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The Washington times., 1911-03-26
Hundreds of Solutions
Read to Find Out
the Winner

1t was PelPs son who killed NOR
man Deston and caused Gerald Forbes
to commit suicide.
That's the Whole Truth" as to the
solution of the 'Sins Of the Fathers,
the continued story run in The Times.
the last chapter of which was with
held until today, to permit The Times
readers to try their hand at the So
luton in competition for a prize Of
500.
answers that were submitted to the
Mystery Editor" and 'stfli more sur
prising how many of them came
within striking distance Of the
whole Truth" But of the hundreds
of letters that were received, but two
of them~got the murder and suicide
In proper sequence and of these two,
the best answer was submitted by
Mrs. Frances Marsh Towner. Of 1904
Newton street, Brookland. The next
best, and one that is deserving of
especial mention, in the opinion of
the Mystery Editor, was that sub
mitted by Mrs. N. B. Logan, 3241 N
street northwest. So II is evident
that the women have again upheld
their reputation as superior roman
| ticists in the way in which they
solved the puzzle.
Not Easy Puzzle to Solve.
Because Of the numerous characters
introduced in the story and the way in
which apparent motives were discov-
cred by the detectives. it was not an
easy thing to arrive at the correct solu-
ton Of the mystery, which was worthy
| of the talents OF Sherlock Holmes him
! self. So II was not strange that many
OF the answers sent In were fantastic In
the extreme. Many of them went to
the extent Of declaring that the elder
Deston was not dead, and that the two
supposed victims of that fatal night,
| Forbes and Norman Deston, had not
| been killed, but that they were the de-
| tectives in disguise, and that the detec-
| tive who finally solved the mystery,
Barrows, was none other than Nina
| Amato.
Hundreds Of writer's declared that
Amato, his daughter, or a relative had
committed the murders, as revenge for
| either business on family wrongs. Hun
dreds Of others believed that the elder
Deston had wronged the mother of
legal right to inherit the fortune, this
! being given as the reason he was cut
of in the will and by many used as the
motive for numbering the two heirs
whose wills were made in his favor.
Law Favors the Rich
A sad commentary On American crinl-
inal procedure was found in the motive
i PeIl had for accusing Wilkes Deston,
i according to the views Of those who
believed the aged butler accused Wilkes
/ IN ubiaId S,pla opa alae-Ubicb -, the
way, was apparently an obvious proceed.
ure. Dozens and dozens Of writer's de,
clared Pell accused Wilkes because
Wilkes had so much money Pell knew
he would get Off easy in the trial." in
ferring that a poor man you'd have nc
chance, which seems to have become g
popular belief
PeIl. the murderer. figures only as the
solution Of the mystery, and his ances
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Its the best of all the good news
that has reached me through The Times
. in years" said Mrs. Frances Marsh
Towner, wife of DR.. Frank H. Towner,
of 1904 Newton street, Brookland. l.. c.,
when told today that she had won the
prize of 500 in gold for submitting the
best ending to the mystery story, THE
Sins Of the Fathers"
And it has to be pretty good newsy
stuff" she added, Ito beat just the
every day news that The Times prints. &"
And it wasn't only a piece of good
news to Mrs. Towner. but, as she put
it, it was the surprise of her life, for the
final chapter which she wrote and sub
mftted to the Story Editor of The Times
as the best possible solution to compli-
cations which arise in The Sins Of the
Fathers" was the first thing she has
ever written for publication. She has
had such success with her first literary
effort that she says this will not be the
last.
Old Times Reader. ]
How did 1 happen to write last
chapter for the story?" she said in
answer to a question. ''well. I'll tell
Won. DR.. Towner and myself have sub
scribed to The Times ever since We
married, a humber of years ago, and
established a home in Brookland.
I,,-ar,,+t,inor In n Is newsy and to the
point. And, besides all that The Times
is always ready to take up for its sub
scribers, whether it be a night for
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Mrs. TOwner'S Solution

would be his. But how? The fates
were with him. late that hight he heard
Norman and Gerald talking, he slipped
up to the door. The two were standing
in the middle of the room looking a;
a ring. An open safe was near HIM
and gleaR1ng there was a revolver. II
was the work of a second to steal in,
grab the revolver and confront the
startled men. Gerald frightened ran,
Norman started to move, Pell was toe
quick, and he fell shot. Next to find
Forbes. Creeping stealthily down the
hall he found him in the library. Again
Forbes started to run. First grabbing
a dagger lying on the table. Pell start
ed in pursuit. Gerald tore open the
window, ran around the side Veranda
and started for the summer house
Seeing PeIl almost on him stabbed him.
self Here Pell found him. How was
he to get rid OF the body and thu.
throw off suspicion? The lake was the
only handy place. He threw the body
in not thinking it would come to the
surface so soon. His hands were stained
out of his pocket he pulled a handker
chief belonging to Willis, and wiped of
| the blood. Now to find Wilkes ant
| finish the nights work.
Back to the house he crept only t.
find poor old Pell waiting for him. H,
had heard the scuffle, missed his sor
and had crept up to the door leading
into the corridor, and from there haC
watched part of tte trouble. Poor OLE
| man, he had known the truth, but il
order to save a man whom he had love,
and sacrificed for all these years h,
tried to turn our suspicious to innocen
Wilkes. Come men I am all in, and
shall never again take another murde,
case.
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Up at the house, guarded by two de-
tectives, you will find poor trembling
wreck. He is the man who murdered
Norman Deston and caused young
Forbes, through fear, to stab himself.
Who is he? Oldest son of old man
Deston-offspring OF Deston and Pelrs
wife For years PeIl thought the boy
his. and not until his wifes death did
he learn the truth. The boy grew up
on the place until the resemblance to
his father became so great that the old
man thought best to send him to the
city Here ne formed evil associates
and became a gambler and a drunkard.
Old Pcll loved the boy, and stood it as
long as he could, but when the last
of his hard-earned savings was spent in
paving gambling debt, he thought it
time to tell the boy who his real father
was. This caused young Pell to plunge
further and further into debt, and final
Iy when the prison doors seemed al
resdy opened for him he made a per-
SoEal demand on his real tather. Deston
senior refused, and hot words followed,
which brought on a sudden attack of
heart failure. Frightened at what he
had indirectly been the cause of, young
Pell tried to escape, but was seen by
Gerald. He FED tc his foster father for
protection and was safely hidden away;
but that night when the will was to be
read mis- curiosity got the better of his
own good Judgment, and he crept up to
the window 10 hear how the property
was disposed OF. Alas, again he was
seen by young Forbes, also by Wilkes.
He knew he had been recognized.
What was to be done? Get rid OF
Wilkes and Norman, and the property
The Washington times., 1911-03-26
Taft Consents to Be
Patron of Horse Show

Added distinction will be given to the
National Capital Horse Show, TO be held
in Washington May 4. 5, and s, by Presi-
dent Taft's consenting to become a pat
ron of the affair
The President is a lover of horses and
numbers among his close friends some
of the leading members of the Wash
ington Riding Club, who are most prom
inent in promoting the show and are
among the liberal contributors to the
guaranty fund Of $4,000. 1t Is expected
that the receipts from the show will re-
pay the fund.
The executive committee has been fur
ther strengthened by the adding Of Ed
ward B. Mclean. He Will enter several
horses.
The Washington times., 1911-03-26
Hon. Woman'S Logic Won

cheaper gas or to get more money for
the underpaid Government clerks:
Naturally, when / saw the first in
stallment of The Sins of the Fathers I
read it. 1t was intensely interesting. 1
forgot, while reading that first INSTALL
ment that prize of 500 would be Of
fered to the reader who submitted the
best final chapter to it, and, uncon-
sciously, as the plot was developed from
day to day, wondered how it would all
turn out. BY the time the third INSTALL
ment was printed 1 had decided to try
for the prize.
Her Curiosity.
"Of course, had the natural woman's
curiosity to know how the author
would have ended the story after /
had read the chapter last printed in
The Times. But that 500 and a desire
to see how near 1 could come to ending
1t in the most logical way looked very
good, so L jotted down, offhand, the way
thought it ought to be concluded.
The ending submitted is my first draft.
wrote it out in pencil and copied ii
word for word, without change of even
a comma, on a typewriter, and sent il
in. had my own private opinion
about the way 1 had ended the story.
but 1 had my doubts about the story
editors opinion. e.,
There's no need to ask what I'll do
with the 500. Spring and spring hats,
you know, are here, and I'll have plenty
of places for the money"
Mrs. Towner is we'll within the thirty
year milestone and a pretty brunette.
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What's Your Choice?
From the Philadelphia Star.


The girl who believes in good luck
charms or likes to think that she does
will want to know about her particular
astral color.
1t is supposed to be both becoming and
charmed with good fortune for the wear
er: but. however that may be. here are
the colors for each month:
The girl who was born in January
should wear green.
The February girl may choose all
shades of pink.
Purple is for the March girl. She will
feel the most comfortable and cheerful
with purple things about her.
The April daughter can wear red, and
especially rose red.
The special color for May is blue, and
the girl born in this month should choose
jewelry and clothes of light tints of
blue. This girl is supposed to be sensi-
tive
is apt to make her a little melancholy.
Light red is the color for July. and
deep blue for the girl born in August
Yellow is for the girl born in Septem-
ber.
If you were born in October you will
take the greatest comfort in wearing
brown, while il November is your month
you may choose light gray. Instead of
the gay holiday colors the girl who is
born in December should choose mauve.
It will bring her luck and love and other
good things
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04
MORNING CHITCHAT.
H-ASSAIC. n. 1.-The diamond engagement ring as
plighted faith is symbol Of nfcriority. accordir
kershet a physician whose engagement Miss G

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Cooking in Stoneware.
Frwn the Philadelphia Star.

Frum the Philadelphia Star.
Stone or earthenware cooking appli-
ances are used to very great advantage
for various forms OF preparing food. For
the homely pot-au-feu the French house.
wife has used fireproof earthenware
dishes for generations. and does so to-
day. But besides soups, various savory
dishes and all sorts OF stews are cooked
in stoneware pots. Indeed, so much has
this form of cookers come in to fashion
that many dishes are sent to the table
in the pots in which they are cooked
Cooking in stoneware has no equal
where slow cooking Is aimed at. and
there are many dishes which one would
do well to refrain from attempting unless
cooked in this fashion. and certain foods
taste decidedly oetter If cooked in this
way. For braising, pot roasting, or stew
ing fruit and other articles which need
to be cooked slowly under close cover.
the application Of moderate, even heat
produces far better results than if quick
heat is applied. For such cases the use
Of earthenware cooking pots is recon-
mended.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04
SHOPPING SUGGESTIONS
FOR 4 BUSY SATURDAY
Bv DOROTHY AVERY HOWARD.

tiful with ornamentations in various
ways Of Irish and cluny laces and
hand embroidery. Some Of them have
a lining trimmed also with lace, which
takes the place of the usual dainty
corset cover required with a thin
waist.
Some Of the newest and prettiest Or
naments for the modish coffure are
those shown in a new hair-dressing es-
tablishment in Thirteenth street, just
below F. street. AS this shop has just
recently been opened as a branch
house of a very well known New
York concern. naturally the goods
shown here are the very latest styles.
An especially pretty idea is the combi-
nation barrette and bandeau Of gold
which is set with pearls and rhine
beautiful effect when the hair Il
dressed In the proper way for even
ing.
A leader from a well-known cloth
ing house in Pennsylvania avenue,
near the corner Of Tenth street. offers
a box OF half a dozen dress shirts for
S475 Just now. A half dozen collars
which sell regularly at Is cents each
may be bought for 90 cents in the
same place.
Boys house slippers, Of felt, in
browns. navy blues, reds. and blacks.
are now selling at 50 cents a pair in
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04
Activities of the Fair Sex.

Forty-six women were chosen as county
superintendents of schools in Iowa at the
last election.
In Pekin recently a native Chinese
lady. said to be a direct descendant
of Confucius. presided over an anti-ci-
garette rally at which there were more
than $50 students and teachers.
DR.. Pauline Nusbaumer has been made
city bacteriologist of Oakland, Cal. Four
years ago Miss Jessie v Berry. Just
out of Stanford University was appoint
ed city chemist and she still holds the
office.
Miss Ellen La Motto has been made
nurce-lnlchief of the tuberculosis divi-
SION of the health board of Baltimore.
she Warked in the women's campaign
against the disease for more than five
years This campaign was under the
leadership of Miss Mary E. Lent SUPER
intendent of the Visiting Nurses Asso-
clation of Baltimore. who worked for
years to get the health board to take
over the work.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04
Two-piece Writing Sets.

From the Philadelphia Star
Two-piece writing sets, consisting Of a
large-sized combination blotting and
memorandum book and a capacious fiat
stationery box divided into compartments
for correspondence paper. hasty note
cards and telegram blanks. note cards
and telegram blanks are of suede, mo-
rocco, alligator. lizard, seal and pigskin
with or without fooled gold orders and
other decorations
To match the color scheme of a library,
morning or guest room those dainty and
useful writing sets are covered with
moire. satin, brocade or printed chintz
and if girl has mastered the art of
neatly covered boxes and books she may
make them according to her fancy.
An artistic set covered with natural
colored chamois might have a hand
fooled gold border and a lacelike lattice
done in gold paint, and one of hunters
green corded silk could be fooled and
widely bordered with a floral or Grecian
design in silver. bronze or brass-colored
paint
If something less elaborate is desired
the book and box might be of cartridge
or enameled plain wall paper. which
withstands considerable usage, and dec
GRATED on lid and cover with a hand
painted initial, monogram or proverb.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04

Some novel valentines are to be
found in an art store in New York
avenue, near Fifteenth street. or
course, they are heart shaped and
also have a comic side to them, as. Tor
instance, the one which depicts a min
iature dry battery with this super
scription on It: Loves dry battery.
Guaranteed to put a current in the
weakest heart Use when required.
Loves Electric Manufacturing Com
pany. Any old place"
Besides this clever little valentine
there are others which represent Cup
ids telephone, over which loves mes
sages may be sent, an electric fan
to cool the little god S. ardor when it
gets too warm, broom which may
sweep clean the hearts which he
wants to enter. a faucet with long
tube on which a card says do not
throw a cold douche on my love"
and others of this character, which
cost only . cents each.
A dainty valentine is the one show
ing the spring girl of 1911 in a gown
of real silk-quite a novelty in this
line-that sells for so cents. Many
other attractive suggestions may be
found in the same shop.
Some lovely new lingerie waists are
those shown now by a small shop on
the south side of F. street, near Thir-
teenth. They are mostly OF cotton voile
or marquisette and are made beau
The Washington herald., 1911-02-04
LUCRETIA MOTT.

Women win lorc her that she is woman
More worth than any man; men. that she IS
The rarest Of all women.
Shakespeare.
Lucretia Mott was one of the noblest
among the many noble American women
who have left the indeIble stamp OF their
goodness on the chronicles of the century
past She accomplished the greatest
good in her work during the exciting
period of the first half of the nineteenth
century And although her name is
closely linked with the most active body
of reformcrs. in method she was widely
different and succeeded in winning more
by the sweet. and gentle disposition that
she possessed than by the more strenuous
efforts of her confederates.
She viewed all the subjects she advo-
Gated from the woman's standpoint and
consequently she was widely respected
and beloved. There is no doubt that this
woman possessed great moral force and
when the history of this period is care
fully written. Lucreua Mott will overtop
in the estimate many who are to-day Way
above her in the public esteem.
BY birth, Lucretia Coffin was Quaker.
her parents at the time living on the
Island of Nantucket. She was only eight
cen Years old when she married James
Nett. and shortly afterwards they took
I'D their residence in Philadelphia Her
especial talents and force as speaker
were soon recognized. and when Lucretia
was twenty-five years Of age she became
regular preacher of the Society OF
Friends She was always d strong advo-
cate for the granting of suffrage and
eoual rights to women, and as an evil
dence of her advanced opinions she would
write in albums. when asked for her
autograph. this sentiment: I'm the true
marriage relation the independence of the
husband and wife is equal, their depend
ence mutual. and their obligations recip-
rocal''