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CHILDREN MAKE
SONG BOOK

NEW YORK, March 27-Two
tin pan alley merchants from the
Middle West are about to have
their first book of songs pub.
lished. They are brothers. One
of them is six years old; the
other is five. They are respec-
lively Ted and Bob Maier, the
sons of Guy Maier, concert pianist
and professor of music at the
University of Michigan.
Their mother, Lois Warner
Maier, was also on the concert
stage at one time. Thus nurtured
in a tradition and environment
of music and with their eyes on
the main chance these two young
men were quick to take advantage
of their natural heritage.
The collection of their songs
bears the succinct title of Song
Cargo" It will be published in
the near future by G. Schirmer,
one of the largest music publish
ing companies in the country.
Perhaps the apartment you have been
wanting Is awaiting your selection in
tOday's Rental Classified Ads.
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LONDON, March 81. - Three
hundred and ninety octogenarianS
and nonogenarians whose COM
bined ages totalled more than
$500 years assembled as Burling.
ton House as guests of Sir Arnold
Wilson. an authority on Persia.
Sir Arnold has The interesting
idea of inviting to the Persian art
exhibition those who had attended
the great exhibition in Hyde
Park in 1851.
The exhibition staff, expect
ing a handful Of replies, was \
astOunded by q deluge Of letters
from nearly 700 persons through
out the country, Of whom $50
turned up today, despite a
windy day with the thermOme-
ter lowering about the freezing
mark.
The salons OF the Royal Aca-
denny were thronged with silver
haired men and women in Vic
torian bonnets, some in invalid
chairs and others leaning heavily
on the arms of their children or
grandchildren
Although the majority Of the
1851 survivors must have been in
Swaddling clothes then, memories
of that exhibition were particu-
larly vivid. Two elm trees inside
the building and the Koh-i-noor
diamond remained most in the
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REDS PAY HONOR
!. To MUELLER

5 BERLIN, March ~ CUS).-The
red flags of socialism passed
down Wilhelmstrasse and Unter
den Linden through Branden-
burger gate and past the Reichs.
tag yesterday as Herman Mueller,
former chancellor and champion
Of the German republic, was
borne to his last resting place.
Sturdy union laborers and
workers carried the flag of the
Internationale in a gigantic pro-
ceSsion following the coffin of
the late head of German social
ism, while the banners of the
republic were at half staff over
the thousands of bare-headed
spectators and mourners lining
the streets.
Behind marched the members
Of the German cabinet, paying
last respects to one of the two
men who signed the treaty of
Versailles for Germany.
Apartments located in . good resi-
turning to the Rental Listings in to-
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Sacred Heart Choir
WILL SinQ Or1tOriO

Rossini's "SGabat Mater" will be
sung by the choir Of Sacred Heart
Church, Sixteenth st. and Park
Rd. N. w., Palm Sunday, at
1880 p. m. =. ...
The choir of 40 voices will be
directed by Marie Louise Sullivan.
Soloists are Mabel C. Latimer, so
prano; Christine L. Levin, con-
tralto; Robert M. O'Lone, tenor,
and Joseph P. O'Lone, jr., bass.
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Miss Emily du POnt
Hurt in Fox Hunt

WILMINGTON. Del, March 81
UN.SD Miss Emily T. du Pont,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
du Pont, was in the Delaware
Hospital tonight with a fractured
shoulder, sustained when her
mount fell during the weekly
fox hunt of the Vic Mead Hunt
Club near Kennett Square, Pa,
and pinned her underneath.
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is under way. Request was made
by Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, which charged that all the
steel companies were charging
the same price for rails.
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Total Age of 800 Guests
Exceeds $500 Years

minds of those who could recall
the exhibit. Several recalled the
alarm-clock bed which tipped up
and elected its occupants at. any
designated hour.
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Bail PRICE INQUIRY

Attorney General Mitchell
stated that the investigation into
the uniform price Of steel rails
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Apartments located in . good resi-
turning to the Rental Llstings In to.
days Classified Ads.
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Perhaps the apartment you have been
wanting is awaiting your selection in
tOday's Rental Classified Ads
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plaiSant doctor, who made no
attempt to talk medicine to me.
He just talked dope, in plain
English, and I paid for dope in
good, solid American money.
I paid outrageous prices for
it, but I had to have it or go
to pieces in the midst of my
most important scenes in the
best pictures I had ever had
the chance to appear in.
I tried not to take any more
I fought and struggled and
prayed, and sometimes I felt
more like cursing than praying
for dope arouses all that is
the lowest and most depraved
in human beings.
was afraid my mother
would suspect the truth.
I trembled for fear the d.
rector on location would set Q
hint of it.
If one Of the men Or women
In the play with me gave me
an unusually sharp look I
thought, they suspect me. I'm
beginning to show it, they know
I am hooked.
World of Terror
For I was beginning to learn
the underworld slang Of the
dope slave.
I lived in a world of kiGeous
ghosts.
I was trying to cut down my
dose.
But the minute I reduced it
began to see faces, strange
faces of old men with long
boards and twisted mouths and
hideous. threatening eyes.
Sometimes I had all I could
do to keep from putting up my
hands to thrust the faces away,
although I knew in my real
heart Of hearts that they were
not there really.
I grew irritable, nervous, high
strung, bad tempered, suspicious
Of everyone.
I wanted to be alone and
yet I could not bear to be
alone.
hated to have my mother
look at me, and when she said,
as she sometimes did, poor
woman, Alma you look so
strange today, aren't you feel
ing well, child?
Instead Of thanking her for
her loving care, I tried to hate
her for it. If. course I couldn't
do that, because knew she
was the truest friend had in
the world and always would
be, no matter what I did. But
tried my best, or perhaps I
should say the worst, to hate
her.
One day a dreadful thing
happened.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
Copyright, 1881, Daily Mlrror)
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HEALTH AND
DIET
BY Logan CIendening-

Raw tomatoes contain nearly
l per cent of protein, half Of /
per cent of fat and nearly per
cent of carbohydrate. They con-
tain vitamins A Clinked TO the
fat), B and c.
In preparing food for COM,
mercial canning, great efforts
are being made by manufac-
turers to prevent loss or destruc-
ton of the essential features Of
the product. Especially they
have made elaborate precau-
tions to preserve the vitamin
content, and have undertaken
studies to show whether canned
foods contain vitamins or not.
Several Methods Used
The methods used to keep vita
minis in canned foods are sew.
eral. First the foods are
processed in as fresh a state as
possible. They are often started
on the process Of canning in a
fresher state than when cook
ing is begun in your kitchen.
There is some loss of vitanin
in fruits and vegetables when
they are allowed to stand, espe-
Cially if they are peeled.
More important is the prevCn-
tion of oxidation during the
cooking process. Heating itself
does not seem to destroy vita
minis, but heating when air, or
strictly speaking when oxygen
is present, is destructive.
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What's in Fashion?
More Color in the Costume
Directed by Amos Parrish.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10-ThereIl
be plenty Of chance for the
color-loving woman to indulge
herself this spring. Because
combinations of color make the
smartest spring costumes.
And with that statement goes
a word of warning-that these
combinations of color are pleas
ant ones, when they're in fash
ion. Not crazy or wild. No
such combinations as bright
red and purple, for example,
or bright red and bright green.
There are several good ways
to put together one Of these
colorful new costumes and be
sure it's pleasant to look at.
And they're all easy ways.
Cd The dark costume with
light accessories. A typical ex.
ample Of this method (but, re-
member, there are many more)
is to start with a black or navy
coat and dress with trimming
Of white.
A black dress with q white
cowl draping, perhaps, and a
black coat with a white fur
scarf collar. With this could
be combined a white hat and
white gloves, black shoes and
black handbag, with stockings
in a neutral shade Of taupe.
Or if your navy dress and
coat happen to be trimmed
with beige instead of white,
then beige hat and gloves could
be substituted.
(O Three shades of one color.
This is an easy way, too. And
here's just one example of how
it can be done.
Three Blues
Starting with a navy coat,
combine with it a dress Of
lighter navy trimmed with a
pastel blue, navy shoes and
handbag to match the coat, a
hat in the navy of the coat
but trimmed with bit Of the
lighter navy Of the dress.
The stockings and gloves Of
this costume would match each
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Chapter SO

~4AS~4~SSA
Connie went to the kitchen
and made coffee, happily de-
fiant Of the possibility of lost
sleep. On such a night when
the interest Of her life had
reached an apex, what did a
few hours sleep matter? To-
night what she wanted was
full. vivid consciousness-all of
it that could be concentrated
in these hours before dawn.
Her love for Duke Carson
found q solid background
stretching behind the poignant
interest Of the solved mystery
Of her mothers pearls. In her
love, at least, she could be
secure: no sort of twist Of
fate could rob her Of her mys-
tical union with Carson. It
was around her everywhere.
like the air she breathed. Real
ization came to her that love
was just that-a background.
Life would go on as usual,
problems. troubles and joys
would keep occurring; but
these things were no more
than play-acting before a
painted curtain. To be in love
that was the real business
in life ."
Very Much Afraid
I'm more afraid than ever
for Kitty to go on with Jim"
She referred to Mary Smiths
letter. Aren't you? There
must be something fundamen-
tally wrong about him, or he
wouldn't have attracted that
poor creature and tempted her
to be a thief. OF course, he
didn't know she was going to
steal for him; but all the
same he was not above stoop.
ing to flirt with her-a simple.
ignorant servant girl"
IT don't want to think about
anyone on earth but you,"
Carson protested. "Other peo-
ple's affairs-they seem so
trivial to me now!"
"Oh, I know feel that way
myself" Connie told him, in
tently, sitting with both her
hand in his. But we have our
whole lives to think Of each
other, Duke. L want Kitty to
find someone as wonderful as
you are before she thinks Of
getting married. I don't want
to see her marry Jim, I don't!"
Stone Wall Of Love
"It's a stone wall you're run
ming against when you batter
at a girls love for a man."
Carson unused. II wonder If
she really cares for him-or If
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ALMA RUBENS' OWN TRAGIC STORY OF HER LIF

aware of this, but said I would
learn to love him after we were
married.
The ceremony took place in
Greenwich, Conn, and we
rented an apartment on West
Fifty-ninth Street, overlooking
Central Park. My mother took
an apartment Of her own at
the San Reno Hotel.
AS might have been expected
in the circumst noes, we were
unhappy from the beginning.
Where love is missing on one
side there can be no real mari
tai happiness.
We quarreled. And, occa-
Sionally, when my husband felt
repulSed he would accuse me
Of being in love with someone
alse. Such, of course, was alb
solutely without foundation.
Things continued this way
month after month, and then,
suddenly, I learned that my
husband was having me trailed.
He had private detectives seek
ing to learn Of times with the
"other" man who did not exist.
Rage and HumOr
When I first learned this, I
was furious. Then the humor
Of the situation struck me and
I had a good laugh. I told my
husband I knew about 1t and
warned him that if he didn't
desist, I would leave him at
once. He promised to do so.
Then came an illness, painful
and nerve-wracking, though Of
short duration, but which
proved to be the ultimate
stumbling block upon which
my career was wrecked.
It marked the beginning Of
my addiction to the use Of
narcotic drugs.
It would take a book Of a
hundred volumes to tell half the
story Of my life, after I took
my first dose Of dope.
Before that hour and that
minute I had my joys and sor-
rows, my hopes and fears, but
most of the time my heart was
light and I went dancing
through life, on my tip toes.
I was young and I was max
ing something like success in
my chosen profession.
I had friends, money, de-
voted husband, youth, and the
world before me.
FHom the instant I learned
the subtle slavery Of morphine
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my life became a hopeless
tragedy.
It took just one dose Of
morphine given to me by one Of
the finest and most highly re-
spected physicians in America
to put me into the chains Of
the most hideous slavery ever
endured by any human being.
It all happened like this:
I was working hard making a
picture in the New York studios
and was taken i'll with cruel,
tearing pains that made me
utterly unable to do my work.
My mother called the best
specialist in New York to at
tend me.
I believe that doctor to be a
good, honest, conscientious, and
able man, but I wish 1 had
dropped dead at my work before
I let my mother send for him
to attend me.
He did everything he could to
relieve my pain-the picture was
waiting, the scenery was on the
set, the other actors were won
dering where I was-I could not
lift my head from the pillow.
I begged the doctor to give
me something that would make
me able to do my work If only
for a few hours,
Gives q Prescription
He looked at me sharply. hest
tated, took out his tablet and
wrote a prescription.
Give her one Of these" he
said to my mother, "and see
how it acts"
My mother gave me the little
white pill. I swallowed it and
before it was fairly down my
throat I began to feel a sense
Of dreamy peace and rest.
In five minutes the agony OF
my pain was gone, and sudden
life Surged in my veins.
got up out of bed, put on
my clothes and went down to
the studio to my work.
I thought it was all wonder
full.
I wish now that we'll meaning
and kindly doctor had given me
a dose of cyanide and put me
out of my misery once and for
all then and there.
Shortly after that was called
to Hollywood to make q new
picture.
My mother went to see the
doctor, and he gave her q tube
Of the little white pellets.
When that pain comes on, he
said, give your daughter tab
let; be careful and don't give
her another for two hours; I
wish I thought I could operate
and save her these periodical
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the real nature of those harm
less little snow white pellets
that two or three times, when
other girls on the set were
tired and suffering from pain
or exhaustion, 1 told them
that mother and had some
thing that would relieve them.
I would rather have had my
hand cut off at the wrist than
to give anyone one of those
pellets, if I had had the slight
est idea what they were and
what they meant.
But I didn't at first.
The Dope Doctor
And after 1 did know, I was
as helpless as a. prisoner locked
in solitary confinement in the
most terrible dungeon under
the sun.
I found the way to a COM
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attacks, but I don't think there
Is a thing I can do. She is
very young now; when she Is
older she will doubtless be all
right. 4
And my mother took me to
Hollywood with the hideous
snake Of morphine curled up in
her pocket in the shape Of a
tube Of innocent looking white
pellets.
The Old Story
I didn't think about the pei
lets again till the old attacks
Of pain began. When that hap
pened my mother opened her
bag and handed me q white
pellet, just exactly like one of
the most skilful gynecologists
in New York, and indeed in
America, had told her to do.
My own mother and knew
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TIGER HEART =

you are close to me, when your
lips are so near" He leaned
forward a matter of inches.
and kissed her. when you're
so close, dear girl, I can't think
Of anything but you."
All in DaZe
He had been holding his saucer
and cup of coffee; abruptly, he
put them down on a low table,
got up and walked to a window
and lit a cigarette. you see,
I'm in a daze with your lowell
ness, and there's got to be a
little distance between us before
can think clearly"
you're making fun Of me-"
she protested.
No, I mean it. every word Of
it. There, now, I'm beginning to
have an idea. SuppoSe-suppose
we leave Kitty alone, and work
on jim"
How? Suggest something
more"
"I can't see much beyond that
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it's not o sort Of intoxication
created by her freedom, her
release from the cramped life
she lived on Tenth Avenue? At
first I was against you when
you wanted to break up the
match; but you're right-Tracy
will bring her unhappiness If
she marries him. And If she
doesn't, the situation may be
worse"
"A man who could make love
to Mary Smith, even In the
slightest degree, is not the man
for Kitty" Connie added. II
wonder what would happen If
we showed her this letter that
Mary wrote to jim"
II don't think it would change
her in the slightest"
You're so WISE" Connie said,
meaning it honestly. Cant
you see a way out for her.
Duke?"
He smiled ruefully. when
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By Robert
Terry Shannon

idea" Carson admitted, frankly.
Here's what we might do: Sup
pose we call Tracy down and
show him this letter, then put 1t
up to him straight. Tell him
that we're the two people most
responsible for Kitty-I'm her
best friend, you her sister. What
do you suppose would happen?"
I'm afraid he would laugh in
our faces" Connie said, mo-
rosely.
Hard to Believe
"Probably-at first. Let's de-
velop the idea a little more. The
assumption is, Of course, that
he does not love Kitty. I can't
believe he does. Her youth, pros
pective money, her good looks,
attract him-and that's all. It
isn't a question Of heart-break
with him. He's merely playing
for a stake, like a gambler. Sup
pose we told him that if he mar
ried Kitty she would not get a
cent out Of the estate. Actually,
if the case ever got into court it
could be fight and postponed
and juggled around until it
would be all used up before she
could collect a cent. If Tracy
were convinced that Kitty was,
for a fact, penniless. Won
der how much courting he
would do?"
Connie nodded. It was faint
hope Of solution, but the only
thing that occurred to either
Of them.
Lets find out what he says"
she agreed. do you want to get
him up now and bring him
down here?"
No Better Time
IT know Of no better time to
settle it, or try to-" Carson de-
clared.
Alone, while Carson went up
stairs to rouse Jim Tracy, Con-
ME leaned back and stretched
deliciouSly. She wanted, deSper-
ately, to be done with worrying
about Kitty. There was so
much joy, so many thrills, just
around the corner for her and
Duke. Never before had she re-
allied what a lifting, expanding
sensation love meant to the
human heart. 1t nullified all
value in life when, even If
Duke had been a crook, she for
gave him. She was glad, though,
that he had money of his own
but she would have married
him, gladly, had he been a
pauper: The only thing about
money was that it was useful.
The dollar was the servant of
love, but that was only slightly
important. Millions of people
lived gloriouSly without SER
The presence of Duke coming
down the stairs, his feet max
ing small sounds on the rugs
across the floor, thrilled her. II
necessary, she could have for
given him anything
His expression, as he stood
before her, was strangely baf-
fled.
rs Jim coming DOWN." she
asked him.
y don't know" he said in
an odd tone. Hes not in his
room!"
Concluded Tomorrow
Copyright. 1881, King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
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YOUR RULING
STAR
BY William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
For those whose birthday Is
February IL,

= we S~SSAC ~0s
If February IL is your birth
day, during the coming year
you should benefit through
steady application and persis-
tent effort. Misunderstanding
or arguments with relatives or
carelessness in legal matters
should be avoided. Important
dates: Avoid eXceSSes of all
kinds, take no risks and main
tain routine from May IL to IA,
May 81 to %, June 4 to 9,
July 81 to %, August IA to 16,
August 10 to %, october 16 to
81, November 6 to 80. Decem-
ber / to 81. Good for general
affairs from February "a to 26,
March l to 3, March % to Is,
July 2 to 4, September 3 to 7,
october 6 to 8, November 2 to
5. Contradictory dates show
two opposing influences,
A child born February IL
should be gifted, original and
artistic. He should learn con-
troll in speech and action or he
is apt to suffer through impul-
SiveneSS and careleSSneSS.
Tendencies for February 13.
The early part of the day is
favorable for artistic ventures,
social contacts and philan-
thropy. Later in the day refrain
from extravaganza and careless
ness particularly in business
matters.
(CopyriEht 1881. Premier syndicats)
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then and know now. that she
would rather have died at the
stake than to harm one hair of
my head.
The pellet down, the pain
gone, the sweet lassitude Of five
minutes Of the terrific rushing
stream Of energy all at once, as
If someone had given me shot
from an electric battery-it was
the old story all over again.
A nice, pleasant, comfortable
story, with a strange, wild ex-
hilaration about it.
But, after my second dose,
when I had exhausted the wild
exuberance it gave me, there
came a dreadful sense Of sink
ing, a feeling of something like
a Swoon.
My ears rang, the tears
poured down my. cheeks; be-
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WHAT DO YOU
KNOW?

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Questions On Editorial Page
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gan to tremble, and I really
thought I was going to die.
The Devoted Mother

Thought l was going 10 Qle'
The Devoted Mother
"Quick, mother" I said, lone
Of the little pellets" and my
dear, devoted, unselfish mother
obeyed the doctors orders and
gave the second pellet with her
own kind, loving hands.
After that it was easy.
We had no idea what 1t was
I was taking, my mother and I.
We thought the little white
pills were some sort of miracu-
lous blessing in disguise, and
we thanked, not only the good
doctor, who had given them
to my mother for me, but we
thanked the great Giver Of all
Good, too, for the relief and
comfort they brought.
Why, we were so ignorant OF
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BY FAY KING
interesting affair attended banquet to
which sent
Every little
boy
Their wives had not been invited They probably would have
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put amper the jolly Of former poverty and
struggles frankly told midst gales Of laughter and with much
pride.
Successful delight recall humble beginnings
But who achieve through marriage
do like recall inferior pasts.
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This Day in History

This date marks the birthday of two famous
men, one now living: Thomas Edison born on
February II, 1847. Daniel Boone was born in 1853.
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Times Daily Health Hint

Fear, anxiety, sense Of impending danger and
other such symptoms likely to mean a func-
tional nerve disorder if they persist.