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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-25

what might be In store? She swung
out into the street. Fifth avenue
was faded and willing in the Au-
gust sunshine. Even the shop win
dows seemed dusty and the mer-
| chandise, usually 80 enticing, was
dimmed by the blazing noon light.
But Ellen felt the customary lift
of spirit as she left the store.
She was almost eager now for the
coming adventure. After all. she
had never been inside Dreamland.
There was no reason why it might
not be fun. There would be youth
there at least. 1t was better to
dance than to sit evening after eve
ming In a stuffy apartment wonder
ing how two small salaries were
| to be stretched to feed and clothe
three adults and one active boy.
Thta feeling Of suppressed ex-
element was still with her when
she reached the dancehall a few
steps off Broadway and plunged In
| to the graceful dusk of the build
ing. It left her abruptly when, at
| the second floor, she left the eleva-
tor and stepped into Dreamland
| The big, over-decorated room.
even with all the shades drawn, APP
/ peared cheap and tawdry. The pa
per roses that shaded the lights
were not only imitation--they were
dirty. The floor, not yet swept. was
mussy with confetti remaining from
the night before. Nor did the peel
ing gilt chairs and tables arranged
around the walls present q setting
for romance. Or the glass ticket
booth near the door like the ticket
boths Of motion picture houses.
| As though romance were for sale!
Ellen squared her jaw. assured
| herself that she had not come for
| romance, and walked toward the
door marked "Office--Jacob Salo-
mon, manager" She was a little
+, surprised that there were no other
f, girls waiting and little cast down
as well. That probably was a clear
indication that, Dreamland jobs
! were not too profitable.
She knocked at the frosted glass
door. A querulous voice bade her
enter.
Jacob Solomon did not rise when
| she came in. He was wearing q
hat. He did not remove his hat.
Nor did he remove the cigar in his
mouth when he inquired her bust
ness. Ellen told him.
"D'Ja ever dance protest. nally?"
mo, ! haven't. But I'm very
good Dance" replied Ellen In Il
voice AZ brusque az his own.
She had no intention of being in
undated by Jacob Solomon. He
leaned across his untidy desk
wound UP a portable victrola, put
on Il record and stood up.
"Tll try you out" he said.
Ellen looked startled. But evil
IDENTIFY Solomon expected her to
dance with him. He was holding
out his arms. She had never be-
fore danced with Il man In his shirt
sleeves. q man wearing a hat and
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such things. To top this off she
explained tearfuIly that the land
lord had called durin., the morning
for his rent.
what Will we do?" she walled.
Ellen had no better idea of that
than Molly. But she poured forth
reassurances before she hung up
the receiver and turned away. She
gave way "A little then. There were
tears In her wide, thick dashed eyes
and her face, ordinarily so rosy,
was pale with fatigue and naxiety.
She brushed past handsome.
middle-aged man. who had been
waiting at the row Of telephones on
the fifth floor OF Barclays. She did
not notice him until he touched her
on the arm. She turned to face
Steven Barclay, owner Of the de-
partment store.
you're employed here. aren't
you?" he asked.
Ellen's heart gave a great thump.
1t was against the rules to tele-
phone during business hours. 1t
was also against the rules to leave
ones counter. Her counter tended
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-25
BEGIN HERE TODAY

Beautiful ELLEN ROSSISTER who works by day salegrl
Barclays Department Store lives with her mother. MOLLY RIOS
SITER elder sister, MYRA and her 12yearod brother MIKE
Elens dead father younger in titled English family left
comfortable fortune provide for his wife and children but espon
Molly through fortune Since then the support
the household has developed upon the sisters Their problem
is complicated by Molys needless extavasanee
Molly spends the precious buy unnecessary clothes
for Mike AT her mothers suggestion Ellen decided work night
dance hall hostess until the up She and Mya made
up She and Myra leave together for the days work.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
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When FAT Goes
Back Comes Vim

what modern doctors do. They feed
like gland, taken from food animals.
A famous medical laboratory pre-
pares it to fit the average case.
Marmola has been used for "a
years millions OF boxes OF it. Users
have told others the results, and the
use has spread. Excess fat has been
disappearing fast in those years, as
everybody knows. 1t will go faster
when more people recognize this right
way to reduce.
Go try Marmola. A book in the
box gives the formula, and tells why
it does what it does. Cease the
methods which have failed you. COM
bat the cause. Do what multitudes
are doing with results you see. Go
start today.
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but her voice was cool AZ she ad.
mitted that she did clerk In a store
and meant to continue TO do so.
Solomon indifferently assured her
that such a course was an easy way
TO quick suicide, hut he did not APP
pear tobe really interested.
"Another thing" Ellen said az she
prepared to leave. ~ haven't any
real evening dress. only semi-eve-
ming dresses"
Salomon's feet, which had been
cooked upon the desk, came down
on the floor.
"Won't do" he said. II might as
well tell you that the evening
clothes are the catch. They wear
out fast here. And you gotta have
EN-. This Is classy place. Part
of our advertising Is Every beauti-
full hostess in the latest from
Paris'."
won't do. We're in this biz for
money-not for our health" lie
added speculatively, hIs eyes Gu
rious. mo reason why "A Jane as
good looking as you are shouldn't
have all the evening buds in the
WOTIu. NO TedoDI lOI lIldL IudlieI
why you should be clerking in a
store or working here either"
AS Ellen, angry and discouraged
went out the door, he called af-
ter her, 1.-THE jobs always open if
you manage to scare up the dress"
Late that afternoon, Ellen. Bit
terly disappointed at losing the $40
or $25 a week, telephoned to the
Brooklyn apartment house. There
was long wait while good-natured
Mrs Slancy climbed the stairs to
bring Molly to the phone. But the
wait was easier than the explana-
ton. Molly Rossiter made it very
hard. She could not understand
why Ellen had not persuaded Salo-
mon to take her without the even
ing dress. She never understood
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Ellen smiled family.
"I'm afraid II isn't all" she OBJ
sreved unruffled. II have to be sat
lsfied with the job too. What Is the
salary?".
mo salary. Commissions. The
boys pay 10 cents dance straight
dancing. You can pick up more
giving private lessons. You get
half the takings. You split your
tips too--if any"
He squinted his eyes and regard
ed her with the cold glance of a
surgeon or musical comedy d.
rector.
you're good-lookinG," he admit
ted as IL he had JUS noticed It.
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smoking a cigar. But she stepped
firmly forward.
Ellen was light and graceful
dancer. She was surprised to
find that Solomon, for all his bulk,
danced better than any partner she
had ever had before. After two
turns of the room he released her.
mopped his forehead and topped
into his swivel chair again.
you're o. k.," he announced.
"Turn up with your evening dress
at eight o'clock tonight. You're al
lowed Mondays off IL you want 'em.
Take any other night off, without
explaining in advance, and you're
fired. That's ALL"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-25
CHAPTER II

During long hot morning Barclays department store
Myras words fingered with Ellen Myra had said that the Rosse
family would always be jump ahead of the poohous Myta
had said ROSTER girls would find financially able
to marry them pang her heart Ellen thought of Mya
engaged years Bert with easess waiting to-
the opportunity break that She thought of little
Mike In an age specialization Mike have his chance But
how was that chance How Mike college as
other boys did? Mike get education? All of the
desired and beauty and luxury in fe All OF them
deserved those things
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The World Way

The right way for treating obesity is
now employed by doctors the world
over. 1t is based on a new discovery
"a gland cause.
Modern science finds that great
cause of excess fat lies in a scanty
gland secretion. Then food which
should be turned to energy simply
piles up fat. Thus people grow both
fat and lazy through the same gland
cause.
Doctors everywhere now feed that
lacking factor. They know that alb
normal exercise and diet can never
bring fat down, and vim back, while
that lack exists.
Marmola prescription tablets do
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by another girl. was six floors below
In the basement.
II am employed here" she said
in a strained low VOICE.
"Will you step into my Office,
please?'
Ellen clamped her toeth into her
lower lip. As she silently followed
him she called forth all her re-
serve to meet this final calamity.
So she was TO lose her job at Bar
clay's!
ITO BE Confinued)
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You got class too. I guess you'll
knock the spots off any Of the host
esses we have now. You ought to
make three or four dollars an eve
ming easy--six or seven on Satur-
days. Easier than clerking in q
store. That what you do now"
Ellen was considerably taken
nback. Color rose in her cheeks,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15

DR.. Mcbride Tells League
Directors Issue viii Play
Big Role This Year.

The Anti-Saloon League might as well
face the fact that there will be no
landslide in 1892 in favor of prohibition
as there was in 1925" DR.. F. Scott Nc
Bride, general superintendent, told the
Board of Directors at a meeting in the
Mayflower Hotel this morning, which
precedes the opening session of the
twenty-fifth biennial national conven-
ton of the league there tonight.
The drys must dig in for a Gtern fight
in the presidential and congressional
elections if they are to withstand the
onslaught of wet forces, Or. Mcbride
warned
The contest will be in territory where
the vets have the advantage ON account
of the prevailing negative of business
situations, DR.. Mcbride said. "If the
Democrats have wisdom and unity
enough to avoid staggering over whis-
ky bottle and will nominate an out
standing, high-class constitutionalist,
they have good chance to win"
Work for Dry Nominee Urged.
Indicating the probable tenor of the
declaration of policy which the board
of directors are to formulate late today.
DR.. Mcbride said the league should
work to the utmost for a dry nominee
in each of the major political parties
and should not commit its support to
any candidate in the election until after
both conventions have adjourned He
predicted the prohibition issue would
play a large part in the presidential
campaign. THE economic situation will
have much to do with the outcome"
he added
Counseling the league to take an
omni-partisan attitude as in the past,
DR.. Mcbride urged close cooperation
of national and local dry forces to OBJ
tain the election of President favor
able to prohibition.
mo previous result will make secure
prohibition in the election of 1882
1896. The outcome of the national
election as to prohibition will be great
ly influenced by the economic outcome
for the next 10 months. Under present
conditions, there is real fight on. 1t
Is good time to wake up and fight as
We have not since the coming of pro-
hibition. We have had it too easy down
to date.
The issues will be drawn decisively
In Congress and as to reelection of
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15
B U LIE T | N

The Washington Mechanics Savings
Bank. Ninth and East Capitol Streets,
was held up by several armed band
its this afternoon. The men are be-
lieved to have escaped in a waiting
sedan. The amount of their loot was
fixed tentatively at from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15
.|LSLEY SLAyERS
SOUGHT IN HILLS
Two CoIored Men Believed
Hiding in Mountains West
of Leesburg.

The slayers Of Mrs. Agnes B. llsley,
socially prominent Middleburg' Va
sportswoman, and her maid, Mrs. Nina
Buckner, were believed to be hiding
today in the mountains of Virginia.
While police in every State on the
Atlantic Coast were prepared to arrest
anv colored man answering the de-
scription of George Crawford, dis
charged chauffeur for Mrs. Ilsley ana
one of the suspected murderers, Detec-
tive Sergt. Dennis ]. Murphy OF the
Washington homicide squad was on ms
wav to the mountains west Of Middle
burg and Leesburg. uo
Murphy left police headquarters mere
this morning following receipt OF up
that Crawford and another coloreo man
believed to have been his accompilce
in the killings, had secreted themselves
in "the mountains" The detective re-
fused to reveal where the pair was sup
posed to have sought refuge.
Seek Others Identity.
Shortly before Murphys departure
Lieut.. John Fowler, police oaiilstic ca
nSrf, lett IOT nlCliInOAAo, "ANA
10 establish the identity OF the otiei
cclored man. .,
Crawford has spent considerable Time
in the Virginia capital, it was pointed
out and some Of his friends there may
know the name of his companion; ne
and another colored man, thought 70
have been an ex-convict like ninsen,
we're seen Just outside Richmond lie"
GAYS before the dual Staying.
On his way to 1.-The mountains
Murphy planned to stop of at MIDDLE
blIrg and endeavor to have residents OF
the section identify photographs OF
Crawford as those of one OF two coioreo
men seen in the town the day before
the killings. ..u.
The pictures, according to Inspector
Frank Burke, chief of the washington
defective Bureau, were forwarded mere
! hv Richmond police. Crawford, 1t Was
! explained, served term in the VIZ
GINA Penitentiary for larceny.
Crawford Was Armed.
| Commonwealth Attorney John Gale
her of Ioudoun County, Va, also wal
! en- route to Richmond. The purpose
of his trip. it was understood, was U
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column ID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15
AL SMITHS SON
HELD IN FATALITY
Detained on Technical Charge
After Automobile Kills
Pedestrian.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, January 15.-Former
Gov. Alfred E. Smiths youngest son,
Walter j., was arrested on a technical
with street accident which police said
was entirely unavoidable.
Harry Wallace, a 55-year-old resident
of the Bowery, was killed when, police
said, he walked in front of an auto
mobile young Smith was driving. The
technical charge was made as matter
of police routine, police announcing that
no culpability attached to Smith.
Hearing was set for week from
today.
Young Smith spent the night after
the accident in the detectives room
but his identity was not realized for
several hours by police reporters be-
cause of an error in the original report
to headquarters.
In this report the prisoner was de-
scribed as Walter Smith, 80, of 81
Fifth avenue" Former Gov. Smith
lives at 81 Fifth avenue, and when this
address was at last noticed by reporters,
investigation quickly revealed the tden-
tity of the youth.
Smith, accompanied by Frances B
Smith, formerly of Maiden, Mass, and
said to be a relative, was driving on
Lexington avenue about 2:40 am. when
the accident occurred He told police
Wallace stepped In front Of the car. He
placed Wallace in the car and drove
with him to Harlem Hospital. Hospital
authorities notified police and Detective
Michael Miniter arrested him.
After spending the night in the po-
lice station, Smith was taken to Homi-
eide Court, where he was placed in the
detention pen. His brother, Alfred E.
Smith. 1r., an attorney, was in court to
defend him.
When the case was called before Mag
istrate H. Stanley Renaud, Smith was
represented by John j. Glynn of the
law firm of Curtin & Glynn. There
was no hearing and Smith was released
in 81 1000 bail for examination next
Friday. January %.
Smith appeared much shaken and
shielded his face with his hat from
photographers. Before the case was
called Magistrate Renaud ordered all
photographers to leave and announced
he would entertain a charge of disor-
derly conduct against any who tried to
take Smiths picture In the court room.
Glynn asked that the case be ad-
journed, explaining that his client is
attending college and expected to sit in
examinations.
The police said the accident was I'M
avoidable and that Smith told them he
was driving at about 90 miles an hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15
POLICE PROMOTIONS
RECEIVE APPROVAL
j. Z. Bobo Will Advance to Cap.
tain and John Flaherty
to Lieutenant.

promotion Of Lieut.. James E. Bobo
10 De a captain and Detective Sergt
John Flaherty to be a lieutenant was
approved today by the District Commits
SlonerS In connection with a reorgani-
zatlon OF the Police Department to be
put into effect tomorrow morning at 6
O'Clock.
Bobo, night inspector. will be put
IN command Of the special investigation
squad at police headquarters over which
inspector James F. Beckett has gen.
eral supervision. Flaherty will be trans
ierred from the Detective Bureau to the
fourth precinct to fill a lieutenancy
which has been vacant there for several
weeks.
For SO years Bobo has been con-
nected with the Police Department
serving in various precincts in his climb
10 captaincy. Flaherty has been at
tached to the Detective Bureau for a
number of years, and distinguished
himself as member of the homicide
squad when Capt. Edward j. Kelly was
at its head
Bobo and Flaherty were the only
members OF the department promoted
Other changes involve the transfer OF
number of men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15
RAIL LABOR FARLEY
DEFERS DISCUSSIONS
Executives Await Receipt Of Au'
thority Committee Needs to
Proceed.
3y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 15.-Consider-
aticn of the employment problems OF
the Nations railroads was deferred
again today by lack of the proper au-
thority from certain Western roads and
one Eastern line and opening of the
first Joint session of brotherhood and
railway presidents was scheduled for
2 pm.
Daniel Willard, president OF the
Baltimore 81 Ohio Railroad and chair
man of the conference group OF nine
executives, asked the indulgence OF
Chairman David B. Robertson of the
union men. The meeting, originally
intended to open yesterday, had been
postponed until 10 am. today.
Willard said he was communicating
by telephone with the railway leaders
from whom the committee had not yet
received the measure OF authority 1t
required.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15
SENATE HONOLULU.
PROBE WAITS QUIZ
Pratt and Army and Navy
Heads Called to Hearing
Tomorrow.

With heads of several Government
departments in attendance, the Senate
Committee on Territories will meet to-
morrow to consider the question of
whether there should be an investiga-
ton of conditions in Hawaii by Sem
ate committee.
This was announced in the Senate to-
day by Chairman Bingham of the Ter
ritories Committee during a discussion
of the Mcclellan resolution to provide
for Senate investigation. Action by
the Senate will await report from
Senator Binghams committee as re-
suit Of the preliminary hearings sched-
uled for tomorrow.
The question arose in the Senate to-
DAY when the Audit and Control Com
rnittee which passes on the cost OF
Senate investigations. reported on Sem
ator McKellar's proposal with recon-
mendation that the question go to the
Territories Committee for report be-
fore being voted on.
Senator Bingham announced that
among those who had been asked to
attend the committee meeting tomor-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15

Receipt at the Office of Assistant Sec
rotary of Commerce Julius Klein of a
suspicious package addressed to that
official threw the new Department of
Commerce Building into turmoil this
afternoon.
Some one shouted"It's bomb" after
a porter attached to DR.. Klein's ONCE
had poked the package with a long
stick.
Building guards rushed into the
courtyard where the porter was attempt
ing to make his long-distance examina-
ton. They agreed with him that the
package looked suspicious and notlfed
police headquarters. Three oetectlNeS
we're sent to the scene.
Behind the massive bronze gates Oh
the buildings courtyard, the ponce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-15
POLICEMAN SLUGS PHOTOGRAPHER
AT FUNERAL OF SLAIN WOMAN
Knocks Cameraman Pavement in Carrying Out MIN
ister's Order Banning Pictures.

awaited. however, to serve the warrant.
The minister's refusal to allow photo
graphs at the funeral was contrary to
permission granted by the dead woman'S
family.
Roberts and Fred Cole, photographer
for the Daily News, were arrested oy
Stafford as a result Of their protest.
The police officer also attempted to ar
rest the photographers of other news
papers, but they eluded him.
Abner Bealles. a Times photog-
rapher, and Robert Clark, International
News Reel man, were arrested little
later, but all four were released when
Magistrat Roy Seaton announced he
could think of no charges" under
which the men could be held.
Acting with the permission of Paul
Boeing. Mrs. Ilsley's brother, the
photographers took pictures OF the
casket being taken from the Emmanuel
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