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Williams

TOR and for some unthinkabIe pnr-
pose or their own. wanted the thing
dug up.
She sat there frozen. II was
seconds before she could even turn
her eyes from the woman's horrible
face.
You know about IL. don't your
Claire was saying. you must know
something about H. why. there
wasn't hardly anything else In the
papers az the unexpectedly the
San Francisco papers. You don't
want 20 take n thing like that too
hard. dearie."
al that Rhoda managed 70 drag
her hypnotized eyes away and turn
them on her empty coffee cup.
"Of course. to hear people talk
dirty hypocrites-you'd think a
thing like that had never hap
rened before. It's happening All
the time. only they didn't happen
70 get caught You must know
yourself that q good looking girl
could Get any man n she wanted
him: practically any man. They're
funny that way-most men are But
your father think they
put something over on him or
course" she FASTENED 10 add. III
wouldn't want 10 be held 10 any
thing I couldn't prove, and natu-
rally ] couldn't prove one single
thing ahout this. But II there
was a niger in the woodpile. It
was this man Forster. And you
can play that right across the board.
There's no way that you could get
back at him that 7 can see. be-
aus Il was all over and done long
ago. But there's one thing you
can do. and that's lay or from him
II he tries to come around"
Rhoda heard her move her chair
back a little and that broke the
spell. CHANGING IT'D she saw the
woman gazing thoughtfully at her
watch.
"well. I guess rye had my say
she concluded. And I know you
must be wanting to run along. I'm
going 20 order a taxi ] can't take
you anywhere In II. can III" She
hadn't quite said her say. though.
for n she rose 10 leave the table
she added. You won't forget 70
look up that paper OF mine, viii
you. dearie7"
Despite her panic. Rhoda was
able 10 note that this had been n
clear afterthought. and not "a com
plete one. either. Claire hadn't told
Der where she lived.
Rhoda went home. she didn't
known how she got there. Nor did
she plan what she'd do when she
did. She had no clear expectation
OF what she'd find. But by the time
she had climbed the long fight az
stairs and let herself into the studio
with her latchkeE and TOWN straight
up to her little bedroom In the loft
and looked under the bed. she was
not really surprised to see that
the trunk was gone
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
CHAPTER Y

TTAD Claire's invitation 70 lunch
Al been anything but a trick 10
insure her absence from the studio
while II was being broken into? II
wouldn't have been necessary 20 d0
that. and Claire probably knew II.
Max Lewis knew II. anyhow. for
Babe had told him the night he
brought her home that she and
Rhoda worked all day az the News.
and that Doris and Isabel were of
on a tour with tbeir ballet No.
Claire had asked her 70 lunch I'm
order to find out something.
What could she have found outf
Not much, certainly. Rhoda was
sure she hadn't told anything I'M
portant. Wait a minute. though
She had said that none OF her IA
theirs papers had been destroyed.
There was a whole trunk full OF
them, she'd said. and she had sealed
I'D the trunk. In other words, she'd
volunteered the fact-fool! silly.
babhling ool i-that a sealed-up
trunk was the thing 10 look for.
Bnt had she said that II was IN
the studio7 She couldn't remem-
Der having said that In Sd many
words, but she must have admitted
IL by inference. since Claire had
suggested coming home with her
and helping In the search for the
paper she wanted. Had Claire ex-
nected her 10 accent an offer like
that; Probably not very seriously.
but she might have regarded III as
m chance worth taking. Anyhow.
it hadn't been until after Hhoda had
declined this offer. giving away
her own suspicion. no doubt. hand
over ist-fhat Claire had remem-
bered the friend who was waiting
for her TO telephone.
fTc LIE GoNTIHUEDLl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

NEW YORK. Feb. SIN an IN
noticed second OF a great city's
routine. some CT the grimmest
scenes are stage
Thus. lin the East River there IN
"a spot where. Ii the weather Ks fair.
the yachts Of the rich lie at anchor.
They are polished cloud-white and
their braSSes glsten in the sun. On
deck gay folk sit beneath gay avn
ings and sip at cocktails or tea.
Voices raised In chatter or laughter
drift ashore.
And thus. Oh the East River.
furnishing a shore line background
Is Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan's
city hospital. From one point upon
the hospital grounds a pier extends
into the river. From the pier N
boat leaves each day. and the
weather does not matter. And this
boat churnS past the gay yachts
with their gilt and white. and goes
impersonaliy upon its way.
10 is taking the daily cargo Of
unknown dead OF a great city to
unmarked EraveSl
Some DAYS Ii takes 20. and some
DAYS II takes 50. The average is
around $50 n week. some 1000 IA
year. Seven thousand persons who
can disappear. vet nobody knows
and nobody cares. Seven thousand
men and women without names:
without identities: without homes.
Incredible as I'D may seem. this
happens year In and year out.
III u man disappears or
woman disappears. an entire : city
is asked 10 take Up the hunt. But
1000 can drop out Of sight-and
who knows2
They are the John Does and the
Jane R0es found dead III Euttersl
The vast army OF unknOTns y0I
find budding IN d0orways on blus-
terry nightsl They're the men who
fiji the 10-cent flop houses and
drink the fatal smoke" Of Bowery
joints. They're the men who have
deliberately erased the past In one
way or another. torn an old iden-
tity from themselves and drifted
into complete anonymity.
These are a great city's beach
combers-and a metropolis has
b-eachcombers as surely as any fab
uiouS South Sea island. You'll see
them In the dark OF nights prowling
like stray cats among the ciEys
garbage cans.
But when the little boat leaves
the Bellevue wharf. a score OF them
go to an unmarked grave. This
is a general burying ground they
call Harris Island. And ON Harris
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

Pierre Laval j. the prime minister Of France. He
was confirmed as the herd OF the government by
the chamber of deputies In two test votes. He is a
butchers son and one Of the youngest Of Frances
prime ministers. Before his confirmation he asked
for peace among the political groups so he might
carry on the business OF France without interruption
or political pickering. James Ramsay Macdonald Is
the prime minister Of Great Britain. He was born a
commoner battled his way from poverty 20 the
top. Now a butchers son Is prime minister Of the
land Of Lafayette. A shoemaker was the first presi-
dent OF the German republic. A blacksmithis son Is
the dictator Of Italy. 1t appears that the king game
Is dead and that "the God anointed ones" are disap-
pearing from the surface Of the earth. Is democracy
dead the world over? Why ask the foolish question?
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Hotel.
happen-something like this. II
had taken its first vague nightmare
form when as N child or fourteen.
she'd read In the paper about an
other trial under the Mann act. IL
had been a fear OF finding some
thing that would give form and
body 20 this nightmare that had
kept her from going over the pa
pers IN the old leather trunk the
day after her father died One OF
the first things she had done after
her flight from the hotel. no In the
little hall bedroom OF her FIRST
boarding house. had been 10 seal
that Sunk with strips OF gummed
paper all around the lid
Her fathers dying reference 10
his papers prevented her from de-
stroying the thing. After the bur.
glary she'd looked at IL 20 make
sure II was u~ndisturbed. but at that
time, preoccupied by the loss OF her
three hundred dollars, she hadn't
thought much about it.
Up 70 now, until she heard Claire
Cleveland pronounce the word Cali
fornia. she'd been able i'm her VIZ
bic moments 70 remind herself that
all she'd ever seen In the trunk had
been laboratory notes and dia.
grams. to argue that IN all proba-
billity II contained nothing else and
10 promise herself that some day
she would open 1t I'D. 70 through IL
methodicany. and make an end or
her nightmare once and for all.
But now the nightmare was true.
These people-certainly Claire. and
probably Forster and his nephew
had their connection with her IA
ther back in the days OF the hor4
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But that state OF feeling didn't
last long. Caire's manner had
changed a little and had become
vaguely disquieting. She talked be-
tween and during nfouthfuls all
through the rest OF the meal. about
anything or nothing. The meal
dragged 20 an end at last. But
when. having set down her empty
demEtasse, Rhoda moved back her
chair 3 little as a preliminary TO
saying she must go. Claire suddenly
found that she had something left
TO say.
II said I'm my letter. she be-
gan. '4that II any stranger tried TO
communicate with you in any way
| hoped you wouldn't answer him
until you'd had this talk with me.
You haven't. have your
mo. i guess not" Rhoda told her.
alert again and answering as cas-
uallv as she could. II don't be-
ueve ] know what you mean. What
sort OF communication"
you haven't seen Il. then"
Claire said. with a sigh Of relief.
cor you'd know. It was just a
guess Of mine and maybe I'm
all wrong. This dirty old goat that
I've been telling you about the one
that made me all my trouble-rve
sort OF got him on the brain. l
guess. . :" This much OF which
she was saying. Rhoda reflected.
was probably true. The hatred in
the woman's voice sounded genuine.
anyhow.
maybe he isn't doing it, Claire
went on. -but It's exactly the kind
OF thing he would do. He's old
and he's got rheumatism so bad
he can't walk without two canes.
but I bet he still likes Young girls
as much as he ever did He al
ways got them whenever he could
Rhoda found herself getting
frightened The old man who had
given her and Babe a lifr this
morning had two canes with him
In the car. There was some horri-
flying admixture Of truth in the lies
the woman was telling her.
HE must know about you" Claire
went on smoothly. because he was
In business. In a way. with your
father. l don't know VERY much
about that except that he played
your father about the dirtIest trick
that a man could play on another
man. For anything / know he may
think your father left you some
thing that he wants-somethIng
among his p~apers-hut I don't be-
Iieve it's that. 7 think IT'S because
he knows you're young. and pretty,
and have no one TO look after you.
Anyhow. when I saw the ad in the
paper for Rhoda Mcfarland, II came
owe me Like second sight that that
must b. Forster IT'D 10 his old tricks
again.
-ForsterY~ Rhoda asked. Her
lips felt stir but she seemed able 10
talk all right HAS he been ad
vertising for mel What SORT Of ad.
vertisementG~
oh the regular sort that's Am
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Island they cannot De any more
particular about immediate graves
than can men In war time. They
are dumped $50 AT "A time into IA
hole In the ground-and that is aIIl
Another hole Id dug and awaits
the coming OF another 1907
Harris is a somewhat braky is
land, and there's a sandy hill
where the burial ground has been
arranged. As near as New York
can be said 90 have n Potter's Field
this is 10y
And just as the bright and shin
ing yachts lie at anchor down the
river. Harris Island looks across nc
the homes OF the richest folk OK
Manhattan-on the millionnires'
castles and manors or Great Neck
and Sandy Point.
w With the aid or n spy glass one
can look from Harris Island and
see the s~uburbanites at tennis .
you can see the shrubs and trees
tossing on the wind . the color
full sweaters and the Colorful dress
KS. on the other hand. stand
on the shores of the estates, it's
possible 20 be- reminded on the
nameless dead BY the melancholy
droning Of a bell-buoy which clangs
an endless dirge.
Now and then they'll tell yuu1
nc the island OF IA mother, "a sister.
or m son who come and ask
asking questions and going away.
Going away never sure.
Maybe this was their lost onc7
Maybe. . . For are there
not 1000 unknown lost ones each
wear
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
A Deadlock on the Muscle
Shoals Bill

Muscle Shoals cost the American people 100000
Now the Norris plan has been ditched. There Is a
deadlock Of senate and house c~onferees and the dis
posal Of this vast plant built by the people win 90 over
to the new congress. The issue Is government direc-
ton or private control and direction with the Ala
bama Power company the winner In the game SO far
as the game has been played.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Brownsville Has:

l. A population In 1881 Of over $4,000.
z A mean average temperature Of
3 Bank deposits. 100000.
A. Four railroads. seven paved highways.
s. international airport. five air lines.
6. A S6,O00.0O0 deep water port financed.
J. The best climate. soil In the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
SILENCE

How quietly new maid
moves about" said the husband.
You wouldn't think she was In
the house"
she isn't" came the wife's re-
ply. she left this morning.
Answers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

An American woman has ordered the largest pri-
vate yacht in the world. You can get an idea how
business Is BY observing whether or not j. r. Morgan
and Vincent Astor let her get away with II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

Well, the New York court holds that a Judge may
indulge IN heavy stock market operations without
cheapening the bench. It is understood. however. that
the use Of tickers as standard equipment In any court
Is frowned on.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

six Rear Admirals and Major General To Try
Butler ."-headline Surrounded
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

BY the way. how does It happen that nobody has g
far blamed that Niagara Falls break on the Reds;
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

Chicago has notified all city workers that n has
no money to pay their salaries this week. How about
getting a loan from the police?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

President Hoover is urging that steps be taken at
once to prevent further breaks in Niagara Falls. but
It viii be Just his luck to get up some morning and
find they have disappeared entirely.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

ocOpyrIght, issi, By The Associated Nexspapersl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

r see by the papers that they're going to court
martial General smedIey wickersham."
.Nhat fnr7p
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Veteran Writer

Francis Edward Paragon, who
wrote the screen version Of Too
Young to Marry" the First Ma,
tional production now showing
for the first time in Washington
at Warner Brothers Metropolitan
Theater, is one of the best known
American playwrights. He was
one Of the most important of
those actively identified with the
Little Theater Movement in New
York, and is the author of more
than 100 short stories. One or
more of his stories for five years
in succession were included in all
anthologieS of the year.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

TROPOLITAN-Loretta
Young in Too Young to Marry"
At II a. m, 12:40, 2:40. 4;20,
6:l0, sos and 9:55 p. m.
COLUMBIA Charlie Chaplin
in city Lights" At 11:25 a. M.
1880, 3:35, 5:45, 7:5o and 9:55
p. m.
EARLE - Richard BarthelmNss
in The Finger Points" At 1923
a. M, 2:01, 4:34, 7:27 and 10 p. m.
Stage shows at 1903, 3:36, 6:29
and 9:02 p. m.
PALACE-Claudette Colbert in
Honor Among Lovers" At noon,
2:08, 4:33, 7:21 and GAS p. m.
Stage shows at 1:29, 3:54, 6:42
and 9:07 p. m.
RIALTO-Conrad Nagel in Bad
Sister" At HAS a. M, lao, 3:45,
$40, 7:50 and $50 p. m. John
Boles on the stage at $3.50, 1880
and 9:20 p. m.
FOX-Will Rogers in "A Con.
necticut Yankee" at 11:4O a. M,
2:15, ABS, 7:3O and $50 o. m.
Stage shows at 1870, $50, GAS
and 9:05 p. m.
R-K-O-KETTH'S Wheeler and
Woolsey in Cracked Nuts" at II
a. M, 1887. 2:34, 4:21, sos, 1855
and 9:57 o. m.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

ing of the picture.
The picture is being shown at
the club, in advance of its public
appearance in Washington,
through the courtesy of United
Artists.
"The Front Page" originally
written for the stage by two
former Chicago newspaper men,
Ben Hecht and Charles Mac
Arthur. has been brought to the
screen by Howard Hughes, Of
"Helps Angels" fame. and Lewis
Milestone, director of "All Quiet
on the Western Front"
-" Notable Cast
The cast includes Adolphe Men
jou. Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Ed
ward Everett Horton and others.
The Front Page" pictures news.
paper life behind the scenes and
tells of the narrowing adventures
of star reporter who runs smack
into murder story on the day he
is to be married.
Lee Poe Hart and Andrew R.
Kelley are members of the enter,
tainment committee in charge of
arrangements for the showing of
the picture. Eugene S. Leggett,
president of the club, will welcome
the visiting newspaper editors to
the club.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
LATEST STAGE
NEWS FROM
NEW YORK

Blanche Yurka, Tom Powers,
Violet Heming and Martha Ora
ham have been engaged for a
dramatic festival to be held at
the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater
of the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, from May Is through
June 27.' Robert Henderson, in
association with George COulouriS,
will stage the program, which
will comprise six plays.
Perfectly Scandalous," a COM
edy by Boyd Hutcheson. is ex-
pected to open on Broadway the
first week of May. Natalie Scha-
fer, Jeanne Greene and Grant
Gordon will have the leading
roles in the production, which is
being directed by Raymond Gallo
and Robert Lawrence. Raymor
Productions is the producing firm.
The premiere of "Two's Com
pany" at the Hudson Thcater,
which had been announced for
next Monday evening, has been
postponed until the following
night.
"a Modern Virgin" the new
Elmer Harris comedy, will be pre-
sented In Atlantic City on April
q. The following week the play
will come to Washington.
Jed Harris sailed last night
on the Europa for a four weeks
vacation abroad. His first pro-
0uction on his return vii! be
Twentieth Century" the Hecht-
Macarthur play, which will go
in rehearsal about July l.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Mystery Girl Is
Going on nWMAL

A society girl who was "juSt
dying" to go on the air, but who
heSitated to do so under her own
name, will make her radio debut
on WMAL Monday evening, April
20, from 6:35 to GAS o'clock, as
the Mystery Whistling Girl"
Because of her prominence in
Washington, IDENTIFY of the
Mystery Whistling Girl" will be
kept secret. However, it may be
said that she is we'll known in
local music and dramatic circles.
comes from a distinguished fam.
lily and is identified with high
Capital society. Perhaps her
friends will recognize her. though
when she starts whistlng.
In her first appearance before
the microphone the "Myst cry
WhiStling Girl" will whistle a
number of popular tunes and per-
haps a chorus or two from Victor
Herberts better known compost
tions. Future appearances de-
pend upon her initial reception
by the radio audience.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

LUCREZIA BORI posed by Deems
Taylor and based upon Du
Mauriers famous novel.
1t was a night long to be re-
membered in Washington opera
annals and there was universal
agreement that here was a work
by an American composer that
was more than a passing novelty,
that would find a permanent
place in the operate repertoire.
The composer, himself, was there
last night to share with the
artists the tumultous acclaim,
though he refrained from making
a curtain speech.
BOri and Johnson
The company headed by three
of the brightest stars of the
Met" armament. Bori, Johnson
and Tibbett, proved itself thor
oughly familiar with the produc-
tion. The music was designed
not to impede the development
of the dramatic action in the
least and the story moves along
swiftly through the three acts
and nine scenes without the
slightest hitch.
The composer must have had
Lucrezia Bori in mind when he
fashioned the role of the Duchess
of Towers. Peter Ibbetson's dream
girl. She fits in perfectly with
the story and her voice is beyond
compare.
Edward Johnson gives an in
tensely sympathetic interpreta-
tion of Peter" the lonely youth
striving despairingly, then cX-
ultantly for a dream. And Law
renee Tibbett gets the most out
of villainous braggert. Colonel
1bbetson." uncle of Peter.
Beautifully Staged
The dream scenes bringing to-
gether Bori and Johnson are the
highlights of the performance.
During these scenes are heard
the best work of the composer.
the music upon which the opera
wiiF stand or fall. The scenes
are beautifully staged and choral
singing off stage serves to en-!
hance their beauty. The dra-
matte finale with the spirit of
Peter rising from his prison cot
to join that of Mary is truly in
spired and Boris singing of Life
Is a Dream-Death the Awaken
ing" will long be remembered by
those present last night.
Peter Ibbetson" is not entirely
in English. much of the second
act being sung in Franch. Ed
ward johnson is to be commended
particularly for his perfect enunci-
elton in both languages. Marion
Telva had an important role as
Mrs. Deane. with numerous op-
portunities to display her vocal
talents.
The orchestra under the direc-
ton of Tullio Serafin gave the
artists splendid support through
cut and proved particularly eff
fective during the second act
TO date this was the most sue
ceSsul visit of the Met" to the
Capital. ToSca and Mignon also
having drawn capacity crowds.
N T R.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

how his very
h u m a n Xxi d
happens to be
frolicking every
day on the ma
tion'S com / C
pages, includ-
ing those OF
The Washing
ton Times.
It so happens
t h a t M r
Cr by h a S
little yearning
for the lime.
light, that is
rwttN
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

"P e er Ibbet-
son" the final
offering of the
M e trop olitdn
Opera Company
and the piece
de resistance of
t h e three day
visit.
Every seat in
the theater was
filled and re.
NAMED fill led
until the final
episode of the
e n tran ci n G
musical dream
d r a m a, COM
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

CluD COnlRnC.
Two ShowingS
are planned.
the first at 8
o. ck, the
second at 10
o'clock.
Members Of
the American
S lie ty of
Newspaper Ed
itors. who are
in session here
this week, will
be spec ia |
guests of the
Press Club at
khn fret chnmr.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
INA CLAIRE IS
GIVEN R-K-O
CONTRACT
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1891. Premier
6vndicata Tpo

HOLLYWOOD. April 17.-Not
cloud mars the sky of Ina
Claire's screen careen.
The star whom Hollywood once
labeled as temperamental is work
ing harmoniously on Rebound"
has q five-year United Artists
contract in the offing and yester-
day signed to make one picture
for R-K-O.
Even william LIE Baron does
not know What this will be, but
he has the scenario department
busy searching. The plan is for
Ina to do the picture before
she moves to United Artists.
Her first vehicle there will be
THE Greeks Had a Word for It., !"
or Three Blondes" as it will be
known in the films.