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STAR, WASHINGTON, ews of the Clubs Club.—Mrs. the the tea to row Women's Uity Tiull Bird, chairman of section, will be hostess at Be given in the clubhouse tomor afternoon from 4:30 to 6. Recei with Mrs. Bird will be the gues ho Mis. Arthur Capper and Mrs. | Ralph H wives of senator members of the District committee, and Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Judge Mary O'Toole. Mrs. Ellen| Spencer Mussey and Mrs. Virginia ‘White Speel. Presiding at the tea Table will be Mrs. Clara Sears Mrs. William W. Whittier, Mrs Scott Rafter and Mrs. William Wolff Smith. with Miss Hope Thompson, Miss Lueille La Varre and Miss Mary Arsenath Johnson serving as their assistants. Throughout the tea hour the Aloha Palyers’ Orchestra will yender Hawaiian music. or. Cameron June | civies | Loulse Townsend. | number of guests were enterta | the home of Mrs. William A. Kinnan Tuesday. | program, Mrs. Florence Price sang a | thin { than Mabel Lewis Pryor and Miss Ada The Cultus Club members and a ned at In addition to the regular selection” of solos. Mrs. William M. Steuart in an ac- count of “Why Birds Migrate” told her hearers among other interesting S, that the biological survey had received migration notes from more 2.000 different sources or ob- servers, showing how widespread is the recent development of this im- Portant phase of nature study, and it was learned, too, that some birds spend their winters 11,000 miles from Where they summor. Mrs. H.'W. Smith gav 1 “Our Wild Flowers” “Among e rictics mentioned were the bloodroot, with its white petals and slender green stem which excretes a bright An il ted talk, “Uncle Am S It Through.” will be given lubhouse LCMorrow evenin pm. by Dro Andrew Brodie. W representative of the Nea study rviption 7 pam. Rev of the - University with yeholog the | as his subject. Miss Clara Nel- | Max Wainer and Mrs. Ellen | Mussey are to be the A music Mrs. Cha €. Mis: Miss re speak, bl Maj Speakers ziven by s Wrig m_Calvi and Miss Ceres Huml will be the showing of i motion picture entitled “The Life of | p The Bible study class meets | Phursday from 7 to 8:30 pm. It non-scetariin | day at 1 p.n will e Mrs intle Arr Aver -s Nelson Cleo Stanland Floradell Staples A feature a_three-reel is will b Among th Mereditl A Dus on given (Bl ven by Miss Mareh \ son ot Seymour on Memoriam nted Toh i ren 1t will 830 pm 1 not meet @ civies s ®uain quring Mare Free and Easy ruc v Auetion Club, a n and play- the advanced , for the b o meets _every the French t 6 o'clock and the ! auserie at 7. A fe talk given by Mme. on the part pla in Ame hix- French Tuesday. the table in the grill members of the 1ure is the wee Noel. th § by e Mrs, S, 4 Women's Club. Mrs. David s of section I'he College Thomas W. Sidwell Wing and other meniber be hostesses the Monday, when Dr direetor of the Ut fcal survey, is t and speake Dr the worl his spec w Philip S 1 Hicks, Mrs. B Funk Aliss Virgin mide at the tea table dents of Vassar and te Library School nd. whether or n s of the club n Tuesday, 1he monthiy d While this has anembers of of “single #180. Mrs. man of nents. Mrs. Lo president ¢ Pen Wome A president of the Al Jeazue, are to give it pro 1 of orig- Inal poctry and music a &t the club Wednesday, 10:30 p.m.. at which the gection 12, Mrs, F chairman, are_to celving with Mr Jiooker, the <lub) ates is uest of Smith will department. | 1 he M rederick ind Mrs, Avery Coonley andi Alexander o ]n-‘& All former stu- the New York invited to © mem- Aiscnes Other e Fu S1 ¥ Mr- 'S or not they pm. ! held. 1 as a other | state ited s 12 n to been the blesse How the range- national branch of the | ception | 8:30 to ers of | from the me nk Will will be M | tear Admi Mrs. Gel- | Gerr jr., and| o : t D. wishes to e club Khn(} club officers ! the club- | T Gert,” Mrs, Mr, and Mrs The elections Tioberts Harper. yemind the members nominating ba should be sent to it house before March 20 Great interest is being displayed by club members in the annual banquet. | which ix Le held at Itauscher's | April 11 The chairman and vice Chairmar the banquet committee | are Mrs T. Vernon and Mis Jiuby Nevins, respectively Games P. Ault chairmai ing committec Leroy ! ! is of De Washington | held a vening Be: Cercle Francais les Precieuses “Jean La Wednesday at the home of Mrs. | the reading of the minutes| Julia Rogers, Miss Marie Becker, isted by Mme. Hindmarsh, an illus- lecture on Fonta views wh a Frange in i After by Miss J.contine Camille rated ehowing 1921 in commemora he tricentenary of the birth of La )ontaine, und which they obtained on | 2 recent trip to Chateau Thierry This was fol by Mme. Hind- irsh as prologist, and Mme. Be lson, Mlle. Marie L. Becker, Prof. orges Poulin, costumed to repre- sent animals of La Fontaine’s Fa- Vles, enacting the following. (a) “lLe Corbeau et le Renard,” (b) “Le]| Jtat de Ville et le Rat des Champs,”) «*) “La Cigale et la Fourmi,” (d) “Le TLoup et I'Agneau’ (e) “Le Cochon, Ie Mouton et 1a Chevre. The beautiful aria Charpentier’s “Louise,” Idson, elosed another gram gave .a *h were of sung b original Gustave Mrs. pro- apter, U. D. C. 1te Me Wilkins Stonewall Jackson uet Monday night at Confede: anorial Hall, Mrs. Albion Tuck, president, in the chair. A short busines B ion was followed by a yrogram of history and music by the ynembers and guests. Ml Josephine Bird headed the entertainment by playing “Dixie,” the audience arising and singing the words. Miss Wil- muth Gary played three of her ow compositions, Valse de Concert, “Romance” and “Ripples of Avon."” Nirs. Robert Harrison, a former his- | torian of the chapter, gave a_humor- ous reading, “Tom's Last Forage": Miss Jack Ward sang a group of three | entitled “Annie Laurie,” “Jua- yiita” and “Within a Mile of Edinboro Town. Mrs. Maxwell, historian of the District Division, U. D. C., told of the “Southern Born Officers in the World War, Who They Were and AWhat They Accomplished.” Mrs. Nel- son P. Webster read a short sketch of “Herofo John Morgan,” Miss Harriet Tunnell and Miss Francis Shirley as- sisted at the refreshment table. The Women’s Club of Bethesdn met fuesday at the home of Mrs. George | Fradley, Rockville pike. Dr. Ira Pe- ters, professor of sociology of Gouch- er Colloge, Baltimore, discussed #Women in Philanthropy.” Miss Spal- 1er, connected with the Montgomery ounty Social Service League, dis- wussed the beneficient results of the preanization’s activities. The Anthony League will meet AVednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at 1he headquarters of General Federa- 1ion Woman's Clubs, 1734 N street northwest. Members of the staff of AWJIH dadio broadcasting station Il give a radio concert. Radio pro- gram: Ampico selection, Marcus C. 2. Hopkins, acoustic engineer; vio- linist, Mrs. Tillle M. Doran, ex-Army field clerk, U. S. A., soprano; William 1. Doran, baritone and accompanist. Address on radlo by Harry H. Lyon, radio engineer. Hostess, Mrs. L. W. Balisbury. At the last meeting, which was held under the auspices of the committee on friendly relations with the ex-service man, of which M John S, Steele is chairman, th> fol- Jowing new members were admitted 1o the league: Mrs. Ida Richards Vompten, Mrs. 3L L. Kollios, Miss her | ¢ i id & {until April 21. | will meet Friday. range fluid that the Indians used to paint their fac. The last paper was entitled “Pe- troleum and Its By-Products.” This wits prepared by Mrs. Charles Demo- net. who told that petroleum, under ne of naphtha, was known to s, Romans and Per- Argyle Study Club will meet Mon- ¥ at the home of Mrs. E. E. Nor- wood, 1419 Gallatin street. Miss C. Morgan will have a paper on “Mu- 1 Paintings.” Business Women's Council.—A ca- pacity audience greeted Col, Edward Davis, United States military attache on the staff of Gen. Allenby in the Palestine campalign, and listened to his description of the capture of Je. rusilem. Numerous maps and ple- made the lecture highly graphic. veding Col. Davis' lecture, Mr: Monroe of the Gospel Mission sscribed the work of that institut and presented its needs; Miss Bailey made a plea for the Y. W. C. . and Miss Ilizabeth Grove told of the plans for the campaign for the building fund of the Central Union Mission The Rible cla; Spencer and Miss Morrozzi was led by Mrs. the chorus singing by Parent-Teacher Association,—A £roub of women and theteachers of the Chevy Chase, Md., School met Friday in the school building and formed a Darent-teacher organization, with the following officers: President, Mrs. Rea Shaffer; vice president, Mrs. Bu: dett; secretary, Mrs. Marvin Farring- ton; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Quayle. The committees are working hard and hope to have the co-operation of every parent in the school district. The Nordau Zion Club gave its first dance recently at Liberty Hall A £00d representation of Washington's younger Jewish set was present, mak- ing the affalr a success. Refresh- ments were served during the inter- miss the proceeds of which, to- gether ‘with all other money made through this dance, are for the ben- cfit of the Jewish national fund. Dan Giarfinkle's Melody Boys furnished the music. The club is one which was organized and is affliated th the District Zionist Association. It is composed of young men and women of Washington, _The Newcomb Club of Bethesda, at its March meeting, gave an oyster luncheon at the home of Mrs. Walter Perry. "A talk on “American Tllus- trators” was given by the president, Mrs. Elmore. = Mrs. Frank Wilmot sang. Miss Tvalee Newell rendered \eolin selections accompanied by Mrs. eihe, The American W the bell, Mothers met at home of Mrs. Andrew J. Camp- 76 T street. Friday evening. Thirty members were present. Mrs. Carrie White Avery, the president, prosided, Plans were formulated for a dance under the management of the presi- ut. Mrs. Carrle White Avery, to be Eiven at’ the marine “barracks, April 5. A musical was also decided upon under the direction of Mrs. S. E. Deeds to be given at the Franklin Hotel on the evening of April 23. After business was dispensed with the company was entertained by little Miss Emily Campbell, daughter of the hostess. in several well executed fancy dances. The chairman of the entertainment committee was very ably ted by Mrs. Andrew J. Campbell, hostess; Mrs. A. Anthony, Mrs. E. C. Criswell, Mrs. M. E. Cor- son and Mrs. Mary Simmons. Sixteenth Street Helghts Club— Mrs. Isaac N. Knapp and Mrs. Roy G. Pierce entertained the club at lunci:eon Tuesday in their home. 504 Aspen street, Takoma Park. Tach club member was permitted to invite uest Mrs. S. James Dennis presided at the meeting which followed. Mrs. Alice Buchanan spoke on “Good Dressing_a Fine Art” Mrs. Roy Wilcox, Mrs. H. K. Hobart and Mrs. Charles Lind served as models on whom Mrs. Buchanan displayed types of costume suitable for sports, street and evening wear. Mrs. Carl F. Stuhler sang, accompanied by Mrs Charles Lind. The treasurer was instructed to send the customary annual check to Friendship House. The Takoma Park Civie Study Club dancing section—met at Brooke a House, Monday, 8 p.m.. Mrs. C. Waters was hostess. The music section met with Miss Florence King, 530 Cedar street, Tuesday, 8 pm. The program was as follows: “The Life of Chopin,” Mrs F. B. Linton; “G _Minor Ballades (Chopin), “Etude in A Flat Major (Chopin), Mrs. Waldo Schmit; “Tryst- ing” (Henry Hallam), “Top o' the Mornin' " (Wanna Tucca), Miss Flor: ence King: “Rigoletto Paraphrase (Lizst). “Papillon” (Grieg), Miss Ger- trude Dyer; “Life’s Lullaby” (Gerald Lane), “Who Knows?" (Dunbar), Mrs. H. Lehr Fess; accompanist, Miss Flor- ence King; “Belleve Me, It All Those indearing Young Charms.” Miss Eliza- beth Myers; “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes,” Mrs. H. Gore. The next meeting of the music section will be held on the evening of April 10, at Columbia Hall, on the grounds of the Washington Missionary College. The Bible section met in the library Thursday at 2 pm. Mrs. Caroline Gordon is the leader. The Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, Md., will meet Wednesday. After the usual 1 o'clock luncheon Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck of the United States De- partment of State will speak on ‘China.” Husbands' night has been postponed The literature section Subject, “An After- noon With the Modern Poets.” The music section will hold a musi- cal at the home of Mrs. Rigel Belt on Meadow lane Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Belt and Mrs. Dellinger will be hostesses. A MacDowell program will be offered. The Shakespeare Society will meet at 8:15 o'clock Tucsday, March 20, at 1715 Eye street. The subject of the evening Is “The Influence of Shake- speare on the English Language” ana the discussion will be led by Dean W. A. Wilbur of George Washington University. Other speakers will be Dean W. . Nevils, Georgetown Uni- versity; Dr. Paul Kaufman, American University, and Mr. James Otis Porter. The postponed dramatic reading from “As You Like It” will be given by Miss Ardella Johnson as Phoebe and Karl Pearson as Sylvus. National Club of the American Ax- sociation of University Women.—The hostesses for the tea Wednesday aft- ernoon at 4:30 will be the members of the Goucher Club, Miss Isabel Baldwin, president. The guest of honor will be an alumna of the col- lege, Miss Clarissa_Spenser, world secretary of the Y. W. C. A, who will speak on ‘“Living and Working in Bolshevist Russia.” President and Mrs. Guth of Goucher are also ex- pected as guests. 2 On Thursday, March 23, from 12 to 2, there will be a joint conference luncheon at the Nationai Club, 1634 T street, in honor of President Mor- i of Antioch College under the ices of the education section, Twentieth Ceniury Club, and. the " That girl'll need a kitchen cabinet before she’s married a month,” said Em Moots t'day, when she heard Mrs. Art Bent- ley hadn’ missed a dance this week. It must make th’ ole-time cobbler sigh when he sees th’ modern shoe repairer rollin’ along in his limousine. (Copyright National Newspaper Service ) HUSBAND UNDER BOND. Defendant in Divorce Suit Requir- ed to Remain in City. Justice Siddons of the District Su- preme Court today requircd Thoms J. McDevitt, a weigh-master at a local brewery, to furnish a bond of 18500 to insure his stay in Washing- i ton, pending the hearing of a suit for {a limited divorce brought by his wife, | Theresa C. McDevitt. The court also cause why he should not be prevented from visiting his home and annoying his family. The wife, in her petition, charges cruelty and says her husband beat her two days after their marriage and has continued to abuse her until last Tuesday, when she was compelled to leave him. She declares he beat her and their four-year-old daughter With a leather strap. They were mar- ried at Rockville, Md., August 5, 19 and have two children. —_ University School. Diplomas were presented to ten grad- uates of the Columbia University School at commencement exercises last night at the Institution, at 5063 I street. The commencement speaker, Narcisco Es- i value of education. Mary A. Oddenino, Juan Caterino, Pe- dro G. Villalon, Alberto Gusman, Lester White, Federica Quidgley, Alvin W. een, Elsie Henderson and Paula Boyd. Rev. Michael Gallagher. Dr. W. Thomas Shepherd, president of the school, pre- sided. Down to Earth. From the Kanas City Star. Mary—Do you belleve that “all the world loves a lover>” John—No, not since I had interview with your father. that |= = Washington branch, A. A. U. W. M Thomas Sidwell will preside. Lunch- eon will be served promptly at 12:15 o'clock. President Morgan will speak at 1 o'clock, and extra chairs will be provided for those who come for the talk only. On Saturday at 8:30 p.m. the fifth of the talks on international ques- tions will be given under the auspices of the Washington branch. Frederick Libby, executive secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, will speak on “The Progress of World Peace. Women of George W ington University will be tendered a reception by Mrs. Howard Lincoln Hodgkins at the residence of Presi- dent and Mrs. Hodgkins, 1821 Kalorama road, Tuesday evening, trom 8 until 11. The invitation in- cludes both members of the club and their_escorts. Besides greeting Dr. and Mrs. Hodgkins, the guests will have the pleasure of witnessing the formal presentation to the Columbian Women of an_ ofl portrait, 40 by 35 inches, of the late Mrs. Nellle Maynard Knapp, a former president of the Columbian_ Women and wife of the late Judge Martin A. Knapp, & | trustee of the university. One of the {scholarships for girl students of George Washington University main: {tained by the Columbian Women bears Mrs. Knapp's name. The painting is by F. Carl Smith, whose portraits of Mrs. ‘Charles W.' Fairbanks, president general of the D. A. R., and of Mrs. John R. Walker, former vice president general, hang in Memorial Continental Hall. The portrait of Mrs. Knapp Is the gift of Mrs. Charles L. Kellogg_of Syracuse, N. Y., sister of Judge Knapp. It wiil be formally presented to the club by Mrs. D. Kerfoot Shute, and will be accepted by the president of the Columbian +-omen, Mrs. John Thomas Erwin. The Twentieth OCentury Club—In honor of President Morgan of Antioch College, the educational section of the club and the Washington branch of the American Association of Uni- versity Women, will hold a joint con- ference and luncheon at the National Club, 1634 I street, Thursday at 12 o'clock, Mrs. Thomas W. Sidwell pre- siding. President Morgan will speak at 1 o'clock on the method of edu- cation employed in Antioch College, which is creating so wide an interest in the educational world. Chairs will be provided for those not lunching who wish to hear the talk. The nature section will meet at Dupont Circle Wednesday at 1 o'clock, where the members will take a Cabin John Bridge car for a short distance, thence a walk along the canal, in search of birds and early spring flowers. Dwight Marsh will { Mrs. have charge of the program for the art section, which meets Thursday after- noon at 3 o'clock at 1447 Irving street. The subject, “Art as a National As- set” should be of interest to the club and any members are invited to attend. % The Woman’s Club of Somerxet, Md., held its March meeting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Jaffe. Dr. William Marston, professor of phychology at American University, deiivered an address on . “Deception Tests,” and, with the ald of his as- sistant, Dr.' H. P. New, demonstrated his method of measuring and charting systolic pressure of two subjects, one of whom told a narrative intended to deceive the audience. while the sec- ond subject told a true story. The club elected Mrs. C. C. Barnes and Mrs. E. F. Phillips delegates to the meeting to be held at Rockville in May of the Montgomery County Fed- eration of Women's Clubs and appro- priated funds for the relief of needy children in Montgomery_and Wash- ington counties, Md. Mrs. Barnes presided. ‘The Dahigren Terrace Thursday Club met with Mrs. Butler. Mrs. Proc. tor and Mrs. Kingsburg were elected to serve on the finance committee. A food sale will be held at 1000 Rhode Island avenue northeast, March 2: from 2 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Kingsburg will be hostess at the rext meeting. issued a rule on the husband to show ' Atforney | Alfred D. Smith appears for the wife. | GRADUATES GET DIPLOMAS Ten Complete Course at Columbia | Dr. A. Hamilton presented the diplo- ; mas to the following: Albert E. Brault, | The invocation was pronounced by the | former | LR RN THE HOUSE BY GEORGE GIBBS Author of “Youth Triumpham” and Other Successes. D. ._C, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1923. OF MOHUN PARERRERAANRRRRARSD Copyright, 1922, D. Appleton & Co. AR RN REERIN" WHO'S WHO IN THE STORY. OHERRY MOHUN, up-to-date girl, rich and charming, at onee irritated and aitracted by DAVID SANGR American_ethnolo- Kixt and war vet in manners and customs brought out by the war, but interested in Cherry. His modest funds are invested with her ‘father. M MOHUN, a self-made financial leader. Too busy to’ think of his children, he leaves hem_to MRS. MOHUN. who has successfully cultl- vated the social side of life, son, s au typically philosophiz- Mohun i reckless Mrs. to Would like “They're Not Our Sort.” HE was a little dismayed at the | appearance of the crowd, but intensely curius about it all, like a fox terrier scenting mis- chief. Bruce Cowan's fingers were at her elbow. “They're not our sort, iyou think T'd better?” ! “H—m. You're not you?” he laughed If there was any one phrase more provocative to Cherry to do and dare it was the one her companion used.: Afraid! She tilted her chin at him scornfully. “Come on, then,™ They danced, reassured I 2 at the drums had air juvon her feet. A taround the floor and e had caught | the infection of the place. She saw rough caricatures of people she knew, like the dances themselves. and the familiar tunes played so unfamiliarly She couldn’t help thinking that this Bruce. Do afraid, are muttered Cows 1t n's strong arm e witch doctor wdy put a spell | aid! A rn | trella, impressed on the graduates the: I'm Dr. Heatheote, a consultant on | thin cawse. Your father—very ill— | wtroke of paralyxis, York | i Bruce Cowan turned Cherry | Iwanted to do, yvet did not dare. And yet, except for the music, the danced in cabarets fn New York. She ! even though she saw faces that were ! I “Bruce Cowan seemed to be enjoy {Ing himself Immensely, and In spite {previous conceptions of him, she couldn’t help feeling that he was |Al the supper table at Genie Armi- | tage's dance the oppression {of the atmosphere she stopped danc- inear the door, which had been left {open to let in some of the clean night something to drink, but she refused. It would have been different from | taking cocktails dinner at the home of a friend. TOE to make her definitely a part of these | 1 pes to make her a sharer in rather| guite certain that she ought not to | be going home at once. o that she heard her companion's name | poken. A girl was standing in front trifle too vellow, her lips and cheek: { tinted with an overelaborartion which i She bobbed her big hat pertly “Helly, Bruce.” she said. had ever seen Bruce Cowan at a dls- advantage. He ‘got up, frowning. and then awkwardly rose and talked {in a lowered tone, completely exclud- direction, most uncomfortable, but she could not help hearing the part- shoulder, meant for Cherry's ear. S ain’t that a scream! Bruce, I Ritz. | Am et my wraps, please” she sald. Her companion met her glance for lout a word in reply, turned and {obeyed. were in the machine. Bruce, because he didn't know what to say: Cherry. she would say something she could regret. Cherry. She isn't your sort.”’ ‘Why explain?" said Cherry office. Really.” Thanks. Cherry drove with great care over) spoke again of other things, but she only answered in monosyliables, asked again. i ‘Why?" have thought she was my friend.” “Who?" coolly. “Well, {sn't she? The word “friend” as Bruce Cowan understood was what her friends in New ipeople ~were like the people who | familiar to her. jof a feeling of intense loyalty to her | more at home in this atmosphere than As she suddenly fel {ing and sat for a moment on a chair jair. Bruce Cowan wanted to order before or wine at| drink here would have seemed to ! wanton rirtes. Indeed, she was not It was while debating the matter of them.” A tall girl. with hair a {came of practice with grease paint. It was the first time that Cherry “How are you, Maisie?" he muttered, ing Cherry. Cherry looked in another ing shot of the tinted lady over her you'd better take her back to the { rose. {a moment uncertainly and then, with- Neither of them spoke until they because if she spoke she knew that| “I_alan’t introduce you, Nice girl, friend of a fellow at the just thought I'd tell you.” the thin coating of sleet and snow. He You aren’t angry, are ‘Oh, T just thought that you might “The blond—Maisie.” it mean't nothing to Cherry. o l—d——o[c——]o]—=]0] Greatest Body Builder Pure Food “Whenever my children have colds or are run-down I gave them Father John’s Medicine and it never fails to bring them right back to health. (Signed) Mrs. Arthur T. Hall, Hazel St., Uxbridge, Mass. AR RARREEN R RRRRRR R ARG | sounder business men even than I { ing house of John Chichester & Co., had | hun’s “holdings, |dox of a grudging adm | ment that she always L “Well—er—yes. In a way, But | she’s not your sort, you know.” So you said.” Don't be sore, Cheyry. know the girl.” Cherry merely laughed. She meant it to mean unutterable indifference and succeeded. Cherry laugh could be very contemptuous times. So at last he stopped speak and sat in silence, which, as the n ments went on, grew set and sullen. Cherry, occupled with the wheel seemed to have forgotten exist- ence. They were for the moment far apart as the poles. But for all her placid exterior the spark of con- ience was flaming, burning her breast. It was that woman. ] shouldn’t have gone with Bruce Cow- an. She shouldn’t have tuken her a place like that. He should h known better. She seemed to h: glimpses of shadowy recesses in spirit. And Eruce would have to pi It was almost 1 hardly | had kissed her y for that. o'clock when she drove into 78th street. With some amazement she noticed the lights in the upstairs windows of the Mohun house and the group of strange a tomobiles before the door. Hurried- 1y she bade her companion good night and took out her latchkey. But the door opened and a man hurried out “What is it?" she asked. “Im Miss Mohun.” »h, Miss Mohun! I'm a consultant on t very ill-—stroke onfexsion. hester's revelations about rs—so intimately con- | his own—were a severe Sangree, and his sub- sequent conversations with George Lycett provided little comfort to either Both of them sold Tex- tile Mil gmall lots, but the mar ket continued to fall, and with the crash of the Mohun house all that re- ned of Sangree's respectable for- | une was about $15.000 in cash and a | house uptown which yielded him a small sum monthly. Sangree could not find it in his heart to blame his friend for the position in which he found himself, for many others | Dr case. Aralysis.” Heath- Your | { z John Ch fohun's aff; nected with blow to David cett, had been caught In the decl in the Mohun shares, walting as gree and Lycett had done for an up- ward turn in the market which never ter many rumors emerged, many of them dangerous) to the reputations of some of the pro- moter's associates, but the newspa- pers, it seemed, were hent on giving due credit to James Mohun himself for having done all that he could do to stem the tide of misfortune, aving sacrificed his personal hold- ings in outside companies, notabl the coppers, in order to protect the interests of those who had confide him t all without avail. failure was one of the heaviest vear of financial perplexities was clear that the firm of Mohun & | Co. was completely ruined. The | stroke of paralysis which had aflicted | the unfortunate man scemed to add a touch of personal drama to a si tion which was not without sordid details, 2 All of this David Sangree had read in the papers after the occurrence, and in spite of the difficulties before him—the | complete disruption of his reonal plans for the future and the obviou and immediate necessity of finding som employment which would eke out a_very slender income—he found himself think- ing of the terrible situation wich now confronted his young friend Cherry For, Mrs. Mohun had other re- sources, med very certain that the face to face with the des- perate expedient of beginning-ife anew. | In the course of the morning Sangree | rned that the desperate fliness of Mr. | Mohun had prevented an assignment | and that the creditors. one of the heaviest of which was the priv ik already demanded the appointment of : receiver. This meant, he imagined, lengthy proceedings in which all of Mo- or what remained of estate, therh in stock bonds or real would be sold for the benefit of hisj creditors. John Chichester seemed to loom very large again at this moment. Scarcely aware what was in his own mind. David Sangree found himself out of doors on the ay after the ng rapidly northward s a little curious that this 4 Cherry's difficulties should more important to him than h From the moment of their first meeting —when he had been aware of the para- tion of her ad fallen, al- | | i radiant personality—he most in spite of himself, into an attitude of avuncular benevolence toward her. At least thls was the phrase which seemed best to indicate his state of feeling. But his benevolence. he w certaln, was colored a little with pity too. For her very radlance and gayety were a mingling of ingenuousness and sophistocation—an ingenuousness that was so little artificial, a_sophistication that was &o little wise. The drab colors of his own nature had assumed a livelier hue from his contacts with Cherry and he had taken care not to sully her brightness by any of the cynicism which had come out of his own experlences with a maddened world. The afforded the originality of her point of vi contrast to his own) had hecome more and more delightful, anad the self-suffi- | ciency, which had at first shocked his sensibilities, while no longer annoying, continualle bewildered him by its con sistency and its accordance with all the other phases of her character. It pleased him to consider the drives with Cherr: as excursions into a Golden Age which he had never seen. Her moments of silence and abstraction interested him, too, for in them he saw beauties of spirit, usually quite obscured in the vehemence of her splendid gayety—gen- tle moods, pretty mental reservations Hooty the two young Owls in the old nest |or 1 | severely | be beyond pra {am as to her own folly, unexpected chari- [ Prestdent Cashier C. J. Gockeler N. L. Sansbury Vice Presidents =10 | fl fll lel fl fl m H. L. Offutt, Jr. W. P. Lipscomb The “Friendly” Bank ITTLE CTORIES .l%’ Bf.gfl&t' | Farmer Brown’s Boy Finds | the Young Owls. cannot be defined; Tis chiefly Just a state of mind. —0ld Mother Nature, For some time all went well with the Owl and Mrs. Hooty and | | | | | | cky They were let alone. No one cared to bother them. In fact, all the little people In the Green Forest kept away from Hooty's home. My, how those young Owls did grow! It really was not surprising, considering the amount of food they ate. They did nothing but eat and the Crow. i 7 OWLS!” HE EXCLAIMED. THIS 1S WHERE HOOTY MRS. HOOTY MOVED TO.” ceemed to sléep, if they Hoot ¥ pent and nd more Hooty »wing thin much time hunting those two youngsters Mrs. Tlooty thought them the most | beautiful babies in all the Great Waorld But re they were very, very homely such little sav ages as they Young as the th ro n their round heads held in them » same fierce- ness that made the great e s of their parents so terrible to all the her little people. They were big enough to stand up the edge of the nest when Farmer Brown's Boy happened ver in that part of th Forest. Farmer Drown's Tioy hunted for Hooty's nest earfly in the spring, over where he had found it the year before, in nother part of the Green Forest Not finding it had decided that oty had he ereen Forest <the methis Spring b Ted th U of the Greer ire Blacky's old nest was bout that nest. He had fore. near the tree in which ked up out of jdle curi- 't think Blacky and would he using it, and didn’t expect to sce any one there, | how surprised he was when ht a g ipse of two funny »und heads just above the edge of the nest “Owls" it Mrs time, declared because sometimes Hooty s cating than sleep- that he was he had spent for food for | And wer nd B e eves t h exclaimed. “So this where Hooty and Mrs. Hooty moved to! Those are young Horned Ow I don’t kn v one w n I se He sat down where he wa by some t h. He great the tre wait A through claws. It was Mrs, straight to the n How those you bird s with Hoot t with that ; Owls did quarrel over You would have thought they hadn’'t had anvthing to eat that morning, though the fact is they had done litfle else than eat. “You ~ greedy little rascals chuckled Farmer Brown's Boy Mrs. Hooty remained watching them for a_short time. then flew away. She and Hooty were kept hunting by day as well as by night to keep those ast-growing, greedy youngsters sup plicd with food. She had not been gone Jong when Hooty arrived, also bringing food. Farmer Brown's Boy | waited until Honty had left. and then came out of his hiding place and started to_climb to the nest. He wanted to have a close look at those young Ow (Copyright, 1923, by T. W. Burgess.) ties the of heart and warm spots nter sees b shado £ And conscience—all color which like | the as sure that this interes was Platonic, for the very security of thelr relationship rested upon the serenity of his own demeanor, | which had been and_still continued to | se. And even had he been | addicted to sentimental moments —which he was not—Cherry’s avoidance | of 1 forms of coguetry with him and| her expressions of gratitude over the | fact that he at least never made love | to her would have been enough to con- | vince him that he might be ridiculous in any other than the avuncular capac ity. All of which means, in brief. that | they liked to be with each other for no ! reason in the world that either could | discover except that each was different ! from any person that the other had met. | But the calamity which had fallen | upon the house of Mohun made an im- | mediate_change in Sangree's point of | view. The colorful companion of his} rejuvenes ceé was now to be thrown, | without a word of warning, upon her| own resources, to face In a new guise | a world that had trcated her too kindl What was to happen to Cherrv? How | was she equipped to face a battle for | existence—if at the worst tiis should | prove necessary? If beauty were an | et in the littla world in° which she had lived it might easily prove a liabil. ity In another world where favoritism is often the gauge of success. Her self- sufficiency, which. had seemed so neces- sary a part of her character and inde- pendence, was less impressive now. He was very sorry for her, more sorry than he was for himself, and what he wanted most at this moment was to tell her so. To Be Continued Tomorrow. n l { ing pi 15 BY RADIO TODAY Schedule of Wireless News and Entertainment. TIONS. , Radlo, Va. LOCAL al Radlo Statf (710 Meters). 3:25 p.m.—Complete live stock ket comment, 3:45 p.m.—Weather bureau report. 4:05 p.m.—Crop report and special item i 5:05_p.m—Daily market report. | 10:05 p.m.—Weather bureau report. fp, WMU—Doubleduy-Hill Flectric Com- |} Dany (300 Meters). to 5:30 p.m.— Program NAA—N, 4:30 of music. WJIH—White 09 & Boyer Co. Meters). 1 to 2 p.m.—Music and features. WEAS—The Hecht Company Music Bullding (360 Meters). 3 to 4 p.m.—Selections on the vics trola and reproducing piano. WIL—Continental Electric ¢ (360 Meters.) ctions on the WIAY—Woodward & Lothrop (360 by Mrs. soprano: Spanish and x, violinist Weaver, pianis victrola'and reprodu ngelina Conde, nrwood Bowe lise Harvi ctions on th p.m. fan Te Concert by Ray Jazz Orchestra Orchestra Tomorrow and “C Hawaiian Papa” and “He Hawaiian solos, t t Be Your o Like, No ry? and “Gypsy Loy selections, “Hilo," and “My Honolulu duets, May Mornin vatin' Man® Like, Song Hawaiian march, Hula Girl” Acton’s Ha! ian jasz or Lothrop. This station has adopt '[ RADIO NEWS give the w K1y ert n‘m &2 the policy of giving one complete jazz program each month. “Can any one beat equal with a homem Kussell B. Cole of 330 southeast, who last Saturda a distance of 10,490 miles i on his rec rmy cry 1 one Eole “aia T grams from the the air line distances indicated: PWX, Cuba ewark, 190; WOR ew York 950: W adapted detector tube Mr oitowh of 0 Pittsburgh, WIAR, Paduc 460 THE WEEK Epitome of Events Up to March 17, 1923. FOREIGN. Weakening Ruhr declared ready for peace talk. Brussels parjey to bid for United States aid in Ruhr tangle. Naval officers among 200 dead Greek wreck. Eight Germans slain | in clashes with French in Ruhr. T! hundred Irish seized in raid Britain: Belgiane impress ncare in heated session at Brus-| sels. Ruhr reprisals leading to crisis, | British believe Premier Lenin be- lieved seriously ill at Moscow. Japan refuses to cancel famous de- | mands” pact. New Berlin peace p reported to offer guarantees. Tr: is wrecked, bridge dynamited, wir cut in Ruhr. NATIONAL. United States to gell #hips, but buy ers must maintain routes, shipping board says. Influenza holds Gompers in bed at New York. Three bodies found on Florida beach. Twenty-fou killed. eighty-four hurt, as storm | sweeps over nine states. Michizan | voung girl with temperature of 11s degrees declared by doctors to have deceived doctors by use of small hot | water bottle. Two killed as automo- | bile crashes into bridge at Middle town, Md. “Babe” Ruth was sued ! young woman. SiXty overcome I ether on New York subway dra man arrested. Mississippi storm k eight, injures fifty. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the eVterans' Bureau, pledges aid in cutting “red tape” to help veter ans. Sleeping sickness check begun. Spectacular fire at 1419 F street at- tracts crowds. Commissioner Ovster opposes an increase in speed limit Representative Mondell says District needs new rule. Thousands of dollars worth of drugs and five men seized in raid. Truck loads of liquor poured into sewer. Amaryllis show opens at | Department of Agriculture green- house. Charles F. Cramer. former general counsel of the Veterans' Bureau, found dead in bathroom with .45 caliber revolver by side. Minimum Wage test hearing begins. “Over-i time” work cut out at Washington | city post office in_order to conserve appropriations. Fine Arts Commis- | sion aproves Commissioners’ plan for | the commercial development and beautification _of the Washington channel river front. “Whaling expe dition” leave Smithsonfan Institution to bring back bones discovered ashore | at Coan river. District National Bank 1406 G Street Pave for the Future as You Go Along There will be no excuse a few years from now—for not having plenty to do with. Don’t trust to luck—but make sure that every= thing will be well with you finan- cially—by SAVING systemati- cally and persistently week by week, or month by month. 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