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eyes, and for an instant he wondered whether
this distinguished, important looking old man
in the mirrors depth, could really be little
Giuseppe Christofo Rossi, the village mason's
son, about to strike long delayed blow at his
traditional masters? Then he turned away
with shamefaoed feeling as the door opened
again to admit his guest
To his SURPRISE instead of the widowed
mother whom he had expected, on the thresh-
old stood very tall old man, with snowy
head, and closecropped beard, whose fine.
piercing eyes, gave the lie to the feebleness
with which he came forward
Mr. Ross" he said in perfect English Il
am Prince Illimi."
Something inside old Joe went very queer.
Tito, it was his boyhood playmate, Tito!
How was this thing possible? Nobody had
told him Tito was still living. The impulse to
call out the name arose to Joe's lips and died
there, for no faintest recognition showed in the
Princes eyes as he accepted the chair that
Joe pushed forward with shaking hands. 1t
was the tired voice of very old man which
came in quiet accents as the visitor spoke
again.
Mr. Ross, come to you on matter of
great importance" he said. "And l am in
weak position, admit, for have just seen
my grandson and understand that you OBJ
ject to this marriage"
Evening star., 1938-04-17

-DHE drawing room of Mrs. Amos suite
at the Royal Danielli Hotel in Venice
commanded a wide view over the
Lagoon, and in it her father, old Joe
Ross, the millionaire building contractor,
stood alone, looking out at it with rather
pitying curiosity The ornate room was heavy
with the atmosphere of strife which the old
man had brought with him, when he arrived
to forbid the marriage of his beloved grand
daughter Rosamond, to the penniless foreign
prinoeling she had chosen.
So far, old Joe had refused to so much as
see this suitor. If Rosamond married him, she
would be disinherited, her grandfather had
warned her; but the girl did not seem to mind
the threat Now she and her mother had gone
away somewhere to meet this fortune hunter,
and Joe was awaiting the young mans family.
The meeting had been arranged by Mrs. Amos
before her fathers arrival, and could not, she
declared be stopped now. Well thought Joe
smiling grimly to himself, he might as well see
them, it would be a curious experience! He
debated as to whether or not he should tell
them who he was And this point was still un-
decided when one of the servants of the hotel
suddenly appeared and announced that he
had a visitor.
Joe glanced quickly at himself in one of the
ornate mirrors His heavy, rather splendid
old face stared back at him with troubled
Evening star., 1938-04-17
GOOD AMERICAN
by Nina Wilcox PUTNAM

Il do, said Joe. His voice sounded to him
as if someone else were talking.
Because we are foreigners, from your point
of view, perhaps?" said the Prince. Il can
understand that. But Guido is splendid
young man, and they love each other. Do you
think, Mr.. Ross, we really have any right
to interfere?"
Il have other objections, said Joe, his
voice harsher than he meant it to be.
Perhaps it is because we are poor" asked
the Prince simply For we are very poor, Mr.
Ross. But poverty is not shameful thing,
after all. You, perhaps, do not understand
how extremely difficult it is to make money
over here Our Guido gets in month less
than one of your young men would receive in
works. And know he wouldn't consider it
improper for girl to receive a dot when she
marries"
And you were of course counting on Rosa
monds receiving pretty fat one!' Ross
commented aloud. Tito! Tito!" he thought
why do say this to you?"
YES" said the Prince. Il was counting
on that money. Mr.. Ross, let me try to explain
to you why, in order that you may not think
me mercenary."
Try, anyway" said Joe 'I'll listen. The
Prince sat silent for moment as if he were
looking at something very far away. Then,
with an effort he pulled himself back to the
ornate room and the hard faced American
with whom he had to deal.
'It's matter of family pride" he began.
mot cheap pride nor think, false one.
We have home, Mr.. Ross that has been
ours for centuries. 1t is an old castle, and it
has been our pride that we have always lived
there, keeping up its traditions as best we
could"
"Yes?" said Joe GO on
'Montiverdi is not just an old building"
the Prince continued, his eyes gittering as he
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warmed to his subject 1T is a monument tc,
the efforts of my people in the days when such
efforts were possible to them, just as truly as,
the great skyscrapers and apartment build,
ings you yourself have built are monument
to the achievement of modern Americans. !,
had hoped that this marriage of Guido's,
would save our home for us, and that his sons
might live in it and know the meadows at the,
Castles foot. as once did. Perhaps you have
no interest in these ramblngs of an old man,
But the only really happy memories have,
are bound up in Montiverdi.
What memories" asked Joe, in a low,
voice.
when was boy used to play there
with youngster from the village, the Prince
replied, "a splendid little chap with the finest
character you could imagined Giuseppe was
his name. felt for him that hero worship that
only boys can conceive, and once we built al
hut together and called it the Temple of
Friendship 1t was built upon rocky ledge
and you will scarcely believe it, but the foun-
dation stones are still there. If for no other
reason than that, would not wish to see theI
place pass into other hands,"
Joe Ross got to his feet with broken cry
and held out his hand
For Gods sake. Tito, say no more" he
shouted in Italian. Cant you see that I'm
Giuseppe Rossi? am that boy
That night Mrs Henry Amos sat late in her
daughters room, after the manner of women
who have an impending wedding to discuss. 4
Il wonder what made Grandpa change his
mind?" she said Curious that he suddenly
gave in and consented! He couldn't seem to
manage to tell me why"
"Oh, he's just getting old"' said Rosamond
good -naturedly He decides one way and
then another. guess the fact of the matter is,
he forgets!
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I'VE have q home that
hos been our pride
FOR centuries it
i. an old castle"
Mvstroted by
Harry L. Hmmins
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little way in he crawled under brush.
He lay there painting but taking
care that he made no sound in doing
so. Mrs. Reddy did not jump over
that log. She kept straight on along
the edge of the swamp for a short
distance, thens swung away from it,
Baying as only a Hound with great,
deep voice can when on a hot trail, the
Dog kept on after her, for there was
no break in the trail.
Reddy drew long breath. He was
nearly all in. But for Mrs. Reddy's
timely help he would surely have
been run down by that Dog, for there
was no hole big enough for shelter
that he could have reached in time.
When he had rested a little he made
his way to the small stream, drank. for
he was very thirsty, then walked up
stream in the water for some distance.
He leaped out on big, fat stone,
from this to another, jumped to the
trunk of fallen tree, walked up this
and finally leaped off to one side as
far as he could. With a grin of salts
faction he made his way to higher
ground and curled up for the rest he
sorely needed. He had broken his
trail in case that Dog should by
chance return and find where he had
entered the swamp.
(Copyright, 1889
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BILE gun. There must be one waiting
for him. There always it."
Mrs. Reddy began to trot straight
for a certain hill Before she be-
came Mrs. Reddy her name had been
Miss Swiftfoot, and we'll named she
had been. She was going to meet
Reddy, although she was not going
heard that Dog. She knew exactly
where she and Reddy would meet.
Hell swing around that hill to the
swamp at the foot, and I'll meet him
there" thought she, and trotted little
faster.
Had it been previously arranged
that they should meet she would have
been no more certain of the meeting
place than she was now. You see,
she and Reddy knew and understood
so perfectly each others ways that
each would be sure just what the
other would do under given circum-
stances. So as she hurried now, she
was sure that she would meet Reddy
on the edge of that swamp.
She got there first. She quietly sat
down to rest and wait. The sound of
the baying Dog drew nearer. Yes,
Reddy was doing exactly what she
expected. Presently she got to her
feet. There was worried look on her
face. That dog was coming too fast.
There was no berak in his steady
baying 1t meant that he was not
fooled by any tricks and that Reddy
was hard pressed.
Reddy came in sight. His brush,
his TAIL you know, was carried low.
His head was low, his mouth partly
open, his tongue hanging out. BY
these signs she knew that he was very
very tired. He saw her and headed
for her, in his eyes look of relief.
He tried to grin. For a moment she
ran by his side Then she dropped
back. running directly behind him.
The Dog was only little way back,
but bushes prevented him seeing them.
Without touching it, that it might
carry no telltale scent, Reddy leaped
over big log into the swamp and a
Evening star., 1938-01-07

1t is a responsibility that is
never, by any chance, given
to young men.
"No man can expect to get
the command of one of these
big liners before hereoches 4O,'
one of their captains said. "In
fact, you are generally some
years over that age
"In my own case" he said,
II have felt better and more
competent in every way since
Ipassed 40 than | did before. "
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NOTE Of 15PAGES
|SLEFTBY SUICIDE
Nurse InhaIeS Gas Because
of Fear of Losing Job and
Family Troubles.

After writing suicide note more
than Is pages long. Miss Lucille Love-
less. 30-year-old District Health De-
partment nurse. yesterday took her
life by lnhaling illuminating gas which
poured from a kitchen stove in her
apartment at 1910 K street NV.
Her body was found in the gas
filled kitchen by her roommate, Miss
Catherine Witt. a nurse at Emergency
Hospital, when Miss Witt returned
from work late yesterday. An Emer-
eency Hospital physician pronounced
her dead.
After brief investigation, Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald issued a GER
tiflcate Of suicide
Was Desbondent.
In the note, Miss Loveless indicated
she was respondent over the i'll health
of her mother, who lives with the
nurses father and sister in Oklahoma
City She also expressed fear of
losing her job, adding: Rather than
fall back on my family, took this
route"
Miss Witt told investigators her
roommate was the first to leave the
apartment yesterday morning to 90
10 work. but apparently returned to
write the note and end her life.
Janitor for the building said he
detected the odor of gas about noon
and turned off the basement tap
leading to the young women's apart-
ment on the second floor, but did
not report the incident to the resident
manager.
Work 'Very Satisfactory"
Ofhclals at the Health Department
said Miss Loveless had been EMPLOYED
there since June. 1886, and her work
had been very satisfactory" During
her service with the department the
nurse had been given. at her request.
a nlne-month scholarship to Columbia
University, as officials felt she showed
great promise as a nurse.
She frequently had expressed con-
Germ over losing her job, it was said,
but had been assured on more than
one occasion that she was in no
danger of losing it.
Her lmmeditae Superiors said she
had been very respondent for some
time over financial and family mat
terS.
Miss LoveleSs also requested in the
note that her body not be sent home,
as she did not want to have fun
eral.', She asked that her body be
turned over to the George Washing
ton University Medical School. &.
A network of trunk highways has
Just been completed in the four con-
Meeting provinces of kwantung.
| kWangsi, KWeichow and Yunnan along
China's extreme southern boundary.
Evening star., 1938-01-07

Fleischmann's Yeast is a nat
ural food which aids digestion
by stimulating it. 1t promotes
a Jfreer flow of richer gastric
juices, giving people over 40
the special help so many of
them need. This stimulating
digestive action is found only
in fresh yeast with its millions
Of tiny, hve yeast plants.
Fleischmann's Yeast also
brings you 4 vitamins-the
Nerve Vitamin, the Cold
Resistance Vitamin, the Bone
Vitamin and the Vitality Vita
min. Their names tell you how
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they help your health.

they help your health.
Begin eating Fleischmann's
Yeast 3 times every day-plain
or in a little water. Be faithful
about the time you eat the
yeast-one cake u hour before
meals SO that a plentiful
flow of gastric juices may be
prepared to digest your food.
Even if you don't at first
you'll soon learn to like the
fresh, malty yeast flavor. And
watch the difference in your
health-see how much more
vigorous, younger you feel!
Copyright. 1898. Standard Braads- Incorporated
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thought she. Nov that the children
have scattered there is no other Fox
in this section, so it must be Reddy
that that Dog is chasing And Reddy
must be tired. That Dog chased him a
good part of yesterday. l do hope he
will keep his wits about him and
watch out for a hunter with a terri
Evening star., 1938-01-07
LifeBeginsAt40
10 Liners Over 40, 600 Tons Make
Regular Crossings of the Atlantic
Not One of Them Has a
Commander Under 45 and
MOST Are Over so

THESE 10 COMMANDERS belong to different
countries, speak different languages. But they are
alike in competence and reliability.
For staggering responsibility, few jobs compare with
that of the who commands of these great liners.
In money alone every Of these vessels represents
an investment of millions of dollars She carries many
thousands of lives year. For "a hours out of the "a
in all weathers and all conditions-up to the time he
brings her safely into portthe burden of this floating
world rests on her captains shoulders.
Evening star., 1938-01-07

MRS. REDDY FOX stood with one
foot lifted, her head held high
while she listened. A Merry Little
Breeze of Old Mother West Wind
brought to her sharply cooked ears
the sound of a Dog steadily giving
voice that all within hearing might
know that he was on the hot trail Of a
Fox. The sound was faint. 1t grew
fainter and finally ceased
Mrs. Reddy sighed. 1T must be
that poor Reddy is in trouble again."
Evening star., 1938-01-07
NAVY BUYS COPPER
New York Company Gets Contract

New York Company Gets Contract
for 100000 Pounds.
The Calumet & Hecla Consolidated
Copper Co. OF New York City yester-
day was awarded q contract for de-
livery of 100000 pounds Of copper to
the Washington Navy Yard at Silt
per pound. This was part of purchase
OF 2,245,000 pounds Of copper for re-
quirements at various Navy yards over
the Nation.
The local yard will utilize this copper
Evening star., 1938-01-07
In Any Responsible Job,
Physical Fitness is Essential

Few jobs demand the terrific
physical strain of the ship
captain-who knows what it
is to stay on the bridge for
sixty hours without relief.
But every responsible job de-
mands good health. A mans
ability does not decrease after
40. II increases-if he keeps
his health.
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When Digestion Slows Dovn
You Slov Down All Over

DIGESTIVE ACTION is likely to slow down after 40.
This happens because the gastric juices usually tend to flow
less freely and to lessen in digestive power grows older
The symptoms of this digestive decline are only too fam
lar Wearness rundown health lack Of selfconfdence due
to lowered vitality.
In many cases. however, this slowing down be helped
Evening star., 1938-01-07

for part Of its work in conjunction
with the Naval Gun Factory, officials
said, as well as for other requirements
here.
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feel up to much-was tired all the
time and got discouraged, too.
Then a relation of mine advised
Flelschmanns Yeast. l ate it regu-
larly and it sure did the trick.
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thought it was mine for the asking.
Well, was wrong.
Afterward. was able to guess why
I hadn't gotten the job. At as was
beginning to lose my grip. Where be-
Evening star., 1938-01-07
Hours of Figure Work
Don't Tire Him i
Dear Lite Begins:

Dear Life Begins:
A few years ago I was
let out Of a good job in
the accounting depart
ment of a big company,
and took a job driving a
truck. l thought getting
outdoors would do me
good, but found I didn't
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Their Lives Grew Brig hter After 40
so CAN YOURS

After a few weeks my
appetite improved and
| didn' t feel nervous any
more. My pep and en-
ergy came back. | began
to have some ambition.
My health and men,
tai outlook were so i'm
proved that | really
think my new job was
the result. l have a good
position again with my
old cOmpany as a time
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Bedtime Stories

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
True partners equally will share
Though winds blow i'll or winds blow fair
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1938-01-07

Fleischmann's Yeast was suggested
to me as mild digestive stimulant,
which would tone up my digestion
Evening star., 1938-01-07
At 56-Has Energy
for TUo Jobs
Dear Life Begins:

Besides my house
keeping. l have an excel
lent job as a bookkeeper.
Some years ago ]
found myself slowing
up. My digestion seemed
to be particularly affect
ed and my whole system
was sllppish.
Evening star., 1938-01-07
R-Cets Coveted
Promotion
)enr Life Reoius,

Dear Life Begins:
Selling in the men S
retail clothing business
has been my work for
many years.
A. year ago a better
job opened up. l wanted
that promotion. With
all my experience, l
Thought il. was mine fnl
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fore Id been able to
stand on my feet selling
all day, Id take every
chance l could get to
sit down.
I started to eat
Fleischmann's Yeast to
help me get back my
strength and energy and
soon l began to feel bet
ter. As my health inn
proved, l gradually got
back into my old stride
A month ago l was given
l hadn't been able to get
hanks to Fleischmann's
ell and look 20 years
~ crnyrrr
Evening star., 1938-01-07

rate setter, and, at AZ, | can work
with complicated figures, under pres
sure, for 9 or 10 hours without get
ting tired and cross.
Evening star., 1938-01-07
JERRY RONNETT

and thus help me regain
my former good health.
So | tried it. and after
a week or so my health
trouble began to disap-
pear. In another two
weeks l noticed a de-
cided improvement-I
didn't have any more
indigestion.
l still continue to eat
the yeast and am much
peppier, never get tired
and rundown. | have to
times, in connection with
ing work, and the trips
Ie out as they used to.
MARTHA V. CHEW
Evening star., 1938-01-07

A network OF trunk highways has
Just been completed in the four con-
meeting provinces of kwantung.
kwangsi, Kweichow and Yunnan along
China's extreme southern boundary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-18
SCHOOLS FIGHT.
PETWORTH AREA.
LIQUOR LICENSE.
ABC Hearing Reveals
Split in Sentiment

The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board today weighed testimony Of
fered by more than 100 persons
who crowded the board room of
the District Building yesterday at
q public hearing on the applica-
ton Of Leo j. RoSSiter for author.
ity to sell liquor at his restaurant
in the 400 block of Georgia Ave.
N. w.
The board is expected to hand
down a decision within a week.
SENTIMENT SPLIT
Although those who appeared
were about evenly divided, the OBJ
jectorS submitted resolutions and
petitions which they said placed
organized civic and church :
and educational interests Of Pet
worth on record as Opposing VlIe
liquor license for Rossiter.
Attorney George D. Hornlng,
jr., representing the restaurateur.
bolStered RoSsiter's personal sup
porters with petition signed by
more than 700 persons who in
dorsed the application.
CLOSE TO SCHOOL
Chief contention Of the opposi-
ton was that the RoSsiter estab-
lishment was too close to Petworth
area school. One woman objector
summarized this sentiment with
the conclusion:
IF you grant this license to
Mr.. Rossiter, you might just as
well issue a license to the prin-
cipal Of Roosevelt High School,"
Miss Mary Bradshaw. the prin-
cipal referred to, argued per-
Sonally against the license. She
was Joined by DR.. Howard B. SAT-
ford, principal of the Mcfarland
Junior High School, and Bessie
K. Lacy, principal Of the Petworth
School.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-18
Wrong Impulse Jdils Bookkeeper

When finally Strengthened out.
the books showed the company
had overpaid Federal and State
income taxes by 100000. More
over, three officers who received
bonuses for high company earn
ings were required to refund $685.
900 to the firm.
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Alexdndrid Chest Drive Luqqing

called upon unless more volun-
teers offer their time in making
the canvass.
Those desiring to make a larger
contribution than their financial
condition permits are urged to
give some Of their time in seeing
that everyone in the city is called
IIpOn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-18

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 d.N.S0.
Raymond e. Marlen, an account
ant, started a two-and-a-half-to-
five-year term in Sing Sing prison
today because Of an impulse.
That impulse caused. Marlen to
make strange entries on books of
the Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc,
altering the records by some ST.,
900, 900 but not profiting per.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-18

$4,000, has been collected to date.
Only 20 volunteers, including
the chairmen Of eight different
groups, are participating in the
canvass for solicitations, it was re-
vealed. Hundreds of persons
ready and willing to make a con-
tribution. 1t was asserted, have not
been called upon and will not be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-18

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. 10.
A call for more volunteer workers
to assist in the local Community
Chest drive was issued here today
by william G. Illch, general chair
man of the Alexandria drive.
With the campaign more than
half through, Chairman Illch re-
vealed that only about 80 per cent
of the goal, or a little more than
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-18
Reciprocity Club
To Dine and Dance

A turkey dinner and dance will
be held tomorrow night by the
Washington section Of the Reel
procity Club Of America at the
Congressional Country Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-18
Fairfax Clinic
To Give Benefit

For the benefit Of the Fairfax
County Free Clinic, a Beer and
Oyster" party will be given at
z p. m. Friday, November Is, at
Mrs. Arthur Radford's Middle
gate Mill" one mile north of
Centerville on the road to War
renton, Va. Mrs. Douglas Muir.
ray is general chairman of the
benefit.
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sonally.
Marlen was sentenced on a
guilty plea to attempted forgery.
His impulse" bookkeeping traits
we're disclosed in a probation re.
port. Frequently, between 1884
and 1888, he inserted extra earn.
ingS in the company's books but
did it so ingeniously that the books
always balanced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-18

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