The evening world. Newspaper, March 9, 1920, Page 16

parr ets THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MARCH.9, 1920. - : | geeeneeceoeocooos coeseresesoeoeees Oeeeereecceseoesocsoncecannneonnesaeeaeonooessegoces FO0OPeheeeseseees FINANCIAL NEWS | LOVE’S GAMBLE By MAY CHRISTIE === pes ‘ THIS PROFITEERING? _ HOW DRY GOODS’ HIGH COST _ BELPS SWELL THE PROFITS OF 4 A BIG RETAIL COMPANY ‘ Net Net Tow. Laat. Che's. High. Low. Yast Che’e 40 40% — | Int. MM. 68% 88% — 2% A 7% T% — %| Int, Nickel . 1% %@h— % } > -+ i o i A . Int, Paper , 78% , 78% — Pee | ane } ‘ uneaa y _ Iron Products : + Th M Gri Thrill if ¢ WU the coet of shoes and other necosrities mounting higher and |Ailm Chalmes | a’ a 2%" | tee Cw one a ee e ost Ppping, Ing ovel o e ‘Year Z ee Bigher eighteen months after the armistice was declared, The Evening rend non om rh in nr i % Kelly Spring 12% 10 «1a = % : i 5 § tes : Z % h oT > Kennesott . m+ Sevssssesssesesss: ¥ Worla to-day begins a survey of the increased profits of corporations — Am. Can sisee 45% 43% 49% — 1% | Keyntone Tire . 8% — 1% PIPIFIISIFISITIID PIDIGISIDITIFTSS FEISESI SII IIDVIFTD FOIGITI PITT YISITT DI FTITHTTTITE @agaged in the manufacturing and handling of clothing and food. yng Der, & Wiey..190% 1ST Ty dew Ine ‘ a % eS The attention of Attornef General Paimer especially is called to spond «& 4.18 113 118 Lediawanee Steet, “—% — ee old fashioned fathers always thteFpret| grant you that. W ybow, ther “a 4 | Am Cotton Oil... 46% 4% 46% +1 Tie Rup, & Tire, Pe such a flight in terms of marriage!" e lots of other (.ings that yout coulé “fhe Evening World's articics. [A femme ove OK ow + 8 Lita Vale ee fox + « || She gave her heart to him the day they met. Shi ey Sanit. 4 a - [Am Drug Send... 13 12% 12% — tom Ine... 04 + % eli “You always liked excitement of any| “Vivian, I'd love to come to to MAY DEPARTMENT STQRES COMPANY [i Herew "cron 00% 064 2% |Ionu. "Nava ae” sor sor 4 1% Yet a cloud of mystery hung over his life. Was J) sor. 1 sinpose jhat iawhy yo] and siay’ with you" nad, Shield ide de Lee 2% + Mw | Muetin Be P P A : || ays Were flirtatious, Vivian!" earnestly, “but grandmamma’s go ol In previous pheor vag series i. has oon ie Lehre Am Hideo & 1 i 205 i a 1% |aeanaree aus : a hidden past? Was it a dual personality ? | joraye 1 am-—It pays to bot” re-L1 just can't leave her” —— * tions, producers of necessities on a scale so large that they are dominant 00 sos 46% o @ +8 User hi ind iteme nd i joined her friend reflectively. “ThoughP “And what about this engagemer fectors in their particular lines, have not been hurt by the higher taxes. 4% Int Con OO% 154 9% — % | Alay lis and excitement, suspénse and surprise | men may ramp and rave and enrry| thot | hear of? Vivian looked guinea h NCB: Am Lane st 80% OF a: oon ii fascinati i: iss |} | on, they. don’t appreciate the dear,| cally at her friend. “If this fan nor by the higher costs of doing business; that prices have been advanced Am Loon w on w w Loeb af 25 blend in each fe a ting instalment. . Mi * domesticated ‘olingin vine’ one bit!| yours is anything like hie oister-séht to an extent sufficient to not only cover increased operating costs and taxes 4@ Io it, Bt BN | Noting “iy May Christie has woven with rare skill this | CUNY, SAT Gated aL RIESE EEL Lian He minor Toa tee in Fullor’s ~ an ty m4 2 20% + [ahdead Stoel... 4 lenly stared at Shirle; en he must be a super-dreadnoug! but to immodefately add to profits as well. ‘ Am melt & Itet. 1% 1% OF imate be charming story of entangled hearts, 3: :: 3 | n’t got an ounce of faithfulness in| and it would be better for you ‘ju Higher prices charged by mamufac-| 1919, the company’s sales amount- Am, Sool Fonnd., 46% 45% 46 — %/[AfiK, Kan, & Tex, 10% 9% 0% — % Eo a pee tt | my composition! I'm not a serap| to with grandmamma’ thag turers might naturally be expected to ed to $41,179,000 and pite of Atm, Gumpee 10% 126% 10% — % | Misoun Pecific..., 20% 94 DWH + % good-looking. Some might think me Gut into profits of retailers, but in| higher prices charged by manu hm, T, & Ty, Wie 8% HK + 4 | Montana Power o 6 & +1 lie tees Chinen even plain. And yet men go crazy Vivian could i the vernacular of the day they have eeere, Rid higher Fada LA brood 6 OK +10 OrKute Slates Ol. BG MN MH — Me eye ae cer ey | bee outspoken af { co, it save cents out of Am, Woot my 1 1m 4 Nationa’ Acme 1% 36% WY She leant a je forward, lips apart, | times. . “passed the buck” to the consumer! every dollar of business, compared | Am Wr. Me mf.. 14% 4th -M% + | National Aniline 2% WH My — 1h! SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, eyes shining. n't tell me that you care fol ‘and in the process of passing it they| with 7.49 cents in 1915, and it | Am. ‘Iubaino i. . wei 2% Nat, Conduit " 9% 10% + 1% | ___Bhirley Marsh, s trautiful youns ie loved hy David Burke, a wealthy country gentic-| “ANd why? Because I'm not ‘out to went on the candid friend, “be m Panes pe earned $15.80 for each share of | Am, Tu, swuntion G% Go + | Nat Roam, & Sip. 70% 74M THF 1m MARL DUE rebecen “hi aim DV ccldeut near ber} win,’ J don't want to snare the crea-| cause I can see he bores you quite have added enough to their sales! Gommon’ stock, compared with | Au, 20% a + % leeuntt tne Bom ste toe amet Shen Suir urmd bile ‘back W, Realth he io arson {tures into matrimony! Life and love| much as my two ‘ventures’ did! At 1 mane pier Wpanthe Ls filnaggh a of) $5.77 In. 1915. At tela Ne | Anaconda, ' 3% — 4 Nevada Cond, 14% 14% — 5 HBS, ems god claims that he ie her, husband She ears, hat they, are potted ro hd Co ereapett a bee bee bg te ee 4 er wages,| fore arriving at the jend ba Ans, Dry Goode... GO% 40% 49% —AN1 NY Aum 0 100 4 ay. MAE Be demented tg there. will wot Delleve the story until Lac sportingly, for the sheer love of the| ‘ vian,” Shirley whispered, j fmher tanes and the higher bos of| ance fer the, 1ideticesl your the [anton ny mae cen Xr ¥: Aleiehe...4 200% 98 ' 100, + TK Gaal Sateen of ber © Hagen fons. dn eis te game, D'you understand? sudden longing for sympathy sweep) — Practically every item making up raeety, deducted from earnings Ateiinon Ky, ¢ Te 78 7% + WIN YN. M&M. 20% OS | $2 Mouth Africa and teceln Miss Shirley smiled a small, compre-|ing ever her. “Oh, Vivian, I wish ‘ Tad a a supe $1.00 ,000 to cover income and ex- |Artantic Const Line 89 88 «BSH +H | Norfolk South 7h 36%." 36% + 1% Son een ener ene ane hendlig, smile, She was fond of could escape from—from”——— 5 ¥ : Profit taxes, a sum equal to | Ad, Ga & W. 1 10% 156 1968 1% | Norfolk & West. 98 «96% + 2% “TOMA that he te the husband . vian, and perhaps understood ber rom his designing, interfering sis } © by the May Departmen: Stores Com-| more than an additional 1 per | taidwin Loco a OT 8% | Seorthern fae. a 70% 80% +4. | tatitente Mill te robbed Uy the Gown-apd-cuter in Bepatee sum she turns to, David for, better than most people did. .,| tet—and himself?" supplemented thd pany, whose chain of retail stores| cent. on the common stock. Baltimwe & Obio, 98 86% — %| Nore Bootle Btecl., GOK GO GOW 4% | Mivemen Of ble uinte rereee Daisey’ to consent io mastiggs with Rim ’ “There are three types of women,"| other, tranquilly, “Wall,.dear, 1 don't ; now do an annual gross business of | That the company has not Ween | aur Co.. 1M 10 + 1% | On Cte a 8 ek she said quietly, “First, the looker-on,| blame you. Take the matter into yous ; “More than $50,000,000. hurt by the higher cost of living, but! now, sow. mk 2k ee kh ek who's out of the running. I'm begin-|own hands and’— , This company was formed in 1910|instead has steadily expanded its ous, stoi. SN 88% + 1% | Onearlo An a * +e CHAPTER VII ning to put myself in that category. “T can’t! He's—he’s so well-kpowR ) "= and has fixed assets valued at $5,077,-| margin of profit. on each dollar of | je mn" O% 80% irl Pesca thang Be ee pane * sae Hi Shirley heaved a tiny sigh.|and—and respected—down, in thé ae 085, not dnaluding, eormetes yete.ct pusinees, is clearly shown by the fol=} jot Pudwric te ne oe att oo oOo + - THE GIRb FROM CHEL . ’ ext, those who are ‘qut to win,’ as count; —in the part of Stirrey Wher | f leases. Against this the company has | lowing: sits Bes an 1g tera a dy bg " z na a i: .| You express it, Vivian. They play their ive. He's got an old man ' ,000 of preferred stock. The $15,- ae wee qlatlegtn, Harned per | Hutte Bem 200% 308% + | Penn, Bt * HIRLBY was walking with Mrs, Arnold in Regent Street the following] #Ou express it, Vivian. They play their) tiie. 60! of : , 000 common stock. outstanding | ¥q "i tains. pep omrty trea mene | Sante “dr Bierter MG mah cw ean Gae ce afternoon. nite end in view. All. would-be bene-| “Money, eh?” Vivian raised tentad . © = Tepresents and trade| “3919. $41,179,261 87.91. $15.80 Hutterick . Co ‘5 18% ‘18% —1% | Bere Marquette The latter lady was in high good humor, for Shirley's engugement fio eae ayo, es a DoE A tive ed “That puts a differend names. 1918, 85,681,660 88.08 16.82 > Ox i Oe si a " hose who plunge into love's gamble | complexion on the matter, Maybe"—« ‘Bince 1915 the May Department] - 1917, 4 16.82 beers. on. HE ool ith her byother was now “un fait accompli, just beeause the sporting instinct’s in] “It doesn’t!" cried Shirley, passion, “We really ought to be looking at trousseaux. I suppose the wedding|their blood—and because _ they will take place fairly soon.” Intense curiosity shone on the lady's coun-| naturally fascinating, or magnetic—| It's just that people do talk so." | tenance. “There isn't any reason why either of you should wait!" all it wha ou will, You're in the | walked over to.one of the big studi¢ : Jp beedleb undp pera gh sha aerag Pade Na __| last-named class.” windows and stared unhappily out ‘Oh, I ate know, seat hirley, languidly SEDER A He PURE nd there I'll stay!" rejoined Miss | the r “It's all a hopeless beet | ae | that would. be time enoug Vivian briskly. “For, believe me, var-| I haven't got the nerve to break # Stores Company, in spite of higher 1910 est of materials and the higher ex-| 1615. , + penses of doing business, has been @ble to gradually expand its margin| It is said in financi: _& “of profit on each dollar of business | position to know the and has so increased earnings earnings for the fixes 23309802 90.73. 7:90 ecw ately. “I don’t want his old mone; 26,409,150 92.51 5.77 | Peteuloum pf. quarters in a Conadinn Pecitie. acts that when | Caml. Laster. . year ended Jan, | Cty De Pasco, $20,347,482 88.72 16.83 lou, 5 we" Qvallable for dividends that roports, )&1 last are made known It will be | ‘ riser | “Chrysanthemums and autumn leaves—that ought to make a pretty] ity is the spice of life! Love affairs | off, : ly having the stamp of au-| found that all previous high records | fol “a # mage i | wedding!” Mrs. Arnold turned ‘to Shirle Will you have little pages and |are just like flowers. I'd rather have| “Then why on earth did you get em ig Wenticity, are belng heard in Stock |#et by the company will be toppled | {Wi 4 Se 40 Sey Choe te, Vittle girl attendants, dear? Or grown up bridesmaids” a crop of dear little wild roses than| gaged to him?" Intense curiosity lay Exchange circles that tho company | over, and that the common dividend | ( beaten ® fe Reading V'll have to think it over,” answered Shirley, trying to infuse a little | prune them all away and cultivate | in Vivian's tones, will shortly cut a “melon” for gtock- | balance, after deducting taxes eee ay sent Lem interest into her reply. z one single, magnificently imposing» ‘Oh, they sort of dragged. me Into ‘5 cl Re ea i i Cht, Aton ‘Ry... Rep Motor ...... 40% 40 40 But she felt immensely troubled. UMaine Roster money? Vivien?’ | eorcin tee: eee the young gi peek Reet ail ands Lary inode wave! In 1915 and 1916 the dividend on the |B: Great Wax, Mey trom & “Sima, WG HG — 24 | For this “trial engagement ee eee CAte Thre tee en | See nels geek hap Nek ene ae Meeuineoe ae a 5 sa an rau 3M ¢ o'went. Ty, Sal hal r 2% | veloped into a kind of octopus, whose | nig! She swept away. Tho latter she ead, ense etermined woman — yo Miia Geer soaring, the company nas stead |gommon stock was 2% per cent, In| Cul. & Nowa By. t Kanal Du NX. 101% 100% 100% — % | tentacles gripped her around on every| “Whew-w!" murmured Vivian, “I've Conte Wore hard enoueh.” stel know the type. She desided: thats ! wae My reduced the ratio of its operating | 1917 and iB Per cont. was paid, |i (ole rade deals ie jevidently put my foot in it, Who's! sald frankly. “I haven't got the price: | since David wanted me—he must havé : ‘ expenses to net sales and has piled up | and in mbor last the rate of an | Cie Cue +... at ag lice od To begin with, Mrs. Arnold had] David, Shirley? E j lesa gift of concentration. ln order to} me! T think they worked a ttle the bigest earnings in its history. | nual payment was raised to 7 per Bee | spent the entire morning at the t Her—her brother,” stammerea|™ake money, one must concentrate. | scene up between them, just so's Td AGI, meters the. cost ofdry gcode [oent. ol & Leon. Shattuxe Ani. Ine the glad tidings | Shirley, I can do lots of things just fairly well | be caught! phone, spre: ; | everywhere. Already Shirley bad re-| The that en ih legrams of congratu-/| Shirley nodded ‘misera Gs * ceived three teleg: Vives bave boc meres nae il, laugh. “1 call myself an artist—| ably overwrought. % | “she would have >een infinitely more] “Cheer up, my dear—don't look so | but, between ourselves, this humble! “Of all the silly, weak-minded *% worried had she known that to-| blue—one would think it was your fu- |Cilling is what brings me in my! girls," interpolated Vly with 4 @% + 1% | \orrow there would be a notice in/neral! Though"—her voice took on a|™Meagre income!” She lifted up some | rousing scorn. “you—Sifrley—are the 91% +1 | ai the principab London papers an-|candid note—“personally I shouldn't | father amateurish fashion drawings. | foeblest! Haven't got a mind of 1% + 2% | BU hong her forthcoming marriage. |care to have such a super-dread-| “If I could stick at it, Td get fairly On OMEE EN eee ae eve oe cup of tee, dear.” ht for a sister-in-law good, in time—at least, so Jim Dalton | ”"meyve gone and agnounced the M% — % with a proprietary air, Mrs. Arnold! Shirley looked vexed. tells me news of the engarement,” came thé Sinclair O11 Ebesetey Steel Southern Ps Southern Ry, . So, Ry, i Stromberg Studebaker Stutz Motor . *St. Joweyh Lead. BLL, & Sao Fran. to tax’the consumer’s purse so} Now that the Supreme Court has cig fteavily, the May Department Stores | decided that stock dividends are non- |e Gas & Bap. . 56% “ Company did a business of $25,409,- | taxable, Wall Street expects that the |Uelunvia Grad? .. 45% 600, and saved 7.19 cents out of every | company will give common stockhold- | maa s = *gollar of business for net earnings. | ers a stock dividend of 33 1-3 per cent., [Ce “isan Corp, "© After making depreciation charges,| which will be reed against the hs eae rat ts ‘ om, La. 1 he man that you're engaged to?” |—Hut no one special thing particn-| Perhaps this was hardly fa y age la well!” She laughed a little rue-| Shirley. But her nerves were io Paying taxes, &c. it paid a dividend | surplus earn! led up in recent; : of 7 per cent. on its preferred stock | years over cas) dividend payments jt, Cans a and fad a balance remaining equal| Yet, despite this great expansion in ts ORDAY s+ 406 JO % $5.77 per share of gsmmon stock, | profits under conditions supposedly | Som heaeta, ++ h as previously stated was issued |adverse, there cannot be sald to bel oneine | St. 14, Goutinwest, 1% + & ept Shirley into Fuller's. “Maybe you'll think better of it, At the sound of that name, Shirley's | dispirited reply. “There ten't anyth! Beuinst “good will” and trade names, [any definite Indications of an smmes [Cum Sel + HO BS Bau Superior Soni 1 + 4 | SHGPE Siibed the staircase to the| went on Vivian, in her half-bantering |heart leapt strangely. For a moment, | Jett for me to dot” vee In the year ended January 31 Sma 410 410 ~asiqe hag wy — 4 | balcony. ‘The place was crowded. Not) way. “I'm not going tp allow you to fehe felt actually Jealous of this inl | “mecopt to bo led aa a lamb to the } - Asai row yourself away, rley, dear! is he your she inquired, | staughter Vivian’: (i BBM a vacant tabl : hoping. that Viv youldn’ ¢ n's voles rosa s abt er sat a| Fresh tea was brought. And big| hoping that Vivian wouldn't notice | swell, it } 7 Jen In-an alcove in one corner sa paren NE | the stiffness in her voice. | Bee ype mererameeey: noe mine . . = labs of i \ . | rather odd-appearing couple—a man |elubs: wre mighty sof: (Shd-a gir, The girl was thin and! Vivian, Shirley and the long-haired | _ - | Shirley turned appealingly toward ‘temperamental"—with straight, bob-/artist—known as “Jimmy"—partook of | “NOT A WOMAN'S MAN.” | her friend. : bed hair, restless dark eyes, and all-| a hearty mes He littea «| 66 a dear good fellow," re-|..‘T thought you'd be more sympa» | Delaware & Haden 9% 9 9 [Den & RioGr... 7% 7% - Me | Trans, OM | Ben & io Ge wt 4% 4 | Un Pacific Domes Mines Teen Oh | in-one plece frock of a queer “art-y" | | Then “Jimm thetio”"—— | Durham Hosiery... “4% — 4/2 raccorated Dwerrines of | Square, flat packet from the floor. j joined the latter damsel with ash Bidkiks-Jehniton . uaa Date, ar ey longiW hair, re-| “I'll have to leave you now. I've got enthusiasm, “and the clever-| “WHAT WILL PEOPLE Sayer | Brie Icose,| to go and see tho: «| United Fruit ., art editors this/est artist in the quarter, It's only quired a shave, and wore + brie 1 ‘ ‘ | Ua Ry luv Co 1 green shade. | afternoon before their offices cl e6]” isn’t evmpathy that yo i i : flowing tie of a dull & fey ieq | Just lately that he’s had any time at uu want UKE Foanoun” thiayenn, «+ Un Retail Storms 4. 74% ee . jearettes. |_ "Good luck to you, old boy!" cried y it's rousing!” Vivian looke, It Pays to Buy No Eat Me liveher aoa ss ppc) ae B an Bis enckne ets girl-rose to| Vivian boisterously. He nodded to all for me, He—he's different from | Union she Ea hk Chae as Good Furniture Here Chare [ag Metter oo. 66% her fect and waved enthusiastically, | the two of them and departed. anyone I ever know"—here a far-off | nop, “Why can't you Faye Pogo is Hy Seport ‘Texas. % i as rf ig that young| “A dear boy—awfully clever—but | took came into her dark eyes—"no' you tel rn Because Prices Are Low, Quality |ciant,, Wail Wig G. Hater...) 106% wre ne oT arnold adjusted ber with no capacity for making money! pak ebro joie) hak dei evap 'n0t x0 to Jericho?" . ‘ ' | General ‘Ctra. 3. ome fet Rg i ptisaiars i ‘ordinary young | explained Vivian after he had gone, | We an at all—unless e t's. just—well—what w High, Selection Wide—Terms Easy 1D: Mencia | lorgnette, ‘An extragndina ¥ staring! She leant a little forward, with her | much mistaken—only just recently he What "would Deel J . . . 9 * en 4 dark ¢ y s fixed on Shirley ‘A pleased! “Why don’t you leay cheeks, alone for a bit, and he seems to have changed—a@ets as though he wer U. 8, Steel pt Utah Conper 4 | through the glasses. | through the glares. A stamped her foot in sudden matrimony | a shot at a unha py about some Utah See, o% oe ek 8) ed to Shirley's \ focal ninnaer snr deen 6 % | Va, Caro, Che Pi an aml a Sentai heat poarding school career? It’s lots of fun 5 ek Bieiikew sone seb creat | » you, too, are a vietim of that” Vanadium, Steel 49 + %|with me. I heard she'd come to Lon- I'd love to come down and see your le sometimes comes to see me, and] y, ctghed, bourgeoisie ideaf We Great Nor, Ry. of. 1 | Wabash 10 Pith me. ue art—she's such a dar-, studio,” murmured Shirley | gets me to play for him," Pe h te! Groat Nar, Ore. +. | Wabash ‘ef tau — 1 | ling" — |_ ‘Together they left the teatooms,|” she crossed the floor and sat down Deomle any? Indeed! “More teas Gull Staten | pie MA freak, you mean!” Mrs, Arnold hailed a taxi in Regent Street and | ae wor and sat down |have been Lroken through that ridiews Masketl & Barke | oo + tried to hold Shirley back. “You sped toward Chelsea. |restleas fingers broke into Rachmin. |CU% antiquated fetish than through \ Homastake Min, t% 4 werent going to speak to her*— | “Now that I've bumped into you | {renee light in her|48¥ Other\agent! It makes me mad, | wy Wilnole Cent, . Pac, Cn ri But Miss Vivian, in a couple of|I'm going to keep a weather eye on| Gare sot id glowed, |1s other people's opin 6 Impiration Comper 51% — 38% West ingtouse strides, stood right before them,| you!” Miss Vivian adjured her, She | S°)% 7%¢ ia ona eer ae r pinion more im | § {niertoro, Cons, 44 Wheeling 13% beaming. was genuinely attached to Shirley) ene nuvi et weg td eye tngUEH | portant than your own happiness? American Walnut Queen Anne Period $ 00 rags Spinach gL A Winywdvectand oy + 4 | “Why, Shirley Marsh—I'm just de-| Marsh. the tragedy of hfman life, rising from| Vi¥/an flung the challenge at bea Ss ; f int, eri. Com, 44 | White Mt m* + “|iented! Of all the pieces of good| As for the latter, she began to feel! faint nothings to a wild friend, ite. Four Pieces as shown here at Int. Marventer HSE 4, |iuck!"" She nodded patronizingly at! considerably revived. She had a suf-| clamor. When the last sounds died | “Oh, 1 don't expect happiness——* KROEHLER KODAV, dubtaay anarice | Ant, Oler, Marino. 1% * iden, Mrs. Arnokf, while that lady seaned. pia aren see A ile away in trembite & chords, she rose] given up hoping for itl” Shirle a Imitation stop at our en- ‘ “There are two vacant seats at our) hemian her y a and pak @ hand on Vivian's, sm} pa began do tremble. ¥ ble—come on over at once!” | point of view, her independence. . . . 2 ary in-|/ “My studio's in the oldest kuilding) “You Then, to het Neative ance. Cro: | | ment and utter chagrin, town, 84 Ave. Shirley effected the nece: icently! I don’t own ast ‘shown here. z nue, Wests troduction, and pretty soon she andjon the river front,” proceeded Vivian] wonder that this Mr. Dalton wants to| tears began to fall, She turned het Masia chester Trot. Mrs, Arnold found themselves at the | eagerly, “and the most delightful kind) come and see you, Vivian, Your mu- | hed away, trying to stem the turren¢ ley cars pass, | | little table in the alcove, seated oppo-|of people work there, too! I've lots|sic must take him completely out of |@24 hoping desperately that Vivian is site Miss Vivian and her long-baired | of friends"— himself” — . in't notice. septa High, Low, Law| friend. ‘They were whirling down Cheyne-}| “Oh, do you realy think so?” A he latter, however, was a youna | 1700 Armour Teathor ed Profit Sharing. 2% 2% 2% | “I've got the sweetest little studio! walk now. tentative delight and ease shone | Weman of perspicuity. Of infinitd 00 Cuban Am d Retait Candy... 14% 4a fin Chelsea! When'll you come and|” “Look! ‘There's one of the clever-|on Vivian's face, confes nore | tet, too, when she wanted to employ 0 General Asphalt 91% | 8000 Allied OL ....s. 5 % seem) Miss Vividh punctuated |oxt artists in the quarter—and the| than anything she had said in words, | bal gift | 1100 Gotdwyn Picture 25 | 2600 Fk Basin ‘Tet laer-4 her remarks by a series of Jerky un-|Cicest too!” ‘Vivian pointed out a tail | ‘Jim I $ such a d Um going to make a special kiad | 1300 Indian Packing. 14% | 2000 Gillitand Ou . 43% dulations, At every movement the} young man who was walking In a|f Ic: iny help jof omelette for you Shirley, and I'v4 | 1800 Libby MeNeit 28 | 300 Midwest Met +168 160% glittering strings of beads she wore| Xirection facing the taxi. “Tuke a| Shirley hadn't the heart to disillu-/&9t to run out and buy’ ‘the eggs, TH RD 000 Bubmarine Boat oT 9800 Ryan OU, mw 8 jangled together. To Mrs, Arnold's good, square look at him, my dgar—| son ms r. he couldn't even bring an yourself with the old piand 14 bee TESZP AVE PPO A | 000 0 8 Bicam.... Simms Pet 2 ot tke critical eye, Bohemia was writ large] for Dalton is a cenius! herself-to admit that she knew him,| While I’ gone—1 won't. be many EVENING ONLY ————— — — | 2500 Superior Ou : inutes, dear!” and Vivian disap. on the young woman's forehead! Involuntarily Shirley swung around. | For Vivian would ask unanswer “Awful! I must get Shirley away !yor 9 single mpinent her eyes met | destions : . from her!" the former thought. WO fio starttd, fushed and raised|. “What's the matter, Shirley dear?” | “She'll pull herself together best But Shirley hadn't looked so happy |i, hat. Yavien ewunk round on’ the piano- | ° ‘hen moe alone! It would oniy —or so animated—for a long time. r look of eupreme| Stool and caught hor friend's two] make her worse to sympathize!" “Vivian, let me come and see you Pippa Othe Hee eee ererey (hands in her own warm, impaisive| Thus ran Viv after tea! I've got to catch a train | “stared at him haughtily and de-|&T@sP,_ “You've such a queer look on down to Surrey at 7.30, But there's z our face, sometim peared Texas Co wha. White oil Candelaria M , Divide Ext, KI Salvador . eke Molly. os BANKING AND FINANCIAL. Spletololotalalehedelolelaloioiat 4 Watch the stars al t FUNERAL DIRECTORS, ee eel PUNERAL DIRECTORS. n’s reflections whtl¢ 16 hurried along toward the local grocery store. was really se“ : ’ ” x Im front of the stocks lsted in our * orto Dileep 2. [lots of time between now and then, Tehere iat ut tui med: Wepanite ware tals # and miles away! Meantime | Shirley —tett ,tlone—ine « >: ¢ S P Investors’ Bu tt . is . And you de vugh half as much as ¢ feminine solace “4 Against Heaven’s Hand J those Titereated, "| "NY free te OE oi We vat eee __hiorenster “enaned 8 tee ae TRYING HER WIN¢ | veut used to in the old daya eter nee of “a ox Dirids .. i i : age us Mrs. A ba Rade itplay colored She was engaged to David Burk eererenst old an's S bvi~ AY sing, + had a 7 " 3 i By DR. BERTHOLD A. BAER. % uy Good siocke NOW from us % ‘it? ant ™ pao IP a ROU VAG Sorina: ene pecnle eS eae oe Ming | We all have worrie eaid | She didit love him, But the net ba ee Bie, read Ricehe 1 j Bing. -§ * Roper Group oe oe ously, stimulating ney, ene renee pert, bright way of saying|oyasively, “but it doesn't do to dwoli{Usbtencd round ‘her, She wad i " i ls M sl of Ariz sted at youn ( , x ai ost i | evas . dwell a re “Against Heavén’s hand or will I argue not nor F Beratis uvon reaveat, ee Bie Kite oe artes HM pains net rouge ewan thinge—an original point of}on thems a8 woul”ln't be $0 ewtul - bate a jot of heart and hope; but I will bear up and A. Coch | 1700 Tone Divide oot dealt with—here and now!" | |View ner big, bright| Vivian know of the unfortunate affarr | Could forget Jim Dalton! ‘She wanted ser Fight onward,” wrote biiton. Harry A. Gochrame & Go, i ecw iis of att] Oooh, warn ie fourm | And gett tm nor i mi Sik on, a aise ae ere ine, ate ad * Pash “4 000 Vaited Eastern S% ot jortly A, hd stud ey BO egan to 0. ride esides, Vivian's own heart | 2c¢oiplis are different. mat- Peer spe uaRine words age, tees, ™, * 67 Exchange Place, New York | :0% gee Bienes hese Uke @ Uttle bomb 02} nerseie, might be involved. . . . Shirley Shirley couldn't dictate the dom i pi ‘Ss Pa 6 1500 2 Sepig 9 “, you've le! ome r was too fond of Vivian to hurt he hs eart, and steer right onward” when the heart 1 ae a ue HK —_-Rector 3581-1525-4663 Fi tm Gi] __The latter damsel dropped her clea; Pebyin Meike oo clott home, VIVID | Webniney, 1 wish weu'd, rome and 1, Rf only L could wake up and fine - - 2 . 2 Ww e tablecloth, where | ‘ony oO ee G fe vad bee a | are. a eel with grief and the world seems dark and hope is rolling FXII OOO IIIA 2800 Verrinaton : es Ree es carry to burn a little hole.| Vivian nodded and her. dark live with me!" Vivian's oe na nightmare, and tha thoughi Her.lips had falien apart in sheer as-| glowed, She wasn't p: Railroad shares became leaders in| tontshment, and dismay gleamed in| had an air of definite at ne day. , : 7 her. Her motfth might be the stock market to-day. New opti- | her dark eyes. aan Boge Gabe os but she| ,2lee cut into n stion about; ; 2 wish Ay SUES taD SOT nstend of burvin : a shade too aad ak Ourstiie all your down hill on a ball of glass. In the far distance you see a tiny stan warily, the tears still on her ‘Phen pride came to her rescue “Vivian musn't find me in the depths DIED, BAKFR—WILLIAM. Services Camp. | . there but it. was the ball must strike though the road is wide and th ; tel” Woet” one Walked Ip bane i lea e waked i mism regarding these shares was de- one! y curving — corne L Mked Into the ting a Ml BELL FUNERAL CHURCH, Bi mI generous, It's up-curving corners JARRE carn ere | Rec OCHRE hen stone small, you cannot see anything else but calamity... . Re ene, TE a Troawey: | rived from a decision of the Supreme “CAREERS.” denoted a sense of humor. And her| yarn infinitely mene aan Water nig An etasried wees Says Mitton, “Bear up and steer right onward.” VESTA, fervicos canp.]|COUrt Railroad men state that this as Wiidiedeoenwes east aie rg full of magnetism—| Royomian life A tort « and| Washed away the traces of her tear: vs a s STA. Service: AMP. , Sh you—y - | Were rea ts . | ohicke the 1 tat “pher look bette 1 There is only one place in this great city of ours SRAL OHUROH, Fa el| decision means many hundred of mil- | €& Naan abe ona n- Of course. i'm living on my own! oh clens and ft lo “al curate! A nd | guantierer E toUk 5 te now ones where Milton would have found inspiration for his areas ie Mil nbs 06 dolore ta saree Oa ® gaged! [wouldn't pave eg ine ory ne tr T loathe des| it London, dear! ‘Think of the charm-|the dressing (ble, flufting out hel m had he lived to-day: at The Funeral Church, DUFF.--ADRIAN, — Lying In state at! Whole, and that tt will add materially {ing people that you'd n Why, | Suny ale, believed it of you! Why, onty a/ pendence. 1 can't stand being bossed a “4 eo CAMPBELL, FUNERAL CHURC: ny spective 5 : your whole p 0 W | Beauty cer ly Was an a ave way at 66th Street, founded by Mr. Frank E. ce y, 66m patel ta! eels Prospective frelgit rate IM | gouple of years ago don't you remem fp tihng ive es fan teeta mate BE ea roula ceed Tey with | Re a of lite 4 te ene ay, crease, 3 ey, y ainst the laws of| Change ‘oaden, & y, with |g; hess a fi ber how you and T planned our ‘ca- |1¢)) 1 think Ite teen td aushters| Your good looks, why don't you go|,, Sue found some scented powder i, ENRLION, Services GAMP-| ‘Transcontinental shares were most dt is there where thousands find peace and con- DLL, FUNERAL CHURCH, Broadway. | prominent. reers? I as a painter—you as—tet| should hang around their parents'/ On, the stag a shea, ees & tittle of solaiion, | Gein ets Wednesday, 10 42 a oe eee me think—oh, yes, a writer! Oh,| home, outstaying their welcome!” cantly “quietly at mer- went back into the studi¢ Beauty is a solace and a peace; you find it in The Ae—MAY, Services OAMPRELL| the plates ieee Rowena At = Shirley, I'm sp disappointea"— seiner smiled, And Vivian eon-}eurial ttt) eke eee wn at the old plano, strike Funeral Church. The beautiful surroundings give you CHURCH, Broadway, 66th | sity were unable te adr i8- | Mrs, Arnold rose to her feet, She| ‘rhe parental instinet's really | frankly, ‘Then added acai kona ak ok strength; the inspiring service gives you hope. Wednantan, 43 A. Me ves Were unable to hold their morn-| couldn't stand this sort of conversa-| highly over Personally, 1 bee} “And I r make a hit! knock sounded at the studi¢ s . ing gains. Neve that after a girl reaches the ma-| Her th went wit to Tu Sor : dite pene! tion any longer, , un, may [ eome ing strength and Hope help you to “bear up and steer LOST, FOUND ANDR Call funds to-day loaned at 8 per| «'ve quite forgatten an appoint-| ‘Ure age of twenty or thereabouts cille Der and the futility of he known iota ail te right onward. Ecoles 7 ent, and bankers do not anticipate a| " phe ian expected to jingen any longer | Stage TGs certainly | rley's head, Tee ee ee ee Sandey mam | permanent reduction on the rate until | Ment that I have at home, You must|in the family nest! So far she's| no illu to that particular mo Her var ae the, Pipeainnst Farkvgy, antic vi Ene | the reserve position of the New York | excuse me, Shirley.” She nodded pongerned, oo parental ipa Y or} rni living. made no answer, | Gaderer as a | the y | < : at any rate, paternal affection—|_ “It's a thrilling sort of life,” suid} ‘The door was opened slowly ‘4. Dicky 105 ata | ort sescrve Bank is substantially golly to Shirley's new-found friends. | Gwindies, ‘She's expected to get out| Vivian, reluctant to. relinquish her] Jim Dalton stood tereee wewly: and ‘mpro Then; "Don't forget that David willlang try her winge—and, of courwe| jdca. “But, of course, J ite bard, I'll] (Read Te: Morrow’s Exciting Chapter} a a TERETE REE rio rdstirelesen coe nts aca aati snag ih tins - nig