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The Washington times., 1931-08-13
BY FAITH BALDWIN
CHAPTER I.

CHAP Ext i.
= She stood at the dressing
table in the small hotel room
and counted the money Tony
had thrust upon her, with
hands that shook. She did not
glance into the mirror as
many women would have done,
yet her young face, although
blind with fear, deserved the
tribute Of a personal appraisal.
1t was very early in the morn
ing. She had come, alone, to
the hotel in Oakland the night
before. Tony had told-her to
go there. ITS quiet, see?" he'd
said, they'll be watching the
hotels in San Francisco. Regis
ter aS-as-MisS Smith" He'd
smiled. she remembered in.
credulously, white teeth flash
ing in the dark, intent face.
"1've made your plane reserva-
tions," he went on, Miss
Smith. They'll be watching
the big commercial airports,
too.
The Kids Farewell
He had given her a few
, tense, terse directions, risen
from his chair at the plain
deal table, bent over her a
moment, kissed her stunned,
cold lips into something resem.
bling life and then. "Good-by,
kid" he'd said easily, happy
landings! Watch the Eastern
papers for a personal. When
get out Of this mes5 I'll find
you again. Don't worry" From
the doorway of that little back
room in the speakeasy he'd
waved to her, still sitting there.
There was no one else in the
room. Tony had seen to that.
There, in the doorway, his lips
had moved once more making
no sound. But she'd thought
they had formed the words
"forgive me-"
She couldn't forgive him. She
couldn't forgive herself.
She counted the money again.
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= By FAITH BALDWIN
OUR ROMANCE
BY RUDY VALLEE

makes the heart grow fonder,
particularly when there are 80
many happy memories, as we
have. And those happy memo
ries naturally arouse a desire
to repeat them.
Cherish Fond Memories
Fay and I sentimental enough
to cherish memories and me
mentoes, not only to remind US
of the past, but to stir q repe-
tition Of the same emotions.
For instance, while I was In
Hollywood, where I met Fay,
I went about constantly with Q
small movie camera. And dur.
ing my last two weeks there,
engroSsed in my courtship, I
took hundreds of feet of film
of Fay. And she took a great
many pictures of me, while
mutual friends recorded US to-
gether.
Often we throw those pic
lures on the screen in our New
York home, and sit quietly and
watch them. Without any com.
ment, each Of US knows what
the other is thinking as various
scenes remind us of particular
occasions during those glorious
days in California-on the
beach, in the studios, on loca-
ton, long drives along the
coast and into the mountains,
a stop at a quiet roadside inn.
Each scene has its own signif-
icance for us, and as we see
1t the memories of each
moment are re-lived. But not
all have a sentimental note:
some are humorous. I think
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Four thousand dollars. Some
day she would pay it back.
How? When? TO whom?
A Sun.Tanned Baby"
She put the bills in her
handbag. Looked once. briefly,
into the mirror, a mechanical
gesture. Pulled her small felt
hat closer over the broad fore
head.
Her skin was satin in texture.
It. was amazingly golden; partly
q gift of nature in a benevolent
mood, partly a bestowal of the
years lived under the hot Ha-
waiian sun. Against such skin
her eyes were as blue as tur-
quoises, her hair heavy, blue
black, and her mouth a wound
Of crimson.
She was a girl at whom the
paSserby would look twice
this Miss Smith,"
She turned from the dresser;
walked across the room to the
bed and snapped her overnight
case shut, picked up a tweed
topcoat and put it over her
arm. She was very plainly, very
correctly dressed. Her suit.
matching the topcoat, was of
dark blue. her fine Isle stock
ings, small oxfords. her gloves,
smart and serviceable.
She was ready to check out.
She went downstairs and asked
for her bill. The clerk gave
it to her incuriously, accepted
the money she handed him and
said something conventional
and pleasant in farewell. The
one uniformed factotum of the
hotel took her bag out and
called a taxi for her.
In the Cab
On the, way to the private
flying field she sat well back
In the cab. her hat pulled low,
her hands twisted together in
her lap. Panic rode her like a
nightmare; panic greyed the
golden skin, whitened the
curved red mouth, clouded the
eyes of turquoise. Panic was
her familiar, her travelling com.
panion, panic ate and walked
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Your RuIins
Star
BY William Shwader
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Born
Amrnr& Ia

coming year will be a
very interesting one and its
general trend will be toward
improvement of your finances.
Yet there will be a disturbing
vibration of the elusive planet
Neptune, which might tend to-
ward intrigues, deception and
fraud and you will do well to
guard against such contingen-
cies. Born under the zodiacal
sign Leo, you are very apt to
follow the "Leonian" tendency
to put too much faith in new
and untried friends. Judge
them strictly according to their
true character and merit and
do not succumb to their flat
terry. Push your affairs and
make the most of your oppor-
tunities from the middle of
October until the beginning of
February. Guard your health
on the following dates: From
February S to Z and April 7
to 10.
A child born August IA will
be highl, imaginative and is is
essential that his early train.
ing will teach him to keep
strictly to factS-avoiding fan
cies. He will have a very dis
criminative faculty and quick
perception.
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Miss Fairfax Advises Love|orn

ing each other, or just what?
Sometimes we Give in hopes
and die in despair" Please
let me know what you think
of my situation. LILLY.
Your problem is easy. Ger.
tainly I advise you to marry.
You and your fiance are both
college graduates and therefore
have superior equipment to
make a success Of your mar
riage, even if hard times con-
tinue. Your letter seems very
sensible; you are willing to
start life together on a small
scale. Best of luck to you!
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there is nothing so stimulating
to comradeship as enjoying q
joke together.
Photos of Wedding
And we have pictures, too,
of our wedding, and the recep-
ton at the studios of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Company.
And many times we have lived
over those exciting experiences
through our films. -.
In the so-called romantic
ages of the past, romance ended
with marriage. It was no ac-
cident that love stories used to
finish when the hero and
heroine plighted their troth;
or at least they ended at the
altar. Such an ending was fit.
ting, for IN those days romance
did end with marriage. After
that. there were no marital
vacations or any other devices
to keep the flame of love burn
ing. The wife became q sort
of Super-slave in the household.
But today, with the inde-
pendence which women have
achieved, and with the labor.
saving devices which allow her
more leisure, she has advanced
to the state of true companion
and sweetheart of her husband
rather than a co-worker. Men,
too, are achieving more leisure:
there is more time for the re.
finements of life.
Tomorrow: Rudy Vallee
tells some interesting incidents
in his married life.)
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The Marry-Go.
Round
BY Helen Rowland
Mixed Grill

Mixed Grill
The Stronger Sex is the sex
that keeps the other sex with
its nose to the grindstone all
day-and then backs it into a
dinner-coat on a hot evening.
AS bathing suits go up, mems
romantic enthusiasm appears
to go down. Apparently, senti-
ment and romance cannot live
on nothing but a vision Of bare
legs.
If a man should stop to ASK
a girl for a kiss these days,
she'd merely think that he was
preparing to alibi himself by
placing all the responsibility
on HER.
Half the divorces today are
granted to people who find
that they are too poor to live
comfortably together-and the
other half to people who are
rich enough to live quite COM
fortably apart.
Women are constantly being
told that it requires tact. skill
and ingenuity to keep a mans
love at just the right tempera-
ture; but a woman's love is
supposed to come in a thermoS
bottle, so that nothing on earth
that man may do can cool it.
The women who wear the
Smartest sports clothes, at q
summer resort, are usually the
ones who would never think
Of mussing them up by induIg.
ing in any Of the sports.
What most people seem to
be looking for these days, is
a foolproof marriage. which
will bind them together and
yet give them perfect freedom
to go their separate ways.
Which is something like Path
finders suggestion of IAN open
window which will let in the
breeze and keep out the noise"
The man who plunges head
first into a love, affair. dear
heart. is the first to swim way
out beyond the breakers where
you can't catch him.
OF what use a cigarette with
out a light. a fountain pen
without ink, a car without gaso-
1ine-a kiss without romance.
copyright, 1881, King Features
Syndicate. Inca
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What Do You
Know?

AnSUerS to Toduy'S Test
Questions On Editorial Page.
/. True. 2. False Orchard
LovelaCe). 3. False (China).
4. False Uatin). 5. True. 6.
Dextrin. 7. Byzantium. 8.
Weather maps. 9. Fiscal year.
10. Ace. II. Lover of books.
IL. Pretender to wisdom. 13.
uncultured person. IA. Sheer
Ing peSSimist. IS. Cowardly
braggart.
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keep it that way indefinitely.
Just get three ounces Of Or
chard White from any druggist
and follow the easy directions,
Pat a little into the skin at bed
time and by morning you can see
big improvement. Ugly flaws
disappear. The skin gets whittier
and soen 1t is satiny smooth
J youthfully fresh and beautiful.
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In these days of keen eompeti-
ton, youth needs all the equip
ment it can have. I have very
little sympathy with people who
object to someone because they
were born in different coun-
try. This country is a melting
pot, and people should try to
get over their prejudices in re-
gard to other nations.
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Way to Whiten Skin
3 to S Shades Overnight
New Way
Found to
RemoUe FIdWs

KemoOe FI0WS
Here's the new sci.
entific way to re.
m owe freckle S,
blackheads. gly
weather stains and
tell tale wrinkles,
and to make the
skin smooth and
whittier three to
five shades whittier
overnight. It is the
safest and surest'
way known to have
a beautiful pink and
white skin and to
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Marry? Of Course
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.


I am 26 years of age. I met
a young man whom I am very
much interested in last August.
We have become very great
friends since then and see each
other about twice a week. We
are both college graduates. I
have a fairly good position.
He is in the building business
and Just now things are not
going very we'll with him. He
is 81 years OF age. He has a
little money and I have a lit
tie also. We could start in on
a small scale. What do you
think of my problem? Would
you attempt to work it out by
marrying or would you advise
us to stay single, keep on see
The Washington times., 1931-01-05
Get Ready for BIZ Centennial
Activities in 1882
Early Cooperation of All Agencies Most Essential

Just little than year from now will begin the
ceremonies throughout the nation commemorang
nhe birth and deeds of the immortal Washington
Congress the people of the National Capital and the Ma
6ona Commission chiefly concerned about the success
M the take place here at Mt Vernon Alexandria,
frederick and the birthplace Of George Washington
They must realize NOW that this National City, largely
sounded by the influence and power Of Washington, will be
NE Of the greatest patriotic pgrimage this nation
has known.
Everything about George Washington, every spot he has
visited the words he uttered his birthplace and his home
viii here Information will be eagerly sought and it
should be available.
To Congress must fall the duty of adequately approprag
r the operation of headquarters that will assist good Ame
kans to the limit make them feel that the ceremonies in
honor of the memory Of Washington not idle affairs
Railroads automobiles and arpanes will bring these fine
americans the Mecca Of their nation When they arrive
e they be left to drift here and there without courteous
Attention and help? must be remembered that they are tne
constituents Of Senators and Representatives and Will expect
assistance in their pilgrimages around this city.
Congress establish and maintain ideal normaton
Headquarters that immense numbers Of visitors may return
Do their homes contented and better Americans
Some the be national and pur
nose and for these Congress must make suitable provision
As to local events they will be in charge Of the District
George Washington Bcentenna Commission, which has just
keorganized
extremely important that the local commission decide
lain the extent which they will be supported by the commu
atty Time passes mighty fast and tremendous amount OF
work will be necessary.
This city must successfully put across its events This can
Nnly be done by the whole city joining There little time to
waste everything is be made ready for next year
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BIG BUSINESS: "WE MAY HAVE BREADLINEs BUT
THANK GOD, NO DOLE"

This picture made by Arthur Young, is published in
magazine called The Unemployed It's editors will share
the hope for this magazine will not last long
here the that certain best minds express whenever
the dole is mentioned.
They cannot that Great Britain should endure
taxation year in and year out paying millions Of pounds in
dole to men out Of work.
But the British understand it, and have good They
prefer the dole to riots and possibly revolution.
Outside of few great strikes have not known serious
rioting since the Civil War.
But whv such detestaton of the word 'dole"?
Is it any worse than the bread line?
The dole should be combatted, for it has bad effect on
mems minds undoubtedly humiates them hurts their pride
But it doesn their pride any than their pride
would by standing for two three hours IN bread
line perhaps snow waiting to get cup OF coffee
and piece Of bread.
If men, women and children starving they must be
fed-at least long the Government owns 9OO0OOoO
bushels of wheat and doesn't quite know what to do with it,
We are past the days when Marie Antonett told that the
peope lacked bread wondered why the people didn't eat
cake. =,
And what's more know that too many empty stomachs
might be extremely dangerous
The bread line will not meet any serious situation The
word dole may omitted but direct Distribution OF money
buv food by agencies not by private oenev
lent organizations direct payments small amounts to ne
heads Of families would be the best and most economical
method in real emergency.
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THE OPTIMIST
Guidance

Guidance
This much I know, each day ]
have been led
Through calm or tempest, tri-
umph or defeat,
And after clouds and cruel
winds have sped,
I have found tranquil skies
and gardens sweet.
Not mine to plan my course,
not mine to ask
For favors which to others are
denied;
But am grateful for each hum
BILE task
Which keeps me still serene
and satisfied.
And am happy for the COM
mon ways
Which I with all my fellow
creatures tread,
AS side by side we travel
through the days
Each to a goal he knows not,
safely led.
Through hidden paths, and
plans none understand,
I go, secure, my hand within
His hand.
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Presidents and POtentateS
Thev Take Themselves Too Seriously.

Politicians presidents dictators and kings take themselves
seriously, is doubtful anyone else does Anyone VINO
but small part in the life of acommunty after all
The best summing up of the situation we have seen recently
from the Duke of Alba Spanish Minister OF Foreign
Affairs and therefore politician himself But his politics SIT
lightly on him. interview with Universal service yesEer
day on the affairs of his homeland he SAID:
great mass of people interested only in fornrns
and the farmers unnteresed in politics GtOe the
dov and he uUiH be happier than either you or H.
Change that slightly and you find it fits America as wen
as Spain. Thus: .. Tie
9reat mass of people interested only in business
and business men not interested in politics. Cue
an American saxOphOne and hot dog, gallon OF
gas or a quart of beer and $40 Week and ne IS
happier than either you or T." , 81.
Statesmen Washington with ears glued to the grounG ~
hear what the people saying about them waste Tm
People are saying nothing much about them and thinking less
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Listen, World!
Elsie Robinson.

mendous amount of time and
energy to it. If we could
reckon the strength we spend
on hate in a life time. n actual
energy units, we'd probably have
enough man-power to build a
couple of sky-scrapers. But, in
stead, what do we build9 What
have we to show for all our
fury? Nothing. Hate NEVER
produces AND 1T ALWAYS
LEAVES YOU IN THE RED.
Your Vain Regrets
Self -pity-there's another non
productive cost. Wonderful in
door sport, but what does it
buy you? After you've spent
hours n hours-and even years
n years-being sorry for your
self, what have you accomp-
lished? Have you made life
fairer? Easier? Have you made
yourself stronger, happier? Or
have you simply sunk yourself
deeper in the slough of des-
pair?
Remorse-there's another &C.
tivity that can gouge into your
assets. Being sorry for some
thing you've done-and then
getting busy and doing some
thing better-that's fine. But to
make vocation of being sorry
to work at it overtime-to
gum up the present and the
future with lamentations over
the past-that's the vicious
height of non-production.
And the list hasn't even
started. Jealousy-enVy-sus-
picion - conceit-day dreams
consider the amount Of time
and feeling you've devoted to
these indulgences. And what
have they bought you? Any
thing but grief?. What would
YOU think of a man who ran
his business like that-paying
out good gold to maintain leaky
roofs and rusty water mains
and a thousand nuisances that
ate into his capital, giving him
no return?
downright. 1881. King Features.
Syndicate, Inc.)
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Husbands and ROmeOs
Every husband is a specula-
tion, nowadays; every wife is a
lottery and every marriage is
, gamble.
You never know how long a
husband will last; how soon q
wife will fade out Of the pic!
Egre; or whether a marriage
viii outlive the honeymoon or
collapse before the train reaches
Niagara Falls.
A husband used to be a. Sure
Thing. He was legally bound
to love you, for life-and he
usually did. If a man ceased
TO love his wife, he seldom
found it out. He was too busy
buying perambulators, stoking
the fires and paying off the
mortgage, to take his own pulse
or notice that his wife no
longer made his head go around.
Besides, in those days, a man
married in order to get a
WIFE, not in order to get
plaything, a playmate, a sweet
heart or q mistress. He didn't
expect the romantic thrills to
last forever. And he didn't
require the lady who was rock
ing the cradle with one hand
and stirring the pancakes with
the other, to send ecstatic rip
pies up and down his spine,
keep her hair marceled, paint
her finger-nails red and dress
IKE a French mannikin.
Moreover, q woman married,
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Bell. Genius of Telephone
Bv Archibald Henderson, Ph.Dy Del, LID
Famous Scientific Authority

who was deeply interested in a
system of instruction for the
deaf and dumb. In 1871, ne
settled in Boston, where he
accepted a position in Boston
University to introduce his
system of teaching deaf mutes.
While teaching vocal physiol'
ogy," he worked on an lnven-
ton which he called the "har.
monic telegraph" He succeeded
by a very simple device, IN
making two similar springs VI.
brate in unison at the end OF
a telegraph line. He worked on
this device, in the hope OF be-
ing able to send, several mes
sages at the same time; but he
was never able to make his in
vention work satisfactorily.
In 1861, Philip Refs in Ger
many, had constructed an in
strument which he named a
telephone" through which ne
succeeded in transmitting mu-
sical sounds with some success
Speech transmission, for lack OF
a minor alteration afterwards
discovered, never proved a sue
cess.
Bell was we'll acquainted with
the experiments and invention
of Refs; and became deeply in
terested in the idea Of trans
mitting speech electrically. His
invention was due, it seems, to
a fortunate accident, which mas
been graphically told in the
Book Of Popular Science.
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perfectly safe! Either Varsus
does not read the newspapers or
does not care what he says, so
long as it supports the reckless
driver.
Any fair-minded person who
walks down F Street dur
ing the day will agree that the
pedestrian is far from safe. at
the cross-walks, even when he
has the green light in his favor,
being then in constant danger Of
being struck by a car making
a right turn. At the cross-walks
where there are no lights, and
where, by the way, the traffic
regulations give the pedestrian
the right of way, the automobile
drivers come at a speed which
makes it impossible for the
pedestrian to get the right Of
way which is his right.
I don't believe that Mister
Varsus really believed what he
wrote. If he did he would have
been willing to sign his name 70
his letter.
JOHN ARTHUR SHAW.
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WOuld-Be Laws That Never
Will Be Laws

Representative Tom BantOn would enforce prohibition tns
way: 49,.
Make prohibition agents Of the Army Navy Marine Corps
Coast Guard, the National Guard Of the States
Impeach auy Senator Representative Federal Judge or
executive officer who had anything do with booegger or
6ith bootleg concoctions.
Send away from this country any foreign representative
rho fails to obey prohibition laws.
The legislative graveyard Of Congress will receive these
measures and they will be buried in the neverwlloe po
containing many thousands of legislative dreams and political
propaganda schemes
This nation will be in bad way when its civil authorities
must be set aside for military rule.
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Modern business creates some
wise phrases. "Nonproductive
costs''-that's one of them.
No matter how you run any
business, you're up against cost.
Continuous cost. Sometimes
there's a profit to that outlay.
Sometimes there isn't. The
trick in good business is to make
every cost produce.
And that's as true of running
life as it is of running a busi-
ness. Your life is your business.
It's a business on which you'll
spend everything you have from
your first breath to your last.
BY no possible contriving can
YOU keep yourself from spend
ing. Everything you do, every
thing you think will take it
out of you" But you can so
manage that your spending will
give you a profit. The trick Of
wise living is to know which IN
vestment is worth while--which
isn't.
Love Costs a Lot
Take love. You can't have
much of a Ne without love.
And loves the most expensive
thing there is. It costs con-
stantly. The greater the love,
the heavier the price. And
many a one will tell you that
love costs too much. They'll
say you're wasting yourself
but they'll be wrong. Love is
always worth all it costs, and
much, much more. Love is al
ways a productive cost. You
may never be able to show tan
gible returns. Love may not en-
large your bank roll-BUT IT
WILL ENLARGE YOUR SOUL.
You will always be richer for
having loved, no matter what
price you have paid in tears
and torment.
But that can't be said of GER
tain other expenditures.
There's hate. Hate often
seems as reasonable and neces-
sary as love. We all indulge
in it-and we all devote a ire