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De much. OF course, but If you want to
add 1t to your collection I will be glad
to send 1t to you.
Yours truly,
A LOVER OF FAIR PLAY.
P. S.-You must come over and see
my towels some day. Incidentally, If
you happen to know any young lady
who would be willing to trade a Martha
washington for couple of Prince
Georges, please ask her to write to me.
THE collector will reply by sending
you a number of printed forms
I040A--Boyish, 1040-Medium, and
1099-Stylish Stout from which YOU
select the one best suited to the figure
begins.
The first question to be decided Is:
Are you the head of family or do
you merely think you are?" According
to the humorist who devised the in
come tax schedule, supporting a wife
automatically makes man the head of
family. Actually, however, it is not
as Simple as that: The average family
Is a hydra-headed monster. Papa's
WORD may be law, but mama makes the
amendments and many husband who
dWells like a shrinking violet beside a
Lucy Stoner is permitted to assert him
self only at tax-paying time.
One wife entities a man to an ex.
emption OF $780, but he cannot in
crease his exemption by increasing the
number of his wives. That's where the
catch comes-$3,500 is the Govern
ment's top price, and you can take it
or leave 1t. This ruling is intended
TO discourage polygany.
A dependent parent, brother or sister
also is rated at $500, half-brothers and
half-sisters bring $1,750 on the hoof,
and children are worth $400 apiece, with
or without adenoids. For example,
man who is the father of nine children
Is entitled to an exemption of $500 and
Thursdays out. If the King of Siam
were citizen of the United States the
Government probably would owe him
money. The exemption value Of child
OF divorced parents, who spends part of
his time with his father and part with
his mother. cannot be determined def
initely unless he is made to punch a
time clock.
The most interesting part of the in
come tax blank is the section headed
Deductions" A deduction, according
to the dictionary, is IAN inference or
conclusion arrived at by a priori rea-
soning." Adding up an income is mere
ly a matter OF. mathematics, but esti-
mating the deductions to which one is
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tend to see you, or be your friend. or
any Of those rather idiotic things you
said when you first came into the room"
Toy at the idea that he could love her.
and terror at the finality Of his de-
cision contended in her mind. you
think you could fall in love with nea"
You bet your life I could" he an
swered, and without looking at her, he
walked past her and out Of the room.
She did not hesitate a second; she
followed him. He was putting on his
coat in the hall.
said passionately. IF I needed your
friendship-if I needed you"
He opened the front door; an icy blast
swept in the cold rain froze as It fell.
She caught the tip of his cuff; an UNI
satisfactory hold. But 7 think I love
YOU" she said.
IT can guarantee that you don't" he
answered and. pulling his sleeve free,
he slipped and fell all the way down the
front steps.
It was terrifying. He lay still, with
his leg crumpled under him.
Are you hurt?" she cried.
"A little" His voice sounded strange.
She. rang her own doorbell to sum-
mon help. and went down the steps,
too, almost falling herself.
Go in," he said hoarsely. you'll
catch cold In that thin dress" He was
now leaning on his elbow. with his head
dropping, somewhat In the attitude Of
the dying gladiator.
The policeman at the corner, who
had seen the accident, came running
up as Munster and footman came
out OF the house. Are you hurt?"
every one asked.
answered. -
Garry him into the house. He can
be taken care of there" said Corinna.
No one noticed her, and Marley said
to the policeman. stop that taxi"
The policeman shouted, and the cab
stopped with shrek of brakes.
few minutes later, do what she
would. they were helping him into &c.
and the policeman, too. A hospital had
been discussed, but Marley was firrn.
He shared his apartment with q sur
geon. He would go home.
The next moment the taxi had disap-
peared around the corner. and there
was no sign OF the whole incident, ex-
cept the footman sprinkling sand on
the steps to prevent a repetition of the
accident.
COR1NNA went into the house. She
was not only unattractive to the
man OF her choice, but she had Just
pushed him downstairs and broken his
leg how ugly. how clumsy she
appeared In her own eyes. He would
always think Of her as the Girl who
had made him break his leg. Shame.
despair and pity mingled In her emo
ton: Who was this surgeon? who
would really take care of him? or
Continued on Seventh Paee1
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/ mot down yet. Would Mr.. McGrue
do?"
NO" said Corinna, with a vivid re-
membrance of a dinner at which she
had attempted to be agreeable to Mr..
McGrue and had dropped with weari-
ness under the effort. mo, only Mr..
Daner."
The boy left her and seeking out Mr..
Daner's secretary, Mr.. Marley, he said
Say, there's dame asking for the
boss
Obviously job for the private secre-
| tary. Mr. Marley rose at once. An I'M
known woman who did not give her
name and demanded an interview with
conspicuously rich widower of Sc e. e.
How many of them there were :. not
necessarily romantic adventures, pos
sibly a financial crook.
So young Mr.. Marley advanced fear
lessly. And, instead of finding highly
colcred, middle-aged woman. which was
for some reason, the idea that the boy
had conveyed to him, he saw sweet
faced, shabby little figure. He said to
himself: "Oh, looking for a job, the
poor kid" And she said to herself,
looking up, "Oh dear, always a mistake
not to be as well dressed as possible.
What a pity!"
Can I do anything for you?" he said.
"Mr Daner is not here. If it is posi-
ton with U.S." he hesitated.
Corinna. who found herself decidedly
attracted by this young man. suddenly
thought that it would be amusing to get
him to offer her a position.
Well" she said, ct thought there
might be something. I believe some of
my family know Mr., Daner, and
thought. -
I'm afraid there is nothing open
now" he answered What Is it you
do stenography?"
"Oh. no."
Filling? Statistics?"
mo"
surely not the telephone?"
She admitted it was not the tele-
phone, and saw that her mere incom-
petence interested him, struck him as
something STRANGE. almost archaic.
What Is 1t that you imagined you
could do?" he asked.
II think you put that rather rudely."
she said. and smiled. But" she added,
you know it's Mr.. Daner want to
see"
"A lot Of people want to see Mr..
Daner," replied Marley. Couldn't you
tell me about it?"
II could, but I don't mean to-" she
answered, with perfect amiability.
Well, he liked spirit. and her reply in
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who lay nail files on your knees In the
subways are individuals, and so are the
friends Of your college days who touch
you for loans. But moEey contributed
to community chests, funds or founda-
tons operated for religious, scientific or
educational purposes may be deducted
from your taxable income. Diamond
necklaces are also on the tax-free list,
but only when given to Peggy Hopkins
Joyce, who Is now regarded as q ma
tional institution.
On the back Of your income tax blank
you VIII md spaces for explanations.
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entitled requires ingenuity and magma
ton. For instance, at first glance YOU
may assume that you have no deduc-
tons to make under Item 13 Uosses bv
fire, storm, etc.. But stop and think.
Remember that old blue serge suit that
you spilled lighted cigarette ashes on?
There's hole burned in the vest as
big as dime. You never can wear that
suit again. It cost you $45 in 1918,
and If you tried to buy one like it to-
twice as much. Two times As is 90. or.
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One Good Return Deserves Another Is Motto of Tax Coleco

other day that you are interested in
collecting taxes. How jolly! I always
say that there is nothing like hobby
to keep a person young. Remember the
days when everybody used to collect
cigar bands and paste them on glass
bowls? Nothing much ever came of it,
but it was lots of fun. One of my
uncles is an ardent Philatelist-although
the rest of us are Presbyterians-and I
myself have quite large collection of
hotel towels. / started collecting them
when I was in college and now I have
more than two hundred varieties, in
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should be entitled to a deduction of at
least $500 under Item IS.
Item IA Dad Debts brings up a
problem of ethics. Is there such a
thing as good debt? Alexander Ham,
ilton said that national debt is a ma
tional blessing. But most people when
filing income tax returns hold to the
theory that all debts are bad. Ask the
man who owes one.
Item Is Contributions allows you to
deduct gifts made to institutions, but
not to individuals. The furtive persons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
in round numbers, 100. So there is

in round numbers, 100. So there is
500 you have lost by fire.
X u X X
A S for losses by storm, you surely
haven't forgotten the night you
volunteered to take your Aunt Amelia
to a recital at the Academy of Music
and got caught in a cloudburst. You
ruined a $l2 pair of shoes chasing a
cab in the rain, the fare was $18.75 and
you were laid up with cold afterward
which deprived yoth of two weeks earn
ings. If that isrSG loss by storm,
what is? BY p1.ori reasoning YOU
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This is great convenience, for the re-
turns usually need considerable explain
ing, and the person who designed the
blanks apparently had no sense of pro-
portion. For instance, question No. In
form l040A reads: Were you married
and living with husband or wife on last
day of your taxable year?" Then there
is half-inch of dotted line on which
YOU can, unless you happen to be John
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Study OF Enstens New coherent Field Theory Suggested Help Solve
Mathematical Riddles of Income Tax

Guiding very rare specimen from the
Old Willard in Washington.
While looking through some old bank
books in the attic recently discovered
that I have an income of more than
$500 year. The tax on 1t will not
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be much. Of course, but If you want to |
add 1t to your collection I will be glad
to send it to you.
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Continued on Seventh Page.)
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
TRADE POLICIES
Of BRITAIN
CHANGE
BY MERRYLE STANLEY
RUKEYSER

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The
changing character of the British
Empire is one of the momentous
aspects Of the present decade.
The changes come so gradu.
ally that they go almost unno-
ticed. In general, the drift has
been toward almost complete au-
tonomy on the part of the asso.
ciated commemorative, such as
Australia, Canada and the Union
of South Africa. Largely through
the efforts of Great Britain, as
manifested in the imperial confer
ence of 1923 and on other occa-
sions, the associated countries
have continued to give trade pref
erences to other members of the
British Empire.
At the moment, the empire is
astir over the threatened departure
Of the Union of South Africa
from the tradition of giving trade
preferences to other imperial COM
monwealths. For the first time
In history, a British dominion pur-
poses to give to foreign country
the same preferential treatment
under its custom laws that 1t
grants to Great Britain and the
empire generally.
The cause of the new excite
ment is trade treaty recently
concluded with Germany by the
Union of South Africa, but not
yet ratified by the South African
Parliament. Australia has sent
q message that it regards the
treaty with the utmost serious
ness"
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
BAL LTIMORE LIVE STOCK

UNION STOCK YARDS, BALTI-
MORE. Jan. 3.-Cattle-Receipts,
200 head; market steady. Steers.
choice. $13.5O@14.25: good, $12.25@
Is; medium, $11.25@12; common,
$9.25@10.50; feeders and stockers,
$9.50@11.50; heifers, choice, SIG
1880; good. $1O@10.5O; medium,
s9.2509.75; common, $500: feeders
and stockers, $7.5009; bulls, good
to choice, $9.5O010; fair to good,
$809; common to medium, $6@7.50;
cows, good to choice, $8.50@9; fair
to good, $70s; common to medium.
$4@6.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, so
head: market higher. Sheep. $2@
q; lambs, $8016.50.
Hogs--Receipts. 400 head: mar
ket steady. Lighta, $3.50; heavies,
s9.70@9.SO; medium, $3.50: roughs,
ss.75@8.65; light pigs, $s.5O@9;
pigs, 1915; Ohio and Western hogs
20 cents higher than quotations,
Calves-Receipts, rs head; mar.
ket steady. Calves, $5@17.
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
BALTIMORE PRODUCE

BALTIMORE, Jan. 0.--EsggS. Mar
ket weak; prices lower on the
Baltimore Butter and Egg Ex-
change. Nearby fresh gathered
firsts, one sale. 10 cases, 39c: one
sale, Is cases, 371zc. Closing Of
ferings, nearby. fresh gathered
firsts. offered 3Sc. Bid SIC. Re-
ceipts-Butter. 721 tubs; eggs, 1902
cases.
Live Pou1try-Chickens, young,
colored, as to size, $40 35c; old, Al
lbs. and over, 32034c; 8 to 31a lbs,
24@26c; leghorns, and other light
stock, 20@22c; roosters. 16020c.
Turkeys, young, 8 lbs. and over,
37@40c; old hens, 35@S6c; old toms,
S5c. Ducks. white pekings, young,
lbs. and over, 2S03Oc; puddle,
young, lbs. ana over. 24026c;
muscovy, young. lbs. and over.
24@26c; all kinds, small and thin,
10000. Geese, nearby, 24026c;
Kent Island, 26@2Sc; western and
southern, 20022c. Guineas, young,
TX lbs. and over, soc; smaller.
50@60c. Pigeons, young and old,
per pair, 25@30c.
Dressed Poultry (undrawn, head
and feet on), turkeys. young, 400
42c; old toms, 350SSc. Chickens,
young, 320S5c; mixed, old and
young, 30032c. Ducks, young, ESQ
soc: western and southern. 25027c.
Rabbits, nearby, $4.0O@5.00; south
ern and western, $2.5O@4.00; all
sections, fair condition. $1.500$2.5O.
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
TIMELY TIPS
Furnished Apartments

IS ia
Furnished Apartments
ROOMS, kitchen and bath; in
clude two bedrooms, baby grand
plano, other furnishings In keep
ing.
Unfurnished Apartments
2 ROOMS, kitchen, bath, anil,
walking distance dOWntOwn; -.ea-
sonabIe.
Real Estate to Exchange
DETACHED brick house Pet.
worth section, seven rooms and
two baths. extra large lot, 2-car
garage.
Furnished Rooms
LARGE newly furnished
rooms, next bath, private home,
kitchen privileges IL desired.
Reasonable.
Furniture Wanted
FURNITURE, at once for large
apartment house, inluding an
tiQues, piano, rugs, etc.
A##
Lingerie, Gowns for SGle
EXQUISITE Lingerie - smart
gowns. Newest ensemble bags
Of felt with applique; reasonable.
&&A
Used Car for Sale
ESSEX Sport Roadster, In per.
feet condition; slightly used few
months; low mileage; khaki top
and boot, full set of side cur.
tains. cream DucO finished, five
balloon tires, bumpers and sew.
eral other extras. Best buy In
town. Property Of local bank.
For just the unpaid notes $418.
IL months to pay. Trade your
car in.
The above uVaafs and offers are
only a few Of many interest.
ing proPositions you wiu find
adDertised in todny's Times
classified ad0eYtisins sections.
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
Marian Anderson Will
Feature First Concert

Under the direction of Miss Lucy
ID. Slowe, dean Of women, Howard
University, the first OF a series of
musicals viii be held in the Andrew
Rankin Memorial chapel, Thursday,
January 10, at S15 o. m., with
Marian Anderson, Philadelphia con-
tralto, as the attraction.
Miss Anderson, who came to
prominence in 1925 through her VIC
tory over 800 singers in q New
York Stadium contest, has been
aided in her musical education by
the Peoples Choral Society Of the
Quaker City. She was a pupil of
Giuseppe Boghetti, OF New York
city. and. says the New York Times,
lis endowed by nature with voice
of unusual compass, color and dra.
matte ability"
She has sung with the PhiIhar.
monic Orchestra with marked ap.
proval by music lovers.
The Washington times., 1929-01-03

mick and also for Cyrus and Harold
Mccormick and Mrs. Emmons
Blaine, brothers and sister. of Stan.
ley Mccormick, and announced he
would name board to serve as con.
servators.
Mrs. Mccormick sought to be ap.
pointed conservator. She will be one
member of the board. Judge Horner
announced.
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
FOURTH IN CRASH DIES

LANCASTER. Pa, Jan. s.-Mrs.
Samuel Bard, 81, of Mechanicsburg
died in General Hospital here from
injuries received December Is when
two trolley cars crashed during a
heavy fog. The death of Mrs. Bard
was the fourth as a result of the
accident,
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
BANK SETS RECORD

WILKEs'BARRE, Pa, Jan. 8.
wyoming Valley bank clearings
established a new high record In
1928. the wilkes-Barre Clearing
House Association announced. To.
tai clearings, representing the trans.
actions of 25 banks in the city and
vicinity, were $227 ,565,933. which Is
S15, ,OOO. 900 more than in 1927.
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
Motor Bus Lines
Maryland and Virginia
Effeefipe November I
MOTOR COACH SERVICE
WASHINGTON AND PTTTSBURC

WASHINGTON AND PITTSBURGH
the
FARE, $40
A. M
Of
be utilised with connections
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rhsns sHaAa ssia s" - - WsshnssOa.
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
HUSBAND KILLER DIES

UNIoNTOWN, Pa, Jan. IA cor.
oner's jury found that Mrs. Nora c.
Latney killed her husband, Henry,
and then mortally wounded herself
in Connellgville. They were found
on the floor of a room in their
home. witnesses testified the
woman admitted the shooting before
she died in the Connellsyiile Hos
nital.
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
BAL TlMORE GRAIN MARKET

BALTIMORE, Jan. 3.-Wheat--
Steadier; No. 2. red winter. garlicky,
domestic, $1.29; receipts. 1924
bushels; shipments. $4,000 bushels.
Corn Steady; No. 2, yellow, do
mestic, $1.02; receipts, 1S5, ,OS8
bushels; shipments, 222, ,015 bushels.
Oats-Quiet, No. 3 white, domes-
tic, 57115 05Sc; No. white, 56@57;
receipts. 4,219 bushels; shipments,
621 bushels.
Rye-Nominal.
Hay-Quiet; supply ample.
Flour-Unchanged.
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
Mrs. Stanley McC Cormick
Loses Estate Decision

CHICAGO, Jan. Q U.s).--Mrs.
Stanley Mccormick yesterday lost
her fight for control of many McCor.
mick millions, comprising the estate
Of her husband, who has been judged
incompetent. Judge Horner heard ar
guments on behalf of Mrs. McCor.
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
II might have been
0MaNlzczz12S 1OEz12N

TN eight months time-with no
i interruption of service-the
McAlpin spent 81, 100000.
But PRESTOi
From Grill Room 10 RoOfCa
den-inside and Out-the famous
McAlpin is now q 'snew" hotel.
Immaculate rooms spacious
cheerful with color and
charm in every appointment.
New furniture, carpets, dra-
peries-mew, modern baths of
sparkling colored tile.
New, high speed elevators
Bed lamps to read by and the
morning paper underyOur door
when yOu awake.
Onyournextvisitto New York,
stop at the McAlpin-we I'll show
you what 81, 1000, 900 did for
s.New YOrk's Finest Hotel p
FRANK A. DUCCAN
President and Managing Director
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
weather clear: track fast. At post 2.4s.
RACE-Thrna furInnrr purse Tille

Comment
Seems best in here
Fit and ready
Ready for best
In good condition
Might take 1t all
Has worked briskiy
well-bred youngster
In tough spot
Up against II here
Not much chance
Morning works good
In tough spot
The Washington times., 1929-01-03
Purse. 81. 400 Claiming. FOur-ysar-


Comment
Fit and ready
In good condition
Look for improvement
Might take 1t all
Last very good
Has worked briskly
Morning works good
Has early footiag
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-05

only mail and express matter, during which time the pilots will experiment, They will pick out routes and chart the air currents, attempting to find a pathway where they will meet the least resistance from storms. In the meantime expert engineers on land will use the data they collect in perfecting motors and aircraft for this service.
 Experts in aeronautics say that in less than a half decade it will be as safe to fly across the Atlantic as it is now to travel by boat. While it would be advisable to throw a trans atlantic airline open to passen- ger traffic only after the haz- ards have ben greatly reduced, it will not be necessary to wait that long to get passen- gers.
 M. Bleriot, the first man to fly across the English channel, recalled in a recent statement that his epochal flight in- spired the erroneous observat- ion that cross-channel flying would never be placed on a commercial basis and it is not unlikely that those who say the same of transatlantic fly ing are equally wrong.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-05
DEcADENCE

The leaves on the trees are beginning to take on the rose ate hues of autumn and they will be most beautiful to be- hold a few weeks from now. Most beautiful indeed; and yet their very loveliness will be but symbols of decay and old age.
 So it is with man and his art. Havelock Ellis, in his book on Huysmans, says: "All art is the rising and falling of the slopes of a rythmatic curve between classic and decadent extremes. Decadence suggests to us go- ing down, falling, decay. If we walk down a real hill we do not feel that we commit a worse act than when we walked up it."
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-05
FARMERS INCOME GROWS

The estimate of the federal farm loan commissioner that 1000, 100000 more will be realized by the farmers of the United States on their 1929 crops than on those of last year may or may not be close to the mark, but there can be no doubt that it is representa- i've of rapidly improving sent iment regarding the position of agriculture and of an improve ment in the agricultural .situ- ation itself.
 It would be less than the truth to say that all is well with the farm, for such is not the case. However, it is better off this year than last-which means that the trend is in the right di- rection.
 A recent crop analysis asserts that what the corn growers lose from the predicted short crop they will more than make up from the sharp rise in price. The wheat crop is said to be a little less than last year but al- SO has promise of higher mar ket. In the case of oats there is a bumper crop and a fair rise in price. The year also holds great promise for the cotton growers, while hay, barley and potatoes are plentiful at good prices.
 Given another year or two like the past two or three and the farmer will solve his own problems. Prosperous farmers and industries promise another year of great prosperity for the country.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-05
AVIATION'S NEXT STEP

Last year at this season there were heard predictions that the present summer would see the Inauguration of transatlantic commercial airplane service. So far that prediction has not materialized but so much has been accomplished in that di- rection that the air prognosti- cators are now convinced that their prophecies were prema- ture by only a year. It is con- ceded, however, that there is not likely to be any serious at tempt to carry passengers be- tween the United States and England for some time after commercial service is estab- lished. Possibly for three or even four years the planes will be run on schedule, carrying
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-05
METHODIST EPISCOPAL
 CHURCH

The Church school will re- Gume its work on Sunday, Oct ober 6, at 10:30 a. m. Parents are invited to bring their child ren and to assist in getting the school in operation again. Would we not all like to make the poem of Miss Francis Rid ley Havergal our sincere pray CT as we resume this work for the children's sake?
 Lord, speak to me, that I may Speak,
 In living echoes of Thy tone; As Thou hast sought, so let me seek
 Thy erring children lost and lone."
 We also extend a sincere well come to our first Worship Ser vice of the Church year at 2 p. m. Sunday evening. This ser vice will be conducted with this question in mind: "Our place in Gods plans"
 Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
 No thought can reach, no tongue declare; o knit my thankful heart to Thee,
 And reign without a rival there!
 Thine = wholly Thine alone - I am,
 Be Thou alone my constant guide."
 Paul Gerhardt.