Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1923, Page 20

WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1923. Woohward & Wothrop Open 9:15 AM. 10:’5,}11!]:,-!’ and G-Streets Close 6 P.M. THE EVENING STAR. L - ———— ==y ¢ Nacoa wouldn’t want ! to make friends if it hadn’t the qualities to keep them. Once you A !u » S5, yor B akuags e BY J. AUBREY TYSON ! (Copyright, 1925, 'by thé Macmilan Compasy.) * - '° CHAPTER L every great fanatical movement of The Healthful Spread for Bread /| the past shows. clesrly that, though ! ine movement itself was of honest ! For several minutes the silence of |{anatical origin, sooner or later mili an leadership levelo] on the big apartmetit was broken only ph.on®who was dominated only by i by the eries—shrill, hoarse and sepul-.| desire for financial gain or political | chtal—whioh, rising from the streets'{power. The little we khow of Sea- below, entered the opefi windows. falcon seems to warrant ‘the “bellef || They were crics of boys and- men that he is no zealot, but an extraor- | dinarily clever daredevil who is im- who were hawking extra editions of- newspapers—cries that seemed to be The Scarlet Tan‘agef, A Story of Secret Service and Diplomatic Intrigue The Hand of Seafalcon. Will You Loan Us - For Exhibition Purposes - During Our 43d Anniversary Any apparel that you may have of the period of 1880 or thercabouts, preferably . that bought of us, but this is not essential. We will also be able to use old photo- Eraplu or views of the city, its public uildings or of unusual or historic hap- penings. Address, or Phone Main 5300 Advertising Manager STILL GREATER REDUCTIONS ~+ Women’s Fur-Trimmed and Tailored Suits Now #23.50 and *29.50 Extraordinarily low prices for suits like these; suits exceptionally well tailored, of good-looking tweeds and fine, soft surface fabrics so much in demand. 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But in.every class are men end women who, ylelding -to primal instincts, become ecstatic when they hear the beating of the tom-tom that stirred their ancestors centuries ago. And - in these days, when humanity still is trembjing from the shock of the great world war, the beaters of the tom-toms—soap-box orators .and parlor socialists—are making hay while the sun.is shining. An orgy of criminally absurd lawmaking in our Congress and state legislatyres has put so° many ‘thou shalt nots’ on our | statute books that every class of our citizens, having some distinct griev- ance, has become resentful aud intol- erant of legal restrictions that seem inconsietent with the spirit of true liberty. 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Boye' Btore, Fourth Soor Junior Girls’ Knitted Frocks The Newest Thing in Sports Clothes Since sports clothes have become such a major part of every young girls” wardrobe, this knitted sports frock should be most popular; typical of the charming and clever new ar- rivals is this one sketched; a wood oak brown knitted wool frock, plaided in a darker shade, while the collar and band- ings on the cuffs are of dark brown astrakhan fur cloth; priced $49.50. Other Knitted Sports Frocks, in jersey and rubyette, in new spring colorings—$19.75 to $49.50. THE NEW COATS—fashioned of good-looking novelty sports fabrics and camelshair, or twill. Prices begin at $25. Others up to $49.50. SPORTS SKIRTS show much of that popular camelshair, some plain, others plajded—pleated and side-wrap models— also many charming sports skirts in brighter plaids; $9.50 Vued with the spirit of a great.a ~venture—an adventure which yiel aliinter bohiots o7, A World-War WAL Loy MeaHN Crawer AR - nolice wan ended and which.a War-weary s os fame.” . world stolfdly was trying to forget. ‘But how. in heaven's name, did he Seafal To thousand drowned: :1"&1‘]"" 0\'(nEcounlry. hut in the Tt"d“ Seafaleon! To : ons of Europ ed. Seafal inka Columbian in mid- entaloor. ainka ! son replied. “The brotherhood ! lumbian eent down by Seafalcon! distinctly unmysterious product of Two thousand drowned!” ° * ]try of several Hundred thousand men and women, naturally idealistic, scated on a morris chair, and CaPt.|them by the great conflict. They are George Rennison, standing near one|of a type that has existed since the ures. the dreamers—the waste netrspapers wmch' {‘!:d :t;::o;:l;‘x: vroducts of civilization, Centuries of for them by one af the bel 5 from this type the ever-present ten- e ouraligeial cotor, et ot 1000V NtOl TeRert tol BavneRry, - e Rennison was pale snd_ stern. Stor |ihem an impulse’to go head-hunting Tow Was the Hrmt e ipped from his |chatiaren. il atiaos imagthative trembling fingers, he said: "The world is mad. Did not the long and awful war surfeit it with ran bread ’ ofb d, you'll find Detween the nations have baen ad- ourself feeling more fit. justed and the processes of recon- add pure sweet cream Should civilization be menaced by the growth of the unseen power, which, Other “reating such havoc on the seas- the MacLaren Varieties {while it, strives, -in every land. to ment?” PIMENTO OLD ENGLISH Rennison, tossing his newspaper to ROQUEFORT LIMBURGER “There is neither mystery nor lack of purpose in the thing, Storrow,” he H las! his four trunke. Ilq Y {logk e ot o from the_trunk. Ren- CMRENS lington to become military attache on | basey In_ London, glanced gravely laround the large, handsomely fur- | ehed Tie table and desk had been |nate the government of qur cities. All | removed all those article which had |conditions have been favorable for a | thing of the character of {ts occu- mental fabric, and so we have the N §1 nad bean the living room of | brotherhood—and Seafalcon.” e D aintances and the scene of |ifestly alien in its nature, one might ripening friendships. be Inclined to view it as revolution- marked differences temperamentally, | Il 1t what vou will—a revolu- | Rennison had been rather more in tion or an alien invasion—the menace | COMPOUND | e had et '{.‘xfl"’ ]an'Bul"rylo‘d':;: than any we aver had to face before.” | fad been in Washington. Bo ennison went on, “The French revo- | GIVES QUICK RELIEF | Q reasons. . e of France—Napoleon, without a drop of | Rennison, . in_his mlrl'x:‘,";av'hn French blood in his veins. It was| e % major, had married a Wash- | agination rules the world’ It is to C ld Theton soclety belle. Now, however. | this imagination Seafaicon s appeal- 01as, e Renniaon snd his wife were |ing so successfully as he beats his [doad R cll forfune, whish -] “Why compare wuch » 1 n SOre» {tluded a 100-acre estate on the Con- | Napoleon?” &torrow pmze-mf‘ “Q: | mecticut Sh0re 8 is Stster and theirooicon ves, dominated by Imueriel | aunt. , ‘g | 531d, must be regarded as a modern e Shortly after the Yyoung MAane|pyccaneer. Whenever his submarines atDruggists ' |and Rennison went overseat, SLER,C | facted. Money and jewelry, food and, regiment of infantry. ol are all the maranders iske from 2ach doomed vesesl, and the ahips of | Thibiald salisnl £ emergency assignment caussd bim (0| 0\ ¢ione are. subjected to attack.’] ir old reliable medicine has re- 1 lieved thousands—it will relieve i you—Try it Today. i which for some.yeary to come may | “Stoamunip Columblan torpodoad Dy{ o, ot such & following—not ouly e 2" St “The explanation is simple” Renni- Seafalcon! Two thousand drowTie the late war. It consists in this coun- - ¥ Storrow, - Without speaking, Hayden Stor whose old ideals were shaken out of | of the windows, continued to read the | World ‘began—the unsatisfied. the civillzation have falled to eliminate | the face of Storrow horror had driven beating of a tom-tom. stirs within row was the first to break the si- charlatan will -attract thousands of “Oh, It is ineredible, Ren—incredi- horrors? Néw that -all differences struction are so well under way. why whenmaking creamcheese. ! %o mysterfously and purposelessiy, is { dhatter the fabric of rational govern- NIPPY IMPERIAL a chair, shook his head. {5aid, as he proceeded to strap and about to'leave Wash- Ithe staff of the United States em- { nished room in which he stood. From |ripe for it and now virtually domi- | T ved the apartment with some-|formidable attack on our govern- ' ° PNt aohelor suite, @ favorite resort| “If the movement were nat 8o man- Junlper | ar Though the two men presented |a. Storrow muttered. e ith Storrow than with any one [ to our institutions i3 more serious | hopular in society, but for different |lution cleared the way for a conqueror | For only son of a brigadier Napoleon: who coined the phrase ‘Tm. 1 dead. From his mother the son had|tom-tom.” necticut shore of Long Island sound. Thl‘oat ambition. . This man, as you have duation from West Point the DON’T EXPERIMENT! |reached the battle area however £0 reve: ualities that attracted the (e on ot the bureau of military {intalligence. A week later he was ordered home, promoted to a cap- ‘and made an aide to the chief of staff. Despite the earnestness of his efforts to get to the fighting front, he was compelled to remain in : ETHMW;S‘;F“E‘J&SZ‘;’ e g of the G5, HEATEURN, NDGESTION S X S to France and e B uring the two vears Chew a few Pleasant Tablets, Instant Stomach Relief! Do vou share the belief that Sea- falcon is an American?” “Tt “in kfown that his aeccent is rathet more American than English,” Rennison answered shortly. “But how did he get possession of {such a fleet of submarines?’ Storrow asked. “We 4o not know that he has morol than three or four’ said Rennispn. “It is probable that these formerly belonged to the German ‘mavy and were ecreted on one or more. unfre-.! quentad coasts at the close of the! war. In the brotherhood ranks there doubtlass are scorss of men who have had service as submarine sail- ors or mechanics. These probably | have ‘effested their complete repair | and are engaged in their operation.” : “But where are their bases?" | “There are numerous islands, used by the freebooters in the old days and __and $12.50. | well out of the trackof vessels now. that would serve the purpose. Some STRIPED WOOL SLIP-ONS are smartest: and the bright- .3'(‘::2;, b';eu'v’;é:fi.’ggr’;‘_?: others are | er the stripe the smarter the sweater; they're shown here ina “Do you think the situation on land, | variety of attractive striped and fancy knitted-in designs: so0 far as the activities of the broth- | $5.50 to $7.50. i NEW SPORTS HATS—oi felt—banded in Paisley crepe— erhood are concerned, will ever be- come’as serious as it-is now on the or straw; $6.50 to $12.50. Junior Girls' Section, Fourth Soor. tainey he wae abroad all attempts made by i his friends to learn his whereabouts wera vain, When he reappeared in Washington it was in his former capacity as an aide. Despite his apparent fondness for society, Rennison had a tendency to- Ward taciturnity, In conversation this sometimes took the form of quist brusqueness. His habitual { gravity seemed to masi a singular { lertness of mind. He was & quick {observer and he had & knack of stor- |fna in his memory incidents which others thought mot worthy of reme: e Pt “wan noted, too. that his | i choice of friends usually led him to | hersons who were rather older than { himself. % { “Havden Storrow. a little past forty. {had inherited a large fortune from his father, who for two terms had bean a senator from & western state. He was a good-natured idler, with many merits and few faults. He bl Tonged to fashionable clubs in Was ington, New York, London and Pari and was g familiar figure at U opera, horse shows. polo - matches, vaoht races and golf courses. Only twice -had he undertaken responsi- bilitles, The first of these was mar- riage, but matrimonial bonds had chated his spirit and he provided gen- erously for’the woman who divorced fim. Then he bought a handsome mteam yacht, but this, too, palled, and the next season he sold it What there was in Rennison that so attracted the ldler to him Storrow himself did not understand. Their relations were those of men of equal ago. but Storrow recognized the mind of Rennison as dominant. In the ivoung Army officer’'s conversation - lurked a note of finality which the idler rarely attempted to combat. was a _sophisticated _young and the other a mature, ‘well informed soclal’ but- One-Third Off on Many Beautiful Patterns Embroidered Brussels Curtains 8.50 to *22.50 pair Now is really the time to buy curtains—and have them ready for spring—but ESPECIALLY is it the time to buy when you can take the advantage of such savings as these reductions .offer, There is an attractive variety of both simply and elaborately embroidered designs from -which you may choose. Curcain Section, Fifth foor. Metal Waste Paper Baskets $1, $1.25 and sei ell. we know that every city in the United States is filled with the | spies of Beafalcon. All classes of s ciety are so affected that it has be- come difficult to distinguish between friends and foe “But even théugh London is as dis- turbed as Washington and New York over the thing, I can't quite make . Ren, why our government is sending you there,” Storrow grumbled. “What would I, a military attache, bave to do with the situation?” Ren- nison asked. “The Army fsn't in it— Special Sale—First Quality . Potcelain Table Tops At Very Low Prices 25x36 inches, $3.75 each 25x40 inches, $4.25 each 25x411, inches, $4.50 each 27x48 inches, $5.75 each 27x56 inches, $6.50 each These Table Tops should not be confused with the usual offering of seconds and imperfect grades. They are first quality in every respect, and very low priced. Housewares Seetion, Fifth Soor. " Tapestry and Velour Pillows . Low Priced, *2.25 Most of them are round—cither puffed or gathered; some all tapestry, or velour; others in many varied combinations of both fabrics and colors. You can always find room for a few more pillows in the home—and this price is surely low Pillow Bection, Fifth Soor. Well made baskets, as pictured. Very durable and will not burn. 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In- stinct told him he had said too much, at v.‘!‘:“ com- er the well- molded. dark-complexioned face on the other side of the table there had come a change. There had been a quick flush of resentment, but the foatures now were inscrutable. The y eyee that.were regarding him Wore no fonger dlstinguishad By the penetrating quality of their gaze—a gaze that now was suggestive of The Spring Patterns in ~ Rattania Rugs Are More Artistic Than Ever Before Rattania Fiber Rugs, in spring designs and colors, are all ready for those who like to make early selections. There are 2 number of new effects not shown before, together with those that proved so popular last season. You can come here expecting a full assortment. Every pattern is shown in the entire range of sizes. 6 x9 ft, $9.75 9 x15 4, $18.75 9 x12 ft,$1475 go g o 7.6x10.6 ft., $12.75 30x60 in., $2.25 Rattania Runners, $4.75 to $9.25 One thinker, cheerfal, terfly. But, though Storrow often found the young officer preaccupied, he never found him dull. Rennison ‘was 2 good listener. It was plain that he liked to hear Storrow talk. The idler, an gstute observer of men and i women, was something of 2 gossip, | i i : - OMOR well defined streak of §00d- | Reriic, :;k’ed'-\;emzu;on. Storrow?” | natured and amusing cynicism. He| “A' good one. Ren’ the idl knew everybody wha ssemed to be|pijed Setantiy atter pan S res wotth ‘knowing, and hix tund of #0- |Sncomfortable hesitation I rab, ciat anecdotes was inexhaustible.- . lcauge the depmrtment knew that e‘; As Rennison, leaving ‘his trunit.iyoy went into the trenches it o g moved moodily toward the table near |not find {n-the United States A: which Stérrow was seated, the dler | mun who was capable of el Pous looked ‘at him quizzically. Diaos ontalas of thanes ing your “What d|o B'OI;J;)Q:H. n:m when]ymk.\ 30y pi 5 R sy thers Is neither mystery nor 1ack | s the | o purpose in_ these depredations of | oeren “mopgle. "y Jennison a Seafalcan and. his followers®" Stor-| hegn found and has been Saemser. b Fow asked. ; - O oy 1as heen Appoln are conquered by it in 24 hours or | _Reénuison, drawing a tobaced pouch | cerned. ‘was purely mominal con- from one of his pockets, seated him- , as that fess. Nothing better for brqnchul-.’m, near the table. Not until he had | oo 'Wsl{'n‘rrryow“:-:i:;“{{' London will hoarseness, croup, throat tickle, filled and lighted his plpe did he office fs one you will o Y:'::‘h ';"u"} bronchial asthma or winter coughs. | reply. i 4 4 o Wi % % | "PWhen I say there is no mystery r.h';?:'{"”._:‘wmm Ren. Young ) £ - H 4 Here is a homemade syrup which millions of people have found to be the most dependable means of. breaking “? stubborn, coughs. It is cheap and simple, but very prom) [n action. 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Either way, you get a full pint—a in the thing, I mean that both Sea- Scales, of which he is chief, lack mysterious ajtributes.” he_explained, “Though for the timi knowledge of the pergonality of Sea- falcon {8, ¥ hin activities indi- | ¢! cate thet he is little more than a dar- ing sdyenturer, who. taking: advan- family supply—of much better cough syrup than you could buy ready- made for three money. Keeps perfectly and children love its pleasant taste. Pinex is a special and highly cone centrated compound of genuine Nor- way pine extract, known the world over for its prompt healing effect upon the membranes. To avoid disappointment ask Jour drllsfiut for “2Y; ounces of inex” with full directions, and don't accept anything else. Guar- anteed to give ab: satisfaction ly refunded. The or money pr Pinéx €o; Ft. Wayne, Tnd.—- tage of present world conditions, has |T. become & modern-buccaneer. His-suew cess and his picturesque atiributes falcon and the Brotherhood of the | et ot ine Mureey nv eing our | you hall. 28 your mill- YOu are the super- of military intelli- once—the peer of every government gator in the United States. If ::’l:: un;. cu"lnbndon. it is e T s o e ot rank may An electric ball ring sh: : § raididh i u'ulek‘l?.’r" in the | © urally commanded the attentfon of |, "PR.W -?=' exprosman for my certain numerous and lawless ele- |¢; Diehen Sua’it was ot lons bef tates, &n i 5 before these discovered that he pi remarkable qualities as & leader. ‘When these eslements were consoll- dated into that intervational o 1. zation which has been designated the Brotherhood of the Scales, Seafalcon became its chief.” = LA “You not belleve, then, that the man. is’'an honest fanatio—that he has faith in the dreams and doctrines wan; e wul nate lsadern .'1’. 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