The Indianapolis times. [volume], November 14, 1922, Home Edition, Page 8, Image 8

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AVERAGE WORKER
EARNSM3YEAR
*
By Times .ffpeckil
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. —*"That's
where the money goes, to buy—”
To buy what?
The Department of Labor here has
discovered at last where the money
goes from the pockets of that mythi
cal character, Mr. .Average Working
man.
Statisticians dug Into the annual
expenditures of 12,098 families In
ninety-two cities of the United States.
It found that the average worker
earns about 51,450 per year, and here’s
where the money goes:
For house furnishings, he spends
$73.23 a year. Including 55.50 for pi
anos and players, 53.83 for talking
machines, 51-42 for records and music
rolls and only $7.08 for baby carriages
and toys combined.
To the church he gives 510.13 as
compared with the $7.81 he spenrs at
the movies and the 54-82 that labor
organizations collect from him. The
call of charity softens his heart to
the extent of 51.34, while lodges, clubs
and societies get 53-47. *
For "education and uplift" he parts
with 517.82, including 57.82 for news
papers and the rest for magazines,
books, school tuition, etc. Sickness
In the family costs him 580.39.
For liquor—brand unnamed—he
spends 57.18, and, being a careful sort
of fellow he invests 539.09 in life in
surance and follows this with 51-86
so» the undertaker’s bill and 38 cents
for the cemetery. Tobacco casts him
516.56 a year and for automobiles he
spends 516.83 ss contrasted with $1.15
for taxes and $2.15 for tools.
ENGLAND DECLARES WAR ON
ROAuHOGS AND SPEEDERS
LONDON, (By mail to United
Press). —England’s ministry of trans
pert has declared war on rpeed mer
chants and road hogs, b> the pro
posal of a presentation bill to be laid
before parliament to the effect that
every motorist with a license shall
undergo a physical fitness and brain
test, wtilch will decide whether he Is
to continue holding a license. As the
law stands today, a license can be
taken out by deaf, dumb, halt and
blind.
ENTERPRISING THIEF GETS
AWAY WITH ENTIRE OFFICE
BERLIN (by mall to United States*.
Nov. B.—The prize “trick’’ robber
of Berlin’s autumn crime carnival, is
admitted by police to be the unknown
Intrude? who drove away with a
whole office sud of furniture. During
the owner's enforced sojourn in a hos
pital, the burglar drove up to this
fashionable Kurfurstendamm office
with a moving truck, loaded the office
furniture In and drove away. He
told the building superintendent that
he had been Instructed by the owner
to move the furniture to another
building. The furniture was valued
at a couple of million marks.
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The girl, silenced, looked at him
without belief.
He said: “I am not surprised that
you distrust what I say. But the
man you are going to marry was a
Junior officer In my command. I
have no closer friend than Jack Stor
mont. Ask him whether I am to be
believed.’’
Astounded, the girl turned a
flushed. Incredulous face to Stormont.
He said: “You may trus - . Darragh
as you trust me. I don't know w r hat
he has to say to you, (.ear. But
whatever he says will be ths truth.’’
Darragh said gTavely: “Through a
misunderstanding your father came
into possession of stolen property.
Eve. Ho did not know It had been
stolen. I did. But Mike Clinch would
have believed me if I had told him
that the case of jewels .n his pos
session had been stolen from a woman
• * • Quintana stole them. By acci
dent they came into your lather’s pos
session. I learned of tnls. I had
promised this woman to recover her
Jewels.
“ Came here for that purpose, Eve.
And for two reasons: First, because
I learned that Quintana a'so was com
“I REMEMBER YOU NOW," SHE
SAID.
ing here to rob you.* father of these
gems; second, because when I knew
your father, and knew you, I con
cluded that It would be an outrage to
call on the police. It would mean
prison for Clinch, misery and ruin for
you, Eve. So—l tried to steal the
jewels • • • to save you both.”
He looked at Sto-mont. who seemed
astonished.
“To whom do these Jewels belong,
Jim?" demanded ;he Trooper.
“To the young Grand Duchess of
Esthonla. • • • do you remember
that I befriended her over there?”
“Yes.”
“Do you remember that the Reds
were accused of burning her chateau
and looting it?”
"Tee, I remember.”
G. A. R. POST WILL
STICK TO THE END
By United Press
BERLIN, Wls., Nov. 14.— “ Hold to
gether as a post until the last man
goes west."
Tills resolution was unanimously
adopted by John H. Post, No.
4, G. A R., said to be the oldest post
in the world, at a regular meeting.
The ten members of the post were
present. The meeting was to settle
Anally the question of maintenance of
the unit. When the question was put
to a vote, ten men arose for continu
ance of the post.
The unit was the first to be organ
ized In the United States, having been
founded In May, 1886. For many years
following the close of the Civil War,
this post had a large membership. The
recent years have witnessed a ‘‘thin
ning’’ out of the ranks of those who
once wore the “blue” and only ten
members remain to “carry on.”
FIND RECLUSE STARVED
TO DEATH IN HIS HOME
WASHINGTON, N. J„ Nov. 14.
Frederick Swartb, 50 years old, a re
cluse, was found dead of starvation
In his home at Belvldere, ten miles
from here.
Swartz had not been seen for three
days when Mrs. Margaret Cavelle, a
neighbor, went to his house. She
looked through a window and saw the
man’s body lying on a couch. She
called neighbors, who broke open a
door. County Physician G. W. Cum
mins 6aid that Swartz had been dead
thirty-six hours and that the apparent
cause of death was starvation. Not a
crumb of food was found in the house
ar.d only 2 cents were found on
Swartz’s person.
Neighbors were puzzled over the
case because Swartz had worked, and
even If he had not been able to buy
food, many would have been glad to
have helped him. He might also have
sold articles from his house, they
pointed out, which be had inherited,
completely furnished, from his mother
a few years ago.
PALACE FURNITURE PASSES
WITH ENDING OF ROYALTY
BERLIN (By mail to United Press)
Royal art and furnishings of the
last king of Wuerttenberg have been
sold under the hammer.
The furniture, sculpture and art
! treasures belonging to the rolay pal
i ace at Stuttgart brought 15,705.500
marks.
Foreign buyers outbid local dealers
and private buyers, bidding far above
the estimated figures for most of the
treasured art pieces put up.
The auction took plane in the main
reception room of the Rosen stein
castle, where for years only royalty
and a few accepted guests were ad
mitted.
The painting. "Abraham’s Entrance
Into the Promised Land.” by Dietrich
went at 150,000 marks; Corregio’s
“Susanne in the Bath.” for 550.000;
Ehrhardt’s “Laban and Ills Daugh
ter” and “Jacob and Rebecca at the
Well” went for 400,000 each.
“Well, It was Quintana and his
gang of International criminals who
did that,” said Darragh dryly.
And, to Eve: “By accident this
case of jewels, emblazoned with the
coat of arms of the Grand Duchess
of Esthonia, came into your father's
possession. That is the story, Eve.”
There was silence. The girl
looked at St- t. flushed painfully,
looked at Di., h.
Then, without a word, she turned,
ascended the stairs, and reappeared
immediately carrying the leather
case.
“Thank you. Mr. Darragh," she
said simply; and laid the case in his
hand.
"But,” said Darragh. “I want you
to do a little more, Eve. The owner
of these gems Is my guest at Harrod
Place. I want you to give them to
her yourself.”
"I—l can’t go to Harrod Place,”
stammered the girL
“Please don’t visit the sins of
Henry Harrod on me, Eve.”
"I —don't. But —hut that place—”
After a silence: “If Eve feels that
way,” begun Stormont awkwardly, ”1
couldn’t become associated with you
In bftsiness, Jim —”
“I'd rather sell Harrod Place than
lose you!" retoijted Darragh almost
sharply. “I want to go Into business
with you. Jack—if Eve will permit
me—"
She stood looking at Stormont, the
heightened color playing In her
cheeks as she began to comprehend
the comradeship between these two
men.
Slowly she turned to Darragh, of
fered her hand.
“I’ll go to Harrod Place.” she said
in a low voice.
Darragh’s quick smile brightened
the somber gravity of his face.
“Eve," he said, “when I came over
here this morning from Harrod Place,
I was afraid you would refuse to lis
ten to me; I was afraid you would not
even see me. And so I brought with
me—somebody—to whom I felt cer
tain yon would listen. I brought with
me a young girl—a poor refugee from
Russia, once wealthy, today almost
penniless. Her name is Theodorfca.
Once she was Grand Duchess of Es
thonia. But this morning a clergy
man from Five Lakes changed her
name. To such friends as you and
Jack she is Rlcca Darragh now—and
she’s having a wonderful time on her
new snow6hoes ”
He took Eve by one hand and Stor
mont by the other and drew them to
the kitchen door and kicked It open.
Through the swirling snow, over on
the lake-slope at the timber edge, a
graceful, boyish figure in scarlet and
white wool moved swiftly over the
drifts with all the naive delight of a
child with a brand new toy.
All aglow and a trifle breathless,
she met Darragh Just beyond the ve
randa, rested one mitten eel hand on
his shoulder while he knelt and un
buckled her snowshoes, stepped light
ly from them and came forward to
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6udden winning gravity In her lovely
face.
“We shall be friends, surely,” she
said in her quick, winning voice—"be
cause my husband has told me—and 1
am so grieved for you—and I need
a girl friend."
Holding both Eve's hands, her mit
tens dangling from her wrist, she
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looked Into her eyes very steadily .
Slowly Eve’s eyes filled; more slow
ly Ricca kissed her on both cheeks,
framed her face In both hands, kissed
her lightly on the lips.
Then, still holding Eve’s hands, she
turned and looked at Stormont.
"I remember you now,” she said.
"You wehe with my husband in Riga.”
She freed hArlght hand and held It
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out to Stormont. He had the grace to
kiss it, and did it very well for a
Yankee.
Together they entered the kitchen
door and turned into the dining
toom on the left, where were chairs
around the plain pine table.
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of Harrod Place has selected your
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She put one arm around Eve's
shoulders: “How could you even
think of remaining here all alone?
Why, I should never close my eyes
for thinking of you, dear.”
Eve’s head drooped; she said In a
stifled voice: “I’ll go with you. • • •
1 want to Jk* • I’m very—tired.”
“We h go now,’’ said
DarraghJlpVt’our things can be
NOV. 14, 1922
—By ALLMAfI
—By AL POS
brought over later. If you’ll dress
for snow-shoeing, Jack can pack
what clothes you need * * * Are
there snow-shoes for him, too?”
Eve turned tragically to her lover:
“In Dad’s closet —” she said, choking;
then turned and went up the stairs,
still clinging to Ricca’s hand and
drawing her with her.
- (To Be Continued)