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Best Treatment for
All Complexion Ills

Ill tell you my panacea for all COM
lcxion troubles. If the skin be color
less. sallow. muddy, over-red, II it be
rough, chapped, blotchy. pimply. or
freckled, there's nothing that will so
surely overcome the condition as ordi-
nary mercolized wax. The wax literally
takes Off bad omplexion-absorbs the
dead and near-dead particles of surface
skin. so gently. gradually. you expert
ente no Inconvenience at all. A new
complexion is then In evidence. one so
clear, spotless delicately soft and beau
iiful. you look many years younger.
One ounce Of this wax, procurable at
any drug store. will rejuvenate even the
worst complexion. 1t Is smeared on like
cold cream before retiring and removed
mornings with warm water. The mer-
cn'ized wax habit is healthier and
more economical one than the cosmetic
habit.
II the skin be wrinkled or creased
hattie it daily in a solution made by dis
solving an ounce of powdered saxoIite
in half pint witch hazel This acts
Immediately. affecting even the deepest
wriDkles.--E,lsie Desmond. in Beauty's
Mirror-AdVt
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absolutely not" she had said, certain
ly one could not expect it," etc
Finally, one night, catching Mary in a
surreptitious hand-assuranCe OF SYM
pathy TO her mother, who. it seemed to
me. was most always hanging about
the window of late, ! arose and pulled
down the shade
saint nor rational being any more.
m getting nerves and I'm easily irri-
tated.
Instantly Mary put the shade I'D
again. with a jerk that sent In fIyIng to
the TOP. 1t was AN act Of rebellion in
cited by the presence OF my gloating
mOther-in-law in the opposite window,
pulled the shade down again and
held II.
What in the world do you SUPPOSE
people are thinking of u.s. ! demanded.
''Ztz-zagsing a shade up and down and
glaring at each other while your mother
watches the show from her window.
It's Silly"
WHO began it?' demanded my wife.
you pulled the shade down"
You waved your hand again in that
silly way" I said. ''If you want to talk
10 YOUR mother. go over and talk. l
don't In the least mind being alone
but ] do mind such sickly exhibitions OF
scntimentallty as you've been indulgiug
in lately"
But I'm learning that IL isn't wise TO
fight your mother-in-law. Instantly you
exalt her in your wifes mind to the
place Of martyr and after that every
thing in the world Is hers A man
stands very little chance. anyway, OF
getting away with a dispute when his
nother-in-law is the other disputant.
Mother" I'm learning. comes first,
right or wrong
Copyright. 1874. Newspaper Feature Service }
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Times Question Box

G. NJ. X: The only daughter of the
Kaiser of Germany, Princess Victoria
Luise AdeIheid Mathilde Charlotte, mar
ried Prince Ernest August of cumber-
land. scion Of the House of Guelph,
Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg.
They We're married May "A. 1913.
Princess Augusta Victoria, daughter
, Of Prince William of Hohenzollern, Is
the wife Of the dethroned King Of
Portugal
H. ]. Brandes-The only nation upon
whose possessions the sun never sets
Is the British Kingdom. The sun sets
for ffty-eight minutes on the Russian
territory. The United States is third.
Miss H. Voegler-There is no premium
on United States official postage
Philately can be had at any first class
book store. Such publications give all
information about stamps of every kind.
Annie Laurie-To wash white mating
use warm. not hot, water and add a
little ammonia.
To keep rubber plants, palms and ger
aniums through the winter water them
regularly and give them plenty Of light
and air. Do not keep them in a room
which is too warm.
A ]. Lipscomb-To apply for a posi-
ton as gateman at the Union Station
see w. G. Robey. station master.
To apply for a position in baggage de-
partment see w. J. Tittall. General bag
gage agent.
The only general qualification required
for either position IS a good recommen-
dation.
Mrs. Riordan-To laugh out loud in a
theater or any place Of amusement is
very poor taste. Children can be left
during the day at the Day Nursery Dis
pensary, 466 N street southwest. The
Neighborhood House, 40 y street south
west. also runs a day nursery in con-
Information concerning other day nur-
series in Washington can be had at the
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II alleged specialists recollected
their acoustics and the physics of
sound. they would recall that any
projection or obstruction, any rough
and rugged or jagged edge will inter
fere with and crack the tones into
noises.
When the soft palate Is closed, on
the other hand, there is a diminution
not only Of volume, pitch and
strength. but also Of the number OF
overtones. Anything that interferes
with the smoothness and openness of
the nose and upper air chambers may
eliminate three or four overtones en-
tirely.
Particularly weak and tremulous
will be the fundamental as well as
the few overtones left If there Is a
thick. chronically inflamed pharynx
or tonsils they will still further work
havoc upon the singing voice
The voice Of birds and women are
usually more silver-sweet and har-
monious than mems because the skull
cavities are less turgid, swollen Or
obstructed. A woman's skull and a
birds head are more symmetrical and
less given to congestions.
(CopyriGht 1914. Newspaper Feature service)
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Of happiness. health, or humanness.
from being as colorless and hopeless
as fungus growth in a dark cellar
Deobie blossomed out 'nto a rose.
In Tiny Home.
She lived in a tiny home with an aged
! mother, as drab an existence as the
most ardent anti-suffragist could hope
she was decent, and good. and respect.
able, and she couldn't catch a beau,
She wasn't attractive enough. She ex.
listed. and gazed with hungry eyes upon
living world in which she could bear
but the part of a shadow. since she
had not been chosen" and was re-
sTectable
But she got a job in the country
store. She saw people, she talked to
other human beings, she became human
herself. Her mind responded to the i'm
pressions which were made upon II. and
part of the softness and luste- of the
beautiful silks she handled seemed TO
enter into her soul. and even her ewes
and cheeks! She became human. ,n-
terested. rounded with maturing wears
and successful. She expected nothing
demanded nothing of the world and
gave much herself. Therefore she had
no worries. She was sweet and placid
and grateful
She became gray, and then more
gracefully gray, and sweeter, and, ar
last, In the flower of her perfect yyonn-
anhood. she bloomed before the ewes
Of her townspeople.
Man Picked Her.
And a man came along and PICKED
HER, just as any wonderful rose is
liable to be picked by an appreciative
person.
She wasn't an old woman either, and
she had her romance
What great relief and contra st
this small volume Is to that terrible
horror What VIII People Saw" with
which the same author burdened the
book world not long ago.
II is a queer thing, but both books
leave with the reader a scent. a per
fume. but II is the sweet odor Of a
fragrant autumn rose In one, and
the caTral stencil OF degeneraie
and hypocritical society in the other,
What VIII people Say?" is a rather
unusual. but not literary, expose Of
an incurable social disease; The Last
Rose OF Summer" is very nearly
perfect short story OF fine workman
ship breathing a breath Of hope TO
every unmarried woman in the world
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THE TIMES BEDTIME STORY

fright of his life. You come along
behind and watch"
He crawled into the empty basket
where the beans has been and
curled himself around and pulled
some cloth over his head. You
never would have known that there
was a kitty inside.
Scarcely had he been settled for
more than a minute when Pinkeyes
came out. looked in the basket to see
that the cloth goods were IN there,
and started off down the road.
Bump. bump, bump, they jOggled
over the stones, and Teddy was pref
ty well shaken up. Tommy followed
at distance to see the fun, but he
did not mean that Ted should SEQ
him. They had not gone far when
Pinkeyes stopped and ran. his paw
over his nose. and clear back to his
ears. "Whewewewew." he said.
This is a heavy cart. 1 did not
think that 1t was any heavier when
it was full of vegetables"
He looked at the basket. The
cloth was near the top: Hump
grunted the bunny. that cloth
should not take up that much
room.'
He walked forward and looked at
il. There was no movement under
meath. He smacked at 1t with his
paw. There was something soft un-
derneath He jerked of the cloth.
and there lay Ted curled so tightly
that he could not move for a mo-
ment But Pinkeyes moved for him.
Grabbing the kitty boy by the back
of the neck. he drew him out. Ted
dy trembled. and tried to explain,
but In his mind he was thinking Of
Tom. So this was the scary bunny
Pinkeyes stuck him headfirst into
the basket and spanked him then
and there. pulled him out. and sent
him fiving home with a kick.
Teddy did not wait to look for Tom
and hurried home. for he knew that
sooner or later he could settle with
him there.
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SpinSter'S Career
Like the Last Rose
Rupert Hughes Short Story Draws Interesting Com
parison of Life of Woman Who Married Late
to That of the Flower "Bloomng
Alone"
Bv FLORENCE E. YODER.

-Womans sphere is the home.
But how about it when it and she can't
get a home of her own?
Rupert Hughes short story The Last Rose of Summer, has
just appeared book form published by Harper Bros of New
York
Debbe Larrabee spinster country town, confined
within sphere of her home and until she
touch with the world capacity of clerk the
that she became a human being.
Seems me-, said Debbie speaking of THE Last Rose of
Summer" that it had the laugh on all the rest,
So did and did Debbe for she too, boomed alone in the
Indian of her le amid the deepit friends ghood
a of undisputed loveliness
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LIKE THE LAST ROSE.

The metamorphosis of an unmarried
woman compared to the romance OF
the last rose of summer!
did you never think Of the sentiment
Of the old song in that light? Perhaps
nol. but Rupert Hughes has, and In a
very short but delightfully."- human
story called THE Last Rose Of Sum-
mer," he has made the lone rose OF
fall a leading lady of rare grace and
beauty ravishiagly abloom in a garden
Of wilted and faded flowers Of spent
frtlitfulness.
Debbie Larra5ee was an old maid, a
spinster, to the way of thinking Of the
little town IN which she lived.
When she turned the music as the
lovely daughter Of one of her schoolgirl
friends sang The Last Rose of Sum
mer" she had an idea And when the
song was over she vouchsafed a re-
mark.
That songs all wrong. seems to me, -
laid Debbie. Pretty tone and nice
words. but can't make out why
everybody feels sorry for the last rose
Of summer. It's the luckiest rose in the
world. The rest Of them have bloomed
TOO soon or just when the other roses are
blooming, or when people are sort of
r:red of roses. But this one Is saved
up for the last. And then when the
glrden is all dying out and the bushes
fdTs 1USI OeaQ St6lkS, ana the Otner
roses are wilted and brown. and folks
say I'd just give anything for the sight
Of rose along comes this rose, and
elooms-alone!"
Paid No Attention.
So spoke Debbie, the spinster, but the
others paid no attention to her as she
finished seems TO me like IL had the
laugh on all the rest" and from the
JOY OF thinking of something original.
10 terrible realization of her own spin
sterhood, she fell with a crash as she
heard one of her old friends whisper.
She can't understand. poor old Debbie,
She never was a roSei"
But she fooled them. She was q rose,
and she was the last rose OF GUNNER
herself. For when one of her other
friends was dead and one was an old
woman broken in health and disposition
Debbie was just coming into her own.
She was given her chance to bloom
and bloom she did.
Rupert Hughes has done more than
tell the story of Dehbie Larrabee and
her transformation. He has champiOhed
rhe cause of the impossible of impossi-
bilitIes. the cause OF the old maid OF a
country village, and has proven that
although woman's sphere may be the
nome. she can't stay in il forever and
get what's coming TO her in the way
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headquarters of the Associated Chari-
ties, 923 II street northwest - ...I'
Mrs s. Moran--It is not absolutely
necessary to put D. C. after the words.
Washington City, when addressing mail
to this CITY IL the mailing is done in
Washington. Matter mailed in this city
can be addressed City or washing
ton City. but the two letters d. c. m
sure safe delivery. Matter mailed in
have the letters. d. G. on the envelope,
Miss NJ. M.-Information concerning
nurses for the Red Cross service can
be procured of Miss Jane Delano at the
headquarters of the society at Seven
teenth and H streets northwest. -
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NO. 1l6.
SHADES AND SYMPATHIEs.

SHADES AND sYMPATHIEs.
r NET my mother-in-law on the street
next day and she cut me dead. l
presently began TO realize that I
was expected to apologize to her for
speaking plain truth and that there
would be absolutely no peace in my home
until did.
Ny wife and / then entered upon a
period Of quietude, under which thunder
was constantly rumbling with menac-
ing suggestion.
Whenever Mary spoke Of her mother
row IL was with a lingering gentleness.
as II that dear, patient martyr who had
reared her had been grossly nisunder-
stood Whenever l was looking she'd
cross over to the window, study her
mothers windows intenuy and brighten
wonderfully If that estimable lady hap
pened TO be in sight Then they'd eX-
change hand-waves and Mary would
sigh. To be honest. that futtering wave
Of the hand began to get on my nerves.
lit looks so foolish ! insisted. "Peo-
pie will think you're crazy Whenever
you &C near the window you begin that
Biclly little flutter Of your hand"
Il want mother 10 know that I'm
thinking of her." said Mary. Il don't
see why you snouIu obJeCl IN the least
20 that"
AS a matter Of fact. the motive be
hind Mary's action was that she want
cd her mother TO know she was in per-
feet sympathy with her. and disapprov-
cd decidedly Of me.
Finally we ouarreled about the hand
waving. An then IT began surrepti-
tiously. Mary would wander noncha-
lantly over 10 the window and seat her
self in the window seat. Frequently, in
glancing up. ] would just detect the
flutter of her hand finishing one Of
those fool waves. 1t said as plainly as
day: I'm here. mother. and I'm think
in of you-but Peters here and Of
course / can't go over there. and you
can't come over here until he apollo
gizes."
For those We're the terms my esteem
ed mother-in-law had made. Until such
time as / should humble my pride and
apologize TO her for speaking the truth,
- would not set foot within my door
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get VcTy 4, &adiy with the dog fami-
lies for some reason or other.
Every few weeks FTnkeyes, the
chief Easter bunny, came to town
with garden truck. peas and beans
and potatoes and such things. but
ne did not like to make the trip at
all. He had Indigestion, and was
very cross. but on the days he came
iito town there was no living with
him at all.
Ptrk"vrs sold his garden things to
Rags. the dog who kept the toy
shop, and he liked to get his business
with him done as soon as possible.
One day he came in with few po-
tatnes and some string beans. He
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the
rejects modcum
"nen the sort palate-the
oveones of
heard with strength volume S DC
uo'e' ana Quality
cheeks nose skull
engagements obsuct
ume rower and a ~ e s
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Chums-Dcar little unsophisticated
girls. I am glad that you confided in
Annie Laurie before YOU contracted the
habit of meeting strange boys on the
street There Is never anv excuse for
making acquaintance in this way, my
dears. Remember there is something
more valuable than a good time. and
that is "A good character. | don't mean
that Won are not to have fun, but your
fun can be secured without putting
your name IN Jeopardy. If boy really
wishes to meet a girl, he can always
find a legitimate way to make her
acQaintancc. il you are refined YOU Will
be welcomed at the social affairs In
YOUR neighhorhood and nice boys Will
be sure to meet you and to associate
with you.
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is the scariest person in Tabby
land" said naughty Tommy. He
scuttics around and jumps nearly
out Of his skin If you so much as
look at him.
81 would like to see some one
give him good scarce
OF course. Ted pr!Cked up his ears.
What do you say to hiding In the
basket and jumping on him after he
has gone a little ways out from
town." he whispered to Tom. Tom
my winked. I'D like to see it," he
laughed. to urge Teddy on. Then
I'll hide in the bottom OF the bas-
ket," said Ted. And give him the
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PINK-EYES COMES TOWN.
NOT FAR BEHIND.

had a small cart with wooden
mneels. The potatoes were put In
loose and the beans were placed in
a small wicker basket.
Now Teddy Tabby did not know
that this bunny was SO very cross.
In fact he had never met any or
the bunnies at all, but Tommy Tab
by knew all about him.
Both kitty boys We're standing out
side of the toy shop when Pinkeyes
ol0-H un scnWled at them
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Copyright. 1914. by F.. E. YoderD
a. OST Of the Rabbit families
Nu Of Tabbyland lived out in
the big woods. at least the
Easter bunnies did. and
they never came to town unless they
had to. They did not like the rush
and bustie of Tabbyland. and al
though they We're on good terms with
most OF the cre"tr'-"s thov re"er did
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Just to Make Sure.

Mistress--Why have you put two hot
water bottles in my bed, Bridget?
Bridget-Sure. mum, wan OF thin was
leaking. and didn't know which. so !
plit both in to mako sure-Punch.
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The Tower of BabyIon.

Mrs. Rippleton's afternoon tea" said
Mrs Twickembury, was perfect
Babylon of sounds. christian Register.
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How Your Voice Organ
Works When You Sins,
By DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERs,
A. B.. NJ. A, M. D. tJohns Hopkins).

~HILDREN that can sing and will sing, ord
ing to the old platitude De made to sing
~ Like many things that the majority think true
this is false.
The lively shadow world of song Is always what
It for that matter what cracked lin tn
be- Mind you. 1t Is not OF music that speak but Of
most singing 80 RI
The vocal efforts of most masculine creatures are
FAR from being sweet and low soft gentle often
they are like him
Whose voice no touch of harmony admits.
Irregularly deep. and shrin by fits;
me two extremes like wi
Coupled toge ther for the sake OF strife" .F&
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Miss Laurie will welcome letters Of
Inquiry on subjects Of feminine inter
est from young women readers Of this
paper and will reply to them in these
columns. They should be addressed to
her, care OF this office.
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Answers to Health
Questions "

r. H.-What are the indications
when an 18-karat gold ring .blaeke1s
ones finger? 50
1t Is usually a good sign 1t means
the ring is oxidized by rich tissues
G. @. G.-Will you please tell me
what to do for salIow compIexion?
Eat green vegetables, fruits, olive
oil, and drink plenty OF water. exer-
else In the open air and sleep in a
Wen ventilated room and take lots
of sleep. = -
s. J.-Will you kindly tell me the
cause and cure for snoring?
Snoring is caused by distractions in
the nose. mouth, or throat, adenoids.
large tonsils, infIamed parts of the
respiratory tract. mouth breathing
instead of nose breathing, a relaxed
palate, and other things - .-s
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Peter S Adventures IN
Matimony
By LEONA DALRYMpLE.

Diane OF Van prize
Ida NJ. Tarbe and s judges.
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Advice to Young
Girls
By ANNIE LAURIE.

Dear Annie Laurie:
| have been keeping company with
one of the sweetest little girls for a
year and half. During that time
we have had some little quarrels:
now we have quit altogether, and 1t
was all my fault. 1t seems that when
l have money / like to go with her.
1t is not because she likes me to
spend lot of money on her. 1t Is
myself; l want to give her good
time. and it makes me miserable
when l see l cannot. 1 have a very
sarcastic way with me sometimes,
and l hurt peoples feelings uninten-
tionally. PERPLEX ED.
ELL, now, Perlexed. don't be
Nn/ perlexed any longer. Go and
w tell your sweetheart that
you're sorry and ashamed
and ask her to forgive you. How can
you insult her by thinking that the
only time she likes you is when you can
spend money on her? Tell her the real
truth, and don't be sarcastic any more.
It's foolish.
PerpleXed-By all means assume indff-
ference. AS you do not know how the
young man feels toward you, do not let
him know that you care for him. Moth
ing will scare him off as quickly. Men
like to seek, not to be sought. Act
pleasantly and show interest in his let
ters and the things which interest him,
but do not overdo 1t. 1t is better to be
too Indifferent than to err In the other
direction. Perhaps seeming Indifference
will spur him on to show you how be
feels toward you.
. Uncertain-You are right not to allow
man to kiss and hug you unless you are
engaged to him. Even though a man
calls you stiff, narrow-minded, or slow
he knows that you are tight, admireS
you for having the riEht principles and
for sticking to them. A man worth
having will admire you the more for
those ideas, will look at such things the
same way that you do. Yes, If you wait
a man will come along who will like
You as YOU are. You have plenty OF
time to wait to marry, you are still
very young In spite Of the fact that
most Of your friends are married. Every
one feels dissatisfied sometimes, whether
married or single. Don't think about
such matters, interest yourself in some
thing worth while and the right man
Will come along before you realize II.
Dolly-Calling up young men who you
do not know on the telephone is not
a commendable habit. To do 1t the
first time as a joke might be excusable,
but to continue II several times daly
for many weeks is most unladyhke. III
you make an engagement with MIN 10
meet him somewhere he will be con-
vinccd that you are not the right kind
Of a girl. tnat you are in the habit OF
adding 10 use your expression, men
whom you do not know on the teie-
phone. Nv advice to you Is TO stop
such nonsense at once and walt untli
Won meet the young man properly es-
recialy II ycu want him TO have any
respect for you.
Chums-Dear little unsophisticated
girls. / am glad that you conflded IN
Annie Laurie before YOU contracted ne
hahit of meeting strange boys on the
street There Is never anV excuse Tor
making acquaintance in this way, my
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Copyright 1874. Newspaper Feature Service }
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and ask her to forgive you. How can
you insult her by thinking that the
only time she likes you is when you can
spend money on her? Tell her the real
truth, and don't be sarcastic any more.
It's foolish.