Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-29
II HE BULLETIN, Sydney, N. s. w.
(From reader) Merits:
The enterprising female who

tn HE BULLETIN, Sydney, N. S. w.
(From a reader) Merits:
The enterprising female who
Il married seven departing Diggers
during the war and collected all
their allotment moneys had an imitator
in Adelaide, who drew sustenance under
six different names at widely separated
suburban post offices. Right up to the
armistice everything went well, one
hubby being considerate enough to get
wiped out, thereby putting her on the
pension list. The trouble began when
three of her consorts returned on the
same ship. One day, after casual talk
about the devoted little woman to whose
arms they we're returning, they nap
pened to exchange photographs. Ther
bride was not upon the wharf to greet
them, so they hired a taxi and set out
to find her. When at length they To-
Gated the lady, they told her in quaint
Digger language Just how they viewed
her conduct, and then gently propelled
her through the window without first
opening it. N. B.-I had this story
from the house agent to whom she con-
flded her troubles.
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Romance Not Gone
From Life Despite NoveIists.
LIE Matin, Paris.-We are quite
ready to believe that modern life has
suppressed all the romantic elements
OF existence which used to flnd Such
vogue and frequence in novels TINS
Is really not the case. Despite the teie-
phone and the airship. and a stald ana
automatic mechanically in our exist
ences, there are still juvenile courtships
ruthlessly interfered with by cruel par
ents: elopements: children found, and
children lost or stolen; unexpected her
itageS and hidden treasures, ana a loC
Of other unimaginable coincioences III
the affairs of men which strengthen the
old conviction that nothing Is stranger
than the reality! The trouble Is, per-
haps, that these plots are dished up 100
much in the same old manner. Inc oIo
nobleman. and his disappointed years;
the suddenly discovered birth-mark;
the sympathetic ink, or cipher; the VIII
put of too late: the final confessions,
though they maintain perpetual role,
are not surrounded with the lntrlcacles
of Mot and circumstance which serve
to make an entertaining story. pau
city OF ideas in thees respects, coupled
with a general decadencc in moral tone
which began to be evident when man mar
ceased to be man Ano pecSme met
automaton, no doubt mas lea an oul
,TonId he 1,ovelists TO base their attempts
at entertainment upon the lure OF sex
ana sensiIality. Life" said Alphonse
Da1det IN one of his novels, is not
merely an amour or intrigued!
Ex- Collector
FIees Before Ghosts.
SUNDAY Referee, London.--From
India, the land of inexplicable mysteries;
Comes the strange story OF retlrea
oft,cfaI who is being bullied by ghosts,
Poltergeists, or noisy ghosts, are
often reported to be active in various
oarts of the Indian subcontinent. put
fhe terrifying experience OF a former
dan,,ty collector in Tellicherry seems
rroTfl1y of special mention.
THE hobgoblins-or whatever the IN
visible forces may be-which have Sc
lected his house for their hair-ralslng
demonstrations give the bewildered eX-
oficiaI no peace. This is the sort oil
thing he has to put up with:
one day his pillow catches fire-for
no apparent reason whatever--is burnt;
and the mattress on which 1t lies Is
not even scorched.
The new pillow disappears and is
found at the bottom of well.
Crockery smashes itself to smither
Gems all over the house.
Large stones whizz through the rooms
THE key Of his cash box vanishes.
A new key made especially TO replace
st is itself mysteriously replaced by the