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The Washington times., 1934-08-03
By Beatrice Burton

his coat sleeve which Lutte had
insisted upon sewing there, saS
in his old chair with Susan be-
side him on a stool, and all Of
them listening to Wallace Stef-
fen.
1t had been Lutte who insisted
upon sending for John. I'VE
can't find out where your father
is, and Johns the only other
man in the family" she had said
to Susan the morning after
Uncle Worthy's death. cts
only right that he should come
and look after things for u.s."
But Susan wondered now why
she had been so insistent. For
now, as she sat in her black
clothes, she was telling him that
Wallace could see to everything.
Interest Unpaid
"And the worst of it is that
the interest on the mortgages
hasn't been paid in ever such q
long time. At least, that's the
way I understand it. Wal.
lace" She looked appealing
ly at Wallace, and he took up
the story.
"The banks real estate depart
ment will have to sell the two
pieces of property and pay the
bank the money that's due it,"
he explained slowly to John.
I've made clear to your auntS
that that is the only thing to do,
since the mortgages are so large.
There'u probably be a fairly
good sum Of money left after
the bank has deducted what the
Broderick estate owes it. I've
told Mrs. Broderick and Miss
Lutte that I'll show them how to
invest it when the time comes so
that they'll have some kind Of
sure income"
He turnNd his face to Aunt
Edna. That's what you want
me to do, isn't it?" he asked
solemnly.
It was all Greek to Susan who
knew nothing about business
Continued on Page ;, Col. I.
Second Scctfon)
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CHAPTER XXI

Susan reminded her that
they did not know how to get
in touch with her father. And
Johns had barely time to get to
Omaha" she said. $50 long as
there's chance of Uncle
Worthy getting better we ought
not to call John away from his
job. 1t means everything to
him to get away to a good start.
Well take. care of this some
how, ourselves. You and Lutte
and l."
She knew, as she spoke, that
she was not going to leave the
house while her uncle was so
desperately ill. She was going
to stick to Lutte and Aunt Edna
while they needed her. Allen
would simply have to wait for
her until the two women were
able to carry on without her.
"I'll go up and get your uncle's
bank book" said Aunt Edna,
getting to her feet slowly and
painfully. She went limping
upstairs and came back with the
book in her hand.
mo. Nobody can touch your
uncle's account" Wallace told
her over the telephone when she
called him. But I'll stop in to
see you people on my way home
tonight. I think 1 can fix you up
with what you want. I'll be
there a little after five"
At half past five Wallace ar
rived. He saw, as she opened
the door to him, that there were
marks of fatigue, like gray
shadows, under her eyes, and
that the corners of her mouth
dropped.
1--WE an errand to do, and I'm
going to do it while you're here"
she said to him. Aunt Edna's
nervous and she doesn't want to
be left alone with Lutte. I'll be
right back"
In the middle of the next
block was a candy store kept by
an old widow named Mrs. Bush
man. 1t was the sort of shop
that sells penny candy to school
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Nina Carter .Tabb
Reproduction Of Moonlight SteePIechase from
Famous Aiken Prints Thrills London
Horse Show Crowds

Corner, heading straight for
Nacton Heath, over fences and
gates. At last in full cry,
screaming and whooping like
devil-ridden maniacs, they clatter
into the quiet village of Nacton,
awaking the inhabitants, the
challenger on his gray still
proving at the top of his form
by taking a fallen elm in his
stride.
All of this is beautifully car
ried out. Special lighting gives
the effect of moonlight.
One night, by mistake, a
lively little piebald horse came
in first, instead of the intended
gray. All of this event was en-
Enthusiastically received by the
crowds, who loved it.
Some think this moonlight
steeplechaSe was the beginning
of steeplechaSing, but some
years before this happened,
two Irishmen, in trying out
their mounts to decide which
was the best, had a race from
the steeple of one Irish village
to the steeple of another. So
they were the starting of steeple-
chasing, as it was told to us in
a speech at Olympia Horse
Show in London.
Another thing held a great
many nights was a pageant put
on by the children of members
of the Meynell Hunt. This
takes the form of a pageant
representing a meet of the Mey-
nell hounds about a hundred
years ago. All the performers
were children of members of the
present Meynell Hunt-all wear
ing lovely old-fashioned cos
tumes-and the characters who
were named were hunting in the
Meynell country about 1888.
The meet takes place at a
well-knoWn inn called the Bull
and Spectacle" where we see
the landlord and his staff wait
ing to welcome the various fol-
lowers of the hounds as they ar
rive. Lords and ladies, farmers
and yokels, gentlemen and chill
dren, are all seen winding their
way to the inn by the various
forms of transport available at
the time, namely, horseback,
carriage, or on foot.
When most of the field are
assembled at the inn we see the
hunt staff and hounds appear.
Refreshment is taken by all and
the master then gives he word
to move off. Hounds and field
move off to draw. Shortly we
hear a very distant "View hal
loa" and in due time hounds
followed by the hunt staff and
field appear in full cry after
their fox.
Hounds and field then move
off to draw again and the dis
play is finished by the hunt
staff jumping series of formid-
able jumps and obstacles before
raising their hats, riding out OF
the ring.
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lsan." Allen said finally.

Susan" Allen said finally.
"You tell me you've broken
IT don't understand you,
your engagement to Steffen, but
he was here last night to see
you, and tonight he's having
dinner with you. Last night
you promised me that you'd
marry me today. I'm ready to
marry you right now. Now,
how about you?" His voice was
as cold and clear as the night
itself.
ALLEN, how can go away
and get married in the middle
of all thiS?" Susan's hands
twisted themselves together as
she tried to explain her pre-
dicament to him. She wheeled
suddenly as a familiar voice was
blown to her on the wind. 1t
came from the house, where
Aunt Edna stood on the porch,
sharply outlined against the
lighted doorway like a figure
cut out of black paper and past
ed on an orange-colored rectan-
gle.
"Susan!" she called. "That
you out there, Susan?"
It'll be right in, Aunt Edna"
But the short solid figure did
not bulge an inch. 1t stood
and waited,
Susan, don't go in. If you
give a darn about me you'll
come with me now and be mar
ried. You can come back here
and stay as long as you want to,
and 1 won't raise any fuss about
it-but marry me now"
"SuSan!" Aunt Edna's voice
came again. For 20 years she
had been making scathing re-
marks about the mothers of Cen
ter Street who came out on the
front steps and called their
children in from the street. At
last she was doing it herself.
Chapter XXXIII
Susan, this may sound child
ish to you," Allen went on, "but
you'll have to choose between
those people and me now.
There's no real reason why you
can't come with me now"
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Among the lovely circus-like
events that were put on at each
performance of the London
Horse Show to attract and thrill
the crowds who like something
else besides seeing horses jump
and show, was a moonlight
steeplechaSe, reproduced from
the well-known prints Of that
name by Henry Aiken.
This was put on by William
Fawcett, hunting editor of
Field, and in each program Of
the show were lovely little col
ored pictures Of these four IA
NOUS prints.
This event started with
scene in the Cannes Mess at
Inswich in 1881. A platform
was brought in to the middle
of the ring, a long table set
with silver, china, wines, dim
lights and everything that goes
with a we'll appointed dinner
party. All the men arrive in
costumes of the year 1881.
At the head of the table is
the president of the mess, Ma
jor Scabbord: on his right is
Colonel Dashwood; then Lieu
tenant Lourger, Lieutenant,
Sudden, Captain Simpson. At
the foot of the table the vice
president of the mess sits,
Lieutenant Spurse on his right,
Major Medley, then Lieutenant
Connon-Ball and Major Han
sen-the challenger-and Ma
jor Sabre.
In discussing their mounts
and their merits, Major Han
son, owning gray, vaunts its
superiority over the horses Of
his messmates. The discussion
is broken off by the toast Of
"the King" but soon breaks
out afresh and ends by chal-
lenge of Major Hanson to a
steeplechase by moonlight, then
and there.
This is accepted by five Of
the men, one declaring that
nightcaps and nightShirts are
the appropriate wear for the
race. They push back their
chairs and shout for their
horses, which appear from the
adjoining barracks yard.
The horses are brought in,
with the groomS carrying the
riders night shirts and caps.
The challenger and his rivals
put the garments on, amidst
the chaff of their comrades.
They mount and the colonel
gets them off to a good start.
Away they go Hell Bent for
Leather" Gas they say in Eng
land, not Hell Bent for Elec-
tion," as we say in America)
over four miles of country
supposedly. All around the large
ring they fly-out into the back
where they disappear, into the
ring again, out the other side,
around and around.
They are supposed to go first
over the large field near BileS
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RIVER FUND VOTED
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BY International News Service
Allotment of $590,000 for opera
ton and care of locks and dams
of the Monongahela River in
Pennsylvania and West Virginia
was announced by the War De-
partment today.
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HotWater a
nuns

''1ot water is, of course, hot water, no mat
ter how you look at it. But there are different
ways of getting it,
II have noticed, for instance, that some peo>
pie walk from here to New York and back in
the course of short time just going up and
down stairs to the basement to light an old
heater every time little hot water is needed.
And how many times during the day hot
water is needed.
Surely husbands should know about auto>
matict water heaters, that their efficiency is
greater, making the cost less per gallon of hot
water used. Maybe the majority of tvivcs don't
know about it. If they did, you'd see lot more
people with Automatic Gas Water Heaters
since they sell them on such easy terms. And
you would see more vivacious wives because
Of the burden it. takes off their. housework."
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LIQUOR TAXES

THE house ways and means committee
urges a tax Of 81 a gallon on distilled
spirits. This in itself is not an excessive rate,
but when to it are added some Of the state
taxes the combined rate may become too high
for safety. Congress should keep in mind that
by overtaxing liquor not only it will kill the
goose that lays the golden egg. 1t will invite
the bootlegger back into business at the old
stand. This consideration should transcend
the question Of revenue. 1t is an issue of pub
lie welfare.
The proposed tax Of 10 cents a gallon on
still wine of IA per cent alcoholic content and
under also should be scrutinized. Beer and
wine prices should be kept as low as possible
to encourage the use of mild beverages rather
than hard liquor. An Scent tax on light still
wines is worth considering.
Senator Clark's proposal to repeal the abb
surd Reed bone-dry amendment should be
adopted without delay This old measure,
barring from the mails in dry states all liquor
advertisements was originally introduced as a
jest. It is one Of the remaining freaks of pro-
hibition.
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A BLOW AT RACKETS

A CHICAGO grand jury has acted drastic
y ally to break up a ring Of racketeers
which has been preying on labor unions and
contractors. Indictments have been returned
accusing seventeen racketeers Of extorting vast
sums from working men and business men.
From the coal trucking trade alone, it is
said, no less than s25OOoO was taken, and
plans had been laid to levy daily fee on
every motor truck used in building construc-
ton, coal hauling and similar work in the
city.
There never was time when the abolition
of such rackets was as vitality necessary as
today. Our recovery program has been de-
signed to give new independence to organized
labor.
If airy considerable section Of organized
labor has to carry such lawless parasites along
with it, the whole scheme to give it a brighter
place in the nations industrial set-up is bound
to collapse.
This Chicago grand jury has started work
of supreme importance
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TRAINING FOR GOVERNMENT

A NEAT idea for training college students
n for public careers has been evolved by
Chester Fl. Mccall, Secretary Ropers assist
ant in the commerce department. Mr.. Nc
Call would like to have $50 or 200 selected COL
lege students brought to Washington for three
months every winter. to study the operation
Of the federal government at first hand, watch
how executives and solons do their work, and
attend lectures by cabinet officers and others
In many ways this is very sensible sug-
gestion. 1t would be fine training for the
young collegians. for one thing; for another
it also ought to be good thing for the gov
eminent officials with whom they would
mingle.
Young collegians VIGOROUSLY are quick to
see through sham and bluff. politician
functioning for three months under the eyes
of gang Of boys and girls from the campuses
would have to tend to his knitting.
Hot air and bunk would get him no place
He would have to be good to make an i'm
preston.
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STATES SHOULD HELP

FEDERAL RELIEF ADMINISTRATOR
l. HOPKINS has relieved Governor Tai
madge of Georgia of his job of spending civil
works money in that state
The Governor was accused of headline
hunting and "yapping" because of his as
saults on the federal governments policy of
paying civil works employees 40 cents an hour
The wage was SO high, the Governor COM
planned that private employers were losing
their help. Mr.. Hopkins countered that if
Georgia could re-employ its jobless he would
be glad to withdraw from the scene A flood
OF kilograms from Georgia protesting federal
withdrawal from relief gave Mr.. Hopkins an
idea how the people felt about it. Now the
money will be spent directly from Washington.
It's bitter blow to any Governor to lose
the chance to spend federal funds. But Direc-
tor Hopkins probably will produce better re-
suits with the money than Governor Talmadge
in the circumstances.
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LABOR AND THE LAW

ONE thing the present congress properly
~ might do is to clarity the labor union
provisions of the MIRA.
To be sure, congress probably would get
into the hottest kind of argument while do
ing it, Some people would like to see these
provisions tightened others would like to see
them loosened.
Congress could not touch the subject with
out stirring a pretty extensive kind of storm
Nevertheless, regardless which direction
congress finally chose to go, the job ought
to be done. Right now there is a great deal
Of confusion about what the labor provisions
Of the MIRA really mean.
Do they make unionization compulsory?
Do they weaken or strengthen the company
union? Do they weaken or strengthen the
workingman'S right to strike?
The law is somewhat obscure on these
points. Whether we tighten or relax the Sec
ton dealing with organized labor, We at least
ought to make its meaning crystal clear.
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RETURNED GIFTS

DIVING Y. MITCHELL assistant secretary
of commerce. acted properly in seeing
to it that employees in his bureau refused to
accept Christmas gifts profered by steam
ship company which has extensive dealings
with the commerce department.
All in all, "wagonload of 50-cent cigars"
is said to have been received by various en-
ployes Of the shipping bureau. Mr.. Mitchell
notified the employees that "it is not good
practice for a government official or en-
ploye to accept gifts even of small value,
from those with whom he may have business
relations"
To be sure, these particular gifts seem to
have been harmless enough. Nobody i'm
AGNES that a government official is going to
sell his soul for box Of cigars.
But the principal is rather important An
ironclad rule against acceptance even of in
significant favors is a good bulwark against
growth Of public suspicion.
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A Woman's Viewpoint
. By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

enough money to pay librarian
it usually is not so fortunate as to
have any left over with which to
buy more books. And the old
supply IS about worn out.
7 wish it were possible for some
of our ardent optimists to get
around the country and have a
look at the actual library situa-
ton in many Of the smaller cities.
First they would find out how
many towns have no libraries at
all. They then would discover
that a great majority Of the
American people have to depend
for their reading material on the
corner drug stores, inveterate VEN
doris OF literary junk.
Over vast reaches of this our
glorious country, the supply of
books is pathetically low. Yet we
know the mental hHgers of man
are as Unsuitable as his physical
longings. Bread and a good book
might have kept many a boy
from growing up into a rascal.
For this reason we hail the
Jacket library. It's small gold, sill
yer. green and carmine volumes
with their familiar and beloved
names will be a source Of endless
comfort, cheer, pleasure and in
formation for thousands of read
ers. May their presses never stop.
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MORE BANK SUPERVISION

INCREASED government supervision of the
nations banking system seems likely to
follow on the heels of the new deposit insur-
ance plan.
Reports from Washington say that Off
Gals of the Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration are considering ways Of assuming
voice in the control of banking institutions
into which millions of RFC funds have been
pumped.
The RFC has spent 1923 900 900 buying
capital stock in nearly 5000 banks: it hardly
is surprising that such extensive stock pur-
chaSes should be expected to carry voice in
management.
Just where this tendency is going to take
our banking structure, however, is not en-
tirely clear. Are we insensibly heading in
the direction of straight-out government op-
Grafton of the banking business?
man who believes in signs almost could
be induced to think So
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those who did not work that con-
sists of almost 240 names. That
takes care Of that.
8. Did Mr.. Murphy care whether
we worked. No, but he knew it
was long wait from 10 until $50.
T. did not shoot craps, for the
crap shooting was done by about
twelve bus drivers and about ten
CWA men, but I did sit in the bus
and enjoyed it. I wasn't wet, and
I was enjoying every program that
came over the radio on our bus.
5. If you made the day, you
defrauded the government and the
reason is this: Some Of the men
who worked worked only one and
one-half hours and got paid a full
day. Others worked five hours and
Mr.. Murphy saw that they got paid
full day, for he wanted to show
the men who didn't work that he
had a way Of getting even. We
worked Jan. 4 till rain stopped us
at 1870. Let's see if Mr.. Murphy
pays us a full day for that five
house.
6. If you worked and didn't get
wet, as hard as it rained, you I'M
doubtedly are one of few who hid
in hollow trees.
7. If the buses have to leave at
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So They Say

There can be no true religion in
the world so long as poverty and
wealth divide society into twin
realms Of he'll and heaven.-Rev.
John Haynes Holmes, New York.
Rights prove most valuable when
used with sound judgment and ex-
ercised only when necessary.-Wil-
liam Green, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
Cuba isn't feeling so we'll this
neutrality-suspicious. Roosevelt.
People are like children in a
nursery, always calling for some
thing new.-Premier Mussolini.
If we insist on being loyal to our
party instead Of our ideals, then
let us lay the blame for bad gov
eminent where it belongs-at your
door and mine.-Rev. Thomas H.
Whelpley Of New York.
Hal said, Let's get married" and
7 said, "All right"
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FILIPINOS STILL WAITING

THE press of important business facing the
\ present congress ought not to stand in
the way Of some final settlement of the Philip
pine problem.
The last congress passed an independence
measure which was neither flesh, fowl nor
fish 1t gave sort Of qualified independence,
and it hardly is to be wondered at that the
Filipinos turned it down.
Since they did turn it down it is up to us
to reconsider the whole proposition.
We promised the Filipinos their indepen-
dence decades ago. and public sentiment in
this country seems in favor Of making the
promise good. The main thing to settle then,
is the terms on which it shall be granted
1t ought not to be too difficult, even for
congress as busy as this one. to find some
formula which will protect both American and
Philippine interests, bill which win recognize
the rights and the responsibilities of both ma
ions
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Gypsy

BY CHRISTIE RUDOLPH
Upon the dusky purple moor
The witchen women with Jumps
Of gold,
And roguish male with servile bore
Battered their love. stealthed and
sold.
Camilla, who Haunted the panoply
Of her race,
Dark secret lashes. and the bloom
Of somber hair,
Exotic pagan with untamed and
brooding face,
With fervent mood, and tantrum
in her stare.
Oh wild twanging Of fragrant tunes,
Garland with fire upon her head,
Tramping alien roads, seeking unfa-
miliar moons,
In secret passion lain upon 8
black thorn bed.
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Praise for the Light Company

would one be possible under the
present rates? How much will we
lose in taxes?
I am not interested in pulling
any one down to the level where
I find myself at present. I am
determined quietly to fight my
way back to my old wage level.
AS a part of this program, the
following methods are essential:
If I want higher wages, I must
advocate higher wages for every
one. 7 must be willing to pay
more for all commodities as my
wages are increased. My wages
must be spent with those sensible
enough to cooperate.
The building industry is too
keenly competitive. We have little
thought for the safety, conven-
fence or accommodation Of our
workers. This does not apply to
utilities. They should do more for
their employees. In closing, let me
quote a little Shakespeare: ITO
thine own self be true, and it
must follow, as night the day,
thou canst not then be false to
any man"