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The Washington times., 1932-01-27
BY MAY CHRISTIE
CHAPTER 33

In the sweet-scented dark
ness near the pool were Laurel
and Bruce Harvey.
Night closed them round like
a glorious black flower. From
the clubhouse came the throb-
bing music Of the tango.
It blended with the crickets'
song. .tinkle of the stream as
it divided round some stick or
stone before it Joined the
quieter water.
Peace! Beauty!
But there was no peace in
the heart of young Harvey.
How could there be when the
sweet, soft, yielding body Of
this girl was almost in his
arms. -?
When her strange charm
went clamoring through his
senses -?
"A rock? she'd called him
that. Had asked him to let her
lean upon that rock. asked
him to help here...
The blind leading the blind!
A rock? And the warm.
sweet fragrance Of her
She was a woman. he a
man. He'd followed her out
here, for all the world like a
child magnetized by the Pied
Piper.
Now she was telling him,
pleadingly, and like a child to
help her to "cut out the bad
in her,.
Was, she Lorelei. or just
bewildered soul struggling to the
light. 80?
Or angel?
Or devil?
Or a mixture of all four,
maybe. What was that idiotlc
tune the orchestra had played?
There's a Little Bit of Bad in
Every Good Little Girl"
Was she tempting him now?
And was this a pose?
Or was the child genuine?
Laurel, tell me-what is it
you're seeking"
She didn't speak. Her hands
slid up behind his shoulders
and locked themselves at the
back Of his collar.
He tried to push her back.
"Why. Laurel"
Don't. Let me stay here.
II feel so safe with you, some
how"
He told himself. over and
over. that he mustn't lose his
head. that he must play the
game with her.
Passion Is Aroused
Not as her gang played it,
but as a responsible creature.
The sweetness of her body
and her beauty and the
glamour of this girl went
laundering to his senses. But
his heart? What Of his heart?
What of his intellect?
Even discarding the question
of her youth, weren't they poles
apart mentally?
Her appeal was surely phys
ical, and that was all. He was
no Galahad. they were alone
.. but he would Withstand her.
Choke back that impulse to
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How many were in the
game?"
"T'ree O. us" began Ma
haffey.
-Four O. us" said Slim at
the same time.
The Pay-Off
HUH" exclaimed Jim. Then
turning to Tom and three other
husky detectives who were stand
ing beligerently by, he said, II
guess that's the pay-off-go
ahead and work on 'em, boys"
Il amt done nuttin'," yam
mered "No-Neck."
ME neidder," whimpered
"Ginger Slim"
But strong hands yanked
them out of their seats. They
we're led into two little ante
rooms just off the chiefs office.
While Tom guarded Ginger
Slim" the other three worked
on "No-neck." Jim had taken a
short length of hose out of his
desk and handed it to one of
the detectives. The two crooks
had looked at it furtively, terror
in their eyes.
When the three detectives got
Mahaffey in the room, bare
save for a table and two chairs,
one of them tossed him in a
seat and wound an arm around
his neck. Then he clapped a
hand over his mouth.
A second detective set in to
Continued on 2nd Comic Pare
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'HishSpeed r--AStory
Or Youthful Escapade

take her in his arms and crush
that fragrant loveliness!
Close his lips and mind
against the overwhelming kiss
that would make her HIS, and
fling them-temporarily - into
ElySium!
He had seen too many mix
ups %. hearts broken lives
ruined...
But he would try to guide
her, as one would a wandering
child.
"Laurel!"
eyes, Bruce?"
what is it?"
cts so heavenly - being
alone like thiS-out here in the
darkness"
But we must go back and
join the others"
mo. Let's stay. Let's stay
here forever"
What nonsense is thiS?" Her
face was very close to his. Her
breath was sweet as honey
Suckle.'
"It's not nonsense. It's heaven.
What matter if the others do
miss us?" Her voice beguiled
him like the chords Of a harp
in some lonely forest.
''But they'll talk, dear. And
your mother'll wonder"
He had called her dear"
The little word had slipped out
against his own volition.
"Bruce-listen-yon asked me
what it is I'm seeking?" Her
voice was low and appealing.
Eyes. I know. At least. I
think I know. But-the senses
are treacherouS guides, Laurel"
you aren't that. You're fine
and clean and-and honest"
"And that way I'll remain, I
hope-if it is true. And you,
too, Laurel, you must find
fresh standards"
Merely Passion
There's just one thing I
want to Finland that is"
"Happiness!"
"No. 1--we. And I don't care
if it hurts like hell. :. L want it
to hurt. to cut me into little
pieces. If I can know. the
real thing"
Through her frail evening
dress he could feel her heart
beating.
His own thudded, too, with a
queer delirium. Intoxicating
words she'd said. that slim
and yielding sweetness!
But he mustn't pluck this
flower. He mustn't. MUSTN'T.
He put his two hands at the
back Of her waist. Laurel,
don't you understand. ..?...
this kind Of thing isn't Love. .
it's merely Passion. -"
What" She drew back as
though he had struck her.
whats that you're Saying?"
"That the senses are treach-
erous guides, dear. and when
they are quieted they can leave
the heart so empty. .."
"You mean. that you don't
WANT to kiss me, Bruce?"
what I want and what I'll
do are two entirely different
(Continued on 2nd Comic Raee)
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SHOPP|NG---Wth Alice and Evelyn
For Baby's First Wardrobe

sleeves are three-quarter length
also customary, for they
make it easier to change. And
you can get this dress in 81
inch or 18inch length. All
this dress costs is about 81.
The matching gertrude under
meath, with the same Scalloped
adging and the same embroid'
cry in front and again at the
hem, costs about the same.
Instead Of a Sack
This same baby has on a
silk and wool "shoulderette"--
so called because the sleeves
grow right out of it. It's a
nice change from a sack. Lit
tie hand-embroidered rosebuds
are used for trimming, and it
ties closed with a ribbon at
the neck. The little knitted
booties match and make a set.
And the price is $1.25 or less.
For Outings
OF course, for out-of-doors,
baby must have a coat and
bonnet. And we simply fell
in love with the crepe de
chine set sketched at the right.
The little coat has a Peter Pan
collar, beautifully hand-embroid-
cred, and it's edged with tiny
Scallops, as are the turn-back
cuffs. Hand embroidery is also
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Advice to the Love|orn
BY Beatrice Fairfax

unknown to me, but he does not
know that T know this. He
hasn't been to the house since
the night he got caught" (three
weeks ago. and when I do see
him, he just waves. Should I
be as friendly as ever to him, or
ignore him, as really feel hurt.
CONNIE.
It's very flattering to a young
mans vanity to stop speaking or
ignore him completely - it
makes whatever his offense may
have been, seem so important to
you. Try to be casual, act as if
it didn't matter in the least to
you, that he INDUCED in double
dealing,
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The hand embroidered gertrude
matches the little dress, and
the knitted bOOties match
the shOuIderette.

Most women find it's much
more exciting to plan and buy
their baby'S first wardrobe
than their own wedding trous-
seau! It's partly the thrill of
choosing things for someone
yet unseen, unknown, who is
to belong to you. And it's
partly the responsibility of
starting off a rcw life properly.
But mostly it's the pride that
any mother takes in seeing
that her baby has absolutely
everything that's necessary-as
well as pretty clothes in which
to show off.
ScalIOped Edging
Just look, for instance, at
the little batiste dress we've
sketched above. Notice the
exquisite hand embroidery and
handdrawn work in front. The
tiny scalloping, too, that
borders the neckline, sleeves
and. even the hem! The
shoulder yoke - most baby
dresses have them-is rounded
bv a line of entre-deuX. The
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Caught Him Red-Handed
Dear Miss Fairfax:
All summer long Bob used
to come to see me. We would
sit and have friendly talks or
go for a walk. I really liked
him a lot. We never went
where we were apt to see any
one, as he always said his folks
objected to his going out with
girls.
one night my brother saw
him at a show with a girl. But
when Bob called for me after
wards, and mentioned it I
played innocent.
Later, I found out he had
been taking this same girl to
shows and, lectures all summer
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from soft words and kind &C
tionS and see the reactions!
In some cities they treat their
criminals with strong medicine.
They have at the detective bu-
reaus what is known as the
goldfish room" The etymology
is obscure, unless it was de-
rived from the expression of a
well-known writer who made a
crack about las much privacy
as. a goldfish" A crook in the
goldfish room certainly doesn't
have any physical or mental
privacy. Anyway, the bad boys
are shown the goldfish" with a
rubber hose, with which they
are massaged until they are
ready to tell the truth-or tell
what the cops want them to.
In other cities they employ a
little more finesse. The third
degree is not so brutal. The
dicks try to break down the sus-
poets reason in a more pSy-
Geological manner. They keep
him awake in relays, give him
cigarettes without a match, put
water just out Of reach of his
parched lips and pound ques-
tionS into his befuddled brain
until he is ready to tell anything
just to get little rest and re-
spite.
"No-neck" Mike Mahaffey and
Ginger Slim" Morgan were not
what you would call experienced
criminals. That is, not wised up
to the higher elements of crimi-
nality. They had started off
life as sidewalk huStlers, had
robbed push carts and chiseled
delicatessen owners. They had
graduated in time into the class
of killers. Until they had got
ten in with the Belmonte mob
they had always taken their
Jail sentences philosophically,
and they had taken their beat
ings from the cops much the
same way.
A Tough Job
They were up against tough
proposition when they were
agged into headquarters
along with a score of other
members Of the Belmonte crowd
because a cop had been killed.
The police might approach the
rubbing-out of ordinary citizens
more or less Enthusiastically,
even when spurred on by the
newspapers, but when one of
their own was croaked they
took more than academic in
tereSt in the outrage.
Lieutenant MakoWsky had
been shot to death, and he
was a personal friend of the
chief, attached to his staff
further, he left a widow and
two children. And little Mary
Ryan, who had been playing in
the street, had been slain, shot
through the heart by a reckless
bullet, and the public and the
police were out to get the ban
dts. The newspapers shouted
"baby-'-illers" and "cop-killers"
and again demanded an end to
gang rule.
"No-Neck" and Ginger Slim"
had been identified in the line
up by three people as the men
who were in the truck and who
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A crepe de chine coat with
hand embroidery and match
ing bonnet.
used for the seams in the shoul.
der yoke. Then just below the
yoke at each side is diamond
shaped shocking. The coat
fastens with a narrow string
like bow of self fabric at the
neck and three little pearl but
tons down the front. The lin
ing's china silk, the interlining
domet-and the whole coat is
washable and color fast!
Ruffles to Flatter
The little bonnet has hand
embroidery and. scalloped edge
to match the coat. Around the
face there are two shirred ruff
files with net ruching under
meath to assure becomingneSS.
And a satin ribbon ties under
meath tie chin. It's made Of
crepe, too, lined with China
silk. And padding is used to
keep the shape.
For names of stores carrying
these articles write The Wash
ingtOn Times Fashion Dept,
or call District $3.50, Ext. 1879.
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even a twinge of periodic pain.
Why don't you meet these month
ly emergencies with this remark
able modern discovery?
Midol takes pain off the calen-
dar. Monthly martyrdom is
foolish. For Midol is as harm
less as the aspirin tablet you take
for your headache! All drug
stores; Just, ask for Midol.
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tricks, counClng only LIS" OIL"
second round defensive tricks
as should be- done. There is a
six-card major suit, probably
worth three trump tricks
against any adverse holding.
Eight tricks. total for a spread,
slightly better than nine prob
able tricks makes the hand
enormous for an opening bid OF
only one under the official sys-
tenn.
Of course one must view the
hand from the standpoint Of
his own system of bidding.
Using the one-over-one system
there is little danger that an
other opportunity for bidding
will not be afforded. First,
partner will keep open the
bidding upon as little as the
K of one suit and the @ Of an
other, for fear that game might
be lost, or a better declaration
missed, if he allowed an open
ing bid of Heart to pass.
There are also slightly better
than even chances that part
ner will hold at least one quick
trick, and better than even
chances that another player
may overcall an opening bid
OF 1-Heart.
using the official system, the
question arises whether an
opening semi-demand bid OF
two, an opening demand bid OF
three, or a full game bid OF
four should be made. There
are quite good arguments TO
offer in favor Of each one OF
these three possible bids.
After your own 13 cards are
fixed, there may be held against
you any one of 8,122,425'444
different hands. We cannoG
take Just the three other hands
that happen to be held on a
single deal, and state from
analysis of the cards as they
lie, that one species of bid is
correct and that any other one
of the three possible bids is in
ferior. Our question is broader
than that. We want to know
which one of the three bids
that z should make is the best.
It is both stupid and coward
" to blink the truth. Others
will see the facts even II you
do not. Every reasonable SyS-
tenn Of bidding possesses ootn
points of excellence and weak
points. Using the Vanderbilt
Club, the 2-Club Force, or the
Two Force, it probably would
not occur to any player to
employ a bid that did not
force partners response. But
under the official system many
players might hesitate to force
with so high a bid as three
knowing that game might lie
in spades, diamonds, or no
trumps, rather than in hearts.
Such players might prefer to
use the semi-opening bid OF z
Hearts, but partner will pass
such a bid, although he holds
the one card needed to yleld
game with so powerful a hand
as that shown. Another dan
ger arises in case you do make
a demand bid of three; II
partner should happen to hold
the Ace of hearts and solid
clubs, he might try for slam
that would not materialize. on
the whole, however, think
that the best opening bid is B.
Hearts, under the official sys.
tenn. There is game with Y
as partner. A grand slam
would result with A as partner
There is game at spades with
B as partner.
copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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How to Conquer
SIussishness

n Stimulate the colon and that child
with a finicky appetite will devour
everything set before him. Here's the
simple treatment that does more for
babies or older children than all the diets.
fad foods, or tonicS.
Nature has provided the only "medi-
cine you'll need to stir child's colon
muscles into proper action. California fig
syrup. Pure, delicious, harmless. 1t acts
on the lower colon-where the trouble is.
It has no i'll effects on the intestines,
Begin tonight, with this marvellous
california treatment" Any druggist has
California fig syrup, all bottled, with
directions. Use enough the first time to
cleanse the clogged colon of every bit
of poison and hard waste. Then Just
little twice a week until the child'S
appetite, color, weight and spirits tell you
the stasis is gone. Whenever a cold or
other upset clogs the system again, use
this natural vegetable laxative instead of
drastic drugs.
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How Do Dancers
Manage?

T he professional
engagements Of a
dancer make no
allowance for the
time of m on t h
when she may be
helpless with pain.
Her periodic dis
comfort must not
interfere with her
easy, effort t. e SIS
performance. Such
W ON en- do not
flight" periodic
pain, but GDoid it.
They use Midol
EH.
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Alice and Evelyn have col
Iected suggestions on what to
wear while the baby is coming.
Send a SeIf-addreSsed, stamp
ed envelope and these suggeS-
tiOns will come to you by
return mail. Please address
your request to Alice and
Evelyn, in care Of The Wash
ingtOn Times.
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How a Menacins Specter
Terrorized a Big City

adapted from the original
motor picture story Of w. d.
Burnett with screen play by
John L. Mahin, and produced
by Cosmopolitan Productions
Met o. -GOldwyn-Mayer.)
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tired feeling. l took two bottles Of
the Discovery and it was very sat
isfactory-it built me up and made
me feel better. 1 can speak we'll of
it,"
Every package of DIR. Pierce's Family
Remedies contains Symptom Blank.
II you desire free medical advice, fill
1t out and mail 1t to DR.. Pierce'S
Clinic, Dept. No. 112. BuffalO.N. Y.
Ask your druggist for
Dr.. Pierce's Discovery
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ADvERTIsEME ENr
HAVE YOU THAT
WEAK, TIRED FEELING ?

W ii m i n g t o n,
Del. 81 used
DR.. Pierce S
G Id 9 n Medical
Discovery" s a i d
Mrs. Helen Wit
sill of 1929 Kirk
W o o d, "a n d
found it very fine
for the nerves
and for a run.
d wn condition
and that weak
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WARNING

There are dealers whO practice substitution.
Be sure TO protect yOur child bg LOokin0
for the name CALIFORNIA on the bottle
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Contract
Bridge
BY E. V. Shepard

There are many hands that
are strong as a whole, but SO
lacking in high honors in the
longest suit, that making an
opening bid offers a problem.
One such hand is shown below.
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The Bidding.
 North and South were vulner- able. South starts the bidding with one club, playing the one- overcome. West passes and North. who has not sufficient strength to respond with one no trump, passes.
 East makes an informatory double to show his partner the tremendous strength of his hand. South passes and West, who has the club suit stopped, bids one no trump in preference to showing his weak four-card diamond suit. North passes and now the careless player with East's hand will jump to three spades which West would be entitled to carry to four spades.
 Before jumping, with East's hand, why not stop and do a little spade suit. South opened the bid ding vulnerable, therefore he un- doubtedly holds at least a i've card suit, and it is undoubtedly headed by.ace, king.
 That would mean that East's partner, in order to have the club suit stopped would have to hold at least three to the queen. Furth- CT, South in order to open first hand must hold at least two and onehalf tricks so that East can safety wager that South holds either the king of diamonds or the ace of hearts-and possibly the queen of spades.
 If East's partner holds three clubs to the queen, then East should realize that South will open the king of clubs. followed by the ace of clubs and will then lead the third club which North will trump. East should also realize that he will also be forced to lose at least one other trick which is enough to stop his game. And so East, with his great array of high cards, by properly reasoning the hand out. should bid only two spades which would buy the con tract. As the hand lies, two spades Is all that East can make.
 The more high cards you hold, the harder you should try to vis- ualize the concealed hands. While high card tricks are generally nec- essary to produce game, don't let them be the cause of your down. fall. Copyright 1892, NEA Service, Inc.
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Miss Kate Joan Klmartn of State street has completed her summer season activities at Camp Pesquasawasis-( (Indian for Little Flower) and Camp Gregory near Portland, Maine and is now visiting in New York city. Miss Kilmartin is supervisor of camp entertainment and dramatic councillor for both Camps Pesquasawasis for girls and Camp Gregory for boys. The site for these camps was donated by Most Rev Archbishop John G. Murray of St Paul. Minn, former bishop of Portland, Maine diocese with money donated by the people of the diocese. The camps closed on Saturday, with water sports in the morning, announcements made by Miss Kilmartin, and a pageant in the afternoon, which was writ The pageant depicted the Catholic influence in the exploring and set ting of Maine by the Jesuits, an appropriate and timely presenta- tion as the state of Maine is now observing the 300th anniversary of its settling.
 MT and Mrs John Reardon of Woodlawn terrace are spending a few days in Greenwich.
 Admiral Mark l.. Bristol and Mrs Bristol, of Washington. who have been passing a fortnight with Mrs Irving H. Chase at Miramar. have been in Portsmouth, N. H.. to view the eclipse. Mrs ChaSe'S brother, Charles P. Kellogg, who also has been visiting her, depart ed for Cape Cod for that purpose. Mir and Mrs Thomas Ewing, Jr., of New York, are guests of MT and Mrs John Emerson, of York Har- bor, Me-, motored there to view the eclipse. Mrs George Barnett, wife of the late General George Barentt. U. S. M. C., of Washing ton, departed for her home in Virginia after a visit with Mrs Chase.
 Florence Andrew of Girard street entertained few of her friends at hot dog roast on Monday in celebration of her 11th birthday. Those attending were Eleanor Wilcox, Thomas Wilcox, Rosalyn Lawton, Frederick Law ton, Claire Kopp, Robert Tobin. Loretta Kopp, Mrs James Wilcox, Mrs Harold Andrews and Alice Wilcox.
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JACKIE COOPER CAPTURES POLL PALACE SCREEN TO- DAY. DIVORCE IN THE FAM ILY" HEADS DOUBLE BILL

Jackie Cooper presents a new angle of his many sided dramatic talents in Divorce in the Family" heading the new bill at the Poli Palace to-day. Divorce and its ef- feet on the children of divorced parents is the theme of the story. Jackie is tragedian and comedian both in the story of what children feel, think and say when their par ents divorce and remarry. Jackie copes with many problems, some funny, some pathetic, in an inti- mate human interest play. The dramatic court sequence, khe scene where the doctor stepfather gives his blood to save a stepson's life, hilarious incidents in an older brothers puppy love" all figures in the gripping new play. Lewls Stone is seen as the divorced father and he and Jackie share some heart interest scenes; as do Jackie and Lois Wilson who has the role of his mother. Conrad Nagel is seen as Jackie's stepfather and Waterbury will like Maurice Mur- phy who has the part of ZAP. Jackie's older but still mighty young brother.
 Action speeds action in the CO., feature. "Western Limited star ring Estelle Taylor, Jack Demp- sey's beautiful former wife. The story opens with magnificent masquerade ball in . home of luxury and carries a rapid fire se- quence through a jewel robbery. to the club car of a transcontinental train where a murder adds to the complications. Suspicion is suc- cessively directed to each member of the cast to a climax that Is one of the most brilliant ever captured by the camera. Gertrude Astor. Edmund Burns, Lucian Prtva1 and Eddie Kane are in the cast.