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began, then managed to hold in.
Just then the children rode
through the gate and the atmos-
phere cleared.
Supper was entirely pleasant I'M
til Eleanor placed a dish Of canned
peaches in front Of Sam. Her
husband rose.
II despise canned fruit" he
stated emphatically, "how about
a good frozen dessert occasionally?
Prune whip, say?"
Mother made a good one,"
volunteered Agnes, but Bozo
spilled the cream"
There's always something, isn't
there?" answered Sam a trifle
YEARLY as he turned to leave the
room.
cant we go with you?" asked
Bobbie.
mo, son. Won't be home till
late" Whereupon Agnes, at the
impressionable age, quoted some
thing from a movie.
Business keeps handsome hus-
band from aging wife and boring
kiddieS."
A silly, impudent remark, but
after Sam had left, her children
at last in bed, and Eleanor seated
in the living room to enjoy her
first chance at the morning paper,
it Sneaked back into her mind and
once there, although she tried to
read, seemed impossible to dis
lodge.
Sam often stayed late at the
office; men had been known to
make business an excuse for other
things. Also, it just occurred to
Eleanor that her husbands secre-
tary was a very pretty girl.
Sam was still most attractive in
spite of being AZ. They had been
married II years and after all,
she was Al herself and hadn't
kept her figure half as well as
Sam had his. Uneasily, Eleanor
rose, walking to the window and
looked out.
Not a star, not breath Of air
and heat lightning all around.
She wished Sam were home for
she was afraid another storm was
coming up-already the telephone
was making little nervous noises.
Eleanor looked at it and as she
did so an idea came into her mind,
an idea of which she was half
ashamed. Nevertheless, she crossed
the room and firmly dialed Sans
office number. There was no
answer.
A moment later Eleanor went
slowly up to bed. Really fright
ened now she couldn't sleep, and
tossing and turning lay awake
until finally about midnight she
heard the car come in the drive,
Then Sam came upstairs.
Eleanor switched on the light and
looking at him saw he appeared
tired and overworked, but not in
the least as if he had been out on
the loose with a girl friend.
Il found out what was wrong"
he declared triumphantly, that
ass of a bookkeeper had mixed
up his petty cash with daily
receipts"
Eleanor felt she could never
sleep again if she didn't ask her
husband why he didn't answer
his telephone; any answer would
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Episcopal
National Cathedral

Approximately 1000 children
representing the church schools Of
the diocese of Washington will
present their Lenten offering for
missionary work at the annual
service to be held in Washington
Cathedral tomorrow at 4 p. m.
The Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Bishop of washington, will
deliver the sermon and receive the
offering at the Jerusalem altar in
the Great Sanctuary.
The Rev. Edward S. Dunlap
will deliver the sermon at morn
ing prayer in the Cathedral at II
a. m. Holy Communion will be
celebrated at 7::30 a. m. and $3.50
a. m. in the Bethlehem Chapel.
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sary as minister Of Woodside
Church. There will be no evening
worship service.
Hamline
Mothers Day programs will fea-
ture the services tomorrow at ii
a. m. and 8 p. m. In the morning
the minister, H. W. Burgan, will
preach on The Son of Susanna"
In the evening the young people
will conduct the service under the
guidance of Miss Annabell Span
gle. The Mothers Day addresses
will be delivered by Frank Cleaver
and Harold Sicily.
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Methodist
Mount Vernon Place

Mothers Day will be observed
tomorrow with two identical morn
ing services, at 9:15 and IL O'Clock.
DR.. John w. RuStin, minister, will
speak on 1.-THE Modern Mother"
at both services. Church School
will be held at $50, with the
young peoples, younger adult and
adult departments attending the
earlier service and meeting for
classes at 1890. A tea in honor of
mothers will be given at the
church by members of the senior,
young peoples and younger adult
departments from to 8 o'clock.
DR.. Rustin will preach on "a
Mothers Request" at the evening
service.
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RANKS OF G, O,P..
SPLIT BY FUSION
IN MONTGOMERY
Resignation Tend cred
By Campaign Head

SILVER SPRING, Md, May Z.
FORMATION Of a Fusion party to
combat the powerful Montgomery
County Democratic organization
during this years county cleo
tons was believed to have been
responsible for q split in the
county'S Republican party here
today as Robert L. McKeever,
chairman Of the latter campaign
committee, rendered his resigna-
ton effective Immediately.
The question of a coalition Of
Republican and anti-Democratic
forces under a Fusion heading,
which was successful in wrestling
control of the county administra-
ton from the Democratic organ
ization in 1884, has caused con-
siderable disSenSion within the
Republican ranks for several
weeks.
McKEEVER EXPLAINS START
In announcing his resignation
from the campaign committee,
Mr.. McKeever, an outstanding
county Republican leader said:
with the present inter-party
sentiment over the question of
q Fusion movement as it is, I
cannot help but feel that I can.
not further serve the Republican
party in my present capacity.
"Our salvation lies with a united
Republican force joining hands
with the anti, or disgruntled, Or
ganization Democrats, and until
I can feel that that is the major
sentiment in the Republican party
I cannot honestly join with such
q move.
HOPES FOR BEST
II do not say that I have broken
with the Republican party or the
Fusion movement, but at present
I believe the sentiment for a Flu.
sion movement is about $3.50.
However, I have not deSpaired of
q settlement of the difficulties
that are now standing in the
way Of a coalition of the two
forces, and cannot help but feel
that it will be worked out salts
factorily."
Mr.. McKeever scored the Re
publican State Central Commit
tee for Montgomery county for
appointing a Fusion committee
composed of Is representatives
from the rural district, while the
suburban district with about IS
per cent of the county's popula-
ton has only 10.
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The children blew into the
kitchen with Bozo at their heels.
They were efficient, helpful young
sterS, and Bobbie, a Boy Scout,
soon had the fire going for his
mother, while Agnes cut the
bread, pried out ice cubes and set
the table.
What are we having for des-
sert?" she inquired, getting plates.
Il made a grand iced prune
whip this morning and carried
home whole pint of cream for
it," AS Eleanor spoke she heard
a crash and turned just in time
to see Bozo hurriedly tapping up
the contents of the cream bottle,
which he had tipped to the floor.
That horrid dog!" cried Flea
nor. Nov thereIl be nothing but
canned peaches for your fathers
dessert"
"Bozo isn't horrid," defended
Bobbie Indignantly; "he's one
swell guy" for which remark Bozo
registered appreciation by wag-
ging his tail SO vigorously that
wham! A perfectly good plate
lay in little pieces on the floor.
Exasperated beyond words, Flea
nor angrily stamped her foot, ex-
claiming:
Get out of the kitchen, all of
you'll"
Agnes cast a reproachful glance
at her mother and without a word
took Boobies hand and led him
from the room.
Conscience stricken, a minute
later, Eleanor went to the door to
call them back, but they had al.
ready ridden off on their bicycles
with Bozo at their heels and quite
unmindful Of the rising storm.
Eleanor's eyes filled with tears.
"Oh, dear" she said, I'm always
doing something"
Supper wasn't quite ready when
twenty minutes later Sam arrived
Immediately he commenced pac.
ing.
whats wrong at the Officer"
asked Eleanor. turning a good
juicy steak on the broiler.
"It'c the Belmont Wood Com.
pany. Either they have a crooked
cashier, or else he's feeble-minded.
Our kids could keep a better set
of books than he-where are they,
by the way?" Eleanor flushed.
loft on their bicycles with
Bozo."
"They should be in the house by
half past five. Why don't you tell
them?"
OFFICE BUSINESS?
whats the matter with your
telling them?"
why must do everything?"
Eleanor thought Of the days work
she had put in.
I "You make me so mad" she
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Catholic
St. Dominic's

The Rev. F. N. Reynolds, Domln.
lean missionary will preach the
sermons Of the Solemn Rosary No
vena which begins this morning
at the 8 o'clock high mass. No.
vena devotionS will be conducted
three times daily until the close
of the novena on May Is; at 9
a. M, 3 p. m. and p. M, except
Sundays when solemn high mass
will be celebrated at 10 a. m.
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think you might have break
fast on time" remarked her hus-
band none too amiably.
I'm sorry" replied Eleanor pa
tiently. Eleanor adored Sam but
he certainly was the worlds pet
GROWER when trifles went wrong.
If anything real were the matter
like the time Bobby had pneu-
monia, Sam was on the job one
hundred and one per cent.
Everybody seemed edgey this
morning. The children Squabbled.
Agnes the eldest couldn't find one
Of her school shoes; when it fin
ally came to light later on it had
been chewed beyond repair by
Bozo the puppy, who, obviously
pleased with the thoroughness Of
the job lay at Eleanor's feet wag-
ging his Scraggly tail. Eleanor
picked up the remains of the shoe.
LIFE OF A HOUSEWIFE
"Bozo," she said half crying
show could you? Those shoes cost
seven-fifty and I'll have to squeeze
another pair out of my own allow
ance." Eleanor thought of a hat
she had been on the point of buy
ing which now must wait until
next month. How aggravating
life could be-alWayS something
wasn't there?
The morning was a scramble.
Various tradespeople came to the
door, the telephone rang need
lessly, the vacuum cleaner broke.
Not a moment for the beloved
garden before it was noon and
the children home for lunch.
When that was over and the
dishes washed, Sam called up to
say he would be back for six
O'Clock supper and for Pete'S sake
have it on time as he had to work
ct the office in the evening.
Eleanor knew what this meant.
Sam was a public accountant,
somebody's books wouldn't bal
ance and he had to find the mis-
take If it took all summer. When
he came he'd be jumpy; she'd
Sooth him by an unusually good
meal, right on the dot.
But this necessitated going to
town to shop, as living out in the
country the way they did there
was but one delivery a day. Sam
had the car, it was the pokey bus
for Eleanor; she sighed as she
boarded 1t for the little new rose
bushes we're still waiting. If they
wilted she couldn't bear it.
When she reached home again
1t was almost o'clock, with a
thunderstorm coming up. AS she
entered the house there was a
vivid flash of lightning, accom-
panied by an ominouS snap, which
announced the bad news that the
electric stove had gone out of bust.
ness. Nothing for it but to wrestle
with the coal range, a tempera-
mental old thing which always
acted up when really needed.
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Church of the Brethren

DR.. Warren D. Bowman will
preach at II a. m. on the sub
ject, Mother at the Window"
At 8 p. m. the pastor will preach
on "The Gift of God" A teacher
Training Institute for teachers
and officers will be held from 2:3O
to 4:30 p. m. Principal speakers
will be Dr. j. Lowry Fendrich,
pastor of the Metropolitan Pres
byterian Church; w. Newton Long,
Of Baltimore, and w. o. Grapes.
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Congregational
First

Mothers Day will be observed
in two services tomorrow. At II
o'clock the Rev. Howard Stone
Anderson will discuss Our
Father Mother God" Living Pic
lures of Great Mothers" is the
pageant which will be given at
7:45 p. m. The annual May break
fast of the Women's Society will
be held Tuesday at IL noon.
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Ninth Street

Youth month will officially be-
gin tomorrow. Each year in May,
the young people are in charge of
all activities of the church. Those
taking part in the worship tomor
row at II a. m. are to be Hugh
Carper, presiding; Jane Daniels,
morning prayer; Nellie Mae Jope,
scripture, and Glenn Miller Mann,
closing prayer. The young men of
the junior board will preside and
serve at the communion table.
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Lutheran
Church of Reformation

At 8 p. m. tomorrow DR.. Oscar
F. Blackwelder will continue his
series of sermons on Home and
Youth in a Modern World" using
for his subject Modern Marriage
Problems The Rev. Ralph w.
Loew, the assistant pastor, will
use for his topic at the $50
matin service, Ave Maria: A
Protestant Appraisal of the Ma
donna" Making Home Life At
tractive" will be discussed by DR..
Blackwelder at IL o'clock.
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Legion Minstrel
Planned Tonight

A minstrel show and crab feast
will be held at 8 p. m. today in
the National Guard Armory, Sixth
and Pennsylvania Ave. N. w., un-
der the auspices of the Special
Troops Garrison Of the Army and
Navy Union.
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District Student
Elected Editor

Austin H. Kiplinger, son of w.
M. Kiplinger, of the Dupont Circle
Apartments, has been elected edi-
tor of Areopagus, Cornell Univer-
sity student journal, according to
announcement yesterday at
Ithaca, N, Y.
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Baptist
First

The First Baptist Church Of
Hyattsville will hold an installa.
ton service at II a. m. and also
an ordination service. Rev. j. M.
Long, pastor, will deliver the
charge to the officers and Rev.
Lewis Jones will lead in the
prayer of ordination. The Sum-
day school will meet at $50 a. m.
Fifth
DR.. John E. Briggs, pastor Of
the Fifth Baptist Church, will
preach at HOO a m, on "The
Gospel of Motherhood" and at
7:45 on Wonderful Mothers OF
Bible and Modern Times" Sunday
school will convene at $50 a. m.
There will be special Mothers
Day services.
Third
DR.. George o. Bullock's topic at
II a. m. is The Debt of Graft.
tude the World Owes to Faithful
Mothers. At 8 p. m. Peter Org.
den Lodge, Grand United Order of
Oddfellows, will have their annual
thanksgiving services,
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Third
Brethren
EA

Rev. Homer A. Kent will preach
at II o'clock on Mothers Fa-
vorite Psalm" At 8 p. m. his sub
ject will be THE Master is Come
and Calleth for Thee" which will
be given at the conclusion Of a
Mothers Day pageant, entitled
Mothers Of the Bible"
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Christian
National City

DR.. Raphael Harwood will speak
on The Prodigal's Mother" to-
morrow. Rev. Ivan H. Dugan, as
sicate pastor, will preach in the
evening.
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Presbyterian
Metropolitan

Tomorrow at II o'clock, Dr..
Fendrich has chosen for his sub
ject, "A Mothers Perplexity." The
mid-week service is conducted by
the pastor every Thursday at 1890
p. m,
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Calvary

DR.. Frank Steelman, minister,
will preach at II o'clock tomorrow
on THE Law of Thy Mother" At
8 o'clock Miss Myra McDade, mis-
sionary to China, will give the ad-
dress,
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Woodside

At II o'clock tomorrow the min
lister, DR.. Ralph Della Smith, will
preach on "Our Sense of Steward
ship" At this service DR.. Smith
will observe his sixteenth anniVer.
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Union

Mothers Day will be observed.
The pastor. DR.. John r. Edwards,
will preach IN the morning on
Mothers of Men,"
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Christian Science

Adam and Fallen Man" is the
subject Of the lesson,sermon in all
the Churches of Christ, Scientist
tomorrow. The golden text is from
Isaiah 1920: The Redeemer shall
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There's Always Something
By ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG

LEANOR awoke in the morning distressed finding she
~ had oversight A hafhour lost forever-that meant
Sans breakfast would be lae and also the bushes
outdoors in their little sacking bags waiting to be planted
would have to be put off till afternoon.
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Transfiguration

The services tomorrow will be
at 7:30 and II. Confirmation
classes at 1880 p. m. Rev. J. J.
Queally, rector, will officiate and
preach. Sunday school at $50
a. m.
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Concordia

Mothers Day will be observed
in both the German service at 10
and the English service at 11:15
a. m. In both services the mem.
bers Of the Evangelical Young Peo-
pies League will distribute carna-
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How the pretty dancer taught house
wives the knack Of making Homework
pictured In The American Weekly, with
Sundays Warrington Herald Times.
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Columbia Heights

The speaker for both morning
and evening services will be DR..
Granville Edwards. of the College
of the Bible, at Columbia, Mo. He
will deliver a Mothers Day mes
sage.
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Westminster

The pastor, Rev Harry v. Por.
ter, will conduct the service at ii
a. m. and deliver a Mothers Day
sermon on Honor Thy Mother"
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QUITE ANOTHER DAY

That certainly didn't sound as
if Sam were in love with another
woman. Still, he had conscience
maybe it smote him.
The mornings work went well.
By 10 o'clock everything was fin
ished and there was plenty OF
time for the garden. A moment
later Eleanor walked outdoors
and, pausing. stood quite still.
It was all so lovely. The sun
was shining, the birds were sing
ing, the flowers were blooming
everywhere she looked lay beauty.
Slowly she crossed to where the
little new plants were waiting in
their sacking bags to 90 into the
ground-perfectly all right, still as
fresh as paint.
On the way back she passed a
row of rose bushes set out only
last year; one had blossomed. I'm
able to resist, Eleanor stopped
and picked a half open flower.
She held it to her nose. It's
sweetness was oVerpowering and
she felt almost intoxicated, not
only by the perfume OF this single
blossom, but by al the surround
ing beauty in which like a sea she
could imagine she was floating.
Her spirits lifted, her depres.
sion vanished. How silly she'd
been to listen to Agnes nonsense.
OF course, Sam wasn't two-timing
if there were another woman,
Sam would say so like man and
not sneak out nights, making bust
ness an excuse.
She drew in deep breath of
heavenly summer air. Yes, she
thought, life is filled with worries,
hut-again she inhaled the fra.
GRANGE of the rose-then added
happily, there's always something.
THE END.
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I loved the wise and ladies too,
And so to Egypt went to WOO.
Soon my fathers wealth / spent,
And put my kingdom up for
rent.
(AnSwer to riddle on Page A.
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Chevy Chase

"The Greater Family" will be
the subject of DR.. HOLSTERS SER
mon at IL o'clock tomorrow. The
Hearthstones will meet at $50
for an illustrated lecture on
Round the World in Thirty Min
uMes." The Alpha Omega Group
will meet at 1880 Sunday evening.
The Fireside Group will also meet
at 7:30 Sunday evening.
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racing heart she said family:
II called at your office about
nine"
81 wasn't there" replied Sam
without the fainteSt trace of EN-.
barraSsment, I'VE worked over at
the Belmont Company"
A perfectly reasonable explana-
ton with which Eleanor should
have been satisfied, but even so.
as she eventually drifted off. her
last conscious thought was that
if Sam were playing around with
someone else there was really
nothing she could do about it.
The next morning Eleanor woke
in good time, breakfast was early,
all traces of storm had vanished
and everybody was cheerful.
Have a good time last night,
Pop?" asked Agnes freshly.
Simply SWELL" replied her
father.
Blonde or brunette?"
"Redhead. Come along now,
kids, step on it. I've got to get
back to the grindstone. On his
way to the door Sam turned and
said to Eleanor, Il think you and
I are getting little Snappy-we
need a change. Let's park the
kids with their Aunt May for a
week and go to New York on a
hinge."
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Eastern

The George Winslow Bible Glass
will hold special Mothers Day
program tomorrow. Brief talks will
be given by Mr.. Branthaver, Mr..
MAIDEN and the class teacher, Mr..
BUNDLES.
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OFFICE BUSINESS?

whats the matter with your
telling them?"
why must I do everything?"
Eleanor thought Of the days work
she had put in.
you make me so mad" she
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New York Avenue

The Rev. Peter Marshall, min
lister, will have for his Mothers
Day topic tomorrow at II o'clock,
Keepers Of the Springs" On Sun
day evening at 8 o'clock he will
speak on "A Portrait Of Christ"
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lexington

II a. M, Communion Service.
8 p. m, BE It Ever So Humble"
The pastor, Rev. Henry B. Wood
ing, breaches at both services.
Missionary meeting Wednesday
noon in the Sunday School House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-03-08

hardest. Little Mrs. Peter came hur-
rying to see what 1t was all about. At
the same time the other visitor arrived.
It was the well-grown young Skunk
whom Peter had seen In the Green
Meadows.
At first Peter didn't see him, be-
ing too angry to see anything but the
other Rabbit. The latter saw the new
arrival and somewhat hurriedly with
drew. Peter thought 1t was through
fear Of him and stamped harder.
There was thump behind him. Some
one had stamped. That sound could
be produced only by feet being stamped
hard On the ground. Peter whirled
instantly. He fully expected to ind
another Rabbit behind him. He found
himself face to face with q stranger
dressed In black and white and with
. big plumy tail held straight up.
Peter backed away. He did it has
tily. Excuse me-" said he. Il didn't
know you were here. I didn't mean to
be impolite."
The stranger took q step forward
and suddenly struck the ground hard
with his front feet Peter backed
some more. He did it hurriedly. That
thump had carried warning or q
threat. Peter wasn't sure which. And
he didn't thump back Is he had in
reply to the thumps of that othe,
Rabbit. No, sir, he didn't do that.
welcome to the Briar Patch" said
he hastily, trying to b polite.
|. ecopVzight, 1880