Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1925, Page 16

h} THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. JRDAY, DECEMBER. 26, 1925. UP TO NOW FACTORS INTRADE [~ wrom » o e NEED CLOSE STUDY ' ~ v TRADE FALLS OrF | Most Drlnk Ahsorbed in Homes, Poison Fatalities Nil. New York Reports. THE FOOT OF TH | KATSKILL MOUNTAINS | THERZ LIVED RIP VAN | WINKLE. ME WAS A | GREAT FAVORITE WITH i EVERYONE BUT Wi WIFE. WHO $COLDED ‘ HIM BECAUSE WE | | Babson Says Prosperity Is| Never Permanent—Hard to Delect Swings. WOULD DO NO WQRK ONE DAY AFTER MUNTING IN THE MOUNTAINE HE STARTED HOME AT DUSK NE MET A STRANGE LITTLE MAN CARRYING A KEG. AND MELPED MIM FINALLY THEY CAME TO A HOLLOW IN THE WOODS. WHERE THEY FOUND MANY LITTLE MEN PLAYING AT NINE PINS THMEY SILENTLY MOTIONED RIP TO SERVE THEM WITH THE BY ROGER W, WELLESLEY HIL mhe ~We are now husiness BABSON, Mass.. De- | prosperous | Auring thix | one_of the | Believing | ity we shonld sfon 1 am this} very unpopu- | By Consolidated Prass NEW YORK. December 26 N¢ York's Christmas drinkers stagger | through the great day without a sir fatality from poisen hooch this ve t0) *hospital returns m"‘ WAS NATURALLY A THIRSTY SOUL AND WAS SOON TEMPTED AGAIN TO .N WAKING HE FOUND HIMSELF uu THE OREEN NanAred hmbitess. b KNOLL FROM WHICH HE MAD FIRST S8EEN THE OLD e Canitate for o MAN OF THE GLEN. HE RUBSED MIS EYES. IT WAS i lonleas nle sra e i e A BRIGHT, SUNNY MORNING. “SURELY." THOUOMT e L HAVE NOT SLEPT HERE ALL MIGHT." got hold of some pretty had stuff E TASTE PROMPTED ANOTHER AND HE REPEATED MIS VISITS TO THE KEG SO OFTEN THAT fae mossIhlib ot TRY THE CONTENTS OF AT LENGTH A GREAT DROWSINESS OVERPOWERED < and the condition: KEG. HIM AND HE FELL INTO A DEEP SLEEP. SRS e Uiauon tn e xeoano | THE © McClure Newspaper Syndicate ot checked, can turn the HE TASTED (T HIMSELF. perity. A dangerous no- | T8 ot In the minds of MUTT AND JEFF —Station J-E-F ss men and investors th and business -14 \T'S A HANDMADC MY WIFF, JCEEL 1T'S A FAKE | [MUTT, | [BepTIME STolIES BUT WITH Youll HELP [ jLasteny ‘Bur WHATEVER YouU I'LL FoOoL HER AND (»,(T/‘ = l\ Do pon' T my‘]—b HCR TO GIVE Mc SomME OF | { \ ING OR You'LtL MY MonEYL GCT INSIDe / _QUCER ouLR AAND I'LL TAxe T GAME! RIGHT cucR! s - e / Aw NIX, 1‘ MOTT - \] (NIY depres hospit z upor Clubs Disappointed. (Pronrietors of Broadway night « of whom had been presented wit lhrm,ym presents in the form r Fede, padlock™ summonses BY BUD- FISHER tle bit disappointed 2 ‘hw\ trade Faced ph sxity of maki Muflf'.' the hoilay e Trade thro the GET TwenTY! ported the NoU KN oW max night e EEC TADPOLES JUST 'fiw’ : QY((N. LAUGHED e panies Fisher. o) (Cops F Announcing. TS A urree) NEW YCAR'S GIFT FOR S mMLove. he 1 ¥ Mark e Pt RADIO FOR || BUT \ /ou cAN TCLL OH,MUTT,IT'S Pcreeectiy WONDER € -aL 0¥ You [BY ™e WAY, M'DcAR | THIS RADIO cLeAncD \M( + CouLD You LeT | Me nAave TEI\J DoLLAre& oF | My own MOMCY _ AHcal AND JUT ™eN LITTLE AMY E(L - carrs pandd) period. 1he Christmas eve and /so WHem LTt e JULIUS EISH trade had provided iding those WAISSED MRS, TURTLE THE which Bt hontlez direct to the con: heard differently. The husiness was reported nobody who had th the inclination dry Murder Mars Brooklyn's Monatans Aside from its triple hout the quie 1 the carrien off wha purves anfd they Chifstmug brisk as sver. and price and pelled to Former Sa Not murder. Broc vn wak horouzhs from an vear it hat The trade now is prepari New Year eve celehration f the rum merchants. cheered wod publicity of a Christmas wit 3 predieting LIVELY FETE AT Y. W. C. A. Phillis Girls Gifte for Weaver Orphanaze vilis Wheatley Y. W : ahser RABBITBORO—Dora ulL the vah—/\ml the Hearts. BY ALBERTIN 'FTJE gAQD You TV‘* Yoo LITTLE LE ED WAS - AH - THE " @CE OF HEARTS ! - E PEST RANDALL Wheatley Aszembl ] CAN SHOW YoU A DANDY |z7;'8 CARD TRICK. YoU SEE THis v 15 JUST AN ORDINARY PACK N OF CARDS E WILL YOU SELECT A CARD N FANRY., AND SHOW IT_To \ THE OTHERS WHILE T TuRN ristmas New Kind of Corporations —— DI BACK? R waNoiR ) girle joined in e coun- | ) 4 VN 1 great | s & stmuk day < up. m A\ \ g o, r communi ristmas the Girl Reserve Christmas tree nd business of Christy matter wh sienl comfort. e zh of relief as the ttle restanrar almed - - S 1 wonde Arexpansic That's olet he on which W the Rel Mark Reg. U. S. Pat on.) treat.” she ir nevitabl he repeated Blame t would have t dering whether 1< Sidestepped T was just v nothing the that | raise price of tu (" we sAD \ /' HE SHOT ME RIGHT THROLGH THE WERRT AN HE SSED ME MAKE 1M\ PLAY FAIR MRS, DUGARY | MAKE'M .\ PLAY FA\R ters You don’t need she repli prompily ordering them. ~I'm rolli n morey. Didn't I tell you I ac Fot & 1ip today Tike the other gir mes? for the same I hope ed very reason, well know, so shut almis ame. He hagar V\Y\\\r\l W ohear my news first ced Robert ' she exclaimed mine.” he a od recommendation It's the firm tha heen cured he expecting come of 1 one wha winciple n the Question Goes Deepeer. v deeper ,h,,,, reaches even 1l principles for stand. T am some- ‘ reaching ser there e dir onditions than to tind it h to rely afeguards up to prevent are that when vill spring v than any we e and will cateh just as the other Owing to is danzer The the pas here ne oo prosperous nds cent compared with just nor While this is h from the vet its 1St few m now st S per not b rapid nihs By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM (Continued from Yestord: Star.) SYNOPSIS, Wendeve ‘- Hiow “being. . Gorue Kkeey exs open and he wil <ome. Contact with wmh e | that so far yours I will from vour occupation the =hilli il this it will cost little in proportion to my or 18 pence luncheon von have the expr and your companion arrange for income Now do understand? should you isked breathlessly Because,” not self-respect “Of cours as I am concerned cost von he answered 1 offer sunshine. you withont sponsibility in the world rantee t shall « single shred of vour it, and 1 T owas silly just your ah- When 1 me as vou have spent vou Ao this for patiently, on whom I have fulfills the ons since I determined to make two now," he athers had 1 heen there n T had. The manager of our dep told me himself th She was thoughtful. It was rathe a shock. but in one respect it simpli he was sorry she admitted. “Please fo All the me. same, it isn't possible. Of sme one else who wan f not ve. You'll he a foolish it don't come.” The Vision tantalized her swept across her face. She vielded for 4 moment to the joy of the idea But where should T stay?” she isked my vil 1 brother.” he replied. “If shonld find reoms for yvou.” She opened her lips. More than lonce afterward he wondered what it was that she had been about to say Some thought seemed to flash into her mind. She was a little frightened she kept silent “I am not in a position to offer vou a ling time to think it over.,” he tined. “On the other hand, T believe you'll be quite so foolish as to need long to make up vour mind. Here is my card,” he went on, select ing one and lay and 1 night any e up till_midnight expect and bring with like brother or whichever is that it swill not cost pennv. There will be no tre to dine member le about The light | . if you are ahle to bring | net, 1} x it upon the stool, | at home to- | single | clothes, and T shall arrange for absence trom your work She was too bewildered even to thank him for the customary tip which he Iaid upon her stool. e took | was w the ticket from-her nunresisting fingers i with & brief “zood afternoon 1 - tall, distingnish ith his long. seri v of complete detachment. St st there with the card crushed up in her hand, looking after him. Violet. notwithstanding her shahby mackintosh and doubtful hat. excited | | mare than one glance of interest as che passed with flying footsteps un!d»rldred tegent street, across the Circus, and | turned into Shaftesbury avenue. For the first time for many weeks the was something outside the dreary day by day routine to think about: dream. perhaps utterly impossible, but | il something the mere thought of which had reacted upon her warm, fresh yvouth and brought the color into her vheeks and the light back into her tired eyes. The young man whom she met at the corner of one of the streets near the palace starad at her. vour | “Why, wl he dgmanded. A tortufer vouth ‘of a ¥ muddy b neither stick nor tures were fairly good of thei cated ill temper. “but I h and 1 have 5 and to the Cafe Rose.” “You know Smith.” “As though Didn't T 71 BUILT ONLY 1 % the matter, She thrust her arm through h aring a threadbare ovi which hore the hallmark of the ready made tailor’s appeal to the would-be without | mouth was querulous. “No one has left me anything.’ left of my week's money. toast tonight, Robert Can’t be done,” “‘Don’t be an idiot!"” Violet lmerl\mk» tell you I'd had a good 1t's my treat. Violet?" an von a hu an ny one left He oAt | fro few seasons oots, and he ¢ umbrella. His distinction r sort. bt although his | %’ His tone indi- she ave had a good tip 7 pence halfpenny No tea and We are going he replied gloom Jolly well it's a 2| lling: dinner and I can't afford it. | T'll o on to. my rooms and get Mrs. i I should leave vou 1t's a filthy day, | LEFT him twi TRobert d a filthy elir t we're goi houy Whom m?” he A regular HOnly ice today e dem to forget pded sy zet customer perst and a filthy life. <he assured he happened to come in Don't be ahsurd I'm =0 hnngr He was easily ded fied matters. She glanced menu Afier the soup.” she sald, “theres and some heef. When we've had and the fish, and when w hegin the heef and when vou've fir ished vour gin and bitters and dr vour first glass of claret, TNl ehe 1 B Th fish the soup tell you (Coprr ipe Onpanhetm. ) . (antinued tomarrow.) 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