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known that the company did not earn jite dividend during the first quarter of this year, and there is a live prob- Jwbility that the dividend will be |Passod at the forthcoming meeting... Oven, tite, Lam | But with General Motore selling at (5) "yen ah ith ie ( (Complete Stock Exchange (121-4 it is the consensus of opinion Aur Ruwer at 1 i end Curb Qnotations Appear (that the discontinuance of dividends Alle Chalmern 36% * Dally im Wall Street Final | has been discounted es Sask srapas 1% Edition of The Evening World.) Other motor shares refused to be Anan disturbed by the compurative heavi- Am car & F Stock market pears resumed their /MeS* of General Motors und most Aw te Bammering tactics right at the open-| Price changes w upward, Stude- {ml : ing this morning, with most of their) baker was especially firm Athed (ucan attack being concentrated against! Hallroad share ontinue to refuse Am s Mano Mexican Petroleum and Pan-Ameri-|to give hee s to the measures being Am ~ ception of these |Mken by Administration officials, ine 4” y Die cata ancwed Me potter |CUding President Harding, to relieve A shai : ° er lithe rai situation, It is every. Am degree of resistance than was the|where believed in Wall Street that Am Tel & ‘Tel qase.on Wednesday and Thursday | President Harding, in his me neo 10 Aen ‘Tobaces vere ) (the extra session 0: neress, which Am La Mranee. abd most losses were limited to) wil) convene shortiy, grill recommend Am Woo... fractions. Jconstructive ra legislation, but Am Wool There was the usual budget of un-| with railroad trate recording Anaconda » 6 decline, and w ta taken 08 @ “amo Dyr Goode sees remorse, Out in view of ik whole, ‘showing a disposition to com- ‘Aton ty reaction the market has had thi8\yat wage reductions, investors setm Arnem tte ¢ week there is less disposition to ac-|unwilling to purchase raliroad shares Ae. cull a WI Sept these unfavorable predictions |m thelr present unusually low prices Haitwin Loco ~ fun can be definitely ascertained jasmin jor of geriously. The drop in Mexican Pe-|in wnat manner the situation is to be wue"s Gms... troleum to 138, or to within a small | corrected, % Pali & OMo pe. fraction of the low of the year, w: Steel shares were bah tin liy Beth eel B lower, but comparative heaviness Secompanted by the report that recent |aatmed to be due to lack of demand 2 yn Map Tro, developments at the company’s Mex-|ag much as anything else. Coppers bop fean properties have been most un-|were extremely dull and practically ; insite “ @atisfactory, but the management | Unchanged eee! Salt POOL ssexss states that the Mexican properties acting Vaeiie have never looked better than they) Centeal Leather Cea Leather yt Cerro De Vasco do at the present time. | General Motors sold down to with-| Chaerdier Mtotane in one-eighth of a point of the low che & ObW of the year. Directors meet for div- cM & ste fend action next Tuesday. It is) Chie, WL ae Pac | Jones & "As reports (Ht & Cs, 2 eT ‘ "7 continue to a e it is becom- NG Chic & Norttrsent BONING ANG FINANCIAL. Jing increas nt that the chile Caner x ie Industry is ng a strong Col & Southern... comeback. According to latest ad- Col Gas & Ble | vices, some Western gasoline prices Colwnita Gruho JONES & BAKER advanced 1 cent a gallon April Guay, Tab Het. \ Earnings for important companies Coum Cigar Specialists in New York }this year, cording to many pro- ‘Con lnter-Cul Mia | Curb Market Securities |] | ducers are likely to ed earnings | Uominenial Ca in 1920." {oatin Candy, } Booklet Containing the | Comlen Vil \ General Rules of Trading, || | LIBBRTY BONDS psoag Commission Ch | Liberty, 3 1-26, opened 90.96 un 06; Gpicible su etc., on request. |] | 24 4s, 87.06 off .04; 2d 4 1-48 87.16 Cubm Cane suree Call, phone or | : 90.24 up 12; 4th, 87.20; Ube Cane suane uf we | |. 97.56 up 02; 4 3-48, Coen Amer Sugar BROAD STREET OFFICE SUD : 50 Broad Street Openea firm—Int. Pet, 153-4, up Telephone Broad 7150 | 1-8; Intcont, br, 91-2—10; Durant oat ‘ ey Moto ‘andy, Brie tat pf MADISON SQUARE OFFICE || 2)"'))" AY vamos Vise 225 Fifth Avenue Hl xearae Whoa; bet Min a sm p Tel. Madison Square 1377 '] | Mountain Prod, 111 Carib. Javea ese |] | 81-4 tobi 42nd ee EAA patie ICE PORKIGN EXCHANG Ge Amania Telephone Murray Hill 7120 | Demand sterling opened 3.92; cables, Gaston Wi & Wie a en | 2.92 8. off .00 1-4 rench francs, de- ¢ 25] ig rt | mapa, .070 ables, 0701, off .10901- eral Motor pl. | Lira, demand, 0407 1-2; cables, Gen Moior Deb 7 p 0408 1-2, off .0002 1-2 glan franes. «Govdrich |demand, D; enables, — .07: oft at North ip RK ERS |.00001-2. M demand, 9189: “oes, Great Nor Ore SAVINGS BANK 160, up .00001-2 Canadian dollars, Houston 01 ‘s pes ve one demand, .887 nehanged, AUSETION Hupp Motors My Se kr., demand, 0026; cable wo 0000 1-2. Swiss francs, SH 5 86% 27 ables, Inspiration Copper. 305% 20% 90%, cable. Later Harvester Sit; MT BONG 1401, wer Paper eb We abe ter Mer Marine. 11S 18 LD, Invineitde OW ‘island Oi scott (MppeE Keyatone ‘Tire Loew's ine | Lorittara | Man Blerated Parry Mot | Martin Midvale Mo Pavific Met | Mont Ward Malling Body Nat Conduit Nat bey Nevada Comsot.. #N Y Central oi. NY Dock NYNH&U Nor & Went Nor Pacitic Otis Stoel Owens Bottling Pac Develop Corp, Pacitic Gas. Pacific Ont Han-Amer Petroleum Pan-Amer Petrol B. Penn RR Penn Seatoart Steel People’s Gan . Pere Marquette *Philada Company . Wieroe Arrow . Pierce Oi Pittatare Coal oo my OO | Pullman Company.. 194% 106% 106% 106% bow | Panta Alex Sugar, 46 43 48 4 | Pure O11 3% MY, 92% wi | Hay Copper 1% 1% WM 1% 0% | Rowing iM Mn 31% wy 1% | 10% 0% | Ihe | re 10 2 1% Ita Iron & Stent, Royal Dutch NY StL & San Fran,, StL & Southwent So Porto Rico Sugar Southern Pacific | Souther Ry . Stand OF of Nd. 148 | Stand O11 of N J yt 107% Stromben: Studdbaker submarine Bout Superior Stew! ‘Toxas Com vany [Union Rag & Paper | Union | United Drog Vo Retail Storen 8 C1 Moe, S$ Rutiver: S Tuber ist S demeiters. .. US Steel... tah Copper Vanedinm Steel Virwudou | Wem Airbrake | Went ingtouse White Oil Willys Overland Willys Overland Wort Pump Warth Pum pt 8 Worh Mum of *Ex, dividend U i v ! v vu 80, kr, deman¢ ables, .1825. Are —— i Same > ntine pesos, demand, .7610; cables, | $.E.cor. 6th Ave. & 16th St. "ea See dncorperated 1833 New York DIVIDENDS . Commonwealth Edison Com | Deposits made before pany declared the regulnr quarterly | . att ed wil dese toe $2 dividend, payable May 2, to stock NEAR 10S ANGELES ' f record April 1 | terest from Apni rst, 1921 The Lima omotive Works de- | | clared the rey terly 13-4 per | i ent, prefer dividend, payable May | ‘(One dollar opens an account. 1 to stock of record April 15. | ‘ The Winehester Company declared | the regular semi-annual dividend of Ly . 21-2 per cent. on the first preferred and a dividend of 3 per cent. on the! aa —= ——==— *|second preferred, both payable April} BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES _|15, to stock of record April 1 {Confers With R. A. MM nir Gatien tran tenh “he Midw 0., ¢ Are: he ey i “te STOCK BROKER WANTED. lregutarly quarterly dividend of $i a! Former New York City eet omar mecturing confectionery, conetr™ | share, and extra dividend of $1 a] oker to handle stor cod auply. Addi share, both pay record April 15 — oo PUBLIC STILL BLIND eteasing tains nle May 2, to stock of causibie party Dock Commissioner. ange Soeelal to ‘The Evening World HELP WANTED—FEMALE. LOS ANGLES, Calif. April 1 TMPIST and general Aiace w | TO HIGH PRICE TAGS | rivert at, Gary and R.A. C. Smith, err B13,” Aliren HU 48 . aptows, —- former Dock Commissioner, of New —— conferen LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS. | is ‘A RnWARD OF $5,000, i inst Buying Con-| York, have held several regarding shipping. ed much enthusiasm Solid Front Ag tinues, Says Federal Reserve | here | 3 As expre a r ces Mr. Smith | Commissioner Kramer. for \ new shipping line from here to New| and says some communities do not jo questions asked for recur of of informa. Board Report. thom leading 10 Carers | i ae oe art WASHINGTON, April 1,—Busi-| York via the Panama Canal ness showed little indication this| William H. Todd of New York, th of & ting away from the wn-| head of a shipbuilding syndicate, is DRY ENFORCERS FIND NEW YORK A HARD. PUZZLE eS aE C. Smith, Prohibition Commissioner Ad- mits Law Is Being Openly Violated Here. WASHINGTON, April. 1.—That | remarkable progress has been made. in enforcing the Eighteenth Amend- ment and the Volstead act is the | contention advanced by Prohibition He blames some of the States for indifference render essential assistance. | A law shoud be enacted under which the Government will segregate’ all liquor and store it in adequate FRIDAY, One day more, ‘To-morrow is your last chance if you want to win part of the $1,000 given by Edward Hatch jr. for the best assays and poems about the fly written by New York children of ten and under. So hurry, unless you want to be left out. Hundreds and hundreds of con- tributions have come to The Evening World during the past three weeks of the contest and they are increasing in number with each mail as the end draws near. To-morrow midnight the contest closes, and no essay or Poem mailed after that time will be considered by the judges. Dr, Ettinger, the Superintendent of Schools, and Dr, Copeland, the Health Commissioner, are ready to judge the contributions as soon as they are in their hands. But there will be so many piles of mail to open that it will be a week at least before any definie® decision can be reached. As soon as the prize winners are known tributions will be printed in The Eve- ning World, Then all the fortunate kiddies will be invited to come, with one relative or friend each, to the party which Mr. Hateh will give in the assembly hal] of the Merchants’ ing. There will be sandwiches, candy for every guest. the Merchants’ comprises 7,000 New York business Members of party ever. So, if you don’t want to be left out, hurry and write before it is too late. Here are some of the poems and essays submitted for tho contest: See fy! ‘Swat it! on Sor! ‘Ger it Word mater Undertskers ‘All forlorn. No. 59 Morningside Avenue. Now, 10 tet, them Now's the time that ‘They should die: Now's. the time to SWAT TH ISAAC DEVORE, ten years old, No. 456 Elton Street, Brooklyn. Worse than a burglar Who comes in the night He poisons your food In the sun's brightest ligh old, No. 987 Sixth A I knew a little boy about five years oid and his name was Thomas. He enue. APRIL 1, their names and addresses | and possibly some of the best con- | Association in the Woolworth Build- | Seam and. cake, and’ a pound of| Association, which | men, will’ be present to congratulate | the winners, and it will be the best | that contribution | ROBERTA MASSEY, ten yeurs old.| was at his house and he started to rms ‘ue ‘et time ‘To begin, | jeatch files and I said to him, “Thomas, don’t catch flies like that | and play with them. Swat them and | kill them for good.” But then he would not do what I told him and kept handling the dirty flies. That | night at supper he did not h his | FLY | Get tld of the fy, | He is ‘sntenord to die: i He's germ-bomb ladea | To kill you and I |and he did not want to, si | MURIEL A. MORTIMER, ten years | 1921, ‘ONLY ONE DAY MORE TO WIN PRIZE FOR POEM OR ESSAY IN SWAT-THE-FLY CONTEST Hundreds of Contributions Pouring in From, Children—Must Be Sent by To-Morrow | Midnight to Be Considered. | Ser ESE a ahaa | To-Day’s Slogan: , RULES GOVERNING “Swat the Fly Before Disease Swats You.” 1HE “SWAT-THE-FLY” | ESSAY CONTEST The contest began March 16 id will close at midnignt Satu day, April 2. All contributions, to be considered by tne judges, must be mailed before that time. The immediate aim is to invite and induce CHILDREN OF TEN YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER to compose essay of an eight: UR sites ba pe J of the ° ly and suggesting t! meane for the thts destruction. The contest will be limited to the five boroughs of New York City. he prizes donated by Edward Hatch jr, the fly's greatest enemy, will be awarded through the medium of THE EVENING WORLD, and the name dresses and ages of all priz winning contestants will be pub- lished in this paper, Prizes will be awarded to the authors of the contributi which are judged to be the best. The judges will be Dr. Royal $. Copeland, Commi of ith, and Dr. William L. Et- tinger, Superintendent of Schools, SSAYS MUST NOT CON- TAIN MORE THAN 200 WORDS AND VERSES MUST BE OF EIGHT LINES, WITH THE SECOND, FOURTH, SIXTH AND EIGHTH RHYMING. NO OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED, The $1,000 will be divided ax | follows: 4 Prizes of $50 Each. .$200 of Each.. 200 of $10 Each.. 160 =| $5 Each.. 440 000 All contributions shall be ad- dressed to the “SWAT - THE- Nina Wong’ THE EVE- WORLD, NEW YORK and age of the and the signature of juthor, either a parent or teacher attest- ing the fact that the child is not over 10. with them, and, to keep him quiet, his mother let him do it. One day I hands and picked up his bread and cake with the same dirty hands, After supper, when I was going home, I noticed that he looked very different and did not want to play. His mother told him to catch the flies he knew right away that he must be sick. The | next'day he was very sick and the doctor thought he would die. After he recovered and was wel! as ever he took more fun in swatting the flies und killing them than he did in catching them JOHN MORRIS, ten years old, No. always wanted to catch flies and play 182 Essex Street, Brooklyn. OF MILLS APPROVE NEW TARFF BL Those Who Manufacture for Export Look to Benefit Old Schedules. (Special tram a Staff Corrempondent of The Wrening World.) WASHINGTON, April 1 ome of EASTERN OWNERS ratio that the foreign currency has compared with che United States dol- Ue ‘ Answering the query as to whether the depreciation in forcign currency has resulted in decreased duties col- | lected, this reply is made: | “The depreciation of foreign cur- | reney may, in certain instances, de- crease the duties collected, as for illustration: If she exchange value in United States currency is lower upon the date of exportation than at the time of purchase, with no deliveries made at the higher asking price on the date of exportation, in such in- stances the appraised Value at the vered or purchased price, which represents the market value as de- fined, when converted at the ex- change rate prevailing on the date of exportation (certifics lower United States e ion) results in| valent.” | Batt CLS, NOT A PRODIGY SHE, THIS YOUNGEST PH.D. Se eee a Sone, with Dime: tainties of the last year, according | ano(her arrival interested In port fa | warohouses, instead of leaving, it| (he obstacles which the Fordney Tar- 30 a ey amt Many {t© the monthly review of conditions cilities, He came from Seattle, wc- | scattered over the entire country,| iff Bill must overcome in order to] Sam aaet | mite public: to-day by the Pederal| companied by Patria Ry Griftin, | some of it betng Ip OUEsGis ties Way have a chance of enactment into law} Miss Gould at 20 Establishes Record | — =| | places where age onto unlawfu ¢ > " teserve Board. Increased activities | Mayor Hoboken, and has been | Places me are becoming more apparent daily ‘. PERSONALS. |were Hoted tn somo trades, but with| maxing an tompection of harbor fa- (amo is easy, Mr. Kramer says.| Suny manuincturers are making war| ¢ Coluntbia but ts Modest | p ee Baitenay ‘ yr Sa is a large percentage of manufactul | SAMUBL WHINUE WGA |ly was waiting further developments! ‘phe steamship, Katherine Lucken- BPten Meme Breede puarieunnad particularly those who produce] “Don’t call me a prodigy, or people Hormnaison an o before moving toward anything ke bach, has arrived from New York. a “or ug problem,” Comm for export, or who expect to get into} will think I'm a freak,” exclaimed —_— | normal conditions, Federal Reserve| Mra, Sophie Siegel, asserting she) ) Oot Fegards it chiefly as a fad| the caport trade when conditions | twenty. year-old Esther Lee Gould at| 4 DIED jagents reported. | was threatened with death unless she ' . again bec normal—who are con- | *Wents e | z seb ins linarried him, has asked a divorce here ang believe He a ge As soo nat | tending inat the time is inopportune |Columbla yesterday. Miss Gould is the | CROWLEY.—On March tegarding trades showing a health.) 'M\r iear ve bi |. It is admitted by Mr. Kramer that] (& =. ari m “a d e | JOHN President of sHoluding: adtameblion texe| Ge eeu Siegel, whom she 8498} iquor continues to be plentiful tr for a revision of the tarift u ward, raungeat 8 Radicals: (oF the testes on Transportation Compan cluding autome she married in New York Dec. 1.) New York, although the prices have | . : i ty ark 0 Ren is , renee Punen vice at CAMPH | tiles and footwear, the board hesitated | 1919, and then immediately deserted. | become exorbitant. He thinks there Beare a: pigtail tl tablished a new record for brilliance 21 LORS atu n sa ney had experienced more | A decree was denied pic selling now th p- | Protection, : ersity ova llgrrigertenes raph Li apyina Wey: Wad exnerianeed m9) Vinsinie Vallucwne iavhere on ner |(hene: Maen Aantt pean Mere: | tarife wall will benefit their business, | @t the University. . as ly omit flower than temporary advances heyinoun, the bride. of George Lain-|{p New York is cited as the reason | @nd this opposition #8 being reflected! Miss Gould will receive the degree, | CCC eason, Whether ch Uvities | son, New York business man, Will/ for failure to better enforce the law | in the attitude of many eastern Re-| with its full rights of putting Ph. D FUNERAL DIRECTORS. HS Ain) eee pte oy eee ured | Svan begin work in pictures, She will] there. publicans who were formerly protec- /after her mame and being known | t — vival, Of DuMIneas,- the pobrd Seon red | niay opposite: Bert bytell | A recently published statement de-| tonists, The pressure for tariff! re-| henceforth us Dr. Gould, after one | me enue es ath Aare 1 DE aon Eric Snowden, former stage man-/clared there were 398 saloons openly vision We a i, | year of work instead of the usual a tion, the bowrd's op: | oer for Sir Herbert B, Tree, bas | operating in New York City. Senator | ness interests, a 3 three or four. She is specializing in servers ted t the buyers’ | * , : tomn ‘oner| case, a8 business has been so poor aren 2 . , \l@igned here to play in pictures. | sent this to Commissioner has languages and is proficient in Latin, | Any Hoar, Day or Night iG) felt Spat Maas munmien, all HW Ghatbert and Mrs. Cham , inquiring if 1t constituted an| in most lines in recent months that) Grou irench, Italian, German and | | | ae carer showed an ulmost solld fre |burs of Pelham Manor are at Hotel | accurate outline of the existing situa-| the average business man has not) so, nigh, MU corde FUNERAL CHUACLE: ductions in wholesale pr cone A Xandria, Other New Yorkers there |tion, Mr, Kramer replied at length, | thought of the tariff ag the indicated | ™™ prodigy!” she said. “The idea } HERAL CHURCH” Ine. Unued during March, and) on this) (0 Gharies A. Eagles, William Ros- | He frankly agrees that in New York| panacea. I'm not a prodigy—infant or ott | (sicm-tectarian) basis the board declared that posts| iis AG. Muaney, He L Bue nd | and other large centres of population || The way in which the importing iD-| wise, Any one who is willing to| ' 1970 Broadway at 66th St. | War readjustment had not been com-{ viol, valentine. ‘liquor is sold “more or less openly,” | terests are cc ‘0 the front in op | work consistently and efficiently can} | Devuiews 4 ted, but declined to hazard n guess, Viola Valentine, | New York | although not on the large scale pre- |position to the American valuation} 2)" college and be graduated at an| t w long price t continue! tne guest at luncheon here of| ailing before Prohibition. bill and the anti-dumping measure | £2.10 Oye 1 In retall stores the drop I Mes. Dana King, at the Los Angeles| Mf Kramer said: “The most diffi- popraved by, PRORabe Harting ie See t beer 1s rapid as in w al . mae 2 os . bt H it yb) y State ever un- | te! serio J i : pane) Tae ot Ny Athletic: Club gull problem that any State ever un- | tends genous, obpoe ence. “unne im: | PROTEST TO U. S. IS DRAWN. | ; Notice to Advertisers | ivine is bien stony A dinner dance was given at Anna | Tor overage purposes.” and that the | porters contend that the scheme to te x A > Seen eee te Rit) problem was greater for the Federal [arrive at SOLE Nadine OD Caper: fe | Britain to Forwars Nets on Am lay advertising type cop | Sherman Hoyt for Miss Dorothy Col I 4 1a "basis of American wholesale sell- dice “the week day SM vernment than for the State, Many ° Co ci ; tienda, We reonted STOPS FAKE STOCK SALES. jor New York. — i ; Government (ian for (he eite Many ling price. a impracticable; that it| cam lo Contract in China Soon preceding “publication,” ean be iu only pe oly carepreaar Cate Mrs. Charles Sprague, of New York. tion he said, when they opposed it| Will bring about great confusion and) yonpon, April 1.—The British fen cthicn US py containing ‘engravings “tix | | StS Pe nd ak) Was the guest of honor at a dinner | ang’ there was no public sentiment for {delay shipments indefinitely, andi a ve nont's note regarding the| Set ties Word taal be eine hel fxg {the Attorney General power and ma-{here at the Wilshire Country Club) io tere was no pablle a will bring about a mass of litigution. ; Display advertising tro copy for tm Supple. | chinery to prosecute er Jgiven by Mr. and Mrs, William! te and that this affected courts and | “ime Merchants’ Association of New |Marconi Company's allegation that ment Sections of |The World mux be| moters of fraudulent st s| Jerome Toomey Lair” a hie. Re York, which is opposing the change |-he American Wireless Compay's Frovived by 4 yeaterds -|" Mrs. Franklin M. Sisson - and| F example” Mr Kramer said. in’ pass of valualon, has filed with thon and release waki of EF County 1 athe ae eee cont heaktmes wae “in New York City there is not much |). Yfouse Waye and Means Com. |S8anghai contract is a violation of ’ tal believes fraud in | other, Mins Wray pon here from Now sentiment in favor of Prohibition, and, | ieee a letter trom the office of the |the British conoern’s rights will be Aine Tabdaeigg fk san | or nes Ene ° ioe oe eae hes, tenes, what is more vitel, the sentiment | oi raisers of merchandise of the cus-|sent to Washington within a few lay Main Sheet cops. tre cony which har he apply imam | ps 0 ie ‘M 'there is either against iaw opedience | win ¥ te mn reoely ay. and 7 Meu ' rv inne a ri rn s service at New York, replying | days. Gravins’ core whith has ack. been rented Io. th without | to the Supreme | Irving Hollingsworth was the hostess. and law enforcement or, to say the | tO™s sere a Prepared by the | It has been some weeks since the «i LAR SA oo Peer eee ee eee eee eed raaek ID the | mands were refused by Germany. | Morchants’ Association, In. response | American note on the same subject | i facertion orders Mae AOE ah Mean StlON OF | Women's Clty Colt Pournament whan Those close to M. Viviani were em-|iq the question as to whether the eceived here, and during that} * an weer ot rele | start procerding for niations ¢f the | on, _ Hy te . vate € pe a Nee prate ln Gisciaimion Ay sta bY | Drice of imported articles, appraised the Fe reign Offwe has been di &. 3 viminal lay a bt ney im aoe o h' ‘or mate vid to Mranee, stal-lon the basis of foreign currency val- ly working th . S007 oF ordery teicend ines Under roposed dill, exploitation 5 : - ihe | 28. Ty the Ch yes, nae REDE bee Wh Uve G The M: ‘ i Balas ee ne asses or emer | Of fake oll and other stocks of Springer, after shattering the | tension by thelsion in the value of that currency, |its patent rights and Chinese wir my fly-by- corporations, the ra- ( 3 ude reoord In bavis United States in what was represented | the folowing answer is given: less concessions have been infringaA rs > THE W D Hong of puke shone nad talne ad- |tempt ston USE well Rive is | be be 8 arate. international situation} + “ally » the price of by the contract granted the Amerioay ORL tools Dyed. a y 0 confront dO. impo: articles hae increased in the firm. LF TE A A A: NRE “ 0 hte eee ceeneeencenenenntsneniiiibinsnt ots tonrenenenenen nl = “ | terrupted | imposing f SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. a Fimofy Vinneli, whose early indiscretions caused much comment. bas just returned from abroed. iy teh tn Colin Campbell ae his estate Vinell morta Cainybel's belzothed, Nesta Keats ke ya ig vocially abivious Aime “Carwight Kent. Campbell proves of Pinnetl, Campbell ts called or ‘that | Mis"cctn, ‘who ts supped to have been netted at Mle engagement. Jano intimaies ~~ Lis A a i ing Ao im favorably. “Tie ‘becomes ndateated wiih ther id when Pinnell returns to the estate, rv al care le her, fact which Campbell quickly ha wig od Neate plans to let Colin know that she Which read, “she lores me. Neate seen ‘klin Tater, but belleves, because his care about her message. His cold words cats ts taken (0 ker home by Pinnell. CHAPTER VY. (Continued. HE turned apologetically to Pinmell. She put both her soft, young hands on this arm and gazed up imploringly. “You have proved your friendship, Emory. I can’t tell you the trouble now, but I could not have borne it without your kindness. Please know that I do thank you, And now, if you don’t mind’—she smiled tremu- lously—“will you leave me?” His lips were tight shut. His eyes blazed with the desire to injure Campbell—the cause, he knew, of Neata’s vexation of spirit, her sick- ening of soul, reflected in her pained expression, which she tried so pa- thetically to change to cheer. “There is nothing you could ask of me that would be anything but pleasure, Nesta, deur,” he returned. "I know you are tired. I will go now, but, please, let me see you tos morrow.” “You may call Neata absently. When he had gone she started toward the stairs. Her nerves re- sisted the bonds she had imposed She wanted to be alone. If she could fortify herself with a hot bath . . Neata as a child had believed a hot bath the panacea for ail ills and now, me then,” replied | in the greatest trouble of her life, the thought of her blue and white bath- room was soul-satisfying, though short-lived. Shocked surprise and a premonition of evil were written large on the pretty, vacuous countenance of Neata's mother as she came from the living room and spied her daughter. “What on earth has happened, my dear? Are you ill? Why did you come home—and alone?” The ques- tions were uttered rapidly in the querulous tone always adopted by Mrs. Kent when some event occurred unexpectedly or if things went not to her liking, She had the unhappy |faculty of always being the injured party “Your aunt is here. Come. , You can explain to both of us at the same time.” Neata reluctantly followed _ her mother into the presence of “Aunt ‘Tres, self-appointed authority on all things social and matrimonial, Having startled New York in her youth by eloping with the second son ‘fa beggared British earl and divore- ing him when she tired of paying his kambling debts, later marrying a coal baron of Wales, who conveniently died soon after, Teresa Ribesdale, Mrs. Kent's domineering sister, re- turned to New York as dictator to the set to which Neata’s ancestry gave her entrance She now sat rigidly in the high- baeked uncomfortable chair, peering questioningly through her gem- | studded lorgnette. “You are quite pale, Neata,” she announced sagely. "Your looks w be gone if you are not careful. Then, she added with an elophantine at- tempt to be witty, shaking her fat finger at her niece, “you will lose Colin to some prettier maid and you can pine away your days alone.” ‘This was as good an opening as any, thought Neata, No benefit could be achieved by postponing her disclosure. She braced herself for the gusty fit of expostulation and recrimination which ghe expected to greet her an- nouncement. She had not lived nine- teen years without gaining an un- comfortable knowledge of the man- ner in which her mother and aunt would likely meet all crises, Following her aunt's quip, she blurted forth, seemingly without feeling, Dut behind her she had clinched her small fists: “Colin's love is lost already. W have decided to part ‘Th will be no wedding.” The silence which followe by her aunt's astonis exclamation and her mother’s burst of tears. Both left Neata curiou unmoved. She remembered that every happening of any consequence, from the sale of the Maharajah's searay when funds were more scarce usual to the death her father, had been met in exactly the same ‘fashion, One could, in time, tire of protesis and tears, “Aunt Tres” gathered all her stately dignit r tremendous height. ure. You are a little fool,” said d was in about her She rose t Hers was a he dis- ‘The maid tells her have come sooner or ater and, while you do not enjoy the experience, tt will not hurt you to have your eyep opened a bit. Married life is not @ love song.” “That may be true, but Td fike the singing at least until I am married auntie.” “Don't be too particulas= there text a girl in the city who sold not de thrilled at the prospect of marrying Colin Campbell. His cousin will be extremely happy should the engage- ment be broken,” she added crypti- cally. She did not notice Neata's winoa She walked over and put her arm about the girl's shoulder. “T have lived long and seen much, dear,” she said kindly. “I have your good at heart. Marriage, in most cases, is an endurance test. Seldom is it more than commonplace. | It makes not so much difference wrt man you marry as what kind of man he is. If a man is good to you-if he is attentive and generous—you can learn to love him.” Neata was horrified at her aunt’e method of reasoning. Could she de right, and was her own thought that life would be worthless without the love of the man whom she adored an exaggeration of youth? Would she learn to look on the episode un- troubled? Would the pain of remem- brance be discounted? “Go change your frock and rest a while,” her mother persuaded. You are excited. Perhaps you will change your mind when you have thought things over calmly.” She motioned to Mrs. Ribesdale, who understood her sister's plea to say nothing more on the subject for the, present. CHAPTER VI. passed, filled with sun. shine—days which marked @ strange change in Neata She was determined to show nothing of what she felt. She had lost nothing of her sweet- ness and charm. Her low voice had an added fulness, as though with- holding secrets. Her eyes had deep- ened with the duskiness of mountain pools at eventide, when low-hanging branches kiss the purling waters. If her friends saw only the smile on her full, fresh lips and failed to see that the laughter did not find its way to her beautiful eyes, it was because she played well her part. She went everywhere. The city was jagain donning its festive apparel From mountain and seashore, vaca- tionists were returning, eager for en- tertainment which only Gotham af- fords. The shops, which had been rather dull, seemed galvanized. Crowds once more gathered about the wonderful displays of delectable gar- ments shown in the windows of the Fifth Avenue shops. The contagion of good-fellowship and curiosity which seemingly permeates the very air breathed by New Yorkers swept through the admirers of the wares ex- hibited and, at times, it was difficult to gain passage through the beauty- loving gazers. It was a crisp, bright, in morning when ata “The Avenue’ happiest street in the world,” she had named it to Nerself long ago. She was trying to | Prove a belief she had once expressed that no ill was 60 great that a walk down Fifth Avenue on a sunshiny day would not ease the ache of it. She reached 42d Street just as the bell in the signal tower rang. Traf- |fic on the avenue stopped to allow |that on the cross street to move | Neata was slightly annoyed at the She thought it was silly to delay, force people to wait at that corner for a given signal to move when, at 43d Street they were allowed to dart through traffic as they willed, barely escaping with their lives at times but, nevertheless, saving their precious half minutes. What was the good of “educating” the populace at one cor- ner if they forgot their teachings be- fore they reached the next? Then she smiled as she gazed on the eight policemen, standing stolidly 1n front of the masses of people held motionless at the four corners, await- ing the sounding of the bell. "The of: ficers were so conscious of their im- portance The dell tinkled; the lights changed color; the policamen lowered thelr arms, which they had been holding outstretched, like wooden jackanapes, and Neata, with the crowd, moved on “Please, miss, for the love o' God!” ata, startled, stopped at the Ronined expresston, She had pached the lower ond of the Library, Before her was a beggar, A dirty, grease-spotted hat shaded his fore: read. His was seamed and aal- fow and unshaved. His nond clothing hung loosely about nee frame. His body rested heavily on two arutohes, One leg was shrivelled His thin hand extended supplicat: ingly from between the supports of his crutol dainfully. “You know not w you | his erutoh Paty Because of some ridiculou Siig Mtly ashamed of tho feeling of childish idea, you would ruin your] © pulsion| which swept over her, mother’ sand mi Your en- | Neots opened her beaded bag and, ga s the greatest conquest eit from it a $5 bill, slipped it of the on, [ will not w you] ‘dy into the outstretched palm, to throw away your el D She was warmed by pis “Bless you. “There is nothing you can do. miss Movi on slowly, thinking change matters, Aunt,” Neata rep with pity the helpless derelict who arly, “I have taken an irrevoc oun de for food on the merey sep. Ce does not wish to/of the uchtless passersby, she marry me—he practically jected corner and turned to ». Surely you would not humiliate ain at the disabled wreck me further.” man. A policeman was demand “You must be mistaken, Neata omething of the beggar won. 9 just some imaginary affront,” | ¢ what was the trouble, and re- coaxed her mother. [traced } A knot of onlookers No, you are wrong. We have qua was gathering, officer was ask reled, My decision is fini You may} the cripple if he had a license. as well ustom yourselves to the » Was indignant. Must one ha idea. Iw do my best to forget the | * nse to show to the world t ~ineident ne is cursed by poverty? The police- Neata recoiled at the dishonesty o{™M#n was demanding the beggar's the word, Incident the affair was to| ame und address, Colin, but it was soul-gripping to her,| A. freckle-f lad of fifteen or enslaving her sensibilities, making of her mind a plaything. How she wished she could forget him cast bin out of her thoughts and heart “Readjust your differen child,” Mrs. Ribesdale advised can casily patch up the affair 1 am cert wement « il] be much distressed, ft news of your dis be spread among the gossips. “You cannot expect to drift along serenely through life. This is oné of the unpleasant discords which would thereabont pnshed Nis way through the crowd, He stared into the crip- ple's face and, reachims over, rudely pushed the man's hat off his face tygite, Whit!” he exclaimed, | ‘Ther urning to the policeman, he decla furl he declared y, Chief, this man ain't no beg- wa He lives near me in Broo! yn and hes got plenty o' jack. He owns big house ‘n'everything,” (Read To-Morrow's Interesting Ine ® etalment) A a!