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Newspapers repeatedly contain
the stories or human beings who
have in some manner gotten a
needle into the body and who after
the lapse OF many years are sud-
denly aStounded BY the appearance
or the needle In the elbow. IN the
leg. or at some point far from the
place at which IL originally enter
CT. In a recent issue Of Hygeia. Vic
tor wv. EisenStein discusses the man
ner in which these accidents occur
and how best 20 avoid them.
Not infrequentiy needles are left
III clothing and the person who
washes the clothes suddenly feels
the needle penetrate the hand. or
machine needles break and pene-
trate the fingers. Sometimes por-
ticnS or hvpOdermic needles break
off during injection: lost needles
get into feet when people walk
about barefoot. Women and tailcrs
occasionally have needles penetrate
the adomen while bending over az
ter having been sewing.
There are. no doubt. authentic
cases in which needles have pene-
trated the body and moved on 10
other places. In the vast majority
OF cases the needle seldom moves
more than a few inches. There seem
10 be few. X any. actual records OF
cases In which needles have travel
ed long distances as. for example,
from the finger TO the foot. 1t Is.
CT course. quite conceivable that a
person may stick a finger and find
n portion OF needle In the foot la
ter in life. but II remains 70 be prov
ed that IL Is the same needle.
A few simple suggestions are Civ
en- - 70 the avoidance OF needle
accidents:
/. Sew only in a light room and
III a comfortable position.
2. Keep needles In a definite
place. Don't park" them In the wall
~arer or furniture. When a needle
5 not in use. keep 1t threaded TO
insure its detection II lost.
3. Keep the fingers vel away
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from the needles In sewing ma
chimes.
A.. Use a thimble.
S. Inspect garments that have
been repaired before washing or
wearing.
6. Wear shoes or slippers about
the house.
z. Look where D search: don't
poke blindly into Uttered drawers
or bags.
8. Keep one needle at a time in
the work basket; keep all others out
Of the way.
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perhaps II has been my fault"
Lame thought. Perhaps I've been
nasty when / might have been
nice"
she took a taxi from the station.
The CRATE in the big hallway had a
cracking fire in IT, Give looked
I'd from bis book.
"Well. We were Just about 10 send
out a searching party" He stood
up. touched her almost awkwardly.
She drew away. Her laugh
sounded brittle. strange II must
hurry II i am 70 change. Trous-
seau shopping"
lie nodded. Shopping was an
endless. mysterious pursuit ard he
did not pretend 70 understand H.
"Yoa locked pale this morning
but now you've "a grand color" he
said approximately
Il feel worlds better" Lame said.
She stretched out her arms.
Careful You mustn't d0 that"
His tone was almost a growl. Sud
denly. without warning. he had
swoopcd upon her. kissed her full
on the mouth
Above them tinkIed n small voice.
Sorry 10 interrupt such a charm
ing tableau."
They both looked up. Tressa
stood a few steps above them. Her
eyes blazed with hate.
THE woman with the black veil
n threw her cigaret into the
wastebasket. The man growied.
You'll SET this place on fire yet"
she said fercely. Don't bother
me. SO they muned the whole
business!"
"Shc has friends M court. I tell
you- Came down On Johnny like VA
brick. He's lucky the place wasn't
shut up. He's yellow. ] tell you.
and IL scared foolish his dump1l
ret n bad name"
"That IA 70 laugh" tho woman
said cyniraIly. "Bad name for
Johrny's place. II never had any
hing else" she paced un and
down.
well. can't you do something's"
she snapped. You have before.
Write her a note. have her come An
and throw n good. hard scare into
her. She knows what The Tattle-
tale IL. anyhow.
The man threw out hits hands.
n wouldn't touch her II she's rot
McDermid in her train" be said
explosively. This businesses tricky
enough but you can't expect me M
put my neck into m moose. That
birds dynamite. He'd as soon frame
me as eat. And he could. too"
-Oh. you make me sick. AM Ok
youl" the woman cried. Afraid 0f
your shadow"
you talk big. / notice. the man
said but you keep your skirts
clear. What "a howl you put up
when II looked m II there was 60
ing TO be a leak on the Milcy case.
You didn't want N known that you
were one oE my tipsters-"
II have "a live among them" the
woman said sullenly. Its my
bread and butter"
well. you'd better lay oH this
girl. I'm telling YOU" the mar ob-
served. 4 wouldn't touch the story
with a pole"
Maybe the tabloids viii then"
sneered the woman. She stood up
TO 20. without ceremony the door
opened and a bis young man sham
bled I'm. Even in his dark. plain
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NOW GO ON WITH TIrE STORY

CHAPTER XIV
THE big man announced. Young
lady to see you. Lieutenant"
At the Scared desk sat Shane
McDermId. staring rs though he'd
Teen a vision.
The girl advancing was enveloped
In a smoke-colored coat fitting her
snugly at the waist like a Cossack's
uniform. Little smoke-colored tur.
ban from the close frame OK which
bronze curls escaped. Small. ex-
quisitely fitting shoes. There was
a subtle scent in the big. grim Office
with the unwashed windows. Shane
stared. and small wonder that he
did. lie got TO his feet stun
blingly.
miss Barrett7"
"Yes." The vieion smiled.
you're all grown up" he said
marvelling. you we're a little girl
last summer"
"And you've been made a lieu
tenant. I'm almost afraid Of you
now"
He laughed. but was pleased and
flattered. too. mot a bit OF IL.
Well. WE'LL Is there something i
can be- doing for you?"
She told him. Between breaths
he made deep sounds Of anger.
The DIRTY He caught him
self I'm time "YouTl have 10 ex-
cuse me. The rats Tell me
what the Teller looks like" he COM
manded-
Lame ruffled her forehead In nm
effort TO recall the least clue. Hes
dark like a Spaniard-or Mexican"
she said haltingly. ~He has a tiny
mustache- lie Is beautifully mani
cured"
no rings? Jewelry7"
mo. ! don't think so. Oh. he
had a little gold watch charm. /
remember be kept playing with H.
Shaped like a tiny lion"
"Um.- Shane McDermid pom.
dered- Tuesday. you say?"
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"That was what he said. Yes"
"The Alexis Club. That's a new
place. now. Johnny Barbados. /
know Johnny. He's n Greek. Not
a bad one. either. Now. look. Don't
you worry your head about this.
I've got something on Johnny. He
won't want me 20 get down on him.
Just you stop worrying I'LL M 70
II. yes. IL looks mighty funny 20
me-" Shane McDermId pondered.
They know about old Cleespaugh's
will and that's not generally known.
you say. And they're aware you've
no money. II looks as II you're 10
be scared out. Well. leave II 10 me-"
Lame rose. He seemed "a DO dis
missing her.
you think It's all right. Them"
I'm tellin' you not 10 worry. an
+ mean IT, Johnny Barbados
Welt"
Shane saw her 70 the door. He
said. Call me up tomorrow. Maybe
III have good news for you"
II can't thank YOU" Lane man.
aged to say. She was fumbling for
n handkerchief
well. there. You're a good girl
and | like 20 help good girls. Don't
see one any too often" He laughed
awkwardly.
CHE went put into the street feel
- ing rather dazed. Half an hour
ago she had been quite sick with
fear. with foreboding- Now the
cloud seemed. momentarily AZ least.
10 have lifted.
What n good fellow Shane McDer-
mid was. Her heart warmed 10
him. She wished she might tell
Give all about him. But she
daren't-at least. not yet.
Lame felt. she thought an enor-
nous affection for Shane McDermid-
II was nothing like the feeling she
had for Give. No. that vas fond
ness. comradcship. She loved 20 he
with Give They laughed ny the
same jokes. he made life seem
casual and amusing.
Nor was IL like the white-hoi
emotion that smotc her when Van
Robard appeared on the scene.
Vans presence could make her
palms cold and her face feverish.
when he appeared she said artih'
ciaI things. acted a part She won
dered why her emotions couldn't be
steadier. She hated herself. feeling
light and frivolous and unstable
I'm the wrong sort RI girl" she
thought wildly. I'm fond OF three
or four men. can't stick 10 one"
she went blindIy out on the biz
station, out into the street The
first snow OF the winter was falling.
In her smartly cut coat with its
lining or fur she was guarded from
the storm. She looked with sym
pathy az the girls who passed wear
ing thin shoes. their sleazy cloaks
held CALAMITY about them 10 pro
tect them from the wind.
I'm 50 lucky" she thought
There but for the grace Of God
10 II"
she I0nged "a help the poor. She
dropped a dollar into the cup or 4
legless man. Now that the load on
her heart was lifted. she felt IN
acc3untably happy
II must try 10 love everyone she
decided. like a child who hai
escaped punishment and. grateful
holds out her arms 10 All the world
"Even-even Tressa."
Well. that would take a bit o
doing Tressa mad been unfriendll
tD her from the start
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tends to cause the fragment to move
from the point at which III entered.
Squeezing and manipulation are
Likely 10 aid the motion still more.
IL Is best to fasten the portion
firmly and thus 10 keep the frag-
ment In place until an expert is
called who knows how 20 remove
1t.
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suit IKE had the tcIl-tale marks OK 0
policeman.
"Fersong"
The man M the desk. nervouHly
shutting proofs. said w.. he was
Person.
"Im McDcrmid. from Headquar.
ters. You seen Harlad0z7"
i've seen him.
"Well. then. you know that I
know about this tln-up. 4 just
wanted to drop you tha news. f0r
fear Johnny hadn't made AZ plain
enough. 70 lay on"
lie fixed a gimlet eye ON tho
wCman
i've seen YOU at the OPERA he
said suddenly. swapping his iingera
"A know you. ma'am. and that's a
fact Don't nv EprinEin' anything
ON any friend XIX mine or Ill ba
obliged 20 see that your connection
with this filthy rag" (his arm swept
the Offices Ok The T~attIetaIcD gets
about"
The woman shrugged.
well. that wouldn't do you any
good. Mo- Better do what 4 tell
YOU" McDermld rumblcd out "a
the door.
The man threw out his hands e.,
pressiveiy.
There. You seer"
THE extension telephone IN the
a. upstairs hall rang sharply. Lame
went 10 answer w. Nora on the
downstairs wire said. ITS FOR you.
miss"
"HcIIo. This Ia McnermId. you'rdk
not ~ worry. It's mn fixed. aB I'
told you
"Oh. thank you A million MIL
lion
ITS nothing. You're entirely
welcome"
There vas a faint bnzzlng on the
wire. Then Shano's voice came
through quite clearly. Look out
though. You've an enemy
Lame clicked ffanticaily but the
connection was cut oh.
Mrs.. Amburtnn called fn hcr from
her sitting room as the girl passed
down the hall.
Come I'm and talk ~ me-
Lame obpyGd with aIacrity- she
liked this aIDw-v0iced. amIabla
woman.
"Tressa's been I'm town an day.
Isn't In VA hendEsh 0neg I hate rain
"It was snow yesterday. Too
early FOR that but better than this
drizzle." Lame agreed. She saw
herself again going tremhlInEiy
down the dirty sid0 street to the
po.ice-stati0n. III seemed years ago
instead Of hours. Her heart was
lighter now.
ARE you AM ready for the we'd
dIng?" Mrs. Ambcrt0n asked lazlIy.
Almost" Lame sat. lacing her
fingers in and out
lou Ie wearing a veil ana every
thlng7"
ooh. yes. but IT'S 70 be very quiet
No maids. Just mother to give me
away"
There was "a little furry On the
stairs as the talk halted lamely.
They could hear Nora saying.
YOU'RE wet through. miss"
MY dear!" Fanny cried aa
Tressa pushed past Where have
you benn?"
I've Ind the most friEhtfuI day
Tressa said. ignoring Liane. LET
me have a tub and rest before you
start asking questions"
(T0 Be COntinucdD
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South Carolina has Iet contracts
for road projects To cost $1,000. 900.
including i48 miles Of concrete. 1853
miles Of bituminous paving and Is
bridges.
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The
Once Ouer
YES. WE HAVE NO PAJAMAs
BY II. I. PHILLIPS

YES. We HAVE NO PAJAMAS
business has turned the corner IN
a big way in one industry-the
paiama trade. It Is a paiama sum-
mer. The one regret OF the big steel
electric and similar corporations Is
that they did not manufacture them
during the dull winter.
Accepting paiamas at first as a
beach novelty, the women Of
America are now wearing nothing
else at vacation resorts.
They climb into them In I c morn
ing and keep them on all day. The
streets OF a summer resort have tile
same general appearance at high
noon as the corridors OF the Y. M.
G. "A. and Martha washington Hotel
have at 7 q. m.
The c5T-t-y seems 20 have gore
pajama crazy. Not so many years
ago a woman who appeared at a
window In them was thought a hope
less hussie. The police almost clos
cd a musical show once because
Pauline Chase had a chorus in
paiamas. They we're not for male
eyes. This summer the police would
only be moved TO action il they saw
a woman on the streets In street
clothes.
1t all m under the head OF
progress. Yesterdays scandal is to-
days a~naesthetic.
Still, there oughta be a law. The
young and shapely ones look very
chic and charming in them. but
paiamas are no bargain on the
middle aged ones whose figures are
done full justice only when covered
by a Navajo blanket.
There comes a time In every
woman's life when she should look
those new summer fads IN the eye
and tell them 70 go TO the devil.
A1dAAAlt&DA4AE4c N4AD1lU Dt Hdlb4C-
ularly wary OF this pajama craze.
When they shuttle through town
in night clothes somebody Is apt
to slip a kerosene lamp In their
hands reprovingly and tell them to
60 straight to bed before they catch
their death OF asthma.
Pajamas are for all ages indoors
but they belong to youth on the
street.
Mans first glance around any
summer resort this season gives him
the impression ne has stumbled into
a nudist cult. When he reaches the
bathing beach he knows he has.
All IN ell. It's a dangerous trend
Who knows but what our men may
90 in for scantv attire any mo-
ment and dash about from business
conference 10 business conference
in nightgownS and slippers?
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BEGIN HERE TODA

hEaGAN hHsNE NOAIAM
LANE BARRETT. Is and beam
tifuI. feels what she believes II
love nj first sight for VAN no.
BARD. fascinating man OF the
world. At willow Stream. r.. ~.
where she goes with her mother,
CAsS. nm actress playing took nj
n summer thcafer. she meets him
again. without explaining. Cnss
nwkE Lame 10 have nothing more
20 do with him. Lame hears from
ELSIE MINTER. the inEcnur. that
there O. E0ssip about Van and
Nrs. Lndd. MURfEL tADD, n
pretty dehufante. Processes a hr
An love with CHUCK DESMOND.
newspaper reporter. but plays
around with other men.
when ms goes ON tour In the
fall LANE stays with the rich
MIS- CLEESPAUGH. Cnss he
conaes s~rrIousiy IN I'm Philadelphia
md Lame rushes ca her I'm her
delfrfum. the woman babbicx of
some mystery concerning Lanes
birth. The engagement OF Van
Robnrd and Muriel A. announced
when Give CLEESPAUGH asks
Lame 10 marry htm-n marriage
OF CONFERENCE.-The accepts. Her
mother returns 20 the Clecxpaughs
90 convniesce.
TRESSA LORD nnd her sister.
MRS. AMBERTON, old friends uf
Mrs. Cieespnugh. come Go visit.
Treasa In rude 40 Lame Robard
makes love 10 Lame Trcsza be-
gins 40 plot 10 break the
menf on Give mud Lfnnr. Al RI
night club n sinister man mp
pronchCs Lame md threatens "a
expose nm unpleasant incident Of
her life. In which she was blame
less. unIeHs n pays $1,000. L.fnnr
determines 10 EO r0 see SHANE
sfcDEHMfD. young policeman who
had proved himself n good friend.
KIM co ~ rn.rnn nnrn a.nnnu
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Daily Health
Talk
BY DIX. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor. Journal on the American Medical
Association. and Of Hygefa.
the Health Magazine
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TRAFFIC TRAGEDIES
Beyond all cares
Is Lyman Law.
He didn't see
The open draw.
Most depressed
rs Luther Hare:
He beat the light
A cop was therel
MI. Paul c"LegsH) Barnett. elori-
fer or athletics at Yale. made a hole
in n the other day. The big sur
prise to Mr.. Barnett. it Is reliably
reported. was not that his ball had
landed fl the cup in n stroke but
that Il had landed on the green in
less than eight.
Legs Diamond. apparently IN
vulnerable 70 bullets and courts. has
been freed again. this time despite
positive Identification BY a farmer
who saw Legs" burned his feet.
The jury evidently concluded that
the farmers sufferings were due 10
Athletes Foot.
Stain has decided 10 give the
trained minds In Russia a chance.
In other words. Russia has aban-
doned the policy Of bean dumping.
An old-fashioned girl Is a girl
who still concentrates on a channel
swim in summer.
CAN YOU REMEMBER
Back when championship golf
tournaments didn't result IN ties?
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Washington Avenue Span
Approach Site Fails

The Arlington county board of
supervisors, at their meeting yes
terday in the courthouse, failed
to adopt the Washington Avenue
approach to the new Memorial
Bridge, despite a demand for
action by a large delegation of
citizens from various parts of the
county requested immediate action
and the fact that the Washing
ton Avenue route is favored by
thirteen civic organizations of
the county.
A resolution was enacted, how
ever, by the board, directing
County Engineer C. E. Kinnier to
compile an estimate of the cost
of the road as well as other
projected routes to the bridge.
After considering these estimates
and comforting with Col. c. G..
Shirley, State highway commits
Sioner, the board will determine
whether the Washington Avenue
route VIII be adopted or not.
Rights-Of.Way Offered
All OF the rights of way for
the road have been contributed,
Commonwealth Attorney w. c..
Cloth informed the board. How
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
PORTER
Victims of Falling Plane
To Sue for Damages

Efforts are being made today
to salvage parts of the Keystone.
Looming biplane which yesterday
afternoon crashed through the
roof of a house at 1913 Sumner
Rd. S. E., burying itself in the
lower floor of the structure.
The plane fell on the house
after the wings had collapsed,
torn off by the strain of a power
dive, at an altitude of about
1000 feet. The pilot, Paul How.
gard, 81, test pilot for the Key
stone Aircraft Company, Bristol,
Pa, escaped serious injury by
use of his parachute. HOvgaard
last night boarded a train for a
previously scheduled trip to
Bristol.
COwling Torn Out
The plane. which was being
flown in a demonstration before
1-avy officers here, had climbed
to an altitude of 10000 feet when
the pilot began the power dive.
It then plunged for 1000 feet
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
JAIL AGITATORS
ARE SHIFTED

HAGERSTOWN, Md, April l6
Six Federal prisoners lodged ir
the Washington county jail here
have been transferred to the Balti
more city Jail following an investi
cation of Jail conditions in which
it was found that these mer
have been leaders in a series oi
agitations.
An inspector sent here by Sal
ford Bates, director of the Fed
eral prisons, acted on the Sugges
ton of Sheriff w. B. Dowml1
to transfer the leaders from tht
local jail. The inspector fount
the sanitary condition of the jai
in good order. The reason TO
the prisoners restlessness coult
not be determined.
A letter, recently sent by pris
oners to Simeon Sobeloff, U. S
district attorney in Baltimore,
said to have reported that tn
prisoners were living in unsani
tary conditions and that the foot
they received was of poor qua
ity and given in Sparing POI
tionS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
LIME IN DEMAND
ON FARMS

The attitude of the average
farmer toward lime has COM
pletely changed during the last
few years, says j. L. MacDermid,
county agricultural agent in Or
leans county, N. Y, and who re-
Gently won a trip to Washington
for his outstanding soil improve
ment program. according to bul,
letin from the University of Yer
mont and State Agricultural Col
lege, Vermont.
A few years ago der1onstra-
tions, figures and pictures were
needed to prove that lime had
possibilities. Now the farmers
attitude is:
II suppose I should use lime.
Will you test my soil and see
how much it needS?"
In Orleans county, a few years
ago, it was necessary for the
county agent to secure, at each
railroad station, some one VINO
would handle lime. It was also
necessary for him to go out ard
secure lime orders so that a
minimum car would be pos :ble.
At present, at several stations,
local dealers in farm supplies are
handling lime, and competition
has even developed, asserts Mr..
MacDermid.
Business men Of the county re-
gard the using of more lime by
the farmers of the county as a
wonderful idea. Bankers, accord
ing to Mr.. MacDermid, are usu-
ally willing to loan money for
lime, and requests have come
from banks to test soils and
map out a lime program for
farms in which they are inter
eSted,
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
QUEEN NlCIORlA
DEMENT, IS HELD
FOR MURDER

Charged with the murder of
Claude Hughes, of Branchville,
his next door neighbor, Paul De-
ment, elderly bricklayer, yesterday
was indicted by the grand jury
now convening in Upper Marlboro.
The murder occurred two
months ago, and, Dement,, imme-
diately after the Staying, gave him.
self up to Justice of the Peace
H. j. Moffatt. According to the
story told to the justice by Dement,
he and Hughes had argued vio-
lently over the association of their
children. In rage, according to
the story, Dement, stabbed Hughes
over the heart with a pocket-knife
Hughes died two days later in
Providence Hospital.
Indictments were also returned
against Lewis Gerome,~ Albert
Oriente, and Joseph Rose, charged
with breaking into a grocery store
in Hyattsville. The men were
taken into custody by Deputy
Sheriff Garrison and Police Chief
Anderson, of Hyattsville.
Wallace Boiling, of Charles
county, will face trial on a man
slaughter charge under another
indictment returned. The charges
against him were placed after the
death of Raymond Grimm, who
was struck by an automobile
driven by Boiling. Grimm was the
son of Mrs. Lulu Mae Gamble,
acquitted Of murder in Charles
county at the last court term.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16

ever, immediate action toward
construction of the road must be
taken or the offers will be with
drawn.
These rights of way, according
to Col. Charles T. Jesse, Arlington
attorney and landholder, are
valued at approximately 100000,
leaving to the county only the
expense of constructing the road.
This, Mr.. Kinnier said, would be
approximately $4,000.
Two Routes Considered
Two other proposed routes to
the bridge were considered at yes
terday's meeting. One would be
continuation of Corcoran Street,
in Colonial Heights, to the old
Oil Road and thence to the
bridge. The other suggested
simply continuing the Wilson
Boulevard.
If the new approach is built to
the bridge this year, it is probable
that the rebuilding of the Oil Road
or old Georgetown-Alexandria
turnpike will be dropped, despite
the fact that the engineers depart
ment has been estimating the
costs of rebuilding the road with
a view to starting actual con-
Struction this spring.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Times Staff Photo
HOVGARD

b.fore the force of the airStream
tore loose part of the cowling,
which struck Hovgaard in the
face. He realized the danger and
leaped before the plane crashed.
An effort will be made by the
owners of the house to collect
damages from the airpIane COM
pany, it was said today.
Four persons were in the small
frame house as the heavy ma
chine crashed through the roof
and the secOnd-Story floor, bury
ing its nose in the lower floor.
Occupants Are Injured
Mrs. Harriet Marshall, colored,
so. was bruised by falling plaster;
May Stewart, colored, 25, and her
3-year-old daughter, Betty, her
husband, Harold Stewart, %, and
Henry Williams, %, all escaped
injury.
The wings of the plane fell a
short distance from the house,
one narrowly missing Henrietta
Russell, ColOred, 25.