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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07
Confessions ofaWife

but 1t is not to the clever ones of
this earth that reward comes. II
is to those who keep everlasting
ly at it, who toll early and late,
who work and work increasingly,
that Fate spills her good. Come
on Jack, get to going as you
would say in your college ver-
nacular. Get to going while the
going is good"
"All right, Margie; it's on the
grind for me tomorrow"
Then he went whistling down
toward the bookeeper's desk.
/ saw him make some demand.
The woman shook her head.
He turned on his heel with an
angry exclamation and then, re-
Numbering that was there,
strobe out of the store with: III
be back in a little while, Mary"
Mary turned a little pale, but
she held her own and said:
''Margie, I'm not going to let
Jack have any more money. 1t
would not be right"
''Of course not. I'll get Dad
to give you a written notice to
that effect"
Poor Mary. She is paying well
for her three weeks of bliss.
Weighed in the balance which
we're dross
A loveless life or love and its
cost"
Continued Tomorrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

Sd 49, ~-Ae-4iS the DuSlHtSS ndS iii
proved since she has been its
guiding hand
Eyes, l have noticed how many
men have become suddenly studi-
Gus lately" said Jack, with a
smile, which made him look the
way bulldog does when he
draws his lips back and snarls.
MARY has been blowing about it,
has she?"
mot a word. It's Dick that
has told me how she has more
than kept things going and how
sales have multiplied since she
has been here"
We'll, for my part, Margie, |
think a woman's place is in the
home. If she is married she
ought to be trying to make her
home comfortable and her hus-
band happy"
Has Mary ever been remiss in
that direction, Jack?" | asked. 1T
seems to me, from what | have
seen of her, that she has done her
part in this marriage game in a
perfectly good manner. She did
not attempt to leave the home and
go into business until she found
that your business was going to
the dogs, and, to help you while
you were sick, she came down
here and has run things better
than you did"
Gee! Margie, j don't envy
Dick If you open on him like this"
exclaimed Jack when he could get
in a word.
"Dick seems to be able to get
along with me better than you
can with a girl of sweeter dispo-
sition, like Mary" / answered,
thoroughly aroused.
Great Heavens. Margie, what's
eating you? You were fine when
Mary and l were first married.
You fixed up things great for US. 4"
That's the trouble. This whole
family looks upon me as the Off
cial fixer, and then when / don't
fix things to suit them they jump
on me for it. don't want to do
any fixing except fer myself and
Dick, but l am called in on every
play.
Don't be a dog In the manger,
Jack. Mary has made good. IL
is now up to you to realize what
a fine little girl you have for a
wife and do as we'll as she in a
business way. You can do 1T,
Jack You are smarter than Mary,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07
ny OTI,SON CARDNER

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. T.
A constantly increasing share OF
the brain work OF the United
States is being performed by
women. according to United States
census figures Just published.
Women are crowding the men In
the professions. The report on
occupations shows that In the
professions there are total of
1,S25.t27 persons. or these.
1,151,709 we're males, and 673.-
AIS were females. the males con-
stituting 63.1 per cent OF the
total and the females $50. Thus.
In 1910. there we're four women
to every seven men In profession
al work.
That women are more largely
engaged In professional work. as
compared with men. than In 9TH
or occupations, Is shown by the
fact that In 1910 the males con-
stltuted 1873 per cent of the to-
tai Of all occupations, while the
females constituted only 2i.2 per
cent OF all. as compared with 36,9
per cent of professional occupa-
lions.
or the eleven classes into which
professional occupations are divid-
ed by the census experts, women
had a prepondersnce over men In
actual numbers in two classes,
constituting sos per cent of all
the musicians and teachers Of
music" and 1872 per cent of the
school teachers and professors
In colleges" In every class ex-
cept one tactors) the percentage
OF increase was greater among the
women than the men The moai
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07
is LATEST DANCER
Miss Pupil Pavlow Explains Fantastic
Dance of the French Sailors VI

A rollicking sailors dance,
with lively hornpipe step In II,
is the Rouli-Rouli, latest society
dance.
The dancing masters have mod
flied and refined the wild and
sometimes weird step of the jolly
sailor, and as II is danced today
the Rouli-Rouli is one of the most
graceful figures Oh the modern
dance program.
Miss Edna NeiI, formerly with
PavlOwa In the Russian Imperial
Ballet studied the Rouli-Rouli In
both Paris and London recently
and she is now teaching It In
America. She is giving a series
of lessons to the readers of The
Times and today she tells exactly
how to dance the Rouli-Rouli.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

Q.-Where are Jumping
Beans grown, and what
makes them jump Where
can | obtain some?
Thanking you In advance
for the information. I am
SERIOUS.
A.-Vari0us large seeds OF
euphorbiaceous plants are some
times infested with the larvae OF
certain moths, which by their
movements make the seeds roll,
and even jump rs II slive--hence.
they received the name of "Jump-
ing Beans" The larvae spin CO.
coons In the seeds, large part of
the interior of which they have
devoured, and when ready Ia
emerge ~ adults push open u pre-
cut circular door which has
been kept shut by silken threads.
Roth species are found in Central
America, Mexico and the south
western United States, where they
are called "broncho beans"
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BY MISS EDNA NEIL
formerly with the Russian I'm.
perial RaIIet1


Gentleman forward with left
foot. lady back with right.
Gentleman two-steps to the
left and then to the right, fol-
lowed by four walking steps and
repeat making circle. Lady
turning her back to her partner
during the four last walking
steps.
The gentleman takes the lady's
left hand over her head, gentle?
mans right and lady's right ex-
tended to the right side.
Both dip with the heels to-
gether and pas de bourrie to the
left which is the left foot back
diagonally step right, left for
ward diagonally and point the
right heel.
Now the gentleman comes for
ward with right foot and one
side to the left. Balance and
cross forward and slide as in a
two-step, three turns with the
left foot leading. Now the gen.
tleman crosses the right foot
back and slides backward three
times. Gross the left foot far
ward and slide three times.
After this figure the lady turns
again and faces her partner two
stepping from side to side and
turns under the gentleman arm
twice still using the two-step
backward. \
Now the gentleman leads with
the left foot, crosses forward
with the right foot taking two
counts to each step, then steps
backward two steps and forward
two steps Zone count to each step
and repeat.
In the music is a long rumbel
during this rumble the part
ners face each other and perform
the Rouli-Rouli movement which
Is describing a circle with each
arm the gentleman pushing the
lady's arm back while she is
pushing his other arm back-al-
ways making a circle as illustrat-
ed in photograph.
Pas de bourrie again four times
walk four steps and turn inside
out three times. That is the gen.
tleman and lady turn back to
back and face to face, keeping
the hands together turning un-
der their arms.
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1YNTHMI GREY'S
8. LETTERS ):

been working for one of
them for two years, but
have only been In the employ
of the other q short time,
although I am we'll acquaint-
ed with both of them. Last
Christmas | did not give
my employer anything, al
though he remembered me
with nice gift, and felt
as though l should have done
the same; but as he is q
married man did not
know II II would seem prop
er. They have both been
very kind to me and | would
like to show my apprecla-
tion in a gift II you think Il
would be proper. IL so, will
you tell me what will be suit
able? STENOGRAPHER.
A.-This query was answered
In my columns n short time ago
II IL not necessary Ia make you'
gift mt Christmas
lime, even though You receive one
from them. II is the custom OF
many places of business to re
their employees at thi,
lime; but they do not expect q
gift I'm return. At least the or
binary employer would not. You
ran show your appreciation far
more by proving a capable and
trustworthy business woman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

Brown shoes that are shabby
looking can he entirely renewed
I'm appearance by being blackensd.
They should be rubbed we'll with
a cloth aud gone over with little
soap and water 10 remove ~
much OF the old polish az pos
sible. Then, while still somewhat
wet. they should be painted with
shoemaker's ink. Three coats OF
this should be applied. after
which the boots should he blacked
and polished.
Old hair brushes which have
become soft may be made stiff
and firm IL dipped In q strong
solution of alum.
A we'll padded ironing board ID
a labor saver and Turkish towel
ing Is one OF the best materials
to pad II with.
Instead OF hemmIng silence
cloth. buttonhole II. A hem makes
a ridge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

we didn't have q leap year
for eight years. II so. whenf
What IL the rule about leap
years. d.
A.--From 1890 to 1904 there
was NO leap year. That IL, the
year 1900 was not = leap year.
The rule n that every year exactly
by four Is n lean year cx-
tcpt the even centuries, which
must be divisiile by 400.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07
LET THE WOMEN DO the WORN, :
POPULAR MOTTO Of UNCLE SAN

notable Increase occurred IN the
professions of ''clergymen (in-
GLIDING religious and charity
workers) - where the increase TOR
the women was isa.s per cent. -
compared with 1919 for the nAan.
and In the profession OF ''journai-
lists" where the females In
creased their percentage by 90.7
as compared with only s.3 for the
men.
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(CO- right, 1914, by the News
paper Enterprise Association.)

While M a r y
and l were talk
ing Jack came in
he is a hand
some wretch }.
Hello, Mar
gie,' he said.
Haven't S e e n
you for a long
time. Don't you
think business is
spelling Mary's
good looks"
II never saw
her looking bet
ter in my life," |
answered. "She
has improved her
appearance to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

OIL have many copper
utensils made In Sweden.
Please tell me how to polish
and make them shine. try
many things, but they turn
black In one day. Il. w.
A.-Clean thoroughly with OK
allie acid and then keep bright
with Bon Ami or other good poll
ish
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07
NAPAVINE.

Q.-I am a stenographer
ri years old and am a little
puzzled as to whether or not
! should give my employers
Christmas present. They
are both married men. / have
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07
HoRRIBLE,

Sociologist: l am told that you
are interested in prison reform,
Mr.. Croker?
Bank-Wrecker (who did his
sbit): You we're told something!
Why, in all Sing Sing there isn't
o cell with bath!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

When cream is too thin to
whip, the unbeaten white of an
egg can be used, and will over
come the trouble.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

Prof. w. N. Allen of the Sta
dunn High school will speak be-
fore the Research club at the
Commercial club tomorrow night
ON Weather Conditions in the
Northwest. The address will be
illustrated.
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p erS on al
AND
S O CT e t y

Mrs. 8. S. King will entertain
for the Logan Social club tomor-
row afternoon at her home, AIS
North l. street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

print these verses composed
by a convict In San Quentin
and entitled "Retrosception."
In silent communion I'm stray
ing,
Reflecting Ger days that are gone,
When the world seemed exceed
ingly pleasing.
When youthful ambitions were
strong.
Unacquainted with trouble or
sorrow.
rambled with feelings of Joy,
And reveled In scenes of en-
chantment
So dear to the heart of a boy.
Years passed. What q varied
existence
Is mine, since my manhood began.
| have travelled the world at my
leisure,
Am endowed with the failings of
Have mixed in the social amuse-
ments
or feminine beauty and grace.
Whose various attractions were
legion
In manner, in form and in face.
Temptations at times I've re-
sisted,
And again have INDUCED to my
bent;
Have gone the broad road to de-
struction
And treated advice with con-
tempt.
Realize rather too late to my
sorrow
Ambition has rung its death knell.
And as a result am deploring
The aftermath here in a cell.
"Still | live in the hope that the
future
May change my misfortune to
bliss.
That the inherent good In my
nature
VIII guide me from places like
this.
That repentance may grant me
the solace
Which prosperous days never
brought.
And thus lead me into content
ment,
The haven so fruitlessly sought.
Al receive many requests
g.,,,. y.uddsnn ,aatu ~ nslbltah
their efforts; but cannot devote
space to that sort of thing. 1
prin the above lines because they
may serve as warning to other
thoughtiess young men and thus
tend to turn their path from "A
lonely prison cell.
Q.-Kindly name the
birthday stone for Decem-
Der. L..
A.-Turquoise or Iapis-lazuli.
Q.-Do you think a suit
able wife could be obtained
through a matrimonial bu-
reau, or would you think one
should be personally ac-
quainted with her for sew
eral months and keep steady
company with her before
marrying her?
NAPAVINE.
Al know nothing about
matrimonial bureaus; because OF
this, my opinion is reserved. One
must take a chance IL they enter
this game the same AS they would
in any other like venture. Mat
rimony is, or should be, the most
important event i'm the life of a
man or woman; therefore, should
not be entered into lightly. Per-
sonally, l would not care to take
a risk by leaving the problem of
marriage with any bureau to solve
for me.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Yenish an
Nounce the marriage of their
laughter, Esther, to James b.
Peel of Seattle, to take place
Thursday at 8 O'Clock at the fam.
by home, Ais South 4 street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Dun
can are at home to their friends
at the Ingleside, where they have
taken apartments.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Il. J. Brady and
family have taken the l.. r. Man
ming residence on North Tacoma
avenue.
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Odd it ever occur that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

A large attendance is expected
at the mems banquet at the Cal
tary Presbyterian church, Divis-
ion lane and South ID street, to-
morrow evening. Among the
speakers will be Harvey H. Pen
berthy, w. II. Miller, F. C. Downs.
G.. X. Staudt and J. A. Gordon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

A Christmas entertainment will
be held Wednesday evening in the
First Swedish Lutheran church,
South Sth and l streets, under the
auspices of members of tie
church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

The Logan Social club will
meet at the home of Mrs. s. 3.
King Tuesday afternoon at 1870
O'Clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

Miss Ruth Anderson has been
visiting during the past week with
Miss Martha Chaplin in Portland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-07

Q.-kindly name the
birthday stone for Decem-
Der. L..
A.-Turquoise or lapis-lazuli.
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Q.-Do you think suit
able wife could be obtained
through a matrimonial bu-
reau, or would you think one
should be personally ac-
quainted with her for sew
eral months and keep steady
company with her before
marrying her?
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-12
43 new PARDON Cases
Retiring Board Will Have the Busiest
Session in History-Steelton Muir
derer Seeks Freedom

Only one Dauphin county case will
be heard by the Board OF Pardons at
its meeting next Wednesday, which
will be the last meeting of the present
Board.
Luka Zareovic, who in 1908, after
being in this country but few months,
attended a wedding in Steelton with
his wife and there took his first drinl;
of whiskey. He followed it up with
drinking raw alcohol. Then he had a
fight with his wife, shot and Killed her
and attempted to kill himself. He was
sent to the penitentiary for twenty
years, in January, 1909, and now wants
a pardon.
Three murderers want their death
sentences commuted to Imprisonment
for hfe-Rocco Tassone, Lancaster,
who killed and robbed a man and fed
to the West Indies, where he was cap.
tured as he left the boat; Germenia
Acitellio, Clearfeld, and Isaiah Groom,
Fayette, whose death date is fixed for
January Z.
The Board will have 43 new cases
to hear; Ave applications for rehear
ings and six held under advsement, the
largest list in the history of the Board.
Among the new cases are the fol
lowing: John +. vane Tempest, Berks,
embezzlement; Vincente Figeuro, Leba-
non, assault with intent to kill; George
Foster, Berks, forgery; William ]. Cot
ter, Berks, conspiracy; James Yelletts,
York, assault and battery; Harry J.
Martin, Cumberland, arson; William A.
Herman, Northumberland, receiving
stolen goods.
William Webber, Berks, convicted of
murder in 1894, and commuted in
1895, is now asking the Board for a
full pardon.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-12
war FILMS FOR ROTARY
CLUB week AT ORPHEUM
Scenes in Belgium, Whose People VIII
Be Benefited by Weeks Attractions,
win Be Part Of show-seat Sale
Large

No more appropriate attraction eoul |
nave been added to the big Orpheum
Dill for Rotary Week than a moving
picture of scenes taken recently in the
countries that are now at war. This
reel of film has been leased especially
from the Strand theatre in New York.
for whom it was made at big expense.
1t will be of special interest on bill
devised for the purpose of raising
money for the relief of people stricken
as result of the, fighting that is now
going on in Europe.
The film shows the fall of Ostend, it
shows the wounded Belgians arriving
from the battlefield attended by
priests; the Belgian troops and inhabit-
ants of Ostend leaving the stricken
city; engineers blowing up bridges in
hope of blocking the German advances
British troops passing through Franc =
on their way to the front. These are
actual scenes in the fighting line, pho
tographed by the war correspondents
of the Strand Film Company, of New
York City.
The Orpheum IS advance sale for next
week indicates that the Rotary Clue
will have one of the biggest weeks in
the Orpheum S history. Many compli-
mentary words have been said about
the show that is to come here next
week. Henderson Gilbert, who has had
charge of the subscription sale of box
seats, reports excellent success.
A special committee of the Home
and Foreign Relief Committee will han
die the concessions at the theatre Mon
day night. This committee includes
Miss Anne Mccormick, Mrs. Carl B.
Ely and Miss Mary Robinson. Under
their direction, the junior Rotarians
will sell candy, lemonade and flowers.
The flowers have been donated by
the committee. the candy by C. Stude-
baker, the lemonade by Mrs. w. Or
vile Hickok, III, and the drinking cups
for the lemonade by the Johnson Paper
Company.
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FRENCH TROOPS OCCUPY
west BANKS Of THE User
Canal. States REPORT
Continued From First Page.

been artillery engagements. In the re-
gion of Nampoel our batteries have
reduced to silence the batteries of the
enemy. In the region of the Aisne our
heavy artillery silenced the field bat
teries of the Germans. At a point
northeast of Valley one of their bat
teries of howitzers was completely de-
stroyed.
:" In the region of Perthes and in the
vicinity of the Forest of La Gruerie
there have been artillery engagements
and some infantry fighting which re-
suited advantageously to us.
On the heights of the Meuse the
artillery of the enemy showed little az
tivity. On the contrary, our artillery
demolished at Deuxnouds, to the west
OF Vlgneulles- Les Hattonchatel, two
batteries of the enemy, one composed
OF guns of large calibre and the other
used for firing upon aviators. In this
same region we have blown up block
house and destroyed several trenches.
Between the Meuse and the Mo-
sells there is nothing to report and in
the Vosges there have been artillery
ohSdSVuichtS. III the region OIL SenOneS
We have consolidated the positions
gained by us the evening before.
Russia: In the region of Mlawa
violent attacks on the part of the Ger
mans have been repulsed and the Rus
slams have again taken the offensive
against columns of the enemy that are
retiring in disorder. In the region to
the north of Lowics ferocious German
attacks have been also everywhere re-
pulsed with heavy losses for them. In
the region south of Cracow the Russian
offensive has been successfully continu-
ed in spite of stubborn resistance.
In Servia: The Servian armies
which had reached the Kolubara river
have crossed this stream between the
Valjevo, which has been occupied by
them, and the junction of the Lid.
To the north, they have occupied La
zarevetz. The number of prisoners
taken by the Servians in the course of
these recent engagements reaches the
total of about $4,000 men,"
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JUDGE M'CARRELL PLACES
ARM AROUND MAYNARD LAD
Continued From First Page.

nit his kindly treatment of the boys
to overshadow the importance of the
hearings. He impressed upon all the
necessity of being good boys and point
ed out what would result if they did
not obey their guardians.
The lad charged with larceny was ac-
cused of taking $23 from a engineer at
the Hershey chocolate plant. He was
PRINTED to return to his parents on a
farm in Derry township.
Two other boys, brought up on
charges of incorrigibility, admitted that
they frequently went away from home
and remained away for two or three
days at a time. One. a colored youth,
was given over to lis father and will
be under the supervision of Mrs. Anna
S'imonetti, while the other, white boy,
was placed in the custody of Father
LHassett and likely will be sent to a
home in York county.
The fourth case involved. another
runaway The boy spent much time
at the police station and Chief of Po-
lice Hutchinson said the lad had asked
him for "iob, =" saying he would like
to be policeman or detective. !"
The last boy called said he ran away
from home because he was obliged to at
tend school where "the boys poked
their fingers at me and made fun of me
because l once had been brought TO
court" John Conrad, a farmer, living
near Linglestown, agreed to look after
the youth.