Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1925, Page 21

FEATURES. laking the Most of Your Looks BY DOROTHY STOTE. THE EVENING UMEROLOGY BY NEVSA McMEIN. Dear Ann: Did you ever notice that whenever possible Mrs. Gordon's dresses all have Dpleces of drapery hanging down the back from the shoulders? You know what that is, don't you? You see, Mrs. Gordon is short and plumpish and she realizes that the long line of a drapery adds height and slender ness to her figure, and is much more becoming than a plain dress. Yours for realizing the truth, LETITIA 1925 (Copsright Our Children—By Angelo Patri His Knife. rest posses | - heen a boy t the thrill of know- igly in the you cannot be it perhaps | e of the vou have a handy you've had a long ses- | teache and she has upon rendering your L series_of word til your head fee scles twitch you £, the riemneat e whole and the [ ire tongue-tied in the pres L pair of I eves. You've der their 1 say bt the gate into the until the ed from in oyster. r knife. Speed ~ heels ‘and away you go and brandish- t vou free. the old maple by for breath and and with smother. way there en painstak ed smiling you earve her initials and © own in a queerly shaped thing at you call vour heart. ed thin ghts rise within you— | s that float about in 1t your mind stirring you to restless strivings and uted questionings You wonder what you are wondering about. Speech refuses its office and the spirit within you smothers for want of expression, Out comes your faithful knife. At least the thing can be whittled out of it will come no other way. Good old knife that listens and talks at once And, of course. ter of pride how it cuts swift It is a mat and clean that knife can put a fishing rod or a crotch for a slingshot or a knot off a bun dle that promises well. One could rt blithely enough for the desert and of one's dreams with a knife, old and tried, in the secret pocket Symbol of effective manhood, that pre. cious old knife. Think twice and then again hefore | vou refuse a lad a knife in the fear he will cut himself. You can be judi {cious in the selection. In the bégin ning its keenness can be left to the imagination of its owner: it will be none the wo for that. As hel grows the qualities of the knife grow richerand its reflected powers stronge The pot-metal one-blader will shi in the eyes of seven vears and blades can be added, Lucky Jewels. It has taken nearly a hundred years for fashions in jewelry to swing eround and take a practical tura. Semi-precious stones are in style in aftef many years of undeserved neglect, which is fortunate for most women, because these gems are beau- tiful, and lucky for the average man, because they are cheap. My grandmother left me a lovely canary dfamond, which T had never worn ‘until lately. An emerald to go | with it was out of the question, so 1 picked out a green stone. called a pericot, had it cut to match the bril liant, and now T have a beautiful and much-admired dinner ring. The per! dot, including the cutting, cost just $20. There are so many of these charming semi precious stones, llke aquamarine, turquoise, tourmaline and opal, that are so inexpensive and yet 50 becoming According to numerology, some gem stor 2 bad for you and some will bring you luck. This depends, of course, upon whether your birth num- ber is in harmony with the jewel you think of wearing. ‘h stone has its own number corresponding to its own particular vibration. To find the num. ber of any gem stone you simply add together the numerical value of the various letters which muke up the name of the stone and reduce the re. sult to its final digit, using the usual chart: 12345678189 ABCDEFGHI { JKLMNOPQR STUVWXYZ Take garnet, for example ARNI 19 29—=(24-9)=11-==(14-1)= The keynote of garnet, then, is the number 2, and this gem therefore is lucklest for those whose birth number ere is a little tabulation showing the keynote numbers of the more com- mon jewels: 1 Turquoise, moss-agate, garnet. Tourmaline, sapphire. Amethyst, ruby, sardonyx, amber. | Emerald, bloodstone, moonstone. | \de, alexandrit | opaz, dlamond, onyx, jasper, | cat'seve { 7-Carbuncle, agate R—Opal, chrysolite ! 9—Aquamarine. o (Copyright. 1923 Willie Willis ROBERT QUILLEN BY | | | i i and new tools, until at | the age of reflection and dignity, say | about 45, the knife is a whole toul box | and more besides. At any age a knife is a knife. m.\l" 7':1:7‘\ w gZive personal att Fins "tro; *nts or school ‘e . 118 care and deveiopment of hildren. ter “I meant to be polite at Pug's him_care 0f this paper, inclosing . selfad- | party, but it I hadn’t of hurried up dressed stamped envelope for reply (Copyright, 1¢ By Hazel Deyo Batchelor Rosalind Nash decides that as a stenographer she is iwasting her time. She decides to give up her | job, and Madeline Browning, with whom Rosalind shares an apart- ment, tries to persuade her against it CHAPTER VI Disappointment. | Itosalind | i1 imposing hall man came to meet he was resplendent in uniform and anner, #s he spoke to her, deferential wish to see, ma- Mrs, R Anthony Rich- * Rosalind replied haughtily. | The man raised his eyebrows. | “Mrs. Richards is not here at pres- | She and her husband | urope last Satur ; heart ay sank. Until that| Lad not lized how | floor seemed endless. depended on Dorothy.| As she unlocked the door, she heard he key that would un-| voices within. Madeline had evidently | £ life to Rosalind, and | returned and some one was with her. yorothy had gone abroad for goodness | Deliberately she forced a smile to her nows now long face. It would never do to let Made- But not by the flicker 1 eyelash | line suspect that anvthing had hap- a4 Rosalind betray her disappoint- | pened. And then, with a squaring of nent. “Do you know when she will | her shoulders and a tilting of her | he asked even! . |chin, she opened the door and entered. 2NoL mitll the X heliene | Madeline was laughing animatedly fis sho walked ¢ t the lobly and | Rosalind had seldom seen her so gay Lo the nuee '—” S Ay SDINLS | Her plain face was flushed, she looked ad porat ex disspointment | st pretty, and Rosalind smiled at | by ught of | her and then turned to the tall voung K hy. Who | man who had risen to his feet and poed fortune. f s standing staring at her noeasy for her. | “openo “Jack,” she said indifferently v paiv of blue| «jallo] Rose. Did you forget that riwo. and Tony vou had invited me to supper to e withuher i ht e o Furobe| “Rosalind shrugged. L gorgeous time. | 41 gidn't {nvite you. You asked if ks . | you might come and I said I sup- irn 2t posed so.” J st She was irritated. As a matter of ;. €X ! fact she had forgotten all about Jack, R -‘*“' and she hated seeing him tonight. He | Heeded to lLoayd | Tepresented everything that she had i e Cion e foadeard | grown to hate. Ife was nice but com- | nes; Uneas pos | monplace. and the fact that he so MOTHERS | AND TREIR CHILDREN. For the Little Invalid. One Mother Say Ior the sick-n-hed child ) can- )t play exciting games or handle | heavy to: you will find little ripod microscope or any magnifying ens which miy be procucd for 50 cents less, will afford hours of pleasure: he child can examine the threads of ia sheets, the veins of his hands, the graining of wood and countless interesting things. 7 (Cesright, 19258 {ear is not usually as high above {upon_persons who are uncultured |ears a plodder: lon persons of a delicate constitution. Those and knew what she intended to evervthing would be different, but now she must be careful. On the way home Rosalind was re. flective. * The thought crossed her mind that it was still not too late to go back to the office. If she wished, she could go down tomorrow just as though she had never planned to leave, but at the thought of resuming once more the duil, dreary routine, rebellion surged up in her. “Never?” she sald to herself. never go back. I said I was through and I am. And I mustn't let myself get panicky because my firet plan has failed. Something else is sure Lo hap pen. The walk up to the apartment which she shared with Madeline seemed | more than ever sordid as she climed the stone stairs. Here was no gor geous rug-strewn lobby: just a plain little vestibule generally with a baby carriage or two, 1 and the climb to the apartment on the fourth | openly adored her did not recommend him to her any the more strongly (Continued in tomorrow’s Star.) Clues to Character BY J. 0. ABERNETHY Ears of Intelligence. It we pay attention to the ears of people we meet they will unfold to us | marvelous amount of knowledge of the individual's character and disposi- tion. Ears that set flat against the side |of the head are not so well adapted musical or | to catching sound, either spoken, as those which stand well out nd forward. Most musicians’ ears {stand well out. In_muscular people the top of the the outer angle of the eye as with the bony people. Nature has stamped a coarse ear and unrefined. The skin is coarse, the curves are irregular, the angles are prominent and vulgarity is seen in every part of this delectable feature. Long ears indicate tenacity; large small ears are found content to with long ears are hear about things in general, and are inclined to make a wholesale survi of business rather than to search for details. When you see ears that are wide at the top and taper to a point at the bottom you may know that here is a person of intelligence; one who loves books and desires improvement by studye G overflowing | {1 wouldn’t of got cake.” a second piece of (Copyright. 1925 What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE Capricorn. The fmprovement that in the planetary aspect continues and improves tomorrow and, on the { tions will be eminently favorable for all work of a constructive nature or {for that which indicates orfginality or | | initiative. Speculation and risk should | Le cschewed. Not only are excellent . gbserved | late today in intensity whole, condi influences at work to contribute to- ward ultimate achievement of that which vou have in mind, but there are vibrations that will stimulate the {affections. Consequently it is an au {spicious opportunity for elther telling | “the old, old story” or hearing it. In {the first case it will be told with a sincerity that must carry conviction land in the second case it will be listened to with responsive attention. Children born tomorrow are, ac to the signs, destined to | suffer from various ailments during {Infancy, but their inherent constitu- tions and remarkable recuperative {powers will enable them to attain, in the ordinary course of events, a healthy and normal maturity. Tem peramentally, they will be winsome and attractive. ey will possess the | very rare child virtue of unselfishness and always be ready and willing to crifice even their pleasures for those | they love and who love them. | they grow up this trait will develop and will, of course, insure for them a host of real friends. It tomorrow is your birthd possess indomitable courage resourceful as well as original. You are never cast down by misfortune, but rise superior to all difficulties, and, more often than not, make a success out of what is an apparent failure. This cannot alone be attributed to your mental valor, but is also the re- sult of the great importance you at- tach to details and the natural ability | for solving complicated problems that YOu possess, You are an omnivorous reader, confine vour ou hut ention to g0od books. {You are also very fond of art and | music. and enjoy the reputation of being a good entertainer. Your home life should be, under {such conditions and with such an op- timistie putlook. harmonious an pleasa In your love vou are d. monstrative, sirong and constant. Well known persons born on that date are Andrew Johnson, seventeenth United States President; John C. B. Davis, lawyer and diplomat: John J. Ingalls, politician and author; George H. Smillie, artist: John Vance Cheney, poet and librarian; William T. Sedg- wick, biologist. (Copyright, 1925.) Beef Kidney Saute. When preparing beef kidnevs, chip off the outer light part of each lobe, throwing away the purplish core. To saute, heat two tablespoonfuls of butter in a frying pan. Add the chipped meat und one tablespoonful of chopped onions and shake and stir over a hot fire for about three min- utes. Sprinkle over it one table- spoonful of flour, and stir again. Add about half a cupful of stock or water. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, stir until thickened, then serve at once. o Apple Toast. Toast some thin slices of st and spread with butter. Ar a platter and pour over them hi well sweetened apple sauce. Cover nd let stand in the warming oven for about 10 minutes. or until the STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MON AY, DE CEMBER 28, 1925 Silks of Pongee Variety Coming Back BY MARY MARSHALL. Pongee, rajah, Shantung, tussah, tusser, tussore or tasar silk—this old family of silk fabrics seems to be due for a revival in interest. You might not know it from the appearance of the silk counters. They are still piled PONGEE FROCK TRIMMED WITH RED BRAID. up with lovely brocades, crepes of all descriptions, ~satins, printed sflks, ailles and even taffetas. In a few the rajahs and the tussahs will are there today, in response to da appear—perhaps they for come they must the growing demand The French dressmakers made use of them in frocks and wraps for wear n Southern Winter resorts. And American dressmakers followed suit. These rough-weave silks lend them- selves well to the little jumper frock that is us smart as it is popular. Coats to go with the jumper frock or one-plece frock may well be made of the heavier of the rough-weave silks, and there is much opportunity MONTE CARL By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Q SYNOPSIS. Sir Har dever, cou and_finas on a physician examination can L live for mors 1 ver Gakes the blow slanding. and 1o go on with nis Dlags for the Winter ling an urge to give a (ift to some DooF W creature. hie experiments on those he omes in contact with until he finds one This proves 1o be & are wirl Who serves her and & member fon a1 “Monte Carlo. And ciaks dier to call on Bim that night with her decision. She has dinner with her flance Robert. and persuades him to pass as her urother and aceept the unusual fnvitation. m Yesterday INSTALLMENT VIII. The Invitation Is Accepted. HE room in which Violet and Robert were ushered upon their arrival seemed to them like a foretaste of the luxury to come. They found them- selves seated upon a huge divan, close to a roaring fire, piled with blazing logs. The curtains were thick enough to deaden the sounds from the streets outside. A few impressive oil paint _(Continued fr to make attractive capes of these silks. You know, of course, that 4 70 5 P.M. capes are to be strongly stressed with | 4:00—New York: Vocal solos: Sherry's Trio . the coming of Spring. There are New York: Pocms: news party: Hary sb lovely little eveéning wraps of rajah New Fork: Pano stttk viialiwiaa > CWEBH silk in charming flower tints, trimmed Do York: Vecal and inauanent il SWEAR b, velve T 0 Vi —Philadeiphia: Marezine Galk arbst recital ... ;"u‘l'_-h ostrich, velvet flowers or even | i3 —pyijadeiphin: Polics reports: Organ, trampéis '-. W00 Only a few weeks ago if you had} 5., upijageiphia: ifrora Plers. S WLIT average shop you might have had the i dy Enterta i WHN alesman look a trifle surprised. & Sterme Trig, Vocal solos marketa Wiz “You'll find those silks down there 0 Mothers in council: Talks: misic WM A with thé pongee—that s, if there are ekt Vil o Sl it - v're mot | .. Cincinnati: Children's musical hour . A any of them. You know they'rs not | 5.5 giigiiee: GRicens musesl na . KDKA wearing them now.” And at counter indicated the only slIks of the | 6.00-—Chicago: Children's games: Topey Thrs. wMAQ breed that you could have found at New Yurk: Litmann s dinner concert: Daddy Digle and bis all would have been undyed, un- ol maciino S0 e S bleached ponges in its characteristic New York: ‘Hotel. Waldort ‘«Lmi".'. rehestrs e n e AR straw color. Cleveland: Popular entert S WITAM Rather interesting—Isn't it?—how Philadeiphia: Weather; Benj amin’ L wkm Hotel on exira; T we use these terms. Pongee, we are | Datiore:: Dby’ inbere TWWJ 958! told, 18 a word that comes from a New’ Yoric " Gloott Vits ifoter MeAlpin ‘Siring Eneembie 5 word “pun-ki,” or its Chinese equiva o “Erie” Golden's’ 6 ra Tlwwen a1 lent, meaning “own loom.” All silks oLy ;')“(,"_\"":I‘]j‘.. : ,j{,;,“"',‘{,j; nesis £ SInG "r“ China are or were marked with | = Cler by ol Van’ Curice Grehestey . "WieY these characters followed by the name 0—New York: Markets: pianist: German NYC TS AVeE W5 o oAt Hhs comail ® X"_'\“Tv.rrh.l—,‘ alke; epoits; 1o Jcober Hotel &hrllon On e o be applied to any rough, unbleached | 6:30—Hartfora. Conn: Chiliten s program | Hotel Hond WITIC Chinese silk. Most of such silks came Paliadephia: Hellesue Stratfor ] u‘ml‘mj-xm W from Shantung, China, and so such Minieapoile: “Citildre e T R silks have also come to be known as . Pittsburgh . Dinner - KDKA Shantung silks. There they were| O:45—(hicago: News. financial and final market reporta . KIW made from the cocoon of a wild silk- Baliimine \\’;:'u,“:,,.‘,‘(“ CERTER R S worm that feeds on scrub oak. They e e are all very much like the tusser or | 7:00—Davenport: S butietins woc tussah silks of India—only that they Detroit: Jean sololats R come from China. This word you S P SWFIL may also spell tussore, tasar or tusser. New' York afa Tussah seems to be the word liked % Club Oreh Woks best by the merchants, but scorned 5 TR i by the makers of dictionaries. Like st: K : warca the pongee from Shantung, it is often s 3 " i SWGY made from silk worms of a different | Sitn -2 s e W variety from those usually used—and orie” L Critertainer | Hane Bar, like pongee it is a rough, plainly Y Ly WEAL woven silk of excellent wearing “ital; Hotel 1 Salle Orchestra: Family. qualities. : WMAQ (Copyright. 1925.) inatruméital artiads) WHEM f er: taik WRNY My Neighbor Says: | s WA Do not throw away the twine | | Wi from parcels that come into the whak house. Wind each kind into sep. « Hotel Alms Orchestra™. " RC arate balls as it comes along and he 4 WFAA there will be twine on hand WAHG whenever required L1 It is a_common error to con W00 sider that the ore butter the ‘.\\“l_,)!‘i‘t is in mashed potatoes the richer pEy and tustier they are. Too much makes them flavorless. A little KYw hot milk, put Into the pan when WEAL the potatoes have heen lightly AL AN and thoroughly mashed and WHE mixed with pepper and salt, and LIWRVA a very little bit of butter just o5 bhefore serving makes the dish WAl all that is desir: To frost a wi w, take a lit tle putt molsten it with olive oil and paint a thin layer upon the glass. This will last some time and will not stear When cake has heen stowed ! ¥ ) away in the larder for some time | | WCAT and becomes and hard, try . the following plan: Soak it for W wp! ds Fony Brahford | a minute cold milk and re. Springfle ¢ Plasa Hat e s “_"2 bake it in a vather cool oven Hartird. Gonn o B It will taste almost like new 8:15—Yew ¥ Voeal and fist-amenisl’ woiolat wa again. Stale bread may be Gisa o npls el OTes N wHe treated in the same way. i New ¥ \ o WA To determine whether or 8:45—Minneapolis: Farm o e a turkey is thoroughly cook E v TO e pierce the le It the liquid or | | #:00—inneapolis ¥ of Minnesota program Weco blood is white or a pale pink a6 “\“ the turkey is done. Keep from drying by frequently basting with the fat from the turkey. MONDAY, DEC! LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMEN Programs of Distant Stations Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time RADIO 21 EMBER 28, 1925 uphase 5 WAHG WRNY WMBF WLW CPERA TO FEATURE PROGRAM OF WCAP WEAF Company to Sing “Er- nani"—A&P Gypsies on List. “Eruani,” the popular grand opera presented by the WEAF Grand Opera, company, and the weckly concert by the colorful nomads of the air, the A&P Gypsfes, are th rutstand features scheduled tonight by WCAP. The opera will be sung er the direction of Cesare Sodero in 1l studio of WEAF, in New York. Carl Rollins, ne, will £ing the role « Don « in Ruisi, bass, will he hear role of Don Roy G de Silva; Gluseppe di Benedetto, ter as Fruani. the bandit chief; Elvi Boni, sopra . and Gra Leslie, opern is one Verdl and in a tragedy of weaves the story of the love of The and Eruani, in which Don Silva « tains revenge The A&P Gyps will their program the “Valse” by Mo kowsky PBorodino's “Polovetria: Din and * politan Songs” 1 Bonicontro. Lirmor Four, another feat "AP's pr n tonight, will give a special co cert of Christinas music which w include + famous “Hungaria Dance” by Brahms, r attemp on the harmonica. As_its opening attraction WCAJ will present the semimonthly Was! ington hour. which will be made up of vaudevilie ‘numbers. a_historical sketch on “Old Hotels it Washingtor by John Claggett Pre r and \:!’ll;‘ musical nun Geor Bruce -\ his orchestry 1 fellow h a dance program WRC w s late afte noon prog 5 to 6 a'clock aturing rio composed the Vipivoce Westbrook: LocalRadioEntertainment Monday, Dec. 28, 1925. AA—Naval Radio S Radio, V 345 pr reau reports 10:05 p.m "4l reports n of America (168, m.—Geor 10 p.m “The Westhrooke violinist ond v sloncellist 5:40 p. Alice Hut Carte Westt b gton, Tric en b yrake arly Program Ti am.—Women's he ation WJZ, from New m.—Arlington time with 31cs broad York signals - K 1 p.n.—Hotel tra. WCAP—Che Telephone € peake and Potomac 610 7 pm ! Boys (a) Talk, ! N ¥ 3 S it of | " an unnw 155 1 Sitered Tor the B foniatnc i e Wz, 580 M) vau 4 it Wik A6 dren’s t ia WLIT 3845 (d) pre: - e S WDAR 5656 nd o SRAL 247 Leishear's Orchestra sighed. “‘Perhaps it will be better I Biyanly ande o o b Jans et Gt e Presently the door was opened and Mixed quartet: tromk s 9 SI88) tulk. s Beatrite Seviios Hargrave entered. His man was | ti0: soldist ? WCED 3446 617! vin: (h) Evelyn How gravely pleasant, but so entirely mat Va; Vocal u st WRVA 56 10| : 5 % A CAl e ter of fact th it was difficult for t a WEAA 18, even Robert to feel embarrassed andim KOA ani | “I'm so glad to see vou both,” was Concert program ; LW b his greeting, “espectally as 1 hope WAt RTINS Tn e e e el of ook Miss Martin, it means that you have 10 T0 11 PM p.m.—“Looking Into decided ta pt my offer. This s | Radio instruct spanish: musical program O. Finn, Bureau « your brother, I suppose. How do vou % L do. i banio " clib; " Stories Hohner Harmor 'he two men shook hands. An- ! WRYA he studio of station drews, who had followed behind his | N WEAF, New York City master, brought the coffea tray and, 6 Benja 8:30 to 343 p.m—“Pop” concert liqueurs to a table nearer the fire and m the studio station WEAL silently served them. Hargrave, stand | New York City ing between the two, stirring his cof ; o 845 to 9 pan.— “Tower Health Talk fee, recommended the brandy to Rob | - Jick Dinnsa Onchesta. . WOR from Metropolitun Tower, New York ert, the cointreau to Violet, and the | New wil by WEAF Grand Opcra | City cigarettes to both of them. He skill Gl e o e 9 to 10 pm.—Music by the A. & T tully conducted a general and insignifi weathier reports. ... . WNYC { Gypsies from the studio of station cant conversation until the door was | ceeeen ~WMCA WEAF, New York City ciosed behind the retreating servant WRBE 110 to p.an.—Grand Then he turned to Violet. i KTHS “Ernani.” the WI “I suppose this visit means you ac- | JWCCo | Opera Co.. with orchestral accompant cept 7" ot B oy | ment, under the ection of Cesare “I accept,” she answered. *‘Whc ,m 30—Troy, N. Y. instrumen- : from the studio of statio wouldn't?” tal_<olos o New York City. New" Yori: Harry astra . | 10:45—Newark: News DiI nson’s Crusaders. Early Program Tuesday liocs st 11 PM. TO 12 MIDNIGRT. to 745 am.—"Tower Heal | Nimngapolis: Weather and market seports ... WCCO 4164 York City | New York: Manhattan. Serenadere: Frivofities eview.’ . WA g o o 7 Sew York: Ben Hemmie's Orchestra Many modern business girls in Lon New Vuri Cotton Ol orchestri: 46 S don will have cause to remember with O L e i WX gratitude the vestry of the Church of | 11:30—New York: Alvin Hausers ©At Home Party WIBH St. George the Martyr, Southwark, | 12 MIDNIGHT TO 1 AL which is famous for its associations [ 12:00—ew Nork: Ted Lewis and i orchestra’ WwHN with Dickens' “Little Dorrit.” The { o Sugar” Dance Orchestra ©2200 WO rector of the church has invited all i - Zhides WAHG m15.6 a04 | business lin]\ working in the vicinity { it o ¢ o KSD 31 3lo{to use the vestry as a clubroom Dthawk froli: Plataiion Plagers: othiers WDAR 58 942 | where they can eat their lunch and i 1T0 2 AL | rest. Snciona al stare: Wesley Helvey's Troubadours WKRC 4223 40 | 150 _— s v “Why my |locking a drawer in his des! “I SUPPOSE THIS VISIT MEANS YOU ACCEPT.” ings hung upon the walls. On a mas- sive mahogany sideboard a coffee tray, bottles of liqueur, cigars and cig- arettes alreary were displayed. Low bookcases encircled the room, and on the writing table was a marvelous bronze, a replica of Donatello’s “Da- vid.” Sir Hargrave is just finishing din- ner,” the man servant who had shown them in announced. *He desires me to say he will be with you in a minute or two. “I am sorry we are so early,” Violet said. ‘‘Please beg Sir Hargrave not to hurry.” ‘The man bowed and withdrew. They both looked about them in nder- ment, Violet especially appreciating the pictures, the books, the statuary, the coloring of the room and the pro- fusion of flowers upon the tables. “Never felt so shabby in my life,” the young man remarked. Nor did 1" she agreed. “I'm al- most sorry that man made me take off my mackintosh. Never mind, Robert, he won't notice, or if he does he’ll pretend not to. He's that sort. All right for you,” Robert mut- toast is softened. then serve as alight dessert for luncheon or supper, —_— The United States is one of the most important outlets for Czechoslovakia’s | inen collar, anyhow, wood pulp. tered, looking across at her slim, beau- tiful young body, the lines of which even her shabby black frock could not conceal. “I would have worn a if I'd known.” “He'll seo us just as we are,” she ) (return, sir,” he said. “That 1{s exceedingly pleasant,” Hargrave sald. “You understand, Mr. Martin, that you are to be my guest from this evening until your return from Monte Carlo, whenever that may be. Any fnconvenlence your firm may be put to by your absence will be my concern. It will also be my concern to see that you are re-established with them on your return. The same thing, of course, applies to your sister.” The young man, who had flinched for a moment at the sound of his name, w “You #on't need to worry about my “I've been with a firm of shipbuilders for the last 12 months, and they told me today that they couldn’t keep me on any longer. They haven't been doing well lately, and trade's bad, anyway.” “I'm sorry to hear that,” was Har- grave's sympathetic comment, “but at any rate it enables vou to get away comfortably. I have some influence in shipbuilding circles. I may be able to help you to a post on your return.” The young man sipped his brandy. It inspired him, perhaps, with confi- dence. “That's very good of you, sir,” he acknowledged. “I wonder whether you'd mind my asking you a ques- tion?” ““There is no harm in your asking any question you wish to,” for once in his life honest. sister and me “I shall giv not a reason,” | ing the cigarctte box ne: n which is Hargrave replied, leay - the vou man. lighting one himself, and subsid- ing into an easy chair. “1 am doing [ this for @ whim. T am a vich person {and I rather en, cies. On this occasion | to vour sister for her I “But we are such 1 voung man persisted. “You have never seen me hefore in vour life, and Violet tells me that she has never spoken to you except in the manicure rooms where she employed and once today in the street. “That uite true,” Hargrave ad- mitted. “Your sister is almost as great a stranger to me as you are, yet in her case I will confess frankly that, although I have never told her so, I have conceived a certain admira- tion for her character and deportment. There are special difficuities in connec. tion with the post which your sister is filling, and during my last visit par- gratify I am squiescence.” strangers,” the is ticularly it seemed to me I had de- tected a seli-respect, a sense of dig- nity which is not a common guality. It therefore causes me great pleasure to feel that in_gratifying my own fancy I am—as I am sure I shall be able to—bringing a short period of pleasure into her life. I hope,” he went on with a smile as he turned to- ward her, “that I am not talking too much like a schoolmaster, but I am anxious that there should bé no mis- understanding between us three.” “I'm afraid you'll be disappointed in me when you know me better,” she warned him. “I am content to risk it,” he as- sured her. “We will now look upon our jaunt as a thing arranged and discuss only the details. T shall want you both upon the platform at Vie- torla station at 10:15_on the morning of Thursday week. My servant who served the coffee will meet vou and register vour luggage and find you your places, which are already en- gaged in the Pullman.” “But our luggage—"" Violet began, & little hysterically., “I quite understand,” Hargrave in- Lerru?éed, rising to his feet and un- of my stipulations is, as you remem- ber, that you are provided with the small necessities of travel. I shall ask ¥ou to accept these packets of notes,” e went on, returning and handing an envelope to each. “You will find there £100. If vou require more clothes, as von certalnly will in Monte Carlo, you Will find it quite’as easy to procure them there as here, so you need only supply vourselves for the voyage and ta day or so after our arrival. His manner was so entirely matter of fact that somehow or other the little packet reposing in the hands of each of them seemed miore like the completion of some arrangement than a gift. Even Violet found it difficult to say anything in the nature of thanks, “I'm afraid, young lady,” he went on, “that I can't give you much ad- vice in the way of what clothes to get, but I am quite sure you don't require it. You needn’t worry about a dress coat,” he added, turning to Robert. “Dinner clothes’ and an occaslonal white waistcoat are 4ll that are re- ) quired for the evening." “There’s no work we could do for you, I suppose,” Violet suggested a little timid! “Robert’s been a sort of secretary to the head of his depart- ment. “That’s kind of you,” Hargrave re- plied, “but I want this to be a holi- day. I want you both,” he continued, “to forget for a short time all the re- sponsibilities of life, to cultivate a little of the true, everyday philoso- phy, to reflect, if you reflect at all, that whatever has happened before has passed, that whatever may hap- pen in the future is outside your con- trol, but that the present, at any rate, is your own.” They rose to —perhaps because their host so obviously expected it— vet Violet was conscious of something incomplete in their intervie: She longed to send Robert away, to be alone with Hargrave and to question him, not mechanically,, like her com- panion, but in her own fashion, in her own words. (Copyright, 1925. by B. Phillips Openheim.) (Continued Tomorrowy RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. Musical program by the A&P Gypsies. WCAP and other stations, 9 to 10 o'clock Theat o'clock Alle: WEAR. 7 Orchestra, “Al Reid's Hour, from Braniord Theater, 8:30 to 9:30 o'clock. Little Theater Ni WHAZ, Troy, 9 o'clock. 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