Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1927, Page 25

{,0 90000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 LADY SLIPPER THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, | 3 $ 3 WHAT HAS GONE BEFOR Christopher Dahlgren. Teporter, is travelinx on cabin ome night when a woman ingide_th bill 15 ren Christopher is detained m starts inside her to investigate he who tell hy < him of 2 hills 10 the purser's « that one was 4 Christopher decides t! woman_in his cabin through his door he rece the head and is knoc he steps a blow over | | | | i i CHAPTER II | Behind the Door. | RITZ, the middleaged cabin| steward. was dabbing ice water | upon the forehead of Chris- | | topher Dahlgren when that young newspaper man ain opened his eyves upon the world and found himself lying on the floor of | his stateroom,, a terrific throbbing in his_head. “What's happened to me?” he questioned, dazed and uncomfortable, “stop freezing my face off and tell me what's going on here?” “Feel better now, He: the German servant lecitously “Better? me?” | The steward's face expressed polite concern, “Herr Dahlgren drink something perhaps?”’ he suggested vely, | “these American liquors today— he shrugged his shoulders, making a wry face, and concluded with one word: “Bah!” “Drink something!” was Chris’ scornful reply as he ised himself upon one elbow, “I haven't touched a drop of anything stronger than ginger ale in two year: “Then maybe the hot sun has got Herr Dahlgren. Best I now help Meinherr to bed. Tomorrow all well again.” He spoke fluent English, but with the unmistakable accent and phrasing of his native land. “See here,” Chris was slowly col- lecting his wits, “what made you come to my rescue? Did I call or ring? What time is it?” “After midnight, Meinherr, and Fraulein Sonia called me,” the stew- ard replied. “Fraulein Sonia?” “She is the stewardess.” “Oh! But how aid she know I needed help?” Again that expressive shrug of broad German shoulders. “She said only that I should come, that Meinherr was ill.” “Ring the bell for her at once!” Christopher’s mind was beginning to function clearly, “somebody hit me in the head and laid me out, and I'm going to find out who did it and get even!” And as he spoke his fists clenched dangerously. Chris- topher was not one to remain un- avenged! The man hesitated. “But Meinherr, it is now so late he protested, a worried look in his eves, “and the herr captain becomes so_easily angry when such_troubles do happen at night! ~ Herr Dahlgren please go to bed, and when day comes it is soon enough to ask all questions!” Chris was on his feet now, his hand rubbing the sore and rapidly grow- ing lump upon the back of his head. “See here,” he returned angrily, “if that stewardess was in this room a few minutes ago she hasn't gone to bed vet and I'm going to talk to her, no matter what time it is!” His hand reached for the bell, but Fritz in- tercepted it, placing his stalwart form between Chris and the wall. “Meinherr,” he said, “I beg you to wait and talk tomorrow with the herr captain. It is not best for a gentleman to so call a stewardess at night——" he paused and looked un- certainly about the stateroom, making sure that the door was tightly] closed before concluding in a much Jower tone: “Fraulein Sonia is not our own stewardess, Meinherr! Frau Kirsch, so long on this ship with me, was all at once ill. just when we should sail. Fraulein Sonia comes in her place She is not| known to the ship's crew, she is dif- ferent, strange—even I doubt that] she is German as she says! I like not to speak with her The man’'s uneasy manner, more than his actual words, held the young | reporter's attention. | “What do you mean?”’ he asked.| “Why are you afraid to speak to| her? She surely is German for I Dahlgren?” inquired so- No! Worse! Who hit | the back of h Toning. |in the young n When | By Ella Wister Haines Author of “MYSTERIOUS SWEETHEART.” Copyright. 1026, Thompson Feature Service. Inc. 0000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000900000000000000 dy Several N the same w You'll feel when we get through the and to the steward he said, a howl of cracked ice.” ed the doctor to b 0 doubt now rema n's mind. His head lached painfully, he had a fever, he had “seeing thir the ship's 1 i engers | 1 | “Bring Chris allc bee not until had left him with {to lie quietly and go to sleep that {the memory of Anne returned heard her calling me . “she was saying physician tructions he thing was prostration! What a painful, kind i heat mis- Chris Ana it! Chris, oh | $¢00.20000000000000000% , that night, after all these week | the blood pulsing through his | He had kissed his beloved | times, behind sheltering met those sweet had never har lipstick, fresh, satiny free from rou | Her 'head had rested against | shoulder—Anne—his own darling. bitter exclamation burst from his lips. He wouldn't think, he { wouldn't! | ine had known nt the night at D the that ‘he often | Phil Sand’s, treet from th ept a sort of youn club with a stew d and all the comforts of home. an nge- ent which lowed the doctor to naintain handsome front room She handed him back the diamond set platinum hoop so recently and so 1 proudly placed upon her finger. wanted to sleep, but he couldn't put that girl out of his mind, and lying there alone in his cabin, the moon- light streaming through his window, his thoughts went back to another moonlit evening, only six months | ago. He had been so utterly, foolishly happy then, so ridiculously in love, so filled with hope that Anne was going to say “yes,” although he'd only known her a few days. That midsummer house party at the Keans' where, during his brief vaca- tion, he had met and fallen hope- lessly in love with Anne, had been the most wonderful time of his life. Robert Kean owned the paper for which Chris worked day and night. This _successful had been a friend of Chris' father since their university days. Prof. Morris, Anne's father, had been anothlr classmate, though Chris had never met his daughter. Being motherless, the scientist’s only child had been brought up at boarding school and college, while Chris himself had spent most of his life away from home. He had heard of Anne, of course, and knew that after gradua- tion she had buried herself in her father's laboratory in the hills of Pennsylvania, miles from town, and only came into the city now and then to go with Mr. and Mrs. Kean to a ball or opera. Chris suspected that the Keans' house party had been especially arranged for the meeting of himself and Anne, and the plot had been so successfully carried out that he had become en- d to this alluring person on the very next Thanksgiving day, imm | diately following the Army and Na foot ball game! How long ago it seemed! Decem- ber with Anne's week ends at the Keans', then the 1st of January with its tragedy, and the final curtain Oh, well, it couldn’t be helped now! The combination of these mem- were too much. Christopher couldn’t sleep, and he couidn’t shut out the haunting vision of Anne's face with heard her speaking that language with Lady de Vere and Miss Morris. | And even if she ism't from your| country, is that any reason to zvoid; her? The war is over, you know, or | you wouldn't ng this way | on an Americ rd’s , but his firmn, manner became more | s did no(: | day shall| captain | “But only wait uftil eome, Meinhe then our makes everything right! 1 help Meinherr take off his clothes!” And he began pulling at Christopher’s here!" Chris jerked himself angrily from the steward's hold, | what has become of that armchair which stood in the middle of this cabin a few minutes ago? Tell me that and perhaps Ill listen to you Why did you bring the thing in here, Ay ? Armd tioning eyebrows. “the: no armchairs, Meinherr! “] know that, but there was a| chair standing here when I entered the room, 1 was staring at it when some one knocked me down, and moreover that occupied by | he was on the point of itz raised ques- cabins have restraint overcame and Fritz | appeared dumfound “Perhaps 1 best call the tor.” he said apo toward the door, long in hot climates, f edge of the berth ybbing head in his vs it he 4 some k prostra knocked me d kissed me aver saw an arr 1 1 thousand the “I've I heat Nobody lapsed! the windo: with sl dollar bills on the ankles I'm § 2 H ut it's £00d-100] his head slzren? The stew: me you're suffering with a heat.. Too bad. Dri Into bed, nothing to be often happens in the hout furthe remon s sws liquid, nasty a thermometer he made ot dark- tasting, and under his | her its deep, violet blue eyes, soft and understanding, her fair, transparent white her mass’ of glorious auburn srowing in such ex- quisite waves about her forehead He couldn’t voice, her silvery it been all his fault? Anne had been the guest Keans and had gone with them to the ball, where Chris, obliged to ar- rive much later, had met her. Such such music, such a floor! radfant presence, the scent of the lilies of the valley in the bou- quet he had sent her—the memory of laugh. Had others all containing Opium in stupefy the child and give the bination that would take the ories with the heat and the headache ! drown out the sound of | of the| Children Cry For Why Castoria? Years ago Castor Oil, Paragoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups were the remedies in common use for Infants and Children; Caslor Gil so nauseating as to be almost impossible and the guised as to make them pleasant to the taste, yet really to It required years of research to find a purely vegetable com- pleasant and vicious remedies that from habit had become offices downstairs. Long |had handed Chris a latchk “Come in any time, the an_ewtra divan to sleep o So upon that tragic n after bidding Anne a lingering good- ht inside the vestibule of the | ' residence, had hurried back | to make a last report at his office, and then instead of making a Ford trip to his suburban home, had sought shelter with Phil at 5:20 a.m. And then and there had met with the shock of his life—the affair that had culminated in the collapse of his_engagement and happiness, for in Phil Sand's waiting room, seated upon a sofa hefore the fire, he had found Anne, his Anne, enjoying a tete-a-tete with the man he despised above all others—Victor Straine! He had been to dumfounded to believe his eyes, and the snickering glance which had shot from beneath Straine’s heavy brows had been the spark which had blown up the ship. “Anne!” he had stormed, “what does this me: | Anne’s cheeks had flushed up to match_her hair. Chris had known from the beginning that she had a red-hot temper, but before her fury | could be hurled upon him Straine had_intervened. You are insulting Miss Morris and myselt! I demand an apology!” “Anne!” Chris had flung the words at her, “put on vour wraps this instant, you're going back to the Keans' with me!” Anne’s flush had died down, leav- ing her face a deathly m goinz nowhere in,” she had said, 2 ck the diamond-set platinum hoop so recently and so proudly placed upon her finger. “I will ask {you to leave this room. Mr. Straine | will take care of me!" He had obeved her, blindly, furl- ously, fearing that if he lingered an- other second he would kill Straine before her very eyes. Murder in his heart, murder, revenge and a deadly, crushing jealousy and remorse. Anne had never allowed him to apologize nor had she made an ex- planation. The show was over. Chris sat up. He couldn’t lie here with such thoughts for company. He'd—he paused, his eyes fastened upon lip of paper fluttering be- | neath his window, the moonlight full upon it. It was yellow, oblong—it was the thousand-dollar bill! Continued in Tomorrow’s Star. —e rlin has begun preparations for iero exhibition to be held there | one form or another, but so dis- appearance of relief from pain. place of these disagreeable, un- almost universal. This was the inception of, and the reason for, the introduction of Fletcher’s Castorie, and for over 30 years it has proven its worth, received the praise of Physicians everywhere and become a household word among mothers. A remedy ESPECIALLY prevared for Infants and Children and no mother would think of givinz to her baby a remedy that she would use for herself, without consulting a physician, To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of éffiw m tongue, “Pulse ki diagnosis, rapil” he went on with Lut this medicine will Proven directions on each package, Phy-'d_nnu_ everywhere recommend it. elleffs A PASHION INSTITUT) Waikingon: | ms Misses—Going Away to THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1927.' Do Your Week End Shopping Tot_'norrow—Store Closed All Day Saturday! Specialized coats for little and larger women in the Sum- mer coat sale—in all price ranges. School! Will find the Jelleff Shops of youth-—even at this carly date—ready with the smartly youthful new Fashions—that the school season demands. Plenty of charming little campus and cl froc s—in the new jerseys—the new silk and angora wool combinations—the new tailored dull crepes—plenty of fascinating new velvet and satin afternoon frocks—new chiffon party frocks—new ideas in sweaters and skirts—the new bouclet costumes—new leather jackets—new negligees and undies—new colors in Gold Stripe Silk Stock- ings—and, of course, new Winter Coats most in- triguingly priced—No, certainly it's not too early to select school clothes at Jelleff's! FRANK R. Tomorrow—More Than 200 Lovely Misses’ Frocks—Reduced! —the majority at less than half price! —not one frock over 60 days old! —many suitable for wear all through Fall! $16.50 to $25 Frocks ~—to go at— $10 Sports—afternoon and evening frocks— in flat crepe, heavy crepe de chine—attrac- tive prints and taffctas. The styles are at- tractive, the dresses are beautifully made— all are smart for immediate wear—and the majority of them are suitable for wear all Fall. Navy, flesh, orchid, coral and white! $22.50 io $35 Frocks —marked tomorrow at— $15 Some of the smartest styles of the sea- son in this group—three-piece models with short attractive clever frocks soft _chiffon Jjackets—adorable and jumper tulle evening frocks and quite a choice of in- triguing little tailored frocks in flat crepe —mostly in one-of-a-kind styles. Black, navy, beige, flesh, orchid and coral in this group! $39.50 to $59.50 Frocks —for your choice at— $25 —A clearing of individual models from our Colonial Room, and the savings are re- markable considering the distinctive styles and the superb quality. Many are in jacket style—quite a few are soft chiffons, some printed—and any number of clever little two-piece sports frocks—not to omit, of course, the rich lace and chiffon evening frocks and the dark tailored flat crepe frocks that are just right for traveling. For Juniors Who Wear Sizes 13, 15 and 17 Years! $16.50 Frocks— $ 10 —And you'll find in this group flat crepe in sports and after- noon styles—all beautifully made of splendid quality materials— sleeveless and long sleeved—in white, flesh, nile and peach. $19.50 & $25 $15 Frocks— Frocks left over from recent special sales—still further re- duced in price —georgettes — printed crepes—flat crepes and crepe de chine, in navy, black and pastel shades. All Out on Racks at 9:15 Tomorrow in the Misses’ Frock Shop—Third Floor! Tomorrow’s Grey Shop News! New Running Trunks, $1 —that mis es adore! They're here in silk striped dimity— They're made like brother's, you know— with fitting waistbands and an amusing disregard for trim—and they're being worn by the very smartest young persons, In flesh, orchid, peach and nile. —and for Women! Athletic Union Suits $1.25 Also of Silk Striped Dimity! Business women—sports wonen—women who walk a great deal will love these cleverly really, heautifully. to 46! delightfully tailored athletic suits—that are dainty and launder In flesh and white—sizes 38 Crepe de Chine Slips, $3 With Valenciennes patterned laces at top and hem— Beautifully made and full cut slips of heavy crepe de Chine trimmed with popular Valenciennes lace; some in plain tailored style. Just what you need for your knitted suits and light clothes— and they're remarkably unusual in value at $§3! $12.75 to $15 Silk Negligees, $10.95 New silk negligees—made for Fall wear and given to us at a price concession by a manufacturer who wanted to start his Fall business carly. Black charmeuse with lovely bandings of gaily colored silk crepe—or warm Autumn prints trimmed with monotone silk crepes —and they're all beautifully made! Super-Rayon Underwear, $1.95 —which, by the way, is becoming very, very popular with former devotees of Milanese glove silk! : —And you'll understand its popularity as soon as you see it, for it fecls and looks like Milanese glove silk—wears wonderfully and is so delightfully inexpensive! The Combinatlons—cut with the new flare bottom—sizes 36 t The D AR L L e TR Sl sy SR Bloomers—full cut and reinforced—sizes'5, 6, 7 and 8 $1.95 ..$L95 Grey Shopc—Second Floor irmmmwm Jarie Waskington Nowders ? Lusera Wom an's Co a trimmed an 20850, Great Summer Coat Sale has two important price groups, $39.50 and $58.50! For the Junior miss—the L ] FASHION INSTITUTION Warnngton Newlors 4 /&N Malina cloth irimmed _with skunk. _ Wom- an's Coat, Malina | cloth 029, and titeh & There Are Flares—and Flares in the Smartest New Coats! But the back line remains straight! There are jabot flares— —in every group of our great Sum- mer Coat Sale. These fall as a rule from the left hip—sometimes ex- pressed in fur—sometimes accented by horizontal slot scaming or deep fabric folds—sometimes pleated— always superlatively graceful. There are godet flare-— —at one side, at both sides and sometimes in a rounded effect at even intervals across the front— sometimes carried down from the shoulders—sometimes outlined by clever slot seaming. There are panel flares— —some that suggest a tunic—some that are fur bordered—some that appear on one side only, but always very new and very smart! There are circular flares— —that extend across the front of the coat—sometimes set in on the diagonal from hip to hip—some- times in a Yuffled effect at the knee —sometimes suggesting a low placed waistline. And there are suggested flares— —sometimes suggested by the plac- ing of a fur border—sometimes by the clever manipulation of slot seams or pin tucks—always with the smartly straight back. —And that is the reason why the flare is so successful this season. It's the straight line back that gives the slender effect—so essential to twentieth century smartnes It’s the straightline back that is so universally becom- ing—it’s the straightline back that accents the clever- ness of the flare expression—and it's the tailoring and fit of the straightline back that reveals clearly whether or not a coat is well made! i That is why we take such pride in the flared coats that are offered in our Great Summer Coat Sale. Whether it’s a side flare, a front flare, a jabot flare, a $58.50 coat or a $295 coat—always the lines of the back testify to the immaculate tailoring! Four Great Price Groups! $ 5 8.50 $7 8.50 983 125 —with positive savings of $10 to $25 on each coat! —and in addition $165 to $295 Coats —at 15% straight discount! Remember—A small deposit will hold your coat, storage free, until November Ist—or it may be charged to your account, to be billed November Ist. Five Specialized Coat Shops—for Women, Misses, Larger Women, Little Women and Juniors—All on the Third Floor! $1.75 Buys a Pair of Gold Stripe Silk Stockings—That WEAR —And $5.10 buys three pairs! $1.75 buys a pair of 100% pure silk, chiffon stockings, silk to the Gold Stripe with a four-inch lisle top, and with the famous Gold Stripe garter-run protection. REG U NPAT OFF Silk Stochings that Wear Silk Yes, $1.75 buys style 512—the newest Gold Stripe Chiffon Stocking—in any of 32 smart Fall shades! $1.75 buys the luxury of silk 100% pure—and absolute protection against garter-clasp runs—and $5.10 buys three pai rs of these wonderful stockings! Exclusive in Washington, Here and At Our Stoneleigh Court Gold Stripe Shop, 1013 Connecticut Ave. Louey Venn of London —offers the tired business woman— the returning vacationist—the busy debutante-to-be, important— Beauty Aids! kin thoroughly with Louey Venn Skin Tonic and Cleans- ing Cream. Then apply Louey Venn Pqre Cream every night! Louey Venn Cleansing Cream . ... 15¢, $1.50, $2.75 Louey Venn Skin Tonic e, $1.50, $2.75 Louey Venn Pore Cream 55¢, For Freckles and Tan! —spread Louey Venn Special Bleach Cream carefully over the skin at night—and in the morning massage gently with Venetta Cream Special Bleach Cream. , $1.25 Venetta Cream ......7; .50, $2.75 Cosmetics. Shop—Street Floor Cleanse the 150 More of Those Wonder ful— Real Antelope Handbags —Just arrived and go on sale tomorrow at— $9 Bags like these sold out before the ay was over when we placed them n sale last week—so we reordered hem to take care of the many re- uests we have had from customers. enuine antelope—the smartest bag ather of the season—in the newest tvles and shapes—with moire lining. lags like these are selling elsewhere considerably higher prices! New Tans and Black! Handbag Shop—Street Floor Friday—The Last Day of Our Two-Day Clearance of A 87.50 te¢ $15 Sorosis Summe-r Footwear Sizes 25 to 9— $ 5.50 Widths AAA to C— All heel types— Pair t least four more Summer week-ends are ahead of you—and vou'll need another pair of sports, afternoon or evening footwear to carry you smartly over to Fall. Here is your chance to get what you want at wonderful savings when you realize that many of these smart Sorosis Slippers are reduced to one-third their former price. You'll be surprised at the footwear appropriate for Fall wear, too! White Tans Grey Green Blue Red Sorosis Shoe Shop—Street Floor