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SOME SENSE TO THIS.

IT HEY are beginning to use sense at
last, in building motor cars. The
latest tests indicate this. car has re-
Gently run for 10000 miles without stop
ping the engine. How different this
Is from the model OF i've years ago whose
engine could be cranked for three hours
without starting!
Another car has been driven hfty miles
by one gallon of gasoline. A third car
has been driven for two years without
having its machinery touched. Still an
other has sts original tires OF three years
ago, nothing having been done to them
except to stun them With ordinary prai-
rie wind Of the cheapest variety once a
month or oftener.
These are glorious records. They can
well be supplemented with others still
more glorious. Let us hear before long
OF a car which has run for three years
without exceeding the speed limit. Let us
have the opportunity OF hOnOring a car
which swore OF smoking two years ago
and has never smoked since. There Is
bright future ahead for the ear which.
when its gasoline Is exhausted Will run
home on perfumery. lemon extract, Peru
or a few Manhattan cocktails. Great
er than all these. however. will be the
car which stops when its driver has inn
bibed his third drink and win remain
stopped with the steadfastness OF a Mis-
souri, mule until said driver has been put
to bed by his loving friends.
The field for Improvement In autOmo-
biles has only begun.
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BY EO. FIT c H

small child breaking things which a full
were the owner of a foundry, would
never hire men TO break up pig iron. l
would give each pig to a baby TO play
with for a few minutes. Wise people
make use Of this age by placing all the
ugly bric-a-b brac accumulated at the time
of their marriage within reach OF the
child.
We have passed, successfully through
these trying periods and / must draw
this memoir to a close. We have no long
/ am a daddy. pa Is something 70
order around. A daddy Is something to
climb onto and pat and kiss and to get
things from. l have just celebrated my
promotion 10 daddyshIp by buying her
highness a dog. She has clamored for
II for a month. I have bought a good
durable dog and am I'm hopes that he will
last through the summer.
Crhe end)
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VESTpOCKET ESSAYS.
The Sun.

The Sun.
IT HE sun is not a trust though It Is
closely allied with two combines-the
coal trust and the Ice monopoly. 1t is
a large body In a heated state situated
~, ,OOO,OOO,O 600 miles from Chicago and
considerably further away from Medicine
Hat.
The sun is so large that II the earth
were placed on it's surface a man might
hunt for 1t In a fast automobile for one
million years without even coming in sight
of the tall buildings. IL Is 10000 miles
I'm diameter. The moon would look like
a spitball beside it, and the Standard Oil
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she Is wise. She sends for the building
inspector.
The new Pennsylvania station i'm New
York Is so huge that when traveller
gets to the main entrance he is farther
away from his train than he would be
in the outskirts OF some western towns.
Engineers declare that Il will cost $11O.-
600. COO TO complete the deep waterway.
II we can get some magnate to buy
waterway for his daughter instead OF a
duke, how simple the job would be.
The crOwning feat OF Colonel Roose-
velt's existence has been TO get away
from the newspapers for entire fort
night in spite % their most earnest eff
forts to kees up with him
A motor boat recently ran from Gin
cinnat TO New Orleans In 90 hours run
ming time. This, however, does not in-
clude several days spent i'm cOmbng logs
and sRags out OF the propeller.
Passenger airships will be running in
Germany inside of a year. The first line
OF passenger hot air ships began running
In this country ten years ago.
The clock I'm the new Metropolitan town
in New York Is so high up that IL cannot
be seen in cloudy weather. And the
tower rises three hundred feet above the
clock. New YOrk's skyscrapers must look
10 the Martians like a patch Of whiskers
on the earth's face that has been over
looked by the barber.
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TT L Do~@ By R
L l. c@n
By Roy Norton
Ccontinuea from page Tweive)

"Ah.' he said. as ne laid the knight
down again, God is TOO kind for that
He Will not bring us 10 this dread step
He will show US the way. In Him Is
shall 20 forward with unwaverlng steps
TO what He may direct serene In the
knowledge that lie reads and stretches
OUT His hand"
The birds OF spring, chirpdng In the
park heard n soft whistle bat a few
minutes later, and came lnttering down
around the feet OF one who scattered
crumbs in absent minded way-one whose
face was calm and undisturbed
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CHAPTER V.

TN Cleveland. a square-set man with
4 iron gray hair and a stern face, inquired
at the Pullman ticket window for berths
on the limited 20 New York that even
ate customer First. he wanted TO be re-
assured that the train for New York al
ways left on time; and next, he wanted
to be equally sure that the ear In which
he wanted q berth should be the last on
on the train, because he was afraid of
head end collisions. That the customer
meant business was proved when he an
nounced that he would take all the state
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"A Parody.)

Behind the erstwhile willow tree
The village catcher squsts.
A cross and hostile man is he
With fingers tied in knots,
Festooned about two mammoth palms
AS big as corner lots
His neck is short and thick and red;
His face is black with tan.
He tears his muzzle from his head
And kicks when e'er he can,
And shakes his fist at all the world,
For he fears not any man.
The merchant kings with eager grins
Come flocking by the score
To see him rake the wide ones in
And wave his arms and roar
And hear his pungent chah which flies
Like sparks from the furnace door.
He goes on Sunday to the park
And sits among the boys
Upon the bench with yisage dark
And loud, internal noise.
And when the umpire lodges rocks
1t makes his heart rejoice.
Broiling, rejoicing, numbering,
On through the game he goes,
Each inning sees some reason new
To rise upon his toes
And put il DER the other crew
BY means each player knows.
Thanks, thanks TO thee, my worthy friend
For the lesson thou hast taught.
Turn loose your tongue to join the strife
When battles must be fought.
Hot air will do as much in life
As muscle, nerve or thought.
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OF THIS BUSY WORLD

Nowadays when a woman completes the
task of dressing for a reception she
doesn't consult the mirror for approval IL
she Is wise. She sends for the building
inspector.
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STRING BEANS SEEN
IN THE LOCAL MARKET
FROM SOUTHERN STATES

Many a Washington dinner table to-
night will be set off with a dish of
string beans, as the result of heavy
shipments into the local produce mar
ket this morning and subsequent brisk
buying. These beans came from Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, and are con-
sequently labeled "nearbys-" They were
unusually long and fat, and their ap-
pearance alone. had they not also had
the quality of sweetness Of succulence,
would have brought them eager buyers.
The beans that have come into the
Washington market so far this year
have generally been of the highest
merit. They have heen Of the quality
to retain their crispness and sweetness
many hours after the picking, despite
adverse weather conditions, and cOnse-
quently they have not in very many
Instances remained a drug on the hands
of the commission man who had them
for sale.
Market men attribute the early rains
and the open weather as the reason for
the superior growth of this years
string bean crop. In this, no vever.
they have benefited as have all the
early Vegeta bles.
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GUIDE FOR THOSE
ENTERING CONTEST

1t is the aim of this contest to
be of practical help to home-makers.
The prizes this week will he given
for the best three systems of regu-
leting the household work. They
will consist as usual of three prizes:
So, So, s..
Any plans or ides you may have
for eeonomizing space; for planning
menus ahead so as to avoid waste,
or for forming the habits of your
children so that they may be junior
partners in the domestic partnership
viii be eligible for prize.
In giving schedules of a weeks
system you should state the amonut
of help you have, as well as any
original and ingenious scheme you
may employ in the regulation of
your home.
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ket, plain clothes in another. This saves
handling them so much.
Clothes that need mendling should be
laid aside until you are ready for them,
because if they are put away first before
u-ending they are liable TO be forgotten,
A high stool when ironing saves the
trOner from backache.
In sweeping a great deal of time will
be saved by soaking newspapers in
water. wringing them out tearing in
small pieces and laying them around
or the carpet. You viii be pleased to
find the amount of dirt they catch.
Cover the table with zinc, for It Is
easy to keep clean
In preparing salad dressing make a
large quantity. and seal il for further
use. and when it is ready for use add
the cream.
Kitchen aprons and dresses should be
made of seersucker. not Bingham, be-
cause 1t doesn't iced ironing.
Wear buckskin or rubber gloves 70
protect the hands from dirt while
sweeping and cleaning
MISS ADDIE ACKERMANN,
243 Eighth street northeast
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WOMEN SEND IN MANY HINTS, AL
THOUGH THE CONTEST HAS
CLOSED.

Until the last minute yesterday hints
OF ways and means OF economy and
good management for the home-maker
came pouring in. And today, when
Times readers knew that their hints
would not be eligible TO any one of the
three prizes, since the Household Hints
contest ends this week, they continued
TO send in helpful suggestions just TO
let the other woman know what they
have learned about system; about labor
saving devices, and about meeting do
nestle emergencies.
The willingness 10 give others the ad-
vantage of labOT-saving devices with no
other motive than TO lend a hand TO
the inexperienced or less clever sister
has been characteristic of the women
readers of The Times throughout every
contest
During the past week this spirit has
been even more in evidence than usual,
and it is something TO be highly com
mended. So many have written: My
suggestion may not win a prize. IN
fact. I do not expect it TO. but it may
be of help to some one" The sincerity
of this feeling was certainly tested to-
day when numbers of suggestions came
in with the statement that their origin
ators had not forgotten that the con-
test closed on yesterday at o'clock.
II viii be a pleasure to print these sug
gestions in the future as space permits.
In the meantime here are some of the
suggestions that did get in in time TO
be eligible for the prizes.
Prize winners in the Household Hints
Contest viii be announced in The sun
day evening edition Of The Times
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LABOR-SAVING DEVICE.

wish to send in simple idea in
regard TO economy OF space. SO few
women have a good place in which
TO keep their ironing boards. Here IS
an idea which is very practical. Have
a carpenter remove a number of
boards in the kitchen floor the exact
length and width of one Of the fold
ing ironing boards that you probably
use. Put one end of floor boards on
springs or hinges and have the iron
ing board let dom in the kitchen
basement. The boards close life a
safe door. The ironing board folds
up al is goes down. When needed
just touch the catch or spring and the
floor boards viii go back TO the wall
and the ironing board stands ready
Ior use. II is on the same plan as a
drop-head machine
MRS. ". A. MURRAY,
413 H street northeast.
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Hints for Home

The woman whose time is valuable,
but who desires everything 10 be neat
and trim, will always keep on a pin
cushion III her sewing room a needle
threaded with white thread and one
threaded with black, so she can sew on
buttons and hooks and eyes in a hurry.
Often when dressing a button or hook
becomes lOosened. and it can be re-
placed in a minutes time il one has
the threaded needle on hand and does
not have to look first for the thread
and then for the needle.
If there is a baby in the family, save
the linen handkerchiefs and soft pieces
Of muslin.
Cut them in squares about three and
a half inches across, and keep them at
hand 10 use for washing out the little
ones mouth and eyes.
They viii be found superior to all
sorbent cotton for the purpose, as there
is no danger Of the tiny bits Of lint
coming of.
Half a bar Of coarse sand soap should
always be kept within reach OF the
right hand of every dishwasher. Rub
the half bar right on the bottom, both
inside and outside. of all saucepans and
spiders Follow this with scrubbing
with a scent sink brush, kept Up a
little higher than the wire soap dish
for the sand soap, and fashioned diff
ferently than the regular brush used
for the sink. BY training ones self to
always US both sand soap and brush,
pot and pan washing is robbed of its
much-talked-of dislike. An occasional
dipping OF the pan brush on to the
cake of common soap kept near will re-
move every Vestige OF grease.
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Answers to Inqurers

Letters TO The Washington Times
Woman's Inquiry Column are in
vited. Names and addresses must
be affixed to questions sent by mail,
not for publication, but as evidence
of good faith. Questions not of
general interest viii be answered by
mail, if accompanied by stamped
and addressed envelope; rush in
quiries by telephone. Call Main
$3.50.
The department viii endeavor to
answer questions not of technical
nature, or involving professional
Judgment. It must decline to an
swer questions which concern the
names of proprietary articles, or the
decision of bets.
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Originality
Shown In Answers.
What Noah liked-Pears.
sunburnt girl-Brown Betty.
Experimentation
A distinguished poet-Heart bret
Harte).
A tailor's iron-Goose.
A lean Wife-Spa rerfb
A sad fruit-Pineapple
Spanking mothers-Champagne
Masculine eparture-Mangoes.
game and nuts-Chestnuts.
A pert age-Sausage.
A great philosopher-Bacon
Days. months, and years-Dates
To push under-Duck
\ vegetable and a fowl-Peahen.
A defense and nuts-Walnuts.
A tail with a cIog--Cucumber.
An equine -Horseradish.
A pet name-HOney.
Taffy for lovers-Kisses.
The piper's son and eight Intersections
Tomatoes. MRS. NJ. @. PHILIPS.
ITO Willard street northwest.
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NOVEL HOUSE PLANT.

Children often become tired Of playing
with their toys. To divert their little
minds from the nursery wet a sponge and
sprinkle mustard seed or fax seed and
hang it by q cord in the nursery win
dow. and let il be the little ones duty
70 keep the sponge wet, and in a few
days he win have a beautiful ball of
living green. A piece of flannel in a
saucer of water sprinkled with the seeds
viii also become pretty green mat TO
set ia the window seat.
MRS. NJ 3. ATKINSON.
419 Third street northwest.
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WHEN SPACE is SCARCE.

These living IN a few rooms or with
cut pantry viii find this q help. Take
some pretty. coIoTed cretonne or other
washable material and put a curtain
around the three sides Of the work
table just TO clear the floor. Under the
table viii be found plenty of space to
hang dIshpan. keep scrub bucket, and
market basket, and the like. A nice
idea is to make of the same material
q bag about one-hah yard deep, and
hang on two hooks near by 10 put all
waste paper and trash IN.
MRS ". z. SHIVELY,
2l1 Tenth street northeast.
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MOTHERS WHO SPANK.

am the mother of a little boy and
do not think spanking a child does
any good. I think If more mothers
would study kindness toward their
children they would have better chill
dren- Don't spank a child for every
little wrong doing. Talk TO him Cor
herr and tell him why what he has
done is wrong. If a mother ~ill study
her children's dispositions she will
soon learn what kind of punishment
TO use without spanking.
MRS. GEORGE,
1922 Seventh street northwest
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Dark Stains On the Neck.

Dark Stains On the Neck.
VI. Z. s.-There fs nothing. OF which
know, that will remove dark stairS
on the neck made by wearing high col
lars, If one persists IN wearing collars
that are too high or too tight I judge
from your letter that one or the other
Of these conditions must be your
trouble.
See that the collar is not so high as 10
rub the neck ror too tight. Loosening
ably wearing none at all, together with
a nightly massage with any reliable skin
food, viii help to eliminate the dark
streaks.
In prisoner of Zenda."
2 r. II. Sothern played "The Prisoner
of Zenda' in Washington before James
X. Hackett starred IN It.
Interior Decorating For Women.
T. c. H.-The amount of success a
Ing depends upon her ability and her
training. Some yourg women who
have studied architecture, designing on
arts and crafts. have failed as decora-
tors through lack of business ability,
push and good taste, where a woman
with less training but with better bust
ness judgment particularly in buying),
and with refined taste which appeals TO
refined people, and infinite tact, has
have begun by studying arts and
crafts and have developed into suce ess-
fuI decorators. / would advise a p~ac-
teal course in art to begin with But
remember II Is you and not your teach-
er who makes success possible.
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ARE ARGUMENTATIVE
AS TO CORRECTNESS OF
ANSWERS.

on yesterday. while # yet remained
some hours to O'Clock, the contestants
for the Mystic Menu prize became ar
gumentative. Particularly was this
true concerning WHAT Noah Liked
IN her answers to THE Mystic Menu.
one reader said that Noah liked wine. 3"
and she proceeded to give as her reason
Cor this decision the following:
NO doubt Noah liked many things.
but there is no evidence anywhere OF
but one thing-wine, as he planted a
vineyard. and was drunken and was
found in his tent unconscious. So he
must have liked wine"
Another reader insists that it must
have been pears pairs ''sInce he took
nothing else into the Ark
other names upon the menu have
been argued with equal cIeverness. From
the beginning the contestants have been
on the defensive. arguing a point here
and a point there. even coming in per
sOnally with the request for permission
to change a certain number on their
answers of course, no one has been
allowed 10 make a change in an answer
once turned in.
Some Arguments
On Contest Answers.
It is with regret that I was forced
10 turn a deaf ear 20 the original argu-
ments concerning the correct answers
90 1.-THE Mystic Menu" There may be
just as good reason to believe that Noah
liked things you have attributed
10 his taste, as il was 10 believe the
things attributed TO him by Mrs. Cum
mings.
Nevertheless. Mrs. Cummings menu.
with its answers. was the one used for
the contest, and ! have had TO abide by
the answers she gave. Yours were
compared with hers on yesterday, and
the number you had right were marked
on your manuscript. Did anyone get
them all correct2 o, YES, more than
one did that. Who? The prize winner,
as we'll as others who sent every cor
rect answer will be given in tomorrow
evenings edition of The Times.
Here are a few more interesting an
swers 10 the Mystic Menu and Table
D'Hote
Thinks Wine
Was Noah's Favorite.
What Noah liked Wine
A sunburnt girl-Brown Betty
Perpendicular-A Rare Steak a rare
stake)
A distinguished post-Bacon.
A Tailor irOn-Gooss.
A lean wife-Sparerib-
sad fTuit-PineappIe
Spanking mothers-Turnips
Masculine departure-Mangoes.
A game and nuts-Chestnuts (Ches
Nuts.}
A pert age-Sausage.
A great philosOpher-Sage
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Days, months and years-Dates.
To push under-Duck.
A vegetable and fowl-Chie6en
salad.
A defense and nuts-walnuts wall
Nuts)
A tail with 2 clog-Cucumber queue
cumber)
An equine Vegetab le- Horseradish
A pet name-HOney
Taffy for lovers-Sweets.
A charming essayist-Lamb.
A plper's son and eight Intersections
Tomatoes.
MISS F. L. TAYLOR,
14l1 18th street northwest
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KEEP HOME PLEASANT.

The home should be q pleasant place
for the mother. father. and children, A
woman IN order 20 spend a few leisure
hours in reading and attending TO her
social ule must save time and expense
bv doing her work in the quickest and
easiest way. also BY ecOnomiZiIg. Here
are a few suggestions:
Boil the clothes first in kerosene TO
make them white
Put the sprinkled clothes in one bas-
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Pears As Diet
For Father Noah.

Pears As Diet
For Father Noah.
What Noah ilkes-Pears.
A sunburnt girl-Browu Betty
Experimentation
A distinguished poet-Bacon.
A tailOr's irou-Coose.
A lean wife-Sparerib.
A sad frult-Blueberry
Spanking understandings
Masculine Mangoes.
a game of uts-Chestnuts
A pert age-Sausage.
A great philOsopher-Sage.
Days. months and years Thyme.
To push under-Duck
A vegetable and nuts-Peafowf
A defense and nuts-Walnuts.
tail With a clog-Cucumper.
An equine e-Horseradish.
A pet name-EOneY.
Iafty for loVers-Kisses.
a charming essayist-Lamb.
me p.per's son and eight interiectionl
Tomatoes.
KATE j. HAINES,
The sherman. Fifteenth and L SITS n w
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LINEN FINISHED PERcALE.

Linen-fnished percale. six yards,
thirty-six inches wide. at IA
cents a yard. Collar and cuffs
of same, finished With wash
sOutache braid. 1.--...+............S0.S 81
Wash Soutache Braid. one piece
at ......-..-,...-...............,.... IL
White pearl buttons, one and
one-half dozen, at 50 cents a
dozen ....................... SIS
1.57
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GIRLISH FROCK OF FRENCH LINEN
By May Manton.

The sim pie
frock in shirt
waist style is
the one which
every girl likes,
which is service
able as well as
smart. Pale blue
+ r e n C n linen
with the collar
and cuffs en-
broidered with
White Is the ma
terial illustrat-
ed, and the
dress is a most
attractive one
Lin g n S are
shown n a
great many col
Ors this sea sOu,
however, and
repp. linen and
s o TT hnisntJ
pique are ali
z O u a lily in
vogue, " h / ! e
this dress also
could be made
from some of
the thinner ma
terials, such as
chambray. ging-
ham, and the
like. The little
bit Of embroid-
cry found in the
pretty collar and
cuffs makes d
feature, but the
dress does not
necessarily call
for such finish,
for il can be
made with plain
sleeves or with
regulation shirt
s ] e e V e s and
straight bands
and the collar
can be either
Of the material
or white muslin,
as liked. The
blouse allows a
little more elsb-
Grafton than the
p ] in shirt
waist. and is
finished wi ( h
the new side
closing. " hfte
the skirt is
made with a
front gore and
circular side and
back portions.
In addition to
all its other
| possibilities the
model can be
utilized for the
skirt of wool or
heavier wa sh-
able material
and the blouse
of thinner mus
lin, pOngee, or
other similar
wasting.
For the six
teen - year size
viii be required I
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LOCAL MENTION.

]. Richard RiggIes, e27 9th St. N. W.
John Lucus' Metropolitan Paint, $3.50
Glazing promptly attended to
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wagner's Marwaco Conserved

Fruits, I9c Jar; Dog Head sam, 14c;
. ems cal L &. Peaches for &c; Evap.
Milk, family size. Sc; Pure Pepper, l6c
ID: SKIS Salt 1Oc; Pearl Soap, &C; L.
s. Mail Soap Sc. ]. T D. Pyles' 13
SsoTes.