him.
There was no real reason for doubling
that he was what he pretended to be,
to the point of asking him to show his
credentials. He had an idea that name
takers wrote the names they got on
printed slips rather than In the pages
of a pocket notebook. Also he thought
the man turned rather penetrating
look on him. But he didn't want to do
something of11ciouS every time he was
With Rhoda, nor TO DO anything tonight
that would add to her disquiet. It
was probably nothing but imagination.
1t wasn't, though, imagination that
something had happened to upset the
girls. Babe eventually gave that away
completely. It transpired that she had
a date at 9 o'clock and she seemed
worried over the idea Of leaving Rhoda
in order to keep 1t. She even offered,
in what she meant for confidential
aside, to break this date, so that Rhoda,
If Martin went home early, should not
be alone in the studio.
Rhoda vetoed the proposal and the
cloud over Martins spirits lifted as he
realized that she meant to let him stay
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You won't do anything to change things
mo, won't do anything you don't
want me to-" he said Then he ola
little mental arithmetic. If that was
two years ago, you're only ID now.
do you mind?" she asked MIN seri-
ously.
After a while she said, How did you
And out ali that about Max Lewis and
the chorus grip"
"It was all In the rnorgue," he told
her. cit took about 10 minutes.
Then she said
Lets forget about the whole thing
will you? VIII you agree That the
burglar was Just a plain burglar who
was perfectly satisfied with my $500
and that Mr.. Forster and Mr.. Lewis
were only trying to find me-to settle
bet, or for some silly reason ike thatP
And then, Martin, will you take me
somewhere where we can dance?"
you bet will" he said. III agree
to the whole program-for the rest OF
the evening-if you'll let me say just
one thing first"
She considered this request, but
finally said, "All right; just one,
though"
IF you're really 10 years old p
81 really am" she interrupted, AL
most. My birthdays in two weeks
October 3lst; Halloween. it is"
"Hurrah!" he said. We'll have a
party! Well, then, on Halloween you'll
come Of age, and you'll have no more
reason to be afraid of your uncle than
I have. He'll have no authority over
you. And even in the meantime don't
see that he could do very much. That's
ALL Now let's CO."
Downstairs In the vestibule she
noticed that there were some letters IN
their mailbox. The postman had come,
she remembered, while they were so ex-
cited about the burglar that they both
forgot to 60 down and get the mail.
She didn't want to be bothered with it
now, though. All she wanted to do was
dance.
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
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~ ARTIN'S days work was yawn-
NH ing for him In the local room,
INA but he didn't go there. He
went into the morgue instead,
on the chance that he'd find
there some scrap of information about
Max Lewis. The search was much bet
ter rewarded than he'd expected. though
there was nothing freSher than four
years old, and it naturally threw no ol-
rect light on the mans present actiVl-
ties.
Max had had his promenade IN the
public eve by virtue OF breach OF
promise suit for one hundred thousand
Collars. that had been brought against
him by a chorus girl. He'd written her
the usual half dozen imbecile love letters.
All that gave them interest, either to
the public or to the chorus girl herSeli,
had been the fact that Max, though IL
wasn't clear that he had any property
of his own, had vested right, SO 10
speak, in an automatically rich bacheior
uncle who might be expected TO settle
the girls claim. It didn't appear from
anything in the file that he had, though
he gave the reporters a rather plctur-
esuue interview on his nephew'S behaf.
The only direct find for Martin in the
mess was the uncle'S name ana au-
dress. It was Charles J. Forster" and
he was spoken of as a capitalist with
large oil interests In various parts o!
the country-C Charles j. Forster, &C. J. :!
Forbes looked UP his address. He
lived at the worcester Hotel.
The next step would be to interview
Mr.. Forster and try to persuade him to
tell why he was advertising for Rhods
Mcfarland. This he didn't want to &c
without Rhoda's permission. So ne
made his way to the local room anc
went to work for the newspaper. Al
half-past that night he went nome
to shave and put on a clean shirt, pre-
paratory to his dinner engagement WITH
Rhoda and Babe.
Though he had conscientiously killed
time, he arrived at the address Rhoua
had given him a few minutes ahead OF
his hour, and he paused for survey OF
the premises from the outside. IL was
a remodeied dwelling with converted
basement which was now an antique
shop. and a first floor, guessing from
the sign, that housed a dressmaking es-
tablishment. 1t served some CONNER
cial purpose during the day, anyhow
but It was now dark. 1t must be ratnei
lonely place at night, he thought, ano
he didn't very much like the idea OF
Rhoda's living in 1t.
Something had happened In the
studio. though; at least. something nae
happened to one Of its tenants. he
sensed It the moment they let MN IN
and he grew surer he was right as time
went on. II might, Of course, pc MOTH
ing more than some small domesue
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This statement given a few days
ago by MR.. CFiAS. D. ROLLS, who
resides at Riggs and Sargent Roads,
Chillum, Md Continuing, he said:
For years / suffered with stomach
trouble, constipation and kidney dis
orders, and of late was in a bad
shape. / would vomit up sour green
bile, and for days could not retain
a thing on my stomach. was IN
almost constant pain, and medicine
used did not help at all. I even
took special treatments in New York,
but it was only money wasted. or
late was hardly able to work and
had several spells with my stomach,
when I thought was going to die.
My liver was sluggish, bowels did
not move regularly, and always felt
tired and worn out. So many praised
this medicine that said, Well, /
will try few bottles of it. I have
now used four in all, and can hard
ly realize myself the wonderful relief
it has given me. My stomach is in
good order, food agrees with me,
and I have not had one Of those
vomiting spells since I began using
Miller's Herb Extract formerly
called Herb juice. Bowels, also
liver, act regularly, and this medi-
cine has carried more poison out OF
me than I thought was possible to
be in a persons system. now work
hard ali day and do not mind 1t at
all. When go to bed sleep sound
ly and do not get up at all hours on
account of the kidneys as I did in
the past. Miller's Herb Extract
helped me when nothing else would,
and I cannot praise it too highly"
Owing to the great demand for
MiIIer's Herb Extract formerly called
Herb Juice), we have found 1t neces-
sary to place another representative
| in Washington. These men, who are
here TO explain this great medicine.
are located at Store No. 2, sos 9TH
| Street NV, and Store No. 8, S1st
and M Streets (GeOrgetOwn), Of the
Peoples Drug Stores. II you are not
enjoying good health stop at one Of
these stores today and learn how this
famous medicine has helped thou
sands here In Washi gtOn.
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SYNOPSIS,

Mcfarland, tpho is knoDn as Rhodd White.
Ne recalls an ad in the personal columns
OF O newspaper asking for iHformatior re-
hearing conversation betWeen a man called
Mar Leipis and a tConian, Forbes is sure
that Rhodd White Is Rhodd Mcfarland and
that these people think so. too, and have
q special interest in certifying this belle I,
that she is Rhodd McFGrldnd and gives him
to understand that his interest in her dfairs
Is anpelcome, The incident recalls UiUtdly
the scenes Of a fen years ago, When her
fathers sudden misfortune and disgrace set
them apart from other people. After his
death she had changed her name and found
tDork. She shared an apartment NTH BABE
Jennings and pas fairly happy: But notO
the incident in the dance hall dtsturbs her.
And Babe adds to her confusion BY saving
that LeDis has asked her DhetheT Rhoda $
real name isn't McFdTidud.
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$50 Bands in Contest,

In a contest In London recently 1870
bands from SO counties competed for
the championship of the British en-
pire. The crowd was so great that
several players tainted. The COMPETE
ton for the $4,000 prize was won by
Carlisle st. Stephens. The second priz
went to the C. w. S. Band from Glas-
Cow, Scotland.
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ADvERTIsEMENT.
Maryland Man
Thought He Was
| Going to Die
Says He Suffered Day and
Night and Was Hardly
Able to Work Before
Using the Herb
Extract

ITO say that Miller's Herb Extract
(formerly called Herb Juice) helped
me would be mild way to express
the remarkable change this medicine
made in my general health. I must
admit that in all the SIS years OF my
life I have never used its equal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19

Germany is using 80 times as much
aluminium as it did before the World
War.
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FIFTH INSTALLMENT.

N II ARTINS days work was yawn-
INA ing for him in the local room,
IVA but he didn't go there. He
~ went into the morgue instead,
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Does your motor turn over with
a drag when you start it these
days? It's the cold.
Chilling winds make stiff oil and
stiff motors-unless you have the
proper consistency'of STANDARD"
Motor Oil for winter driving.
Change today.
And when you take the car to
your "Standard" Dealer or
"Standard" Service Sta tion,
have the crank case drained and
cleaned with STANDARD" Flush
ing Oil. Don't run the risk of
any diluted oil remaining in the
bottom of your crank case to
freeze up on the first cold snap.
Your STANDARD Dealer is we'll
equipped to do the work Of
draining, cleaning and greasing
every necessary part of your car
thoroughly and quickly. Just
check the items, hand him the
list and enjoy the pleasure of
driving a understanding, silent
cunning, powerful motor.