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The Washington times., 1933-09-25
LoUe Triangle and Murder Mystery

so, if she were told that her
character suffered by compari.
son with that Of Gertie.
He arose to his feet and took
two steps toward the door of the
bedroom. He halted as his door
bell rang. He remained motion
less two seconds and the bell
rang again. Then he crossed to
a desk, and from a drawer took
a revolver. With this in his
hand, he walked to the door.
''Who is it?" he called.
"It'S Sue. Let me in, Jack"
He opened the door, and she
seemed to blow through the
opening like a breath of fra
GRANGE.
"Jack, I had to see you.
wanted you to know-I could
have phoned. but didn't want
to. I wanted to tell you that
didn't mean the things I said.
hoped you'd understand. You
have understood, haven't you?"
He looked at her with bewil-
derment in his eyes. "I don't
think 1 have understood, he
said, slowly. There's too much
to understand. What were you
doing in Jim Crelliman's apart
ment with him tonight? Why
did you dismiss me from the
case?" Anger replaced Eewilder-
ment in his voice now. MY
God. sue. how could you. en-
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PENTHOUSE

to scorn. You just SEEM
swell. Only don't come in to
tuck me into bed" She rose.
"Stalling Murtoch, who seemed
to think I was the answer to
his unspoken prayer, and wor-
rying about you-those things
tire a young girl. So I'll say
good night"
Abruptly she walked into the
bedroom, and the door closed
behind her. Tony Gazotti had
accused him earlier that night
OF jealousy. His mood was such
that he had scoffed at Gazotti's
analysis of his rage then. But
now he wondered. Was he more
than attracted - Gertie? And
even if he weren't in love with
her. why shilly-shally? She
asked nothing. Must he remain
an anchorite because of Sue?
Why, damn it, he was through
with Sue! She had shown her
self for what she really was and
had killed every bit of love for
her in him.
Just a Door
In the next room was Gertie.
Twenty feet separated him from
the loveliest girl he had ever
seen. Yes. that was no exagger-
alton. She was even lovelier
than Sue, and many times more
admirable, although Sue would
have been shocked, and honestly
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gagged to Tom Siddall, go to
Crelliman's penthouse? Don't
tell me you didn't. I saw you
on his porch"
The accusation in his voice
brought the red to her cheeks.
Not his words, but the contempt
that had crept into his tone an
gered her.
"I thought you trusted me-"
she said. II can't believe that
you've changed so much that
you'd think-a gangster, muir
derer, a racketeer. Jack, you've
been drinking again. You must
have been. You know that I'd
only 60 to Crelliman for one
purpose. To help Tom. What
other reason could I possibly
have"
"You tell me. Don't try to
make me guess" he said coldly.
She looked at him angr1ly;
then through her anger burst
triumphant mirth. Jack, you
almost made me believe the
other day that you had stopped
being in love with me. 1 know
>tter now. If you can be such
a ridiculous idiot as to be jealous
of Crelliman-Jack, you're still
in love with me-"
Am -" he asked.
"Of course you are. And I'm
not sure that I mind. Come, sit
down here. and listen while ]
tell you all I've DONE"
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Washington Times
Adventure Club

My, My, My! 1t seems two
Of our good friends in Seat
Pleasant, Md, are having all
kinds Of trouble and so guess
it's up to old Kit Karson to
straighten them out.
In a letter signed "Your
Friends, Marguerite and Fred
Godfrey" received today they
say:
Dear Kit KarsOn,
81 enjoy being . member Of
your club very much. 1 am
in the seventh grade. My teach
er's name is Mrs. Kline. like
her very much.
II have lost my membership
card and would like for you to
please send me another one. MY
brother also wants one as he
lost his too.
"My birthday was in August
but 1 didn't receive a birthday
card. 1 am sorry 1 did not
write sooner. My brother and
1 are sending our pictures with
the letter."
1t seems that the trouble is
fifty-fifty. We forgot the birth
day and the Godfreys forgot to
write. Well, now, you send us
the exact date Of your birthday
and we'll take care of you next
year and send you a member
ship card right away.
Anyway we wish you plenty
Of luck for this year.
The pictures we received to-
day of Marguerite and Fred will
be used in the column as soon
as we can get the cuts made and
get them in the column. So
Marguerite and Fred will have
something to look forward to.
We'd like to have more Of
our out-of-town members send
in pictures. Of course, we can't
promise to use them right away,
but you know if you send them
in you'll get a thrill every day
looking for them, and then
when they are printed you'll
have something for your scrap
book,
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the American Demoniacal So
ciety, have messed up quite a
few pots and pans and driven
the people out of the apartment
next door. That's a beginning
anyway.
The particular demon that I
have been trying to get into
contact with is known as
demon-fanciers as Heidi (pos-
sibly a contraction of Heidi
Heidi-Ho), and will know
him when I see him, accord
ing to the books, because he
has the body of a scarlet grif-
fin and the head of a four
eyed horse. That ought not
to be difficult to spot, unless
there is a crowd of people
around. I also have several
spies on the lookout for him,
so the chances of his sneaking
in or out are rather slim. A
scarlet griffin with the head
of a four-eyed horse is going
to cause talk, no matter where
he shows up.
The chief trouble with my
experiments In bringing Heidi
to light centers around my
cat. I can't seem to get the
cat into the spirit Of the thing.
OF course, every real demonolo-
giSt works with a cat. prefer
ably a large one with green
eyes. Unfortunately my cat is
still small, almost what you
would call kitten. and it does
not have the slightest feeling
for Black Magic. It has green
eyes. but no sense of witchery.
Furthermore. a good devil cat
should be black, and this one
is more Of a grayish color. In
fact, I am just about ready to
face the fact that I have got
the wrong cat for my expert
ments.
According to the book which
7 am going by (Dr. Bataille'S
"Lucifer, the Boy and MANI.
I have done everything else
strictly according to formula.
Last night I shut myself in
my room with the kitten and
lighted a candle in a red globe,
called up the desk and asked
not to be disturbed. and went
hammer and tongs after Heidi.
I drew a circle with a radius
Of IL feet around the cat and
myself. inscribinE with chalk
exactly the same characters
specified in the book. Some Of
The Washington times., 1933-09-25
- By Arthur Somers Roche
By Tuthi1l
By Cliff Sterrett
BY Mflt Gross
BY Walt Disney
BY Rube Goldberg

Sue looked at Durant thought
fully: her blue eyes held a queer.
look of speculation, as though
she measured, weighed, cata-
logued him. "Is that another
way of telling me that you don'5
love me?" she asked.
He smiled at her. When she
had first asked him to save Sid
dali she had played the same
sort of trick on him. She had
pretended a tenderness that she
didn't feel in order to assure
his enlistment in the case. Now,
for her own purposes, she was
pretending again that she still
cared for him, and for a mo-
ment he had believed her. His
smile was cool, som ewh 1t
amused, and she crimsoned.
do we have to go into these
things, Sue?" he asked. "You
didn't suddenly feel a revival of
tenderness. You didn't come here
to flirt with me. You wouldn't
do that. Sue, with Siddall in the
TombS."
To Be Continued.
(Copyright, 1888, International MaEa-
zine Coz
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she led him to the couch, ana
as they sat down his bedroom
door opened. In the aperture
appeared the pajama-clad figure
Of Gertie Waxted.
"Who rang?" she asked.
"Heard the ring and nothing
afterwards and was afraid some
Of Crelliman's gang I'm
sorry. Excuse me-"
She stepped back and the
door closed upon her. She
looked at Durant.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe
you still aren't in love with me.
Jack, who is she? Jack, you are
in love with me, aren't you? Say
you are"
GOOD God, Sue, why ask such
a thing? You don't care for me,
do you? You're engaged to Sid
dali. You're in love with him."
"Am ~" she asked.
Suddenly he knew that she
wasn't. She was in love with
him. Ridiculous though it seemed,
contradicting all that he knew
must be true, it was neverthe-
less a fact. After everything, she
loved him. Sue, his pink-and-
white figurine, the goal at
which he had abandoned hope
of ever arriving-Sue loved him.
So did Gertie, the gangstcr'S
girl from another world.
Eyes, Sue, you're in love with
Siddall." he told her.
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CONTINUED from NeuDs Pass)

CONTINUED from News Poss)
would know anything about
It. . You've learned a lot about
me, haven't you?"
1.-THE more I learn the bet
ter I like you," said Durant.
"That goes double. Only
If I don't care, why should
you? I've always said that if
I ever fell for a nan I'd
build no fences around my
self. I'd leave him as free as
he was before he met me.
Tn ed be no more obligation
on his part than if he'd bought
me-"
"Perhaps a man would want
to feel an obligation toward
YOU, Gertie," said Durant gently.
"a man like you might at
that. Wouldn't you know that
it would be just my luck to
fall for a man that was so
damned nice that he wouldn't
take advantage of me? You
know, I've half a mind to go
to work on you"
"You mustn't get naughty
ideas, Gertie," he grinned.
"Well, don't kid about it. I
know how the DANES fall for
you. I'm just another chicken
with a yen. Oh, well, a re-
buffed young lady ought to be
sore. Seems to me I've read
some old hooey about a woman
aoorned. Only. YOU don't seem
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BLACK MAGIC
-Bv ROBERT BENCHLEY-

them were pretty funny looking
characters, too, I might add.
At this point the cat walked
slowly out of the circle and
Curled up in my armchair.
This was not in the schedule,
and I had to pull it back, with
several imprecations. Even this
failed to impress the little
rascal.
I then plunged a dagger
through the wafer which I had
bought at the waferer's in the
next block, wafer which he
assured me had been stolen at
midnight from a Buddhist tenn.
pie. This fascinated the cat.
who Immediately started to
play with the pieces. Several
minutes we're lost recovering
them and reprimanding the
cat, all of which was bad for
the experiment, as one is sup
posed to work on schedule.
Following this, I took cop
per pot and filled 1t with some
crystals which the druggist had
fixed up for me after a formula
in the book, and placed the
whole thing over the flame Of
my electric stove. A rather nice
fog began to fill the room and
an odor similar to that of burn
ing oatmeal. II have since
found out that it was oatmeal.)
On top of this I threw the claws
Of an owl, bought at the taxi.
dermist'S, and an old raincoat
button. Practically nothing
happened.
Then came the important
part Of the brew, which wa, to
be three hairs from the cats
tail. BY this time the cat was
well out of the circle again and
romping with it's ball, which
had neglected to hide. I. tip
toed stealthily after it, but it
was so darned cute and wanted
to play so badly that I had to
The Washington times., 1933-09-25

In the hurly-burly Of modern
life, I sometimes wonder If
enough attention is paid to the
old-fashioned rites of DEM
ology. We have tried almost
everything else to get ourselves
out of the jam that we got our
selves into, but it never seems
to occur to anyone that a little
polite attention, accompanied
by incantations and a sprinkling
of WolfSbane in the general di-
rection of several of the more
influential demons, might work
wonders. It certainly couldn't
do any harm.
I have been experimenting in
a small way with the Black
Arts, and, although I can't say
that I really have got any re-
suits that I could take before
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give the whole thing up and lie
on the floor rolling the ball
back and forth. I don't know
what DR.. Bataille would have
thought of me.
So there I am, no nearer
bringing my demon to light
than I was when I started, eX-
cept for rather nasty mess
in the copper pot, which, by
this time, had stopped burning
and was rather difficult to
scrape out. The kitten, hav-
ing completely spoiled the
whole thing, walked over to the
window seat and went to sleep.
and that seemed to be a good
idea for me, too.
Tomorrow, I am going to get
a good black cat and start all
over again, but I am a little
embarrassed to go into the
taxidermist's again and ask for
more OWLS claws.
Copyright. 1898, King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1933-09-25
GOOD WISHES

GOOD WISHES
Birthday members today
include Harry Williams,
Charles Town, w. Va: Matt
West, 1880 Mott Ave. N. W.;
Talmadge Thompson, Silver
Spring, Md, and Juna Mark
ham, 1885 Eleventh st. N.
w.
Yesterdays birthday mem
bers were Norma Jester, 1921
Belmont st. N. w.; Linda
Richardson, Upper Marlboro,
Md; Lorraine Smith, 1921
Thirty-fifth St. N. w., and
Marjorie WildlOre, SO Thir.
teenth st. S. E.
We wish them all m any
happy returns.
The Washington times., 1933-09-25

Judge-You certainly commit
ted this burglary in a manner
that shows a high degree Of
ingenuity. In fact, I can't re-
member a case where more
cunning was used.
Culprit-Now, Your Honor; no
Hattery If you please. II there's
anything ! hate it's flattery.
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No Turnover Here

One place in which the political
turnover in this state did not ope-
rate is the veterans service COM
missionership, T. O. Kraabel having
been reappointed to the place which
he has held every since the session of
1926.
The fact should bring satisfaction
to large number of ex-servicemen
whom Kraabel has represented or
whom he may represent in the mat
ter of claims against the federal gov
eminent. In this work he has proved
efficient and helpful to North Da-
kota veterans and the probability
is that loud protest would have re-
suited had he been replaced at this
time.
Partly through Kraabel's efforts,
thousands Of dollars come into this
state monthly, helping to ease the
burdens Of those who suffered injury
during the war. The total exceeds by
many times the amount which this
office costs the state annually.
Strictly speaking, Kraabel performs
no vital function Of government but
it has proved good business to MAIN
tain this office. No other expendi-
ture by the state has Melted so large
a direct return.
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will have in the distribution of pa
tronage remains to be seen because
it has had almost nothing to date.
There are some jobs within the state,
such as those connected with the
Interpretation and administration
Of federal law and the collection of
federal revenue, but the list Is pitt
fully small when compared with the
number o. applicants. If any con-
siderable number of men are to be
cared for some of them will have to
go outside the state.
In this connection it might be safe
to guess that the Flickertail state
will be remembered. 1t was the first
to declare openly for Roosevelt and
Roosevelts primary victory over ALL
alta Bill Murray in this state pointed
path which the rest of the west
followed. These facts make the boys
hopeful, but a bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush and many a
prospective federal officeholder will
be gladdened by the fact that the
president soon will have time to give
attention to the more practical mat
tiers OF politics.
AS it affects the public the reor-
ganization is natural and expected
but. it is sincerely to be hoped that
1t will be held within reasonable
limits. There should be no effort
TO distribute every last clerkship or
stenographer's job on political
basis. Such action always is unfair
and generally is destructive OF ef-
ficiency.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Maybe Schmidtty Will Tell Us

According to recent press publicity
DR.. p. Schmidt of Berlin has measured
the skin temperature of volunteers
who have been thoroughly chilled by
exposure 49,.
Stick around, old timers, this is 60
ing to be interesting, If true 80.
And he has found that those who
recovered their normal skin tempera-
ture slowly after the exposure caught
cold; that others did not.
Answer = Having settled that, will
Schmidtty kindly tell us how he can
tell when person has a cold? That's
a mystery which no physician or
health authority on this side Of the
Atlantic even dares to attempt to
solve. And while we are on the sub
ject, It IS fair to remind all concerned,
no one has as yet found any evidence
that lowering the temperature in the
skin produces any illness.
Cider Redivivus
Is it all right for a person to drink
cider preserved with one-tenth of
per cent sodium benzoate? wv. L. So
Answer-One glassful might do no
harm. but I should not advise drink
ing cider that has to be preserved"
by chemicals.
Copyright 1893, John F. Ollie CO..
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musical shows during the past sea-
son, although, fortunately, nearly all
were successful. Chorines' contracts
provide for four weeks Of rehearsal
with no pay, and two weeks more, II
necessary, at half pay. After that
amount Of effort it's pretty tragic II
show flops soon after its opening.
If it succeeds, the minimum salary Of
each chorus girl is $35 week.
4 4 X
OFF STAGE REMARKS
For the lucky ones, though, it's a
pleasant life. And the ,luckiest Of all
right now are the fourteen steppers
In Gay Divorce" who are on the
stage only fourteen minutes at each
performance. Such a brief engage
ment naturally allows q lot Of time
for outside activities. So-Kathleen
Van Noy practices cartooning I.
Edna Abbey and Bobbie Sheehan run
a studio for commercial photography
Mary 10 williams, graduate Of
the University Of Virginia, and JAG
Quie Simmons, a product Of Miss
Spence's School, work toward careers
as concert pianistS Helen Allen,
who holds the amateur squash cham
pionship of Philadelphia, goes in for
all kinds Of sports Dorothy Waller
rides horseback every day in Central
Park -. Eleanor Etheridge and Billie
Green manage an interior decorating
shop Ethel Hampton, one Of the
founders of the Models Guild, has
found jobs for the rest Of the girls
who are interested in modelling
even has secured Hollywood contracts
for three of them.
4 + 4
DEBS IN DEMAND
In general, though, life seems to be
getting pretty difficult for profess
sional models, and semi-pros such as
chorus girls. The swanky shops and
the magazine advertisers are going
in for names and more names, of So
ciety women. Also it's a fact that
debs do know how to wear clothes,
and how to set off costly jewels with
the right degree OF matter of-fact-
ness.
Most successful of the society mod
els this year seem to be Mary Taylor,
Lucille Brokaw, Georgette Whelan and
Renee Oakman Hubbell-all social
registerites. Miss Taylor, the daugh-
ter Of Bertram Taylor, Jr., and Mrs.
Francis McAdoo, Is, except for def
initely snooty look, the prettiest.
Others who pose for ads now and
then are Mimi Richardson, Marianne
Van Rensselaer, and Eleanor Barry.
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NMAKE:b[ufV[" SzL G5'1E
Ceeyrieh. 1880. ty Faith Baidwin

Thrown upon her own resources,
Mary Lou Thurston. beautiful and
vivacious orphan, applies for a
position As companion to Z semi
invalid in the palatiai home of
Mrs. Lorriner At Westmill. Con-
necticut. MRS. Lorrimer explains
the id should have read "male''
IS the invalid is her son, Travers.
sheN-shocked in the war. As
Mary Lou is about to leave.
Iravers enters. He seizes her in
his arms. calling her delight" and
WIFE,. Then he faints when
Mary Lou fails to respond to his
caresses. Mrs. Lorrimer persuades
Mary Lou to assume the role of
Delight Hartford. whom Travers
claims he married in England, in
order to help him regain his
health. Mary Lou confides in her
friend, Larry Mitchell. young
newspaper reporter. Dr.. Mathews
tells Travers that as Delight was
very young at the time of their
marriage and since believed him
dead. it is only fair to begin ali
over with friendship. Mrs.
Lorrimer acQuaints Mary Lou with
the details regarding Delight and
her vain search for the girl. The
following morning, Mary Lou is
all set for her new role. Travers
comes upon her At the dog KEN
uels,
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Really Strangers

His deep, toneless voice took on
faint vibrancy and color. Mary
Lou, the flush deepening, whistled
to KONG, who was off at 4 dis
lance, gayly chasing q harmless
and chattering squirrel up a tree.
It was going to be difficult Ia
ignore the personal equation, after
all!
They had just passed the stables,
Mary Lou cried out, in snatchine
At any conversational straw:
IT called on your horses this
morning. What beauties they arel
I WISH" she said truly and visit
fully, "that I knew how to ride
Don't your" He bent his tan
head and looked at her in sone
establishment, and realized. with Z
pang Of amazement, that he knew
very little about her, after all. For
all his dreaming and despair. HID
memories of gay, gallant loving,
defiantly snatched from time 81
the very face Of death, his actuss
knowledge Of her was 50 incom-
plete. Yet he had remembered
trivial, small things, and, because
he remembered, suddenly asked,
half whimsically:
"Do you still adore artichokes,
Delight"
She started . little. It was d
be some time before she could be.
come accustomed to that exotic
name.
Well, she did like them!
"Of course" said Mary Lou and
smiled. However did you remena.
ber?"
To b continuod
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; IN III
| NEW
| YORK

New York, June 12.-Visitors in
town are inclined to stare in amaze
ment at the beauty of mattresses and
cashiers, Of salesgirls in the little
shops around the rialto, and cigaret
girls in the hotels and night spots.
Nor do the visiting firemen seem dis
appointed when told that this profu-
sion of pulchritude is due in con-
siderable measure to the fact that the
chorus-girl business is in very bad
way right now: After all, it's pleasant
to imagine that ones waitress, smil-
ing in gracious acknowledgment of
dime tip, has been in other days-and
probably will be again-no more
thankful for a bunch of orchids and
a lift to the theater in Rolls Royce.
When the prosperity follies of 1929
closed with the market crash, there
were some $500 members of Chorus
Equity Association, including both
men and women. Now there are only
about 1900. and not many of those
are working. There have been few
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her, and the smile was no longer
managed but authentic. His eyes
shone with excite emit, with
anxiety, and there was color in. the
sallow, lean cheeks.
Mary Lou put her hand into his.
The curtain was up, the prologue
finished, the play itself was on.
And
Friends" she promised gravely.
"Say 'Lorry,'" he begged her,
still holding that warm, vibrant
little hand in his own. "You-
used tor
Mary Lou thanked her lucky
stars for this piece of information.
And her realization of her good
fortune brought stars to her eyes
and curves to her red mouth.
"Lorry-" she said, obediently.
There was no withdrawal pos
sible now. She had made her
bargain and sealed it with a hand
clasp.