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- Irving from rushing off to Spain and
out of Mary's life. At last he turned to Irving.
Forget about Spain, old man" he said.
You're going back to London. She loves you.
And love her too we'll to keep her from you
Irving peered at him anxiously.
Are you merely drunk - or gone little
mad as well?'
81 wish we're both, but I'm neither. What
is this silly talk about Spain? You're going
back to England"
Il can't stand England. hate it,
You have no end of English friends"
What are English friends when the
English woman love loves another MANI"
Was it possible that all this while Irving
had been loving Mary and smothering his
love out of loyalty to his friend?
You can't mean to tell me you've been in
love with her all this timer"
II didn't mean to tell you, but it's true.
love her but = well. she loves elsewhere
"She is afraid to tell you." Payne said
quietly. but she loves you. She told me she
did"
Irving threw him glance of scorn.
'She told me she didn't" he snapped.
How could she have told you that? You
never asked her.
Never asked her? I've asked her hun
dred times!'
But she told me you'd never even men,
toned the subject
Irving fairly howled into Paynes face: "She
told you? Why. you never saw her in your
life!'
Il never saw her? never saw Mary2"
Mary? Mary who? Who in hell is Nary"
Who's Mary? Mary Shelley, of course!
Irving flung his hands up impatiently.
II meant Emily Foster"
Il never heard of her.
"Of course not l don't 60 about carrying
my broken heart on pole. When l was in
Germany, met an English family, widow
Mrs. Foster, with two daughters. | fell
hopelessly in love with Emily. | begged her
to marry me. only made her laugh"
And it's this Emily Foster you're going to
Spain to get over?"
Yes"
The two discarded swans sank into help
less silence while twilight ebbed out of Paris
and night flowed across the Seine and the
bouevards, filling the room and their thwarted
hearts. Suddenly Payne lifted his heavy head
He must make another try.
60 back to London. old man." he said
People love you there. And you can find
happiness in making Mary Shelley happy. She
laughs at your wit but not at your love.
Emily laughs when you propose to her. Mary
cries when | propose to her - because she
loves you, not entirely perhaps, but she could
learn to-"
In the wavering candle simmer, Payne
seemed a little unearthly. and certain awe of
him gentled Irving's irony: Are you going
quite mad?"
There was almost confirmation In the cry
that answered: Il want to make Mary happy
I'm more in love with her than you can con-
ceve - so much in love with her that her
happiness is the one thing live for. If she
wants you, by heaven she's going to have
you'
But man alive, don't love her,
How can you help it? Are you blind. deaf.
an IDIOT? Who could be more beautiful, more
wise, more fascinating?
Admitting all that, what have reasons
got to do with love? like her. admire her.
But don't love her"
You would if you really knew her
Payne pleaded You know only her lighter
moods. You don't know how deep and brave
and wise she is. want you to read her letters.
I've brought them with me.
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loved him for it. Shes that
sort. For Gods sake, take
her"
Irving went to Spain and
to the huge works he accom-
plished there, the life and
voyages of Columbus, the
drama of Granada and the
romantic splendor of the AL
hambra. Payne returned to a
rain-bespattered London. He
brought with him a bundle of
Partisan successes and a re-
newed hope Of winning Mary.
She greeted him with open
arms. If only he had rushed
her heart and overwhelmed
her! But he had Irving on his
mind, and he lost his elan.
Payne's unpretending little
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CHAPTER vi

AYNE loved Mary too well to give her
up. Yet if he loved her perfectly, he
must give her up: he must keep
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Think Filipinos May Weaken
In Desire for independence

which joined forces with Filipino
politicos to sever ties of thirty-five
years, have gone a long way toward
accomplishing their none too noble
ends. If present plans materialize the
Philippines will blossom forth as q
sovereign republic at the end Of a
decade and the United States will
cease to have a territorial interest in
the troublesome Far East In some
respects the United States may be bet
ter on If such a separation takes
place. Under certain circumstances
it might be better to have the separa-
ton completed more quickly and more
definitely"
Apparently, the prospect is pleas
ing to the majority of Filipinos," in
the opinion of the Canton (Ohio) Re-
pository, while the Syracuse IN. "
Herald feels that public opinion In
this country Is fully reconciled to the
legislation" and the Jackson (Mich.)
Citizen-Patriot remarks that "our
Government will be responsible for at
least eleven more years"
They have agitated for freedom so
long that it will be difficult for them
to turn back now" thinks the Salem
tMass) Evening News. The Rochester
IN. Y) Times-Union suggests: THE
element of danger to the Philippines
in a completely independent status
lies in the possibility that some power
might seize the islands and impose a
rule less satisfactory than that of the
United States"
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Foreign Trade Barriers.

While the good neighbor" spirit In
spires the United States reciprocal
tariff policy. Secretary Hull has just
revealed that the matter Of obtaining
a square deal from other countries
with which we have trade relations is
not to be left to chance or to their
benevolence. Ways and means have
been devised at Washington to enforce
fair treatment for American commerce
under the INSTRUMENTATION system.
The policy just announced provides
that countries which discriminate
against our trade will be denied the
benefits flowing from the reciprocal
tariff program.
France Is the first to feel the i'm
pact Of this new determination. The
Paris government has been notified
that unless 1t abandons quotas, en-
bargoes and certain tariff practices
which have operated seriously to re-
strict American exports to France it
will not be able to avail itself OF the
reduced tariff rates granted to Bel
eium under our recently negotiated
reciprocal treaty with that country.
Secretary Hull has adhered to the
most favored nation principle in the
pursuit Of his reciprocal program.
Thus all countries granting the United
States equality of treatment would
automatically be entitled to the con-
cessions extended to Belgium. France
Is not giving US such equality. Con-
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STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

AS strange as any medieval fantasy
Of q Baron Munchausen is the sober
account presented to the Royal Geo.
graphic Society by Ivan T. Sanderson.
describing his animal collecting expe-
dition into the highlands of the British
Cameroons.
1t is a land where ant armies actu-
ally attack native villages. Said San
derson:
Stepping out Of the house, I could
hardly believe my eyes, for the whole
ground seemed to be moving toward
me, making an eerie, rustling sound
An endless drove of ants was moving
in the direction of the rest house con-
tanning poor Simms' emaciated form.
These ants have been known to sweep
whole villages clean. including some of
the inhabitants. They attack the eyes
first, partially paralyZing their victims
with tiny injections of forrnic acid, and
eventually picking the skeleton clean.
"Our boys fell out of the house in
answer to my shouts and, filling their
mouths with kerosene, sQuirted the
vanguard before throwing down
lighted matches. Then they built a
low wall of burning grass at a tangent
to the house At first this did not
check the ants, myriads of the little
bodies piling up to o depth of over
6 inches and choking the fire. Even
tually the whole drove veered off the
right and disappeared in the bush.
But two hours later they still were
passing unabated and I suppose they
continued the greater part of the
night"
There Sanderson found hunting
parties placing in their hair luminous
centipedes which crawled about and
became entangled in the long locks.
Thus they provide a strong green
light by which members Of the party
can keep in touch with each other.
In the same locality women are
painted brick-red after childbirth.
1t is land where furniture grows" {"
A chair, table or a bed left on the
dirt floor Of one of the houses for q
few weeks will be found o foot or so
higher on the owners return, and
with green branches sprouting from
the legs. This is true even of some
furniture Of European manufacture.
Telegraph poles grow so rapidly the
wires soon are out of sight.
1t Is land where grown men are
clad only in long necklaces of many
colors.
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versations between Washington and
Paris are in progress looking to q
commercial agreement. If they do not
lead to results favorable to American
trade, France will forthwith face re-
prisals on our part. From her will be
withheld tariff reductions provided for
in reciprocity agreements. She will be
made instantly aware that the United
States possesses q potent weapon with
which to defend our export trade and
will not hesitate to use it.
Four other countries, 1t is disclosed
by the State Department-Germany,
Italy, Denmark and Portugal-win be
entitled to the Belgian concessions
only until present treaties with them
expire. ALI of them maintain trade
practices regarded as discriminatory
against American trade. They, too,
like France. will lose most-favored-
nation rights here unless they abolish
devices which hamper the sales Of
our goods IN their markets. More or
less formal discussions are under way
with Germany and Italy, looking to
new agreements of mutually profit
able nature. Czechoslovakia only
within the past few days has signed
at Washington a provisional agree
ment which insures most-favored-
nation treatment for both countries.
Canada, the Netherlands, Spain and
Switzerland form a group Of countries
which will receive the Belgian benefits
for six months. All Of them are now
in negotiation with us for reciprocal
treaties. If at the end of six months
no agreements with them are reached,
they will be confronted by the fate OF
which we have just given France
warning. They will be dropped from
the list of beneficiaries.
Secretary Hull has adopted a COM
mendable attitude. Nations which
desire to exploit this, the richest
market in all the world, must bring
themselves to give American trade
just treatment, or suffer the conse-
quences it is so easily within our
power to impose upon them.
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mitted to continue unchecked, hui
manity finds itself in an unreal world.
The United States just now Is in
serious danger Of being begged by
self-appointed captains of the multi
tude who frankly are not competent
to lead wisely. Unashamed dema-
gogues have attained power too large
for them to direct to social advantage.
In the name Of the masses they have
acquired control of instruments which,
through ignorance or blindness or
personal greed, they may employ
against the national welfare.
And the peril is further increased
by the fact that there are individuals
only too anxious to exploit both the
leaders and their followers. They
rarely show themselves in the lime
light; they prefer to labor in the dark,
and the people generally are unaware
Of their existence. Yet they use their
opportunities to the full for their own
enrichment and advancement. The
demagogues are their puppets and the
helpless millions their victims. And
nemesis almost never catches up with
them.
But the day must come when the
citizens of the Republic will be edu-
Gated to q practical knowledge of their
heritage, Ntheir tradition and their
obligation. Lincoln was correct in his
judgment that it is impossible to fool
all the people all the time. Blatant
propagandists may illuminate, special
leaders may spout, but eventually the
Nation will awaken to demand that
they prove. their charges and their
claims. demonstrate the accuracy of
their contentious and the good faith
of their arguments.
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Responsibility.

It is q basic doctrine of democracy
that those who aspire to lead the
people should be responsible. Yet it
happens now and again that agi-
tators utterly unmindful of their obli-
CATION appear in the national scene.
Enthusiasm for a cause, 1t may be
granted, is q natural explanation in
the circumstances, but rank prejudice
also is to blame in many instances.
Assertions frequently are made in the
halls of Congress, to the press and
over the radio which simply are not
amenable to proof. The authors of
such Misrepresentation too often
avoid correction, and gradually a vast
body of myths grows up in the public
mind.
The problem, therefore, is important
Sound policies Of government are
affected deleteriously, and honorable
and eficient servants Of the common
wealth are handicapped in the per-
Torrance Of their duty or even driven
from their posts Of service. In the
end. If the same processes are per.
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they Need Competition.
prnm the Rochester Times-union.

Fran the Rochester Times-Union.
The Federal suit against the motion
picture monopolies will, If successful,
restore to that industry the competi-
ton 1t so sorely needs, and perchance
convert the business into q profession.
Newspapers. books, magazines, the
stage and other services of kind must
inevitably meet public demand or
suffer loss. The screen alone gives
the public what the screen magnates
believe the public wants, and the
latter must take 1t and like it.
This strange procedure comes about
through the so-called block booking
and blind-buying, whereby the local
exhibitor must. buy IND show what
is sent HMM many instances with
out knowing the nature Of the film.
II, as we say, the Government suit
is successful, and this monopolistic
policy is broken down, there will be
opportunity for independent producers
to vend their wares, and the great
companies will have to meet this COM
petttioa A
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New Track Layouts Downtown.

NcW 4IdCh Ad dyUuLo OUWAtUWA'
The general aim of the Public
Utilities Commission In ordering
trackage changes in downtown wash
ington is to do away with as many
of the existing kinks as possible and
to provide for a more direct move
ment of street cars. 1t has been
impossible to do this without sub
stituting one nuisance for another.
But the hope of the authorities is that
the nuisances substituted will be less
aggravating than those removed.
As for new nuisances. they are ap-
parent. The Avenue Triangle" build
ing development has erected a wall
along the south side of Pennsylvania
avenue, leaving only three through
streets from north to south-Four.
teenth, Twelfth and Seventh. Fifteenth,
Tenth and Ninth, while skirting or
penetrating the wall, are blocked by
the Mall. And to the already heavy
north and south automobile traffic
low forced to use Fourteenth street
end Fifteenth street will be added the
congestion Of heavy street car traffic
making turns into Fourteenth from
the Avenue, into the Avenue from
Fourteenth, and into Fifteenth from
G street. Compensating for this new
source of congestion, the mess Of
tracks on New York avenue between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth, and on
Fourteenth between New York avenue
and G is to be cleared up. There will
be no right-turning street cars from
Fifteenth into New York avenue, and
there will not be the confusing turns
at Fourteenth and New York avenue
The changes ordered have been
under consideration for many months
and have been decided upon only
after close studies of the movement of
automobiles and Of street cars. While
experience is yet to test their wisdom,
the engineers are convinced that they
are the most effective changes that can
be made under present conditions
After the changes have been made
there will be less trackage In the
downtown section than there Is now
and that is something.
Peoples Counsel Roberts, contem-
plating the expenditure of $780, 900 on
the changes, is more convinced than
ever that subways must be relied upon
to alleviate the constantly increasing
congestion on such streets as Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Fourteenth, and to
provide the growing population with
the means, now lacking, Of really
rapid transit But he has not been
able to convince the engineers at the
District Building that now is the time
to apply such solution. The great
cost Of subways, especially the con-
struction Of subways in low-lying
downtown Washington, will serve to
delay their acceptance until the nee
essity is more pressing than it is now.
After the changes have been made
in tracks the Public Utilities Com
mission will issue re-routing orders
which will have much to do with the
acceptance of the changes by the pub
lie. The street car company's own
contribution to better service by new,
improved equipment should not be too
long delayed.
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A Rhyme at Twilight
By.
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Dewberry Trail

Gypsy, gypsy, where are you roam.
ing to?
Thin as q switch, with soft brown
eye.
All your belongings swung on the hip
Of you,
And in your hand dewberry pie.
Gypsy, gypsy, I'm calling after you.
Pause for q second as you slip by.
I'll give all own, every red cent of It,
just for bite Of your black fruit pie.
Gypsy, gypsy, why should we tether
you?-
Footing your trail in timber run.
Bathing in forest pools, soft rain for
melody,
Paths made Of pine needles warmed
n by the sun. Y
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One does not grow up" all together.
Different organs of the body reach
their full size and functional maturity
at different rates and different times,
according to DR.. T. wmgate Todd, pro-
fessor of anatomy at Western Reserve
University in report to Science. the
journal of the American Association
for the Advancement Of Science.
These different growth rates, he
points out, may have considerable
significance for the new science Of
orthophylactics, or correct child guild
ance. Defects must be noted and
corrected before an organ has reached
its full growth and stabilization.
The earliest part of the body to
mature is the "vestibule" Of the inner
ear. This is the organ Of balance. 1t
is functioning several months before
birth. When the baby is born, 1t Is
as large as 1t ever will be.
The olefactory, or smelling" area
of the nose has Its greatest growth and
reaches its full functional develop
ment within six months after birth.
After that the respiratory function of
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childhood it is the middle part OF the
nose which has its greatest growth.
Then it stops growing and the lower
part shoots ahead.
The eyeball, which really is a pro-
lection of the brain, reaches its adult
DEVELOPMENT at four years. Then the
individual can see as well as ever viii
be possible. Any defect in vision due
to faulty development of the eye
ball must be corrected earlier.
The adult coniguration of the cor
tex of the brain is reached between
the fourth and sixth years, although
the brain case is only three-fourths
adult size Thus when child Is nrst
sent to school all the mental capacity
is present. It only awaits training to
be transformed into specific abilities.
Growth in the width Of the face
precedes growth in the height OF
the face. Jaw growth waits until
adolescence, when it proceeds much
faster in boys than in girls. The ma
jority Of women have relatively small
Jaws, q fact long appreciated by the
physical anthropologist in determ1n-
ing the sex Of skeletal material.
There are periods of maximum
growth for each organ of the body,
Or. Todd says, so that abnormalities
which are noted later in life can be
dated. For example, q defect in
cranial size or in the eyeball would be
referred back to early infancy.
X II n Il
Heavy water-which, at least In
rats, will produce a mild jag
tastes Just the same as ordinary
water.
Recently a Norwegian chemist re-
ported drinking some and experience
ing a "dry, burning sensation" This
has been tested by Prof. H. G. Urey
of Columbia University, winner OF this
years Nobel prize for the discovery Of
heavy hydrogen, which is the chief
constituent of the heavy water, and
an associate.
Each drank about o cubic cent?
meter of the liquid. They found it az
tasteless as water from the faucet.
Meanwhile, three other Colunbis
| scientists have sought in vain for evil
dence that heavy water speeds ur
| growth. It failed to produce any
measurable difference In the growth
| Of various microscopic organisms o.
| In the roots of wheat seedlings.
Il y X
The earth still has its weird cor.
| ners, where unbelievable things actu.
AAlly hAppo0s
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

moistened with wood alcohol. This
last makes a most efhcient cleaner, but
u expensive. Soap is less satisfactory
because 1t leaves o film over the sur.
face of the glass. Try to clean win.
dows when the sun is not shining on
them directly, as it causes uneven
evaporation of moisture and gives o
streaked surface.
@. When did the Society for the
Preservation of Spirituals have is
Spring concert?-H. j.
A. The society presented Its annual
Spring concert at the Academy Of
Music in Charleston, s. c., on
March 28.
@. How many child workers have
been taken out of factories by the
N. r. A. codes?-E. c.
A. approximately 100 900 child work.
ers have been removed from factory
work by provisions of the N. r. A.
@. How many soldiers hold adjusted
compensation certifcates?-F. s. C.
A. Approximately 3.530,000 former
soldiers hold adjusted compensation
certificates and would be entitled TO
the bonus payment.
@. Please pronounce the surname Of
the painter, Jonas Le.--M. T.
A. It is pronounced as If spelled
Lee"
@. What Is Bill RobinSons standing
rs a tap dancer?-H. NJ.
A. He is one Of the worlds great
est dancers and an expert at tap
dancing. He originated the famous
"climb-the- steps" routine, which is
used 50 extensively in musical shows.
1t is a tap dance that is done On a
flight of stairs.
@. What are the five principal causes
of death among children under year
OF age in this country?-M. E.
A. They are premature birth.
diarrhea and enteritis, broncho-pneu-
monia, congerital malformations, in
jury at birth.
@. What are the best fruits for jelly
making?-G. F. D.
A. In the order of their desirability:
Currant. crab apple, apple, ounce,
grape, blackberry, raspberry and plum.
@. What is the name of the new
safe explosive?-S. r.
A. 1t is called nitramon and is
about 20 per cent stronger than INT,
but cannot be detonated by the
most powerful blasting caps, fame or
impact.
@. Is there a Baker estate in liti-
gation?-F. M.
A. The promoters of this hoax.
which was called the Baker Inherit
ance Association. have recently been
sentenced to six years imprisonment.
@. What proportion of the total
land area of the United States was
originally covered with forests?-D. D.
A Nearly one-half, or about S22,-
000, 900 acres. There are now about
1862. .000, 900 acres of forests.
@. What does Augean mean?-
/ w. H.
A. 1t means filthy. The allusion is
| to the stables of Augeas, king Of Ellis,
whose stables containing 5000 oxen
had not been cleaned in 80 years. One
Of the tasks of Hercules was to clean
these stables. This he did in one day
by turning two rivers through them.
@. How many people live in COM
munities with no hospital service?-
| r. E. N.
A. The Modern Hospital says that
$1,000, 900 persons in the United
States live in areas which are lacking
in hospital and health service.
@. Why are there holes in Swiss
cheeSe?-C. w. B.
A. Gases are produced by the action
of certain bacteria in the curds of
Swiss cheese. The holes result from
the liberation of the gas.
Evening star., 1935-04-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Policy Suggestion.
Let's be lazy for q while,
Satisfied to dream and smile
AS the sunlight drifts along
Dancing to q robins song.
Every motor horn that sounds
With q war-ike strain abounds.
Speeding clouds across the sky
Seem like bombing planes on high.
Let the world 60 on, nor heed
It's direction or its speed.
What so ere you do or say
It will surely make its way.
Let us greet the rainbow showr
And the fragrant blossoming bow'r,
Fearing neither greed nor guile
Let's be lazy for while.