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WASHINGTON FASHIONS

In planning your summer
wardrobe, don't forget that jew
elry will make all the difference
in the world in the way you
work out your color combina.
tions. Clothes are simple and
only slightly trimmed in many
cases, so you will depend on
bracelets, clips, and necklaces
for your color accent, or to
give a little more finished look
to the severity Of the costume.
White is by far the most pop
ular "color' in jewelry, and will
be used as contrast with all the
pastels, and often with clothes
combining a vivid color with
white. such as red and white.
The strong reds, blues and
green are seen less frequently
than white with one of the
colorS, or all white. The pastels
are next in popularity, and
there are some lovely tints to
use both as contrast to other
colors, and as contrast on
white clothes. There are lovely
shades of blue, turquoise, vel
low, green, pink, and some in
between tones, as well as new
beige jewelry that will be smart
with the right colorS. Most Of
this jewelry is very simple, as
it is designed to go with sports
or tailored clothes. Bracelets
and clips are the most popular
pieces, and necklaces are divided
between the very short chokers
for high.necked dresses, and a
longer length that hangs below
the neckline. Earrings in simple
types are worn for all times Of
day.
New Afternoon TintS
For afternoon we have the
aquarelles, named for the new
colors that came out this spring
Particularly lovely are moon
glow, Seaglow, eveningglow and
other opalescent tints that are
as smooth and gleam as softly
as pearls. Again we have brace:
lets and clips very popular: and
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that she would not give two for one,
and marched out in the spring sun. And
rode along ON top Of one of the pref
test heads saw!
She had tea in me, showing off my
points with just the proper posing. Her
eye was on the other girls in the pink
and grey shop. Going out she screamed,
We come so near side-swiping me against
a newly painted, new-art door of a blue
that hurt your eyes. She touched me
tenderly with a tip of the finger of her
French-xloved hand. "GoIly, that was
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Suggestions For
Il ousewives

The marks left by hot plates
and dishes on a dining table,
or other polished wood surface,
can be removed by applying
spirits of camphor with a soft
cloth. Rub lightly, and when
the stain disappears, polish with
a soft duSter.
X 4 =
The best way to preserve a
building from damage due to
London SCOT and smoke is to
give it yearly wash down
with water.
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the most worn necklace Is a
plain graduated choker. There
are bangle bracelets, the smart
est. in the eyes Of some women
and flexible bracelets made Of
two or three strands. Occasion
ally aquarelles are combined
with metal, but they are more
usually used alone. Metal brace
let's, narrow bangles worn in
groups, promise to be more
popular than ever, too.
With all these colors, it's now
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Contract
Bridge
By e. V. Shepard

The hand shown below
caused considerable comment
at the club where it was
played. z passed. A felt that
he could not bid no-trump with
a worthless doubleton, and that
he held no biddable suit. so he
passed. OF course, Y and B
lacked opening bid strength,
and they had to pass.
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Your Health
And Diet
LOGAN CLENDENING, MD.

OY AOAQEA&N N4AA14NAD454NAANNHO ANAeA~S
The mineral water cure for
weight reduction was very pop
ular a few years ago.
1t seems to have been dis.
covered by a bartender. This
gentleman was frequently
asked, according to an old Gus
tom which was well known in
saloon days, by patrons to
have a drink with them. Wish
ing to be polite and not wish
ing to absorb alcohol quite
so regularly, he would take q
glass of bottled water. He
alternated two different kinds
of water, q glass Of one and
then a glass of the other.
He found that without diet
ing or exercising he lost
weight from 240 pounds to
100, and ascribed it solely to
the use Of the water. A reput.
able drug firm, following this
lead, put UP tablets to make
artificial mineral water and
sold it for years as a reduc-
ton cure. It has not been
brought to my attention for
some time. But at least it is
harmless if anyone wants to
try it, and if it works, an
easy way to accomplish re.
duction.
HOLLYWOOD EIGHTEEN-DAY
DIET
Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth
Days
Breakfast is the same all 18
days-half of a grapefruit with
out sugar and a slice Of butter
less toast, washed down with
one cup of coffee, containing one
teaspoon of sugar and one tea
spoon of cream.
Tenth Day
Luncheon-Toast; coffee.
Dinner-One-half pound round
steak, broiled; celery, tomato,
dressing; two olives; toast; cof.
fee.
Eleventh Day
Luncheon-O One-half grape
fruit; one lamb chop, broiled;
lettuce, dressing; toast; coffee.
Dinner-Onehalf grapefruit;
one lamb chop, broiled; lettuce,
dressing; toast; coffee.
Twelfth Day
Luncheon-One-half lobster;
crackers; coffee; one-half grape
fruit.
Dinner Two lamb chops,
broiled; three olives: tomato,
dressing; generous dish Of Slaw;
toast; coffee; orange.
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Chapter Xxx

SA~PN@A &A@@
As the long-distance converse
ton ended, the work Of the va
euum cleaners was getting url-
derway. Instantly the pent-
house of Lola Carewe was filled
with a weird sound. At that
dark hour the moaning whine,
the wheeling drone Of those
vacuum cleaners operated by
two young detectives from Cen
ter Street echoed mournfully
through the rooms. Every par
ticle of dust in the room where
the crime had, been done was
being garnered into those
sbloated pouches. Millions OF in
finite particles were being bag
ged like so much game for the
hunter, treasure dust in the
man-hunt. In swollen bundles,
this dust would be gathered.
Somewhere in the multitudes OF
particles there might lie, invis-
ible to the naked eye, a vital
clue. To some police detectives
the carpet sweeper is a tool as
indispensable as the magnify
ing glass, the tape measure, and
the ink Of the finger-print man.
But District Attorney Dough
erty viewed the two machines
with a bilious eye.
Colt" he exclaimed, with a
reproachful glance back over
his shoulder, ''T didn't know you
had gone in for this sort Of
thing"
ever hear Of it before?"
"Oh, I've read about the vi.
ennese police doing something
Of the kind. But. 1t all seems
very faddistic to me, if you
don't mind my saying so. I
don't believe you can solve
crimes by looking at sweepings
under a microscope"
"But, Mr.. Dougherty-" I
started to protest.
= Telephone Talk
:. "Any more" insisted the Dis
trict Attorney, crushing me with
o glance, "than I believe you
can tell fortunes with tea.
leaves"
Colt smiled but did not reply.
Having set the machines upon
their droning task. the Commits
Sioner went to the telephone
and called a MorningSide. num-
ber. His conversation was re-
Vealing.
: Hello, Professor Luckner. I
am sorry to get you out Of bed.
This is Thatcher Colt. am
engaged on a very mysterious
case, and ! want to send you
some specimens for analysis.
Bags Of duSt-and the clothing
Of two murdered girls. Could
you start in right away? I can
have them there in an hour
Thank you"
;. AS he hung up the receiver,
Colt turned to Flynn.
J. GAS soon as ready, send the
vacuum cleaner bags and all
the clothes of the two girls to
the apartment of Morningside
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a near thing, my dearest pOsssssiOn!'
says she.
Various delectabIe and gratifying in.
.cidents marked my day. | was flicked
gently and delicately when she re-
moved me, by white, pink-tipped fingers,
and gloated upon by periwinkle-blue
eyes. When it started, just STARTED
to rain, with scattered, huge plops of
crystal that glinted in the sun, she ran
frantically, with her hand spread out
above me, her eye on the heavens, her
breath coming fast.
All thisI And then-alonR came a
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One kibitZer thought that A
should have made an opening
bid Of 1-Spade; really he should
have bid 1-No trump. B stated
that had A bid 1-No trump,
he would have taken out with
2-Club, and that when his
partner returned to 2-No
trumps, that B would have bid
3-Spades. Probably that would
have resulted in A bidding g.
No trumps, as he would con-
slider that 9 held only four
Spades and that game was
more probably at No-trumps
than at Spades. Game cannot
be won No-trumps against per-
feet defense, and bidding
should not stop there.
AS hand is too strong to
pass, either as dealer or second
hand. An opening bid of 1-No
trump should be made. Y and
z cannot bid. B should not
bid his clubs first; he should
bid 2-Spades at once, poor as
his suit is. Game can be won
at four-odd just four times as
frequently as it can be won at
five-odd.
A two-Suiter cannot be played
to advantage at No-trumpS. In
case A raises the bid only to
Three Spades, B should show
his clubs, then A must bid Four
Spades.
The opening lead should be
rs Queen Of Diamonds. which
AS K will win. It will be best
to return a lead Of dummy's
Nine of Clubs. The king will
win on a finesSe. and 2 must
lead back his Jack of Diamonds,
which dummy'S Ace will take.
Having established his clubs,
the declarer will proceed to
pull opposing trumps. He must
lead AS Ace Of Spades. This
will drop Y's ten. A lead Of
AS lowest trump doubtless will
be won by Y's king. Y should
then lead his Ace Of Hearts, to
see if two heart tricks can be
won to save game. BIS only
heart will fall, but upon rs
play of the seven, Y will lead
a second round Of hearts, that
B will trump.
Up to date the defending side
has won one trump trick, one
heart trick and one club trick,
but no other trick will be lost
by the declarers. Having
ruffed himself into the lead, B
must lead his Queen Of TrumpS,
picking up the last opposing
trump, and leaving ABB with
one spade trick and four club
tricks still to be played. These
with the two diamond tricks,
two trump tricks, and the ruff
of heart, already gathered in,
will give ALB just ten tricks and
game at spades.
AS Is usually the case with
two-suiters, if played at clubs
the combined hands Of ABB
would win the same number of
tricks as If played at spades.
This characteristic Of two
suffers, where both suits fit the
joint hands equally well, is due
to the fact that at both makes
there must be precisely the
same losing tricks. Whether
played at clubs or spades the
declaring side must lose one
spade trick, one heart trick and
one club trick.
If played at No-trumps ALB
would have to lose three heart
tricks, one spade trick, and one
club trick and cannot go game.
A should have made an open
ing bid. He was too strong to
pass. B should play the hand
at spades.
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How Thatcher Colt Solved
a Spectacular Crime

Heights. The men need not
wait there"
Right"
Colt turned away. His dark
brows were concentrated In an
unaccustomed frown. I saw
that some facet Of this double
riddle had assumed immense
Importance in his eyes. Perhaps
it was only guesSwork, but I
had a hunch that the chief was
still preoccupied with the prob
lem of those strange markings
on the neck of Christine QuireS.
With an distracted air, he
crossed the living room and
passed down the corridor to the
foyer and the front door.
Dougherty was about to follow
but motioned to him to re-
main. Together we stood by
the fireplace, smoking cigarettes:
what Is he looking for?"
rumbled Dougherty out Of the
corner Of his mouth, after five
minutes Of silence.
Enter Colt
"The murderer!" I grinned.
At that moment, Colt reap
peared in the doorway. His
clothing was wet, his black hair
tousled. He had been out on
the terrace. His eyes were set
in an intent gaze that was al
most somnambulistic in its COM
plete concentration. Never had
I seen the chief so deeply i'm
mersed in a problem. With
slow, plodding steps he ira
verse dthe living-room-and
then, suddenly, I realized what
it was he was doing.
He was retracing his own
itinerary, just as we had fol-
lowed Lola Carewe hours ago
on a tour through the rooms
of the apartment.
What was the purpose OF this
steady retracing Of old steps?
I watched, fascinated-I had
not seen Thatcher Colt in this
strange mood before. The per
sonal challenge, perhaps the
very impertinence Of these muir
ders, had brought him to high
pitch Of determined effort.
To the kitchen he went, and
from there t. 0ugh room after
room. We did not follow him,
but we could hear him, poking
about in closets. and opening
boxes and trunks, even lifting
windows and trying doors.
Finally he came back to us,
having completed the circuit
and re-examined all the rooms.
AS he entered the drawing-room
I saw him thrust some large
object into the left pocket Of
his trousers. It made a notice
able bulge.
But of this object which ne
had concealed, Thatcher Colt
made no mention at the mo-
ment. Instead he held out his
right hand, on which lay a
long, golden strand Of hair
from the head Of a woman.
Does that mean anything to
you?" he asked, his voice brit
tie, unnaturally calm. I saw
that he had not looked in vain:
he had made discoveries and he
considered them important.
"It is a hair, the color Of
Christine's hair" declared
Dougherty. Where did you
find it?"
ION the floor in Lola's
room"
But how could you find a
thing like this-a thin strand Of
hair"
Because I knew where to
look" answered Colt, grimly.
"It was near a window"
"A terrace Window"
'No, Dougherty one that
Continued on 2nd Comic PGse)
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AT first was so previously treated
and deIicately handled, Jim prauced
into the shop where was created and
set me upon her golden head. Once
seeing me there, turning and twisting
her pretty neck, cycling me with bright
speculation, cooking the gilded head this
way and that like lady robin, once
through this unchanging feminine cere-
mony she stood up and said, '''I'll take
it-it's a honeyv' She paid for me out
of bag that smelled sweet, handling
her-~new, cracking dollars gingerly SO
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young man out of a station gateway!
He approached like a she'll from a can.
NON. Even forgot to take off his hat.
He dropped his grips with abandon, and
srasped my gilded head Jill to his bosom.
She gurgled family, flung herself in his
embrace. And l fell off!
And no one picked me up for quite
some time. And when. they did l was
clapped on any old way, and walked
off with indifferently, except that the
Young Man casually said, That's cute
lid you're wearing, lamb-Pie |"
NELL BRINKLEY.
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OHIO K|DNAPERS.
INDICTED
O'ROURKE

WARREN, O.. March 8 QN.SO,
Speedy execution of the cases
against two Youngstown men,
indicted by the Trumbull County
Grand Jury, on charges Of alb
Quoting 12-year-old James De
Jute, jr., of Niles, was produced
today by prosecutor G. H. Bir-
rell.
The indicted men, Dowell Har-
graves, 81, and John De Marco,
80, were to be arraigned on the
charges late today. Birrell an
nounced, that he would seek to
try the two together, and set
the trial date tentatively for to-
morrow morning.
Three Indictments Returned
Three indictments were re-
turned by the jury, after days
deliberation in connection with
the kidnapping case. Besides the
two bills citing Hargraves and
De Marco, a John Doe" indict,
ment was returned.
Charging kidnapping with in
tent to extort money" all three
true bills were voted under the
Ohio statute which carries pos.
sible life sentence as a penalty.
AS the indictments were signed.
a third man surrendered to po.
lice, telling the authorities that
he understood he was sought in
connection with the crime.
Third Man Released
Witnesses, however, failed to
identify the third man as one
of the actual kidnapers. police
said, and he was released.
Hatgraves already has been
named as one of the two men
who snatched the box from the
street corner, according to au
thorities. His accomplice is being
sought.
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BAN
FOUGHT BY
GORDON
Real Estate Man Asks Court
to Enioin County Heads
From Hating Project

The right of Montgomery
county commissioners to enact
zoning restrictions in the Mont
gomery suburban district and
the Maryland = Washington
metropolitan district was chal-
tlenged in a suit filed today by
Fulton r. Gordon, Washington
realtor, in the circuit court of
Rockville.
Gordon and his associates, the
bill says, propose to establish a
memorial park type cemetery" on
tract near the intersection Of
Bradley Boulevard and River
Road.
The bill alleges that the plain.
tiff had been refused a permit by
the commissioners and threatened
with criminal action if he proceed.
ed to use a single lot for cemetery
purposes.
It asks that the court enjoin
the commissioners from interfer-
ing with Mr.. Gordon in the use
of his property as long as he so
operates It as not to endanger the
health, welfare, safety and morals
of the community"
The commissioners in refusing
to grand Mr.. Gordon a permit
acted under an ordinance they
passed in 1929 making it a. mis-
demeanor to establish any ceme-
terry in the Metropolitan district
without obtaining a permit from
them.
The bill, prepared by Attorneys
j. F. Lillard and Ogle Marbury,
claims that the acts of 1927 are
unconstitutional and the 1929 or
dinance null and void in so far as
they hinder Mr.. Gordon in the
| lawful use of his property,
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D. .C.EC0NON|ST
WRITES BOOK

Three classes of persons who
minister to physical needs and ills,
now classed by physicians as "sec-
ondary practitioners" are receiv.
ing the attention Of the medical
world as candidates for a higher
plane of recognition.
In a new book to be issued soon
by the University Of Chicago press,
Louis Reed, medical economist Of
Washington, discusses ''Midwives,
Chirapadists, and Optometrists,
Their Place in Medical Care"
Approximately $4,000 mothers
in the United States depend
solely upon midwives to aid them
in bringing their babies into the
world, Mr.. Reed declares. This
places the lives of 100000 persons
in the hands of practitioners who.
in most States, are not required to
meet any standards Of knowledge
or skill.
Mr.. Reed believes that co-opera-
ton of the medical profession
with these three sets of practi-
TONERS would raise their level of
efficiency apd be a service in the
interests of public health.
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ROPED
FOR SHEDDING

Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford,
superintendent of police, has or
dered the following streets to be
roped off to permit shedding:
First Street between L and M
Streets Northwest, Fifth between
l. and M Streets Northwest,
Ninth between G and D Streets
Southwest, Ninth between D and
E Streets Southwest, Mclean
Avenue between Third and Four
and-a-Half Streets Southwest,
North Carolina Avenue between
First and Second Streets South
east, Garfield Street from the
north side of Massachusetts, Ave
nue. east to Thirty-fourth Street
Northwest, Thirty-seventh Street
from Wisconsin Avenue south to
100 feet north of T Street North
west, Twentieth Street between
Kalorama Road and Belmont
Street Northwest, Tenth Street
between F and H Streets North
east, Irving Street from Mt.
Pleasant Street to the Geological
Park, Columbia Road between
Georgia Avenue and Warder
Street Northwest, High Street
from Maple Avenue to Fourteenth
Street Southeast, Stanton Road
from Douglass Street to Sheridan
Road Southeast, Newton Street
between Fourteenth and Eight
eenth Streets Northeast, Emerson
Street from Fourteenth east to
Arkansas Avenue Northwest, AS.
pin Street between Fourth and
Sixth Streets Northwest, Blu
chanan Street from Fourteenth
Street west to Illinois Avenue
Northwest, River Road from Wis
consin Avenue to FeSsenden
Street Northeast. Macomb Street
from Thirty-fifth Street to 1OO
feet west Of Connecticut Avenue,
Fessenden Street between Thirty
seventh and Thirty-eighth Streets
Northwest, Morrison Street from
Broad Branch Road to Chevy
Chase Parkway, Garfield Street
between Ridge Street and New
Mexico Avenue Northwest, Eighth
Street between Hamilton and
jefferson Streets Northwest, and
Seventeenth Street between g
Street and Barney Circle South
east.
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TOWN TREASURY
IN SPLENDID
. CONDITION
Cut From $1.10 to ST Per
$100 Value Expected by
Maryland Residents

Based upon the exceptional
financial showing of the town,
officials of Takoma Park, Md,
are said to be considering a
reduction of the local tax
rate from $1.10 per $100 of
value to 81. This action has
no reference to the State and
county tax rates, over which
the town officials have no
direct jurisdiction.
At time when nearly all COM
munities everywhere are combat
ting decreased revenues, Takoma
Park this fiscal year, ending June
80, will show a substantial surplus
just the same as it has done for
the last 80 years, Mayor Ben G.
Davis said today.
Not only will the town show a
general surplus fund on June 80,
of approximately $4,000, but in
dOO1U1OI1 IL uld14Ud114S 4CNO4N444S
fund of $4,000 to take care of
special improvement work each
year.
Besides this, on July /. the
town treasurer, Bryan Davis, will
draw voucher for $4,000, which
will be the last payment upon a
loan of $4,000 obtained five
years ago for the purpose of
street paving.
The mayor and town council
serve without pay. The police de-
partment, the town treasurer and
the superintendent of public
works and their small forces are
the only paid officials.
It is said to be unlikely that
the subject of decrease in the
town tay will be definitely de-
cided upon without full and COM
plete consideration. The monthly
meetings of the town council are
characterized by the custom of
inviting all citizens to attend and
discuss town affairs.