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Evening star., 1937-10-17
''ALL RIGHT. you WORE HIM OUTI NOW WHAT7'
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and strong "a scythe perhaps -
that | could draw through and lift
the bar -"
Janna looked about Beyond the
shadow she saw rusty hoop from a
wine barrel lying in the underground.
She pushed it under the ill-fitting
door, Soon Tasl's eager hands were
pulling it apart - pushing it through
the gap between the door and the
Intel - raising the bar - pushing it
over. Janna watched with anxious
eyes. Would she do it? Yes - at last
she was free.
But all the same l won't leave you.
Grandmother Tasl lifted the frail
body in her firm arms. I'm going to
take you back to bed - wash you -
feed you - take care of you, my poor
little old one"
Janna put her withered arms round
the dear young neck and wept into it
as Tasl trod with sure feet among the
slippery pathways. Go beloved
daughter - go! Forty years l had of
happiness. Take yours now. Old age
needs very little to warm the passing
of the day. Youth must five. Betimes
you will ride this way, and | will see
you again before | start on my long
journey. Tasl - go! Every hour my
heart would fret to see shadows on so
young a face Love is rare thing 1t
might not come again"
Tasl crept quietly into the old
woman's room from the balcony and
laid her on the rumpled bed.
do not wait" urged Janna. Put
some food at my side and be gone. 1t
will take you an hour to reach the
drinking pool. Yomi has horses there.
Go before Markobi comes -"
Every WELL" said Tasl suddenly, Il
wiH CO."
The old woman and the young one
embraced. go with God, Tasl."
And you also, Grandmother"
Tasl slipped out into the moonlight
and walked as silent as shadow out
through the village to the rose fields
where the buds lay like black pearls on
a sea of silver leaves, her face now
Evening star., 1937-10-17

She pushed the patchwork cover
back with shaking hands, and holding
on to the mattress rolled herself onto
the floor. She lay there painting little
while, waiting for the OminOus sounds
of Markobis feet on the wooden
floors. But she alone seemed to be
awake in a dreaming world. With
wildly beating heart she set out upon
her dreadful journey, wriggling along
the ground. dragging her useless old
legs behind her.
She had to lie long time at the
foot of the balcony steps praying for
more strength. She looked up at the
jeweled sky. the Milky Way pearly
vapOr athwart the diamOnd-studded
darkness. A beautiful. but unfamiliar
- frightening - world.
She choked with thick summer dust
as she crawled her laborious way over
the ground round the front of the inn
past the iron pavement tables. She
SlOppCO dSdul Will oiiS ASNNhSN eAiN
cart track, sure she could not go on,
knowing she could not 60 back. An
other prayer and strength returned.
Once over the earth bridge into the
damp sweet growth Of the irrigated
fields, success was assured. She lay
there and wept awhile with the JOY
of contact with the live breathing
earth. There were glow worms shining
in the grassy edges and fireflies crack
ling all about her.
1t took another two hours to ira
verse the tortuous paths between the
water channels which Tasl's flying
feet could cover in ten minutes. She
lay at last in the black shadow of the
hovel, drinking air with deep painful
breaths, Holy Virgin, surely she would
not die now that she had reached her
objective
By degrees her heart steadied and
her breath came more easily. Her eyes
travelled up the door to where the
stout wooden bar lay secure in its
iron sockets 1t was hopelessly out of
reach Bitter tears welled in her eyes
and made channels down her dusty
face. "Tasl - Taslv she called. "are
Evening star., 1937-10-17
THIS WEEK
The Young Must Go
Continued from pogs eleven
Continued from page eleven

YOU there?" She heard cautious rus
ting in the hut Then Tasl's voice fear
fully - who - who is that?"
Don't you know who speaks?
But no - it is not possible -
Janna was laughing weakly - with
pride at her exploit. OF course Tasl
would never dream that the old one
could get out of her bed unhelped.
Yes, it's Janna. Now Tasl, how
can | help you to get out? can't
reach the bar"
"Oh, Grandmother" breathed Tasl
inside the door. 'how could you?
How did you ="
There's not time to be lost talk
ing, Tasl. Think - child. Now that
I'm here. what can l do to get you
out?"
"If only there were something thin
Evening star., 1937-10-17

waited by the drinking pool with two
white ponies. There where the water
plunged forever with the beautiful
sound of bronze church bell. Tasl
with her gentle unselfishness. her
tender ways. deserved loves happi-
ness.
Janna dragged herself up on her ell
bows and listened intently. Beneath
the cricket's singing lay a profound
bottomless silence Something
than thought activated her = took
possession of her The door on to the
balcony had been left open. At the end
of the balcony we're three steps into
the street. Round the side of the inn
went the cart road, and over the
brook lay the earth bridge into the
bean fields. 1t was no use, she could
not still her conscience. She must 90.
Evening star., 1937-10-17
ho0ozios Section

towards the foot Of the towering
mountain.
Janna lay still as the dead when she
had gone, and she did not think yet of
the terror that awaited her when
Markobi found the hovel empty, and
the long trail through the dust and
the bean fields that would tell him
how Tasl escaped She thought only
of the loneliness of old age. the cmpti-
ness of the slow-footed years. the long
sunlit days when it would not matter
who came and spoke with her because
it was not Tasl, and it would not mat
ter how roughly someone fastened her
clothes and lifted her from bed to chair
and from chair to bed again.
1t would not matter what tunes
they fiddled in the street in the cool of
evening if Tasl's gay young laughter
echoed in Markobi's house no more.
People had told her old age was a
time of peace because desire was dead
and needs were small. small comforts,
pleasant friendships, simple things.
But they were wrong Life went on to
the very end. Old hearts ached for
love, and old bodies yearned for
cherishing.
She turned her sleepless eyes from
the doorway that stood open to the
witchery of the moon. Tasl had not
stayed to close the shutters But she
was safe An old woman like her
She was unbearably tired - too
tired even to weep. She lay and waited
for the leaden hours to pass. 1t did not
matter how quickly or how slowly
they went. 1t would always be the
same now. She would breathe and eat
and sleep and talk to the neighbOrs
but all the time a dead heart in
her withered breast would be waiting
for her body to die and give it peace.
But, Holy Virgin, that was what you
wanted, was it not? For the young
must go. The old have had their day.
The stars were pale in the sky when
a shadow darkened the shining door
way, crept quietly in and stood above
her bed. 1t was Yomi with soft
saddle blanket on his arm.
He leaned over and spoke gently.
BE not afraid, old one - it is -
Yomi." He put strong hand beneath
her shoulders and raised her gently.
81 have come for you. Tasl and my
father wait for us in the pass. Tasl
would not be happy without you
There is a home for you with my peO-
pie. Be brave, old one, and come"
Janna put out her thin arms and
linked them round the young mans
neck. He rolled the blanket round her
light little body and took her carefully
in his arms.
WhtA Markobi woke late from his
drunken sleep and went roaring round
the inn searching for his women. Tasl
and Janna were sleeping in the warm
sun on the other side of the mountains.
Tks End
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Health Insurance
Aid TO Poor
Doubted

DENVER, March IL O.N.SO
National compulsory health insur'
ance would result in inferior med
ical service to the sick poor, the
very ones the proponents of the
system claim they are seeking to
aid, DR.. r. G.. Leland, Of Chicago,
head Of the bureau of medical
economics of the American Med
ical Association, declared in Den.
yer recently. He said:
"The m e dical profession
frankly recognizes that present
conditions Of treating the sick
and controlling disease are far
from perfect. But the creation Of
q gigantic political machine
would only make conditions i'm
measurably worse.
even the leaders of the pres
ent move toward compulsory
health insurance in Washington
admit that It would require at
least one Government emplOy0
for every doctor actually practic.
ing, to make such q system OpeFN
ate. In Europe, where such sys.
TENS already are in operation,
the ratio Of nOndOctOrs to doc.
tors In the organization IL even
higher"
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

merIy occupied by Eleanor
Barry, who reCan&ly married
Allan Ryan. But the furniture.
for the sake Of which he took
the larger place, doesn't fit in
with the decOrations-sO Zerbe
is having the pieces stored!
Rhymed 'Brupts: Lillian Gish-~
Pale frail. William Gaxton-
Hearty smarty. Francis Lederer--
Suave Slav. .Sheila Barrett-Sas-
sic lassie. Alexander Woollcott--
Network fretwork. Commissioner
Valentine-Top cop. Benito Mus
solini-Rashest Fascist. .Marlene
Dietrich. Trim limb. Josephine
Huston - Lush thrush. Fred
Perry-Tennis menace. Howard
Hughes-Higher flier.
Jack Pearl at the Mirador the
other night discussing the decision
of the movie houses to abolish
bank nights remarked: They had
to. Word came to them the banks
were going to retaliate-by rum
ming moVieS!"
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Louis SObOl-
Short Takes--Few Puffs

Modern Cinderella theme: Ten
of Manhattan's loveliest were
picked here by Walter Wanger's
emissaries for short-term contracts
in Hollywood, where they will be
featured in his forthcoming
"Vogues Of 1887" They made some.
thing Of an advance fuss about the
kids here before they left for
Hollywood. Monday night they
were taken to Jaeckel's to be fitted
with furs, etc. Waiting on them
was a wistful-eyed beauty, Martha
Hevarin, who, between helping
them with their fittings, limited
her envy at their big opportunity
An hour later, she was signed to a
Wanger contract.
IN q bubbling paean over o. o.
Mcintyre in the current CoSmo-
politan Magazine, Rupert Hughes
gasps: "He'S been writing his col
umns since 1912-merely for a
little over "a years. Why, he hasn't t
reached his nine-thousandth col
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

that does to an ample waiStline.
Even the suits follow the waist
ward trend, with boleroS, vesteeS
and fitted jackets.
The figure you cut in your new
clothes depends upon your meas
urementS and your posture. The
waist line must be seven to eight
inches less than the bust measure
ments, for sashes and wide belts.
And with inches so important,
your posture must be straight as
an arrow, or there is bound to be
. bulge where the ribs leave off.
Clothes may make the woman,
but this season the figure makes
the clothes. The style show audi
ence applauded loudest for q
model with a gay, erect figure
whose clothes were no more beau
tiful than those worn by the other
models. What = contrast there
was between this girl and another
who clumped down the promenade
like o determined farmland,
head poked forward and feet
moving in two awkward parallel
lines. Her beautiful gown was
wasted. Still another model in a
tailleur-who looked we'll in other
clothes - was noticeably thick
about the waistline in the closely
fitting suit.
You can pull your waist apart
and slenderize this measurement
by exercise and better posture.
To meet the demands of the
styliSts we have a new illustrated
exercise leaflet, ''Waistlines and
BeltlineS."
These exercises concentrate on
waist and abdominal muscles. The
strengthening of the abdominal
muscles means the disappearance
Of that graceless little bulge in
front. Send for the leaflet-but
in the meantime, try this on your
waiStline:
Position: Stand erect, heels to-
gether and toes pointed out, right
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Up and Down the Main Stem With SObOI A

umn yet. But he will He will go
on like a brook, forever. And, like
the damned brook, he will gurgle
away with no hint Of fatigue, no
lack Of cool, fresh sunlit eagerness,
reflecting and taking on the images
and colors of everything between
sky and soil within the reach Of
his travelling mirror"
And all this like a damned
brook for what? For a filthy zoo
gees per annum!
Son g-Writer-P -Producer+Film Di-
rector Lew Brown, inspired by a re-
cent paragraph here portraying
the emotions of boy on his way
to the death chair, has written a
song poem, THE Kid in Death
Row." which will be put to music.
It is an unusual theme for musi-
calization and, with Browns per-
mission, we reprint it, in para
graph form, because Of its length:
Tonight I die. SO young
they say. So yOung-but gee
I've lived today. I've, nved!. -.
/ heard a kind wOrd-sOmeOne
shed some tears "A kind word!
Say, amt heard a kind word
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

said In years. And tears?. No
body ever shed tear for me.
For me there were just hard,
hard knocks and sneers.
81 had my meal. My meal!
:. The last meal that I'll have
on this old earth. L bet / must
have ate ten dollars worth.
OF steak and chops and caviar
and-pie. And coffee that was
served in some swell pot. Gee,
Pail near forgot Tonight /
die. i DIE!
"T would have lived Il would
II 1 had heard a friendly word.
I would If 1 had had a decent
meal. L would IL life gave me
a better deal. Il wOuld-but now
/ can't. Here comes the Guy
"A Who Sits my trousers leg. .
Tonight l fry. Tonight / die. b..
TOnight-!-!.. Not so tight
there-brOther. Forgive me,
mother. Say, Pal, these straps
are tight. Let's gO-aIl right
1T Onig ght--I--I-..
GOd!"
Mr.. Jerome Zerbe. the Societ,
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

At a recent fashion show, we
couldn't help but notice that the
Stylists have gone completely fig
ure-minded and are unanimous In
calling attention to the waistline.
There wasn't a dress without a
brightly hued belt or sash OF an
other color-and you know what
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
CALL WITHOUT DELAY

Don't put this thrill off. Opening Day tonor-
row, March l3th) q fetching handbag Of new
est design will be given to each shoe-pur-
chaser with Kitty KellY's compliments. Come
in. Look around. See the vast selection-for
streetwedr, sports, daytime and formal eve
ming wear. Marvel at the sndrtness and lux
department Of Hosiery, too, long wearing. low
priced. -. I'll be seeing you =. . Sincerely,
EvereY Knight Kitty Kelly.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

Send for the leafIet "Waist-
lines and BeltlineS," and re-
model your waist to meet the
demands Of fashion. Enclose
stamped addressed envelope.
Write to Ida Jean Kahn, The
Washington Times,
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

lcIngD s'''''s'ssss'''.sSs'' 10V
SKINNED milk .....s.....s,,ssss 81
COS
Total calOries for day ....... 1908
Your Dietitian,
IDA JEAN KAN.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

photographer, has two special
commissions-one from Town and
Country to present a layout on
bon vivant LuciuS Beebe-the
other from The Bachelor for a
similar candid Photographic pres.
entation of Maury Paul, better
known as Cholly Knickerbocker.
In each case the request was
Make it different and punchy." 4"
And so, in a forthcoming issue Of
Town and Country, Mr.. Beebe will
glimpse himself in 10 of his "a out
fitS-but the punch" will be an
exposure of Mr.. Beebe in his
shower-and one showing him re-
vealing the art of pulling on a pair
of pants! Mr.. Maury Paul's big
camera moment will be an init
mate shot showing the society re-
porter dipped in his fancy bath
tub!
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

arm and shoulder raised high In
air, chin tilted up over right
shoulder, left hand also raised in
air.
Movement: Holding position,
bend at waist directly to the left
side. Drop arms from this position
and completely relax, but do not
let chin drop over on chest. Alter
nate the sides, bending the body
as far to each side as possible.
II you have any doubt that the
figure is as important as the frock,
think of the Hollywood designers
who have moved the fashion cen.
ter Of the world from Paris to
Hollywood where clothes are
designed to reveal beautiful fig
ureS. .....I ...r
BALANCED REDUCING MENU
Breakfast
Grapefruit juice, rs glass ......... 80
POacl1ed egg ON toast ............ $50
Coffee, 1 teaspoon cream, rounded
teaspoon sugar .................. 80
$50
Tomato soup, 1 cup .............s 100
Crackers, double ......... ........ SO
Chopped vegetable salad (vinegar). 25
CustaFd pie, In. ................. zoo
S75
Roast beef, lean .......ss.ss..s... 200
baked pOtatO .''''"'''s 's''''""''"'', AyS ~
Beet greens, 1 cup -............... 20
Angel food cake, in. sector <nO
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

Zerbe, incidentally, recently
acquired several massive pieces
Of furniture. They were too
large to go into his apartment
so he has leased more ample and
expensive quarters-the one for
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
MADE IN THEIR OWN FACTORIES

Kitty Kelly shoes ore made in their owr
factories. These factories, dnd this whole busi
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
NOT JUST ANOTHER SHOE STORE

Once you behold this striking edifice, its
grandeur Of architectural beauty ond size you
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

rooftop by q great American Fdshion Merchandising
Institution. Yes. soid Institution. That's exactly what
the new Kitty Kelly Washington establishment is.
This institution is the twentieth Kitty Kelly shoe
emporium in the country. In six short years this in
credible entity has sprung to this lofty stature Why?
Because the consumer has been the principal
consideration in the policy Of operating these stores.
Kitty Kelly is deeply convinced that women under
stand value and that it is not necessary to be engaged
in the shoe-tude to know moneys worth in shoes By
the hundreds Of thousands women have turned TO
Kitty KeYs exclusive comfort lectures scintludng ST
ing value. The response. in fact has been mete
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
JOAN BLONDELL

IN 'The King and the Chorus Girl"
coming to the Earle.
Don't miss this new picture, starring
FePnand Gravet-the new French SEN
satiOn and Joan Bl0ndell-a new JOan1
you'll simply adore her.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
'9o%%a @~11 <
Spring Fashions Demand
Slim Wa1stllne
BY IDA JEAN KAN

How do you look with bright sash about your waist? In
the newest and loveest spring clothes the emphasis on the
Uastine-and to be slim.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
TOMORROW KITTY KELLY, SHOE OF STARS,
STAR OF SHOES, GREETS WASHINGTON

By EVEREY KNIGHT, Our Worldwide Reporter
morning the clock will strike nine in Washington At that
magnificent building at ll07 W. ST. N will throw
first time. This suctlreeqipped with the
modem condonngo floors b breohng shoe creations
80 oned sopeope Yu- be occupied from cellar
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

SlO9 SlOI6 DUG IIUIY SOIIIG-
thing spectacular and un-
usual in your shoe shop
ping experience. And when
you feast eyes upon the
very newest Of Spring fash
ion creations in footwear
displayed in the windows,
you will gasp in 0mdze-
ment ond excldim thdt sure
lY these shoes cannot be
priced at merely So.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

makes Kitty Kelly as comfortable as the most
expensive shoe in the world. &. =. . Another big
point is thdt many women with narrow feet
have been undble to obtain the correct widths
in lower priced footwear. But from now on
that will be easy, because Kitty Kelly cQrries
Widths"ds narrow as AAAA.
invite you to
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

tons because Of ldrg @
vdlue-giving rather than
thru large profits.
Ten years ago you paid
as much as $40 for shoes
not as we'll styled and GER
tdinlY no more comfortable.
The reason you con do SO
well for So now is thdt there
have been general progress
and improved methods in
shoe-crdfting. But, primuri-
lY, the reason is thdt Kitty
Kelly shoes ore made by
q patented process, that
The Washington times., 1937-04-10

surgentS, officials here said,
brought up fresh Italian troops"
in an effort to prevent capture of
Penarroya and Fuente Ovejuna.
Insurgent Gen. Queipo de Lano,
in a radio broadcast from Seville,
claimed government forces at
tackled en- masse from Las RoSas
toward Carabanchel, but we're
driven off, leaving $500 dead.
He claimed eight loyalist Rus
sian tanks were destroyed, and
number TO prisoners, mostly of
foreign origin" were captured.
More than 200 tanks and 200
trucks have reached the govern
ment forces from Russia since the
beginning of March, De Llano al
legged.
BERLIN, April 10 U.N.S) "A
decree signed by Chancellor Hit
Ter and Foreign Minister Baron
Konstantin Won Neurath was is
sued today prohibiting transpor-
tation by German merchant ships
of volunteers or war materials to
Spain or Spanish possessions.
BERLIN, April 10 I.N.S0.-Sub-
marines U-25 and U-27 today were
ordered to Spain Ito reinforce the
German squadron now protecting
German shipping in Spanish
waters and to carry out control
patrol on the section of the Span
ish coast allotted to Germany"
The Washington times., 1937-04-10
Hunt Freed ON Bail;
Hearing April 20

LOS ANGELES, April 10
0N.S.). whatever my &C
lions, they in no way reflect
on the Father Divine move
ment."
That was the declaration today
of John WueSt Hunt, wealthy
lieutenant of the New York reli-
gious cult leader, who was ar
rested yesterday on Mann Act
charges. He is at liberty on $10,-
900 bail.
Hunt, who had been the objec-
tive of a nationwide search fol-
lowing charges by l7-year-old De
light Jewett. of Denver, that he
mistreated her, went to the Fed
eral building yesterday with his
attorney and said he was ready
to face the law"
The hearing was set for April
20, but arrangements were being
made to present the case to the
grand jury probably before then,
Hunt, who styled himself Jesus
the Christ" in the days when he
is accused of transporting the
girl for immoral purposes from
Denver to California, convincing
her she was the Virgin Mary"
had little to say when he walked
into the Federal building.
The Washington times., 1937-04-10
CITED
BY REP. LEMKE

The Supreme Court should be
criticized, not changed, for it is
evident that Congress itself has
made many more mistakes than
the judicial body, Representative
William Lemke, of North Dakota,
and former candidate for Presi-
dent on the Union ticket, declared
last night.
Speaking before the annual ban
quet of the Central Business Mems
Association in the Lafayette Ho-
tel, Lemke declared:
"The Supreme Court has over
ruled only 81 bills in the past
148 years whereas President
Roosevelt has vetoed 221 bills
passed by Congress within q
period of only four years."
Prior to Lemke's address new Of
ficers of the association were for
mally initiated. They were: Hugh
Keiser, president; Dial H. Elkins,
first vice president; William j.
Mileham, second vice president;
Mrs. Estelle Whiting, third vice
president; Walter C. Poteet, treas
urer, and Miss Mabel S. White,
secretary.
Dial H. Elkins. Frederick Levy,
F. Harold Deland and William j,
Mileham were added to the board
of directors.