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CARD OF THANKS

We wish TO express our sincere
thanks TO our many friends who so
kindly assisted us in the hour of
sickness and death OF our dear and
beloved mother, also express our
thanks TO her many friends for the
beautiful floral offerings. We also
express thanks to the Police Depart
ment who handled the funeral cor
tege 50 beautifully.
Thielen Brothers and Sisters,
Mrs. B. T. Terrell and daughter
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Cotton
Exchange Bill Hit

WASHINGTON. April i5.-tR-
Opposition to the Vinson bill TO
bring cotton exchanges under gov
eminent supervision was registered
before the house agriculture COM
mite today by Philip Weld of New
York, vce-president Of the New
York Cotton Exchange.
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Free on Bond

LINDEN. April 15@P-Cader
Barfield. %, was free on bond again
today. his second trial on q charge
of murder IN the death Of Ray Pal
mer, 81, having ended yesterday
without q verdict.
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BULLETIN

First figures. lowest temperature
last night: second. highest yester-
days, third. wind velocity at 3 a. m.
fourth, precipitation IL last "a
HmFNw<
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!. the truly economical car
what it gives you

rTH1E Cadillac VS. is the most economical of fine cars because
= Cadillac manufacturing renders repair, upkeep and oper-
ating costs so low. In what it gives you in value, no car outside
OF the Cadillac family can possibly equal. None other has the
magnificent manufacturing facilities and the years of precision
experience. No other fine car has such an extensive ownership.
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s'MISS HARD BOILED'' !, By Jane Dixon

Even that he said. Il came
near falling in love myself
once. 1t was a long time ago.
While was in college. The
fellows said she-the girl--waS
homely enough to stop the
clock on chapel tower. / could
never see it. / liked her sim
plicity."
Blue-white teeth cleaning
through scarlet lips.
"That is-well-ratIer un-
usual, for a man, isn't it?"
Raquel tossed her head, around
which the summer breeze blew
her hair in q sable smoke,cloud.
II don't know" said Jerry.
AT any rate, you need not
consider the question. You
have both. Beauty and SIM
plicity."
She thought Of the French
maid. Jars and bottles and
tubes and boxes. Dozens of
them. Row upon row of gowns,
cloaks, hats. Dainty under.
things by the dozen. Shoes a
forest of them.
Nevertheless her heart beat
q joyous roundelay.
They were under the arbor
now. Pale puffs Of sweetness
that were roses. The heady
perfume Of honeysuckle.
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She came close to him. So
that the sable cloud of her
hair touched his cheek. She
reached up to piunder one of
the pale rose puffs, steadying
herself against him as she
stood on tiptoe.
The need Of his arms around
her!
The thirst of his lips against
hers, warm, clinging, into an
eternity of time!
Let me try it," he said. Was
there the merest suspicion Of
unsteadineSs, of huskiness in
his voice?
No. Imagination. He handed
her the rose with what she
thought was a burlesque of a
gallant flourish.
Raquel accepted the cluster
of roses with mixed telling of
wonder and thwarted desire.
Conquest had previously been
so easy that the possibility o.
failure had never occurred to
her. To keep men at a dis
tance, to escape their reaching,
graSping hands-that had often
required quick action and
quicker wit. Now. when sla.
yearned for the touch of this
mans hands. when she Would
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have melted into his arms, they
were denied her.
Come" she said, turning her
head so that sle would not see
that peculiar tilt OF Jerry's
chin that set her fingers ting.
ling with the want to straighten
it. Lets go back TO the 9th.
ers."
The stars no longer sifted
silver over their heads. The
paths were uncomfortably paved
with metallic pebbles. Her
shoes crunching against them
set her teeth on edge.
So hurried was her flight
along the paths that Jerry
found 1t difficult to keep pace
with her.
"Raquel," he said. stopping
her before they came into the
circle of light cast by an anci-
ent mariners lantern hung over
a dor. What's the rush? Have
offended you in some. way?"
Instantly all her resentment
against him, all the sting OF
her wounded vanity was gone.
How like q boy he was. this
man with the grave lips and
the misty eyes. He was steel
and velvet.
A moment ago. back there
under the arbor. he was steel.
She could sense the tautnesS
of him. as If she had rested
against a steel girder. Now he
was velvet, rubbing softly
against her cheek.
. "Of course not, silly" she
said. And peryaricated with:
Il just thought it was getting
damp in the garden"
why can't treat him like
I have other men?" she asked
herself. keeping up a polite fic-
ton of nonsense with Greta
and Watrous. I've been hard.
There's a streak of cruelty in
me with men. And they've
loved me. Wanted me. With
him / am melted wax. He
knows it. He would laugh at
me, If he were not so bored by
by flinging myself at him"
Ito Be Continued
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Footprints Photographed

Dale went to the balcony rail
and gazed to the ground. In
the snow, now fast being Gov
cred by a fresh fall, was . dis
tinct track Of footprints. The
peculiar feature was that they
led only from the walk across
the ground to the house and
stopped abruptly under the bal
coI1y at the left wing Of the
house. There was no second
track leading away from the
house.
''Hannigar. oh, Hannigan!
Go down and take pictures Of
that busted vine and the foot
prints under the balcony before
the snow covers them up en-
tirely."
They went back into the room
Dale stopped for a few mo-
nlent's at the spot where the
murderer must have stood when
the shot was fired. He made
a minute inspection Of the floor,
but there was no mark Of any
kind to be seen. Then he re-
marked doors leading from
each of the two adjoining rooms.
They were locked, Dale, on
this side. Keys still there"
who was here last night,
Captain Blake?"
Pretty fast bunch. You know
Gordon Stiles-has a big broker
age on the Street. His wife
was one of the ANDERSON sisters,
who made such a hit in Broad
way revues few years ago. He
married Grace, much younger
than he is. Diana, the Other
sister, was here last night. too.
Then there was Bert Forrest, q
young playwright, who has a
play or two on Broadway.
Wherever Murdock was you'd al
ways find Richard Quincy, his
particular pal. Quincy was dis,
inherited by his family a year or
two ago because Of his wild
eScapadeS - remember? - and
he's been living on Murdock ever
since. Dolores Quincy, his wife,
runs the Dolores Tea Room, on
Forty-seventh, Just off Firth
Avenue. There we're a few other
couples hangerS-on. By the
time we're through, I'm afrald
it's going to be a pretty nasty
mess
Ito Be Continued TOmOrrOW.l
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pEAR MISS FArRFAx:

I am In love with q boy and
I think he likes me, too. we
went around together for some
time, we didn't break up
exactly. but he met . giri he
knew before ne met me and
began going with her again.
I heard he gave her q dia.
mcnd ring. Another young man
wants me to 90 with him but
/ keep saying mo" because !
think that the first boy may
come back, sometime. ] don't
know whether to 90 out with
this second young man. or
wait for the other one. whom
/ love? MILLIE.
The time has come, my dear
Millie, when I must say some.
thing I'm afraid yon, and scores
Of girls who write me letters
like yours, may thing unBympa-
ttetic. It Is, please do not
break your hearts over men
who show only too plainly that
they are done. Men 60 for what
they want In this world the
girl they fancy, the cllum
whose company they enjoy. the
Panama or felt hat in the
haberdasher's window, or the
job that appeals to them. So
when q man stops going with
one girl, and takes Up with
another. 1t means, doesn't It,
that he likes the newer girl
better? Therefore, it's very fool
ish to pass up the enjoyable
times you might have with q
newer admirer, in the hope
that an ex.sdmirer may come
back. II the old flame comes
back, and you want to take
him, all right. In the mean
time, don't get lines In your
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House Party at Estate

whats the dope. Jack?"
Dale asked as soon as the cab
was on its way.
Bailey didn't get much over
the phone. "A crowd was over
to Gordon Stiles place for the
weekend, and this morning
Jerry Murdock was found dead
in his room. At least a dozen
people on the party so there
ought to be some interesting
Developments considerin' Muir
dock Is mixed up in it. He was
due to get it sooner or later"
Il suppose he figured his
money'd protect him from
everything. Instead of that,
it's probably his money that
led to this tragedy. But no use
trying to unravel the thing un-
til we get the .lowdown, so I'm
going to- knock off about forty
wi1ks between here and the
beach"
Thirty minutes later the cab
drew up at the Stiles place.
The grounds were spacious, COW
ering the entire length of the
block. and bordered by a high
hedge which was now all
clothed in white. Dale and
Hannigan entered Through an
iron gate and approached a
large, impressive looking dwell
ling. It was built with two
wings, one set on either side
Of q central portion, into which
q short flight of brick steps led.
The house was constructed of
light brown pressed brick and
the tlfo wings had each
third story, which was gabled.
The central portion was only
tMa floors in height and flat
rOofed. There were thus three
distinct portions of roof, which
were covered with red terra
Gotta tile. The entire length
Of the second floor had a
rooted balcony or porch. The
roof was slightly sloped and
also tiled. AS he proceeded up
the walk, Robin Dale noticed
that q heavy vine which ran
up the house on the left wing
had been torn forcib1y from
the wall and was hanging over
the second floor balcony.
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Advice to LOvelOln
By Beatrice Fairfax

face and erleye over someone
who u probably enjoying him
self immensely.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAx:
Last winter ct school / met
. boy who, to make the de-
scriptIon short and to the
point, Is very rough and cheap.
He has none Of the qualities
that would make any girl like
him, but he fascinates me, and
I love him. He came to see
me two or three times and /
cannot say that he acted like
9 gentleman. Then we broke
of" for no reason ct Al and
now he likes the prettiest and
most popular girl ct our church.
He never looks at me. love
him. no matter how he acts or
what he: is. How can I make
him care for E1eOr Is there
no advice that you could give
me Is to what to do. I act
indifferent and cold toward
him. but that doesn't make 4
BIT Of difference, he doesn't
care for me and that's all.
DISCOURAGED.
1t looks to me, my dear girl,
as II you have fallen for @cave
man stuff" a1dI believe you
win soon recover from what Is
only 4 temporary fascination.
You cant be really in love or
the boy would not appear
cheap and rough" to you. No,
there isn't any magic formula
for making q man fall in love
with you, and IL there were, it
would be . pity to use it in this
case. The best advice I can give
you is not to waste any more
time on this young man, but
try that Oldest and most in
falliable remedy, that Of taxing
an interest in someone else.
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The Muffled Shot
Iowa Quick Thinking Cub
Helps Solve Mystery

examination and had left.
Phelps was searching for finger
prints.
How do things set, captain z"
Dale asked after the brief
greetings.
shot through the heart with
a ;.38. Dead since 2 this morn
ing or thereabouts. And it's
evident how the thing was
done.
They walked to the window
leading to the balcony. There
were two pairs of French win
dows, over which hung heavy
velvet drapes. They we're now
back. Captain Blake went to
one Of the drapes and showed
Robin Dale q hole.
whoever did it came off the
balcony while the drapes were
down and shot through this,
muffling the sound"
They opened the window and
stepped out onto the balcony.
The two adjoining rooms in the
wings also gave on this bal
cony.
who occupied the two
rooms?"
Bert Forrest was on the
right and Richard Quincy and
his wife occupied the other.
But look down and you'll see
the most important clue.
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CHAPTER I.

The night Jerry Murdock was
6lled Robin Dale spent quietly
/ home. Unless there was
special assignment he usually
femained in on Saturday nights
with his easy chair and his
books. The hands of the clock
showed dangerously near to 4
when he laid aside the Bishop
Murder Case with q sigh Of re-
gret. He had lost himself in
It completely for many hours
and regretted only that it H.
nally came to an end. A long
forgotten remnant Of highball
was on the stand beside his
chair. Even his stomach had
something for which to be
thankful.
AT nine the next morning
the office called. Bailey was
on the deck. Dale reached for
the telephone in a sleepy daze.
'Lo--lnmm, this Dale.
What? Say that again chief
Jerry Murdock killed? AT Cor
don stiles place at Manhat-
tan Beach? Okay, chief, I'LL
60 right over. II Jerry was
alive an knew he got himself
killed way out there he'd feel
the disgrace something awful.
Broadway's playboy getting
murdered in the sticks. Pick
up Hannigan on the way over?
All right--telI him Canal and
broadway in 40 minutes. Good
by"
To make the long haul from
Seyenty-second to Manhattan
Beach worse, it was showing
when Roli-4 Dale reached the
street. Already a thin mantle
OF white spread over the huge
banks Of the previous days
heavy snowfall. AT Canal and
Broadway he picked up Hanni-
gan. tHannigan was special
photographer On the Daily
Journal staff. And then the
cab proceeded through Canal
headed for Manhattan Bridge.
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THE BEAUTY
BOX
BY Helen FOllett.

White henna, used for
bleaching blond hair that has
tarnished, is not henna at all.
White henna is made by TAX
ing a cupful Of powdered mag
nesiun1 carbonate and mixing
with it sufficient peroxide
tvol. I'D to form a paste the
consistency of whipped cream.
Five drops Of ammonia are
added. The pack is applied
to the roots Of the hair with q
firm brush, beginning at the
back of the head. In 10 or
Is minutes have q shampoo
with warm water and melted
soap.
Hangnails must be shipped
away carefully. They invite in
fectiol. If pus forms keep the
finger In d warm solution of
boric acid, or apply gauze which
has been dipped in hot water.
If there is much Inflammation,
seek b physician.
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CHAPTER LVIu


II have known Jerry Parker
exactly seven days"
Greta, stretched at length on
q chaise lounge, turned to re
gard Raquel with quizzical eye.
Gosh, dearie," she said,
don't breathe it; say It,"
Raquel laughed. A low laugh,
deep in her throat.
Looking back over the week
that had just passed, she was
certain she had found more
happiness than she had known
in all the rest Of her troubled
life. Happiness and exquisite
pain.
what was there about Jerry
Parker that throbbed in her
veins like a fever? That sang
in her soul, like the music that
first time she went to the opera
in Paris?
He wss no different than
the men she had known. Not
as handsome as Bertie Adams,
or even as Jack Farrell. Ger
tainly he was without the grace
full gallRntry, the unfailing
thoughtfulness, finesse, of
Alphonse. Beauty awakened
only mild interest, certainly no
fine fervor in him.
Yet there was something
i about him. The slow turn of
his bead when he looked at
her. The set of his chin when
he had reached q decision. The
way his gray eyes smiled when
his lips were grave. The touch
of his hand on her arm. Firm,
yet infinitely gentle.
TITS a good thing know
you're off love, dearie," Greta
said, balancing q silver brocade
mule on bare toes, "or I'd say
you're falling for Jerry"
"Yes, isn't it?" RaQuel's voice
lacked conviction. "otherwise
might suffer a fractured
heart"
OAkIAuA1. uOu GNlI1k
Jerry's falling In love this sea-
son. There's one bimbo you
didn't knock dizzy, dearie."
He likes to play at love,
though"
Sure. 1t helps him kiln
time. Nize playhoy!''s
RaQuel walked to her dressing
table. busted her face with
powder. busted the powder off
again. Her hand was trembling.
"AlphonSe arrives tomorrow"
she said.
81 hope he doesn't crab the
party. We're having a WOW of
a time. / got three luscious eve
ming bags stuffed full Of francs,
nice fat francs. Croupiers weep
when they see me coming"
DO start dressing win you,
Greta? We're to meet Jerry and
Mr.. Watrous in the PLACE for
aperitifs."
why Jerry and Mr.. WatrousP
Bryce Is q good egg"
"Of course, he lis. But seem
to know Jerry better. just as If
I had known him always"
Put on the Hearts and
Flowers record, James" /" mocked
Greta, disengaging herself laz-
lily from the cushions.
They were motoring out Of
Deauville for dinner. There
was q place nestled back in the
hills, with rustic garden, and
food as only the rustic French
can cook it.
The moon came up early, sill
verirag the paths in the garden,
on the top Of q hill, Stardust
Sifted down upon their heads.
There was the scented night
breath Of flowers.
A night for love land lovers"
said Jerry. He was strolling
with Raquel down q silver peb-
bled path toward an arhor.
And beauty" she said, softly.
Her heart stood still.
II suppose so, he said.
Beauty in nature. at any rate.
After all, nothing is beautiful
unless it is natural, simple"
Unless, perhaps, q beautiful
Woman?"
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Blake and Jardin on job

The two paused for moment
inside the small entrance porch
and shook the snowflakes from
their coats. A uniformed off
Ger opened the door. They
found Captain Blake and Ser
geant Jardin on the second
floor in the room where the
crime had been committed. 1t
was In the central portion Of
the house, at the front. with
windows on the balcony.
The body Of Jerry Murdock
had been laid on a lounge and
covered. Or. Wattles, police
doctor had aIready made his
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A system of footprint identi
fication for newly born babies
has been adopted in many large
hospitals in cities of the United
States.
A flashing beam of light, re.
flected to q locomotive from d
mirror on the signal post, is the
latest protection for railways in
Germany.
The Arctic Islands Of Nova
zembla are said to form the most
healthful spot in the world, as they
are entirely free of disease germs.
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DO YOU KNOW THAT

The largest motor lifeboat ever
built. having a capacity Of 800
persons. has been installed at a
seaport in England.
Traces Of radium have been
discovered during borings in oil
fields in the Caucasus and Dage
stan regions in Russia.
Telegraph messages are now
flashed across the Atlantic at a
speed Of $500 letters per minute,
Spiders webs. which are used in
aerial photography and surveying,
are being cultivated in Canada.
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TELL IT TO ELSIE!
By Elsie Robinson :

Old Country notions New
Country ideas
They're clasning in many an
American home.
Twenty, thirty years ago
mother and dad loved and mar
ried way back In Italy or Nor
way, Germany or England. Now,
today, their youngsters are low
ing and wanting to marry In
New York and Chicago, st. Louis
and San Francisco. The same
old love-the same old sweet
dream Of q home
But mother and dad can't see
that!
To them, love isn't love and
marriage isn't marriage, unless
it's love and marriage accord
ing to the rules Of their youth.
And aren't they the parents
and shouldn't they decide?
But rebelioilS Rachel and
Tony, Olga and Hans and Eliza
beth, can't see what Europe In
1900 has to do with America in
1880. And so the bitter war
is on.
This time it's Dorothy who's
raising the red flag. Nine years
ago, when Dorothy was still only
q little girl, she married the
man whom her foreign born
parents picked for her. That
marriage was complete fail
ure. Now-after years Of loneli-
neSS-love has come again to
Dorothy. And this time she
wants to pick her own man.
But the old folks are horri-
fled at her choice. And they
think, as q dutiful daughter,
she should marry the man Of
their choice. But Dorothy'S fed
up with being q dutiful daugh-
ter, and she's telling the world
about it.
Dear Elsie Robinson
please help me, won't you?
Tm In q terrible muddlc and
I lust can't seem to settle II
for myself.
'It's my folks. About NINE
years ago I married = man Of
my own nationality whom I
hardly knew. The marriage
was arranged by the family.
and it did not prove successful
ut all.
''FOr five years now / have
been going with . young man
of q different nationally ty-first
without the knowledge Of my
family, as they would have
been dreadfulIy angry. And
they were angry when they
found it out. But ] went any
way after that without their
approval. And without the
knowledge Of my relatives or
the family friends. You see. It
4 against their belief for .
young woman to have . man
friend, especially IL his nation
aIity Il different. They still
think that IL / have husband
the only thing Is for them to
pick him .out and make al
the arrangements. They think
II il shameful for = girl TO so
around with . young man
herself.
ssfNOw this young man ana Il
have grown to love each other,
anG ne Is continually urging
me to marry him. My family
hates him like poison, and he
knows, and dislikes them IN
return.
eff / marry him Il means
that / Intentionally sever all
relationship with my family
and relatives, for they win each
and every one Of them consider
me dead to them, and will
never look at me Or speak 90
me or have anything TO do
with me. Besides that, sn the
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YOUR RULING
STAR
by William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
For those whose birthday Is
July %.

For those whose birthday Is
July 20.
If today is your birthday
during the coming year you
should benefit through a change
in mental outlook. You may
engage in new work or branch
out in wider fields along the
same lines that you are in now.
The year should be one of adj.
Vancement, but as it is apt to
follow a well.thought-out plan
the changes will be gradual.
Important dates: Avoid excesses
of all kinds, take no unuece-
sary risks and maintain routine
from July % to August /, Sep.
tember l to 80, October / TO 10.
October IA to 20, November 20
to 30, February II to 26, March
Is to 80. May 25 to %, June 28
to 80. Good for general affairs,
make efforts to advance your
interests from October ~ to 80,
November is to II, February %
to 26, March II to 10, June 26
to 30. Contradictory dates show
two opposing influences.
A child born today will have
unusual and original ideas. He
will be fond of change and
travel, enjoy study and adapt
himself to circumstances. He is
apt to have some disappolnt
ment over affections.
Tendencies for tomorrow
July 23l: The moons friendly
aspect to the planet Neptune is
favorable for charitable move
ments, mystical investigation
and inSpirational work.