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Evening star., 1932-03-06

who had often been called the incest man 10
town by other mems wives.
Two dollars" Wis was not to be outdone.
"At-a-boy, Wsie! Say you must know what's
in that grab" fat youth accused IN take
a chance and make it four"
THE moisture gathered on Wiswell Holden's
brow. That ass to hi-jack him like that!
And how pretty Polly looked up there, calling.
-Four dollars I'm bid. Do I hear another?
Come, bid another dollar. somebody! What's
five dollars for the good of the cause?"
The cause! Five dollars and not cent
more!" beloved Wis. After all, five dollars
was little enough to pay for a principle.
Five dollars! Splendid! Do hear another?
Going-going- gone! Sold to Mr.. Holden for
five dollars. Here you are darling"
For one awful moment Wiswen felt sink
ing sensation in the pit of his stomach. He
knew that gleam in PolIys eye! Suppose but
no, they had to be in that last chance! With
a return of confidence he undid his red bow,
while a curious group of onlookers pressed
closer. His trembling hands tore at the wrap
ping in triumphant haste. Out sprawled
pink corSelette, alive with writhing garterS
Blindly he fled Sorority Hall. He needed
comfort. Once in the sanctity of his own home
he took swig of Polly's dandelion wine When
his wife returned half an hour later he pre-
tended to be asleep
Have good time darling?" She was on
Made me the laughing stock of Hopesdale,"
snorted Wis Made a goat out of your own
husband
The best sport you mean Who else coughed
up five dollars for the poor little Orphans"
Polly pulled the bed light switch. why if he
hasn't gone and set that wine glass down on
his nice clean flannels!"
Holden popped up like a jack-in-the- box.
my pants" he blinked.
"Of course darling. When I saw in the
garden he'd set his heart those pants,
bribed Nora to stick a clothespin on her nose
and"
And good thing, too!' Self-respect surged
through Wis manly chest. She hadn't dared
give away his pants! There was one home
in Hopesdale where the husband still wore the
pants and was boss. I'm glad you aren't like
that Gorham woman, leading poor George
round by the nose
mo. darling cooed Polly, II wouldn't want
to lead you round by your funny nose" AS
she leaned over to give him a light kiss Wiswell
saw that her eyes were dancing demons.
Suspiciously he unfolded the white f1annels
II told Nora to boil them and boil then till
she got all the dirt out. Too bad. Polly sighed.
they've shrunk so you can never wear them
again!"
tCopyright, 1932)
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however, for various contests in the present
day date back to the Pythian games for their
original inspiration. There are, for instance,
the local and national contests for art and
sculpture Artists from all over the world
compete in the big International displays to
seek honors and prizes.
In music the fame Of the Welsh Estedfod is
world wide. At this meeting singers and cho-
ruses from many lands meet to compete in
contests, in which the various competitors sing
or perform the same composition before a group
of skilled judges The Atwater Kent radio
contest is development of the same sort, with
the local elinainations leading up to q final
national contest
The young orators of the country, meeting
In their regional contests from which the win
ners advance to the national and then inter-
national contests can look back to the Pythian
games for the origin of their competition.
Unlike the Olympic games which have grad
ually reached out to embrace all types of sport
and gather them under a single control, the
Pythian games have been broken up and scat
tered into the various categories that originally
were combined. Because of the diversifcation,
the origin of many of the modern contests ,is
forgotten, but the Pythian games have had :
more profound effect upon the culture Of the
world than the olympic games have had upon
the athletic.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
Continued from Sepenth Page

Miller vault, an open-top tomb. Here close
by. is the grave of Samuel Nichols Smallwood,
mayor of Washington who died September 49,
1924. His age is given as So, and we told
he was native of Charles County and citi-
zen of the District of Columbia for 80 years.
And here also is the grave of that noted early
speculator in District property, James Green
leaf, who, according to his attractive monu-
ment, died September IT, 1843.
THE old Argyle mansion, located on Upshur
street west of Sixteenth, is beautiful old
home owned, the writer has been told, by
Senator Porter H. Dale, who seems to like old
residences. 1t is quite a good-sized structure
and looks as though time had treated it very
kindly. In the early days, according to a
statement to the writer, this old mansion was
for while occupied by Baron Bodisco, the
Russian Minister, who married the youthful
Miss Williams of Georgetown when he was
beyond middle age, and here the homely Min
Evening star., 1932-03-06

YES there was a letter! Gone home to mother"
he feared it would say; but it proved to be
only millinery opening. He questioned Nora,
to be told graphically, She's out"
"Whered she go, Nora?"
Evening star., 1932-03-06

She didn't say. I heard Mis- Holden say
she'd better start early because the rubbish
sale opened at 6:3o Will you have your dinner
now, sir?'
Yes right away" Polly hadn't left him thenl
He breathed easier. He dispatched his deli
cious calves liver and bacon, carrots and green
peas, scarcely tasting them. An avalanche of
scalding coffee washed down Nora's unusually
tempting Washington pie.
After sprinkling his neglected baby zinnias
he made a dash for Sorority Hall. The rum
mage sale was in full swing. He found George
Gorham at his post just inside the door, as
agreed upon on the train.
Found anything yet?'
Nope. But it's early. Nobodys left Lookit
Wis, that behemoth over there She's lust
bought a grab with a red bow on it and isn't
that white flannel peeking out the wrappings?
I'd try her"
"Okay." Wis slithered across the floor toward
a portly woman with Plymouth Rock hauteur
and visage like the Rock of Gibraltar
Timidly he touched her elbow: Pardon me,
madam, h-h-have you my pants?"
We'll, never!' in startled gasp. Sir, how
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but George joined him as the train pulled in
Gorham all keyed up. What do you
think drew, Wis? Gee, it's hot one! But it
wasn't so funny last night. Grace waited up
for me and opened the box. 1t had a glass
nursing bottle and two rubber nipples in it,"
THAT good old meerschaum smell! You'd
know 1t anywhere!' snickered Holden. We'll
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That red bow helped you out. How did Mrs.
Holden take it when she saw the pants? Give
you merry aitch?"
"I'll say
what do you care? You've got your pants"
Pants nothing. I brought home" Wis told
him solemnly, "a pair of pink corsets. Laugh
that off
Suddenly both began to laugh. Their
3merrment infected the conductor and all the
passengers. Presently the entire smoking car
'buckled up
Il tell you, let's go to their confounded rum
mage sale tonight and make another stab at it,
This is matter Of principle with me- It's
even more than that now. I've got to convince
my wife about" But the entire car had its
bar out, SO Wis piped down.
BY the time the train crossed the Mystic
River the two men had plan. They parted at
The right ramp in the North Station, Wis to
AXE the subway and George to walk uptown.
A precisely five minutes of that afternoon
Mr.. Holden whistled La-da- -da- -aa-La-da
-da-deee!-as wont to do in the old courtship
lays to announce his arrival No response
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Nope. What do you think was
in that long thing-my office UNI
brella. I had hunted everywhere
for it. Kinda greenish and
shabby, but gosh! who cares when
you're stuck in town and it's
raining cats and dogs? You're
Evening star., 1932-05-22

sure that I loved that woman-more than I
had ever loved any one in my life. 1t was
passion! Her enslaving smile haunted me.
"She must fall for me-" I said to myself.
81 can't live without her." And any other
man tried to hog her away from me he'd have
to take the consequences was ALI
I didn't see Phyllis again until that evening
In the dining room cher table was about three
from mine) and I smiled at her engagingly
couple Of times, but didn't want to appear
like I was rushing things, for. as Shakespeare
said, Fools rush In where angels fear to
didn't mean much to me. I merely bowed and
smiled at her as If she were only an ordinary
guest who was nothing more In my young life
than any of the other guests.
But my how entrancingly beautiful she was!
She had on q jetblack georgette evening dress,
and the exquisite long coal-black earrings
which swung from the 1obes of her ears
OF her throat and low-necks bosom I could
understand now what Tennyson meant when
he said: Temptation, thy name Is woman!"
She certainly was tempting enough. And I
perceived that mine weren't the only pair OF
masculine eyes which stole furtive giances at
her there in the dining room. There were at
least half dozen others. But didn't even
consider them as rivals. knew that II I
really seriously made love to beautiful woman
I would probably be irresistible
But wouldn't rush things tonight. I could
have gone into the ball room later on and
danced few turns with her, but my feet still
hurt me pretty bad, so retired to my room
instead, to map out my plan Of campaign for
the following day.
She would probably come out of the dining
room the following morning Il said to myself)
after breakfast and sit down in one of the
rocking chairs on the veranda. Then could
go up to her and smile, say good morning
make q few casual remarks about the weather
or something-then ask her if she wouldn't
like to take little stroll, probably up to the
spring, a quarter mile back of the hotel.
went over that plan in my mind several
times it seeming feasible enough, and after
while dropped asleep Dropped asleep and
dreamed about Phyllis
Everthing went off all right except that
Phyllis didn't do as anticipated. She didn't
Evening star., 1932-05-22

come on the veranda at all after breakfast
but after had waited there nearly a half hou
big swell car circled up in front of the hote
and young fellow In white flannel pants ant
a brown sport coat hoped out and ran up tn
porch steps, disappearing into the lobby.
About minutes later he came out, laughing
with some woman holding on to his arm. And
my stars she was Phyllis. And she was laugh,
ing, too. The young fellow helped her In til
car and the next thing knew 1t had whiz3eI
of down the road.
had tried to smile at Phyllis as she passe|
near where was sitting but she hadn't seeme|
to see me.
I sat there on the porch the remainder d
the morning and looked out across the BAY
and that afternoon walked up to the sprin|
and drank some water. 1t was almost o'clocl
when returned to the hotel and when wa!
almost there saw the yellow roadster turntnI
out of the lower end of the driveway, and
realized that Phyllis Kemp had returned! 4
DUT 1t was not until dinner that I again hal
- the pleasure of feasting my eyes upo|
her. Tonight she wore an exquisite saffroI
gown and she looked more beautiful, II ths|
were possible, than the night before, her beaut1
being heightened by the richness the day.
exposure to the sun and wind had given hS
complexion.
Really was positively enamoreo. mad
look at her. And two or three times when 81
caught my eyes In the act she smiled at m
in that same alfuring way she had the 9th
afternoon, and I realized more than ever b
fore that I just simply couldn't live witho
her.
But the sandspurs were growing under n
feet. The precious hours were slipping by ar
I wasn't accomplishing anythingI muj
act! SO, when, later on that evening, notice
her strolling into the ball room on some man
arm, decided that even If my feet stin
hurt me, I'd go in there and dance with he
myself.
May have the pleasure?" said coup
of minutes later as I tapped the young felloI
she was waltzing with on the shoulder.
Certainly" he answered, and the me-
thing knew, Phyllis Kemp was In my arms
actually In themi
Evening star., 1932-05-22
Il Story ofLo0e an

"YOu don't haze to do
it if you don't ,Oant to,
Miss Kemp" 1 said,
'but l thought if it ,oas
all right ioith you toe
might kiss each Other"
Evening star., 1932-05-22
Another ofThe
Star rMagazines s
Fwyt-Run Stories.
'The Wheel of
Destiny "bySusan
E. Clagett, WiH
Be Featured IN the
Magazine Next
Sunday.

a AHEN beautiful woman looks at
an old bachelor the way that
n irresistible brunette looked at
NM me I might as well be frank
" and admit that it has a most
stimulating effect upon ones
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
KANSAS CITY MAN
 |NVENTS MACHINE
 F0R PLACER GOLD

w. C. Rickel, of Kansas City, is in Denver arranging to take pla- cer machine, which he has perfect ed, to the Washington Placer near Breckenridge, Colo, formerly own ed by Senator Henry M Teller. MT. Rickel says he has been demon Strating his machine in Denver to the satisfaction of numerous min ing men and engineers. The ma chine represent six years of devel- opment and experimentation and some $25,000 of expense.
 Following are some of the feat ures embodied in the Rickel ma chine: Three way motion, plane tary at both ends with different speeds; a rocking motion varying in degree as desired; longitudinal motion. Altogether this motion combines the principles Of the fol- lowing standard devices: Gold min CTS pan, sluice box, Hume, long tom, rocker, ocean undertow, cas- cading, wave motion, amalgama- tion, carpet process, Hungarian rifles, concentration, etc, This combination avoids caking of con- tents, says the inventor.
 The Rickel machine will work in connection with steam shovel equipment. All assay by J. w. Richards & Son of Denver of head and tail samples from a test on Clear Creek gravel showed a recov- cry of 9634 per cent considered very good since this gravel is mixed with mill tailings.
 MT. Rickel expects to have his machine in operation near Breck- enridge in June.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
BRITISH COLUMBIA
 COLD PLACER FIELD
 |S STAGING A BOOM

CRANBROOK, B. C., June 24. - This week witnessed the active pre- parations on the part of some 30 men for the Perry Creek placer fields. Included in the number of gold seekers are some 20 local Chin csc, who are outfitting for sea- sons work in the vicinity.
 A number of gold shipments reached Cranbrook from Wild Horse recently, the largest recovery total ing two ounces. New sluice boxes, rockes and pans are finding their way to the diggings in quest of the precious metal.
 A large number of provincial free miners certificates have been is miners certificates have been issu- ed from the Cranbrook office of the mining record.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
SCHMEL|NG MAY BE
 MATCHED WITH SAILOR
 0NE YEAR FROM NOW

NEW YORK, June 24, The post mortems over the Sharkey-Schmel- ing fight has resulted only in a statement by the Boxing Commis- sion that the affair is closed case and Madison Square Garden pro missed to arrange third meeting between the two.
 Bert Stand, secretary of the New York State Athletic Commission, formally announced that no off, cial action had been requested in the matter and that none would be taken. Stand said "Sharkey won the fight fairly He is the world champion"
 Jimmy Johnston, shrewd director of boxing for the Garden, took ad- vantage of the situation to an- nounce that he would arrange for a return match in September or next June. Sport writers and fans throughout the country are in dis agreement over the 15-round deci- sion which passed the title to Jack Sharkey. Most believe Schmeling won.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
BERING DID NOT DISCOVER ALASKA, ACCORDING TO
 RECENT DATA

In a pamphlet reprinted from the Journal of American History Theodore s. Farrelly marshals evil dence to show that Alaska was dis covered and settled more than a century and half before the ac- cepted date of TAI.
 The evidence consists of compil- lationS made by small group of men in St. Petersburg at about the time of the outbreak of the World War. The archives Of the capital of Russia says Rev. Nicholas J. Kedroff an official of the church, show that plans were under way for a search party to rediscover the sites of the first settlements when the war interfered.
 While conducting further search of the records Father Kedroff is said to have found narrative mentioning an expedition which had colonized in what appears from the context to have been Alaska before 1900.
 In substance the recital recOunts that in the year 1870, a large group of Russian refugees from the city of Great Novgorod set sail from a river in northern Siberia, across the Pacific for America, in fleet or seven vessels. Arriving, Russian priests in the party built church and founded a town which they named "Anadir."
 On analyzing the validity of these contentious as to early col onization, there is found certain encouragement for the belief that there did exist Russian settlements in Alaska before the date given in most histories for the discovery credited to Boring
 When discussing the early mi grations out of Russia, says MT. Farrelly, we know that Russia, us- ing the name in the broadest sense, went through many stages of vio- lent domestic upheaval before the end of the 18th century; that the frightfulness of many of them, es- pecially those of the reign of Car Ivan Vassilievich the Terrible, was beyond description; escape of the vanquished beyond the ultimate boundaries was often the price of life. All avenues of escape were closed save to Siberia and the Aleutian chain of islands, which
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
RUSSIAN RECORDS SHOW ALASKA VAS
 SETTLED PRIOR TAI

marked route to Alaska and safe ty. It was but a step across, and intercourse between the primitive peoples of the two had been com mon from time immemorial.
 That a complete and compre- hensive history of this earliest ex- odus was not made available is ex- plained thru the circumstances of these migrations. While the Span lards and other explorers enlarged upon their exploits in order to el- evate their prestige, publicity by the emigres was the least thing de- sired, rather counting secrecy as to their movements and final desti- nation.
 AS all history of America was compiled after the invention of printing, it is natural that what occurred prior to that time, lost much thru the tedium and labor involved. These hand-compiled re- cords are now in the archives of the Soviet government and offer splendid field for research on the part of the modern historian. Be- lief that practically complete re- cord exists is fortified by the fact that the peak of Muscovite civili- zation in some regions was reach ed prior to the date of invention of printing The city of Novgorod was approximately ten times as populous as it is today, and as great in cultural respects.
 Manuscripts, written from verbal reports of explorers and travellers are what we now have to rely on for reference, many of which says MT, Farrelly, undoubtedly were un- touched by Bancroft and other compilers of Alaskan history.
 Maps, copies of which are in ex- iStence, and one of which has been loaned The Gateway, offer a crude effort at delineating the coast line of Alaska from Point Barrow to Cape Spencer. This chart, executed in 1897, teens with Latin nomen- clature. The chart approximates Seward as located in latitude 42 N. longitude 205 E. As near as can be interpreted from the chart it is on Bahia de las Islas (Bay of Is ,lands) with Cook Inlet and Por- tage bay joining somewhere about the spot where Knik Arm intrudes northward past Anchorage.
 The draughtsman executing the chart established an alibi desig- hating most of "Anian Regnum" (Unknown Region)
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
DUBLIN IS SCENE 0F
 RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS

DUBLIN, June 24, Thousands of Catholic pilgrims crowded St. Mary's cathedral for the celebra- tion of mass on the second day of the international Eucharistic con- gress.
 General meetings and lectures were held at local theaterS and at University College. The Papal Le- gate, Cardinal Lauri, was to take the salute this afternoon from the thousands of men participating in a mass meeting at Phoenix Park.
 Great crowds assembled at all meetings, but only a small percen- tage of the million or more pill grims, gained admission.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
BONUS SEEKERS MAY PUT
 THIRD PARTY INTO FIELD

WASHINGTON, D. C., June "A, Plans for a convention of the veteran bonus seekers to decide whether their political ctivity would be confined to fighting bo- nus opponents or whether they will organize a third party move, were laid here by the leaders of this ragged army of world war veterans.
 The opponents to the bonus are attempting to make a survey of the petitioners to find out how many of them actually were in active ser vice or whether most of them were last draft training camp soldiers, or not.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
GRAVE OF CHICAGO
 RACKETEER WAS BEING
 DISTURBED BY CH0ULS

CHICAGO, June 24, - Mayor G.. Hahn. of South Chicago Heights, called the leaden bluff of three bandits on the deserted highway near here and, disregarding his personal danger, shot one to death and forced the others to flee.
 The trio of ghoulS, apparently ln- tent on robbing the grave of Geo. Red" Barker, labor racketeer and public enemy, who was recently slain by rival gangsters, were bending over the ground and had started to dig into the grave when they were seen by Hahn ~ho shot it out with them.
 Valuable papers and ewelry, which were reported to have been buried with the gangster, was be- lieved to have been the motive for the thievery. The caretaker asked them what they were doing and they answered with a volley of bull lets, but missed him.
 About this time Mayor Hahn came along when he opened fire on them.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
FRANCE, BRITAIN AGREE
 GERMANY CAN'T PAY

GENEVA, June "A, Premier Ed ouard Herriot of France and Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald of Great Britain, agreed tentatively that Germany cannot be asked to pay her reparation debt now or during the period of recovery from the world crisis.
 This development followed re- newal of the British drive to wipe off the reparations slate clean, wh m Macdonald conferred for two hours with Herriot.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
WRECKED FLYER
 Is LANDED MIAMI

MIAMI, June "A, This vacation city declared a holiday of it's own today for Stanislaus Hausner, mo- tion picture operator and flier, who clung seven days without food or water to his wrecked plane, and who yesterday returned from Eur ope.
 He told his friends here that Eff I had a plane I'd be willing to try the same flight tomorrow.
 His recent unsuccessful attempt to hop the Atlantic was financed by friends, at Warsaw and in the United States.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
SOME DELEGATES MAY
 HOLD 0UT FIRST BALLOT

CHICAGO, June 24, (PD-Clainls of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt's spokesmen that he will be nomi- mated for the presidency by the Democratic party on the conven- tion's first ballot, were debated by his rivals.
 There are reports indicating that he may fall short about 100 votes and this estimate is based upon belief that many favorite votes, and instructed delegates headed by Alfred Smith of New York, will hold out against the Governor for enuff ballots to prevent a band wagon rush.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-24
sARAzEN IS FAVOR|TE
 NATIONAL GOLF MATCHES

FLUSHING, N. J., June "A, - Gene Sarazen, who used to be U. s. open champion and who is the present title holder, went out yes terday and made himself a snappy par 70 in beating the great Bobby Jones, 3 to 1, to remain firm fav- orite on the eve of the National Golf tournament.
 The Sarazen-JoneS duel was scarcely more than friendly match, but it served to demonstrate Genes scoring ability on the lengthy and tricky Fresh Meadow course.