Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1926, Page 29

MARKET REFLETS VISTORS TRADE Crowded Hotels Mean Brisk Business—Poultry Demand Remains Steady. Kusiness continues fairly €enter Market. There are thousands of visitors In the city for Kaster week, crowding hotels, 2nd they have 10 be fed. It is the extra demand for the feeding of the visitors that is_being reflected in the markets, There 1s a steady demand for all kinds of poultry, and poultry prices have fluctuated during the past mouth, depending wholly upon the size of shipments and demands of buvers. Dealers repor mand for turkey holiday sewson. Fresh-killed tu are not so plentiful, dealers report, #nd there is a demand for the frozen atock. Live turkeys were quoted at 45 cents for hens and 40 cents for toms dressed stock seiling at 45 and 50 cents. Spring broilers are always in demand at this season, und dealers report receipts of some especially fine stock. Butter prices brisk at a fairly stesdy since the (" in New York ad- vanced 1 cent yesterday. Local prices lave not changed, however, dealers reported, but a firmer condi- ton of the markei prevaiis Market Prices Today Butter—Fancy, 1-pound prints, &B0; tub, 47a18; store packed, 30. Eggs—Fresh selected nery, 33a35; current Poultry, alive—Turlers, toms, 40: Spring broil mouth Rock broilers, 17 to 2 pounds 55; sma’ler. 40a45: White Leghorns. 40a45; Winter chickens. 3 pounds and over, 40. fowls. roosters, : ducks, voung, 30: old, 2; keats, young, 80a80: old, 4ia Dressed Turkevs, hens, toms. 50: broilers, 60a65: fowl keats. Young. 90a1.00; old Live stock—(ulv dium, ‘11a12: thin and_medium, 131 lambs, 20 Meats—Beef, 16; 22a24: dressed por 19 hens, choice, 14; me 8: hogs, heavy choice, 13 lamb, vegetables {compiled by the News Service Bureau of Ag Feonomics) says: Apples—Supplies moderate: demind moderate; market steady: barrel Maryland and Virgini cuitural 3.00a4.0 mostly ground. inches up Spys 4.00 Boxes- nd Roabury Russets Washington. medium to large size. Delicious, 3.26a3.50: extra fancy nesaps, mostly 2.76; fancy Romes. 2.50; Oregon, medium to large sizes. extra fancy Yellow New town, 3.00. Bushel baskets—-) y-inch Baldwins, A and B aldwins, 1.10a1.23 Supplies rliet weake: crates, lar mand light; m dozen-bunch 4.75: Inose, large size ize, 3.00a3.50: =mall size, 2 South’ Carolina, dozen-bunch white, yer: 2.3024.00; mos g small to .00 pplies lihera vier sieady: b Cabhize it Loty nEne 2 barrel s demand | 115. 4 most]; 1.0 or type ol t . pontad 4.50 Celer poi - Suppites demand moderate. marker siesdr: Flor'da. 10- neh crates. 4-6 dozen . 3.00a 8 dozen, fair quality, 2.50: 3 dozen 2 v 3.00 Tettuce ~Supplies limited: demand limited. market steady: California, Tm- | perial vallev, crates Teeherg type. A-5 dozen. mostly 5 dozen. hest, 5.00: fair to ordinary quulity and condition, | 4.00a4.50; 6 dozen $.00a3.30: Florida. 11 -bushel hampers, Big Boston type, best, 3.00a3.25: small size. fair qual- 1ty, 2.00. Onions—Supplies light: demand mod- erate, market dull: New York and Michigan, 100-1b. sacks Yellows, U. 8., No. 1, 3 50a3.75 | Potato Market Stronger. | Potatoes—Supplies moderate: de- | mand moderate, market stronger; 150-1b. sacks Russet Rural 8.50: mostly Trish Cobble U 8. No. 1. 8.75. Spinach-—&upplies mand modera m: weaker: Texae. hushel haskets, Savoy type, 90a1.10: ordlnary cuality low as T Virginla. Norfolk section, | cloth-top veneer barrels. Savoy tvpe. some slack pack. 1.50a2.00: few hest, ! 2 25. Strawberries mand moderate, market Florida, pony refrigerators best, mostly, 65: 32-quart crates. wide range in prices, 30a60, according to econdition. Caulifiower—Supplies light: de- mand moderate, market firm: Cali- fornia, crates. 2.40a2.50 Oregon, nony crates, Broccoli. some fair con- dition, 2.25a2.40. Tomatoes—Supplies moderate: de- mand moderate. market steady: Flor- ida, six ripes and turning. wrapped. originals, fancy count, 6.50 a7.00; cholea count. 5.50a6.00; Cubn, 3-pan cartons, repacked. ripes, wrapped, 2.75. String beans—Suppiies light: de- mand moderate, market du’ lorida, -bushel hampers, green. 4.50: some ordinary quality and condition, 2.00a 2.50. Peppers—Supplies light: demand moderate, market steady: Cuba. pep- per crates, fancy stock. fair quality 6.00; choi 4.50. Eggplant—Supplies ht: demand moderate, market firm; Cuba, pap- per crates, fancy, 7.00. Beets—Supplies light moderate, market stead: bushel baskets, bunched, Carrots—Supplies light: demand moderate. market steady Texas, bushel baskets, bunched, best. most- 1y, 2.25; some fair quality, 2.00. PATHE EXCHANGE INCOME. NEW YORK, April 7 (#).—Net in- come of Pathe kxchange. Inc., “for 1925 totaled $1,431,757, equivalent, after preferred dividends, to $7.67 a share on the common stock, compared with $1,312,609, or $7 a share, in 1924. moderate: de. slightly | Supplies light: de- stronger; demand Texus, 50a2.85. SHORT-TERM SECURITIES. (Quotations furnished by Redmong & Co.) Adirond. P. & L. 1 Alum Co. of Amel 485 B it Aftesth P fgafte A, el o abit, ?F{ }l -." g RN = P ool S oEcabc s mece B - oERESRSSEaE: o =oc = Received by Private Wire BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 7.—The point of i most significance about dealings on jthe Curb kxchange today whs that {the volume of business had fallen off to a point where the market had be- come comparatively dull. This has re- sulted from failure of the outside pub- lic to come' in, despite the recent drastic fall In prices. At times the siock recording Instrument was at } & standstill. No disposition was shown 19N the part of the professional element {Inclined to the short side to renew operations. Outside sentiment, if any, thing, favored the side of higher prices. This was evident by Whe fact that the line of least resistance lay in the buying side, and although price changes 1n most instances were vmall, they were generally higher. Among high-priced specialties Fajar- {do Sugar turnished a feature, ad- vancing points or so following d: laration oi the regular quarterly lividend. However, this action was NEW YORK, April 7.—Following s an official list of bonds and stocks traded in on the New York Curb Mar- ket today. BONDS. 5Cons G Bulto 8 A 107 Dotz Cty G s, 1061 THE EVENING NEW YORK CURB MARKET Direct to The Star Office in line with expectations, and the advance was more of a response t& covering orders than to.new buying on_the dividend announcement. Declaration of an extra dividend of $2 in addition to placing American Light and Traction on an annual $8 basls proved to have been discounted in the market for the stock, which changed hands 6 points below yester- day's final quotation when it sold at 211, Mohawk and Hudson, which had been heavily sold recently, felt the effect of covering orders, but the im- provement in price was limited. Baking company shares proved not to have been fully liquidated and further offerings resulted in lower levels for General Baking A and Continental Baking B. Among oil shares, Mexican Panuco wae actively bought following an- nouncement that the company had commenced drilling operations on an oftset well on its Lopez lease within 200 feet of the 15,000 barrel gusher brought in lasi week by the Standard ew Jersey. 9 Columbia Synd 1 Cons Rovaliie: 17 Creole Synd " 3 Crown Cent Pete 1 Giheon Gil’ Cor. Gulf Ol ot Pa i Lago Fot Zago O}l Teonard Oil Livingston Pet. Nargay Oil. ... Mex Panuco Mount Prod Mount Gulf. . Nat Fuel Gas: New Eng Fuei 0 New Mex Land. ¥ ol g Pear OIT Corn’ © o Reiter-Foster 0. Salt Gk Prod 9 - x SaulanoRanton [Eracer {=t-2 —— s Gis we 3o LA e "Watar 0i) ezyelin Pei . INDUSTRIALS, El Ref iz Gy 10 1Fisk Tire 378 Gair, Robt 7 Guif 0 ¢ iand Stesl 3 Ind 0 & Gas 81 Leligh Pow 68 A < Tel Lixht 88 1 anit Mass Ga Morris H 2 F& FESE TEE PRI anamii ni. 01 S 83323 i A T T 2 arnsdale Wa wi iloomingdale” Br loomingd B pid aa Fireprig. . . "11"—'“0?! Mach O n Chy D G Ale n. 12 o i £2; - P 17 Rand Kar Bu serv El Del 6 ulte R Vnea P SO NY Switz Mot 26 Swift & Co' ¢ I3 Tex & Ft S 5 1 Transcont OF 60U S Rub By ESSET LIS s S X7 RS 2 pomenozss zeREcEsnss sxorseed 2PoBDPODD! EHBI233855 I <ot MR 5 Ttalian Pub U King Denm Krupn Fried 1 7 Leioaig 78. . 11 Galo 01y Yy 33 SRR EC R RRIERRRR52222532 SPRIFEE TEE X FERFCE FEF ®DOpDo-mooDDEDS: 41 Thyssen 1 14 Westoh U Bl 695 STANDARD OIL 1SSUES A% O pf on SRR nible 0 & R 2800 Tnt Pat Co Ltd. Ohio OIL .. ... Prairic 0 &' G n 80 Solar Refining. S0N S0 Calif new 1900 S O Tadiana 500 Vacuum 011 Sales INDEPENDENT OIL § in bupdrecis. 2°Am Cont Ojlfields 25 Am Macacaibo Co rgo Off ....... 53 Beacon Ol 1 Candinal Pot 14 Carin . Washington Stock Exchange SALES. Capital Tracion 5-81.000 st 100. £1,000 at 1004 . $500 at 1001 0 % Potomac Eleo, f r.is 4 000 at 1088 . $1.000 al 08% . otomar Elar. Pow. Did.—2 at 108%, JoPtomac Eiec. Fow. ptd. int. ctt.—3 Washington Gas_ Light—8 at 6015 20 at 60%. 5 at 60%. b et at 697y -3 at 89, 4 at 801, 10 AFTER CALL. Gontinentat Tryst Co—10 at 100 Sational M. & Tnvy pld.—B0 ot 81 Dainton Monotrper at 81%. 2 at 82, Money—Call loans. & and 6 per csnt. Bid and Asked Prices. BONDS. PUBLIC UTILITIES, a. 1 & Teles 4 i': Amarioan fll& ‘Tolgn 4 Amer. Tel. & . otl. tr. Anacostia & Potomac bs Ani ‘;{)“\mk A, B g % “lephons [ P. Telephone of Vi Shnial Tranton B B. ity & Suburban Geareetown Fotomac Ele Potomac E Potomae K Pot. El. Pow. Wash, Alex. Wash Alex. & M Wash.. Balt. & Ani Washinzton Gas Bs Washington Gas 8 Wash. R« E) Elec. Wagh Rwy! f MISCELLANEOUS. D. C. Paper Co. Mtx. 8 Pot. Jt. Stk Bk, B8 Southein Blde 6348 Wash. Mkt. Cold Storage BS. STOCKS. PUBLIC UTILITY. Amer. Tol & Teiga. >aDit: %Id’%flfl Vashington Gas Norfolk & Waah, § Potomac Elec. pfd.. flommlfl’ lec. mi i' . vashington Ry lee Wash. Rwy. & Elec. pfd.... NATIONAL BANE. ational Capital... 2! nlumbia Commercial istriot Asked. American ceees 3 TRUST COMPANY. Sontinenia! Ao : H l:ytt'?.‘ ashington Lown & Hri SAVINGS BANK. Commeres & Savine ot WAShInEto eourits Savinks eventh Street United States. ‘Washington merican Corcora Firemen's .. National Union. .. TITLE INSURANCE. St e 'MISCELLANEOUS. Tt SEREt R et = s b bt b bbb 33333 o x. 5 +Rooks closed. +Ex vighis. uloid Co pfd. = » SRR Ses SIS Chic Nip A.... 8 Commonw Pow n 1 Commonw P n nf 50 Commonw P wis 1 Cons Gas Balt n. i1 Cons Laundr 8 Cons Daiy Pre 45 Cont Bakine A 152 Cont Baking B & gant Baking nf. 5 Congrass Clgar 8 Dinkier H A w'w SR S amey oamsema ey 1y Fatardo Suj A Fed Motor L8 Foungat'n For' 24 Fox ers Frani 1 Suf 5 Fraed Eisem R C 78 Freshman Chas. - 4% Gen Bak AL 1Gan Bak B 47 Glllete' S B len Alen Coal 8 Goodsear T & R 4 Hapoiness € St A T Hoflanter & 8 & 1 Hom- Hardurt e s Lehigh Val Coal Leh Val C N Metro Chain stin vl 1 Migva B Mohu 5 Mohawk Hud Pw T Munfcina 10 Mugic. M Pub_fer A elhon M. .. . Y Tel Co pfd or 0 Pow (. or Ont L & B or States P C A orth Pow n... 2 Pue Sti Boiler, i Pendar 0 FEEE 0 e 18Dt e D3 AR s DML et 3D OF SEEE Lk e > 3 - 98 ioms Stutz Mo . Sttt AmDa Eltc Fhomp Rad vic.. ‘ob Prob Exp Trans Lux Pie A Tubire A S B vt 1 Tung Sol Lamp A Tni Fruit new wi 1 Shi fe s = a3 oK e R B & Ao B mamDDeR i SR B A s BB R s SR PR TR 3 e o R o R~ [ i M 30 Chino_ Exf n Co ng Gl orty Nine Gold State . ... 660 Hawthorne M 1. 8% Kay Copper Co 2 Maso 10 National Tin 8 New Cornelia_ . . k3 ines. . nes. . L't Y o8 *FE IR e & PS4 & -y S > PN P 1ot S et ) o né Tono Min tah Apex’ 1 Wenden Cop *. [ S FoE F COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY TOPEKA, Kans, April 7.—The mild ‘Winter, with timely snows and early Spring rains, has given promi®e of a big crop of Winter wheat in the Southwest. DULUTH.-—Increase in acreage of durum wheat {s belng advised against, with early indications of an increase. Productlon in 1925 was much larger than domestic consumption, and the price of durum sagged more sharply than wheat. i .KANSAS CITY.—Light flour trade i reported by Kaneas City mills with ‘most orders on a hand-to-mouth basis for prompt shipment. The hesitancy is occasioned by brightening crop prospect. CLEVELAND.—About 1,000,000 tons of iron ore have been sold in the past veek at the same rate as that of 1925. Lake Superior ore in docks and furnaces is estimated at 1,469,242 tons more than at this time last year. e ¢ CAMDEN.—Cold weather has kill- ed insect pests in the New Jersey orchards, and apple, peach, pear and plum trees are in splendid condition, with indications of a large crop in Jersey and Pennsylvania. WICHITA.—The Marland Oil Co. of Ponca City, Okla., has taken over 180 service stations of the Derby Oil Co. in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Col- orado, Kansas and numerous counties, The éorny Co. will retain its produc- tion plants, refineries and plant lines. "The deal involved about- $1,000,000.. STAR, WASHINGTO COTTON ADVANCES ON WEATHER NEWS Relatively Steady Liverpool Cables Another Factor in Staple’s Rise. —_—— By the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, April 7.—Cotton fu- tures opened steady: May, 18.72; July, 18.25; October, 17.52; December, 17.23; January, 17.15. The market was steady at an advance of 7 to 9 points in re- sponse to relatively steady Liverpool cables and an unfavorable weather map. Increased commission house de- mand as well as covering and trade buying carrled prices up to 18.85 for May and 17.63 for October before the end of the first hour, or about 16 to 18 points net higher. The weekly report of the Weather Buréau was mixed, saying that the early crop was making good progress In extreme south Texas, but poor else- where, with planting backward and germination unsatisfactory. Private cables attribuied the ad- vance in Liverpool to trade? calling covering and continental buying. New Orleans Quotations. NEW ORLEANS April 7 (#).—Cot- ton futures opened steady: May, 18.01; July, 17.66; October, 16.90; December, 16.94; January (1927), 16.91 bid.. The cotton market was firm owing to a combination of bullish influences, in- cluding better cables than due, an un- favorable weekly weather report and bad weather in the belt. As a resuit first trades showed gains of 6 to 10 points, and although prices declined after the call they soon rallled, May trading to 18.13," July to 17.74 and October to 16.96, 14 to 18 points above yesterday's close. At the end of the ‘first half hour of trading the market was steady and within a few points of the highs. The weather con- tinued the dominating influence in the market. Cotton Steady at Noon. NEW ORLEANS, April 7 (#).—Cot- ton futures, noon.— Bids steady: May, 18.07; July, 17.65: October, 16.86; De- cember, 16.89; January, 16.86. NEW YORK, April 7 (®\.—Cotton futures, 11:45 a.m.—Bids steady; May, 18.30; October, 17.56;, De- January, 17. Mayan History Mysterious. One of the greatest mysteries of the Mayan civilization of Central America, which dates back at least several thousand vears, was its calendar. As early as 300 A.D. these people had a well organized method of reckoning time and the problem of adjusting the length of the year to the uneven num- ber of days which it contained had been solved. The complete Mayan calendar is capable of fixing any given date exactly and uniquely in a period of over five million years. Dot it Handshaking Is Passing. Some large business organizations, as well as the Soviet officials in Rus- sia, have started a movement to do away with the custom of shaking hands as one that takes unneceseary time and being meaningless, ~How- ever others, pointing to the origin of the custom. maintain. it is.one that should be preserved. Tt is =afd that the custom arose out of the primitive men’s habit of shifting their spears to the left hand and extending the right o show gooa will. EVERYMAN’S INVESTMENTS BY GEOI cember, T. AUGHES. Waming to the Small Investor. The first point to be observed about the theory that common stock in- vestments are comparable to bonds in safety and that they protect the purchaser from a depreciating dol- lar which bonds do not is that fits successful application depends ab- solutely on a wide diversification. This theory, which has lately gained a large following. was briefly out- lined in the preceding article. It is based on the idea that if shares In a sufficient number of different cor- porations are purchased it will not affect the security of the investment as a whole if one of these companies turn out badlv and dividends on their stocks are suspended. It fs claimed that the increased rates paid out on the rest and the market ap- preciation In the value of their shar will more than compensate for the losses which it is admitted are sure to_occur now and then. But all this implies that the capi- tal to be emploved is large enough to permit the buving of an interest in the business of a large number of different trades and industries. It would not do, for instance, to pul the entire fund into railway stocks or, on the other hand, into induatrial shares. It would not do to devote that part which is set aside for in- vestment in railway stocks to the shares of carriers operating in the same section of the country. It would not do to put all the money to be used in the industrial fleld into stocks of companies engaged in the steel, automobile, the oil. foed prod- ucts or merchandising trades. The sum must be divided up among the leaders in each group and a proper proportion preserved. 1t follows necessarily that this in- vestment method is not adapted to those who have only small sums to invest. For such investors diversi- fication would not be practical. This point is so important, so vital, that it can hardly be overemphasized. The idea of buving common stocks is particularly appealing to many inexperienced investors, and it {s easy to become unduly enthusiastic. Probably the necessity for command of adequate resources would rule out most such would-be buvers. The U, tion that the investment trust is answer to this objection T shall consider when we come to the sub- ject of those trusts later in their MOVING, PACKING & STORAGE. SMITH’S TRANSFER & MODERN 1313 You St. N.W. D. C, WEDNESDAY, FARM POPULATION DECLINES 500,000 Movement to Cities General in All Parts of United States, Survey Indicates. By the Associated Press. A decrease in the farm population of the United States of nearly half a million in 1925 is reported by the Department of Agriculture, which estimates the number of persons liv- ing on farms January 1, 1926, to have been 30,655,000, compared with 31,134,000 January 1, 1925. The estimated net movement away from farms last year amounted to 901,000 persons, but there was an estimated excess of farm births over farm deaths amounting to 422,000, which reduced the loss due to city”| ward movement to 479,000. The esttmated decrease in population in 1924 was 182,000. The loss of farm population in 1925 was general in all sections of the coyntry. The largest percentage de- crease was estimated for the Moun- tain_States, where the loss is given as 3.9 per cent. The West South Central States showed the lowest es. timated figure, 0.2 per cent. The average for the entire country was figured at 1.5 per cent. Actual migration estimates, disre farm garding births and deaths, show a net movement away from farms for the entire country of 2.9 per cent; the figures for the East and Weset North Central. the South Atlantic and the Mountain States all being above 3 per cent, the last group being the highest, with 5 per cent. New Eng- land shows the lowest migration figures, or 1.4 per cent. BIG INTERESTS BUYING W., B. & A. PREFERRED J. E. Aldred and New York Cen- tral Discussed in Plans for Eleotric Line. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE. April 7—The fact that Washington. Raltimore and An- napolis ectric Railroad preferred stock during the upheaval in the market did not sell under 22%, or 3 points down from its recent top. and is now selling at 23, has caused com- ment in the financlal district. Some interest apparently is willing to take all the preferred stock offered at 23. Several thousand shares have changed hands In recent weeks at that quotation. and the demand is still unsatisfled. say those who fol- low the trend of the market. Prac- tically all the preferred stock traded in during the last few weeks has bheen bought by one house. and that house is known to be close to J. E. Aldred and associates. Although not a word has ever come from Mr. Aldred relative to ac- quisition of the W., B. and A. Rail- way stock. it is no secret in the fi- nancial district that the power mag- nate has acquired a substantial stock ownership in the company. and 1t s believed ne is still addink to his holdings. Recently a new Richmond firm has appeared in the fleld as a buyer, or rather bidder, for the common stock. This firm was a heavy seller of the stock a4 few months ago. It is now bidding 9 for the stock., but up to this time has not been successful In corralling many shares at that price. The only explanation for the in- vestment and stocks is that they are being accumulated to turn the road over to another company. The name of the New York Central has been n‘mmlonea frequently in this connec- tion. Certainly the shares are not being bought in anticipation of resumption of dividends on the preferred stock, since earnings at the present time are barely sufficient to pay interest on funded debt. SPRING TRUCK LOWER. Early April markets closed lower on nearly all the Spring truck crops, either as a result of heavier arrivals or depression caused by inferior stock, the Department of Agriculture repor today. Cold weather hindered trading to some extent. Onions and sweet potatoes were rather unsettled, and apple prices showed little change. Cabbage advanced at Texas shipping points, and the f.o.b. prices of potatoes were irregularly higher, with sensational gains in northern Maine. , ‘Eastern potato markets were strong, but the middle West weakened Strawberries advanced under the limited supplies; the Louisiana crop, however, soon will be abundant. Lettuce shipments increased sharply in consequence of renewed activity in Arizong and the imperial valley, but the combined movement of 22 products decreased to 12,150 cars. - MOVING, PACKING & STORAGE. 'TORAG! "OR FUR! ITURE AND Pl*‘u Worry or Risk. Se- MOVE Fubel ico—-Low Raf Storage in tooms. EIL F) ‘Packers for Dine. 7055 Fiorids Ave. KRIEGS PACKING € EVE ST.NW STORAGE COMPANY’S, BUILDING FIRE-PROOF pveee vt 50 APRIL 7, 1926. l The Adoptcdgf ife By Amelie Rives [Princess Troubetzkoy] SYNOPSIS. Celia Gibbs, whose mother died when she was an infant. is left an orphan at 14 by the death of her father Gibhs was an artist. but he was known more for his eccen tricities than for his ‘plhvllull He wi o a cold. brutal dispesition, and treated his only child cruelly. {lary Fraser. dilettante bachelor of 38. one of Gibbs' few friends. After th death he is astonished to learn that bequeathed to his care and charity orphaned Celia. Hilary's sister. Laura 2 jham, assumes the responsibility of a's eduication. She places her. along with her own da ter, in & convent in France. fjen, the eirls finish school Lau) Celis into her house to live. Laura's daugh ter marries an Englishman ‘and goes abroad Shortly afterward laura dies. ~In despera tion over Celia's situation. Hil; that she marry him in order that sh live in his house with propriety. She is {afied with the arrangement until she over. hears jome acquaintances gossiping about her “white marriage.” and for the first time slie learns that her father had left her pen- niless and_that she is living on Hilarfii charity. Sbe ig deeply disturbed by this bnowledge and she grows restless. When Padraic O'Shea. a young musician, pays her warked attention she is fl 3 encourages him. He vorce Hilary and marry . but ¢l will not do. She tella Hilary that Padraic wants to marry her. and hé also suggests that ehe divorce him. She is hurt at the o 5 proposes may t matter over before deciding what sh do. She tells Padraic that she will 0 away uada and then abroad (Continued from Yesterday's St INSTALLMENT XLVIIIL A Bitter Misunderstanding. FTER another considering look at Cella’s small face, cold and hard as bisque between the two orchids that so perfectly matched her gown, Hilary de- cided to speak trivially, as if there were nothing unusual in the air. “I like 8o much the way you've set those orchids over your ears,” he said. “They’re most becoming.” “I'm glad they please you,” returned Celia, “but T did not put them there.” with T bo A MOMENT OR TWO LATER THE SUAVE VOICE OF JENKINS AT HER EAR MADE “Then Donovan has an'eye for fine touches that I didn’t credit her with,” sald Hilary, still pleasantly, though Celia’'s tone had been anything but pleasant. “It was not Donovan, either.” she vouchsafed in the same rigid voice. Then he realized and knew she had meant him to realize that it was Pa- draic O'Shea who had added the fine touch. Celia would have been more indig- nant than ever could she have known the true effect of her tiny dart upon him. He felt genulne regret, not be- cause Padraic O'Shea had stuck flow- Reg US. Patent Ofca. ers in the beloved's hair. but because it was the first time that he (Hilary) had known her to fail in good taste. “Whoevér did it is to be congratu- lated on a sense of the becoming,” he sadd dryly, and didn’t even try to keep the irony out of his voice. Celia. was silent, but her lips tight- ened and those two patches, like pink moth wings, began once more to flut ter and tingle on her cheeks. Hilary, feeling suddenly that some queerer and stronger mood than any he had vet seen must be driving her, felt com- passion also. This strange being was at the crogsroads. He, so much older and more experienced, should have patience with her, not allow her child- Ish spitefulness to vex him. He deter- mined to burn one bridge, and set fire to it by saying In a kind, indulgent voice “Celia, I feel that you are very much displeased with me about something. We've always been frank with each other. Won't you be frank with me now and let me make amends if I can?” Her response to this was not prom- isi 'm sorry you think I would pre- sume on your kindness enough for that,” she said, with prim carefulness, “when I've tried in every way I kne to show you my gratitude.” Her look was still fixed on her pla She had not eaten a morsel of what it contained. Jenkins, who knew that his master disliked having servants stand about when he was dining alone or with his wife, entered here, and changed the still full plate for an- other. He and a footman served the next course, then went out again. “My dear girl! 1 do wish you wouldn’t use that awful yord ‘grati- tude’ to me. I'd far rather have a lit- tle ordinary affection!” “‘A little ordinary affection,’” re. HER JUMP. peated Celia, musingly Then she looked up for a second with the briefest, most unendearing smile. “1 suppose a little extraordinary af- fection wouid be a great calamity in a scholar’'s life. It's fortunate, isn't it. that T can give you only ordinary af- fection, which 1 do, of course.” Tt it wouldn't have been so absurd > 29 knew nor knew how to deal with. He had heard that love changed peoplei: entirely, plays astounding pranks witi. their characters. Well, if this was the change wrought in Celia by love, God help O'Shea. There were always two sides to a question, after all. He had not considered O'Shea's side as fm partially as he might have done before this unknown and excessively dis- agrecable Celia revealed herself. He grabbed his growling anger by the scruff, and, believing tha subdued it, answered calm : ou have certainly expressed ordi nary affection in rather extraordinars terms."" Celia with AW only red but red shot zles of flame. “Whatever I expressed,’ retorted she, “was forced from me by the mere wish to be civil.” Hilary rose. Dessert had served. She could have her her morning room or her b she preferred. He would alone in_the library Celia_had risen at the same tinte; but as Hilary had drawn himself to his tull heigbt he could look down on her, a fact which gave him a good deal of satisfaction. In the Grandisomian phraseology and manner which always came dur ing moments of extreme annoyance he now said: “I thought I was speaking with one whom 1 knew fairly well. but T find that it was some one totally unknown to me. I beg your pardor I beg yours,” said Cela, with stiff lips. Something about her whole 100k struck him as so unnatural, o some- how piteous that he lapsed into hu man weakness with a splash, and cried “Where are you, Celia? This Celia a stranger to me. Where is the r. r Celia that T knew?” Tk loosened something that < wound tight as wire about Cella’s t. and the rush of released blood almost suffocated her. She wanted to cry back: “Yes, yes! This Celia is a tranger to me, too! Forgive me. I am only hurt because you seemed want me to be gone! Take me back the real Celia. lLet us part friends— dear friends.” But that strange per- verseness hardened her heart again and she heard her ve saving through her cold lips, a hateful, sneer ing voice: “Perhaps you didn’t know that Celia any more than you know this one.” Hillary replied with icy promptness ‘I believe ‘you are right.” Then he gave her slight, forma how. been ffee in m as have his a a detain you any longer and you'll excuse me, I'm sure. 1 have some work to finish by tomor row. Good night.” He turned and left her standing where she was, and she heard the libtary door close behind him. A moment or two later the suave volce of Jenkins at her ear made her Jump. “Will you have coffee in the library or upstaire, madam”"’ “In my room, please.” Jenkins went to fetch the coffee, and sha began to mount the stairs step by. step, dragging herseif up by the hand rail. Her whole body. her heart,- even her soul, felt heavy as lead. “Good night!” If he had known it was “good-bye” he might have sald it more kindly. But how could he when she had been so hateful? pang of compunction, of doubt, shat through her. Then once more she hardened her heart . “He wants to be rid of me. Well he will be rid of me tomorrow—a whole day before the third one comes.’ She went quickly to bed, but not tc sleep. No sooner had ske turned out the light than doubts, regrets, even fears began to harry her. She would grasp these one by one, trving to crush them, but they would break in her grasp and wriggle about like liv ing things. She thought of the bactlli that are eaid to resemble little rods and that propagate by breaking in two. Her mind swarmed with th rodlike thoughts, each as it . doubling itself into a different. still sharper thought, until she felt as won't and childish. she would have liked to add: “In fact, I feel ‘affly’ to you.” Hilary was gazing at her with quiet eyes that were beginning, however, to have a glow at the back of them. This was a Celia whom he neither though her brain were full of needies. She tossed and twisted, turned and turned again. Her pillows seemed tor be covered with hot flannel. . (Copyright. 1926. by Amelia Rives ) (Continued tomorrow.) Dropping' the Pilot at Ambrose Light HE great White Star liner will soon be moving at full speed along the charted sea lanes, with all the definiteness and dispatch of the trans-conti- nental express train. You are following your fancy’s flight to Europe. You are in the midst of that most zestiul of experiences—an ocean voyage aboard cne of the great transatlantic luxury liners. Choose 1926 for your European trip and let us help you plan. 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