Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1928, Page 10

10 CITIZENS ATTACK INSURANCE BILLS Piney Branch Body Protests D. C. Control of Rates in Capital. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. .. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1928 A Deal in Diamonds. T 8 o'clock that evening. Father and Mother Evans drove out of the long. elm-bordered drive- way on their way to the fllus- trated lecture in the village, a half-mile away, calling back as they went a farewell warning to Mary Alice *not to look for us back till you sce us coming.” Mary Alice lay quite still in the ham- mock at the end of the stone-curbed Opposition to any bill granting au- Tity to the superintendent of insur- | ace in the District of Columbia to «hntrol rates for fire insurence was vot- 1 unanimously by the Piney anch’ zens’ Association, at a meeting in | M. E. Church, Sixteenth and last night. rashears, referring to s | nending House bill. declarcd that noi ngle District insurance official should 1~ given arbitrary authority to lay <own rates and he cited figures in &, * port by the superintendent of insur- | :nce here, which, he said, show pre- yuums received and claims paid in va- ous sections and which. on the fac indicate huge profits. The figures are | eading. he pointed out, because no | tion is made of the dividends to licvholders, nor to many of the oth- disbursements made, which. if in-; ed in the report, would put a dif- Z-rent complexion on the situation. | A committee of engineers and others ified along the lines of insurance ma g have been working for years to perfect an insurance code ct. having epared a pe! bproval before pres- . Brashears said the other hastily pre- have been reported in the House and have been given u:de-( wpread publict { n Davis. principal of Business | School. told of the development | ¢ Business High from a three to four | se, and said that it was in- | broaden the course when the new structure on the Upshur tract is| »ocupied. He declared the early mov- ng of Business High to the new site 1 matter of self-preservation. and poi | ~d out the excellent opportunity for! o-ordinated educational development | on this site. Opposition was voted to an elective Toard of Education and to an elective zens” Ad v Council. The asso- ation had previously gone on record | favor of national representation in | ress and the electoral college. On | on of Capt. G. L. Shorey, it was “oted to urge that the old Pension ding be turned over for the use! ~f the National Guard when that struc- | 'ure is vacated by the General Account- | ant's Qffice. | Mrs. Lewis Jackson was elected to Tmembership. President Edgar B. Hen- BROOKLAND CITIZENS ASK VOTE FOR D. C. Approve National Representation, but Protest Any Other Form of Local Suffrage. ,Approval of national representation for the District of Columbia through "erticipation in presidential and con- Zressional elections, and disapproval of he election of members of the Board 7! Education. or other form of Iocal suffrage. was voiced by the Brookland Citizens' Association. meet- ing in the Masonic Temple, Twelfth and Monroe streets northeast, night. ! A resolution framed by President Marvin A. McLean on the subject was adopted. H. M. Welch. local attorney, address- ed the meeting on the traffic problems of the city. and scored the Polict De- partment “for pot giving the public' the protection it t to have”| President McLean appointed a commit- tee to investigate the problem. i The association also was addres by Andrew F. E. Scheer, president of | the Dahilgren Terrace Citizens’ Associa- | tion, and E. J. Bremnan, representing the Michigan Park Citizens' Asso-| eciation, both of whom urged co-opera- | between citizen groups of the| heast | ther resolutions were passed favor-! ing the extension of New York avenue to Bladensburg road, and the placing of the name “Brookiand” on the busses running to Twenty-second and Quin ts northeas! The Powerful Katrinka is determined to wash with clean water—By Fontaine Fox KATRINKA GOT TIRED OF WAITING FORITHE / JONESES 70 TAKE OUT THE CORRODED ,RUSTY WATER PIPES coutptwasd” \ > 2> ¢ AND PUT_IN" Why not avoid the cunnot rust. A house eosting 815,000 ean be n’ pipe 8t the slight add ubout 875 os co last || all these BRASS _So SHE ‘wiTh CLEAR porch, and felt a little lonesome, though she hadn't wanted to go to the lecture She often felt thus. She was not a beautiful girl, this Mary Alice. She was 27. She did not have many male admirers. Yet. she always dutifully reflected, when one confronted herself with these self-known facts. there was Sam. Sam in a way ed to Mary Alice tor the ears. He was a good fellow, Sam was, and dependable, and he did not care for other girls—yet! But against any final, supreme ques- tion he had long hung balancing. At the crucial moment he had always turned tongue-tied or else maybe Mary Alice had looked just little homelier than usual. Well aware as was she of all this, vet she lacked the one element, whatever it might have been. to bring her quiet, “'good” suitor to the point. It was, then. upon the uncertainty of men t she was musing now, and | S b S 2 he lusion | plain, excited face. |she had just reached the conclus P O rame he whispered, swinging that absence of rivalry was probably the cause of Sam's remissness. Then she sat up with a jerk! A cool. suave voice came to her from beyond the railing. togther with a pe: r. suggestive click Kindly hand me the diamond you are wearing.” she heard it say. u need not cry out: I happen to know vou are alone. When you have given it to me. I pledge my word of honor {as a gentleman that I will go.” After her first violent start, Mary Alice found herself thrillingly excited, unaccountably unafraid, and greatly astonished thereat: sitting bolt upright in the hammock. with eyes vainly try- ing to pierce the gloom of a warm cloudy September evening and the dim | outline, she was at last able to trace | revealed no uncouth tramp of the coun- v road, but a figure worthy of Raffie | himself, a figure to match the suavity | tuall of the voice. For a girl of a neighborhood so usually free from dangers, it must be admitted that Mary Alice was plucky She made no outery, but sat wordless, trying to rally her scattered wits. The visitor was evidently becoming impa- tient. He began a gentle remonstrance in diplomatic tones. THE EVENING STORY Most unexpectedly at this point a corner of the harvest moon burst forth in sudden and unwonted splendor from the threatening clouds, and in one startled moment the girl saw not only the full and irreproachable presence of her caller, but, coming around the bend of the long driveway, about to make a call in his take-it-for-granted | fashion, the unmistakable form of Sam Anderson! i Succeeding her sudden sense of re- lief. something inspiring happened to | Mary Alice. She laughed. ' She felt quite as though she was talking to an old friend. The gentleman himself | was proving no coward. To be sure, he | had not yet discovered the coming Sam, | but with the revelation of the moon- light on his well groomed person he did not flinch. Neither dld he offer |to depart. | “Do you know.” began Mary Alice. calmly but rapidly. “I want to try an experiment. 1 will give you my dia- | mond—in fact, here it is—if you will | come up and it down and do see 1 expect you to do for a i In return I promise not to be- ay you in any way. May I depend on_you?” Sam’s solld_footsteps crunched on the gravel walk. Still the visitor did not flinch. In the ever-increasing brillance of the night he took in at least a part of the situafion in one | comprehending glance at the girl's | himself lightly over the railing into a room porch chair just before Sam's car-siehted vision togk them in. And then Mary Alice found herself introduc- | ing to him. “Mr. Willam Abingdon | of New York. who is spending a few days in town.” | " {nsuspecting as was Sam, it would perhaps be unfair to indulge in spec- |ulation as to the thoughts he was | indulging. and if the sudden light con- | | verse and artful fencing of tongues in | | which Mary Alice and her caller were | engaged was calculated to set his | heart at ease, it was far from accom-' | plishing its purpose. Mary Alice was adiant and. in_her feverish effort to | keep up the illusion, keenly enough aware of symptoms to know that Sam | Would outstay_the intruder if he had to sit there all night. There was ac- v a spark of determination in_his | eye, together with an adoring, fealous ! surprise in this new mood of hers, that set her heart to beating in strange an- ticipation. 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Because it builds new tissue and strength it is known as “the Great- | est Body Builder.” i s ol "['HE powerful Katrinka has been insisting on Brass pi berause she knows that water from !i:‘nu pipe lr % pure and clean But she had 10 use a strong arm demon- stration to gu . her point. constant annoyane: itional cont, incl grade of corrodible pipe. CoPPER & BRASS RESE 23 Broadway, New York ARCH ASSOCIATION nd comtly repair expense that you face with corrodible pipe? Brass pipe uipped with Br ing inmallation, of pared with the initial cost of the hest ows Write for free copy of our booklet, “Brass Pip and Health. Bursting corrodible pipe frequently causes serious damage to house furnishings » carrying_out the illusion to the last letter. Expressing his farewells in ir- reproachable and delightful terms, he made his leisurely and dignified depart- ure. He had earned his diamond! Be it not for us to Inquire what ensued next on that stone-railed, moon- flooded veranda, but we know that in some manner Sam discovered during the next 15 minutes that Mary Alice’s diamond was missing. It had been her father’s gift, not Sam's, but it was al- ways on her finger and Sam wanted to know. “I—I lost it, Sam,” faltered Mary Alice. ASK U. S. CITIZENSHIP. Missionaries Plead for Asiatics Now Without a Country. MADRIS, India, February 14 (P).— Several leading American missionaries in India have addressed an appeal to | New Way to “Mary Alice,” stammered the fast- capitulating Sam, “won't you lct me put another there—one that really means something to you and me?" “Goodness!" thought Mary Alice to herself. “Why couldn't this have hap- pened seven years ago?” Aloud she sald meekly: “Yes, Sam." She, too, had earned her diamond! ‘Th ‘ Take Corns Off | in 3 Minutes Now you can remove the toughest, most_painful corn or callous in from 3 to 5 minutes. 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