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laughter came from the smok.
erie at this but the eyes of the
girl in the outer shop flashed
with anger. For a moment her
heart burned with the fanatical
rage Of Neil. Oh, these sleek
Silken ladies who didn't know
what it was to work for their
bread! Who saw all the good
things Of life as their natural
due! But under the anger lay
the sharp edge Of fear. After
all After ell!
Cecile, sleek and elegant, in
her new fall ensemble which
cost more than Ardeth's years
salary. Beautiful, secure-al-
most insolent in her assured
ness. Did Cecile always get
what she wanted?
That night. as they sat in the
cozy intimacy of the car eating
chicken sandwiches he had
fetched from a highway sand
WASAA ObuAAAp O11C A1dO WdAlOCu w
ask Ken about it. Questions
rushed impulSively to her lips.
Had he limited of his love to his
mother? Was he still seeing
Cecile, the nights he was not
with her? When did he plan
that they should marry?
But shyness placed a barrier
on the words. She could not
get them past her lips-per.
haps because she feared the
answers-or feared more the
wary, baffled look which would
slip into his eyes. Times now,
when she suspected a moodi.
ness in him. Looking I'D quick
ly in their long drives, she
would see his lips tightly com.
pressed, the fighting blue eyes
narrowed as though his private
thoughts were not all pleasant,
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Getting Her Man

Ugly rumors-delicately mur-
INJURED The real reason
the de Courceys left town. The
whereabouts of the youngest
Harcourt girl when she was sup
posed to be visiting her grand
mother In Hilo. What Mrs.
Hammond had called Mrs. Ellis
and what Mr.. Ellis was going
do about 1t. If it were true
young Sinclair Cross really
Tilted katherine Garnie before
he eloped with the Heron
girl
Something leaped in Ardeth's
heart at that last, choking her
so that she hated Cyril Under
hill as his silky drawl filtered
through to her.
But then, Katherine was al
ways one of those romantic
fools who had the quaint no
tion that a pretty face. could
win out with fat checking
account. Cross was in debt to
half the town and the Heron
girl is an heiress. What else
could she expect?"
Ardeth could imagine him
struggling delicately as he skill
fully balanced his teacup.
II hate a doormat woman!"
came Cecile's crisp voice. IF
wanted a man I would get
him - without any tears Or
broken hearts. either!"
you can afford to think so,
dearest lady" Ardeth could
imagine the mocking bow which
accompanied this. You who
have both the pretty face and
the-pardon me for mentioning
such a thing-fat checking &C
count!"
A tinkle Of appreciative
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What pity to sacrifice a
good friendship for a trifling
disagreement! Surely, that
should never be necessary.
Dear Miss Fairfax" writes
Broken-Hearted on this sub
ject, II have been going out
with a very nice fellow for
about two years. We got along
very well together and we liked
each other quite well. also. Our
friendship has been broken be-
cause of a date he failed to
keep.
"He called me up the next
day and tried to make a date
for that evening. I was so
angry at being ditched the
evening before that I refused
to go out with him. Since then
he has said he is willing to
make up, but I should call him
first.
"Please give me your advice
as to whether you think it
proper for me to call him up,
Because I feel very badly to
think that we have broken up
over a petty quarrel"
The friendship of people who
are very nice-what is more to
be desired!
The way to have good friends
Is to be a good friend, and that
may sometimes mean self i'm
notation.
Has your friend the habit of
breaking dates" my dear? If
so, he is rather unreliable and
I would think twice before tax
ing him back. But anyone is
likely to make a mistake once
in a great while, and the fact
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Ken Grows Grim

And that mysticism which
formed the deeper part of her
nature warned her to stiffness.
all unconsciouSly. Oh, handle
it softly, this delicate curtain
OF dreams and kisses. whispered
her heart, for behind it lay
that which would draw her
tears.
Sometimes she would wake
in the night, stifled. Her heart
thumping against her ribs until
It shook her tense body. Un.
bearable depression dragging
her down, drowning her in
depths of aching drearineSS.
There was no hope or JOY in
the world. there was not even
Ken.
Was it dream which brought
this mood. she wondered wildly.
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A Free Soul

Waking each day to the warm
airiness of her skytop room. See
ing the sun warm on the Chin
ney tops outside her window.
Hearing the SparrowS-ittle
feathered gamins of the city
chirping and fighting on the
gravel roof.
Walking to work while the
early sunshine gilded the streets
her heart so brimming with
love and gladneSs that she
wanted to share it with all she
passed.
The days going by-a joyous
rush of excitement under the
business.
The smokerie grew more
crowded as it's patrons returned
from their vacations, tanned
from the sun of Del Monte or
Pebble Beach. OF Coronado.
Tahoe. Yachting trips to the
islands.
They met with animated
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she noticed how the low rays
of the autumn sun striking
through the window held a cop
pertone. 1t fell richly on the
lustrouS silks Of mandarin coats
set a pigeon-blood cloisonne
to glowing like a ruby-made a
glory out of an amber.sticked
fan. The room breathed Of in
cense and perfume. and sud-
denly there was something
about this inanimate beauty
which Stifled the girl. Intoler-
able sadness creeping over her,
so that she put on her wraps
and went outside to stand in the
dying sunlight, shifting the live
salt wind.
An hour later the outlines of
the high buildings were blurred
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get 3 very pFeLCy e11ecG.
But when she told him of the
happenings of last night his
face grew grave. The blue eyes
rested on her with a contem-
plative air, slightly troubled.
"Just the same, Moth, it
makes me fell like a bum get
ting you thrown out of the
place like that. T feel-sort of
reSponsible-as though I'd cost
you your home"
She had laughed at him but
q warm gladness stole through
her. Oh, let Ken feel response
ble-and protective. It bound
him the more surely to her.
Made him more truly hers.
The summer passed as a time
Of youthful dreams and laugh
ter. A time which took on the
irresponsible tinge of a dream
when Ardeth came to look back
upon it in the days to come.
Ardeth had given herself over
completely to her love idyll.
just to be living was adventure
enough.
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a little note and ask him to
come to your home, naming
the evening, to receive a mes
sage from you.
When he comes just tell him
what you told me-that YOU
feel very badly to break up a
friendship over a petty quarrel,
which was, after all, partly your
fault,
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with twilight. The crowds Of
workers had departed from
Grant Avenue, but Ardeth still
fingered in the doorway Of the
shop, fear and anger battling in
her heart.
ITO Be Continued Monday
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AdUice to the LOUeLOrn

that he called you up the next
day to explain and make an
appointment with you shows he
valued your good opinion.
Don't you honestly think you
were a little hasty in refusing
to accept his apology or give
him another chance? In that
case, might it not be the 1ct
of a true friend to write to him
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greetings. Brimming with per
sonal gossip. Detached frag-
ments Of their talk drifted out
into the outer shop where
Ardeth worked. and dreamed, q
faint warm smile in her golden
eyes.
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round Of teacups, emptied the
last ash tray, and had departed
for her Chinatown home, a
jauntily incongruous little fig
ure with green silk trousers
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She Defied Convention to
Win the Man She Loved

NHE flashed merry glance up at him. Just you try
to get out Of taking to dnner Before yOu sir you
~ that almost obsolete species which fourshed
the stage and screenthe innocent gurr who has been
flung Of home in snowstorm Snows little difficult
to manage in August but your imagination. And If
you could manage to whistle Hearts and Flowers might
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flapping under her smart Amer
ican sport coat.
AS she waited, Ardeth slipped
into a mood Of penSive happi-
ness. Always sensitive to beauty,
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What Do You KnOw?
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST
Questions on Editorial Page

Longfelow 2, Shepherd; g. Gommorah; way
road; Sea Bird Daring; zealot; Episte sprite TO-
Idea H. Thomas Campbell H. Most powerful of gods oman
mythology; S Massachusetts,; H. Edward A. Robinson IS
An anthology.
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This Is Good
Housekeeping.
Week In DC.

Here Is another article for
Washington housewives, tDrttter
In connection Uith National
Good Housekeeping Week By
experts on the staff of Good
Housekeeping Magazine:
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For savory potatoes, prepare
four cupfuls diced, cooked white
potatoes. Add one-half cupful
finely chopped green peppers,
two teaspoonfuls salt, and one
eighth teaspoonful pepper. Ar
range in a creased shallow bak-
ing dish, sprinkle with two
tablespoonfuls of flour and
pour over all one and one-half
cupfuls of milk, Dot with four
tableSpoonfuls fat in small
pieces and bake in a hot oven
of 400 degrees F. for so min
utes. Serves six.
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Or was some watching power
her?
But in the morning, when
the sun gilded the chimney
tops and the sparrows wrangled
happily on the roof, it was
gone. Curtains blowing in on
the morning breeze. Another
golden day leading to Ken.
Oh, life was sweet!
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She Waits in Vain

One Saturday night toward
the end Of october she waited
for him in the empty shop.
Jeanette had left early in the
day for a week end party. All
Ling had gathered the last
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
PRINCE OF GOOD SPORTS

Sir Thomas Upton again having failed to lift the yacht cup, aeem- ingly has despaired of ever seeing it done. We canna win" says the old skipper.
 This after the Enterprise" haG registered four straight wins agaa st the shamrock "" the British chal- lenger.
 Eighty years ago the Americans lifted the cup from the British at the Isle of Wight. The emblem of yachting supremacy has been an American possession ever since.
 America admires Sir 'Thomas's s sportsmanship quite as much as he is admired in England. He has no alibis, no explanations, no excuses, He either wins or doesn't win-ahd goes home to try to build another yacht.
 But the days of building new challengers by Sir Thomas are about over. He is going to let other Brit ishers take up the grand figh. where he left off
 It can be said of Sir Thomas that he made the world like him while he tried.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
CANADA PUNISHES US

Up. in Canada the statesmen diplomat politicians are telling the American. newspapers that the hoist ed Canadian tariff duties are not meant to retaliate against increased American duties.
 But such cheerful chatter deceives no pne. It is known to everybody that Canadians would not have thought of increased tariff duties had the Smoot-Hawley lawnot been passed on this side.
 It is pure retaliation; and some how we cannot blame the Canadians
 Canada buys more goods from us than any other nation and deemed herself worthy' of better treatment than the shabby method accorded her in the Smoot-Hawley law.
 Manufacturers who have been do- ing much business in Canada and who are likely to lose trade can blame their troubles upon the Ad- ministration.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
FEDERAL TREASURY S-LMPS

Head men in the Administration, it appears. have been set to worrying ocyr the condition of the |. S. treasury.
 The new tariff law has resulted Tn q decrease in customs duties, and that is supposed to help industry. But it isn't helping the federal treasury. The federal income from customs duties is an important item in federal income and of late it has gone down 10 such an extent that the gentlemen in Washington look upon the situation with some alarm. They hope and believe that tn" slump in customs returns. not continue.
 A rather queer hope in view of the fact hat the new tariff law was advertised as guaranteeing just some such result.
 The result; The late income tax cut will be temporary only. With q daily loss in revenue of S2.000, 0o0 the Administration will need more money rather than less
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
BUYS FORMER RACER AND
 HAS HIM PUT TO DEATH
Holiday, Once Famous on Track, Saved From Ignominy of Draw
 ing Grocer Wagon

Evanston, H., Sept. 19 Pl-Th. horse Holiday" which descended from the high estate of steeple- chasing to the miserable chore of hauling a delivery wagon, has been put to death.
 David Malloy of Lake Forest, who once paid s2,00O for Holiday and rode him in many of the North Shore society gallops, recently soll him to riding academy Holiday" however, was unequal to the task Of transporting portly do*agers in search of more svelte lines along the bridle paths, and had to be sold to the humble pursuit Of delivery service.
 Malloy saw Holiday" yesterday. head high but step uncertain, drag ging tho grocery wagon around town. He felt that such toll was unbecoming an animal which had hurdled hedges to the cheers of the very best people, so he bought Holiday back, whispered some words to a policeman with gun. and now Holiday" is dead,
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
FENN BOWS HIMSELF OUT

When the Republican district con- vention meets in Hartford Monday it will have one point less to discuss, Congressman E. Hart Tenn of Wethersfield having bowed himself out of the race for renomination be- cause of his health.
 It is almost cetain that the con- vention will nominate Clarence w.. Seymour of West Hartford MT. sey nlour has an overwhelming number of pledged delegates and is a popu- lar fellow in the party.
 Mayor George A. Quigley of New Britain was raputed to have come 10 an agreement with Congressman Fenn before the congreTman be- came i'll enough 10 desire to quit. It appears that all agreements now are off. Yet Mf. Quigley, with al least eight delegates instructed for him, is reported disinclined to make a fight against Seymour.
 From this it can be deduced that MT. Seyrour's likelihood of being the nominee is faS above par MT Quigley defeated t1 organization at a primary but a convention is something else.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
THE LITTLE WORLD SERIES

With right has the trio of base ball games concluded between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals in the National league been termed the little world series.
 The result: After having been regarded as a certain pennant win ner for some time, Brooklyn is q showed into second place as the Cardinals win three games in Brooklyn. .-..*
 / The excitement registered heav- fly, in Church street. Anyone not chancing to realize that anything extraordinary was going on the last few days needed only to note the substantial gathering of baseball fans in front of the Herald's bulle- tin board.
 The Dodger fans along Church street-seemingly far in the major ity-had a sad week:
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
INSURGENCY ON UP GRADE

Insurgency seems 10 be on the up grade everywhere throughout the country, especially insurgency with in the Republican ranks.
 We have even had touch of it in Connecticut; slight touch, but not much.
 Progressive Republicans, as they are generally known. have won re- sounding victories in the nations primaries. There are 15 Progressive Republicans n the Senate-althoush masquerading under tht regular Republican lakeland of these five came up for renominatiOn this fall, All five won. Adding the victory Of Senator Couzens in Michigan, the senator being tinged with insurgency, the victories number six
 Some of these Progressive Repub- licans may be defeated by Demo- crats in the elections. But it is said on inside information that the Democratic party is not inclined to try very hard to defeat any of the
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
Progressives. They are too valuable to the Democratic party.
LONERGAN AND PAONESSA

Former Mayor Paonessa of New Britain remains the leading avowed candidate for the nomination 10 Congress from this district, although friends of Augustine Lonergan are trying to induce him to come out and declare himself as a candidate for the nomination.
 We prefer MT. Paonessa, although MT. Lonergan proved he had plenty of good points when he was con- gressman once upon time.
 In the first place, MT. Paonessa, both in the election and if elected would be a live wire. He has never earned a reputation for hiding his light behind a bushel; and regard less whether all folks agree with him or not, he has never straddled on an important public issue.
 That is one prime requisite of the times for public men.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
TROUBLE IN "CARRYING
 HOOVER"

Republican leaders in Wisconsin, noting the results of the primary, are announced as having held an in- formal meeting at which they came to the conclusion that the defeat of Governor Walter J, Kohler, mil lionaire manufacturer, for renomin- ation was due to having advertised him as being "Hooyers man." an "upholder of the national adminis- tration," and "the man whom Prcsi- dent Hoover would like to see re- main governor of Wisconsin,"
 Mr. Kohlcr has been a business executive His administration has been a glowing example of "a busi- ness man in politics. And it was a good administration in general. No- body exactly denied that, but Wis consin evidently wants a business administration plus something else that can be provided by Philip La Toilette, younger brother of Senator Robert La Toilette.
 It is an especially nasty defeat for Governor Kolher in that Phil La Toilette made abundant capital out of the claim of kohler lieuten- ants that the governor was any up- holder of President Hoover.
 Young Mr La Toilette and his aids knew exactly that such claim was a spiked gun in the campaign.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
25 Fears Ago Today

The expenses of the town for year as announced today by the selectmen were $2O6,5S4.33
 w. c. Hungerford of this city has charge of the horse day program at the Berlin fair. A. J. Sloper has entered his racer "Victor"
 At meeting of the building com- mittee held last evening, it was de- cided to enforce the new tenement law
 The American Hosiery Co. has started on a nine hour a day sched- ule. six days a week.
 City Clerk Thompson has dis covered that three clerks in vari- ous sCs ions of the country bear the same surname as himself. He has written letters to them extcnG- ing greetings.
 The football game last Saturday betwe"" New Britain high and he American School for Deaf result ed in many disgraceful Jrawls.
 Much criticism i; beirg dire, ted at the new pavement on Main street. It is very poor substitute for the asphalt blocks.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
UPTON ABAND0NS
 FRU|TLESS QUEST
Irish Sportsman Will Not Try
 for Cup Again

Newport, R. l., Sept. 19 P-De- feated in his fifth attempt to regain for Britain the Americas cup, Sir Thomas Lipton has abandoned his fruitless quest.
 As the horns footed and the sirena shrieked signaling, another Ameri- can victory, the S0-year- old Irish sportsman said:
 It's the end of the race. It's the finish. yes, the finish.~ l shall not challenge again. It's no use. We cannot win"
 The victorious American yacht Enterprise clinched the series by covering the 30-mile course in the fourth race yesterday in three hours, 10 minutes, 13 seconds, the fastest time ever made in the 60 years since Britain first challenged for the cup in American waters. She beat Sir Thomas Shamrock by five minutes and IT seconds.
 Sir Thomas imm ediately after the race sent radio message to Vincent Astor, aboard the Vara, asking him to convey to Harold s. Vanderbilt, skipper of the Enterprise and his crew congratulations on your we'll merited victory"
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
CONNECTICUT FARM VALUES

Connecticut and Rhode Island are the only two states in the Union in which farm values today are high CT than they were the year before the war. is the cheering informa- tion provided by the |. s. Census department.
 Thus, whereas Connecticut's farm land values increased by 2.2 per cent since 1912-1914, and Rhode Island s farm values increase by per cent since that time, farm lands in such an agrarian state as Iowa decreased 47 per cent; Kansas, PUP per cent, and Illinois 43.1 per cent.
 It must be remembered, too, that this decrease is from the prices for farm land currenE before the World War. The decrease from the peak prices for farm land in 1920 has been vastly more precipitate. Those western farmers who "soid out" their holdings during the peak period of 1920 are mostly living off their money and the sunshine in Southern California, while their successors on the farms are yelling for farm relief-those whose mort gages have not been foreclosed. Of Northern states Indiana has had the most precipitate deflation in farm values since 1913, the census report stating the decrease in values | has been 50.3 per cent since that time. The average decrease since i the peak period of 1920 is said to be more than 100 per cent.
 But the champion state for farm value deflation is South Carolina, where the decrease since pre-war days has registered 54.s per cent, The neighboring stae of Georgia is a close second, with a Nduction of 53,9 per cent.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
WE RECOGNIZE IN HASTE

It was said day or so ago in Washington that American rccog- hition of the new governments in Argentina, Chili and Bolivia naturally hinges upon evidence that they are to be stable"
 Such evidence, it appears, was speedily forthcoming. Especially in view of the fact that our government could not be expected to permit the British trade rivals to steal q march upon American business by extend- ing recognition first.
 Where" "there is q will there is q way.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
THREATENING US WITH
 BACKGAMMON

Folks like a change. Novelty al ways wins. Then when the novelty of a new thing wears off the trend is for some other novelty Anything to, keep us from being bored.
 Now we learn on excellent au- thority that the game of backgam- mon is coming back. This is a game that our grandfathers and grand mothers played but for generations it was only a name in games for the most of us. The checker board tinued placing a backgammon board "on the inside" of the checker boards, although most people no doubt did not know what it was all about. Possibly they thought the peculiar configurations of the back gammon board was a species of modernistic or futuristic decorations.
 Backgammon is played with dice. although the game is not necessarily one of gambling. One can wager with it, however: and what one happens 10 do when the backgam" mon craze takes hold is entirely oDe'G owr, b1lSinpSs
 Ping pong, cross word puzzles, bridge migature golf and now backgammon. The person who can guess what is likely t, nappp after this and act on it is likely to win a fortune.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
THE HOOVER DAM

We have been accustomed to call ing it the Boulder Dam for a long time Now Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur secretary of the interior, blandly names it the Hoover Dam.
 Politically. that is expected not 10 hurt he President in Nevada, California Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming, What the presidential effects will be in Ari- zona, which is still fighting the dam, we do not know.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-19
Observations On The Weather

Washington, Sept. Forecast for Southern New Ensland. Fair tonight, Saturday partly cloudy and slightly warmer, moderate southerly winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight, probably followed bX showers Saturday; cooler in north west portion Saturday afternoon: gentle variable winds, becoming