Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1924, Page 17

The Magnificent Adventure| A Stirring Story of the Northwest. BY EMERSON HOUGH. - (Copyright, 1923, by CHARACTERS IN THE STORY. MERIWETHER LBWIS, secretary to Presi- ¢ dent Jefferson in the early days of the republtc. PRESIDENT JEFFERSON. THE WIDOW LEWIS of Albemarle, Va.. mother of Meriwether, who calls her son Merne. RON WURR, a statcsman of the period. ANTH MERRY, envoy from Great Brit- ain. THEODOSIA ALSTON, daughter of Aaron .Bure and wie of a wealthy citizen of Sonth Carolina. 5's Installment of the story told of on_given by President Jefferso h Lewis, as secrotary to M - British cuvoy aud other ug Yrujo o a rec ing w had speclal w Jefferson bud receives on A mexsage anoouncing the the Americau offer for the great area cov cred by the Lon'siana Purchase. Others in Washington did know of s develop. Waw n £ this develop not Matters stood thus when, at a time when scarce another soul could have :;-.«u crowded into the anteroom. otd Henry Mung open the folding doors “Mistah Thomas Jet sole announcement. There appeared in the doory taill, slightly stooped figure President of the Un B of the greatest men of his gwn ny dag. He stood, gruvdly uncon- cious of himself, tranquilly looking out upon Mis gathered guests. 1L was still ‘clad in the garb wkich he bad worn throughont the ¥ same in which he had climbed 1o the pigeon loft—the same in which had labored during all these long hours, Tis coat was still browa w Licd, hanging loosely frame. H trousers W Stafned velvateens of the his waister aded rod; his rthat he had he on As Thom 2 topped the men & should in physical statir did in ev other measure of a man, reent or unconseiou his eye hnowledge of his g Sight of the Froup b port. aptdly thither. he greoct hand to be shaken, the 1oy tsh m any trice of recognith moment Meriwpther Lewis w among other gitests. Ap instang later the curtained ing doors Which separated 1 room from the dining saloon thrown op My Jefferson In and took his place at the #IME caxting not a &thele lonk toward any who were to jofn therl” The was no there wis no 1 reserved p nouncemen man. no servant place stood. he o out him N young man t trusted. Meriwetler here and there. we who could not convi ware invited to din A3 best b might the from those not vet sccially arrived, until at length he stood. almost the sole barrier against those who still orowded forward. Here he was met once more by the party from behind the davenport. “Tell me,” demanded Mr. Merry. who—seeing that no other escort of- fered for her—had given his angry lady his own arms “tell me, £ir. where i the President? ‘Po whom shall I present the gréetings, of Bis British Majesty 7" Yonder thos. him that they President of the United ate i s3ld Merwether Tewls. “He with swhom you shook hands is the Presidént. He stands at the head of his table, and you are welcome if you like. “Fle_asks vou to_enter. : = Merry turned toshig wife, and from ‘er to the wifs of. the Spegish min ister. - Impossible!” 8813 he. “I do not understand—it cannot be! That-man —that extraordinary man in breeches and slippers yonder—it cannot be he asks us to sit at table with him! e cannot be the President’of the Tnited States “None the less h secretary assure Good Heavens from Great Britain, a half dazed. By this time few seats, none at all toward the head of the table or about its middle portion. Toward the end of the room, farthest from the official host, & few chairs stfll stood vacant, because ey had not been sought for. Thither, with faltering footsteps, ere en these opportunities should pass, stepped the minister from Great Britain and the minister from Spaln their ladies with them—none offer: ing escort. Well disposed to smile at his chief's audaclous overturning of all social usage, yet not unadvised of the seri- ousness of all this, Meriwether Lewis handed the distinguished guests .to their teats as best he might: and then left them as best he might. At that time there were not six vacant places remaining at the long table. No one seemed to know how many had been iavited to the bai quet, or how many were expected— no one in the company seemed to known any one else. It was indeed a pell-mell affair. For once the American democracy was triumphant. But the leader of that democracy, the head of the new administration, the host at this offi- olal banquet, tke President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, stood quietly, serenely, looking out over the long table, entirely uncon- cerned with what he saw. If there was trouble, it was for others, not for_him. Those at table presently began to @sat themselves, following the host's axample. It was at this moment that The young captain of affairs turned onoe more toward the great doors with the intention of closing them. 014 Henrv was having his own battles with the remaining audlence in the anteroom. a8 he now brought for- ward two belated guests. Old Henry, be sure, knew them both: and—as & look at the sudden change of his features might have told—so did Mr. J reon’s aide. T ooy advanced with dignity, these two—one & gentleman, not tall, but elegant, exquisitely clad in full-dress costume; & man Whom' you would have turned to examine a second time had you met him anywhere. LY his arm was a young woman, o peautifully costumed, smiling, graceful, entirely at her ease. Many resent knew the two—Aaron Burr, %163 President of the United States his' daughter, Theodosia Byrr Alston. Mr. Burr passed within the great doors, turned and bowed deeply to his host, distant as he Ws& Cross the erowded room. | His dadghter curtsied, also deeply. Their entry was dramatic. Then they ‘stood, & somewhat stately picture, waiting for an instant while scemingly deciding their future course. = It was at this moment that Meri- cwether Lewis approached ~ them, Theckoning. He led them toward the that .still remained unoc- fow 5o8 o .fifiyflmm Mear to the off 1s. Mr. Merry!” THim. id the minister he passed on, h tiose ruffied feathers still remained unsmoothed and then vl Taron there remained but! f 1 D. Applsten & Co.) : stood by them for an fistant, Intend- | ing to take his departure. | There was one remaining chair. It was at the side of Theodosia Alston. She herself looked up at him eagerly | and patted jt with her hand. He! seated himself at her side. Thus at last was filled the pell-mell table of Mr, Thomas Jefferson. To this day no man knows whether all present had been invited or whether all invited had opportunity to be Ppresent. There wero those—hls enemies, men of the opposing political party, { for the most part—who spoke ill o Mr. Jefferson, and charged that hel showed hypocrisy in his pretense of | democratic simplicity in official life. Yet others, even among his friend: criticized him scverely for the affair of this afternoon—July 4, in the yvear of 1503, They said that his manners | were inconsistent with the dlgnity of ihe highest officlal of this republic If any of this comment {njured or offended Mr. Jefferson. he never gave 4 sign. He was born a gentleman as | | much as any, and was as fully ac- quainted with good social usage as) any man of his day. His life had | been spent in the best surroundings of his own country, and at the most polished courts of the old world. To use him of ignorance or boorish- s would have been absurd. - fact was that his own resource- rain had formed a definite plan. shed to convey a certain rebuke | dead he did t rebuke. ost to his own fam 1t the pell-mell dinner w i \ ate, awkward. | bla. eriticism halted when the actual | servic table hegan. The chef at| the White House had been brought to ! thisx ountry by Mr. Jefferson from Paris. and w0 better was known on | this side the water, | 0 devoted was Mr. Jefferson known { to be to the French style of cooking | that no less a man than Patrick { Henry, on the stump, had accused | him of havine “desertéd the victuals of his country.” His table was set and rved with -us much elegance as any - at any fo cn _court. At the door of the ety of Washington, even in the summer season. { best market of the world. As | by his chef de cuisin vas of no pell-mell sort. Tf we may credit it as handed | down. it ran thus, in the old French of that day: e ar Fen' dn Tty onstadn dor Rnixselet” Telle Meuniere Finex Herbes et en_Coquemare, 2 Vienx Chanturgna Tourte dn Rix deo Veur. Financiere Pra Trimenrs Sorhet dex Comtes de Champs Soumee fismbee desant los e Vigne, flanquee d'Ortolan Axpic”de. Foie Gras Luenllin Salnde des Nymphes a la Lamballe ey de Sauce nrdienne { Fuits de Ta Reunion i Froma ““Henriot™* i | Fricot de au + Dinde armerts 1 Cafe Arahe Larmes de Juliette | Whatever the wines served at the Mansion may have heen at * dates, those owned and used by President Jefferson were the best the world produced—vintages of rar- | Ity. velected as could have been done snly Iy one of the nicest taste. Ru- nor had it that nome other than “nor Yrujo, minister from Spain. re- ciplent of many casks of the best] vintages of his country that he might entertaln with proper dignity. had seen fit to do a bit of merchandizing on his own account. to the end that Mr. Jefferson became the owner of | certain of these rare casks. { any event, the Spanish minister | wed no fear of the wines tme his way. Nor, for that matter. did the minister from Great Britain, nor the spouses of these Mr. Burr, seated with their . himself somewhat abstemious, noneé the less could not refrain from an interrogatory glance as he.saw Morry halt a certain bottle or two at his own plate. “Upon my word!" said the st Briton, turning to him. “Such 3?3{ 1 never have tasted! I did mot ex- pect it here—served by a host in reeches and slipper: mind—it {s wonderfa)! Trenever heré may be many things here You have not expected, your excel- lency,” said Mr. Burr. The Vice President favored the lit- tle party at his left with one of his brilliant smiles. He had that strange culty. admitted even by his_ene- mies, of making another speak freely hat he wished to hear, - ticent the while. it e face of the Engl i ;clm:flpa ngain, sl Sty “T wish T could approve all els |10 the wine and the food, but I can: | not understand. - Here we sit, after being crowded like herrings in a box —mzself, my lady here, and these others. s this the placing his maj- esty's minister should have at the President's table? Is this what we | 14 demand here i e indignity is to all of us alike, | amiled Burr. #3r. Jefferson belicse In a'great human democracy. I my- self .regret to state that I cannot quite g0 with him to the lengths he report the entire matter s majesty’s zovernment!” sald Mr. Merry, again helping himself to “To be raceived here by a man in his stable clothes—so to meet us when we come formally to pay our gall (o this government—that s an insult! ancy it to b {ntentional one.” S I ihecrd “Insult is emall word for it,” brok in the irate Spamish minister, still further down the table. “I certainly shall report to my own government what has happened here—of that be very sure!” “Give me leave, > Morry. “This republi What has it done .. 1 ask as much” affirmed Yru! “A small War With your own come: try, Great Britain, sir—in which only Yyour generosity held you back—that is all this country can claim. In the south, my people own the mouth of the great river—we own Florida— we own the province of Texas—all the socthern and western lands. True, Louis XV—to save it from Great Britain, perhaps, sir’—he bowed to the British minister — “originally ceded Louisfana to our crown. True, also. my sovereign has ceded it again to France. But Spain still rules the: south, just as Britain rules that mid- dle country out bevond. And what s left? T snap my fingers at this re- publie! Senor Yrujo helped himself to a brimming glass of his own wine. “T say that western country is ours.” he still insisted, warming to his oration now. “Suppose under co- erclon our overelgn did cede it to Napoleon. who claims it now? ' Does Spain not govern it still? Do we not collect the revenues? 1Is not the whole system of law enforced under the flag of Spain. all along the great river vonder? Possession. explora- tion. discoverv—those are the rights nnder which territorles are annexed. France has the title to that' west. but we hold the land itself—we admin- ister it. And never shall it go from pnder our flax. unless it be through e act:of stronger forel X Spatn will fght™ s smower s “Will- Spab fight?” demanded a deen_afid melodious voice. It was that of Aaron Burr who spoke now, half in_query. half in challenge, “Would Spain fixtht—and wotld Great Britain, if need were and the time came He spoke to men heated with wine, smarting under soclal Indfgnity, men owning o hurt personal vanity;, “Qur bas proof enough,” said Merry proudly.. { - . mj;nulu 1o more than a shrug. T (Continued in Tomorrow's Star) + continued ‘what Is it? {quarrels, devastating and miserable. 1it she were THE Desperate Husband Whose Second Wife Is Wreck- ing His Home—Girl of Ninetéen Who Is Bored by ‘ Boys—Engaged Girl Whose Fiance Is a Tyrant. | EAR DOROTHY DIX: I am a man fifty years of age. My first wife died | when our last baby was born, and I ralsed the child through a harrowing period of housekeeping, and now have two little girls aged thirteen and nine. I was a_widower for three years. Some six years ago 1 married & woman who was twenty years younger than myself. She has a terrific temper, and our home life is nothing but a series of fights and She resents any little attentions I pay my little glrls, and takes it out on them when I am at the office. Twice she has struck my youngest girl on the mouth with the back of her hand and made it bleed profusely. With all this distraction and worry I ean’t put my mind on my business as 1 should, and T have steadily gone back in earning power. until T am deeply in debt. My wife constuntly upbralds me for my lack of money- making power, and tells me that 1 am an old man, a has-been. I have tried in every way to get her to see that our interests are one, that together we could build up our home, that we should spend our energies fighting the outside world, not fighting each other, but she seems to be impervious to argument or appeal. 1s there anything we can do to improve conditions, or up the whole works and call it all oft? A DESP. a situation such us this is for the woman ould we smash RATE MAN. The only thing that can savi who s wrecking a home to have a change of heart and become a good |/ angel, instead of a domestic fiend. All would be well If 'she would become a kind and loving mother to the helpless little children In her care, instead of being a brutal stepmother: if she would become a loving and tender wife, who stood back to back with her husband in his struggle with the world and broathed fresh courage into him; if she became one of the women who bring the spirit of peace instead of strife into the home. But I am afrald that this miracle never happens in real life. It is only in story books that people change their natures. Personally, 1 have never known a woman who was a virago who ever learned to control her,temper. 1 have never seen a selfish one become considerate of other peaple. I have never known a woman who nagged to cease from nagging, nor one who was tired of her husband and who regretted her marriage who fell in love with him again. This is cold comfort to you, poor man, but we gain nothing by trying to deceive ourselves and believing that the impossible will happen. And T think you had better face the fa that your wife no longer cares for you and no longer regards you as a valuable matrimonial asset. You do not make enough money to gratify her. So she takes out her futile rage on you and the children, and there 1s nothing more unlikely than that she will reform her wayvs. Your first duty is to your children. Your obligation to them is infinitely greater than it is to the woman who does not even try to make you a good wife, and you should remove them, as scon as possible, out of the power of a cruei stepmother. You have my profoundest sympathy. Surely a man can be in no more harrowing position than' to know that his defenseless little children are being mistreated by the woman ve them for a muther. DOROTHY DIX. DEAR MISS DIX: 1 am a girl of ninetcen, and T dow't like boxs. T mean they don't interest me. 1 o out with a boy a few times and then I get o tired of him 1 can’t stand him any longer. I am %o bored. I have had a lot of proposals, but 1 cannot endure the fdes of marriage. Is there something wrong with me? TROUBLED. by are ure and were predestined to become 1 old bachelors, you kmow, and no there are also women who are old Perhups you are celibate bachelor girl. Many me woman ever appeals to them. And malds in the cradle and in whose Lreast no man ever luspires a flutter. 1t used to be that every woman considered it a reflection upon herself not accompanied everywhere by a man, and it was little short of a disgrace for her not to marry ow there are hordes of weaithy men who set up thelr own establishments and live and who frankly proclaim a or self-supporting w their own iives, without any male incumbrances, {that they prefer women's soclety to men's and do not wish to marry. But at nineteen I wouldn't be too certain that I was a manhater. The reason you are not interested in men is most likely because the right man hasn't come along. DOROTHY DIX. EAR MISS DIX: T have been young man for the last two vears, and we arc ulways quarreling, 1 do everything he wapts me to do. but still he is never satisfied. He says I must not talk to any of my friends, because he calls that gossiping. ¢ with what he says, he says I am pikin He won't 1e dress the way | want to, or use any cosmetics. If 1 happen to meet any of my friends when I am out with him, he gets angry and won't speak. He ta Ler girls to dances and says he does it because I make him mad, but T stay at home all the time, and never go anywhere without his knowins it. What shall I do? PHYLLIS. If you have any sense at all, Phyllis, you will break off with him while the breaking is good. He is nothing but a mean, grinding domestic tyrant. and if you marry him your life will be one of abject slavery. Don't do it. DOROTHY DIX. (Copyright, 1924.) dred alley dwellers get notice to clean up. Commissioners uphold utilitles body; clal efit for people. Sen- ators propo: more power for Dis- trict government. Federal building program provided by Smoot measure. would appropriate $50,000,000. United States may use ofl for heating butld- George Washington Uni- alumni in_ big fund drive. Holler indicted on fraud charge. Dis- trict Institutions given $1,500,000 in JSap. | Pepartment of ~ Interior ° bill." Five- ap- | cent carfare bill to rest on own Basisymerits, fay McKellar. *Federal pay ound | o ro” cut 10,000 in two years. for seting repurations ssuc {0404 | Weeks'* approves ‘1ith street. axten- by experts. Arrival of rebel ships!gion. Former Secretary Fall adjudsed stirs Tampico. Federals capture two|able to appear before oil probe cam- Mexican citles. Esperanza’s fall ex- | mittee by epecial board of physicians. pected soon. Dawes’ committee goes | nuoocTO" Wilson dying at S street to Berlln. Britaln may delay Red o recognition. British railroad strike | concluded. ~Macdonald seeks accord with Paris. Bulgaria backs Hughes on_ soviet. Hurled flasks and fist fights end Japanese diet sessions. Experts' inquiry begins in Berlin. Grifis given freedom. Greece recog- nized by United State: NATIONAL. Revelations show Harding misled in dlsmissal of engraving bureau em- ployes. Doheny offers. fo end his lease as Coolidge orders expert probe. Thirty killed in Illinois mine explo- sion, two missing. Bi-partisan coun- sel to fight government case in oil scandal before courts. G. O. P. still split on tax plan stand. Branches re- fused to national banks by Supreme Court. — One hundred thousand _dol- lars to fight oil sults favorably re- ported. Miss Harding, daugnter. of V. P. G. Harding, commits suicide. Senators propose authorizing Hines to change bureau chiefs. Plot to get United States funds by airplane in. dustry charged. G. O. P. leaders aj prove surtax of 35 per cent. Dems crats urge Denby to quit; Denby d mands record vote on move to com- pel him to quit. Education bureau near breakdown. Dry law repeal move in Maryland. Fall at breaking point, four doctors testify. Court exonerates Crowell of fraud. Ander- son gullty appeal expected. U. S. future safe, says Coolidge. Thomas ‘W. Gregory and Silas H. Strawn ap- pointed by Coolidge to prosecute Tea- pot Dome case. Senate unanimous in vote demanding court action for lease annulment. Admiral Latimer says Denby first proposed leases. Miners boo Davis, but he speaks. Car- ter declared qualified printer. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Taxi fleet seized in plot to serve writ; marines take part. President asks' $418,960 for the District. Dia- trict committee visit alleys. Soko- lowski sent back to Poland because of raid here. Four-hundred-thousan dollar fire sweeps wharves, burns Mid- land. District sclentists put on honor role. McKellar presses for eatly ac- tion on G-cent fare bill. Auto reci- procity bill before House. Gasoline prices up 2 cents more. District appropriations hearings started. Dis- trict insurance code hearings started. Student campalgn for George Wash- ington University launched. Post ice bill carries increase. Two hun- e of Events Up to February ... FOREIGN. Olympic games taking place. anese ruler weds In splendor. e Followed the Rule. From the Kansas City Times. Mrs. Pester—Why did yvou tell Mrs. Newkid her baby looked like its father?. You've never seen Mr. New- NEW BUNGALOW, $7,700 i Must Sacrifice—$350 Cash g o A A A One of the best Bungalows in Washington —all convenlences; hardwood floors; garage worth $1.000. FOR SALE 1522 P Street N.W. First Commercial Zone Ten Rooms, Two Baths Suitable for Business or Residence 1539 Eye St. Mata 2029 ced for Immediate Sal “ VACANT 4527 lowa Avenue N.W. At intersection 13th & Buchanan Sts. A delightfully situated home on wide paved street, one from new Macfarland Junior High School—Only 1% blooks From 14th street carline. v Brief Details Colonial type tapestry brick: 6 well proportioned rooms: tile bati #lass inclosed slesping porch: hardwood foors; beamed celliok dining room intry; storage room; attic. Hot-water beat;-electric lights. Unusually p 1ot to wide paved alley. 2-<car BRICK garage. Price Only $11,500 Easy Terms INSPECT SUNDAY: AFTER 1 P.M. BOSS & PHELPS The Home of Homes Maind340. . .. . . 1417 K St. N.W. . ‘Members of the Wishington Real Estate Board EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. !lcgged creatu Trader Loses His Treasures. Who hoards and hides {s bound to lose His treasures to the one who'll use. —01d Mother Nature. Trader the Wood Rat was perfectly happy. Never in his short life had he had so many treasures. The best part of it was most of them were bright, shiny treasures. Trader dear- 1y loves anything that s bright and shiny. Safe in his castle, which not even Yowler the Bob Cat could tear open, he had played with them all night, and when as daylight ap- proached he curled up to sieep he dreamed about those treasures. ' He was awakened by a great noise. | He didn’t know what to make of it. For a few moments he lay still and TRADER_ WONDERED WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. listened. Then he crept out of his bed and stole to the entrance to his house and looked down. Around the foot of the tree were sc legged creatures called men, and thes seemed to be greatly excited about something. Trader wondered what it was_all about. His big, soft sparkled with curiosity as he watched, He wasn't afraid. That castle of his seemed to him perfectly safe. en two of the men began to climb the tree Trader went back to his snug bedroom. I guess” said he to himself, “this is the best place for me. I'll stay here until those two- s K0 away. Of course, he could hear those two men scrambling up in that trec. He could hear them talking to the men bolow and the men below answering ck. Then he heard a sound that really startled him. Those men in that trec had begun to tear his castle apart. He could hear the sticks being pulled out. His heart began to thuinp with fright. For the first time in his life he suspected that there might be some one who could tcar that castle of his open. One of the men shouted. It made Trader jump. y Here are two of the bolts! ene of the men had eried. They had found themn hidden in among the sticks of Trader's house. Then the tearing apart of his house ontinued faster than ever. Trader didn't daure stay there longer. He darted out of one of his doorways and down that trec “There goes the rascal!” cried one of the men. Another jumped for him just as he reached the ground. But Trader was too quick und dodged and disappeared Then from a hiding place he mourn- fully watched those men in the tree He couldn’t understand why they kept tearing that castle of his’apart. He had supposed at first that they were after him, but he knew that they knew thal he was no longer in that est. " Every moment or two there wou be & shout of “I've found another which, of course, Trader didn’t under- stand. 5 t his castle was in ruins on Detached Homes —containing 8 rooms and 2 baths, garage on lot 37 by 107, cellar full depth of house, front and rear porches, com- manding view of large cstate, open for inspection. Apply FLOYD E. DAVIS, 7th & E Sts. S. W. Main 353 Takoma Park Homes Splendid Homes at Fair Prices $500 cash will buy substan- tial modern home with 8 rooms, 2 baths and 2 glazed sleeping porches. Separate side en- trance. A.m.. Hot-water heat. On paved street, convenlent to school and stores. $11,000. $500 will also make first pay- ment on modern 7-room house near end of 14th street car line. Am.i. Hot-water heat. Price reduced to $6,800 on modern 5-room bungalow, with glazed porch and attic. Large rooms. All improvements. Fireplace. Easy terms. Owner, forced by his em- ployment to leave city, offers fine 8-room semi-bungalow in one of the very best residence sections for $10,500. All im- provements. _Hot-water heat. Fireplace. Well built, attrac- tive home. 7-room house on District side. All improvements. Wide lot. $8,750. Bungalow qn District side, 5 large rooms. All improve- ments. Fireplace. $8,250. Small initial payment. New Dutch colonial shingled house, central hall plan, with 4 bedrooms. Oak floors, hot- ‘water heat, fireplace and all improvements. $10,500. Lot 50_by 200. Garage. New 8-room “elastica” stucco house, 28 ft. by 32 ft., with oak floors throughout. Hot-water heat. Front and rear porches. Priced at only $10,000; $1,000 down, owner taking back mortgages for the balance, payable $75 per month, includ- ing interest at 6 per cent. A splendid opportunity to acquire a fine home on easy terms. New 6-room semi-bungalow under construction on Holly Avenue., Every modern .con- venlence. Extra large rooms. Oak floors throughout. Fire- place. $10,5600. Substantial discount for large cash pay- ment. 6-room modern stucco bun- galow, all improvements, on paved street, near cars, school and stores. $7,850. Ql.flofl/euh required. / -room new modern bun- galow, on paved street. $8.750. Living room across front, with fireplace. .Oak foors. .Full tio and basement, Hot- water heat. Tiled bath. Large level lot. Lillie & Hendrick Citizens Bank Building— 23 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park 42T ral of those two- | eyes | 1 C., SATURDAY, FEBRU;&RY 2,.1924." BY THORNTON 'W. BURGESS the ground. Then those dreadful two-legged creatures hunted about carefully on the ground and finally went off. They seemed to be in the best of spirits. As soon as they were out of sight Trader hurried back to the ruins of his house. The first thing he did was to look for those bright, shiny treasures. Not one was to be found. Then he understood. Tt was for those treasures that his home had been torn to pleces, - oF sat In the Tidet of the meis arad: home and'wondered what it was all about. (Copyright, 1924, by T. W. Burgess.) High Elevation Desirable Location electric light: 1418 Eye St. N\W. l’%‘— TR ORCHESTRA CONCERT. By the TUnited States Sol- diors' Home Band , Orchestr: Stanley Hall, beginning at 5:43 o'clock this evening, John . M. Zimmermann, bandmaster. PROGRAM. ‘Thundering Cannons,” Wace “The Well of Love," Balfe Langgaard March, Overture, “Love ‘Song," Morceau: “Tendresse, Scenes from Mater," . Fox trot, “T! > Burrowes Waltz suife, “The Impassioned Dreams, Rosas FAVORS UNDERHILL BILL. Opposition to the Fitzgerald work- men’s compensatiop bill for the Dis- trict of Columbla‘was expressed in a resolution adopted by the commit- tee on insurance and fire protection of the Washington Board of Trade afternoon. The resolution, howeverd stated that the committee was in favor of the principle of workmen's compensation and . therefore favored the Underhill bill. David M. Lea, chairman of the com- mittee, pointed out that the Under- hill measure was a standardized ome and included prov in both the states of Maryland and, Virginia. The Underhill bill does not |interfere with the right of contract, he ! sald, does the Fitzgerald bill. SAMPLE HOUSE 1224 Rhode Island Ave. N.E. FIVE BUILT-TWO SOLD BRIEF DESCRIPTION Full 20-foot houne. 8 large, bright rooms. beautiful tiled hath with shower, hot-: hardwood floors, Iarge concrete front porch, breakfast and sleeping porche: trays and servants’ lavatory, cement basement. Open for Inspection Daily Until 8.30 P.M. N. L. SANSBURY CO., Inc. 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Phone Main 1267 AT i A at & meeting held in the board's of-y} fices in The Star building yesterday ons of the laws ., s L s