Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1935, Page 33

IN THE midst of " the intense pe- litical strife pre- veiling in Homer- ville, Dwight Doo- little stood unper- turbed where he usually stood, which was behind the counter in the town's gen- eral store. Dwight was & little man with gray cheeks and a tuft of gray hair remaining at the apex of his head. In all the vears that he had worked as clerk in the general store Dwight had never been other than upperturbed. It was only nec- essary to look at Dwight's face, which was pro- On the stage jected on a ropelike neck, to know that | town got it in fer everybody else. We gotta get somebody new what we can play up as a leader of men.” Tot. even political strife, in Homer- ville or anywhere, was sufficient to in= terrupt his unimaginative calm. For many years Homerville had been controlled by an arrogant po- litical machine, at the head of which was & bald-headed dictator whose neck hung over his colar both in front and rear and whose nose came down like a scabbard and whose chin re- ceded. Now just before his stooge, the mayor, was to be re-elected with due respect to the voters, he, the dic- | tator, did an unprecedented thing— he died. His organization, Mayor Stickerwig particularly, found it difficult to for- give -him, It looked like downright disloyalty to die just a couple of weeks before the election, and (rom; a man who preached loyalty above | 'DAILY SHORT STORY HERO WORSHI By Frank Kern Levin. $4,900 CACHE ' PUZZLES POLICE, QUIZZING MAN Gold Coins and Old-Style Bank Notes Found in Apartment in Philadelphia. By the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, December 12— Philacelphia and Delaware police wought yesterday to unravel the mys- Easy Terms S8 together taking place between Gus- Aavus Grey and one of his henchmen. Gustavus was & bald-headed man | and he had a flat, ) wide nose. He was ambitious to be- come & political dictator. “We gotta give them the old stuff about there being corruption what we gotta clean out,” said Gustavus. “That's the idea,” assented the other., “But the trouble is we ain't got no- body to put up. Somebody who'll catch the popular imagination.” “That's the idea.” “The trouble is everybody in this sat Bunny. “That's the idea. * Kk Kk X | BUNNY DIMPLES came to Homer- | ville and, naturally, the town was all excited. It was the first time a great emotional star of the cinema | had ever trod the unpaved streets of | the village. Bringing her to town was | & beautiful piece of strategy on the| part of Mayor Stickerwig. It was| worthy of the best traditions of his political machine, “It will be in the bucket after to- * night,” boasted the mayor. | | “They sure pulled a fast one on| us this time,” said Gustavus from the | other side of the town. And it looked as though both the mayor and Gustavus were right. | Everybody in Homerville, including | Dwight Doolittle, turned out and came to the theater to see Bunny Dimples 7 tery surrounding the discovery of $4,900 in gold coins and old-style bank notes in a Philadelphia apartment, Delaware State police said they were questioning a man whose in- structions led to the discovery. The man, picked up for questioning yes- terday, gave his name as Samuel Aaron of New Castle, Del. They sald his pockets yielded $300 in coins and notes of the same type. Drlaware police said the man told them he found the money “In & pack- = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1935. age” near the Philadelphia approach to the Delaware River Bridge in Phil- adelphia. ¥ Kentucky Gardens to Be Shown. Maurice Thatcher, former Repre- sentative from Kentucky, will show color films of famous Kentucky gar- dens before a meeting of the Potomac Rose Society at 8 o'clock tonight at the central Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, s207715¢. Co. v ey WA 2T 7th. AND D STREETS N. W, FAMILY TO BE TOPIC Miss Anna Johnson to Conduet Community Center Meeting. Miss Anna Johnson, sociologist of the University of Pennsylvania, will conduct & meeting on currens prob- lems of family at 7:30 o'clock to- night at the Garnet-Patterson Com- munity Center, Tenth and U streats. Subjects to be discussed include prob- R N *x * A * X Jems arising within the family, prob- lems of physical-and mental health, and those of crime and delinquency. Parents and other adults interested in the subjects of discussion are in- vited to attend. The group will meet each Tuesday and Thursday for the; next six weeks, Dole, Declines. ' Dole payments in Belgium dropped 50 per eent this year. > | Pennsylvania have’ B—13 Dinner Dance Tonight. ‘The New Jersey Ciub of Washington will hold a dinner dance at 9 o'clogk tonight at the Gingham Club, 1423 avegue. Phil Tuey, chairman of the eatertainment com- mittee, and Jack Simms are in charge of arrangements, Chinese Phones Servz 21 Cities, 1 he Chinese government telephone | system nmow serves 2' cities. K ke ok e ak K ONEY DOWN! 1, 2 OR 3 YEARS TO PAY ,***_* > » Opens into full size or double beds, Extremely comfortable. ¥ ¥ Myt X yryF Xy Xz Oecasional Chair $3.89 * % K K “Ir Stickerwig, a big man with Dbig | were looking for.” Dwight came into the theater in! Neat walnut frome, all other things. AIN'T looking good,” said Mayor | hands and big feet and little eyes. | : “This is just the chance those guys | " the tantalizing flesh and blood, % oons like theyre really | his usual meek manner, and found | b 10-Pe. LIVING “Yah, . " | seat somewhere in the middle, On| doing some organizing dis time,” said | " | comfortable spriny a political henchman, who was & the stage sat Bunny. In her arm Nicely covered.c i member of the School Board. she held a flufly Pomeranian. The “But they can't do nothing, they | 408 yapped, and Bunny smiled. So can't. z and besides | did Mayor Stickerwig. who sat next Who they got to put up against me? | to her. So did the member of the| They been fiddling around and they | schoo: board who sat next to the ain't got nobody. They want a mayor. But Gustavus, surrounded by leader, a real leader, in this hour of | his henchmen, snarled. | emergency. They're just funny,” and * % | Mavor Stickerwig made a face. | | “They might have some guy up | JUST as Bunny was introduced and_| their slceve,” said the member of the €0t up to sing, a fire broke out,| School Board. “They might just be | flashing and roaring. Everybody nw’ holding back to pull a fast one at the mayor give Bunny such a push the last minute.” he knocked the Pomeranian right out‘ » “And _what's your idea?” The of her arms. While the great emo-| JB¥E School Board member looked With | tional actress squeaked for her dog, surprise, The mayor continued: she was pushed headlong with every- “All we got to do is arouse popular | body else to the exits. | * gentiment, like the boss used to do, Dwight Doolittle got unsteadily to and they ain't got a chance. Now | his feet, having been knocked down what we need is something new. You | several times. Flames were all about | know this actress, Bunny Dimples, him. He stumbled forward saw the| ought to be going right throngh this | Pomeranian jumping around his heels, | town on her way back to Hollywood.” | picked it up and stumbled out with it. | , that's right,” answered the “My hero!” shricked Bunny as | Dwight emerged from the flames. | a couple of hundred | She threw her arms around him, | maybe we could get her to stop off | gave him a kiss, and took her Pom- fer & night, and give ’em a little | eranian. show, Then we could follow that ‘The people of Homerville never | right up by & political rally—fast, | forgot that scene. For Gustavus saw | see? There'd be nuttin’ to it.” The his opportunity in a flash and put mayor looked wise, and winked. , | Dwight up for mayor, a hero who “Say now, mavbe dis is an idea," | would lead the people out of the flames said the memfer*. . of corruption, N THE other side of the town| panl DE Towitle was i there was another political get- (Copyright. 1935.) P===wWE SELL U. S. 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