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want of lifef What is the most impor-
tant thing to woman?"
Charity shrugged.
II can tell you the most important
thing to woman" Batch smiled
knowinly. Its being able to wind the
man she wants around her little finger
and keeping him. And any woman
can do that II she has any brains at
all-and q fair amount Of looks"
II may have the brains" Charity ad-
mitted frankly, "but I certainly haven't
the looks"
You're fishing now. No woman in
the world thinks she Is unattractive."
"Oh-but I do" Charity declared SO
convincingly that Batch almost believed
her.
He looked at her closely in the moon
light, and there was nothing about her
that he could see to substantiate his
next remark. But he declared gallant
Temple. Take 1t from a man who has
been somewhat OF an expert in his
day."
Charity flushed. Never before in her
life had man told her she was at
tractive; she felt delicious thrill OF
excited pleasure. And DR.. Batchelol
was rich, handsome and gallant.
Batch saw that Charity was pleased
and smiled inwardly. She was just like
every other woman after all. Give any
OF them a little fiattery and they'd
rather have II than mama from Heaven
He was still holding Charity's wrist
He took her hand and put it on his
knee. covering it with his other hand
Charity felt she should draw away. But
she didn't want to. Batch grinned.
Il hope we're missed" he said.
Charity looked nervous. 1T doesn't
look very nice for us to be sitting out
here all this time. Some one might
think
Batch stopped her with laugh
Let 'em do a little thinking. It'll be
good for them and for you, too. That
double-crossing bunch of night owls
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Charity. She was astonished when he
said coolly: rs she that bad? Maybe
you're a little prejudiced."
Yanner started to get angry. But she
knew she must not. So she said inno-
Gently: II don't know what you mean.
But I suppose do sound jealous-to
You. Maybe am. I do sort Of love
you, you know"
"I thought Charity managed rather
WELL" Doug added further, to Yanner's
chagrin Put yourself in her place
and you'd probably blow up and throw
the furniture at somebody"
"Doug Yanner scolded him, trying
to sound playful. You're still little
peeved with me. But meet me out at
the airport this afternoon and I'll make
you forget all about it,"
II think I'd better stay home and
square myself"
'Why?" Yanner demanded posses
sively, a cold fear clutching at her
heart. You don't care what she
thinks! You're going to divorce her
anyway"
Il know" Doug said evenly. but with
determination. But she's human and
I'm not going to treat her SO rotten
after this She did me big favor last
| night and I'm going to stay home to-
Gay and be decent to her.
Yanners answer was the click of her
receiver.
(To be continued)
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feet 4 inches. weight 220 pounds.
Born in New York. Lady killer and
all-around playboy. Would you like to
play post off1ce?"
It was nice to smile again. Then
Charity remembered she had come out
on the balcony to weep-and her face
grew grave. DR.. Bachelor wagged
finger at her.
Naughty naughty! Bad little cry
baby get castor oil"
II don't cry often. really" Charity
apologized. But there's no need of my
trying to deceive you. You were in
there when Yanner Vandergriff spoke
her little piece for my benefit"
DR.. Bachelor >squirmed uncomfort-
ably. That's Yanner's little way of hav-
ing fun. She didn't mean any harm. ;
You all know that she was engaged
to-my-husband She got up this party
tonight to- torture me-"
The doctor decided there was no use
beating about the bush. Mrs. Temple
needed some one to talk with. He
grinned again.
Call me Batch. What shall I call
you?"
'Just-Charity'
"All right, Charity" The doctor
reached over and took her hand to feel
her pulse Let's get together on this
trouble that seems to be gnawing at
your aching breast Tell DR.. Bachelor
all about it
Charity made no attempt to draw her
hand away. 1t was comforting. She
sat for a moment staring into space.
then sighed hopelessly.
I've made a terrible miStake-that's
all. Tonight makes me realize it. I've
just about wrecked my whole life"
A flicker of amusement touched
Batchs brown eyes
mo woman makes a mistake to mar
ry as much money as you have. There
shouldn't be anything in the world you
couldn't buy-with your fortune. Every
woman in New York envies you. That
little display of feline entertainment
you saw in there tonight was jealousy.
Not of the man you married. but OF
your money Get wise to YOURSELF!
1t was a long speech. Charity shook
her head again.
"Money-can't buy happiness. Moth
ing could make me believe that"
Batch was warming to his subject.
He turned to her almost impatiently.
What is happiness? What do you
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have given me some warning before
you came bursting in with bunch OF
hoodlums
Yanner's dulcet tones dripped honey.
"Oh-but darlin', you will forgive me.
Don't you underestimate just had to
see her sweetheart just had to! To
| see for myself If she was rs unattractive
as you said she was. I'm satisfied now.
I'll never be jealous again"
You just about wrecked my happy
home" Doug was still far from molli-
| fed. IF that's the way you act when
you're jealous, I hope I never see you
in a fit again"
Yanner sounded little-and hurt.
You're mean-Doug. Go back and get
your beauty sleep, you old bear! woke
up with the birds and l just couldn't
60 back to sleep until called you to
ask you to forgive me. You-have for
given me?"
"Oh. well. forget it," Doug said
grudgingly, and Yanner smiled to her
self 1t was so easy to wrap Doug
around her little finger. She had never
had any doubt that she could manage
h!m-even when he was married to an
other girl.
She made the sound of a kiss into
the phone, You're a honey! And oh,
darling. l hope you can hurry up and
shake that poor little pill. My word, l
| had no idea such a tongue-tied country
clod existed in this civilized city
For some unaccountable reason Doug
! did not like Yanner's description. of
Evening star., 1934-01-12
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INsTALLMEN1

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALLMENTS.
Charity Jones. born on an Iowa farm.
works her way through hight school ana
Des MoineS business college, goes 10 new
York and gets JOB with bank, sending
home half of her salary to save tpe heaVliy
mortgaged farm. After three years she is
secretary to Douglas Brookhart Temple the
president. She knows he Is disappointed
in his son, Doug. who is playing with art
in Paris. Doug, summoned home arrives
after his fathers death, to learn that half
of the Temple fortune OF $50. 100000 has
been left to him. bu, the other half TO Char
ity, on condition that they marry within a
week Charity. tall and slender. dresses
very plainly and uses 10 makeup. When
Doug sees her he bluntly says he can't
marry such a plain. old-faShioned girl and,
anyhow, he is engaged to Yanner Wander
grif. beautiful young debutante. of whom
Charity has read in the society columns.
Charity, furiously angry declares she will
keep on earning her own living. The schem-
ing Yanner. knowing that her familys for
tune has dwindled to nothing. suggests that
he marry Charity. then get divorce and
marry her. The infatuated Doug agrees
The day after they are married at City
Hall, Doug tells Charity he will never live
with her as her husband. week later,
when when Poqg has t. taken New York penti d
tsunts Charity by singing an improvised
song about a country girl who goes TO the
city and marries a millionaire Charity goes
TO The balcony and is weeping. when she
feels hand on her shoulder.
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should talk about couple Of innocents
holding haI DIS on q penthouse balcony"
You don't sound as though you
thought much Of your friends" Charity
said, little surprised.
II was born end brought up with
them" DR.. Bachelor told her. but
after al. I do work. You can't quite
class me with playboys"
do you have private practice?"
I'm head CT the Crippled Childrens
Hospital on East Fifty-f1rst street
Charity's eyes opened wide with
pleased surprise.
+"Oh-how rice What a lot of good
you must be doing"
Batch turned the matter off with a
wave of his hand. We're able to Ak a
kid up pretty good now and then"
Charity felt new respect for him.
She wanted to know him better 1t
was refreshing to find a man who
really did something worth while
among a crowd such as Doug's and
Yanner'S.
Batch was thoughtful, thinking OF
Charity Temple. Then, partly because
he was curious, and partly because he
hadn't anything better to do the next
afternoon. which was Sunday, Batch
asked her suddenly. Are you doing
anything tomorrow afternoon?"
"N-no," Charity admitted reluc-
tantly
Drop down and have tea with me, "
Evening star., 1934-01-12
INSTALLNIENT VIII.

<hORN 1ON BA1CHEIOR started
at the agony in Charitys face
as she stared up at him in the
l. moonlight. Here, here" he
said gayly, as she sat up on the
bench in alarm, weep not, fair lady.
A night like this was never meant for
such waste of emotion
Something in the deep, pleasant voice
stilled the wild beating of Charity's
heart. He sat down and handed her a
large handkerchief from his tux pocket,
silently. Charity wiped her eyes. Then
she smiled timidly as she said, II
thought I was all alone. I'm sorry"
Thornton Bachelor grinned, showing
large, white. perfect teeth Even in the
moonlight Charity could see that his hair
was red and curled all over his head,
and that he had a few good -natured
freckleS, too His tall. athletic figure
seemed to fill the bench.
When the young man saw that
Charity was getting her bearings he
grinned again. Feel better? Then
we'd better get acquainted. Behold be-
fore YOU, Lady Temple, the handsome
figure of Dr.. Thornton Bachelor, sworn
enemy of all human ills. Age 80, height
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"UNWANTED BABY"
BIG PROBLEM OF
LIFE IN CHINA

More than $4,000 dead bodies OF
infants were picked up on the streets
of Shanghai last year and the news
papers took slight notice OF the fact
because it was considered too COM
monplace to have news value. IL
happens every year in this great
Chinese city, and although the exact
number of little victims has varied
1t has always been in the tens or
thousands. A similar infant mortal
ity has been found throughout most
of China. according to the Peoples
Tribune of Shanghai, which claimed
that deaths of newborn children
have been estimated to run into the
millions annually. The great bulk
Of these babies, according to this
organ of the Kuomintang or Nation
alist party, representing the Chinese
National government, were exposed
to die by parents unable to provide
for them.
Birth control has been opposed by
certain scholarly" elements in Chi
ma, the Peoples Tribune noted at
the same time as it declared that
Chinese women of education feel diff
ferently and resent the attitude Of
the old-fashioned male scholar that
women exist merely to bear children
and perform domestic service. What
is more, women physicians and
nurses know, said this Shanghai re-
view, just as intelligent men know,
that the $4,000 dead babies found in
the streets of Shanghai in 1888 did
not represent the total Of unwanted
babies, but only the number that sur
vived the terrible attempts" which
Ignorant and poverty-stricken Chi
nese motherhood must resort to in
lieu of other methods of family linn
itation. Digest.
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News Review Of Current
Events the World Over
Troubles of the Automobile and Coal Industries Bishop
Cannon's Trial Begins Working on the
New Tax Measure.
By EDWARD w. PICKARD

7 ABOR conditions In the Detroit
~ area, mostly affecting the automo-
bile industry, remained In chaotic con-
dition, despite the partly successful
efforts Of government mediators. The
strike at the plant Of the Motor Prod
ucts corporation, which had caused a
shutdown of the factory of the Hud-
son Motor company. was settled when
Edward P. McGrady, assistant to Gen.
Hugh Johnson, laid before the strik-
ers terms that had been accepted by
the corporation. The workers agreed
to the terms, which called for 10 per
cent increase in pay and arbitration
of disputes over piece work pay rates.
This enabled the Hudson plant to re-
open.
The LOO employees of the Camp
bell, Wyant & Cannon foundry at Mus
kegon, Mich, struck. The concern
makes castings for automobile build
ers. The 1900 employees of the Nash
Motor company still were on strike at
Kenosha, Wis.
The Mechanics Educational Society
Of America, an organization of tool
and die makers, had voted to strike
unless executives of jobbing plants
met their demands for 20 per cent
pay increase and 36-hour week.
There was a strike by 800 employees
of the Detroit Michigan Stove COM
pany who demanded 20 per cent
wage increase, and pickets attacked
men who approached the plant to
work.
Industrial plants in Connecticut
were involved in numerous strikes and
labor disputes. The attitude of the
workers was expressed by John ].
Egan, secretary of the Connecticut
Federation of Labor, who said: mo
company should declare any dividends
until the 1929 wage level is restored"
a DMINISTRATOR JOHNSON'S or
i der to the bituminous coal indus
try to put into effect seven-hour day
and new minimum wage rates was
bitterly attacked by southern coal pro-
ducers at a code revision hearing in
Washington. Especially Objectionable
TO the Alabama, Tennessee and Ken
lucky operators was the reduction in
wage differentials accorded southern
coal fields.
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covery program, the
financing Of housing
projects all over the
country with federal
funds. New homes
are to be built; old
homes are to be re-
pa ir e d, remodeled,
spruced up. Mort
cages are to be given
on generous terms,
with interest low and
pay m e n t permitted
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Richmond, his aid in
the anti-Al S NIT b
c a m paign of 1923,
were finally arraigned
to answer TO charges
of having violated the
corrupt practices act.
If convic e d they
would face a possible
term of two years in
prison or a fine of
$4,000 or both. The
specific charge is that
nnn
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of S7,500,0O0 worth of
army airplanes, is the
conclusion of a sub
con IN | tie e of the
house military affairs
committee t h at has
been investigating the
matter. The subcom-
mittee also found that
H a try I'll. Woodring,
assistant secretary Of
war, had attempted to
a ssure competitive
D. Al It,.
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CHICAGO business leaders are unan-
~ imously opposed to the Wagner
labor disputes bill, George w. Young,
president of the Chicago Association
of Commerce, told senate committee.
Mr.. Young said the real purpose of
the act was to force unionization of
business and industry under authority
of federal law. Workers could no
longer bargain through self-organiza-
ton or individually, but would be
compelled to bargain only through
union labor organizations, whether
that represented their real choice or
not, he pointed out.
before the criminal court in
- Washington Bishop James Can
non, Jr., of the Methodist Church
South, and Miss Ada L. Burroughs of
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vIIHITE HOUSE correspondents
w who were at Miami visited
President Roosevelt aboard his vaca-
ton yacht Nourmahal off Gun Cay,
Bahamas, and listened to some tall
fish stories. But they were not con-
vinced that Elliott Roosevelt was mis-
taken when he said his father wasn't
having any luck in angling. The Pres
ident had nothing to say concerning
public affairs.
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Estimated to produce S1S5,0OO,OOO
additional revenue, the La Toilette
amendment called for a boost In the
normal income tax rate from 4 to q
per cent, with surtaxes graduated up
to II per cent on net incomes in ex-
cess of S1,0OO,000.
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Well Trained

docs your husband expect you to
obey him?"
"Oh, dear, no. You see, he's been
married before STRAY Stories.
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Ferry's Seeds are sold only in fresh
dated packages. When you buy Fer
RVS Seeds you are sure of the finest
quality available. Adv.
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T I'VE stock producers and govern
~ nient officials will gather In Chi
cago April 20 and work out a program
for the relief, of western cattlemen
made possible by President Roosevelts
action in signing the bill making cat
tie basic commodity. This was an
nounced In Denver by F. E. Mollin.
secretary of the American National
Live Stock association after he heard
from Chester G. Davis, head OF the
Agricultural Adjustment administra-
ton.
Mollin said it was expected the cat
tlemen will urge that the quickest re-
lief can be obtained through pur-
chases by the government of beef for
distribution among the needy and for
the purchase of diseased cattle to be
used for fertilizer. He added that
cattlemen generally will ask that no
general signup for reducing produc-
ton be tried at first, and that any
processing tax which may be levied
be postponed until September ] at the
earliest and be spread out over as
long a period as possible.
D REPRESENTATIVE PRENTISS M.
IN BROWN of Michigan, Democrat
and member of the banking and cur
rency committee, prepared a new bill
to provide relief for depositors In
closed banks and for state banks that
are not members Of the federal reserve
system. Mr.. Brown said his plan
would provide that proper govern
ment agency shall:
"First, purchase Of all depositors In
all banks of the country their claims
against such institutions or their re-
ceivers, conservators, liquidating trus-
tees, or other similar officials at face
value up to $2,50O-taking an assign
ment of the proportionate interest OF
the depositor in the available assets
of such institutions.
Second, loan to any depositor de-
string it 75 per cent of the balance
of his claim up to $4,000, or any part
thereof.
Third, loan him per cent of any
remaining balance of his claim"
FRANK WALKER, chairman of the
L Presidents national emergency
council, made announcement of the
next step in the administrations re-
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THAT Maj. Gen. Benjamin d. Fou-
L lois, chief of the air corps. and 9TH
ers acted in violation of the law" in
connection with the proposed purchase
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n FFICIALS Of the Public Works
~ administration were elated by a
report received from the F. W. Dodge
corporation which indicated a pro-
nounced spring increase in job-creat-
ing building activity in which the fed
eral public works program was a lead
ing factor.
Reporting on the volume of con-
tracts awarded in March for both pub
licly and privately financed building
in the 81 states east of the Rocky
mountains, the Dodge corporation in
formed the PWA that S179, 163, 900 of
contracts were awarded last month
compared with S96,716,OOO in Febru-
airy. Publicly financed building ac-
counted for $126.21OOOO of the March
total, and privately financed building
for S52,953,OOO.
The 26,210,0O0 of publicly financed
work contracted for last month is
about five times the amount contract
ed for in March of 1888 and nearly
three times the amount contracted in
March Of 1882. according to the report.
The bureau of foreign and domes-
tic commerce Of the Department of
Commerce announced that rapid prog
ress was being made in assembling
detailed statistics on the physical con-
dition of homes, which are expected
to be of value in federal and local
projects for renovation and slum-
clearance.
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by William Bruckart

DlllS were sent TO the CApltOl year
ago and earlier In the present session
of congress, and passed without de-
bate, or with very little. There is still
too little debate on much of the legis-
lation, but that which is going on
serves to enlighten the public on the
subject matter proposed. This ought
to be. After all, congress and the ad-
ministration are only representatives
of the people who pay the bill and
whose citizenship make up our nation.
Figures have just been released here
showing that the federal government
has approximately
u. S. Payroll 100000 officials and
at Peak employees on It's
payrolls. That is
the highest point reached since the
post war days of 1920. 1t represents
a good many hundreds of millions in
dollars for salaries of wages. And the
increase has been brought about de-
spite the economy laws that were
forced through congress last year,
some 10000 of the increase having Oc-
Cured since January 1, 1884.
The figures / have given do not in
clude the members of the house and
senate, nor their employees, nor do
they include the scores of workers that
make up the staff of the house and
senate and the employees of the Cap
fol ho fa1nroI f11dnnc nd
their STATS are counted in the totals,
but the army, navy and marine officers
and enlisted men are not included. AL
most 100000 men who are enlisted in
the Civilian Conservation corps also
are omitted.
The last time the federal payroll
numbered more than 100000 was on
January 1, 1920, when the total was
close to 6S0,000. The great civilian
war machine here in Washington was
being dismantled in those days, how
ever, and the number of workers was
shrinking daily. Indeed, before JAN
uary 1, 1921, had arrived, the govern
ment payroll had fallen below 100000.
The District of Columbia, of course,
has more federal employees than any
state or community because it is the
seat of the government. There were
more than $4,000 on the government
payroll here at last report.
If one figures the average family as
four persons, the federal payroll pro-
vides livelihood for at least 2,6O0,OOO
persons, although am assured by the
Civil Service commission that five per-
sons is better average than four, in
which event government pay checks
sustain about 3,25O,OOO. Again, this
does not include the personnel of the
C. C. G. to whom monthly pay checks
60 as a means of reaching their de-
pendents. Likewise, those supported
from pay checks given army, navy and
are not counted. There are something
like 1900 officers of the army, more
than 5000 in the navy and around
1000 in the marine corps. Unlike the
enlisted personnel, the majority of
these men have families, so those fam
lilies, in addition to dependents Of 9TH
er government workers, receive most,
if not all of their livelihood from the
federal treasury.
l do not make these statements in
criticism. Ours is vast country and
a population Of perhaps 127,OO0,0OO.
But it seems important to me that
there should be such a vast number
of persons living on government pay
checks.
/ mentioned In an earlier paragraph
in this letter that one of the issues
about which argu-
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All of the activities of the govern
ment related to housing-such as the
subsistence homestead plan, the Home
Owners Loan corporation, the home
loan bank board, the farm credit ad-
ministration, the Department of Agri-
cultures program Of new housing for
farmers-are to be co-ordinated under
a single authority.
There is both an emergency and a
permanent program In the scheme, and
the temporary program as contem-
plated will be a rOusing campaign,
with citizens, real estate men, build
ing contractors, union leaders, and
laborers all being eXhortcd to join in a
patriotic movement toward the restora-
ton of the still slumbering construc-
ton industry.
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only Sl1,0UU Oh TIE
$65,300 contribution made by Edwin
c. Jameson of New York to the anti
Smith movement was reported by the
anti-Smith Democrats headquarters
committee. Doctor Cannon was chair
man of this group and Miss Bur
roughs treasurer.
1t was indicated that the defense
would contend that Miss Burroughs
did not have to report the $4,000 in
question, arguing that it was spent
within the confines of Virginia by the
state anti-Smith committee.
One of the first government wit
nesses was Rev. Arthur ]. Barton,
Baptist minister Of Wilmington, N. c.,
and co-organizer with Doctor Cannon
of the Asheville meeting.