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Evening star., 1933-12-26
WITH 4 LHE TIT
SONYA'S MISSION.

~URT knew now beyond all doubt
that Sonya'S trip had some
significance which he, in his
" hasty, cocksure certainty, had
missed entirely
Ralph" he pleaded urgently, know
ing that Ralph had but a minute or
two more, try to tell me-what did
you mean about her being left alone
up there?"
Ralph did not seem to hear him. but
pursued his own drifting thoughts.
I'm glad-she listened to you and
didn't go. I know she's got courage,
but just a girl. by herself. she'd never
have managed-to kill him. Shed have
failed and he'd have left her there;
He'd have thrown her-to those others" !"
ITO kill hiin-?" Curt echoed, jolted
from head to feet. That broken phrase
sent his world crashing out of its
orbit. He could only stare at Ralph,
stupefed. 'Him"-that word meant
Karakhan. 1t pointed straight at him.
But Sonya, killing the man to whom
she had written that letter-surely
Ralph must be so deliriouS that he did
not know what he was saying. Or was
he delirious?
Ralph" he begged frantically, in a
race against the lowering dark. Why's
she hunting Karakhan? Tell me that.
What does she want with him? Ralph.
do you understand me?"
His question went unanswered. Ralph
lay quiet, his lips apart. his eyes closed.
For a minute he did not stir. Then
with a sudden jerk he moved, rose to
his elbow and grasped Curtis arm with
an unnatural strength.
curt! Don't let her go back there!
Don't ever let her try to kill him! Take
her out of this country"
81 will, Ralph. I'll take her out.
But. Ralph. listen! Tell me"
Curt Wake herl Bring her here.
Ill-make-her-promise-"
His grasp broke from Curtis arm and
he fell back
In desperation Curt shook him by the
shoulder Ralph! Ralph!" But he
got no answer. He pressed finger
into Ralph's wrist, and felt no pulse.
And then he slowly realized that the
answer was forever beyond him.
there beside the fire, with his thoughts
in chaotic Whirl. His mind, so tired
by two days of inconceivable strain
that even Ralph's death could numb it
no further. refused to grapple with
Ralph's broken words and make a
coherent story of them. 1t was like
trying to fit together most battling
puzzle when the parts were all ]umnleo
and the key pieces missing.
Sonya, trying to kill the Russian
1t turned upside down everything that
he had been feeling and thinking about
her. He had read her letter, had heard
her own words to lie Noir, and against
all that he had only few halting
phrases from a man who was dying.
Yet he believed Ralph and all his
former idealiZation of Sonya came
flooding back to bolster up his belief
Ralph's mind undoubtedly had been
wandering, but even in the most wan
dering thoughts there was somewhere
a core of actuality, and Ralph had re-
turned again and again to that one
colossal fact-Sonya had come into
this country to locate and kill 1gol
Karakhan.
He got up, after time, and stun
bled aimlessly along the landwash. He
was unconscious of his exhaustion. o1
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Ii I..FORBIDDEN VALLEY
x1&>AsAA- b. tJ;lla.. Bqaon (Tlouep4

everything except the dazing revela-
ton which he had just barely cheated
death itself out Of
The explanation Of her letter and Of
her tryst with Le Noir had been cut
off, but he knew that those facts, which
had started him on the path Of his
horrible mistake, and the other damning
facts which had confirmed him in it,
must have ther Interpretation.
Through all his numbed grouping ran
an inexpresSible gladness. He could
have faith in Sonya's integrity again.
He felt as though he had been stag
gering through a black morass and
had come out into the sunshine once
more.
He had no idea OF the motive driving
her to kill Karakhan; he could not
even guess at it; but he did see now
that it had crowded everything else
out of her life. "She couldn't rest,
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couldn't live, till she'd hunted him
down''-that was how Ralph had word
ed her burning purpose. Nothing ex-
listed for her except to reach Karakhan
and kill him.
With singleness of purpose that put
his own hunt to shame, she had refused
to look aside from her trail, or to
think or feel. The intangible thing
which had made her seem so cold and
faraway was not somebody else" but
her chaotic heart.
There was one thing he could do to
make partial amendS-get north to that
headwaters lake and protect her and
bring her out. In a general way he
had already planned to start back
north, and, now his realization of her
danger galvanized him into action.
Should he return by canoe, or go
Evening star., 1933-12-26

up the Iskitimwah and run the risk of
Smash not being there with the plane?
If only he could feel sure of Smash.
One could never depend on him.
A pretty face at Tellacet. dance
at Hazleton, would make him forget
rendezvous with partner. But by
canoe the trip would take a week: it
was up stream and he could travel
only by night. for parties would be
Evening star., 1933-12-26

When dawn came he searched the
island for a suitable place, carried
Ralph's body to it. made a secure cairn
of rocks and then scattered seed pods
of woodbine and phlox around 1t in
the fresh woods loan. Selecting a tall
minaret pine that stood conspicuously
to itself, he climbed it and with Tenn
Ogs belt-ax, cut off all its branches
except the rounded crown, making a
Evening star., 1933-12-26
REINDEER PROTECTED

OTTAWA, Ontario, December 26
R).-A holiday order setting up re-
serve for reindeer has been announced
by the Canadian government.
The reserve is on the shores of the
Beaufort Sea (Arctic ocean,, stretch
ing from the Mackenzie River east
ward to the Eskimo Lakes. 1t contains
$500 square miles. Stringent regula-
tions will be put into effect to protect
the animals.
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combing the river and ambushing the
portages.
A week would be too late. He had
to be there at the lake when Sonya
came. According to what Tenn-Og had
said about trail and distance. she and
her guides should reach Karakhan's
refuge late the next evening or on the
morning of the following Gay. BY plane
he could make it, but not by canoe.
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lobstick to the unselfish heroism Of the
man who had died there.
He woke the other two then, told
Paul about his talk with Ralph and
about his plans They left Immediately,
heading up the Iskitimwah.
Tomorrow, Curtis plans meet new
danger.
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vivid flash of lightning broke from the billowing
black clouds above Thunder crashed and doomed.
The storm broke. and at the same instant the man
launched himself downward upon the back Of the
unsuspectng boar in one hand the hunting knife Of
his sire.
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Presently he upon it. young tusker, powerful
and agile his wicked tusks cleaning he tore bark
from young tree. The ape man was poised just
above him, concealed by the foliage of great
monarch of the forest.
Evening star., 1933-05-06
MODERN RADIATORS
DESIGNED FOR BEAUTY
Many New Types Made to Save
Space and Improve Appear
ance of Rooms.

Radiators tell the age OF house.
With the possible exception Of decorat-
ing there is no single change that can
be made in room which WILL SO com
pletely revolutionize its appearance as
the installation of new raolator 70
replace one of the older types.
Radiators have gone modern In re-
cent wears. The better radiators are
carefully designed by artist-englneers
and represent the finest union of beauty
and heating efficiency ever achieved In
radiation. They have thin walls ana
slender, graceful columns with emphasis
on the perpendicular. Standing along
a wall or under a window, the trim,
smart lines of the new radiators make
them quite unobtrusive.
In replacing old radiators, the home
owner has a choice between radiator
pf conventional size and the new midget
type The small radiator permits a
saving of 80 per cent in space with no
sacrifice in heating efficiency. The
smaller size is particularly suitable IN
Railways, bath rooms and bed rooms
where space is at premium.
Usually when the radiators are
changed the heating contractor will ad-
wise a change in the radiator valves as
well. Here, too, greater beauty and
refinement with no sacrifice of efficiency
NAV be obtained. For instance, the air
valve may be completely concealed in
side of steam radiator. Shut-off valves
of the packless type will usually be rec
commended by the reliable heating con-
tractor.
Evening star., 1933-05-06
BASEMENT ROOM
AS LEISURE INN
Now's the Time to Convert
Cellars to Better Use,
Say Building Men.

Strip the basement of its working
clothes! The time to dress it in new
and brighter array is now at hand,
building men assert. There is always
a time to do things. and when work
is over the basement may be turned
into Leisure Inn.
Cellar dampness, darkness and dirt
are giving way to conditioned air and
in some cases to the equivalent of sun
light. There's way to do such things
Dry, bright, CHEEKY quarters where
youngsters can lay railroad tracks and
stack building blocks and where adults
can enjoy such games as billiards and
lar quarters en- the floors above-such
quarters may be had as the result of
little careful planning.
The eXpediture of small sum of
money may suffice to convert a shabby,
old-fashioned cellar into a modern
basement, and this Spring is the ideal
time for its construction with material
and labor costs lower than they have
been for many years.
In building such basement room
primary consideration must be given,
of course, to dryness and warmth.
Elimination of the chill and dampness
common IN Easements Is eHected easily
by lining walls, ceilings and floors with
insulation board. For ceilings, the in
sulation should be nailed directly to
the lower side of the floor joists. On
the walls. the boards should be nailed
to furring strips.
For the floor, insulation board should
be laid under either unoleum or car
peting to remove the danger of chill
dren contracting colds by playing on
chilly, damp floors.
To take maximum advantage Of both
Evening star., 1933-05-06
PREDICTS TECHNICAL
FINANCING OF HOMES
Building and Loan Official An
nounces Chapter of Institute
for Washington.

Within five years home financing is
going to be one Of the most "manned-by-
experts businesses in the country out
side the technical field, according TO
the American Savings, Building and
Loan Institute, which is already coii-
Quoting night schools in ~ chapter
cities.
c. Harry Minors. New York, presi-
dent of the institute, in announcing
the formation of a new chapter in
Washington with so students from
those who manage and work for builu-
ing and loan associations. told of
progress in expanding the educational
work during this school year which is
drawing to a close.
This year has seen the institution OF
the following chapters: Lansing. Mich.
Detroit. Mich; Waco, Tex: Owensboro
KY; Durham, N. c.; Indianapolis, Ind;
Louisville, KY; and the capital city
There are II building and loan as
sociations in these cities with assets of
$500 900 900.
Students now registered for class
work in the night schools number more
than 1900, and show an increase of
about ITS over the total reported last
month.
Evening star., 1933-05-06
MUCH FUEL SAVED
BY GOOD WINDOWS
Current Improvements in Weather
Stripping Cited by U. s.
Bureau.

BY using good weatherstripping, fuel
saving may be as high as 20 per cent,
according to the United States Bu-
reau Of Standards. There has been as
much Improvement in windows as in
ether building materials and the home
builder today wants his windows to be
working as smoothly, and be as tight
IN 10 years as they are when new.
There have also been improvements
in hanging windows, balancing the
weight of the sasheS to permit them
to be moved easily. Chains should be
used in place of cords to hold the
weights. They can be applied to old
windows as well as new. There is also
a spring device to take the place of
the weights and is becoming quite
common.
These are only few Of the points
a home owner must check when re-
modelling or building his home.
One Of the new inventions is COM
plete window, all the fitting done at
the factory. It is so complete that 1t
can be built into a wall with little la
Dor and then needs only to be finished
by the addition Of the inside and out
side trim and by painting.
Do you know that you can buy
complete wood easement unit for your
windows, weatherstripped and screened,
ready to be built in? There are sew
eral types. all sold as a unit, complete
with frame, sashes, weatherstrips
screen, hardware, and storm sash where
needed.
Evening star., 1933-05-06
New Paint Dries Rapidly.

A new paint for traffic zone mark
ing, etc, dries rapidly, is non-bleeding
over asphalt Applied to q wall after
plaster patching, it is said to permit
application of a final coat Of wall
paint within 40 minutes.
Evening star., 1933-05-06
Rattling Blinds.

Venetian blinds can be kept from
swinging and rattling by having them
travel in channels on the window
frame. These blinds have been highly
perfected and are proving satisfactory.
Evening star., 1933-05-06
BUILDING AND LOAN PLAN
OF INVESTMENT PRAISED
Associations in Future Urged to
Continue "Easy and Profitable"
Methods

The days when the saloon keeper and
the drug store men were paid by the
working man to keep his savings safe
were recalled by T. A. Lowery, Chicago
editor, in an address before the Seventh
District Conference of the United States
Building and Loan League, in Chicago
last week
He told the building and loan associa-
tions that their plans were such an i'm
provement over this old system that 1t
would sell itself as an investment if
given half a chance
THE big job of the building and
loan associations for the future is to
keep on providing an easy profitable
way for people to invest money to be
used in home financing The other
side of their job is to increase the
$4,000 900 owner-occupied homes in the
country by two or three million and to
take care OF the necessary refinancing
for those of the II 1000 900 who are uno
Fortunate
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natural and artificial illumination,
light colored walls and ceilings are ad-
visable. Cane fiber insulating board,
which has a natural tan color, may be
left unfinished with pleasing results,
or it may be painted in one or more
bright colors.
The recreation room should be par
titioned off from the remainder Of the
basement. This can be done easily by
erecting two-by-fours and mailing in
sulation board to the side the recrea-
tion room Is on.
Only a small outlay Of cash Is need
ed to build an attractive basement
room If you decide to create one,
here is the best plan to follow: First,
decide in general way what you
want, then call your local lumber
dealer. He will put you in touch with
reliable contractor who will gladly
furnish you with suggestions and an
estimate on the cost Of the job. The
added Joys a basement recreation room
will bring your family will amply re-
pay you for the time and money spent
In its construction.
Evening star., 1933-05-06
REN0V|zE CONTEST
| WILL END TUESDAY
Winning Plan for RemodeIing
| of DiIapidated House to
T Be Announced.

Added impetus Is expected to be
given the renovize Washington cam
paign next week, when sponsors Of the
movement announce the selection Of
winning plan for the remodeling OF
the dilapidated house now located on q
parking in front Of the Department OF
Commerce Building.
A contest to determine a suitable
plan for undermining this structure,
the work on which will 60 forward as
an exhibition on renoWzing through
out the period of the campaign, con-
cludes Tuesday, it was announced by
Arthur B. Heaton. general chairman.
30 Applications Filed.
Already more than 80 applications
have been filed with the Renovze
Washington Campaign Committee IN
connection with this contest. Details
are obtainable at campaign headquar-
ters, Room 22l, The Star Building.
Horace P. Peaslee is technical adviser.
The Washington Board of Trade,
sponsor of the renoviZing movement
here, is carrying forward a program
of bringing the property improvement
idea home to every home owner. In
this connection it is circulating through
various channels pamphlet outlining
the objectives of the movement to en-
courage repairing, remodel1ng ana
restoration at todays bargain prices.
"Some Day" Is Here.
Every man or woman who lives in
a house has been annoyed one time or
another by things out Of repair, by
old fashioned equipment. by dingy fur
nishings," the renovize sponsors say
"'Some day. you have said with dis
Vust, some day we'll repair that wob.
bly step. we'll put on a new roof. add
q second bath room, build a larger
porch a,
"That some day is here! All OF
these things, and many more, that
will add to the market value OF your
property and to the sheer Joy OF living
in your house can be purchased now
at the lowest prices in Is years. And
YOU are helping others. You are giving
work to thousands of deserving work
men in Washington-carpenters, paint
ers, masons, plumbers, electricians
who, because of present economic con-
ditions. are willing to work for you
for less than ever before"
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most satisfactory protection for nursery

most satisfactory protection for nursery
use.
Every nursery should have an accu-
rate thermometer, unless the heating sys-
tenn is automatically controlled, and It
should be placed on an inside wall at
the level at which the child lives. Oc-
casional heat. for the chill of early
Spring or Fall mornings or during the
bath and dressing process can be sup
piled both safely and efficiently by a
new type Of room heater.
Correct Lighting.
A lighting specialist recommends a
combination Of indirect and diffused
lighting and lamps. The indirect light
ing can be gained by an inverted-b bowl
type Of ceiling fixture or lamp. It
sends the light to the ceiling and re-
fleets 1t down.
In the nursery for the older child
lamps with white parchment shades
bound in color or gold or silver and
simply decorated. If at all, are suitable.
To admit fresh air, yet avoid drafts,
some type Of ventilator is valuable.
Some consist Of frame in which is
set porous fabric. Some are Of glass
in metal frame set at an angle. One of
the most satisfactory Is of metal with
screening to prevent the entrance of
dust, with a grill arrangement which
keeps out even driving rain, but free
ly admits air.
Evening star., 1933-05-06
NURSER|ESSTUD|ED
IN RENOv|zE DRIVE
Bringing the ChiIdren's Room
to Up-to.Date Condition
Suggested.

Bringing the nursery up to date is
one OF the interesting home-improve-
ment projects suggested by the Reno
vize Washington movement, now under
way in the Capital Why not make
the children's room into real nurs-
cry. with adequate room for games,
toys, and clothes?
OF all the rooms in the home, the
one used as a nursery provides the
most fascinating furnishing opportuni-
ties. In this room where absolute care
and thought of its young occupant Is
uppermost. todays efficiency can be
combined with attractiveness.
Floor Coverings.
The floor may be covered with inlaid
linoleum, carpet or rugs. OF these
three, the linoleum offers perhaps the
most advantages. 1t combines the
sanitary advantage of easy cleaning
with wide decorative possibilities.
Plain colors with insets illustrating
nursery rhymes are suitable. The ia
vorites among patterns are Little Bo
Peep. Mary and Her Little Lamb. Little
Jack Horrer, and others. II the nurs-
cry is planned for long use. there are
insets of ships, airplanes, shields and
castles which are more attractive to
the older child.
There is also obtainable hnoleum
which contains guide lines for II
games, such as hop scotch, ten pins,
and prisoners base.
Washable Walls.
Plain-painted walls are satisfactory,
but use of patterned wall adds gayety
to the room. A plain ground with
silver or pastel-shade polka dots, stars,
or diamonds Is simple and attractive.
while simple floral patterns. or broken
plaids in pastel colors are good.
Especially suitable for children's
rooms are the washable fabric wall
coverings. wallpaper and the wash
able cloth-back wall covering. Nursery
patterns have been worked out in these
materials. Iinoleum can also be used
successfully for walls and it offers great
durability and is extremely practicable
Ample storage space for toys and
equipment should be provided and so
arranged that the child can reach for
and return what he wants. 1t Is also
well to have a cupboard for mothers
use.
Safe Heating.
For heating the nursery a compact
steam radiator just two-thirds the size
Of the ordinary one has been found
adequate. It can be easily recessed or
concealed, which is important in
nursery. Various types of Enclosures
are available for these radiators. of
which the one with open grillwork near
the floor and in the top provides the
Evening star., 1933-05-06
COPPER SCREEN CLOTH
Economy in Use Of Anti-Rusta BILE
Kinds.

Today copper or bronze screen cloth
costs so little more than the unstable
kinds that there Is true economy in
using it, for the difference will be
more than made up in the first repair.
1t occasionally happens. however, that
the drip from these metals combines
with the zinc and lead Of paint to
make stain. This can be prevented
by brushing or spraying the screens
with spar varnish thinned with tur-
pentine and linseed oil, half and half
in the proportion Of one quart to one
gallon Of varnish.
Staining is not apparent with the
aluminium alloy screenings now to be
had.
Evening star., 1933-05-06
CASH INCOME DROPS

Cash income from all Maryland crop
and live stock products in 1882 Is esti-
mated at s39, ,899 900, compared with
$50, ,566 900 in 1881, S63, 3,454. 900 in 1880,
and $86, ,o25 900 in 1929. Milk accounted
for more than one-tliird Of the total
cash income last year, chickens and eggs
came second, truck crops was third, to-
bacco fourth, cattle and calves nth
and wheat sixth
Evening star., 1933-05-06
DWELLINGS RATED

The Architects Advisory Council this
week gave an approved rating to one
dwelling, 47l8 Forty-sixth street, owned
by Thomas Mason, jr., and designed by
Dillon & Abel.
Four dwellings were given an average
rating, while the council disapproved
three other plans.
Evening star., 1933-05-06
ARCHITECTS OF CITY
HOLD STYLE DEBATE
Modernism versus Classic1sm
Is Subject of Chapters
{ Discussion.

A debate on modernism VS.. CLASH
cism in Architecture" featured meet
ing of the Washington Chapter, Ameri-
can Institute of Architects, Thursday
night Louis Justement, favoring mod
! ernism and Gilbert L. Rodier, taking
the side Of classicism, led the discus
sions.
Guests and speakers included Robert
Kohn of New York, past president Of
the institute; Frederick v. Murphy Of
the Architecture School at Catholic
University, Norris Crandall of George
Washington University School Of Archi-
lecture; Lieut.. U. S. Grant, Sd, director
of public buildings and public parks;
Eric F. Menke of the Office Of the Dis
trict zoning engineer and Alex Won WI
thenau, attache of the German embassy.
Evening star., 1933-11-25
DEALERS TO DELAY
LIQUOR BILL MOVE
Will Await Full Text Of
Brides Proposal Before
Further Action.

The Beverage Dealers Association of
the District has decided to wait until
the full text OF Corporation Counsel
William W. Brides liquor control bill
is made public next week before taking
action as to the regulations it will rec
ommend for consideration by Congress
after repeal
In suggesting this course, Bert l..
Olmstead. president. said he felt sure
the provisions of the measure, as a
whole. would be satisfactory but urged
association members to study the bill
when it is made public and bring to the
attention of the association any changes
thev believe should be considered.
The association. meeting at the Abner-
Drury brewing establishment yesterday
afternoon, heard in executive session a
tentative plan of regulation drafted by
a special committee. but the committee
did not give out its recommendations
at this time, in view of the decision to
await a study of the bill being drafted
at the District Building.
In brief address MIR. Olmsted urged
the association to have in mind three
general aims: Regulations that will
add to civic betterment and that will
not encourage infringement by having
requirements that can accomplish no
useful purpose; a strict qualification OF
the persons who are to hold permits,
and stringent but reasonable require
ments on the type of businesses oper-
ating; that every effort be made to
provide a reasonable but fair amount
of revenue"