Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1925, Page 20

THE EVEN IN RABBITBORO—Bennie Buckstein Stands to Tell the World. BENNIE DOESN'T LOOK VERY HAPPY Yo SEE. HIS SWEETUMS BACK FROM CABBAGE TOWN AFTER A WHOLE WEEK AWAY-! IVE A GooD MIND NOT To KiSs oo ¢ NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 13, BY ALBERTINE RANDALL 1925. REAL ESTATE. e noke College announced a pledge of |Jones of Pocahontas, Va, grafiuate 1850,000 to the permanent endowment “"" 1887. of the college, the condition that an additional $150,000 be The donor is Col. James being | S raised. | The 1 Ellwood | cacti in NO, T DON'T WELL . HOw DID You gest private collection of and is owned by a lady AND D'mYYou cALL ON DADDY WHILE. | T 2 el e eE HINK I'LL ENJOY MEETING . o Tol 163 SIT DOWN ¢ HIM 2 AL 7 - YES! We make Window Shades To Measure Factory Prices Save You Money “A Shade | Roanoke College Given $50,000. T Better” e 6 o o o o SALESE, Vo June Th—Presidant| R R R AR LR LR R AR LR LR R Mr. Robert E. Freer ing of the board of trustees of Roa. Manager Phones STOKES SAMMONS, Lsso 13th St. NW,| w Randall. @) of For somehow I had the dim feeling that in ing a form you created at the same time’—— soul?” asked Charles. “Loutre, | impatiently ‘Loutre? " asked Charles, bewil dered. “But you said you did not do | Loutre - “Nonsense,” growled Aristide, “I said I did not write damned stuff. For mer lon't be such an as stand. 1 was dead broke at ths 1 had not a sou. Went to Ker: | get some money. If I had asked him shoul. | outright he would have kicked me 5 |out. So I told him Loutre. He gave me 100 francs for f. He was the first one to believe in Loutre, to be impressed by him. That was the be- ginning.” Again he fell into his musing silence, d Charles, who did not know what o make out of all these confessions, urb him; in fact, he al leep. But just when his became really heavy, Aristide Istartled him with the question “Tell ‘'me, Charley, are you super stitious?” Charles considered the proposition | “Oh, T don't think he yawned 1 pride mys . Aristide said course,” One of a series of the | year’s best short HH stories. 1 (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) Loutre BY LIS4 YSAYE TARLEAU. Copyright, 192 2 2 2 T E 772777272777 Cathedral Heights K “The Top of the City” A Location Where Values Are Increasing 3127 38th St. N.W. 'n Massachusetts Avenue and Woodley Road by the Rideway Co. 1s now associated with this Firm as Rental _(Continued from Ye: rday’s Star.) The cafe was found, the glass of e beer was drunk, and followed by more and more glasses of beer, and in the end Charles suggested that he had better return home. Berthe would wonder where he had stayed so long. But Aristide did not want to hear of it. “Let Berthe wonder, if she wants to,” he said. “You come with me. You have never seen gy place. I want you to come now. I'll take a flacre. I am not drunk, but I am tired. Can’'t walk well. We'll be there in no time.” Charles was e: 2272777 Aristide again shrugged his of the new VERMONT BUILDING Vermont Avenue and L Street N.W. and has offices in the | CKEEVER=nd GOS IREFALTORS. |a 1415 K Street N.\W. Bt it bbb e g g g o AT de; 0d,” he explained, “now I know what I want. I want to get drunk. ‘The Trois Couronnes, that's the place for me.” . Entering the restaurant, hour far as I know,” he sald, “nobody ever did. Charles was dumfounded. Then the whole ‘Loutre’ thing is a fake?” Arlstide grimaced “Why fake?" he said, fake. Hate it & he found 22, This is a two-story home, semi-detached, brick construction ith day labor large rooms, full tiled hath with builtin tub, hardw attic, spacious front and rear porches, open fireplace, heat,” instantaneous hot-water heater. SOLD ON EASY TERMS Open Every Day Thomas J. Lane, Jr. Owner and Builder uilt “ugly word, bad No, not fake exactly. | Different. Legend perhaps. Yes, that's it. Legend. Loutre's a legend, coming out of some dim beginnings rowing, and growing, and grow- one sittin; saw with p the lonely guest, half » over his petit noir, was Charle sse; slapped him on the shoulder and said ood hot ily persuaded. Berthe would be angry anyw. o he might as well hang for an ox as for a sheep. And he wanted to see Aristide’s place. So the flacre was called and the friends were driving through the mild night toward Cours La Reine. On the way Aristide wondered that he was not drunk at all. His legs were heavy, his words did not come quite said. |easily, but his mind was entirely nothing. | clear. In fact, clearer than ever. I can't cut anybody because I am|He saw all things with a strange not I any more. 1 don't belong to|lucidity; he understood himself and Yoyself. Anyhow, What's the diffe te and life ever so much better than Just . 1 drink with |ever before. To be sure, he could not Jagne in this talk well, and walking was a nuisance, 1 of it. Twice |but the riddle of the universe held no vaiter over there |Mmore mysteries for him. He was in- ) Charley, old boy, wake We both must get drunk today.” Charles looked up. “Aristide,” he ment. “What bring who, since gotten us, negl what do you want Aristide sank into : “Don’t preach, You're an ass. You know He sat for a while silently and | smoked, and Charles, who did not i quite understand who was too| wpride v SOthiTE " (terrupt drunk to care g . dozed in his|eq Arist ke o e E Maximu ervice in astonish- you here? You, have for- t us dead— chair. ~Suddenly Aristide looked uP|course you're superstitious. We all | and said We all live by our superstitions “Tell me, C! of them. Fear, sin, con- of ‘Loutre? —in the end nothing but the Charles tried to remember. | superstition of Taboo. Gamily, coun “Who told me first of ‘Loutre? " he | try, patriotism—superstition of the repeated. “Let me see. Why, Berthe | Totem. Siperstition wherever You did. Ever so long ago. She came |look rstitions ingrafned home one evenin, think it was in | days and per November a yvear ago. Had met F.|sonal superstitions acquired or per- F. on the street and was raving mad. | haps remembered from some weird He had told her about ‘Loutre’ and |nursery tale or the shadowy corner . his illustrations and the Revvue|of an unfamiliar room. You've got it slght and wisdom personified. —He |Illustree and Lafitte, and so on. And |as well as all of us. Counting cob- Knew all things, and, knowing them, |she could not forgive me your suc- |blestones. Looking for odd and even | he disliked them c |numbers. Touching wood, and what They arrived at the studio, dis. tide thought deeply not.” missed their flacre, mounted the| “Well, of course.” he d Again he fell silent, but rs and entered the »artment. | “I can’t make it out in while he spoke out of the depth of Charles was deeply impressed. But it’s likely that Kersac told some- | chair ..Wheew, Aristide.” he wh thing to Felix—I remember I met| “You know, Charley, I always had what a place! What a place Felix when I came from Kersac—and |from the s of my childhood. a very do vours 11 Felix told a little more to Berthe, | personal superstiti Funny kind at _ Aristide ha »{and Berthe a little more to you, and | that u know how kids times filled two glasses with liquer, taken |so on and so on In this way Loutre |draw faces- round circle, two eyes, out the cigarettes, and, having thus |y growing—Legend—just as 1I|a nc mouth—well, I always had a fulfilled all duties of hospitality, | yai 1d of shudder when I looked at rley, let’s mix it. With |found a big chair in which he settled “}m " persisted Gharl e iGinee WUave nio {hie ceene Has the right | himself could Kersac have told to | Rubbed them out whenever I could er to bring | Yes leg. He's as|“only I That 47 M ST. N.W. Franklin 4698 Main 4752 N |V THE arlie, who told you first AR RS R SR R R R AR SRR R LR LR RLR LR YRR YR SR SRR R LR ALY 4 i Hh | vz 7772 Z0 19 Built and 16 Sold Select Yours Today Just Three Left of These Wonderful Values . $8,950 Buchanan Street Just Off Illinois Avenue N.W. PRICES—LOCATIONS—AND TER! CAN YOU ASK FOR MORE? A New Chevy Chase Detached Brick Home At $14,000 ARE RIGHT me. place” Let" as much. G and let him make it Charle h an in- brought es all dif- slights were Aristide were the pals of old. and laughed and talk. ed as in former times. The waiter | came over with the carte du jour, but Aristide waved him away. He did not want to eat, he wanted to drink “More champagne,” he ordere; when the bottles were brought h, to Charles “Listen < absinthe. kick in it it. Lel slow as The at te ter’ a forgotton his Whistled, You Another Chevy Chase Bargain Only $11,500 hed hoi \mll | value nstantas fine rooms e of exceptional = 'open fireplace water | kin, “what | the per I guess it's all right,” he said liked my old place better view over the roofs of the bis e came and the friends |city, that was great. And my old desk h other. Charles wanted to |just at the window, and from my to inquire about Aristide’s|couch I could see the young moon work, but Aristide bace him to keep (and the morning star. Here—well, quiet | here all is soft and pillowy No literature,” he declared. “I want|tic. Hate it like hell.” to have a good time. We'll make a| Charles was surprised. night of it Go over and play some- | f you don't like it, Aristide, why thing on that darned old piano. Let's|do you keep this place?" sing_something.” | Aristide shrugged his shoulders Arm in arm they went over to the| “\Why? Search me. I don't know.| plano and soon their volces n\lng’e&!\,\sk Loutre. Take these cigarettes, In their favorite song |for instance. Dimitrinos. Don't 1 them, either. They're bitter. Petit | | Caporal taste ever so much nicer. But | Dimitrinos are expensive. they are in| style. So I have to have them.| e, you know. He makes me do | e things. Damn Loutre!” * Charles took it all as a_joke. “Well,” he said, laughingly, “vou | |ought not to damn him, even though | | vour tastes disugree. He really made vou. Thanks Loutre, you're fa mous “Yes,” admitted Aristide, vo. |I'm famous, and he made me. | Could make a comedy out of it. All ter |the work 1 did, all the books I wrote | {did not bring me as much fame as the | nsieur,” | one thing I never wrote at all. dictine, | Charles sat up. The fumes of alco Creme de|hol were somewhat clesring from his brain, and he was staring his surprise “What!” laimed, “‘you did not If You Appreciate Real Value You Will Buy This Brookland Home at $8,150 in value. a brick n convenience and many him shake a Yo /I IITI IV and artis- | Mr. Irving E. Tier Mr. Wm. V. St. Clair Announce their Connection WALTER A. BROWN 1400 H St. N. W. Main 1653 Description: Colonial tapestry brick construction. Six rooms and tiled bath; paneled French doors between dining room and breakfast porch; porcelain s also Detroit Jewel gas range. FOR SAL FALLS CHURCH, VA. THE IDEAL SUBURB Shady Streets Attractive Homes in kitchen; In the astle of Grad By the Ti ' He wn of T er heat, and electricity. Double laundry trays. Furnace gas , coal bin, instantaneous hot-water heater and servant’s toilet in cellar. old H‘ b L2222, with the Sales Department 2 Lot 142 feet deep to an alley. Of Quinter, Thomas & Co. Real Estate Financing 819 15th St. NW. Exhibit House—535 Buchanan Street I'"umished Through Courtesy of W. B. Moses & Sons “Slivovitz, shouldnt we hav Tell that wai “it's true. | Funny. 2222 72 The order v came back wi P Main 8416 77 TO INSPECT—Take 14th Street or Georgia Avenue car to Buchanan Street and walk east to property, or take Grant Circle bus to end of line. CAFRITZ CONSTRUCTION CO. Builders of Communities 14th & K Sts. Main 9080 777171 he reporte Dubonnet, the . All right, Aristide, b “What waiter right interrupted | | w n the| “No," Aristide aseured him, “not a | ‘Ilno of it.” stide. | “But then—then—who shoulders. | book demanded Charles. quite right | & - turned with Benmaicn e ‘LThe}iAgfiétter- Houses it bt el ™| That's All aid but he was angry place.” he groaned, “what Sjats ”" .;‘i"’l"'f‘“.’""""’ That is the reason so and g0 o many people are de- lighted with the new homes now being of- fered at inquired wrote that excitedly. NEW BRINKLEY HOMES ANACOSTIA SHANNON PLACE HOMES ALL SOLD Sec the new homes just completed on CHICAGO STREET | e e OPPOSITE THE SHANNON PLACE HOMES, and now ready 7'R00 A“'Mfldern Semi'Bualow FOR SALE. Tapestry brick dwellings, with six rooms-and tiled bath- Hardwood Floors—Large Lot—Best Locafi double : lly Priced room; hot-water heat; eléctricity; hardwood trim; Screened—Garage—Spec Small Cash Payment rear porches; built-in garage. $9.000 y Terms $7 500 M. E. CHURCH Redltor b4 Phone Falls Church 39 Reasonable Terms of Sale To inspect: Turn to right on Nichols Avenue at Police Station and walk one block to the new Brinkley Homes. Consult Your Broker or See WM. P. NORMOYLE 810 F St. N.W. Main 2255 e waiter shr Monsieur wa in his h PYRISLI 7L n WANTED A HE SALESMAN C. P. BARRETT Realtor Main 9016 1502 K St. It that is predicted Metropolis View will quickly become one of the show places or Northeastern Washington. Located on a high plateau, near beautiful Uni- versity grounds, over- looking the city, it is indeed a delightful | home district. The Priee Is Only $7,850—Easy Terms Although these attrac- tive 6-room houses were planned to sell for more, they are being offered! OPPORTUNITY First Time Offered BEST BUY IN PETWORTH 68 UNDER CONSTRUCTION $8,950 Six Rooms and Bath $9,250 Six Rooms and Bath; Built-in Garage $9,950 Se\l';e:ihlfic;méu"::fedrooms) and Bath; Thirty Men of Vision Have Purchased Our Homes in Aurora Hills, Va., in the Past Three Months Because--No where else ¢ good an investment, and as a uld they find houses representing as ured inhancement in value. {2 SR SRS R SRS, Superb View Washington and Potomac v tonl e L At Colonial Heights, Va. Because—No where else can be found a detached home com- munity within 14 minutes of the business section of Washington. Because—Our homes appeal to 1 to people of discrimination, people who appreciate sound construction and artistic appearance, TIMBER MUVLPINGS— Come out to inspect these properties now—and you will under- stand why these men of visio n have purchased in Aurora Hills. Six-room, fully detached homes, fireplace, tile bath, built-in tub. built-in modern in every respect: located on 1 plenty of trees; wide, well-graded streets, with double oak floors, real e hox, hot-water heat, and rge Jots, 50x135 feet, with with concrete sidewalks Price, *7,250 above low price. Modern in every respect, | with large, cool rooms, | these houses will appeal | to those families who are iooking for a place equipped with all those | HOMES OF UNUSUAL BEAUTY Situated Within Few Minutes of City DESCRIPTION type. Five, Built-in Tub and Shower Instantaneous Heater Built-in Refrigerator Colonial six and seven rooms with bath YERY and builc citizer a ne Id know Idings, e every contractor der — and 1 contem- home— out our the care make HOME. little conveniences HO that USE a |See the Model House (built-in tub). tapestry brick. Fifteen minutes from center Electricity, gas, of and 45x180. hot-water heat. Hardwood floors. f ¢ above river, with superb view of all \ Fireplace— Wonderful well water. Elevation of 170 feet shington. Lots 50x125 which we turn m out and the low prices at which we sell them. Buy Here —Save Money” Yost & Herrell, Inc. Lumber and Millwork 11th and O Sts. S.E. Lincoln 1216 At 617 Girard St. N.E. CHAS. D. SAGER Take Brookland car to| 7th and Monroe Streets N.E, walk south to Gi-| rard Street. House open for inspection every day from 2 P.M. to 9 P.M.) and from 10 AM. to 9 P.M. on Sunday. Or call Main 36 and arrange to go any time. 924 14th St. NW. Main 36 Easy Terms : Take Rosslyn car to end of line—2 HowitolGat Thars: o e Toe Micons. | lyiin Lambden Terrace, then up steps. By auto, cross Key Bridge— follow Military Road, turn right at Murphy & Ames’, then right at Corcoran St. On Terms to Meet Your Convenience Take Washington, Alexandria Car at 12th St. and get off at Aurora Hills station, or by auto, t. and Pennsylvania ave. drive across 14th st. bridge toward Alexandria and watch for our signs, or call for auto to take vou out. Telephone Clarendon 640-W-2 Kenneth M. Livingston Mum 0o 1317 F St. N.W. Open for Inspection Sunday. Representative on Premises INCORPORATED = , —————m e e NS AURORA HILLS,VIRGINIA 301 Greene Avenue Aurora Hills, Va. Master Bedroom Across Entire House Beautiful Lawns Many Sold Before Completed Exhibit House, 5015 8th St. N.W. Furnished by Maxwell Furniture Co. TO INSPECT: Take 14th Street car or 9th to Farragut; east to houses. REALTORS | T B e OISt RO | Owners Franklin 1140 919 15th St.