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"THE BEAST OF THE CITY" How a Menacing Specter Terrorized a Big City CHAPTER I Magistrate Ethfel Moore waved Un impatient hand, cleared her husky throat, and barked: “Two yffSf's—next case.” The cringing figure in the witness chair jerked up as though an elec/nt* current had Struck it. Then hesitated. Then collapsed. “Take her out. I hate that feeing Business." The girl tried tb. stralghtfeh hp. She turned two large, dry uncotnprehcndipg eySs toward the judge. She tried to sky Something. She started a ges ture— Rude hands sfeizfed the girl knd dragged her from the Bliair to the Wire cage on the right.. They tossed her in and fhfe fell in a lump. Gentle hands—those of the other pris oners—helped her to a rude beach. “P66t kid.” breathed a slender, blonde, girl, as she patted _the_ luckless head “Step on it. Aster—you’re irttkt.’* d&tftfe ft ftfiStp coifimSrid. A hefty ttratron was bristling Over her. The door slid open. “Daisy Beaumont— Daisy Beau tnont.” tjhe clerk's croak echoed through the court. With a toss W het platinum top, Daisy walked out of thfe coop. Sev eral men had shuffled to the hight certirt bar of justice. A beefy nian in civilian clothes with copper etched and chiseled *ll over him; a skinny. Semitic inan with glasses, carrying an imitation leather briefcase: a tall, thin rat with shifty, vicious Pyes; and Daisy stood between the stool-pigeon and her mouth piece. Feminltie Envy “What's the charge?" hoarsed Her Honor. “S’licifin’!” barked the de tective. “We broke in her room cm Wes’ Fdfty-sevfent’ Street an’ She wa in dere wit’ dis man and she was “You’re a liar—he came in With you!” cried Daisy. The lawyer motioned her ex citedly not to. The magistrate leaned down and looked over her horn-rimmed glasses. “You’re in a courtroom, young woman. One more word out of you and— officer—it’a getting late.” “She had dis heer ten-dollar hote—marked—in her stockin'," Ruthlessly continued the of fiber, Smoothing out a wrinkled bill. “I never saw that. I haven't Seen ten dollars in a month,” tried Daisy. “Take the witness chair,” Commanded the court. “If you’re so wild to talk—talk.” Daisy stepped up, todk her seat, crossed her silk wrapped Slender legs and looked un flinchingly at the magistrate. The clferk went through the joke of sWearing her. Her lawyer bustled over to that end of the bar. “Tell Her Honor your story— who you are—what all this is dbout.” lie said, with some strutting and yfet with a voice of sympathy with his client. “I came here ten days ago from ” “That doesn’t interest me.” snapped the court. She looked at her wristwatch, compared it with the wall clock and shifted in 'her judicial arm-chair. “Come along—l have a meeting to make. If you’ll take a plea I’ll iive you the minimum—one year “But. your honor.” protested the lawyer, “we have character witnesses, and the defendant, I am sure, can convince you of the utter falsity ” “Plead her guilty, Greenberg. You know me. I'm in a hurty.” “I’m not guilty. This is all a dirty outrage. I was getting dressed to go out and hunt a decent job when that c broke in and that skunk right behind him and— —” “Shut up, I've given you [ Now!—Kotex I IPLPrice Reduced J I* TZ"OTEX can now be bought at ■'■M* J5Sk. & ’ ow P f^ce> Nm* HtoPl '■than 35c. Think what this means fIBHHMHraK to women who want the finest pos- sible sanitary protection! No question mark hovers ovec > Kotex. No incessant doubt as to how it was made, where, under ■i what conditions. Ip.matters so closely associated with health, only the highest sur- I " ' gieal cleanliness is good enough. Such cleanliness as Kotex offers. " Kotex is pure ( ut, folded, packed " T'-x? —all by machine. Scrupulously clean an< l ‘ n M7e O' wa y- Made in air .* washed, sunlit factories. Os tested -7- , —-— and re-tested materials. In- pay more 3Sc spected 76 times before it is ■ » cohsidfetfed perfect enough for your 111 P*" use. When buying it wrapped make ■ X I XX sufe you are getting eehuint Kotex. Sanitary Napkins Adapted from tfife original motion picture story of W. R. BURNEtT Produced by Cosmopolitan Production, and Metro-Got dwyn-May tr every chance. Will you plead guilty?” “No! I couldn't. I wouldn’t. I'm not guilty ” "Three years in Bedford re formatory. ..next case!” Not His Way Ed F'tzpatrick, smiling, easy going and good-looking, fin gered the buttons c'n his vest. His older brother, “Fightin’ Jim.” rugged, a king of a man, leaned back, his hands folded. “Ed." he began in a soft tone which seemed incongruous with his impressive appearance. “I’ve used a little yank to drag you out of, the sticks and down to headquarters. That's not usually my way, even if you are my brother. I like to see a man get up on his dwn merits. But I had a reason in what I did—and I figure it's for the gobd nf the depart ment.” "Old fierce Fightin' Jim softens ” grinned Ed. Captain Fitzpatrick slammed his fist down on the table with a bang and jumped out of his chair. He walked up and down the room a few min utes and then stopped in front of his younger brother. “Listen to me, Ed.” he said, the tone of his voice harden ing. “This Vice Squad to Which you are assigned is one of the rottenest in the whole service.” “Fine bunch to get your in nocent li’l brotner mixed up with.” said Ed. still grinning “That's just it! We need a few up-and-up mm> in that out fit. And that's where you fit in.” Captain Fitzpatrick was wag ging his fingers pnder his brother's nose. The latter snapped at it. Jim frowned and walked to the window. He gazed autSidL...a moment ana then wheeledT “I'm going to tell you one case—and it goes for a thou sand. I got the lowdown that a young girt was framed by a Vice Squad dick. Same old racket. He was working with a Spit stool-pigeon and they framed this kid. Oh, I guess she isn’t any violet, but the whole rap was so raw it turned my guts. They broke in. planted a ten edse note On her, had the skunk .testify she took him to her flat for immoral purposes. They .tried first to make her kick in. and when she didn’t or couldn’t they went through. And that neafer-my-God-to-Thee she-judge sent the kid up for three years. Why, man. it’s a crime. If these fellows go on like this there’s going to be one hell of a kick-back and the Whole department will have the lid blown off and our own families’ll be ashamed to be known as livin' off cops’ dough. But I think I'm going to spring the kid.” He laid a hand on the other's shoulder. “I know rio Fitzpat rick will stoop to such things— and what I’ve done ain’t as much for you—as for the police department. See?” “I see, Jim,” said Ed, getting up and grasping his brother’s hand. For a moment the two men. both large and strong, gazed into each other’s eyes. Came the Cops A police car ground to a noisy stop at the curb in frdnt of 10 River St. Four meh. burly and business-like, leaped out of the car and elbowed their way through the crowd of excited foreigners. The chauffeur sat silently at his wheel and the (Continued on 2nd Comic Page) THE WASHINGTON TIMES _ • ■ ii ■ ■■■ ' ’ A i MEET THE HEROINE! « I• WW ’ tWSI Hi ■kj Bf THIS IS DAISY, folks, the platinum blonde heroine of Jack Lait's newest serial of life in the jungles of a big city. D'Aisy slays she is just a poor little girl trying to get along. Z H igh Speed Girl 7 —A Story Os Youthful Escapade By MAY CHRISTIE CHAPTER 19 “You know, I think And think and think about myself until often I get almost dizzy,” said Laurel in her corner of the Kopper Kettle teashop, puffing a ring of smoke into the air. “And does the thinking lead to anything?” inquired the good-looking Dr. Harvey. "No. I’m just like a cat, chasing its own tail.” "Frank child! But why, at your age, be so dreadfully in trospective?” She leaned towards him over the little table. "I feel, despite all the different tricks I pull I’m not getting much real kick out of life.” Her face was tilted up to his, but the look in her eyes at the moment $Ss dreamy. Strange little creature! He said: “It strikes me you're on the wrong track.” Silence Be tween them. Then— “ Have you ever read the old Greek philosophers?” “No.” “Well, you ought to. In various Ways they were all on the trail of happiness.” “And one of them took poi son, didn’t he. because he was so fed up on everything too?” “You mean Socrates?” “I believe that was the old bird's hdme. I s’pose I’vfe got the dope all .wrong, as usual. But often I feel...oh. I don’t know...as though We kids (for we are kids, really) are being sort of cheated in life!” “Don’t you get all the liberty to enjoy...?” “Yes. And having grabbed our freedom, and dabbled a bit in everything — experimentally, you know—we are... at least I am.. .fed up.” Litle Egotist “Go on. I'm interested to hear you talk about yourself.” "And you think I’m a darned little egotist?” “Does it matter what I think?” “It does. You’re older and wiser than the boys I play around with. Except, of course, Roger.” She continued: “Sometimes it seems to me that nothing is worthwhile any more. You know, when I left school I was really, in away, ambiti ous. I draw not so badly, and I'd an idea I might be an illustrator, or something. Also, I’m musical. I play the violin, and my teacher said that if I stuck at it I might one day be a professional. But nobody's really interested in what I do. So what does it matter? Ex cept for turning one’s brains to grabbing the plums of life— whatever they may be—to hell with being clever!” "That’s the wrong way to look at things,” intercepted Bruce Harvey. “Well, who cares anyway about thfe path, of glory, or whatever they call it? It ‘leads but to the grave.’ and the idea is that we might just as well have a helluva good time oh the way Instead of slave and study.” “It would be a queer, topsy turvy world if that were every body’s cOnteptitfn of life.” “Oh, mfen like you—you’re different, of course. Your job is terrifically useful. I don’t suppose,.. now tell me... do you ■"d • ■ give much thought to whether you're having a good time or not?” “I'm afraid I don’t.” “So I was right! That's why you intrigue me so. You’re unusual ” He felt a pleased glow. But he wasn’t going to let her see it. He said, curtly: “You ought to cut down on your smoking.” “Why?” “Because, at your age, you don’t want to. be a nervous wreck, do ydu?” “Too many cigarettes?” “Yes. That’s the sixth since we came in here. And while you were waiting for me. I be lievfe you went through a package.” Laurel grinned at him imp ishly. “Yep—l plfead guilty.” "It’S not a mdttfef —at 17.” “Whoops! I’ll be 20 next Christmas.” “Well, what’s your point of ruining your health, whatever ydur age is?” “Ha! My heavy medical ad visfer. dictates to mfe!” “He’s in the right—even if he hasn’t GOT the right- ” “Granted, dear sir. Go on. You. intrigue me;” “But I carhe here to listen to you.” “And I suppose you think it’s a joke—or a pose—that at 19 I'm world weary?” “No. But I think it rather sad, if it is true. And any how it can be remedied.” “How?” “By cutting out the whdopie and going in for sortiething worthwhile.’’ “Such as ?” “Well, maybe the best advice I could give a girl like you is to marry and have a baby or two . . .” “Me? Good lord! I don’t like kids. And. judgipg by the mixups round mfe, why should I leap off thfe dock and join the other strugglers in the whirlpool?” “That’s conical.” “But true. Hardly anybody we know is happy in their mar riage.” Not a Lark “Because they don’t take it in the right way. Marriage isn’t a lark. It's a serious busi ness.” “Oh, the ‘compact’ stuff? I know what you’re going to say. But ybu’re old-fashioned.” “I don’t think so. A man like me. moving round profes sionally gets a good insight ” “Hum. I’ll bet if I were you, and saw the shemozzles going on. Fd be twice as disillusion ed.” said Laurel. “Then you never expert to fall in love in the good old fashioned way. dnd settle down in a home of your and be happy?” , “I'd like to fall in Idve, of course—for the thrill of it.” said she cupping her chin in her hana. and looking into his eyes, “but marriage is again something different!” “How so? It’s the natural thing ” “To have a ball and chain on one’s ankle?” “It shouldn’t be so if you fenter it in the right spirit.” “Well. I’d prefer to have a flip first Before I take the big flight across the Atlantic.” , (Continued Temerrow) bailv The Spine-Tingling Thrill Story of 1932 Contract Bridge By E. V» Shejmtd Not the spectacular, but steadily obtaining the last pos sible trick out of each hand played, is what enables the ex pert to win with slightly poorer cards than those held by opponents, 'the average player loses unnecessarily about 750 points an hour; the expert may not lose a single point in a whole evening. The hand shown b£l6w shows where one slip may cost game. »Q.i 7 Q9S * Q .110 4 4T 9 4 ▲ A •' 4 y .--| A 9 6 2 • At! T V 10 632 *S s 3 A B 4 7 5 <lO 76 5 4KQ32 ♦ KlO 8 3 •K J 5 4 AK62 ♦ A8 Z tpade ah opening bid of 2No Trump?, which his partner raised to 3No Tnims. He failed to go game on a very simple problem in card reading. The opening lead was the 5 of dia monds. Dummy played low; B put up his Q. and Z declined to play his ace. Having four of his partner's suit, B followed the ruie of leading back his original fourth-best card, so that Z’s ace fell oh B’s deuce, leaving dummy's J unprotected. The declarer proceeded to es tablish his spades. A Won the second round of that Suit, and again led diamonds, picking up two tricks in that Suit; these two tricks, together with the orie previous diamond trick, and the two tricks won by A's two aces, totaled five trieks, de feating the game contract by one trick. Everyone remarked that it was “a tough luck hand,” but was it? When A makes his opening lead of the 5 of diamonds "the rule of eleven” proves that B holds just two catds in dia monds that are higher than the 5., . Deduct 5 fjotn .11 the an swer is 6. This means that outside the hand of the leader there must be. held just six higher diamonds than the 5. Cotint them: Dummy has tWo, the declarer holds two. there fore Z also must have two. When he plays his Q of dia monds B flatly depie? hblding the missing 10. B may hold either the K, 7 or 6, but by no possibility eftri he hold the 10, when durniny shows the J, as a play of the 10, would as certainly force Z ? s ace as would the Q. Knowing that the miss ing 10 must lie in A's hand, the declarer should see that dummy’s J-9 held over A's 10 will certainly Win a Diamond trick, provided he wins the first trick with his ace. Only a stupid notion that he must not put up his ace oh the first trick prevented Z from going game. If Z wins the first trick with his ace of diamonds, when A gains entry with his ace of spades, oh the second lead of that suit. A will again lead his diamonds. If the 10 is led, dummy’s J will cover, and B's K will win the trick. But dummy’s 9 will win the third round of the suit. In case A leads low. instead of leading hit 10 through dummy’s J-9, tli£ 9 will forte B’s K, and the J will Wih tht third round of the suit. Two diamond tricks, three spade tricks, and four club tricks can be won against any defense. Game is assured if Z will play the hkrid as it should be played. Late in the play, after Z has won his nine tricks, A Will take a trick with his Ace of hearts, and win his twq diamond tricks, but that will not fhatier. (Copyriffit, IJ3J. ftinS feaiuris Syndicate, Inc.) Interesting and Timely Facts A machine his been inkentSd, to be placed on golf courses, that paints old And soiled balls. Within a minute and a half the ball is freshly lacquered and dried. Dr. Samuel A. 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Those tedious shopping trips, full of chores and errands, ahd thdSE rflotor trips < espe cially in tumbles* are enough to bedraggle any fur trimming. And for slipping into after Exer cising — horseback riding or a round of golf—most fur-trimmed CMtS are really out of place. The Obvious Solution IS to' htlVe a furless sports Coat, of course! To Travel In Os With . Arid you’ll surely want one if you’re planning to go ahyWnAra through thdse loftg winter months. They take up so little room in traveling — and it’s sfrigrt to travel light, you know! for the last few day§ We've bEeri keeping out an eagle eye for brand new fashions id thdse coats without fur. Then, With the set idea that they rhust be smart for now, as well as throughout the year, we chose three of the best models to show here ahd tail you about. "the first one up on the left has lots of dash. Look at th£ semfdolmdn sleeves and how they’re set in a rounded seam, way into the front. The curved seam idea is used again, round thE ElbbW arid then at the hips, to make slash pockets. All this is “slot” seaming, by the Way—a new And most iihpOftant detail iri sports edits. Snbtelety of Coloring The collar is only half a scarf —not a whole one'. as ,you might suspect. The part down front is a revet and the scarf end buttons over dri it. Little straps at the wrists button, too —and they go up toward the elbow for a change, instead of around. Diagonal tweed is the fabric used and it’s chain stitched! Therefore, the harmonious col ors of the Stripes are intro duced most subtly. There’re a number of most intriguing shddEs to. chopse .from. 'rhe price is about $39.60. Arid you can get a grand skirt to match with a new, high built up waist line for about sl2 more. This is one Os the cleverest and most ecohdmiCal kijids of suits to buy—for the coat being full length can bi Worn With Any thing elsE. And . this is going tb be a big “suit” year, fashion experts say. Not a Bit "Regiialtion” Now that the coat iri the middle is natural camel’s hair. Though ■ , -■ ' ■ ■ ,1 ■ —III Advice For Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX Hard Luck with His Girl Friends Dear Miss Fairfax: if you ask ttie. i think girls are the bunk. I've had three of them fbf friends arid all have brought ihe trouble. The first caused rhe to lose two Os my best friertds by repeating things I never said. The second took valuables belonging to my firm from my pdeket when I was taking them from orie place to another. The third caused me to lose my job. Then people sdy there are good girls in the world, I fail to see where they are—l'm disgusted! ' A.G. You’ve had such hard luck with your girl friends, my dear A. G., that it leads me to iri qtiite: Where did you . meet these specimens? Who. for in stance, iritrqduced tq the girl who took valuables from your overcoat pocket, and how did you get acquainted with the other twq? If you just “picked them Up ( ” there’s ydur answer. I have scores and scores of let ters ftriiri nice girls Who are just perishing from lonesorriE ness, and who would be glad to mEet decent, self-respecting boys and pal drburid With them. But you don’t meet such girls by grinning at them On th£ streets. You’ve got to meet them through some responsible per sons or source. Iri the city frotn which you write, there are dozens of places where young people can rhEEt—corii rhunity centers, an Excellent hiking club, a fine educational institute where all sorts of classes are open to young peo ple of both sexes. I’m afraid you've been streEt-flirting, A. G. Cut that out, arid try to meet nice girls through regular chan nels. ■ ■ t ■ For Furless Spofts Coats Um fwW* rail I® \ Ml ■On Ila Bb ▼ _____>•” — - «■ «a-- - • - — ——jU you can wear it at about the same ♦ times and places as a polo coat, | it’s quite different looking. The botched revEr colldr can be Worn closed high up as well as operie'd. Ahd there’s a scarf to give added warmth and a note of contrast. For it’s made of J the same bright gtEeri jersey that th'E coat is lined with. It’s double-breasted, with the Suttons at each side, slarifirig towards the waist, bellhop fash ion—unlike the customary man-. 4 . nish way of polo coats. Then there’s stitching curving around pockets at the hips, and still more stitching edging the deep cUffs. What a wonderful buy it is for less than S3O. Sleeves Not Set Pefhaps the most interesting of all is the last coat, sketched on the right. Slot seaming is used in the most unexpected The most unhealthful and uri- ♦ comfortable feature of American living conditions is bad ventila tion. This is especially true in winter. It applies to our houses, office buildings, stores, fiotEls, railrodd cirs, arid Even to busses. It applies with Especial force to most of the places tyherd crowds congregate —theaters and auditoriums. The majority of the larger and re cently built movie theaters have very good ventilation. Churches, because of their high pitched Or vaulted roofs, tend to have better ventilation than other auditoriums. The principal thing that is the trouble with the American ihdoors in the .winter is its dryness. There is a lack of sufficient humidity. The second most important fault is lack of motion of the air. Our houses and offices in variably are too hot. But they would not be if we controlled the humidity better and made provisions for fresh moving air. What is fresh air? Wip* do we say. “Let’s go dut aha get a breath of fresh air?” .What US Instinctively desire to do that? What are the quali ties about fresh air that ate Eo refreshing? Leonard Hill, the great Eng lish authority on ventilation, says that fresh air is c6ol tathEr than warm, dry rather than damp, diverse in tetttf>Er fttufE father than monotonous, moving father than still. In the United States the outside £ir in summer is ex tremely uncomfortable over the greater part of the country XbvtRTIStMENT COLDS THAT DEVELOP INTO PNEUMONIA Persistent coughs arid colds load to seriotaftfouble. Yod ead stop them now with freomttlsion, an emulsified creosote that is pleasant to take. Creomulsion is a neW medical didtoVery with two-fold ac tion; it soothes and heals the inflamed membranes and inhibits germ growth. Os all known drugs, creosote is recog lUzed by high medical authorities as one of the greatest healing agencies for per sistent coughs and colds and other forms of throat troubles. Creomulsion contains, in addition to creosote, other healing ele ments which soothe and Beil the iafacted CREOMULSION mt THE COUGH OR COLO THETHAMGSOH By JACK LAIT Whether you travel or stay at home, it’s grand to have a eoat without fur trimming! Your Heath and Diet By Logan ClArideninjf, M. D. places. It runs down the shoulders and curves around the sleevEs. but doesri’t join them to the rest of the ooat at All! Then it takes tb oblong geometric lines, slant ing around the patch poeket and under the high cross over elosing. And, to cdp thE climax, there’re even perpen dicular slot seams in the skirt section! Buttons, tod, are used for trimming. Two of them hold the collar closed, though it looks just as well worn open. Two more buttons are used at the elbow in the same lap over effect. The coat is made of a stunning ribbed, whip cord-like woolen. * * * For names of stores where you can find these costumes write or call The Times Fash ion Department. * for most of the time front June 15 to September 15. The winter climate over the greater part of the country for most of the time from October to April is mild and invigorating. It is probable that in the future wh6n air conditioning meas ures have become universally adopted, we will close th6 win dows more often in the sum mer than in the winter. ADVERtISEHfhf_ - - - in i - How Do Nurses Manage? ill i ■ ...Hi i iW The strenuous duties of the trained nurse per mit little thought of her own phy sical condition or feelings. There can be no giving iri to periodic pains! That is the reason why sb many nurses use M i d o 1. They know it blocks all possibility of such pain for hours— and nurses know that it is ndt a narcotic and so is quite safe to take at this critical time. Midol Is not merely a measure of relief—it lets women work or play in absolute comfort, regard less of the time of month. All P«lin subsides in seven minutes! All dread of your periodic discom fort ends vbith this happy discov ery. Any drug store. Ask simp}; for Midol. membranes and stop the irritation and ■ inflammation, while the crdoeote goes on to the stomach, is absorbed into the blood, attacks the seat of the trouble and checks the growth of thd germs. Creomulsion is guaranteed satisfac tory in the treatment of persistent coughs and colds, bronchial asthma, bronchitis and other forms of respira ‘ torr diseases. And is excellent for building up the system after colds or 1 flu. Money refunded if any cough or < cold, no fnatter of how long standing. ' is not relieved after taking according I to directions. Ask your druggist, (adv.) ■ v7 i 7 '