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Evening star., 1933-01-29

IT was little before noon on the third day
] out from New Orleans as the Adventure was
entering the Gulf of Honduras that Tony
Chalmers descended from the bridge after q
talk with the captain.
He went toward his cabin. He opened the
door-and then caught his breath suddenly.
Seated in front of him and looking amazing
ly trim and cool in an open-necked khaki shirt
and knee breeches was Cynthia Howard.
He took step forward.
"Cynthia-"
Then he hesitated and the light died out of
his eyes.
How did you get on board?" he asked
curtly.
She smiled. Bribery and corruption. You
Tony cut her short "You mean you slowed
away?"
Exactly"
And what do you propose doing now you're
here?"
She smiled again II intend to stay here
until" She hesitated.
"Yes?"
She tilted her exquisite chin Until you've
asked me to marry you" she said coolly.
Tony eyed her steadily.
I'm going up on deck" he said, ito make
arrangements for you to be landed at Belize"
Cynthia shook her head.
you're not" she said firmly. I'm going to
stay here"
your joke a little too far?" The sight of her
tempting lips seemed to madden him little.
And don't you think you've tormented me
enough with your tomfoolery?"
For a moment they stood looking steadily at
each other. And then if half ashamed OF
his outburst Tony walked to the center of the
cabin and sank into chair
Cynthia crossed slowly to where he sat and
stood beside him.
why not tell me you love me?" she said
softly. you do, you know you do"
He put a hand up to his head Il know it."
he said, "but-"
She stopped and kissed his cheek.
And I love you" she whispered; then she
dropped to her knees before him. "Oh, I'm not
pretending, Tony-really I'm not. I love you,
and II do want you So"
There was a breathless little silence
And then, very slowly, Tony lifted his head
and looked at her.
You mean-you really want me-to marry
you?"
She closed her eyes. Please Tony" she
said, very humbly
And wondering, he put his arms about her
But II thought"
She nodded. Il know About the bet with
Daphne. 1t hateful thing to do. But
when thought I'd lost you - She snuggled
closer to him. II do love you so, Tony"
For moment he held her very close to him,
he lifted her head, saw the tears nesting
among her dark laShes, and
And then he kissed her.
Some time later the good ship Adventure was
steaming full speed ahead toward Belize Tony
knew Belize. And he knew an American par
son there.
Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1933-01-29

But he is,'' persisted Daphne Its perfect
ly obvious. Only a fool could miss it,
Simon grinned ood-humoredly. Thanks.
darling But you sec"
Daphne touched at his arm suddenly.
"Sh!" she whispered. Here they come"
Evening star., 1933-01-29

There was another little silence, then Simon
began chuckling again.
MY DEAR" he said, "it's going to take a
whale of lot to convince me that Tony Chal-
is falling for Cynthia-or any other
woman"
Evening star., 1933-01-29

A BOUT couple hours later, Tony and
~ Simon sat chatting and smoking over
their cocktails Their conversation veered
round once again to the subject of Tonys COM
ing expedition.
when will you be starting?" asked Simon.
Tony's eyes were on his cocktail.
IT had a radiogram from the president this
morning." he replied absently. He says the
ships all ready and waiting at New Orleans.
We ought to get away some time toward the
end of next week. That is, of course, un-
less" He hesitated
UNLESS what?" asked Simon "Is there a
hitch?"
Tony grinned, still very thoughtful.
There may be-" he said slowly But if
there is-it'll be more or less Of my own max
ing"
Tony went This evening I'm going to
ask Cynthia Howard to marry me- If she says
No. we start next week But II she says Yes
I'll put the whole thing off for six months or
So"
There was complete silence. Tony looked up
in some surprise.
well, you might wish fellow some luck"
he said reproachfully.
Simon sat figuring his empty glass "D'you
think she'll say 'YeT?"
Tony stared at him for a moment What
makes you ask?" His voice was suddenly very
quiet.
Simon took a deep breath Nothing only
Cynthia makes rather hobby of leading men
on-and dropping EN-"
Tony sat very still.
And I happen to knew" went on Simon
slowly, that she has a bet on with Daphne
that you'll propose before We reach New York"
There was another little silence Then Tony
bent forward.
rs that true?" he asked thickly
Simon nodded.
Tin sorry he began
Tonly laughed shc rtly and rose to his feet
You needn't be-" he said. The time seems
ripe for congratulations, 1 think
He turned suddenly and walked away. Simon,
looking after his retreating figure swore softly
but deliberately.
THE Paladin ran into fog and maze no
attempt to land her passengers that night
Early the following morning Cynthia went to
Daphnes state room with check for 81 900
and smile that seemed just little forced
You win my dear she said cooly. II must
be getting bit rusty. He went ashore last
night in tug after the fog lifted"
Daphne looked up from the check
And nothing"
Cynthia shook her head
And nothing happened" she said
Daphne glanced down again at the check
Il can't take it," she said slowly. "As
AiattSi VI IdCt, lilllk 1 owe you hunGred
dollars"
Cynthia looked up suddenly But"
Daphne interrupted her. Il broke the rules
You see. my dear, you were so obviously win
ming. And that meant Tony was going to be
hurt-pretty badly. 1t worried me and I spoke
to Simon about it yesterday OF course he
laughed but later on Tony told him he was
going to ask you to marry him-yesterday eve
ming"
Cynthia's hands were gripping the arms of
her chair.
Daphne continued. 80 Simon told him
one two things"
Cynthia started to her feet her eyes fam
ing. What do YOU mean-one or two things?"
Daphne looked at her
You know very well what mean, Cynthia"
she said steadily. land it's not the slightest
use getting so indignant about tt"
Indignant" Cynthia stamped her foot
so I mustn't be indignant about it! The one
man in the world I ever cared for"
Daphne's eyes widened
"Wha-at?" she breathed incredulousIy
Cynthia sank back into her chair, her hands
over her eyes,
Evening star., 1933-10-19
What a Sailor!
rom the Worcester Telegram.

From the Worcester Telegram.
Anthony R. Augustus, C. c. s. (chief
commissary steward, to yoW. has re-
tired his 375 pounds from the United
States Navy That Is news. When q
man weighing 375 pounds does any
thing, it's news, although perhaps it
would be most important news II he
took up adagio dancing. BY virtue of
his bulk Chief Augustus would be news
on his retirement from banking, brick
laying, bonesetting or brewing.
1t is perhaps Unnecessary to say that
the last few years of his naval career
have been spent on shore duty at the
Newport torpedo station. Somehow, the
amenities Of life on the rolling deep
seem to call for somebody Of less di-
mensional attainments than those of
Chief Augustus. Although . chief COM
missary stewards daily routine is ac-
complished on solid decks in the bowels
of ship. battle stations are liable to
take most sedentary ratings out Of their
place and stick them In unwanted posi-
tions. Even the lost arrant land
lubber can conceive the impracticability
Of 3 75-pound enlisted man climbing
to the crows nest of destroyer.
In retirement, Chief Augustus will
have ample opportunity to shed luster
upon the United States Navy. Back
home in Fall River, his every appear
ance will attract attention. Disguised
though he may be in civvies, people will
recognize him. Strangers will ask about
him, and natives will tell his history,
and then the strangers will say, "They
must feed 'em well in the Navy" And
perhaps the natives, II they be familiar
with the Navy, win explain that IN the
Navy q chief commissary steward has
more opportunities than most sailors to
feed himself rs he wants to be fed.
Evening star., 1933-10-19

functions work out IN practice. Then.
a4tsr Il has been determined how many
positions can be dropped or how many
new positions may be necessary. the
employees win Be reappointed.
There q, Of course. an interval Of
cruel uncertainty for the employees. In
addition, there y the opportunity for
the exercise Of partisan politics because
Of temporary departure from the merit
system. It Is notable, however, that in
the case Of one reorsanization-the new
immigration and naturalization serv-
ice-employes to be dropped from the
service have been selected by strictly
competitive examination. That rule
should prevail in al reoryanized units
which cut their personnel. And in the
meantime, something should be done to
compensate employees who. through re-
organization and assignment to "tem-
porary" status, lose accrued annual
leave and sick leave to which they are
justly entitled.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Compers' Statue.
Prom the Scranton Times.


That labor Is not ungrateful to men
who stand through thick and thin for
the rights of the workers was attested
today in Washington. where bronze
statue of Samuel Gompers, for 40 years
president of the American Federation
Of Labor was unveiled. The occasion
was made particularly notable BY the
participation In the ceremony Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. It Is not amiss tn con-
nection with the unveiling Of the Com
pers memorial to call attention that
Gompers and the late John Mitchell,
to whom . monument was unveiled q
few years ago on our own courthouse
square, were close friends, and worked
in harmony for labor's Advancement.
Samuel Gompers, though English
born, was American to the core. His
work during the World War added q
bright page to labor's history in this
country. Under Gompers' guidance the
American Federation Of Labor super
seded the old Knights Of Labor as the
dominant labor organization in the
United States. He fought radicaltsm,
socialism and communism In and out
of labor's ranks.
It is fitting that his memory should
be perpetuated. He deserves well Of
workers, whether organized or unor-
eanized, for No man in our country did
more or as much for those who labor.
Evening star., 1933-10-19

sary work. Man trained 70 observe and
to fudge accurately 70 with him ou his
pilgrimage. They. too. viii keep care
full records and make special reports.
The expedition. of course. has . full
complement Of the latest mechanical
auxiliaries Of exploration. In that re-
gard 1t MARKS . high-water level of sei-
entiflc progress. . elimination of seien-
tific endeavor.
Aided by the Government, backed By
the people, indorssd BY the press, Ad-
miral Byrd goes forth on new phase
Of an ancient quest assured Of ths ap-
probation of his country. That consti-
tutss compelling stimulus for his pur-
pose and . helpful endowment Of his
aims. It need not be added that 1t Is
genuinely merited.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
Pull down the blindsi

Pull down the blindsi
Not for the usual reasons, but because
there Il Q great deal Of pleasure In put
ting them up again.
Each blind Is little curtain framing
sort Of stage view out the window.
As this curtain Is rolled UP In the
morning, q scene Is revealed which Is
all the more interesting. perhaps. BE-
cause 1t Is usual.
The little acts Of life may be done
with imagination, too.
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Putting the blinds down and up, night
and morning, is'a task often viewed as
nuisance.
Once the picturesque aspects are
grasped, however, there viii be COM
petition in the family circle to see who
secures the treat.
Here is a slowly rising curtain on the
small world Of home, the back yard, the
house across the street, the homes to
either side.
There is not one curtain, but many.
Each shows different scene. or fresh
part Of an old setting.
It Is possible, If one is imaginative
enough, to put ones self in state Of
mind which says to itself, Il have never
seen what Is on the other side of this
curtain"
The imaginative curtain raiser will
be able to convince himself, almost,
that the scene upon which he is about
to look is brand-new.
The "stage" framed by the window
will now be in the position, in his mind,
of the theatrical stage at perform
ance upon which he has not looked be-
fore.
The wings" will soon appear. in all
their freshness.
Here Is not one curtain, but many
curtains, which will rise one after the
other, showing not one scene but many.
The proper procedure is to put them
up slowly, not in hurry, since hasty
raising will result in complete loss of the
stage effect.
Raise each curtain with the idea in
mind that it is rather a stage curtain
than a window blind.
Let the manager of this little theater
take his time about it.
He IS the audience, too, so he will
have no one to hurry him except him.
self.
This slow ascent of the curtain Is the
only way to give anticipation.
Without it, if curtains are yanked up,
the scene lies before one so suddenly
that eYen the imaginative person can
but say, "Pshaw! That's the back yard!
I've seen that before"
If the curtain is raised slowly. as be-
fits a good scene, even the old yard be-
comes something intriguing. as the spec
tator views it little by little.
Anticipation. and realizatiop-these
are keys to mankind's enjoyment of a
theatrical performance. The raising
of the curtain slowly, so that at first
one sees a foot of stage. then two feet
high, then three, and so on-this is the
method which gives the greatest treat.
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Every one has had the experience Of
coming into a theater late. after the
curtain has risen.
There is the inevitable gentleman
sitting in chair, talking to himself.
Somehow the late conner has sense
of disappointment, but usually he does
not realize what it is.
Now he knows. He comprehends that
it was because he missed the slow rise
of the curtain, the gradual unfolding OF
the stage set, the revealing Of the prop
critics bit by bit
This is the correct theatrical way;
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Reorganixation Hardship.

The case OF the park policeman who.
injured In line Of duty September ~,
has lost his Government pay be-
cause he is not entitled to sick leave
serves forcibly to illustrate the uncer-
tain and confused status Of several
thousand Government employees In
Washington today who have been af-
fected by the various reorganization
transfers.
The park policeman was transferred
to the new once Of National Parks,
Buildings and Reservations, along with
the employees Of the Oface OF Public
Buildings and Public Parks and the en-
ployes of the National Park Service.
The law provides that in the case OF an
agency affected by reorganization the
personnel automatically Is dropped from
the rolls, but may be reappointed with
out loss of civil service status within
four months. In the mean time, the
realities of the situation have required
that the personnel be retained. and
the practice has grown up Of giving
employees temporary appointment" The
policeman and others affected with him
by the transfer were given temporary
appointments on September 30. and In
the study Of the new set-up 1t has been
determined that ninety positions would
be dropped in the formation Of the new
Once Of National Parks. Buildings and
Reservations. But, the story goes, the
Bureau Of the Budget Is not satisfied
that ninety positions are all that can
be saved. The employees are being kept
on this temporary status for ninety
days while the authorities look around
for more economies.
An employe on Temporary status loses
his sick leave and annual Leave priv
ileges. He may be dropped from the
rolls without regard to efficiency, vet
erans preference o. anything else. In
the newly organised Procurement d.
vision Of the Treasury some 1.oeo EN-
ployes are now on temporary status.
Later the Bureau Of Internal Revenue
and the continuing functions Of the
Prohibition Bureau win b merged IN
the new Division Of 1nternsl Revenue.
The Division Of Disbursements Is now
being established by reorganization.
In al these cases the idea seems to
be that employees viii b placed On tenn
porary status until the authorities md
out how their paper planS for reorsan-
izat.cn end CO ordination Of various
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Woodbury. Blair.

Woodbury. Blair was one Of the
members of family whose name Is
woven into the basic fabric Of the Capt.
tails community life, and he would have
been content to be regarded simply as q
worthy son of his ancestral house. But
it happened that, because of his special
gifts and talents, he was permitted to
contribute added luster to his name.
And washington was benefited accord
ingly.
A scholar, Mr.. Blair had degrees from
Phillips Exeter and Harvard: lawyer.
he practiced before the Supreme Courts
Of the District and of the United States;
a banker, he was an officer Of the Citi-
zens' National Bank and the National
Savings g. Trust Co.: a philanthro-
pist he was the guiding spirit" in the
development Of the Emergency Hospital
and the friend of numerous other good
causes. To have achieved eminence in
any one of these fields of endeavor
would have been noteworthy. but it
was granted to him to win distinction
in them all. Further, he was endowed
with the grace to wear his honors with
noble humility. There was no pre-
sumption in him, no hint of arrogance
or pride. If he knew his value. he con-
cealed the circumstance. Instead, he
engaged his mind with recognition of
humanity in general and of earnest and
thoughtful men in particular.
In the days Immediately after his
passing those who had been on terms
Of intimate acquaintance with him
found themselves speaking Of their
friend in two ways. They said Of him
that he had never been heard to utter
an unkind word concerning any indi-
vidual. And they agreed that the best
tribute they could pay him was that Of
continuing to strive to make the insti-
tutions he had served more useful,
more effective, in the community which
had been his home and for which he
manifested from first to last deep and
generous affection.
Evening star., 1933-10-19

there Is none other. The motion pic
ture lacks 1t, although 1t makes q great
preliminary fuss as q substitute. The
open-air theater strikes us as incom-
plete II It has no curtain. and unnat-
ural II 1t has.
Every home window Is q proscenium,
rightly considered.
Each affords . direct view. No matter
how close together windows may be,
each shows the scene from q somewhat
different angle.
This window may show tree branches
arching over the walk, while the next
reveals the trunk in all its solidity.
This window to the east looks out on
the vista Of fine street, lined with
great trees, with homes placed back In
lawns.
The opposite window to the west dis
plays another stretch Of the same,
houses standing out like accent marks.
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Here Is q southern window, whose
slowly ascending blind, or shade, reveals
q favorite view across lawn, far back
to another street.
Now that the leaves are beginning to
be touched by Autumn, this window will
show q slightly different prospect every
morning.
One BY one, or hundreds by hundreds,
those tinted leaves will fall, there q
block of. until in time fine residence,
now totally concealed, will stand forth
to view.
Once again this home will become a
part Of the scene through this window.
At night its friendly lights will shine
again, after what seemed to be total
darkness for the better half Of year.
Distance, however, Is not essential to
the view.
Here Is the rear lawn. with its well
known features, but each one answer
able to the seasons.
These seasonal changes are not Just
four times q year, but every day Of the
year.
Each morning reveals something new,
although small enough.
This is the reason why it is perhaps
best to raise the blinds after there Is
some little light, so that the new fea-
lures Of old scenes may be recognized
by the observer
One favorite window may be revealed
in its square before daylight. in Winter.
if one has the time to sit by 1t to watch
the oncoming light.
Let this window alone Of them all be
reserved for this gradual lighting Of a
familiar scene.
Rightly viewed, this Is a grand scene,
one which has entranced man since the
earliest days. It Is the spectacle Of
dawn, or what passes for dawn in the
city.
For this spectacle the curtain must
be raised high. SO that the light will
creep gradually over the entire scene.
Sun worship has not gone entirely
out Of style. It is today an intellectual
worship, an understanding of true
beauty, a comprehension which is able
to see much in little, the picturesque in
the common.
But for most of these home dra-
matte effects we recommend the grad
ual raising of the curtain" in order
that the scene may be realized in full
flavor
Those who have not thought of their
prosaic daily tasks in just exactly this
way will be surprised at the pleasure
that may be added to life by such
homely eXpedients. Every window is a
stage, every blind sort Of magic cur
tain. Pull down the blinds at night.
in order that they may be raised slowly
the next morning.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
South Again.

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd is of
to the Antarctic again, and the Amer
lean public bids him Godspeed and .
safe return. His enterprise has excep-
tionsl prospects Of success, and his re-
port will be awaited with confidence.
There are many reasons why it is i'm
portant to investigate the'frozen South.
Unlike the other extreme Of the earth,
1t consists of land area of as yet I'm
guessed dimensions. Its potentiahties
of mineral wealth are supposed to be
great, and the United States has an
unchallenged claim to large section OF
the territory in which these riches are
thought to lie But even were pract.ca-
expectations to be disappointed, the
devotees of pure science would be ad-
yantaged by additions to their mowl.
edge of geology, biology and physics.
Admiral Byrd's company includes ex-
perts qualified to perform all the necss
Evening star., 1933-10-19
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

that the paper either had some source
of information or a vivid imagination.
At. the end the paper admitted that
1t did not know whether the things it
had written were true or not and asked
the government to investigate.
Supposing that certain information
Of this nature had come to the atten-
ton of the paper in question, or any
paper in Bangkok, is it not far better
for such recipients of information to
go to the police or the government Of
ficials with it quietly and have the
proper authorities institute an investi-
cation without advertising to the cul-
prits in banner headlines that they
are being sought? Is it not better
Journalistic ethics to help trace down
any leads and hold the sensational
story for a time when it has been
proved true and can do no harm by
its publication?