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Lame while that dun pain deep
cned and frightened around her
heart She thought she had for
gotten all that she thought she
had put II behind her. Here N was.
all the anguish and the longing.
risen 10 confront her again. "She's
come to crow over me-" Lame
thought. duly. "She wants me 70
know she's got what I could never
have"
NTURIEL'S next words banished
WI her suspicious. Il don't want
10 talk about my engagement" she
said after a pouting hesitation. 1t
al bores me. It's a mess We've
Just been row ng hidcously. scream
ing at each other"
"A mess7" Lanes trembling
voice sounded strange.
"Oh. I get In a lather about his
pokiness. He wants 10 order me
around"
She looks like a bad child and q
spoiled one thought the listener
Undisciplined. Unframed. And
yet how exquisite she was with
that creamy skin. those charming
~ arched brows. those useless. fiut-
tering. scarlet tipped fingers.
Greedy. clutching little fingers
Don't let's talk about III" said
Muriel. It'll all come out I'm the
wash Actually. I'm quite mad
about him. He thrills me-
Her mood changed. She began
70 chatter magpie-fashion or tr0us
seau frocks and wedding plans.
"Just before Christmas I think IN
make H." she said suddenly. Fiji
have the maids in blue and silver"
She cIapped her hands. fell I'm
love with the idea. You'll be- one"
she trilled. YES. you're an excel
lent foil for me-"
Lame paled. I'm afraid
couldn't manage H." she stammered.
- MlhM nUA EH&4 QI nGAEM
No, she would not be rugged cat
In splendor for Van Robard's TO
man holiday.
Muriel forgot the notion with
characteristic briskness.
1T doesn't matter" she said. dis
missing Lame. II shall have
crowds anyway"
Suddenly the room was too hot
for Lame. The fire suifocated her.
She wanted 10 beat out her way
with her hands.
TO her relief Murlel stood up NO
20. ITS been such fun" she said
with an abrupt and rather disc0n-
certing show OF her long forgotten
finishing school manner. DO dash
over and let me give you ten one
day. 'voir." Then she was gone.
leaving the scent OK amber and I'm
cense. a heady perfume. behind
her.
Lame sat gazing at the dlsor-
dered tray. The saucer Muriel had
held was a loathsome litter Of
cigaret stubs. Lanes housewifely
soul shuddered az the sight OF H.
The napkin she had used trailed
into the cream pitcher. II was
very like the disorder Muriel ere
ated wherever she went She scat
tered and broke things with those
casual. greedy little hands OK hers
She took what she wanted. de-
stroyed the rest.
-I-oh. 1 hate her." muttered
Lame, arising.
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We know very few young women
who wouldn't like TO solve the ser-
want problem as does Irene Purcell
IT, The Man In Possession" which
opened Sunday at the Rivoli Thea
tire. San Benit0. For II Robert
Montgomery wouldn't suit them as
a butler We don't know who would.
The story concerns itself with
the young court clerk who goes
&c the widows home TO attach her
possessions for a debt. To spare
her humiliation during an inn
portant dinner he acts as her but
Ter with disastrous results. The
fact that she Is engaged to his
blustery brother intrigues his s-.se
OF vengeance and by the time The
dinner is over he Is completely the
man In possession as the title
OF the play indicated.
Among the outstanding members
OF the cast are Charlotte Green
wood. c. Aubrey Smith, Beryl Mer-
Ger. Res maid Owen and Alan Now
bray. all perfectly cast.
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THE room was almost dark now.
Al She was startled M Gives sud.
den appearance I'm the doorway. She
stood there. saying confusedly,
LET me get you some fresh tea
no. don't bother" Tie halted
her. "Sit Gown "A moment. won't
your There's something / want to
talk 20 you about"
Lame sank into N low chair. turn
ing on q lamp az her side. Give
began awkwardly. thrashing at hts
boots with that ivory-handled crop
or hts.
I've been thinking things over.
I'm afraid 1 rushed you into this
affair. II doesn't seem quite fair
Co you"
In what way?" she was puz-
zled frankly.
lie stared moodily ahead az him.
"Oh. I don't know. II isn't PRE-
cisely IN young girls dream of TO-
nance. This marriage or convent
ence 1 mean"
"A wave az scarlet dyed her face.
He put out q protesting hand.
"It N that. isn't it?"
She frowned. III suppose so.
Only I hate the sound"
you must forgive me. 4 ex-
press things very crudeiy. What +
am trying I'D say NV that you de-
erv a happier fate than being tied
70 a stick like me-"
You're not IN stick Lanes
tone was almost angry. she meant
what she said. She would not per-
INIT him 90 talk OF himself I'm this
fashion.
Thanks" His laugh grated.
But I've never been much OK a
success with women. II just don't
seem no have tho light touch"
you've never tried 70 be A sue
cess. as you call Al"
lie glanced nj her gratefully.
How did you know thatg" ~
asked
she smiled. Ewes wisdom ia her
smile.
tx can tell" Lame spoke with
the afr w one experienced.
You're sure you want 10 E1
through with this thing! I'm sew
eral years older than you are. re-
member. 4 don't want TO feel I've
taken advantage on a child" He
looked pleased. but unconvInced.
do you really think I'm that7-
she threw back her head, regard
inE him coolly- She felt years
older than Give az that moment.
mo. 7 don't" His level Eaze met
hers and there was surprise In IL.
You wer a month or two ago.
But you've grown up
I'm standing By our agreement
Lane said calmly. unless YOU no
longer wish &C. Unless you've do
cided It's not what you want"
But I dol was only anxious ND
be fair 10 you"
She held out her hand. ETe took
n In a handclasp diaconcertingly
strong.
ITS all settled. then. The en-
gagement stands"
She was more than ever deter
mined now 10 Eo through with i-
First for her mothers sake. Now
because Muriel had come 10 crow
over her. She would show her and
the world how much-h0w little
she cared
(To BE COntinued)
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Cool down." advised the other.
"I've known You too long for you
to get the wind up over a little
harmless joking"
Joking my eye" returned Van
Robard. lie continued 10 glare as
be slipped his drink.
mo foolin'. she's got a warm
temper. that GAL" said the tall man.
Robard was silent lie fell 10
staring at the fire.
"When's the wedding7"
Haven't set the day yet" Ro-
bard's tone was markedly suIIen.
Never expected you 20 step orr.
Van. Thought you'd be the giddy
bachelor till you we're T0."
Van said abruptly. Let's talk
about something else"
MEANTIME along the avenue OF
" copper beeches Muriel drove
recklessly. She swerved once. a.
most hitting the cart OF an Italian
iaborer as he turned out On the lane.
AT the sight or the great pile that
was the Cleespaugh mansion she
hesitatcd and her eyes lighted M
with a bright idea. With lightning
quIckness she nosed the long ear
about and presently drew I'D be-
fore the entrance OK the house. A
maid answered the long drawn out
peel OF the bell
Miss Barrett7 She's IN. yes.
III be calling her.
Muriel reflected idly. 5winging
her crop and looking about her.
that it was devllish quaint OF
Gives mother 70 have these art
less peasant maidens on her staff,
instead OF the smoothly insoleni
servants most OK the Willow Stream
gentry employed
She explored the room i'm a vain
search for ~cigarets. She chuckled
10 herself. thinking OF how she had
got away from Van. Served him
right. II would give him some
thing 20 worry about looking for
her.
Lame came down. pale and com
posed A family artificial smile
lowered over her lips.
"Lordy. but it's ages since I've
seen you" Muriel began
Lame said through stir lips
And 80 much has happened-leI
me wish you happiness"
"Oh. thatl" MurieI's laugh tinkled
like blown bits OF glass Thanks
Where can we sit down and chin?H
Lame led the way 20 the morn.
Ing room. the most cheerful room
In the house. when Nora brought
the ten tray Muriel said. half ban,
teringly. You certainly seem al
home here"
Lane nodded. Mrs. Clees
paugh's very sweet 20 me"
She poured the Eteaming amber
fluid into an eggshell cup but Mu.
riel made n gesture or annoyance
None for me. thanks. l never
touch the stuff I could 70 for q
highball. though
A little flush came into Lanes
pale cheeks. Sorry. I'm afraid
can't manage that"
oh, we'll then" pouted Muriel,
II cues ! win guzzle a cup. Catsy
little cakes. though" She helped
herself 10 two. looking like a greedy
child
What could he see In her7 thought
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Hollands Serious Princess
Goes to Paris, But Studies!

a big girl. strong and capable,
known as a charming companion,
but studious and Seri0us-minded.
Visit H. Quiet
Princess Juliana came here with
her mother. Queen WIlhelmina,
and her father. Henri. Prince Con-
sort. semi-officially and semi-in-
cognito- Her Majesty formally
inaugurated the comprehensive
Dutch pavilion mt the Exposition.
and was entertained az a formal
luncheon by President Doumer AZ
the Elysee Palace. but otherwise
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Wool growers are to be given aid. Carl Williams Of
the federal farm board said the wool corporation will
obtain loans UP to IS per cent OF the value OF wool
through numerical banks: the board will loan an
additional IS per cent: IN no case will the board
loan exceed 80 per cent Of the value at delivery time
and no arbitrary price will be fixed for loan purposes.
No gambling as in wheat. How about cotton?
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DTTTMANN

"Svengali." a Warner Bros. pro-
duction starring John Barrymore
at the Dittmann Theatre Monday.
Few characters OF fiction take a
real place In the consciousness OF
the world. Svengali Is one Of the
few. Stepping out Of Du Maurier's
famous novel. "Trilby.- which won
such sensational acclaim as a stage
play. a generation ago. he stands
as the embodiment OF the evil. He
Is Mephisto Rasputin.
Miss Marian Marsh. who plays
the part or Trilby In "Svcngali." *
the sensational screen find OF the
year.
Others In the cast are Bramwell
Fletcher. Donald Crisp. Lumsden
Hare. Carmel Myers. Luis Albsrni,
Ferike Boros. Andrienne D'Am6ri-
court and Paul Forecast. Archie
Mayo directed.
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Farm Leaders Will Fight Rail
Rate Increase

A meeting Of the national committee Of farm organi-
cations In Des Moines July Is will frame their opposi-
tion to the railroads application for a IS per cent
increase in their freight rates. Ralph Snyder OF Kan
sas is chairman Of the group or farm organizations
and he predicts that % state associations and COM
bines Of farmers will join in the organized opposi-
ton to the rate increase.
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Has:

l. A population In 1891 Of over $4,000.
2 A mean average temperature OF 70.
; Bank deposits. sS.000.0 600.
T. Four railroads. seven paved highways.
D. international airport. five air lines.
y "A $6,c00.000 deep water port financed.
J. The best climate. soil In the world.
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BEGIN HERE ID

cAss BARRETT. mIddie-nEed
ncfress. Joins y stock
company on LUnE Island. taking
her daughter. LANE. with her.
CLEESPAIGH. patron OF the
thenter. asks Lame 90 "a with
her in the nntumn when her
mother Eoes or tour. Lfane cnunot
FORGE u mysterious stranger who
called her by name one right re
The thenfer. AZ n rnrfy given ny
MTRIEL LADD. debnfanfr. Lame
rncrfs him nGain- Ills name ~
tAN ROBARD- WHEN Ca~~ hears
this n nsks the EIFI never 20 see
him again.
Lime gees e. stay with the
rieesparEh~. and tries to forget
Van. He has h~rn alternately
friendly and rofd Ia her during the
summer. ELSTE MfNTER. the I'm
Eenue. tells Lame thar Robnrd
has bren attentive 90 MRS. LADD.
Linue u hcnrtbrokrn- MurIel an
nouErcs her arrangement 60 Van.
The anne day Lianr receives word
her mother u EraveIy If.
40 the hospital H. philadelphia.
Cas~ 5abbir~ in her dctfrium OF
her long dead sister. LUISA. and
~ Lame. Cas~ nearly dies hut
struggles hack 90 life. Mrs. Clee~-
pauEh brings her e. her home ~
tNAh aAFNfts &IAN " sf4~AAl
nNkm Lame GO marry him ro that
be may come into his inheritance.
a. nrsf " is angry but later
agrees
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVI.
NTURIEL LADD ran down the
W steps OF the riding club. From
top TO toe she was the ripe color
Of saddle leather. Little. saucy,
turned-up felt hat. Beautifully III.
ting coat and whipcord hreeches
Shining. mirror-Iike boots.
She put a cigaret between her
lips and lighted II In the shelter oI
the hedge. A groom came running
70 open the door OK her cleaning
car. She stepped In without a word
Of thanks and made a reckless swirl
around the bluestone drive.
A young man. hatless. his boots
glittering in the sunshine. rio,
ocheted after her. He was q hall
moment too late. lie ate Muriel's
dust and uttered a heartfelt damn
at sight OF the vanishing car.
The groom throttled a sympa
thetic smile which had sprung IN,
hidden TO his lips. The young man
ground his heels in the gravel and
went back into the long. low stone
building In the card room hg
summoned a lackey and ordered
ginger ale. He mixed a drink and
lounged. moody and lowering. In
the big leather chair.
Where's the girl friend?" q
lanky youth inquired.
Van Robard muttered. Gone
along home. Got 20 dress for the
Robbins dinner"
you're a pretty pair OF billing
doves" the lanky man said indo
iently. Il could hear you yelling
nc each other rs I took my shower.
Dam ill-tempered wench. il you
ask me.
You keep your thoughts 70 your.
self. No ones asking yon." Robard
commanded through his teeth.
The lanky young man was IN
disturbed. -Bit squidy. amt your"
he inquired. "Drinkin' before sun.
downs a practice I've always de-
plored."
Look here" Robard Numbered.
getting 10 his feet. You're too
fresh today and that's a fact."
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c"Movie companies plan salary cuts."-news item
Movie Magnate.-Well. 7 suppose you've heard about
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open warfare and offensive action, the
following being a pertinent extract on
this point:
1.-The above methods to be employed
must remain and become distinctly our
own. All instruction must contemplate
the assumption of a vigorous offensive.
This purpose will be emphasized IN
every phase of training until it becomes
a settled habit Of thought"
Intimately connected with the ques-
ton of training for open warfare was
the matter of rifle practice. The earliest
of my cablegrams on this subject was
in August, in which 1t was urged that
thorough instruction in rifle practice
should be carried on at home because
of the difficulty of giving it in France:
Study here shows value and de-
STABILITY of retaining our existing small
arms target practice course. In view Of
great difficulty in securing ranges in
France, due to density of the population
and cultivation, recommend as far as
practicable the complete course be given
in the United States before troops en-
bark. Special emphasis should De
placed on rapid fire."
Couldn't Replace Rife.
The armies on the western front III
the recent battles that had witnessed
had all but discarded the rifle as a
shooting weapon. Machine guns, gre
nades, Stokes mortars and one-pound-
ers had become the main reliance of
the average allied soldier These were
all valuable weapons for specific pur
poses, but they could not replace the
combination of an efficient soldier and
his rife.
Numerous instances were reported In
the allied armies where men would
chase an individual enemy throwing
grenades at him instead of using the
rife. Such was the effect of associa-
ton that continuous effort was neceS'
sary to counterfeit this tendency among
our own officers and men and inspire
them with confidence in the efficacy of
rife fire. Ultimately we had the sat-
isfaction of hearing the French admit
that we we're right, both in emphasizing
training for open warfare and insisting
upon proficiency in the use of the rife.
My view was that the rife and bayo-
net still remained the essential weapons
Of infantry, and my cables. stressing
the fact that the basic principles of
warfare had not changed. were sent in
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an endeavor to influence the courses of
training at home. Unfortunately. how
ever, no fixed policy of instruction in
the various arms, under single au-
| thority. was ever carried out there.
Insensible to advice, the inclination was
to accept the views of French specialists
and limit training to the narrow field
of trench warfare. Therefore, in large
measure, the fundamentals so thor
oughly taught at West Point for a
century were more or less neglected.
The responsibility for the failure of
the War Department to take positive
action on my recommendations in such
matters must fall upon the military
head of the department, which was the
General Staff.
There were other causes, as we shall
see later. that led to confusion and
irregularity in training to such an ex-
during the last stages of the war to
send men into battle with little knowl-
edge of warfare and often with no rife
practice at,all
To supplement previous instruction of
officers and men a comprehensive Sys-
tenn of schools was established in the
A. E. F. There were centers of instruc-
ton for all units up to divisions, includ-
ing the training of requirements, and
non commissioned officers of all arms.
Under the supervision of General
Headquarters came the General Staff
College, the schools to train instructors
for corps schools. those for. candidates
for commissions and those for recruits
and for specialists of every staff and
supply department and every other
branch of the service.
School System indispensable.
A school system would have been de-
sirable in the best of armies but it was
indispensable in an army which had
to be created almost wholly from raw
material. The training of troops for
combat was, of course. the primary
objective, and schools for instructors
were merely a means to that end.
To give troops the advantage of the
latest developments and make up for
the defects of training at home and also
secure a certain degree of uniformity
in standards, but especially to afford
them the benefit of experience in the
immediate atmosphere of war before
entering the battle the plans contem-
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HEADACHE REMEDY
MAGNATE EXPIRES
Capt. Isaac Emerson Devot-
ed Life to Travel and
Recreation.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Md. January 24.-Capt.
Isaac E. Emerson, organizer of the
Maryland Naval Reserves, information
ally known yachtsman and founder of
the drug company that bears his name,
is dead at the age of IL. A complica-
ton of diseases terminated an illness
of two months duration.
With him when death occurred late
yesterday afternoon at his home. in
Brookland Wood, Green Spring Valley.
where he had entertained prominent
guests from all parts of the world, were
his wife and daughter.
Began as Drug Clerk.
He was a native of North Carolina,
a graduate of the State university there
and had built great business from an
humble beginning He started as a
clerk in a drug store and there COM
pounded a headache formula that later
made him famous. He marketed his
bromo settler first on a small scale and
later on a commercial basis.
The business established, he devoted
himself to travel and recreation. In
this field he was especially interested in
yachting and several times circumnavi-
gated the globe in his own boats and
over regular transportation routes In
1894 he organized the Maryland Naval
Reserves.
Later he attended the Naval War
College at Newport and at the outbreak
of the Spanish American War he pro-
vided the entire crew for the United
States ship Dixie. He, too, entered the
service and was commissioned a lieu
tenant and assigned as assistant to the
chief of the auxiliary naval force. He
was engaged in assembling a fleet OF
speedy yachts for coast patrol service
After the war he maintained the Mary
land Naval Reserves and was elevated
to captaincy.
Twice Married.
He was twice married. His first wife
was a daughter of w. F. Askew of
Raleigh, N. G. She was a widow and
had two children and divorced him in
1911. He then married Mrs Anne
Preston Mccormick of New York, who
survives him. His daughter is now
Mrs. Charles Minot Amory, who as the
wife of Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt, was
a social leader in New York and New
port. He is also survived by brother
and two sisters.
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JINGLE DEATH SUSPECT
WAS CABARET EMPLOYE
Leo Brothers Worked as "Heavy
Man" When Texas Guinan
Was Chicago Hostess.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 24.-Leo ".
Brothers, st. LouiSan, indicted for the
murder of Alfred Lingle. Tribune re-
porter, stood revealed today as a former
cabaret employe
He disclosed that he had been en-
ployed at a salary of 500 a week at
the Green Mill, North Side cabaret.
last Summer, when Texas Guinan was
hostess there. He insisted that he was
not "bouncer."
Investigators for the State, however,
said they had learned he was hired as
heavy man" to quiet any unruly na-
irons and to prevent hold-ups.
The Herald and Examiner attributed
to Brothers an assertion that a glove
belonging to Lingle's slayer had been
tried on his hand and that it had been
found to be too small
His trial was set for March 8.
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tions, imposed by tren III fighting, had
rendered previous conceptions of train
! ing more or less obsolete and that prep
arationS for open warfare was no 'Ong-
er necessary. French publications and
manuals were generally in accord with
this theory.
It was, perhaps. logical to expect that
the French should take this view as
nationally, unlike the Germans, they
had been On the defensive, at least in
thought, during the past half century
1t is true that on occasions the French
| assumed the offensive, but It was to fur
ther the defensive idea.
In the situation that followed the
first battle of the Marine, the two great
armies on the western front were en-
trenched against each other and
neither had been able to make more
than local gains. The long period our
ing which this condition prevailed and
its psychological effect, together with
the natural leaning of the French to-
ward the defensive, to which should
be added the adverse effect of their
recent Spring experience, had appar-
emily combined to obscure the principle
of the open offensive.
If the French doctrine had pre-
vailed our instruction would have heen
limited to a brief period of training
for trench fighting. A new army
brought up entirely on such principles
would have been seriously handicapped
without the protection of the trenches.
It would probably have lacked the ag-
gressiveness to break through the enc
my's lines and The knowledge of how
to carry on thereafter. 1t was evident
that the victory could rot be won by
the costly process of attrition, but
that we should have to drive the enemy
out into the open and engage him in
war of movement. Instruction in
open warfare was based upon indi-
vidual and group initiative, resource
fulness and tactical Judgment, which
were Of equal advantage in trench
warfare.
Took Issue With Allies.
Therefore, we took decided issue with
the allies, and. without neglecting thor
ough preparations for trench warfare,
undertook to train mainly for open
warfare, with the object from the start
Of vigorously forcing the offensive.
Our units then in training were
nearly all recruits, and many of the
officers and non-commiSSioned officers
were easily influenced by the ideas of
the French designated to assist us. To
avoid the effect of their teaching II
became necessary later to take over and
! direct all instructions ourselves. For
the purpose of impressing our own doc
trine upon officers a training program
was issued which laid great stress on
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My Experiences i'm the World War
Gen. John J. Pershing
mardr in of the American edMonny

American Chief Disagrees
With Allied Officers on
War Principles to Be
Taught A. E. F.