.1. Eannat Setia.1 Miction
MAIDEN EEECRT
By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
ONE NIGHT'
? UMRL HOPXIK* ADAMS WWJ SOW**
CHAPTER X?Continued
?16?
Moby looked troubled. "I don't
get it. I don't get either of you.
He says he's always known you."
"So he has," returned Marne.
"Far be it from me to gum your
game, baby," said Moby. "I guess
I've been shoo tin' off my face too
much."
"I don't know what you've said,
but you might as well finish it. Tell
him, Moby."
The Dickstein jaw wobbled. "The
whole thing?"
"The whole thing. It you don't, I
will. He's a strong, experienced
man of the world. He can stand it."
"O-kay, baby. If you want it that
way, you get it that way. This gal,"
he informed the wondering Mr.
Morse, "is strictly synthetic. I
made her up, myself. Out of the
society columns and the Blue Book.
Built to specifications. To match
the boss' notion of what a debu
tante?"
"Day-bun-tay," corrected Marne.
"Forget it! Of what a swell young
society girl ought to be. She picked
the name; I give her credit for that.
But it was me that fixed up the
family to fit."
Liggy appealed to Marne. "What
is he braying about?"
Marne winked shamelessly. "The
Van Strattens. Moby's been play
ing their supposed glories on me
like a spotlight."
"The society Van Strattens," that
gentleman amplified. "The kid
hadn't even heard -of old Mrs. Mar
cia Van Stratten, who's a headliner
if there ever was one."
Lines of bewilderment corrugated
Mr. Morse's candid brow. "What
the devil is all this?" he barked,
shifting his suspicious gaze from
Moby's ingenuous countenance to
Marne's subdued grin.
"No, sir. Wouldn't have known
whether the old dame was a fe
male mountain climber or an op
eratic star till I dug her out of the
files."
"Did you tell him that?" Liggy
demanded of the girl.
"Anyway, ^ow would she know?"
pursued Moby charitably. "She be
in' from the sticks somewhere where
they don't prob'ly get the New York
papers."
"Did you tell him that, Marne?"
insisted Mr. Morse.
"I'm tellin' you," continued Mo
by, intent upon his theme. "I hand
ed out old Madam Van Stratten
neatly done up in blue ribbon. 'She's
your grandmother,' " says I to the
kid.
A stuttering repetition of the word
"Grandmother" was jolted forth
from Liggy's numb amazement
"That's what I said: 'Grandmoth
er. 9w's your grandmother,' like
that. Tor the purposes of this pic
ture,' I says. 'No, she ain't,' says
the kid."
Liggy said: "Of course she isn't"
"You're tellin' me! So I says:
'All right; we'll make her your
aunt.' "
"She is her aunt"
"Huh? Whassat?"
"She is my aunt," confirmed the
girl.
Moby's eyes bulged out "Wh-wb
who's whose wh-wh-what?" he stut
tered.
"What's the matter with your
brain?" demanded Liggy. "Can't
you understand plain English? Mrs.
Van Stratten is Miss Van Stratten's
aunt. A-UiN-T, aunt Anything
strange about that?"
"She told me," began Moby in a
faded voice, "that she didn't?"
"I never told you anything ex
cept that Aunt Marcia isn't my
grandmother."
"Aunt Marcia! Oh, my sufferin'
tripes," moaned the stricken re
searcher. "And Scoopy Van Strat
ten, the pole player. You certainly
let on you didn't know him. Was
that square?I ask you."
"Well, you see, Moby?"
"And him your cousin all the
time. Or maybe your uncle."
"I hope not," said Marne cheer
fully. "His real name is Stratsky,
I believe. He's a social inventor,
too." ?
"Migawdl What m I (oin to leu
the Big Boss now?"
"You've already told him all he
wants to know, haven't you?"
"And more. I gave him the origi
nal Van Stratten build-up. Then I
get soused and told him it was all
the bunk."
The girl's eyes opened wide. She
began to laugh. "You told him I
was a fake?"
"That's it. And here you are, the
straight goods," lamented the un
happy schemer. "How'm I goin' to
break that to him?"
"Don't," advised Marne, dim
pling. "Life'11 be simpler if he
doesn't know. Maybe he'll let me
alone now."
"What's this about letting you
alone?" queried Liggy, frowning.
"Where does this Big Boss person
figure in your life?"
"If it comes to that," snapped
Moby Dickstein, "I don't just figure
where you figure."
"Than I'll tell you. Miss Van
Stratten is going to marry me,
?Aren'tyon, Marne?"
"I hate to disappoint you, Liggy,
dear, but I'm afraid not."
"Miss Van Stratten," specified
Moby, making a valiant effort to
ward recovery, "is goin' to marry
A. Leon Snydacker, President of
Purity Pictures, Inc. You ought to
read the papers. Big Boy," he add
ed patronizingly. "They ran my sto
ry on the buddin' romance al| over
the place."
"Budding pig's-foot," said Mr.
Morse with emotion. "There's noth
ing to that. Is there, sweetie?"
"I'm not going to marry any
body," stated the girl.
"Then I might as well be going,"
surmised Liggy dolefully.
"Same here. Give me a lift as
far as the village?" asked Moby.
"Get in."
"Just a second," requested
Marne. "Nothing about this at
home, you understand, Liggy." He
nodded. "And, Moby, it would be
just as well not to spill anything
more about me to?to the others.
It'd only stir up more complica
tions."
"O-kay, baby," agreed Moby from
'the depths of a shattered spirit.
Self-sufficient though Miss Gloria
Glamour was in life's ordinary prob
"Blackmail, mayhem, and arson,
probably."
"I'll bring the paper to you and
you can read it first."
"Nothing and leas than nothing
doing! Now, you list and give heed
to your Uncle Marty, kid. Don't
put your John Hancock to any
thing that lawyer-man hands you,
unless you have a lawyer-man of
your own to o-kay it."
"You're trying to gum my play,"
she objected almost tearfully.
"Promise?"
"What a sap I was to tell you
about it!"
"What a bigger sap you'd be to
go to jail. Promise?"
She looked up at him from under
her shining lashes, an effect which
had helped her win more than one
contest.
"Why should you care whether I
go to jail or not?"
"Pass it until later. When I'm
surer of the answer. Promise,
Gloria?"
With unexpected meekness she
said: "I guess I'll have to."
He promptly kissed her. "You're
right, you have to. Now what about
Marne?"
"We don't have to say anything
about it to her, do we?" she plead
ed.
That "we" did something to his
"I'm not going to marry anybody," the repeated angrily.
lems, she felt the need of moral sup
port in her enterprise against the
purse of A. Leon Snydacker. Con
cerning the righteousness of her
plan she suffered no qualms. But
she was uncertain about Lawyer
Gormine. Victory, as she reviewed
it, had been too easy to be con
vincing. She craved, an accomplice;
anyway, a confidante.
Marne was out of the question It
would be just like that queer kid to
get sore and block the whole game.
After the deal was completed Gloria
intended, of course, to confess her
unauthorized use of the other's per
sonality and square it by handing
over a fair cut of the proceeds.
.Meantime, the less Marne knew, the
better for all concerned. Moby Dick
stein? No; Moby was too unreliable.
As for Kelsey Hare, he wouldn't do
at alL Anyone who would take ad
vantage, as he had, of a friend was
not to be trusted. There remained
Martin Holmes. Well, why not?
Martin listened to her recital with
astonished amusement. At its close
he thought for a long moment, then
said:
"Tut-tut."
"Tut, yourself. What's the idea?"
"It won't do, my child."
"Why won't it do? What's the mat
ter with it?" ?
"Only naughty little girls black
mail."
"What d'you mean, blackmail?"
she protested. "Didn't he put over
those leaky contracts on us?"
"I expect he did."
"Then haven't I got a right to get
even?"
"I expect you have."
"That's all I'm trying to do."
"By false pretenses. That's dan
gerous."
"It isn't false pretenses. I never
said I was Marion Van Stratten.
Gormine said that. I'm not com
pelled to wise him up to his own
mistakes, am I?"
"But you're going to get the
money as Marion Norman Van
Stratten."
"I sure am. And give you and
Marne your share of it."
He put his hand over hers.
"You're a good kid, Gloria. I'd hate
to see you go to jail."
"Jail, my eye. They can't put
me in jail for trying."
"They can for trying too hard.
Didn't Gormine ask you to sign a
paper?"
?Yeg M
"Don't do it"
"I don't get the money until I
??
"You'll get indicted if you do."
"How do I know until I've seen
Mr. Gormine's little paper?"
moral stamina, so that his tone was
regrettably lacking in firmness as
he replied:
"Well, I don't know. You're cer
tainly given her (air, young name a
couple of black eyes."
"Only to the lawyer. And he won't
pass it on. He's sewed up, because
he doesn't want A. Leon to know
he's been butting in."
"Yes; that's true. Monday, Gor
mine's coming back, you say? I'll
take a couple of days to think the
thing over."
The result of his cogitation was a
note which he drafted' and re
drafted before he finally presented
it in typed form, for her approval.
Gloria did not approve. Far from
it. She wanted her fire thousand
dollars. She wanted the five thou
sand for Marne. She wanted the
other five thousand for Martin. She
wanted to get even with Lawyer
Gormine. She emitted what, from a
less alluring source, might have
been designated as a squawk.
"I never said I wouldn't hold out
for the money. I only said I wouldn't
sign his old paper without consult
ing a lawyer. I'm going to get me
a lawyer."
"I'm a good enough lawyer for
you," he retorted inexorably.
"There's the dotted line."
Gloria protested. She implored.
She stormed. She wept He had
only one reply. ,<
"Jail." v
"I'd go to Jail for fifteen grand."
"For how long?"
"I don't know. A year."
"This'd be ten. Maybe more."
"Sweet cheeee'n crackers!" said
the girl, shaken.
"Even for a patient guy like me,
ten years would be a long wait" he
pointed out.
"Wait for what?" asked Gloria,
wide-eyed.
"For you to come out" he ex
plained with one of his rare and ex
pressive grins.
"Oh!" said Gloria. "Well! In that
case ? Lemme see that paper
again."
It ended in her signing the agree
ment expressly abandoning any
claim of whatsoever kind upon A.
Leon Snydacker, his heirs or as
signs. (Martin had put that in to
give it a legal flavor.) But she in
sisted upon typing her signature.
"No forgery for me," announced
the suddenly cautious Miss Glam
our. "You see, I've got a special
yen now to stay out of Jail," she
explained sweetly.
"That ought to be a relief to Gor
mine's soul," opined the young man,
addressing the missive to the lower
Broadway number given him by
Gloria.
It was not. Instead it roused dark
forebodings in the mind of its re
cipient. What kid of game was this,
anyway? Was she holding off for
more money? And what did that
typed signature mean? This, above
all else, struck his legalistic and
suspicious mind unfavorably.
Prompt action was indicated. He
decided to go back over the ground
and sniff about for what he might
pick up. This time he took a night
train.
On the morning of his arrival. Kel
sey Hare had gone to towfc to do
some shopping. Feeling no special
inclination to return to an atmos
phere conspicuously lacking in cam
araderie, he procured a supply of
newspapers and magazines and sat
in the lobby of the Park House,
moodily reading them. He was in
terrupted by the approach of an
austere and thin-lipped stranger in
black.
"I am informed that you are tram
Maiden Effort Headquarters."
"Who Informed you?"
"The young man behind the desk.
He further stated that you are Mr.
Templeton Sayles. May I take that
as correct?"
"If you like."
"Thank you." The black-clad ooe
sat down and drew his chair to a
confidential proximity, scrutinizing
the young man with analytical in
tentness. "Mr. Sayles," he pro
nounced. "you have the appearance
of being a gentleman."
"Don't Jump to rash conclusions
"I shall assume that you are."
Aa he seemed to be waiting for a
response, Kelsey said: "No argu
ment."
This proved satisfactory to the
other, who proceeded: "Mr. Sayles.
I am Marbury Gormine. a lawyer
of 120 Broadway, New York City.
Note the address, if you Pj?oe
"Got it," said Kelsey. "Though I
don't expect to need it."
"A difficult and delicate m lesion
brings me here." ...
"Hmphi Anything to do with
me?"
"I hope so."
"I hope not." . _
"The fact that it may be financial
ly advantageous to you will possibly
alter your attitude."
As en appeal to cupidity this
would have got nowhere. As an ap
peal to curiosity it was more ef
fective. ^ ved)
Three-Fourths of Orchestra Director's
Work Is Done at the Regular Rehearsals
The conductor as an outstanding
figure is a comparatively modern in
novation. In the palmy days of clas
sical music, and in the opera house
until well-nigh the middle of last
century, his duties were undertaken
by the first violin. I suppose that
the art of conducting, as we know
it, may be said to have started with
Mendelssohn; but its development,
like almost everything else connect
ed with music, has been exceedingly
rapid, writes Francis Toye in the
Illustrated London News.
The public, despite their enthusi
asm, really know very little about
conducting. They generally fail to
realize, to begin with, that at least
three-quarters of a conductor's work
is done at rehearsal. What be does
in actual performance matters, of
course; but, provided that the foun
dations of his interpretation have
been well and truly laid at rehears
al, it matters comparatively little.
For this reason, the actual style of
a conductor is of small importance.
It may be restrained, it may be
exuberant; the result can be Judged
only by the listener who is ready to
I shut his eyes and forget about the
conductor and the orchestra alto
gether.
Needless to say, there is ? tech
nique at conducting as there is a
technique of everything else a
clear beat, for instance; independ
ent and intelligent use of the left
hand. Some of the most successful
conductors get, so to say, beyond
this technique; some, for foar at
rigidity, even make a definite point
of avoiding the strict time beat.
Such methods postulate, of course,
not only a first class orchestra, but
an orchestra familiar with the con
ductor's methods; tried on a strange
body of players, however talented,
they may lead to great confusion.
So it cannot be said that there is
any general rule universally binding
as to the methods that conductors
should or should not employ. The
ultimate test, as always with the
arts, is the result.
iiftMN Marriages
Moat Japanese are married ac
cording to the rites of Shinto, the
religion at ancestor worship. Japa
nese women usually are, like their
menfolk, followers of Buddhism.
??i^ROVED'
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sunday i
chool Lesson
? WHtatn W Vnkm.
Leaaon for June 4
PAUL PLEADS HIS OWN CASH
LESSON TEXT?Acts ?:??-*:?; ff:M>
IS* J6 W-23
GOLDEN TSTf-I kiw bred tn all food
conscience before God until thla day.?
Acta 0:1.
"They ear- What do they aayT
Let them aayl" So read# the in
scription over a doorway of one of
the great schools at England. What
does it mean? It bespeaks the con
fidence of a life lived so nobly that
the barbs flung out by wicked mid
slanderous tongues may be faced
without fear, in fact, ignored.
The best defense against the at
tacks of men is the testimony of a
good life. Paul had lived suchi a
life, and consequently when the
hour came for him to speak in his
own defense, he needed but to point
to the record. It is significant that
his enemies did not deny the facts.
They could only cry out, throw off
their garments and throw Austin
the air while they shouted. Away
with such a fellow from the earth!
(Acts 22:22-24). They did, indeed,
manufacture accusation. Mamst
him, but even the heathen officials
knew enough to throw these out at
court. The impotent rage shown
by wicked men when they run up
against the consistent testimony of
a true Christian life is one of the 1
strongest of testimonies to the gen
uineness of faith.
At first glance the portions aa
signed for our lesson seem some
what unrelated though taken from
the same general narrative. A utile .
study reveals a surprising unity.
I. A Matter efCanvtetlsu (21:40? j
22:4).
Many men and women have no
real convictions. They areRepub
licans or Democrats because their
fathers were, and often they have
not the remotest idea of <what d.all
means. They are members of ? <?- ,
tain denomination because
were brought up in it, end ha vehtUe
knowledge of its teschmgssndno
definite convictions relative to them. |
Paul was a Christian because of j
strong personal convictions of the j
deepest kind. He wssrearedms
tradition which made him a bitter
persecutor of the followers of <*net,
and it was a personal
of the regenerating grace ofCodn
Jesus Christ which made hnn into
the bond slave of the Ctoe he had
persecuted. We need more of that
kind of know-so and sny-ao type os
faith. Joining a church as one
might Join a social club meana notb
ing-but following Christ in full and
free devotion is everything.
IL A Matter W Authority <24:14
l#Just as Paul's life was buffi on
faith which was inward, based on
personal convictions, it was also a
faith that waa Godwaid, based on
the authority of His Word. The
Jews might call it heresy, but Paul
stood on "ell things which ere wnt
ten" (v. 14); he had a "hope toward
?&J5r.SiAFi?S
Those who ridicule Christianity
would lave it that faith - rea^
credulity. They aay ws'
things which we do net know to be
Si while hoping that they may
somehow prove to be so. A nto
who reads thaea t,hSr^Tto
town newspaper
ask me ifTwaa tool enough tobto
lis,, the things I
that we, even as did Psul, have ?ne
strongest of an Jorr^r
faith. the Word of God
Men act in faith on the word of their
fellow men?their very
aU bound up in
whom they harder know. J1**
lieve them, but they win pot believe
God. I suggested to my correspond
ent that be read I Corinthians 1:12
2S and 2:14.
Christian faith calls for a personal
belief, but that belief is not in any ;
word of man, but in the Word of
God, which abideth forever.
m. A Matter af WHsiii (M:l?
?).
Inward, God ward, and now out
ward in witness?these are the three
relationships of Paul's food Ufa. He
could plead in his own dsfSnsa the
record of his life, for he had not
selfishly cherished a fellowship erfth
God which had lighted and wanned
his own soul and then left his fellow
man to sit in the chilling darkness
at sin. Hs wis obedient to the
heavenly vision (v. it), end
preached repentance, faith, and
(nod works to both Jew and Gentile
(v. *?, continuing to do so with
God's help even In the face at severe
persecution.
Some people are fast so food that
they are "food Mr nothing." Such
men do not redact the fooitneee of
God. Every attribute at God is an
active one. He is lows and He does
love. He not only Is fsod. but He
does food. His children should be
like Him. They ilk not saved only
that they may escape hell and enjoy
the peace at God. They are saved
to serve in the winning of others to
Christ. Let us covet such a food
life as that which Paul lived. Our
bewildered age needs the sanctify
ing and stabilizing influence at such
lives I
i
What to Eat and Why 9
C. Houston Goudiss Offers Practical Advice 1
Regarding First Meal of the "Day} Some
Breakfast-Time Wisdom for Homemakers ,
Br C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
IF THERE is one meal that can be regarded as more Impor
tant than any other, that meal is breakfast It comes after
the longest fast and precedes a major portion of the day's
work. Thirteen hoars elapse between ad: 30 supper and a 7:3t
breakfast, and the body engine requires a new supply of fuel
before the daily activities are begun. Tet all too frequently
this first meal is inadequate in food values, and is gobbled in
naste . . . witb consequences*
that may have a far-reaching
effect upon health.
Mca who act forth after a
meager breakfast are Beked be
lore a* toy's work
is started. TWj
?ever Mem to get
toto high year sad
gy to pertora the*
tasks eflctosdly.
tod thcBiehrs ta
Ucucd aad irriUMe
before toe Bans
tog's work to cato
ptotod say be sur
prised to lean that
(Mir imlllt hlKlti skimpy
breakfast. AW <M|ia whe p
make |tW fradct ka their stmttes.
They fatfgae qaiekly. Ami it ?(
aednstea iTta'ttme far Q?mm
Starting the Day Bight
It is therefore i in ill el that
every homemaker recognize the
necessity for providing a
tial and satisfying breakfast. This
is not difficult to do; nor is i nec
essary to spend a great deal of
time in its preparation.
When I hear soch complaints as
"My family won't eat breakfast"
or '"They're simply not aMnshf
in food in the morning." I suspect
that the menus are dull and
monotonous; and perhaps mem
bers of the household have the bad
habit of sleeping so late that there
is no time to eat property.
Both situations are easily rem
edied. and they are ikmfr lwikcri
For if the breakfast menus are
made sufficiently attractive, M
won't be difficult to persuade
every member of die family to
nee a little earlier in seder to
enjoy a substantial, tad?tied
meal.
A Model Breakfast
A well balanced 1st slfsif in
cludes fruit or fruit juice; cereol;
an egg or bacon; bread or tsast;
and milk, cocoa or cereal bev
erage for the children, with cof
fee for the grown-?a. The egg
or bacon may be omitted occa
sionally, for ? egg may be in
cluded in sme other meal daring
the day- M cereal In sease^tn e
Hat or Cold Cereal
lame ?n>l? have tho^?hen
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to give whole grain cereal* a
prominent place m the diet. TM*
rale can be followed era when
cold cereal* are u*ed. For then
are many nourishing ready-to-eat
cereal* made from substantially
the whole grain. These appeal t*
the palate bec?u*e they are a*
aniramt gg vr^mm B Old MM
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A UM Cereal Analyze*
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AROUND
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Win MaJtiac a FM Tiit
Mix a little cornfloor with the
sugar before adding it la the fruit.
This win make the jaa? bhe
syrup and prevent it frta bahat
over.
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? bad color should br naked lor
St boon in ? quart af coU water
to which a toaspoonftil at creaaa at
tartar has been added. After
wards I ana and dry.
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Cse tar Nanf*|an. ? Sara
plenty of clean newspapers tor the
er's ink. so you'll ted the papers
bare to be stored away.
? a ?
poa^iTfhxh*"n T*X ttfartte
in which a pitta of nliiliatog
about the tot of a walnut, has
been dissolved. Use when dry.
This gives a iplandid polish to
mirrors, brass, and chromium.
leum will last loafer if. instead of
washing, you rub it all over with
paraffin. This not only deans, but
preserves. No other polish will be
needed. i .
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in* coco* in place of chocolate. I
use three and one-half tablespoan
fuls of cocoa for each ounce of
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