Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1928, Page 43

BY MAXI (daxim Gorkl. born in 1868, fs a Russian writer and novelist of international fame.) n“t was still a student at Moscow when 1l happened: I was living, tn my ream, as a next-door neighbor to— well, to a Polish woman whose name was Teresa. She was a tall, strongly developed, dark woman. Her eye- bpows were heavy and her face was cagrse and vulgar. Her features might hgve been chiseled out with an ax. they Ilacked delicacy so much. She ified me with animal light in her eyes, her decp, masculine voice and her clumsy walk and lack of manners. We lived in the garret, her room being across from mine. I Kkept my door closed if I knew she was in. Once in & while I met her on the stairs, outside, and she would look at me smile. That_smile was both cynical and savage. Now and then I knew she was - intoxicated. Then she was uglier than ever—watery eyed. her clothes | runipled, her hatr awry, her smile with | sometinng reptilian in it. She would ow do you do, Mr. Student?"” She wouid laugh stupidly and T would like her less than ever. I want- ed to move somewhere else so T would be rid of her—yet my room was so well suited to me that I deeided to put up with_this one objectionable neighbor. Then one day she came in to ask| WOMAN'S FAGE. WORLD FAMOUS STORIES ' i THE IMAGINARY SWEETHEART. w | after that I began to write love letters | ! between M GORKI so silly to write letters to & man who did not exist anywhere, and especially meaningless to - want me to write imaginary replies from & man who was [ merely a figment of her imagination. But at last I understood. . I felt ashamed of myself to know that near me, only a door or so away, ! there lives a creature who had no ore { in all the world to love and td be loved v—-so0 that she had to invent a sweet-. rt for herself to satisfy her natiral romantic longing. ¢ X You see,” she went on. “when you write a letter from me to Boless. I give it to some one else to read, and when I hear it read aloud to me it seems as re must really be a man named Then when T have a letter from id that also is read to me, it seems more than ever as if the man really is alive and breathing s where. That way I have the j sweetheart, _even though I never can sce him. It makes life a little hap- ter for me, that is all.” the dickens of it all was that | Teresa and her imaginaiv | sweetheart with the regularity of real lovers. had they existed. I wrote some splendid replies for her. too. She would then have me read them to her and she would weep ‘to think that her sweetheart was still separated from her! Indeed, she would. And she would then & favor—nothing else than for me to write a letter for her. It was to some one she called Boless—a man. She| dictated: 5 2 ! *Dearest Boless: You are the delight| of my heart, my beloved. May God tch over *ypu. © Sweetheart. why| haven't you written to me? Y write your melancholy dove, Tere It seemed ke a_ joke to me, all endearing words coming from this un-| gAinly woman.. She was nearly. 6 feet in height, and she had the fists of a pugilist! What was there like a dove in that black face? I asked her who this man might be. Imagine my as- tonishment when she told me how | he was her affianced! “Why are you so surprised?” she asked -me, “Can’t a girl have a be- trothed?” * " E e I was informed, further, that they had been ‘engaged six years. So I went on with the letter, a most tender and affectionate epistle, I assure you. When 1 had finished: she -offered to perform some service: for me, such as mending my clothes or sewing some buttons on for me, but I would let her do nothing. About two weeks later the woman was back. She wanted me to write another letter. and this was to be even more surprising than the first. | “This time,” she said, I want vou| to write a letter from Boless to me.” I was incredulous. She tried to smooth things over, by saving that it was just & ruse to get a model letter for a friend who wented to know -how & betrothed ‘man should write to his sweetheart. But ghe ‘was confused’ ant even seemed a little {rightened. It was obvious that she ‘was not telling the truth. Then, at last, I guessed her | secret—or thought I'did. “See here,” I said harshly, “you are lving to me. There is no Boless—you have no friend who wants a sample letter. It is all a pretext for you to come in my room, and I dpn't want to | Rave anything to do with you.” She looked at me so.sirangely then, however, that I began to think I might have misjudged her. * She'ran from the ;oom in her wn(u;hmx. ’&cigéniilhat had m‘;unh‘ Tstood. oW er to say that T would write her letter, . . . ‘Then she confessed all to me. “What if there is no Boless?” she said. “It isn't so hard for you to write even if the letters are not:going- to real people. It is true that I have no real sweetheart—but what difference does that make? I could not quite understand. What sort of foolishness could this be? . “Please expiain.”, patd. -“Why do you want me td wri 4 Ietters” €o not even mail them.” For she pro-i duced the first letter I had written to this imaginary Boless. , “Well.” she said, “it is like t v Sweetheart does not exist, but I want him to exist s0 much. I havent a sweetheart, really, but I like to think 1 have. I am as human.as any other woman—and it harms no one for me: to write to him and for him to write to me in return. All I asked you to do was to write the Jetters.” * ° i I confess it took some time for me o grasp fully what Teresa, in her blind way, was trying to tell me. It seemed How Many Can You Answer? ‘Thirty million or more people will vote for President this year. Do you know who have been our Presidents, how they were elected, what they did, why they are best remembered? These games are good fun and good Amer canism. Young and old will profit by them | 1. What law did both Harding and | exactly known? | A on Coolidze veto? | 2. Who was Viee President under Benjamin Harrison? 3. Wi Us son was & gen- eral in the Bpanish War? 4. What tuo ex-Presidents died dur- inz the Civil War? weary soul makes the spirmit stron may be feeling | | FEET BURNED AND ITCHED Red Pimples Broke Out. Healed by Cuticura, “Eome LUne wgo my fert egan o en von Mmentality and.will réafizehis hopes and | ness of poor babies who have had no PRESIDENTS QUESTION GAMES ‘Prepared by the National Americanism Commission of the American Legion. mend my clothes for me in return for my writing, i I learned from that experience that when a human being has drunk deeply of some cup of bitterness he longs even more strongly for some sweetness. We sufficient seldom are able | range desire Jn | | It is all very stupid and crucl. Ye! ! such people are flesh and blood just like ourselyes. They have the same nerves and the same feclings. We have | been told all this for years, day in and | day out, but how many of us really be- lieve it? We listen—and it is all very stupid ‘We are unhappy people of a sort, ton, | for_we are lost in the chasm of scif- sufficiency. ;Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. | We are a very sentimental person must 1 the heart. We read tragic tales daily of adopted children who are breaking theip parents’ hearts by the callousness; and also’because the small baby taken in infancy has failed to develop normally. To the childless parent who longs for a baby the one consideration seems to be that it shall have blue eyes and blonde "curls, or red hair and freckle or some such purely physical characte) istic which harmonizes with their ideals. think of the future: » Children; in my estimation, should grow. naturally: into a knowledge that | tliey hawe been chosen by their parents. It is ‘quite terrible at some dramatic moment, when half grown, to shatter a child's ; prgconceived, ideas of his parenthood—and it is practically im- | €Xercise their best talents in the com- | ssible ever to' keep:such knowledge Froorh him. He should w it from the beginning and accept it as natural. Taking a very. tipy ‘baby is open to 1 the child is old enough to have same sort of a mental rating it is a mistake to make the| adoption permanent. One should not return defective children as if they were plaster dolls. One does the child a terrible injustice, and the parent has| a right to feel certain that the darling | blonde baby he choosessis of normal plans for the futu 1f the parents want to give a home | to such a baby, nothing could be more unselfish, but it should be done with full knowledge of what they are un- dertaking. Mental rating can be made of babies. | 1t is possible at six months to see sub- | normal tendencies in g baby that will mark quite plainly his future retarda- tion. That does not mean backward- chance, but real feeble-mindedness, for which environment can offer only a partial aid. 5. What President founded public re- ceptions as a White House custom? 6. Who won the Battle of Tippe- canoe and against whom? 7. To what political party did Jeffer- son, Madison and Monroe belong? | 8. Who received 321 “electoral votes enjoy and | in one election and 8 in the next? | | i 9. Which P, nt's birthplace is not iswers to the questions will be found | this page. These and hundreds of other que tions about our Presi W in a 40- 3 Presidents of United States,” which Ame Legion has arranzed to have delive 10 any reader for 6 cents W cover poste age and handling cost. It contains the official portrait of every President, with history of his life, election and public services. Address the Haskin Informa- tion Bureau, Washington, D. C., inclos- ing & cents in stamp the | | drflher and WHO REMEMBERS? RY DICK MANSFIELD, Registered. U. 8. Patent Offics When the medicine fakirs used to bally-hoo their cure-alls on the vacant lots around Washington? And they usually carried an Indian or two for scenery? THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Friday, March 2. Astrologers read tomorrow as rather an ‘unimportant day in planetary di- x'u]'r(lnn, but the aspects are not favor- able. It is a time to conserve the energies and to use the talents wisely, for no of any sort should be taken. Those who seek positions of any sort should delay initiative until a more auspicious planetary rule prevails. Under this sway well laid plans are likely to come to naught, and dis- appointments may be expected. The direction of the stars is espe- cially menacing to the hopes of po- litical aspirants. ‘The configuration is supposed to fur- ther the prospects of the least. promi- | where bables are concerned, 85 YOU|nent men ahd women and to thwart | may have guessed, but in the matter | those who alrcady enjoy fame or high | of adopting babies we believe the head | place. This should be a favorable time for taking stock of one's mental wealth and of ecliminating faults or wrong tendencies. Promise of success for daring enter- prises ini aviation is foreshadowed, and the ocean is to become an easily spanned Toute. ‘Winds and sudden storms may be ex- pected, even in places noted for mild climate; astrologers predict. Seismic shocks that strike France, as | This is all right as far as it goes, but | well as the mid-Atlantic, are prognosti cated, -and Japan ‘again may suffer a disaster. = ) Extraordingry changes and -startling X are foresegn. for the United s.. which ‘wilk continue to enjoy great prosperity. -~ * Persons whose birth date it is should ing_year, which should be prosperous. Children born on that day probably will be endowed with fine natures and equable tempers. They should be taught self-reliance. painh Ricas i & Fish Salad Royal. Remove the bone from half a pound | there of tuna’fish, break the fish in small pieces and place in a mixing bowl. Re- :xm‘.lht intestinal vein from one can s plae thé? shrimps in a wi b water. Cdt _Small pioces place in' a mixing with one cupful of diced celery. ome-fourth”cupful’ of green peppers cut fine;-one-fourth cupful of stuffed olives Rt flgfl and one-half & cupful of skiredded cabbage lalnx well, add enough mdyonnaise’ to ‘thowten, then chill. serye on- crisp lettuce leaves and ga with slices of tomatoes and hard. bofled eggs. Wi Answers to Presidents Question Game. S . The so-called soldlers’ bonus It became ;law by passage " over the Coolidge veto, 2. levi P. Morton of New otk " 3. Grant's son, Frederick Dent - Qrant.- o - o ‘Van Buren and Tyler, in 1862, 5. Jeflerson. He was a widow- ef “when hé becanié President and did nat care Jor. fashionable society, but threw the White House open for public receptions on New Year day and July 4. ‘The former date is similarly ob- served at present 6. Willlam Henry Harrison de- feated the Indian leader, Tecum- at Tippecanoe in 1811 7. ‘The Republican party, some- times called the Democratic-Re- publican party. It was not re- lated to the present Republican party and only indirectly to the present Democratic party, 8. Taft, 1908 and 1912 9. Jacksol He was born in the Waxhaw settlement near the border betw the two Caro- linas March 15, 1767. Both Btates have claimed him. 5 en i | | get red wnd burned end itened 1 8 few days Uiey ioke Uy i, red pimpler LHAL were wo itnvkting Wit 1 ks compellen U wermioh rubs them o cuveed e pimp) W fester s ur tried everyth 1 ves wdy snd Omtment o b Atter 1) ol i 8 preat ' | Une Qullcura Pulcutn tor emlly YOU never heard of this hefore! A sult guavantead never o hacden or, become Tumpy. Tnternational sai! ‘The deanest, purest sult money can buy. 24 ounces for only five cents! I the sealed-tight package, Atyour “mccr‘a. P ; f | P The Sidewalks Whenever we think of high-powered salesmanship (if, indeed, we ever do) our fancy is likely to portray the sales- man as an up-and-at-'em seller of locomotives or aytomobile trucks by the dozens. That he might, perchance, be a seller of meat in a chain store is rather inconceivable, and yet it, is not only possible but true. Call it person- ality or showmanship or whatever you will, & score of customers crowded about & butcher’s counter the other day while & competitor across the street was serving but half a dozen patrons. A male buyer, who came in to obtain a sirloin steak, left, not only with the steak, but carried away with him a pound of bacon and a dozen eggs. A woman, who merely wanted a pound of veal cutlets, also bought a pound of bacon and some fresh ham. It is safe to say that at least 25 per cent of the customers bought more than thtr anticipated because the man behind the counter, with a cleaver in his hand, was a genuine salesman. As the butcher chopped off an end of meat his chatter was not only in- teresting, but. before he had wrapped up the meat for one customer he was inquiring of the next patron, “What will it be today?” The speed and dis- patch with which he worked dazzled the spectators, many of whom, as has been sald, purchased more, perhaps, than they needed, simply to have a front seat and ob- serve the man in action. A youngster, scarcely high HIGH-POWERED SALESMANSHIR. enough to reach the top of the counter, _extended held a bill a dollar’: butte said he. This brought a chuckle from the crowd, but the butcher never smiled Most solemnly he carved two pounds of but- ter and placed it on the scales. “There you are, son,” said the butcher, “there's the dollar's worth of butter. NANCY PAGE worth of Signatures Add Personality 10 Hooked Rug BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. Mrs. Lee, Nancy's mother, was bend- ing over the hooked rug frame when Peter and Nancy came to call. They soft and warm, which were being hooked | is too much | plain color ghed upon Peter had a bright idea. He sug- gested that Nancy and he each write their name on the ends of the rug With a soft lead pencil they put the names boldly {in. Then Mrs. Lee hooked them in in warm brown. | It is possible to buy regular frames for hooked rug-making. But Mrs. Lee Was using one made to her order by | !1n the background space, HOOKED PUG FRAME the handy man of the family. Four strips of pine were used. They were one-half nch thick. Holes were bored in at two-nch intervals. The strips were about two inches wide. ‘The bur- lap foundation of the rug was attached to these atrips by an over-and-over stitch, using by linen thread ‘Thumbscrews, ~ thumb nuts washers on each side held the frame at the desired size. ‘The thumbserew went through the corresponding holes at the intersections. (Co and aht . Rains recently stop fie between Ma: ico, ll_l_l' 10_days. 1Ry d rallw ‘The wign §, in probab. Iy & modifjcation of the figure. B ny It ap- peared on the old Span- ish “pieces of eight,” which were of the same value as e dollar, S No matter wheve the dollar mark originated, all of un like (o see them In quantity lotw, ‘I wee them it you use Wilkins Cof- foe which ix moderate in price yet offers more cups per pound, BY THORNTON FISHER. exclaimed over the beautiful colors, so | into the background of warm tan. “But | Where- | of ‘Washington And now what will it be, madam?” The adroitness with which each order was filled was reminiscent of a sleight- of-hand performer, whose hand is quicker than the eye. “Some guy,” sald a man as he left the store. It might be added that the salesman did not engage in “wise cracks,” or attempt to be “smart.” His sincerity was convineing, and we have no doubt that he could have sold ear mufls to cannibals. Isn't this really an n;(;n;nle of high-pressure salesman- ship? * K k& Two present visitors in Washington are Commodore. Herbert Hartley and Mrs. Hartley. Most readers will re- member that Commodore Hartley was until a few weeks ago skipper of the Leviathan. “I have cast anchor for the last time,” said Commodore Hartley to the writer yesterday in his suite in a local hotel. “During the five years I was in command of the Leviathan I received 8,000 letters introducing to me people who were going to sail on my ship. Say, here’s a funny one,” continued the com modore. “On one of my trips I had Louis Mann, the actor, as a passenger. Louis and I became quite friendly. “Several days after I arrived in Lon- don Louis came to see me and insisted that I join him and & group of friends who were going to attend the races the following day. ‘I'm sorry, Louls, I sald, ‘but I'm sailing tomorrow.’ “The actor looked at me quizically for a moment and then asked, ‘What ship are you sailing on?' " It might be said of Commodore Hart- ley that no man has sailed the seas who possesses more becoming modesty than he dof During his 35 years as a sailor and officer Commodore Hartley crossed the ocean 850 times. He ex- | pects to remain in the city for several weeks. * ok ¥ % H. M. O. writes to know how we would rate the intelligence of & person who carries a pair of opera glasses to & movie theater. .000001. * kK X ‘There is not a sadder looking group of persons in the city than those wi are applicants for automobile permits at the Traffic Bureau. The kindly in- quisitors in blue are more terrifying to some than sur- geons who are about to perform a major operation The mere question “How should head- f lights be adjust- ed?” contains more fl potential difficulty than a problem in calculus. Men who have passed bar examinations and medical practition- ers are among those WAITING TO BE EXAMINED- at the simple ques- tions which have to do with handling |8 car in Washington traffic. People are like that. For that matter, we |know a man who has won several | coveted war decorations who doesn't | dare be late for the evening dinner. THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928, ho | chicken with the white sauce and sea- who perspire freely | FEATURDS: s their lease had ‘expired. The pany replied that as they the required notice their lease Everyday Law Cases May Carbon Copy of Letter Be Used to Prove Ezistence of Original? BY THE COUNSELLOR. o Much to their surprise, how- in e . f“ur' the landlord denied recelving the) etter. A sult by the landlord to evict them followed. At the trial the company, to prove that it had sent the notice, tried to Introduce into evidence the carbom | copy of the letter. Counsel for the landlord objected on the ground that In accord with the provision in their lease ,the Jason Manufacturing Co.sent a letter to the landlord notifying him that they were exercising their option to renew their lease for another term of five years. higher rental, was anxious for the com- pany to lea several occasions to get them to give up their lease. notice the company received word from the landlord to vacate the premises, The STLYE POST is the marker on the road to being smart. Wide-at-the-Side. The one-sided effect which has given & new sort of zest to trimming details on dresses, handbags and other articles of apparel snd accessorles has con- ferred a line of decided chic to a between-season felt—a * creation of Reboux. ‘The originals from Parls were scarcely off the boat on this side of the Atlantic before they had been copled and adopted. They are recog- nized as right for the tweed ensemble. (Copyrizht. 1928.) e | Chicken Newburg. | Cook one five or six pound chicken | until very tender, then cut the meat into small pleces with scissors. Cook | one pair of sweetbreads in acidulated water and cut them up in the same way. Chop six hard-boiled eggs fine. Cut one small can of pimentos in fine strips. Using half chicken broth and half milk, make about three pints of medtum thick white sauce. Combine the eggs, pimentos, sweetbreads and son with salt and pepper. - Bake in a hot oven’ for half an hour in a but- tered casserole, with one-half an inch of buttered crumbs on top: Mushrooms are nice in this dish also. e Spanish Cabbage. Cut one one-pound head of cabbage in quarters and boil in clear water with two little hot red peppers until tender. clear water. When bolling for about five minutes, drain the water off. Pour more clear water over them and boil until tender. Lift the onions and cab- bage out of the liquid and place to- gether in a baking dish and season with salt and black Pcp r. Pour over them enough of the liquid in which the cab- bage was cooked to make them quite moist. Cut one-fourth cupful of butter into small pieces and dot over them. Now dust one-half a teaspoonful of chill powder over the vegetables, cover. and bake for half an hour in a hot | Put six large dry onfons to boil in| !oven. Serve very hot. | Americas foremost | FLO ZIEGFELD. seveals how women can atlways look their best lovelinessbecause of this one tiny everyday mistake, choos | producer of revues, [ such a letter was not admissible be- 4 cause of the uncertainty of the au- thenticity of such a document, and be- cause of the ease with which such evi- el could he manufactured. 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