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• A > • . ^ , - ,•* ^S^-WPT. -? f"^l! *t »& v*w**p K^r * »*s ,^rw * 1, w ^ * _ -- ^ _ i *i_L^l.;!L..--'J*. '*_ • ^ »"• •>%.• t----:--;lK ',;• - ' *» »j. *.y V.r:" • " ' J ' I ?" 4* v' »i 4 - ' 1 Thursday , Peb. 8,1934 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALEE Page Sevta Our ashingtm Letter --By-- ffstfcms! Editorial Association /Washington, Feb. 7--Storm clouds •re gathering over the National Recovery Administration portending a ljighly dang-crcus tug-of-war between djnploycfrs and labor unions. The Warning signals have been raised at the Capitol and throughout the country. President Roosevelt is fully cogid zai# of the deluge of bitter controversy which may follow the administration's endorsement of proposals dltpres of the-Federal government, has been at work since early in December. In the Senate the Banking Committee has a dualt!job of handling monetary legislation, such as the gold bill, bank deposits, etc., and probing the mismanagement of stock markets and financial institutions. The special committee investigating air mail contracts is 'Wishing up the dirt" or scandals regarding airline mail carriers. The other committees are disposing routine business at this time and postponing action on highly controversial measures. The Confess is not taking kindly to the tendency of the administration gradually encroaching on the legislative powers. At the, time the xPresident asked for a sweeping transfer of authority inherently legislative the legislators consented because of the emergency prevailing last spring and early summer. . This surrender was WHY= froni General Johnson to reduce the, , , , toaxirmim hours of work now imposed comparable to the boyhood game M approved codes or in Blue Eagle ^henem a newcomer borrowed the Omenta. The pressure for a stan- marbles" wxth a. •promise to return. 3Sd week of tMr* hours ^ t With trade unions. Employers havetaken the position that they would rather close their factories at once With the possibility of some salvage in preference to awaiting the mevit* able" visit of the sheriff to seal their doors in bankruptcy proceedings; ; : The capital-labor issue will be gripped of all camouflage at the forthcoming meeting of code authorities and trade association executives about March 1. General Johnson intended to issue the invitations for February 14, but finally decided to postpone the call for this momentous <>9Bsembly. The summons to Washington is ostensibly t'o discuss code de- •ftelopments. In reality, statistics will be produced by N. R. A., which-at present is dominated by organized labor influences, to show that the 40- : hour week has not been effective in drastically curtailing unemployment. The employers will endeavor to show that any work-week of less than 40 hours would completely paralyze industrial recovery for it would impose heavy costs on the employer and employee alike. It is predicted men and 'women now gainfully employed, as a result of the codes, receiving wages In excess of pre-depression levels will not take kindly^--«^£Overriment-imposed system-^quiring thenfTo~share their jobs with less ambitious neighbors and itinerate workers content With anything that will give them a few dollars spending money; but not wanting a steady job. On the outcome of these conferences will depend America's industrial future. If the labor unions fail to whipsaw the employers at this staged conclave it is their hope to play another ace--pushing a 30-hour week bill through Congress, leaving employers no loophole. Ordinarily Congress wastes preciou^ • time dilly-dallying on partisan mat- - tera. Checking their performances over a period of five weeks shows that the legislators have been unusually ililigent in handling the people's business. The major committees are turning out vital legislative measures in a sincere effort to clear the decks. The spouse Ways "and Means Committee, which is charged with originating important revenue legislation, is in session several times during the week. The House Appropriations Commit fact that the President is showing no sngns of relinquishing his extra powers but on the contrary is asking Congress to give the administrative branch of the government more authority.^. ' "'V • Jusifc as the value of anote is dteteri mined by the ehdbHeirs so are political candidates known and their future judged by the prominence of their supporters. The action of Postmaster General Farley and California Democratic Congressmen in figuratively slapping Senator Johnson on the back is creating a distinct stir in political circles and provoking no end of vexation. This political accolad? is a reward for the Califomian's whole-hearted support for the Roosevelt candidacy during "the critical days of the 1932 presidential campaign. West coast 'folks say it was more anti-Hoover than pro-Roosevelt motives. In addition, Senator Johii son has collected heavily on patronage which would be denied had he been a 100 per cent Republican instead of a "Progressive" Republican. The action of the Democratic chieftains m supporting Johnson ror re-election arouses speculation as to the treatmetit that will be accorded other Progressive Republicans in the Senate, wht> will be candidates against Democratic nominees this fall. This lift includes Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin, Senator Cutting of New Mexico, Senator Frazier of North Dakota, and Senator Shipstead, the Farmer-Laborite, of Minnesota. The state leadefk, anxious to elect Democrats to the Senate to succeed these Progressive Republicans, may not be willing to have the Johnson reward established as a precedent for their states. There Is Danger in Eating the Undercooked Eggs Are eggs dangerous? Out of fifty-five reports of food poisoning which were received last year by the ministry of health, says London Answers Magazine, it has been revealed that eight were due to eggs. These eight cases Involved twenty persons, of whom three died. The poisoning was caused by the presence In thjefc eggs of dangerous bacteria. Then a ministry of agriculture expert has declared that the poultry Industry is riddled through and through with disease. "There is hardly a poultry farmer who has not some" form of contagious 'disease on his farm*" he states. But it is the poultry industry, and not the consumer, which suffers from this state, of affairs, and' precautions are taken to see that the purity, of the egg supply Is safeguarded. The poisoning cases have been traced to cheap foreign eggs. • ' As a matter of-fhot, as far ascbac-; terial infection Is concerned, the connection between ^disease in the poultry ami danger in the eggs israther a carious one. Ducks' eggs are responsible for three-quarters of the cases of poisoning, and !t has bfcen proved that . hpparent ly, healthy ducks can lajj liir fected eggs. But it ts possible yourself to take precautions which will eliminate any risk Of this particular trouble. In all last year's cases of food poisoning from eggs, it was found that the eggs had been insufficiently cooked. The same thing has been noticed in other years, and it has been established that, dangerous as the^e micro-organisms are, they can be destroyed by heat. Uni. R. O.T. C, Ranks High* Trains 2,686 ' ' 1 1 ' ;.$• 0. of X Lives tJp to Letter, Spirit of Laws on Military Training. . For Older Womeii tee, controlling the enormous expen- Algiers in Two Parts Afglers, the capital of the French Province of Algeria, was from the Fourteenth1 century to the Nineteenth the headquarters of the Barbary pirates, who were the terror of the seas until 1830. They exacted toll" from ships of all nations, not only cargo and gold, but human brfngs. These pirates a*« credited with having captured 3,000 ships and (500,000 Christians. The city is composed of two parts--French Algiers, as gay and modern as Paris Itself, and the contrasting Arab quarter with its tall, windowt'ess houses and narrow, congested streets. Guard Against Too Strenuous Reducing Why but Few Women Can Have Chinchilla Coats Not eight women in America achieve a chinchilla coat per annum. Furriers date events from the year they sold their last chinchilla wrap. It's the darndest animal, notes a writer in Collier's Weekly, this deli- .cately furred rodent whose tiny hide has sold as high as $400 (it Sometimes takes 1G0 skins to make a coat) for not only is it so exclusive as to live only in Bolivia, Peru and Chile, but even then it must live «,t an altitude of from 7,000 to 12,000 feet to be the real thing. If it lives below 7,000 feet ^t instantly becomes mere chinchillona, and if it is so witless as to enjoy a climate of 5,000 feet or less, it gets itself-'called bad names by the fur trade--"bastard' chinchilla," to be exact. Perhaps you. think yon might worry along with sable. Even so, you'd have to be a couple of movie stars, for in the whole country only twenty to thirty sable coats are sold a year.' Even if you aspire only to Hudson Baysable (American marten) you'd be among the one hundred women a year who can indulge this little whim. .Why They Lived in Caves Explaining why the early Colon!*!* lived in caves, a writer says: "In Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and possibly other states, some reverted to an ancient form of she] ter. They became cave dwellers. Caves were dug in the side of a hill and lived in until the settlers could have time to chop down and cut lip trees for jog houses. Cornelius Van Tienhoven. Secretary of the province of New Netherlands, gives 'a description of these cave dwellings and says that the wealthy and principal men in New Engsons: First, not to waste time building and second, not to discourage poor laboring people." The author definitely gays that in Pennsylvania the custom of. living in caves persisted for half a century. . Designated by General Pershing a* the best of them all, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the University of Illinois this year ^numbers 2,G8G men. J ^ Being a "land gran** Institution, the University is not only living up to the letter of the law that gave the University. Its original Impetus,•.but*16 the spirit of the law as well. In charge of this student brigade -as Instructors are twenty-oqe regular «rmy officers and 30 enlisted men. The •military equipment supplied by the .government for the training of these riien represents an outlay of about $2,000,000.. Thks does not Include tlie armory that was. bu^lt and is owned by the University., . • \*VVv:-' The grant tb the State of Illinois was made in 1862 "for the endowment, support, and maintenance pf at least one, college whose, leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and Including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as relate to agriculture and the mechanical arts * • * in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life." (The Morrill Land Grant Act). Later the state legislature, in Its which created the University of Illi nois, made military training a required subject for male student .j University Kept Its Promlsa. . The language of the Morrill bill Is explicit. The University of Illinois being founded five years after the grant was made to the state, . started out. with the Intention of adhering to the letter of the law. As a result it Is receiving from the statfe interest at th"6 rate of 5 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, on about J649.000. In return for this sum of money, It Is compulsory for every male student of the university under the ase of twenty-two years ta register • In c'otirses. of military training and to pursue this prescribed Vor}^ for two5 yearft. This training Includes both drill and theory-. The. purpose of the training Is not to maVe soldiers, but to Inculcate the ideas of discipline and team' work into a mass of young men at the time of their lives when they are just starting to take their places among men of the world. The students who elect to continue the military training for the last two years of their University course, do become soldiers, capable of commanding others In time of stress. The biggest gain, however, to these student officers Is the ability gained by their university training to leadmen In any walk of life. This leadership, learned while In command of student companies' and troops of th» university, often gives these young men an advantage in their later commercial or professional life. While no definite figures are available. It is a known tact that more of the men who were cadet officers during their university careers are executives In business today than those who did not carry oh this part bf their university work. So Important does the government consider this type of training to the building of strong self disciplined young men. that a vast limount of government material has been concentrated- at the university for the training of students. There are 146 horses, 12 French' "75s and two 155 millimeter camion, besides rtfles, pistols, machine guns, one pounders and Stokes Mortars In sufficient quantity to give the students a thorough idea of their o'p- "eratjon.^ ~-_ Advance Course Optional, In the auxiliary branches Fuch as Engineering, .. Signal, Medical' ftfvd. Quartermaster Corps, the equipment If Just as complete »o that the equipment assembled on the t'niversity of Illinois campus is practically sufficient to equip a peace time brigade. Jn. addition to the officer personnel mentioned, BLOCtJM'S LAKE Sunday at the home of Mr. and W». Wm. Foss. .The woman will rejoin' in 1 lie 'tailored Biiuplicliy of this »nyy and white printed crepe with its. detachable bib of white pi<iue. . Seek Spring of Water, Find Deluge of Snake* . Manhattan, Kan.--Walter Rockwell and Henry Attens had no doubt about It <vhen they saw snakes while digging out a spring near hear. About two feet under the ground they' stuck their spades Into a hole. And snakes began squirming Jn every direction. Rockwell and Attens don't ow how many snakes were In the but by the time the battle wjys ove^ thirty <ef the reptiles had been kllletl and numerous others had e s c a p e d . » The snakes were of the bull, gar- «n nnrt wnter vnHetle*., , :t 1. j dlrec u\\-r[ 1,olp> Russell Nordmeyer and Earl Nordmeyer attended the automobile show in Chicago last Friday. Harry Matthews attended a directors meeting of the Lake county-farm bureau at Grayslake Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren attended the movies at McHenry last FViday evening. Little Donald Geary returned home Saturday after spending about -three weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Shaffer at McHenry. Miss Beatrice Nordmeyer of near Waucoivla spent Sunday at the home of'her parents here. Elmer Es.pin.tr spent a few days last week in Chicago. Mrs. H. J. SRaffer of McHenry spent "last Saturday afternoon at the home of relatives here; ^ Mrs. Harry Matthews arid Mr. and Mrs. Willai'd Darrell weie cjallers at Crj'stal I^ake last Thursday., - Rev. Fr&nk Taylor of • Wauconda was a Caller in this, conwttunity last week." :•i" '••'. • Earl Converse was a business visitor at Ciystal Ekke last Friday. . Mr.v ami Sfijp^iHarvey Bailey of- Hillsdale, spent a few days last week with relatives at Forest Paik and at the; Darrell and Matthews homes :,*t Oak Glen Farm and at the home, of Mr. and Mrs Wm. Darrell at Wellsmere Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse and daughter, Frances, spent last Saturday evening at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Davis. • Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Foss and daug-h ter, Vivian, of Libertyville were sup per and evening guests last'Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Foes. Mr. and Mk. Lee Larab^e and son, Carroll, of ^Bristol, Wis,, were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E- Brooks. % Mr. and Mrs. Men-ill Foss and two daughters of near W'oodMtock spent Callers Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks were Mr and . Mrs. Henry Green and children" of • Wauconda and Mrs. Ella Parks, Hugh Parks and daughter, Jacqueline, of Park Ridge. - H. L. Brooks wad a business caller , at Libertyville last Friday. Mr., and Mrs. Harry Matthews, and sons, Robert and Lyle, and Mr- and Mrs. Elmer Esping called on Mr. and Mrs. Earl Matthews at Bensenville and Mrr'and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews * at Forest Park Sunday. Mrs. Henry Nordmeyer and son. Elmer, spent Sunday at the homa of Mr. and Mrs. Fre<] Nordmeyer. , Mr. arid Mrs. John Blomgren spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Anderson at Cary/ Mr. and Mrs. Lee Larabee and son,, Carroll of Bristol, Wis -, ciilled on Sif* and Mrs. H. L. Brooks and Mr. and . .Mrs.; Wilbuj* Cook Sunday, ' ' • ' * R£y Dowell was a' business caltev. ' at Lake Zurich" last Tuesday. • • Mr: ami "Mrs, Wnij Hams of M?- Henry1'-. spent Frjday at the home uf ," her parents. Mr. and M^>. Ray Dowel! Ray and Joe Do^yell were business callers jit Ahtioch .Monday.: , , ." - • Miss ,Dolores D6well spent the ^reek r eri^i at the honte of Mr. aq4^Mrs. JSU-ihert Harris at McHenry. • Mr, and Mis. Ray Dowell and daugh ter, Dolores/ spent Friday fiwening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis. Mr. Davw is ill at this writing. The Gurkha# •• Gurkhas are of splendid phjrrical tievelopnient. are very courageous, faithful and selt-reliant, and are noted for their skilled marksmanship." They are among the best hUl-fighters in the world. Besides being phenomenal riflemen* they are noted for their use of tAeir national weapon, the kikrl, a heavy knife which is, used for every conceiyable purpose, including decapitation..- •:; * Belt; Furncse charu^ng ttKO-Kadio I'utureg pluyci pose* in this r one-piece white rubber bathing suit. THE recent death of Renee Adoree which was attributed to a too stret.dous reducing schedule, has helped to focus ttentlon on this danger. A warning on this health hazard is greatly needed for, although manr people do not have enough will power even to to a sane reducing plan, there are also man; of the opposite type who have too much will power or at least wrongly directed ones. These are the ooea who starve themgelves, take too violent exercise, or use other unsafe reductioi methods --eventually losing, weight--and health along with it No reducing diet should contain less thkn 1400 calories per day. But it is not sutticient siiupiy to take a calorie chart and figure a diet that will add np right In tie 1400 calorie diel the protective foods--fresh milk, fruits ( vegetables and eggs--should have a . large part because only by using these foods regularly can you protect yourself against deficiencies In the diet which are particularly likely to occur •when you are cjutting down on food. Fresh milk Is especially useful for the individual who is reducing because though It Is not high is calories it Is. conveniently, the food highest in food va tie. FurtfTr, you will-get double value from jjur protective food reducing '• 'jiSi' ' 1- diet because while it's helping to take off pounds, it's also helping you add to your beauty. Try This Menu From a 8cr#t*i Star's Diet • A 1400-calorie diet that supplies the essential vitamins, mineral and pro-, teins to maintain good health usually results in a safe reduction of M pound per day. Breakfast--435 Calorie* ft grapefruit .... 10d i poached egg on toast.......,,,.126 Coffee 1 teaspoon sugar for coffee........ 83 Milk for coffee..*..50 1 glass milk..-. ....*...185 Luncheon--335 Calorics. ~ -Clear consomme ................. 25 Chopped vegetable salad with French dressing 100 1 thin slice bread with 1 teaspoon butter 75 1 glass milk...../.......... Dinner--499 Calories. :'f , 1 lamb chop .....100 % cup creamed potatoes*.......... 100 6 stalks asparagus................ 25 l teaspoon butter for vegetables... S3 % cup fruit cup... ...100 1 glass milk 130 Between Meals or at Bedtime. 1 glass milk 135 HI. II.., ,, V,.1,1^11,ill ....'IIM III- , I U J. Ilpullipl , Earmarking of gold Is merely mark Ing it for Identification purposes. The gold may be In the form of coins bin more often Is in bullion ingots, says Pathfinder Magazine. S\ipi$>se, for In Stance, that the Bank of Enclnnd hail incurred a credit balance In the United States owing to selling more goods than it purchased. As long a* we were on the gold standard,' the inoney had to be paid in gold it it was demanded. But it costs money to ship _®old, so the Bank of England, wishing to have the Ownership of the gold, but anticipating that it might have to be paid back, earmarks it and leaves ii In an American bank instead of having It shipped to England. , Why So. Few- Steel Engravera Our paper'ir.uiey is all printed from steel engraved plates. Since steel en ^gravings are now little used except 4n printing money, most of the steel en /gravers in this country work for the bureau of engraving and printing in ^Vnshington and for one private agency engaged in the manufacture of monej for other nations. ; ' . Why Diploma l« "Sheepjkitt" The use of the terra "sheepskin" fo» • parchment is found as early as 1340. Its use, referring to a graduation diploma, is regarded as United States slang. In 1843 R. Carlton wrote In New Purchase: "This apostle of ourn never rubbed his back ag'in a college nor toted about no sheepskins." Why Boll Weevil Wa* Honored When a monument was erected by the people of Enterprise, Ala., to the boll weevil i* marked the appreciation of the citizens because they had been forced to diversify their crops. Pea nuts, particularly, bad brought them prosperity. Dull boys hold back the whole class; and dull men bold bsck the whole world. ' ' . ••' ' Tour ears have to get used to new slang before your tongue can speak It offhand. Middle-aged often get a double chin. Never mind, as they crew oMer it will become stringy.' Astrology may sound foolish, But It is thrlllingly Interesting--just like the alchemists' plans for making gold. detailed for dut.y here. Ttx'y nssisi the instruction and care for the government property. While the first two years o? this military training la compulsory,- the final two yeairs training, during which tifne the students of the advanced courses receive their real training aa fso£di«rfe. is etricUy optional. In order to be able to continue the training these advanced students must be proficient In the rudiments of military science and tactics and show promise of being future officer material In the Officers Reserve Corps of t-he Army. Upon graduation from the University and upon satisfactorily qualifying thernselves In military training they are commissioned 8econd Lieutenants in the . Officers Reserve Corps of the branch of service in which they received their university military training, and also as brevet captains In the Illinois National Guard. UNI. COURSES OFFERED Instruction is available at the tTnlversity of Illinois in most every field of human endeavor. In all, more than 2,000 different courses are ofTered during the school year in the various cur^ ricula. The colleges and schools making op the University are: In Urbana-Champaign. Graduate School*(for advanced work). College of Liberal Art* and Sciences- College of Commerce and Business Administration. College of 'Engineering, including courses In Ceramics, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Mining, and Railway. College of Agriculture. ^ ' College of' Education. " ' • College of Law. College of Fine and Applied Arta, Including courses In Art, Architecture, Landscape Architeetnre, Music. Library ' School. School of Journalism. School of Physical Edu< I In Chicago. . Coiles»Vof Medicine. College of Dentistry. College of Pharmacy. Coorult The Fourth Lovely Lady BY THERESE BENSON Cfepyrtrht fcr Tfe* Bobbg-Merrill Company WNyservtoe CHAPTER VIII--Continued --21*-- " "I can't go away!" cried Pam, aghast. "I'd go crazy, not knowing what has happened. And I don't want you to call me at the Manor. There's an extension in my room but anyone can listen In all over the house." Smif pondered on this. If Mrs. Mason were really mixed, np In the affair it was doubly important to keep Pam's morale up, and she could Sympathize with the girl's anxiety. "As a matter of fact, nothing will happen today,'" she said at length. "These people, or one of them, will come here and state their case. This attempt of theirs is outside the law. I think it's called the badger game and is usually put up on a man with an outraged husband coming in opportunely. Anyhow, go now." Somewhat mechanically Smif worked through her appointments, wondering the while why she heard nothing fronr Madame Mabeuse and I'omiuated.^ lawyer, her cohorts. It wtls a relief to her when Buttons at last came 'to announce that "two men and a lady" were In the"outer waiting room and had given him the message that Miss Phelps had sent them. "Tell them that as they,have no appointment, Madame Saitou refully in a hurry and the engaged for atleast two hottrs.--I# they object to waiting, tell them it would be safer to count on three hours; but if they return in two, 1 will see theni'the tirst moment it Is possible." '•- Buttons returned bfeiithleai from his errand. . ' •' "They're gone," he announced. "The ltttle lady made 'em go. Say, she'd awful pretty. Like a kewpie doll, Sort of." When the enemy returned at the end of two hours, Smif decided not to make the men angry by further delay. The two males strode Into the room side by side, the woman following meekly In the rear. - Smif bowed, elaborately formal. "How do you do?" she said politely. "Pray be seated. I am Madame Saitou--and your names?" She took out her notebook and poised her pencil. - "Miss Phelps must have told you about us," one of the men advanced the statement truculently. "Does Miss Phelps know you?" .Smif inquired, allowing surprise to register .through her voice. "I am Mr. Gregory Pulaski, counselor at law," he said. "I represent Mrs. Mabeuse. This Is Mrs. Mabeuse." Smif bowed politely and Mrs. Mabeuse further inclined her .already downcast head. She was exquisite. A tiny, dark-haired, white skinned fairy, whose eyelashes curled their fabulous length upon he* rounded cheeks. Smif allowed her gaze to wander to the males of the party. "And the other gentleman?" she murmured Interrogatively. , "Mr. Henri Mayer." "He is my cousin," Mrs. Mabense laid her fingers lightly, tenderly, on his sleeve, and at the touch and the sound of her soft little voice the man. hitched his chair closer to hera, covering her hand with his own. "He Is her nearest relative, come to support her through this sad misfortune," Mr. Gregory Pulaski explained. Smif raised her eyebrows. "Mrs. Mabeuse ia la trouble?" she asked. "Madame, dp not play with us. Surely Miss Phelps has explained the circumstance* 7$ "Oh, yes," stUd Smif airily with a cynlpal twist of her mouth. "She told me that she had been Insulted in Monsieur Mabeuse's studio yesterday. I assume that is the circumstance you refer to and hope you are conveying his apology. I was just about to write him a note to say that Miss Phelps would take no more lessons from him, but would permit him to retain the advance payment she had made. Perhaps his wife will convey the message and save htm that necessity. "How capM you expect such a thing, Madame, after what was discovered^ .yesterday?" SmHj. presented a bewildered expression to his searching gaze. "I am patlier good at puzzles," she said, "but I need some sort of clue to give me a start. Perhaps If you were to explain--" "The point Is this." said Pulaski. "Miss Phelps asked us to see you, although In my opinion It would have been more fitttng If she; had stand her desire to avoid publicity--" "One moment," Smif Interrupted plaintively, "I still do not know what you are talking about. Miss Phelps told me that some dne had called her up tills morning and she referred them to me as she was bad. She fancied you were collecting for a charity because stie caught a mention of a huge sum of money." "Call it a charity or any other d--n thing you want," Mayer Interrupted brutally. "Miss Phelps had better pay up and pay promptly^ if she wants to avoid a suit. She can't step out of her sporty car and break up my little cousin'# happy home without sweating for it, If llenrl Mayer knows himself." "There are means of communication with Europe," Mr. Pulaski suggested genially. "Miss Phelps could doubtless obtain anything she required." "So far," Smif rejoindti, "you have fuiled To make the necessity clear to me. In fact the idea strikes me as preposterous, if I may say so without offense. Suppose, Mr. Pulaski, you were to be so kind as to explain to me upon what it Is based." Mr. Pulaski cleared his throat and, slipping the fingers of his right hand within his waistcoat, attacked the subject oratoricaliy. "Miss Phelps came to lir. Mabeuse's studio ostensibly to talie Jessons in miniature painting. I say 'ostensibly' advisedly, for Mr. Mabeuse is a strikingly handsome man and the young, lady evinced no talent. "Her teachCr devoted so much time to Miss Phelps' instruction that shortly his other p.upils deserted him," Mr. Pulaski went on with his recital. "The children, used to the run of the house, were of a sudden unwelcome in the studio. When h/s wife entered there, Miss Phelps jSrhd he conversed ostentatiously in French, a language with which they knew Mrs. Mabeuse to be unfamiliar, in order, no doubt, to make hfcr take herself away the sooner. Shortly, however, the young lady devised an even better plan. Pretending that the little Eugene was interested in automobiles (be, a child of five years!) site sent mother and children on long drives, thus insuring privacy for her and her lover." "Pej-mtt me an interruption," said Smif-'coolly. "You are-going too far when you use the word 'lover.' We will consider'that erased and substitute th? word 'teacher.' * "Madame, I dared to say lover* because t can justify It. Warned by ier natural jealousy, Mrs. Mabeuse, accompanied by her faithful cousin and myself, returned prematurely yesterday to the studio inftime to hear her husband's words ofaelation at the reciprocation of his love and to find Miss Phelps, his favored pupil, In his arms." "Pauvrette," murmured Mr. Mayer • onsolingly to the distressed wife us b,e patted the shoulder nearest to him. "And to see that pupil devotedly slapping his face, ' Smif commented dryly. 'Yes, I heard about that. 'The dirty little rat,' she called h1*n to me, yvhleh can hardly be said to be an expression of affection. And that's all you wish tO; tell meT* "Presents," Mrs. Mabeuse prompted. .. • . • "To be sure,". said Mr. Poland briskly. "She showered him with presents. Expensive paints Mid Ivories, a watch--" "lve heard about that watch, too, an objet de luxe bought for her chauffeur's little son,'who now Has its duplicate," Smif Interjected. Mr. Pulaski took up the argument signing to the others for silence. "Deeply as she has loved him, his Wife is prepared to give* him Dp, since he has been weaned away f.dta her and she has nothing to offer, in place of the luxury her rival can lavish on him. But'it Is only fair the rich should pay for what tbejf tHke froBv thc poor for-their amusement. Mr. Malxmse is still a young man. We have capitalized his earnings, and allowed for a reasonable increase as his genius becomes recognized, and we think tw'o hundred thousund dollars is not too much to ask for the loss of his services." Smif rose. "Thank you very much position," she said, addressing Mr. PuiaKki. '.'If you will leave your card with my Buttons I will let you know what conclusion we arrive at,'* "See here," Mayer jumped to his feet and faced her truculently, want a decision on this in a hurry, and there's only one decision that's going to be satisfactory, see? My cousin and her kids have got to eat." "Quite," said Smif, "it is generally accepted as a necessity of existence!. Frankly, I'm not impressed by anything ybu have put forward. Your position in a court of law would be a precarious one, while I know Mr. Phelps well enough to assure yoa that if one word of this--ah--story leaked out he would carry the case through every court possible, with all the .incidental expenses, delays and postponements, before he would consent to the payment of MO penny." „ "And destroy his daughter's reputation in the process.?" Mr, Pulaski hinted. Smif laughed. "You really are • trifle old-fashioned, Mr. Pulaski. I hate to disappoint you, but I'm terribly afraid Miss Phelps would get a great deal of fun out ef such a suit. It Is only the point of vfcrw of the .older generation that I ssi taking into account wben I agree to consider youi* claim, ileauwfeile, hold your tongues!" "I get you," said Ifn Pulaski. "When do you think you'll have news for os?" "Next week--the week sftar/* Smif replied indifferently. "Psi S busy woman. Your case must wait its turn." "That's not my way of doing business," Henri Mayer muttered. "But you've never had the pleasure of doing business with me before, Mr. Mayer," Smif suavely suggested, as she r*o« foe BMttoos to bring their bats and wfcar tfceca out. "Mr. Kesbit*s here," Buttons told her. "Be isl" she esdatmsd Joyfully. "Good by, Mrs. Mabeuse. You'll excuse me. but do let me wish jnm all the luck in the world- la your next venture," she added ss she left tbeia, going through the gsawjs || gretl Stone. cro Ml eoNarufWM*! :Af