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• • •
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• • •
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she*- fast over the midtown belt.
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m a ntom house. The air stunts
are for advertising Ordinarily this
oauld catch all eye*
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the throngs of a orrtain Lone
Easts with hurt wing*.
•Toot Lb dy . . . Wonder what
be* cam* now? What he's think -
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«a use crowd . • .
• • •
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*nd au te and newspaper crowds
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tuia A coupi* of reporters who
hsie been to the New York scene
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to miv pa»*e* from table to table
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■B the street f*si into the sprac-
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Broadway the Bronx. Second Are-
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I The
Once Ooer
Instruction for Making Oat the
Income Tax Return This Tear
I—Income Prom Buaineae or
Profession.
If you owned a business in 1931
have you placed the responsibility
and if so do you intend to sue? If
you practiced a profession give
list of person* from whom you
borrowed money.
Partners Income Schedule— If
you know of any farmer who had
an moome during the past year
do not write the government; phone
or wire at once.
Kind of Business—Describe kind
of business at top of Page I as
"delicatessen." “soup house.'* 'as-
pirin tablet manufacturer" etc. If
In fur. automobile diamond orchid
or theater business enter same
under head of Losses By Storm and
state location of free milk station
at which you are now hanging out.
If you are a stock broker do not
mention It; this is no longer a
business.
Ttaxe? —Dse both sides of paper
in lat.ng taxes paid by you Don't
ahout; we can hear you
II —Deducltions.
Depreciation—Inter on nazes 12
to IS estimate of your depreciation
and slat* whether administration
radio talks have made it worse
Ha\e vou b"en depreciating long
and are you doing anything for It?
Losses—Losses incurred In trade
busines* or profession should be
presented this year In book form
but limited to two volumes neatly
bound. And never mind the old
one about what you lost In South
American bonds Radio common or
the first preferred railroad stock
your uncle left you as depression
proof.
Income From Partnership*—Any-
body who had any Income from a
partnership last year Is requested
to call the White House imme-
diately. It will make a great argu-
ment for the coming campaign.
Ask for Simeon Fess.
Income From Rents—(This must
have been stuck in by mistake;
the government can't really be
that crazy.)
Profits From Sale of Real Estate
Bond* etc—That s a good one.
only I heard It In a different way.
Capita! Net Gains—«Aw quit
talking hke an idiot will ya?
Dividens —6* ate whether you
heard them pass and give an ap-
proximate idea which way they
went.
Other Income—Now we know It's
a hoax
WARNING
Remember folks that the gov-
ernment will give away 100 1932-
model green or yellow roadsters
for the best answers submitted to
this year's income tax questions.
Positively no blanks Simply write
vour name clearly In the upper
left-hand comer and accompany
vour answer with fifty wrappers
from the fltmeon Feaa' cigars.
BANKING SONG
("Money Swamps Banks ”—head-
line i
Da* e* eive* us loans when requested.
Mill* helps us out with a grin:
Tom Dick and W»rry
l B-ine all fhev can carry—
t Mv go»h! How the money rolls In!
• • •
\n elghtv-five foe' crisps* camera
has beci. for Franklin Tn-
Fcwiblv for a group view
of some of ’ho** favori’e sons
around July 1st
A N»*r vor.t thea’er box-office
was robbed th" o’her nirht. This
is juat about the best trick of the
year.
The thieves get $1000 in bills
i from the box-office attendant but
I It's a saf«- bet they were not as
! good as they could have secured
through a speculator.
• • •
What some of those survivors of
IMS need when they get your ear
la b'.mard control.
An enterprising printing house
Is marketing a product which It
thinks should sweep the country.
It Is a “Don’t Disturb” sign for
the backs of parked automobiles.
TODAY TS TTTR
Anniversary
German Drive Begins
On March 21. 1911. the great
German drive began with an at-
tack in great force against British
positions on a 50-mile front from
Arras to La Fere.
Nearly 1.000.000 men were hurled
against the British lines by the
Germans who claimed they had
broken through the British lines
and had advanced to a depth of
more than five miles in places.
British divisions opposing the
drive were clinging stubbornly to
their ground north of Arras but
were forced to fall bark in other
portions of the front.
German losses in killed and
wounded for the first dav of the
great battle were estimated at
more than 50.000.
All available British reserves
were ordered into action as the
gravity of the situation became
apparent.
The objective of the German
drive it was believed was the
separation of the British and
French armies.
-. .
[ Quotations_j
We are witnessing a period of
bigotry and illlberalism which
might have been pardoned in the
bark ages but which passes under*
standing today.
-Dr Cyrus Adler president of the
American Jewish committee.
• • •
Mr Raskob is in a position to
•peak much more accurately of the
amount of money he and his asso-
ciates hare spent slandering and
misrepresenting the president than
he Is on the president's views of
the l*th amendment.
—Patrick J. Hurley sec’y. of war.
• • •
In the crisis confronting the
local government* snd the neces-
sity of restoring public confidence .
m our revenue affairs there is a
challenge and a civic duty which
no one has a right to ignore |
—J. L Jacobs new efficiency ex-
pert for the city of Chicago. j
I Out Our Way.By Williams
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I TEXAS TOPICS
Voters who take their pledge se-
riously cannot make the recent J
ruling of the democratic executive
committee an excuse for raising a
rumpus in precinct county or state
conventions a party official point-
ed out here.
The committee required that
those who take part in the presi-
dential conventions in May shall
take a pledge of supporting party
nominees. Former Sen Thomas
B. Love leader of the bolter move-
ment of 1928 has given warning
that it will stir up party discord
faction disturbance and Insurrec-
tion.
But It is precisely equal to the
pledge they will find on their
ballots when they go into the pri-
mary elections it has been pointed
out.
Anybody willing to cast a ballot
in the primaries can have no ob- >
Jection to the convention pledge
or make it the ground for trying
to drive a wedge in party accord
the official pointed out.
If a voter Is unwilling to sub-
scribe to the pledge on his ballot
then he isn't a democrat and has
no place in the nominating con- j
vetions it was added.
• • •
There may be hurdles In the
road but not a barrier in sight
to keep Cowboy John Gamer from
galloping through to the White
House in the enthusiastic opinion
of A P Barrett. Texas capitalist
and state chairman of the Hoover
anti-hoarding compaign.
“He's sitting in a wonderful po-
sition: and there's nothing in
sight that can keep him from be
Ing elected president in my opin- |
Km” the enthusiastic Texan com-
mented at Austin.
Mr. Barrett has just finished a
whirlwind campaign in which he
visited every section of Texas and
made anti-hoarding speeches ail
in four days' time. He didn't mtfxa
the trip for political reasons; and
he was in a big hurry; but he had
time to hear politics everywhere
he went.
And it was all favorable so far
as Speaker Gamer is concerned.
His information from other states
Mr. Barrett declared all point* to
the fine strategic position in which
Gamer has landed.
• • •
There was just one party com-
mittee meeting in P*>rt worth a
few days ago; but there will be
254 democratic committee sessions
in April. All county committees
adll be called together to prepare
for the precinct conventions May
7 and county conventions May 10
to select delegates to the Houston
state convention May 24.
Daily Health
Talk
One of the large divisions of tha
British Medical Association recently
assembled to pay special attention
to the danger of motoring. Motor-
ing in Britain Is not what it is in
this country. Since cars axe taxed
by horsepower they are not built
to go as fast as they do In this
country.
Furthermore it Is the custom In
England to drive on the wrong side
of the street that is. wrong so far
as we are concerned.
The introduction of new ma-
chines brings new hazards to hu-
man life. The motor car haa
brought hazards so serious that tt
is beginning to be placed among
the leading causes of death In
opening consideration of this sub-
ject. Dr. Zachary Cope said that
most of the minor mischiefs of
motoring were closely related to
medicine and the major mischiefs
to surgery.
without doubt the noise ana vi-
bration of motor cars is not a
healthful factor in human life.
The constant drumming in the
human ear means constant stimuli
to a sensitive organ
Much ..ttentlon has been given
to the possibility of poisoning from
motor exhaust gas both to those in
the car and thaw on the street.
Long exposure to low concentra-
tions of carbon monoxide in motor
exhaust gas produces d'.r/lnesa.
headache lassitude and nausea.
One British doctor has described
the common occurrence in women
of what is called "shopping” head-
ache. which Dr. Cope believes is
probably due to the toxic effects
of carbon monoxide derived from
poluted air which in sultry sum-
mer weather is kept close to the
ground.
All sorts of suggestions have
been developed for getting rid of
the menace of exhaust gas. vary-
ing from a special exhaust pipe
which will release the gas high m
the air to special devices for adft>
quately ventilating cars and buss*'.
In narrow streets bordered by ex-
tremely high buddings the concen-
tration of monoxide gas at the
street level becomes exceedingly
great.
They made Jack Dempeey a
colonel in Kentucky. But most
fighters dont respect their supe-
rior officers.
• • •
Futber proof that the Philippine*
are rapidly becoming civilized is
shown in reports of gang warfare
in Manila.
• • »
Many men say one thing and
mean another but most of the
presidential candidates say one
thing and mean nothing.
BEGIN HERE TOD A T
KI.t.EA IOSNTKR. hcautlfnl
Bl-ycnr-ol<l. lilts In love with
I.1HKY II AH HOW KATE young
■ rust wbi m she inerts at Dream-
land. a dance hall where she
works aa hostess. Larry la rn-
gnged to El I7.ABETH BOW EA.
debutante but pays attentions to
Ellen until bis lanrrt returns
from Europe.
Relieving Larry la loat to her*
Ellen agrees to marry STEVES
BARCLAY. ST years old and
wealthy who baa paid hospital
etpensos (or her brother. MIKE.
Injured In u street arridenf. Ellea
knows suck a marriage will pro-
vide for ker mother. MOLLY RllA-
AITFK. and make It possible for
her sister. MIRA to marry BERT
ARMSTEAD.
Ilarrlay has hern married aad
divorced. Scandal accompanied
his divorce from LED % GRAY-
SOY. dancer aad. tearing this
talk may he revived he and Ellen
agree to keep their marriage
secret aatll they sail for Europe.
Barclay wants to settle a fortune
on Ellen but she persuades him to
wait until after the ceremony.
Ilarrlay'a lawyer. *1 MES. regards
Ellea aa a gold-digger.
In a doable marriage In a small
Connecticut town. Ilarrlay aad
Ellen and Myra and Armstead are
married. Barclay and hl« bride
drlvo to his Long Island home.
Ellen reads la a newspaper that
Lurry's engagement to Ellsnbeth
Bowes Is hrohra.
That night Burrtuy suffers a
fatal heart attack. Doctors nnrsca
aad Symea the lawyer arrive.
Symes tells Ellen papers have
kern alolcn proving Barclay's di-
vorce aid therefore her marriage
la not legal. To avoid scandal
she relinquishes nil claim to the
fortune. Only EERGI A. the but-
ler. knows of hrr presence In the
house that night. Ellea Icaraa
Larry Ifarrowgato la Barclay's
nephew. Ellen goes home com-
mitted to keeplog ker marriage
secret to protect Barclay's honor |
and her own.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XLI
4 WEEK later Ellen called on
Symes. He had telephoned to
eay he had received the license.
The week following Steven's death
had been a cruel test of the girl's
courage. Myra. Molly and Bert
all had helped. Even Mike with
his constant fretful appeals for
amusement bad helped. Life and |
the everyday demands of living
had caught her up and whirled
her onward.
She was a trifle pale that crisp 1
fall day but her blue eyes were
clear and steady and her sweet
mouth could smile. Symes looked
at the girl and saw that she was
changed. There were courage
and bravery In her face now. cour-
age and bravery that were defi-
nitely unmistakably adult.
“You're looking well" he said (
Inadequately and stopped and
said no more for a space.
“It's been a hard pull I know."
be continued abruptly “but
everything’s gone well. You’ve
seen the papers of course?”
"I have” she said.
Much had been printed about
Steven’s death and about Steven’s
will. A sharp legal battle was
anticipated between his sister!
Mrs. Elliot Barclay Harrowgate.
and Leda Grayson Barclay whose
divorce bad been so recently set
aside. No news of Ellen had ap-
peared—no suggestion that an-
other woman had been with Ste-
ven when he died. Headlines
chronicled the death at St. Aga-
tha's Hospital. Headlines an-
nounced that Leda Grayson Bar-
clay the widow had arrived too
late speeding by plane from Mex-
ico.
‘‘I wanted to go to the funeral*’
Ellen announced forlornly as
Symes palled up a chair for her.
"That would have been the
sheerest folly.” he pointed out.
quite his legal business-like self
again. “You’ve been so sensible
about everything else I’m sur-
prised to hear you say that.”
Ellen forced a valiant apolo-
getic smile. He looked away with
the consideration she had found
so unexpected then looked back
again. She was composed now.
Her hands were steady and her
eyes were dry.
'I’m sensible about that -too—
now" ahe said quietly.
"I’ve wanted to tell you and j
here’s my chance” Symes began
in awkward haste. "If there’a
anything you need I'll be glad to
be of assistance.”
• * *
T'HE square Rossiter cliln lifted.
"There's nothing at all." El-
len said quickly. "I've always
made my own way and I still can.
I've been a parasite long enough^
Monday I’m going back to work.”
"Not on Monday!"
"Yes—Monday.”
She chocked herself to add.
"Don’t be alarmed. I wouldn’t
dream of returning to the store.1
Lorene came to see me and said
she’d try to get my place back for
me. but I couldn’t do that. There’d
be too much gossip and specula-
tion—and besides my brother-in-
law works there. 1 wouldn't want
to chance anything coming up that
might hurt him."
"Nothing will come up" Symes
replied a little nneasily. He rose
walked silently to the end of the
room and back. He bent over his
desk before he spoke again.
"Well here It is."
He fumbled in a drawer pro-
duced a document and tossed it to
Ellen. The paper opened outward
beneath her fingers. She was
looking at the license which an-
nounced on Sept. 3 the marriage
of Steven Barclay to Ellen Rossi-
ter. witnessed by Myra Armstean
and Molly Rossiter. signed byj
Rev. Mr. Cyrus Southey. Ellen J
read the words with fascinated
fearful eyes. Suddenly she tore
the document once across.
“Stop that.” S y m e s called
sharply.
"I'm going to tear It up.” the
girl said.
“You must do no such thing!
You might need it terribly some
time. If the fact that you were
alone with Steven the night he
died ever comes out can't you see
how valuable a marriage license
might be to prove your own—in-
nocence?”
“I’d never nse it!” Ellen de-
clared passionately. “I couldn't!”
• • •
CYMES did not respond. There
was a long silence. He sat
down again his eyes avoiding
her eves.
“What are you keeping back?”
she asked in a clear even tone.
“You've heard nothing of Fer-
gus. have you?” he questioned de-
liberately.
“What made you ask that?”
“N'othing especially” he an-
swered. troubled by the steadiness
of her glance. “I just wondered
because It happens that your pre-
sentiment concerning Fergus was
correct. He's a rogue—or so I
believe.”
Ellen's frightened eyes did not
waver.
“It appearsSymes continued
clearing his throat “that It was
Fergus who stole the papers prov-
ing Steven's divorce and turned
them over to Leda Grayson. Fer-
gus was the only person who bad
access to the safe.”
The lawyer spread out his
hands.
Of course we'll never prove
it. However. I've come to the con-
clusion that Fergus is dangerous.”
"What could he do?” the girl
whispered.
She looked again at the mar-
riage license in her hands.
"If you're going to worry.” j
Symes responded. "I'll be sorry
I mentioned him. I only did It
because I thought you should be
warned.
"In the unlikely event he la
able to locate you. In the unlikely
event he does turn up. Just Ignore
anything he says or. better still
refer him to me. I’ll settle him
quick enough. Blackmail’s ac-
tionable!”
Symes continued to regard her.
"Don't you see now why you
should keep the license for your
own protection?”
She said nothing at all.
“You have the advantage ot be-
ing poor.” Symes suggested more
confidently. "A real advantage
in many ways. Fergus’ only In-
terest in you would be getting
money. When be learns you
haven't any he'll leave you alone.”
• • •
T7LLEN looked around the or-
dered desk whipped a match j
from a holder struck it and ap-
plied the glowing end to her mar-
riage license. Symes made no i
more. She held the burning pa-
per until the flame came too near
her Ungers. Then she walked to
the half open window released
the paper and watched the tiny
flame drift downward 20 stories
toward the street.
“That's so I won't be tempted
to use It" she said turning
around again.
“If there was any nobility in
my running away with you that
morning which I'm beginning to
doubt.” she explained slowly “it
was in trying to prevent people from
imagining that Steven thought so
little of my honor and his own
that he would contract a shabby
fraudulent marriage. That mar-
riage license—I suppose I might
have used it to prove I waa inno-
cent but it would have been used
at his expense."
“Aren't you afraid." Symes
asked gravely “that the day may
come when you’ll wish you hadn't
been so reckless?”
“Terribly afraid. That’s why I
burned it."
“I can’t understand your view-
point."
“I don’t entirely understand ft
myself." said Ellen thoughtfully
as she sat down again. “I Imag-
ine I’m rather like an ostrich—so
determined that part of my life is
over that I’ve come almost to be-
lieve It never happened. From
the day after Steven’s death when
I took off my wedding ring I've
almost believed be and I never
went to a little town In Connecti-
cut and were married. I remem-
ber him as he was in the store
not as my husband.
At tne same time she per-
sisted. "I know I don't want any
life-lines like that marriage li-
cense. If the thing ever comes
out—if anything ever happens—
I’ll juat have to let people thi-k
what they will think. It will be
my punishment.”
"Punishment for what?"
"For marrying Steven when 1
didn't really love him.” she un-
swered somberly. "You knew
that all the time. I think.”
”1 did know.”
After a pause Symes asked.
“But my dear child don’t you
ever hope to marry?”
"I certainly do.” she answered
honestly. Then quite aimply she
told him of Larry Harrowgate.
The lawyer lookel at her com-
passionately and did not apeak.
"It’a a terrible mfcx-up. isn’t
it ” she concluded.
"It Is a mix-up.” he agreed.
"I don't suppose I’ll ever see
him again so there’s no use worry-
ing." Ellen said resolutely.
"You’ll see him again—I’m
sure of It”
Ellen treasured those words.
IUoglcally she tried to believe the
same thing. Aloud she put tba
question that had so often sound-
ed in her heart.
"If I do meet Larry again do
you think I can ever make him—•
understand?”
(To Be Con tin eesl)
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