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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-09
Nix0la Greeley-Smith
BY NixOla GreeIey-Smfth

copyrighted, 1918 by the Newspa-
per Enterprise Association.)
y Today the eugenic marriage is q
fad. Tomorrow It may be an obli-
cation. compuision.' The function
of passing upon the fitness of con-
templated marriages now exercised
by the Eugenic Record Office, but
only for the benefit of those who
seek its advice, must later on be-
come one of the duties of the per-
feet state. Or, at least, DR.. Chas.
B. Davenport, director Of the bu-
reau, is most emphaticalIy of that
opinion.
If the dreams of this earnest stu
dent of heredity are ever carried
out, young men and women will ul-
timately be COMPELLED to seek
and follow the matrimonial advice
which today they may take or leave
as they see fit.
Three sets of officials are nec-
essary for the proper enforce
ment of marriage laws" DIR. DAY.
export declares--"a state sugenics
board, consisting of trained biolo-
gist, a general practicing physician
of wide experience and a general
and widely experienced practitioner
of law. Under these three men
there should be a state physician
who would issue all marriage
licenses. and there should be a third
body of field workers.
"The work of the state eugenics
bureau and its officers may be H.
Illustrated by an example. A young
man and a young woman present
themselves with an application for
a marriage license) to state
physician. II the law requires
medical certificate, he examines the
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CHAPTER Xxx.

I thought we would be late to
the theater last night. but we got
to the box just as the curtain was
going up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Belden only had
time to welcome and seat US. The
house was dark and SO could
juts see that my hostess was A
STUNNING LOOKING WOMAN
IN A VERY DECOLETTE GOWN
with pearls about her neck and
the most wonderful amber orna-
ments | had ever seen, In her
blonde hair.
The play was one of those
French farces which. like the rest
of its type, is licentious and sup
posedly laughable.
In this play the principal char
acter. a French actress and demi-
mondaine, disports herself about
the stage in a species of undress
that Is made more entieingly in
decorous by its ribbon decora-
tons. l must have looked shock
ed, for when we arrived at our
flower-trimmed table at Martins
pronounced Martans). which is
supposed to be the smart Bohe-
milan place In New York to eat
your after-the-theate lobster, Mr..
Belden said:
81 am afraid that Mrs. Waverly
did not enjoy the play"
81 DID NOT" l said rather en-
phatically, although Dick kicked
me, under the table.
81 don't think any nice woman
enjoys that kind of an exhibition"
quietly interposed Mrs. Belden,
'and l told Mr.. Belden so, but he
thought you might be curious to
see a typical Broadway show"
please don't think l am mar
row and prudish," fastened to
explain, for Dick looked rather
blank, but I don't believe any
|right-minded woman can accept
license as q subject for levity
and only on the stage is II toler.
ated as a subject of jokes by we'll.
hammered people. A book writ
ten in the same vein as Madame
President could not be sent
through the mails"
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The Confessions |
of a Wife =

''You see, MFR. Belden," i con-
tinued, with my best smile, al
haven't been married long enough
TO ask my husband why man al-
ways thinks there b no harm done
II the breaking Of the seventh
commandment Is treated ~ q
joke. 1 am sure, to = woman, the
disobeyinG Of that Thou shalt not
always means tragedy"
81 guess she's got us dead to
rights. Waverly," said Mr.. Belden,
"and I think that 10 the reason
why a woman likes those problem
plays and why man loathes
Them"
eyes," said Mrs. Belden, who
seemed as clever as she was pref
ty, ''you men have shirked the
consequences through all the
ages and women have had to face
Them"
"Gracious." exclaimed Dick, sis
our little party going to turn IT.
self into a FEMINIST Lee
TURE?"
mot If you will hurry up the
broiled lobster. Dick" answered,
land in the meantime I'm going to
be impertinent enough to ask Mrs,
Belden where she got those ex-
quisite amber ornaments she is
wearing In her hair"
Then, of course, the talk turned
to fads and fashions. Mrs. Bel
den said she would go with me the
next day to buy some amber for
myself.
When we got home Dick said:
Say, Madge. do you think the
Beldens seem very happy? Mrs.
Belden was rather cynical.
"YOu are thinking of that
speech she made about man
chasing his wife with his morning
shave and breakfast instead Of his
dinner and his favorite wine,~
said. well, dear, perhaps IL
comes to that I'm the end, only
most women aren't clever enough
to put IL that way"
You don't mean that. dear
hearth" asked Dick I'm a shocked
voice.
mot now, dear man, when you
are close beside me and l can feel
your arms about me-but you
must remember THE BELDENS'
HONEYMOON HAS BEEN OVER
A NUMBER OF YEARS."
| And ours will never be over"
affirmed Dick, fervently. Just
now l don't believe ii will. How
ever, l may think differently to-
morrow
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LETTERS

as l did.
This morning he asked me
to kiss him, and I replied that
the three months is not yet
up, and l saw him cry for the
first time.
You will read this letter,
boy. When you cried I
wanted to kiss your tears
away-but remembered how
you laughed at MY tears q
month ago. 1 pity you from
my heart; / think you love
me-but how can you so far
forget yourself?
We do not quarrel now,
Miss Grey, and are not sup
posed to within the three
months. He bears up we'll,
and l admire him for 1t; but
once again l ask what would
you do? He would not dare
to strike q man. He does not
hit hard enough to hurt me
but / say he must not hit
me at all. l will not stand
another blow. Please answer.
MAY.
Al say you are a level-head-
ed little woman and hardly need
any help. A woman must have
the respect of her husband IL she
expects to remain with him. There
is no true love without respect
and you are wise enough to see It.
and even under humiliation Of be
ing compelled to restort to the
method you have, you are willing
to do anything that is right for
LOVE.
You have your husbands re-
spect right now-but 1t is up to
him to gain yours. You are per-
fectIy right, and 1 heartily wish
we had more such wise and kind.
eharted wives as you. When the
home problems are worked out on
the home ground we will have nc
use for divorce courts.
Dear Miss Grey: Ten years
ago / married a man under
duress, and parted with him
Immediately after the cere-
mony and have not seen him
since. The last l heard Of him
was about seven years ago.
Is the marriage legal? Can it
be annuiled?
Yours in love,
ROSE.
A.-Yours is a particular case
that should be taken up by the
court. That does not mean pub.
licity. You can have him declared
legally dead, but tho proceedings
must go through the court. Con.
suit the prosecuting attorney. His
advice is free.
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kneeling at his bedside, saying his
prayers. and then rolling casually
into bed ana pulling the Govern
over him. There are four ele-
plants In the troupe. three Of
them full grown. and they Just
about take up all the space on the
stage.
BLK Link and Blossom Robin
son have q clever act Billy II
now giving his monologue ana
songs without the bIackface
adornment, and he gets awAy with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-09

Animal intelligence may be
scoffed at. but not after one has
witnessed q performance Of
Powers Hippodroms elephants.
which opened an engagement at
Pantages theater yesterday.
These elephants 40 everything
but talk. One OF them rings q
bell, while sitting at q table. or
ders a meal and eats It with all
the care of an epicure. Another
inished his round Of tries Dy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-09

Another plan I call memoriz-
ing bys association. I recall Incl
dents, paragraphs from book or
conversation by associating the
subject with some object such as
paintings or books"
Miss Mccormick Is able to re-
peat conversations held several
years ago, or read page from a
book once and repeat 1t verbatim.
Her ability. has been shown In a
recent test in which she was able
to remember four distinct colors
from "a shades Of gray.
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BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. 9. -
Miss Elsie Mccormick, sophomore
at the University of California,
has perfected system TO-. men,
orizing.
Instructors at the college are
interested in her method and say
that her ability to memo.ize
proves the worth of her system.
81 remember short poems," she
said, "by taking the initial letter
Of each verse and forming it into
word. The remembrance of the
word enables me to remember the
entire poem.
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LONDON. Dec. Cit Is report
ed that Mrs. Ida M. French,
daughter Of Robert J. Wynne,
former American postmaster gen.
eral, will return to the Washing
ton home Of her parents. Mrs
French has Just been divorced
from Capt. Hugh Ronald French
of the Yorkshire regiment and
formerly Of the Seventh Dragon
guards.
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TO AID FARMERS

WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. Q.
The agricultural extension bill,
providing experts to assist farm
'ers In agricultural education AMI
to make farming more attractive.
was favorably reported to the
house yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-09
POST IS BOUGHT

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9-Tne
San Francisco Post was yester-
day consolidated with the Call,
and the papers were printed az
one sheet today under the name
of Call-Post.
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CONVICT DENIES

CHICAGO. Dec. 9.-After sign
ing an affidavit saying that the
federal court officers, including
Judge Lands, were in a conspir-
acy, Samuel Berger a Fort Leav-
enworth convict. admitted that his
statement was untrue.
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ASKS PARDON

CHICAGO. Dec. 8. - Justice
Theodore Brentano has asked
Governor Dunno for a pardon for
Joshua Ledford, clothing mer-
chant, who was convicted several
years ago of obstructing justice
and has never served his SEN
tence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-09

Lear MISS TREY. 1 nave
seen lots of the world, both
good and bad times. Two
years ago in Southern Cali
fornia l was beating my way
to Portland, and was kicked
off the train. I was broke
and hungry, so I stopped at
the back door of a house to
ask for something to eat. A
young girl came to the door.
l was backward in telling
her my condition, but she
took me In and gave me a
good feed.
Six months ago I met her
in Portland, and offered to
pay her for the meal she
gave me. She refused; but
asked me- to call. We have
been lovers ever since. l go
to see her twice week. She
Is neat and clean, a good
housekeeper, and beautiful.
am paying on five-room
cottage, and have furnished
it, as l work in a furniture
factory. Is it right to ask
her to marry me? She knows
how I was two years ago,
and what I am today. Now,
I am ready to settle down.
Hoping to see an answer.
LONGING AND HOMESICK.
Aft what you are today is
what you truly are; If you intend
to be a man whether or not the
girl marries you, then, it seems to
me, you are worthy of her. But
should she not see things as you
do, take your medicine like q man
and continue to be one.
Dear Miss Grey: have
very large busts. Please tell
me how to reduce them.
ONE OF YOUR READERS.
All you are a young girl, let
them alone, and they will gradu-
ally grow smaller as your flesh
itself over your entire
body.
Gold sponging is the only thing
| can recommend. 1t simply tends
to make the bust firm. Let the
be upward.
Dear Miss Grey: / am 10
and have been married two
years. / want to know what
you would do in my case.
1t has come to the point
where my husband strikes me
when he gets angry at the
least thing. / don't want to
brag on myself, but l must
let you know what I am made
of, SO you can Judge.
have worked in laundry
for a year, and he makes
good wages. / do my work
at home after / get through
at the laundry, and get his
supper for him.
l always thought that when
/ got married would be kind
and do my part, and I have.
When he is sorry he says SO
himself. He has begged for a
month for forgiveness. You
may say / am stubborn; but
listen, this is his third Of
tense, and seems hard to for
get.
! have given him three
months to reform, so we have
two more months to live as
brother and sister; then will
forgive, but 1t will be long
time before / can respect him
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-09

The Ladies' Aid society of
Westminster Presbyterian church
will hold it's annual bazaaf and
mle tomorrow afternoon and
evening in the church parlors.
There will be a large assortment
OF fancy and useful articles, and
refreshments will be served.
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Ivy chapter, o. e. s., auxiliary,
Will meet tomorrow afternoon al
the home Of Mrs. A. e. Farrell
84th and B streets. A good at
tendance is desired, as 1t is the
last meeting of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09
I<LUGE.
Y. NJ. CA. TRACK MEN
ARE READY TO RUN
Conner and Tenney to Have
Charge of Coaching the
Team.

announcement was made yesterday OF
the y. NJ. c. A. track and field team that
has been organized. The mile relay will
consist of Klugse. Linden. Knight, Dreis-
enstock, with Schiller as reserve man. In
he quarter-mile the runners Will be
drawn from Dreisenstock. klugge, Corey,
Ashley, Elder. Easton. karrick. Knight.
Linden and Schiller. The performers in
the 100 and :20 yards dashes will be
klugge. Rosen, Ashley, Powell. Ball and
Linden. Johnson and Elder will do the
high jump for the y. NJ. c. a. bunch.
while Johnson and Jesse will take care of
the hurdles. and Crabtree Will look after
the siXteen-pound shot-put.
The coach for the y. NJ G. A. boys in
the track events is Louis Common. who
began running for the Central High
School. After his graduation he ran for
the University of Pennsylvania and Wes-
leyan. Later on he was the crack half
miller for the Irish-American Athletic
Club.
w. ". Tenney, assistant physical di-
rector of the Y. NJ. c. a. and coach OF
the associations weekly gym sport con-
tests. will coach the association athletes
in the field events.
''rhe team as now planned" said Coach
| Tenney yesterday. centers around
klusge and Linden, who are our best
men i'm the dashes and relay; Johnson,
who is almost a sure point winner in the
jumps and hurdles, and ,Crabtree. the best
shOt-putter that We have had on the Y.
NJ. G.. A. gym floor in years OF course.
the other members of the team include
lot of reliable athletes as Well as some
promising material of which both Conner
and / hope great things. but on the basis
of past performances the men named are
the real old guard.
However. l do not mean to say that
We are through recruiting for the team.
The season for track and field sports is
; young yet, and long before it gets into
full swing there i strong possibility that
some new men will come in who will
Guido the best Of those we have now.
. We are always glad to welcome new
Corners who will work, and they will
always get every chance in the world to
make good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09
RETAINS GORDON MEDAL.
Canada Wins Curling Championship
for the Fourteenth Time.

BOSTON. February S.-The Gordon
medal possession of which signifies
the curling championship of the United
States and Canada. was won by
Canada for the fourteenth time in the
closing Kinks of the international bon
spiel at the Boston Arena today
The Canadian players scored "a total
of 116 points to 137 for the United
States players.
The United States led in the six Kinks
yesterday, 103 to 102.
w. r. q. Hughes. skip of the Caledo-
MIA team of Montreal, will have Gus
tody of the championship medal for
the next year, his rink having scored
the greatest number of points
The two days play was watched by
a large delegation of Canadians. who
came from Montreal and other Cana
dian cities in special trains The in
dividual rink scores today follow:
Canada-St. Andrews. Montreal IS;
Outremon;. No. I. Montreal, 30 Gale
donna. Montreal. 30.
United States-Brae Burn. Boston. IA.
St Andrews. New York, Is; Caledonia
New York. B.
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GEORGETOWN PREPS WIN.
Defeat Gallaudet Reserves in Fast
Basket Ball Game. so to 81.

The Georgetown Preparatory School
basket ball team experienced practically
no difficulty in defeating the Gallaudet
Reserve five yesterday afternoon in the
latters gymnasium, the score being 30
to 81.
The game was somewhat rough and the
referee had to call "a good humber of
fouls. The teams seemed to be evenly
matched after the game was under way
for while, but the Props soon displayed
brilliant teamwork and passing, and In
the latter part Of the half they had regis
tered enough points to concede the con-
test to them. The Gallaudet Reserves.
while doing some good passing, could not
stand the great pace of the Props, and
consequently had to take the defen Sc
most OF the time The first half stood
% to II in favor of the Georgetown lads.
The second half was more exciting
than the first. With few changes in its
lineup. the Reserves made rush. and
il looked as if they would turn the tide,
but their stride was short lived. as the
Props had braced up, and We're again
playing brilliantly.
Berardini and McCrary did the best
work for the Props, while Hughes and
Rockwell came into the limelight for the
Reserves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09
VICTORY CLEAN CUT
CapabIanca Proves Himself
Real Chess Master. 4.
WHITAKER'S GOOD SHOWING
Played Brilliantly and Lost Several
Games Through 0vercon-
fident Moves.
NHITAKER'S GOOD SHOWING

All hail to Capa blanca. winner or the
American national tournament OF 1913.
He was expected 10 bring home the
bacon and he did: nor does his narrow
margin OF half p point over Marshall
adequately express the fuilness OF his
victory. His wins were his own brilliant
achievements in every instance except
one: Marshall Won two drawn games in
one day by simply holding an even posi-
ton, hour after weary hour. nntil his
younger and less patient opponents broke
under the strain. Charles Jaffc. the only
master to win from Capablanca. was also
alone in his defeat ct TIE hands OF "a
poleon. This mishap cost him a tie with
Marshall for second place But the most
unfortunate player an the tournament WAS
certainly Norman T. Whitaker OF the
Washington Chess and Whist Club No
one. with the exception of Capa blanca.
showed as much stuff as this youn.
Washingtonian. After brilliant and win
ming combinations against Capablanca.
Marshall. Kupchick and Stapfer. he let
victory slip from his grasp in each in
stance by hasty. oVerconfident play.
Janowski played only one game i'm the
style which in former years bewildercd
even such masters as Schlechter and
Lasker. and won for him the reputation
of being the worlds first brilliancy play
er. This was his game against Whitaker.
proba bly, the finest example OF chess
strategy shown in the whole tournament
The score made by Zapoleon. while a
bitter disappointment 10 his many friends.
Is hardly surprise. Ills play showed
nothing beyond thorough study OF the
openings and propensity. amounting al
most 10 mania. for exchanging pieces in
the hope OF getting a draw.
The final standing of the players was:
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OLYMPIC STARS ENTERED.
Classy Athletes to Compete in A. A
U. Tourney Next Month.

NEW YORK. February S.-Entries OF
several competitors in the Olympic games
at Stockholm last year have been so far
received by the Amateur Athletic Union
for the American track and field cham
pionships, to be held in Madison Square
Garden, March 6. Secretary James f..
Sullivan announced tonight. The stars
who have already entered include:
Howard =. Drew, the national sprint
champion; Hannes Kolehlanen. the Fin
nish olympic distance champion; Russell
Beatty, the intercollegiate Shot-put cham
pion: Lawrence Whitney. who finished
third to Mcdonald and Rose in the 16-
yound shot at the Olympic games; Ben
Sherman. the former intercollegiate
champion at throwing the hammer; Ben
Adams, the crack high and broad jumpe,
of the New York Athletic Club, and
Harry Grumpelt. winner of several met.
ropolitan and national high jump cham
pionships.
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Catchers Like to Receive Johnson's Speed.

the country over will forget his
Brown in Bownw
Nick proved worthy
of he
Nick
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hardened
Altrocke EN-
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