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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-13
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"All's Well That

A long Iegallooking letter for
Ken and fat one from Tom
for herself.
She read it as she walked
back from the store along the
brown dirt road. Singing si-
lence of the mountain after
noon about her, broken only by
the scolding of the jays and
the whirring of insects. Now
and then a jewelled flash as a
bluejay Swooped from a pine
tree with a rush of wings.
Then sunshine and pines and
the ribbon of road were reced-
ing to a great distance and
the mountain stiffness seemed
to buzz with voices. =
Ardeth was reading, with eyes
gone wide and dark and a
heart which had set up deep
pounding Toms letter,
telling of the divorce suit which
CeCile had so Unexpectedly
filed. Toms letter-bringing
release-making their world
turn suddenly right
Ardeth found that she had
gathered the precious sheets
of paper close to her breast.
She had started on a stumbling
run to the cabin.
Copyright, 1850. King Features
Syndicate, IncJ
THE nd
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Good Cake!

And you can't kick on the
Angel Cake they give you here,
Kid. Why, they make stale
bread taste so good. Figger
how much better We are than
them poor devils on the BoWery
what can't even get that"
"Yes, there's one thing in our
favor Butch" called back Nor
gan, sadly, things can't go
much worse. It's one-way traf-
fic."
How does man doing a
solitary spend his time? He
can't see. He lives in little,
damp space Quilted from the
solid stone. He is conscious OF
his imprisonment every second.
Now he touches the unyielding
rock on one side. now the
heavy, steel-meShed door. The
silence boomS in his ears. His
own voice makes him leap. His
own flesh craWlS when he
touches it.
What a CHASTITY instrument of
torture his own mind becomes
in such existence! He knows
neither night nor day. The
Swinish routine of prison life,
even, is denied him. He is
conscious of the loss of that
which man has sought to build
up for ageS-SyStem. Unseen
vermin crawl within his clothes.
Uncomfortable vermin crawl
within his brain. His mind
never ceases to race, yet it has
nothing tangible to run upon.
1t is fed by fantastic, madden
ing sensations of the conscious
and SubconSciouS.
Conversation is almost i'm
possible. as it has to be carried
on in shouts. 1t is Sapping.
and in the last days or nights
or whatever they might be
called in a dungeon, Morgan
was too far gone to talk much
or care much. The guard
came through once every "a
hours and threw in a piece of
tough. sour, mouldy bread, and
kicked in a pail of water. And
then one day they opened his
cell and he heard the gruff
command:
Come out!"
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Gloomy Greeting

The outer door of the dun
geon had hardly closed behind
the guards before he heard the
faint, inquistive voice OF Butch,
the recalcitrant killer.
Hello"
The melancholy greeting was
passed along from cell to cell.
Now from a negro whose voice
trailed off into lamenting
spiritual; now from weakened
boy, who began to cry; now
from an old man, who uttered
it with a sigh Of hardboiled
hopelesSneSs.
But the voice Of Butch was
louder, and cheerful. Good old
Butch! He'd understand, all
right. He would.
Hello, Butch!" Morgan called
back.
Say! Is that you, Nor
gie?"
1T amt my uncle, Butch"
What happened, Morg?"
Your knife"
MY knife!
They planted it on me,
Butch. I was breezin' it out
on parole tomorrow. Hot break,
eh?"
Planted, Morg?"
yep"
Who done it who?"
"Oh, what's the diff-Tll
take care of the heel i'll my
own way. How is it down
here-you know this is my
first trip"
cant kick, Morg. Make the
best of it, Kid. Be happy!
They can't break Old Butch'S
spirit. / Say-be happy, boy!
Don't let 'em worry you.
Nothin' to worry about"
Butch'S little speech was met
with a series of groanS from
the others. Morgan laughed.
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GIRL UNAFRAlD = By Gladys John son

shadow Of the cabin where the
hill sloped away to a brown
trout stream. Ardeth was al
ways nearby sewing or reading
aloud from one Of the books
Tom faithfully sent up every
week.
Ken was still thin, but there
was a coat of tan now on his
face and hands and the hag-
gard look had left his eyes. He
was very gay and bantering
when he talked to her. They
had adopted the laughingly be-
ligerent poiSe of children who
bashfully strive to conceal
their true feelings.
Ken never kissed her now.
Once when their fingers met,
both drew arply back as
though the contact had burned.
Ardeth was startled to a little
nervous laugh. Her eyes flut-
tered up to the mans, fell
away when she saw that he
was watching her with eyes
gone deep and intense.
The next moment they had
themselves in hand. They were
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OUR RHYMING
OPTIMIST
RY Aline Michaelis

Masquerade
Many lives are masked always,
Little can we know
From their Wonted outward
phase
OF the heart below.
Though their days may lack
repoSe,
Cares may veX the mind,
Still the souls deep current
flows
UndiSturbed and kind.
Gruffness sometimes serves To
hide
Tenderness and love:
NobleSt virtues may abide
With grim glance above.
Masquerade is everywhere,
Earth. indeed, a stage;
Youthful spirits don white hair,
Wear the garb of age.
Be not likely led aStray
BY a masking mood;
Seek, in all along your way,
Hidden stores of good!
-ALINE MICHAELIS
(Our Rhyming Optimist)
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laughing at the antics of
Grumpy" the tame bluejay
who had adopted them for the
sake Of the dinner crumbs.
But there was a strained note
to the laughter and in a mo-
ment the girl slipped away to
the house on a pretext.
How long could they play the
role, she was asking herself,
frightened. How long - when
she was SO tinglingly aware of
Ken in every drop of her blood.
When his mere touch could
rouse such shiVering gladneSS
in her heart.
She became rebellious and
unhappy. She hated the muir
muir of the pines. They be-
came the Scandalous whispers
of the women who had haunted
the Smokerie in the old days.
Futile-trivial women like Jean
ette-like Mazda Duvant
women half alive-poured into
conventional moldS. She raised
her face in the sunshine and
grimaced at them. Then she
broke into startled laughter.
At Ken'S questioning glance
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A Woman S Eyes

Something in the eyes of Anne
Marlowe-that straightforward,
clean gaze of herS-had started
this metamorphosis Of his soul.
Never before had a woman ap-
peared to him as a spiritual ne
cessity. He had regarded them
impersonally from the corporeal
SenSe-and had clung to that
danger-8ignal platitude or his
1lk-love 'em where you find 'em
an leave 'em where you love
'em.
Yes-he had plenty of time to
reason things out and cool off
in the cooler. The dungeon pre-
cluded everything but mental ac-
tivity. In the black blankness
of his solitary cell, where he
could not see, where he could
hear only the faint groanS and
hySterical protests of other
damned, where he could hardly
move. Duncan Morgan lay and
thought.
Bitterness burned deep within
the man. He had just crept up
to the lip of the chasm when he
was showed back to the depths.
He had preserved "a good record
this stretch. He had been on
the eve of hope and happiness
when Kent had crossed him.
That he had planned to take
Kent's girl did not occur to him.
Morgan did not think of it in
that light. He had never con-
Sidered Kent's equity in the girl
picture. Morgan had long
thought of her as his own. His
business was taking what he
wanted, no matter whose.
His crowning urge now was re-
venge. He could never expect to
obtain his freedom on parole.
During his term in prison he
had entered half-heartedly into
the schemes of Butch and his
gang for a break, but he had
never intended to carry out his
end. All the time he knew that
outside drag was pulling for his
release, and he believed the ef-
forts of his attorney would have
materialized before any schemes
of Butch and his associates
could come to a head.
Penologists and those in
terested in the science that
treats of the punishment and
prevention of crime and the
management Of prisons and re-
formatories. equently con-
fronted with the question Of
whether a prison is not the
breeding place for lawlessness,
might go a step further and in
vestigate the mental reaction to
solitary confinement by hard
ened criminals,
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(COntinued from Yesterday
CHAPTER 8

Duncan Morgan, who had
taken his postgraduate educa-
ton in stir, had learned to take
"the breaks" with O philosophi-
cal Shrug. He was prepared al
ways for the worst, so that when
he found himself plunged into
some calamitouS misfortune his
mind already was made up that
his troubles were tranSitory-
and he calmly faced them. All
that wasn't misfortune was
"VelVet."
But this time luck had caught
him unprepared. Fate had
Smacked him Squarely between
the eyeS-from behind. And he
was groggy from the foul clout.
For, deep down in his bosom al
ready had begun to reawaken
that throb Of virtue which pSy-
chiatristS describe as the in
Stinctive desire Of man to live
honorably, or maybe the unnat-
ural craving not to live dishon-
eStly.
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His Resolution

Here, for instance, was a
man who had resolved. through
the mere contributing influ-
ence of an unknown woman,
to test the paths of righteous
ness; who partially. it is true.
by good behavior. had made
himself eligible to parole
snatched from his cell without
hearing of any sort and
thrown into a lightless perpen-
dicular coffin to exist for 80
days on stale bread and water.
Duncan Morgan was to
emerge from this a better man,
knowing all the time that his
past conduct would forever
convict him when the slightest
suspicion rested upon him
convict him without an even
chance to prove his innocence.
Nothing in all the world so
disheartenS. man as to find
he cannot be let alone to go
straight when in his own heart
and soul he wants to; when
all circumstances around him
combat any move for reSpecta,
bility and decenCy.
Morgan was now set on one
thing. He would leave this
prison at any cost. He would
leave it for the sole purpose
of revenge on all men and upon
Dean Kent in particular. He
would strike at Kent in the
most vulnerable spot-he would
Swipe from him or at least
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By FAY KING
Continued from Yesterday

Something of the first fine
edge of courage with which she
had taken this headlong plunge
deserted Ardeth after the first
few days.
Often, in the weeks which
followed she would find herself
standing, her hand creeping to
her throat in the old childish
gesture of fright, her eyes large
and dark. Once when she was
sweeping the pine needles from
the porch, the brown road, the
long files of pines standing mo-
tionless in the morning sun
shine, overwhelmed her with a
sudden sense of unfamiliarity.
Another time, she awoke in
the middle of the night to hear
the rain pouring on the cabin
roof. She had been sleeping so
soundly that for a moment she
lost track of her surroundings;
she fancied herself back in the
flat with the Harrisons. The
window was in the wrong place.
Surely there was no win
dow there. Bet must have
moved the bed to a different
position when she cleaned the
room today. "
Through the open door she
could hear Ken turn reStleSSly
and the present rushed in with
Stabbing recollection. It was
true. no wild romantic
dream after all. She was up
here with Ken. :"
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Secret Heartaches

When she appeared in the
doorway of his room in the
morning, a gay little greeting on
her lips, his heart would ache
in secret. Dressed in the plain
aprons of pink or blue gingham
which she had bought in the
mountain store, her hair damp
and combed into loose waves of
dark gold, she looked like a
good little girl freshly pFimped
up for school.
He had hurt her he
had hurt her the knowl-
edge beat through his thoughts
like a doleful bell.
AS Ken grew stronger the
note of tenSenesS in their rela.
tionShip deepened.
For long hours now he sat on
the porch in the morning sun
shine or lay in the afternoon
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Advice to LOvelOrn
BY Beatrice Fairfax.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 am 18. A steady young
man of 21, whom I like very
much, wishes to marry me. But
my parents were divorced and
I have seen so much of mar
ried unhappiness that I prefer
to remain single. Haven't I
a right to do this? The boy
says I have not.
HEAVY HEART.
1 understand your feeling per-
fectly, my dear child. But do
not brood upon this question,
or allow yourself to fall into
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CORRECT
MANNERS
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-
Thanking the Servant

Thanking the Servant
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
You have so kindly and gra-
ciously helped me before that
I am coming to you again for
advice.
/. When dining at a hotel or
restaurant does one say Thank
you" when being served by the
waiter or waitress? It has al
ways been my opinion that one
was as polite and considerate
Of servants as anyone else, hut
have frequently noticed that
Thank you' is not said when
people are being served at the
table in private home by par
lor maid, nor in being assisted
in and out Of a motor by the
chauffeur. Is this as it should
be?
INQUIRER.
Thank you for your kind and
friendly words of appreciation.
I am so glad that you have
come again to the column, espe-
cially with such delightful ques-
tions and observations.
l. Yes, indeed, it is the best
of form, and the only good
form, for us to express our ap-
probation when a serving-per-
son does anything for us, no
matter how slight, nor how
much in the line of duty. To
my way of thinking, this is
one of the inevitable ways of
telling a well-bred person.
Thank-you's are such delightful
currency, so valuable in provid-
ing the oil that keeps life 60
ing smoothly, that I cannot
understand why people are
niggardly with them.
May 1 PRESENT."
DEAR MRS. BECKMAN:
l. Does one eat pickles with
a knife and fork and olives
with the fingers?
2. Is a young lady obliged to
rise in the theater when any
one passes in front of her to
seat beyond? My friend says
this is an inconvenience to
those behind.
3. Is the clause May I pre-
sent" used in introducing one
woman to another?
4. Should I have used a buSi-
ness heading for this letter?
S. What do you think of my
writing. S. E. K.
l. Yes.
2. 1t is polite for her to risG,
but if she moves to one side
so that the entering person will
find it easy to pass in front
of her, this will not obStruct
the view of the person sitting
behind her.
3. This term is more apE
propriate for the introduction
of a man to a woman. How
ever, if a very young girl is be-
ing introduced to an older
woman, this term is ap-
propriate. Usually, however. in
the introduction of two women.
as in the introduction OF two
men, only the names.
4. That would be correct.
S. Very good. but take even
more care in the formation of
each letter.
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YOUR RULING
STAR
by William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Whose Birthday Is
Nav lS

II today is your birthday the
coming year may bring some
unexpected changes. Don't be
drawn into serious arguments
and avoid risky ventures. The
best results will come from an
inner calm and a determina-
tion to succeed through cour-
age and patience. Avoid fric-
ton with relatives and use
judgment in signing papers.
Important Dates: Avoid ex-
cesses of all kinds, take no
risks and maintain routine
from May % to June d, July
4 to 7, August to 6, Septem-
ber IA to %, November II to 10,
January ] to S, April l to S
093D. Good for general af-
fairs, make efforts to advance
your interests from May Is to
18, June 4 to 13, August Is to
%, October II to IA, February 7
to 10 193D. Contradictory
dates show two opposing in
fluences.
A CHILD born today will be
mentally clever, but may suffer
through careleSSness in speech
and actions. He is apt to be
imaginative, fond of artistic ex-
preston. but rather impfac-
tical. The mind should be al
lowed to direct the emotions.
TENDENCIES FOR TOMOR.
ROW MAY IA. This is apt to
be day of diSappointments.
Many aspects are working. The
Moon unfaVorable to both
Venus and Jupiter inclines to
careleSSneSS in money matters
and extravaganza. Mercury
and Neptune may cause indie
ciSion. This is not the best
kind of a day to start legal pro-
ceedings or attend to important
contracts.
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she exclaimed: I'm growing
foolish up here in the noun
tainS, Ken. Pretty soon I'll be
answering my own questions,
like the old prospector who
went by here the other day
talking to himself"
But there was no answering
smile in the mans eyes. He
had guessed her thoughts.
One day, as she stopped to
draw the collar of his robe
closer about his throat when
they moved to the afternoon
shadow, the mans reserve broke.
She was suddenly in his arms,
her head against his breast,
eyes looking almost fiercely
into eyes.
Where's it going to end,
darling?" he spoke through set
teeth. What are we to do
when I'm well and we leave
here?"
The pretext of camaraderie
dropped from them like a cloak.
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the habit of being unhappy
without real reason. Give your
self a few years at least of
cheerful youth before you make
any definite decisions about
marrying. Although your sweet
heart should not worry you,
meanwhile, or attempt to over
persuade you, as 1 fear he is
doing, I hope very much that
sooner or later you will fall
genuinely in love with him or
with some one else. And when
that happens. I think your fear
of marriage will evaporate.
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The Fats in the Fire

"I don't know, Ken" she
whispered. I've wondered" ,
Now the fat is in the fire
with us up here together" he
said, and she could not even
laugh at his unpoetical simile.
She was suddenly the reck-
less, generous giver. Others
have done it mean real
people who care enough to defy
the world. Well go far away.
Well work together-we'l man
age somehow.
"Ah, we've earned our happi-
ness, dear!"
He held her face between his
thin brown hands and regarded
it a little sadly. A sweet, vital
thing tenderly colored
easily hurt. He
shook his head. Cant get away
with it, honey. We're not the
kind to go sneaking about the
world. What a mess it is = ."
She drew away. trembling.
Silence fell like a curtain be-
tween them. A curtain neither
of them dared to lift.
Ardeth tried to think of
trivial things-the sensible little
tasks of every day which were
small anchors holding her safe.
Prunes for breakfast to be set
to soak. A list of things to buy
from the store down the road.
She must go down there-there
would be mail waiting for them.
It was the day for Toms letter,
for methodical Tom wrote twice
a week regularly. Long, care
full, rather solemn letters. "
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Dawn of Reality

In such moments she could
not whip up the proud defiance.
FaintnesS passed like a cold
wind through her. She Smoth-
cred her face in the pillow and
cried.
But in the waking
to the long shafts of sunshine
quiyering through the pines
breathing deep of the ting
ling air, there was no room in
her heart for fear or unhappi-
ness. The dream still held her.
On Ken as well, was daWning
the sense of reality. 1t was the
rat of worry gnawed his heart
in secret. The realization of
Ardeth'S sacrifice rushed in on
him at moments, making his
heart leap. He wanted to shout
in panic, that she must go
aWay-at once. A glorious, reck-
less thing to do! A dreadful,
impossible, splendid thing-but
she must go away for her own
sake! Oh too late. Too
late in the scornful eyes of the
world.
He blamed himself bitterly
and futily as he lay awake in
the dark. All very we'll to rant
against narrow-minded critics,
but now he had delivered this
girl he loved into their mercieS.
They would tear to pieces the
impulSive generosity of her
They would saarch her sweet
frankness for ignoble motives.
Soiling the. fineness of her as
hot fingers can bruise delicate
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TEA-TABLE
CHATTER

Owing to the peculiar honey
structure of some faces, cheeks
are gaunt and hollow. More
often the cause is found in a
diet that does not contain fat
producing elements. Proper To-
cal treatment consists of night.
ly massage with a heavy cream.
Fingers and thumbs are out
spread over the cheeks and
come together with a clawing
movement which stimulates cir
culation in pc trumpeters
muscles.
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turn against him the woman
Kent loved and who, for all
Morgan knew, loved him. Why
should he try to go on the
level? Try to live an hon.
orable, upright life, for what?
For a woman? He would never
hope, with the stigma OF his
past, clinging to him like fu-
liginous aura, to make woman
love him as a good citizen.
Anyway, as he had found, they
fell more eagerly and easily
for the charm Of the crook
but revenge! All!
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A Pitiable Sight

But he was lying on the
hard stone, apparently too weak
to move. His beard was long.
His body was numb. He was
almost pulSeless. He knew moth
ing. felt nothing. saw nothing,
cared nothing-thiS strong man
Of powerful physique and steel
trap mentality. He had done
his trip.
ITO Be Continued
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SerXIce Company. Incl
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In The Home

Never let lemon pips go down
the sink if the waste pipe is
narrow or old-faShioned. Pips
swell wh6n damp and a number
will easily cause an obstruction.
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No possibly live long enough to read all the good
better
One who loves read lonely and books the
most faithful friends of all.
There books YOU will skim through and books YOU
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This mahogany sideboard is
125 years old. It belonged to
the late Louis Chisley, slave
of the Corcoran family. The
piece of furniture was given
to him by Mrs. Julia Woods. a
relative of the Corcorans. Mrs.
Chisley lives at 2519 Q st.
N. w.
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What Do You KnOW?
Questions on Editorial Page
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST

l. Elevator 3, rubber; 4, Moving pic
ture s. Linotype; g. Rod Masaryk Dance g. Bite of a
mad dog TO- Ages; Hperna: Gentlemen of Verona
.t lS Midas king of Phryg a. oliver W. Holiness 5 Cuba and
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By
JACK LAIT

will read again and again.
Along with modern books read also the great books of
the past.
There four great bookroads: History Biography,
Travel and Ficton-endless highways of delight
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A Masterpiece of Conflict
And Human Emotions
By JACK LAIT

adapted from scenario by Frances Marion and George Hill
A Metro GOdwyn Cosmopolitan Production
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This Day in History

The Mississippi River broke through the Bayou
des Glaizes levee in Louisiana May 13, 1925, and
flooded the Sugar Bowl and rice regions.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-09-19

colOrs or "off-blacks," as some prefer
to speak of them. These newcomers
on the fall and winter color card are
destined to be as popular as were the
"Off-whites" during the summer. They
are just what their name implies
very near black, yet with enough in
digo blue or deep purple or black
berry hue to identify them one from
another.
The original of the suit pictured
was developed of African brown wool
crepe with white satin for the blouse.
Brown and white, by the way, is
considered to be one of the very
smartest combinations that are to be
seen this season.
In many instances. especially for
early fall wear before the cool days
set in, the bolero gives new aspect
to the suit in that it has elbow sleeves.