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abe moved to one side. Her face
and neck were suffused with scar
, let, and she was conscious that sew
eral people were looking at her
amusedly. Then suddenly. she saw
Warren come into the door and.
swallowing a sob Of nervousness,
she hurried over to him
Wen. I'm late" he said without
any apology. Tried to make II,
but couldn't get away. Been wait
ing long?"
Since the time you set" Helen
returned in a muffled tone of voice.
Evidently Warren had noticed moth
ing. She had escaped from the man
before there had been time.
What's the matterT' Warren
queried. Not cross. are you? You
know It couldn't be helped"
Helen had decided not to tell him
anything about It, but her resolu-
ton. which had been hastily made.
went up in smoke at his-bantering
tone of voice.
"A man came up and spoke to
me-" she gasped Indignantly.
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logs cleverly contrived by the stage
electrician, almost coaxed one to its
fireside chair to muse and dream
and rest.
Do you suppose the play would
have been as compelling had the
scene been laid in a stiff little par
lor with shiny wood furniture
placed exactly SO many inches from
each other and from the center OF
the gaudy rug?
Many of US are getting our
homes ready for the long winter
evenings ahead, and II is the pur-
pose OF this article to give you help
and advice on making your living
room livable.
Keep in mind. that the social life
OF the family itself is, or should be,
in the living room. 1t is here they
read or play cards or listen to the
great musicians or singers of the
photograph world. 1t is here that
your patriotic girls will want to
knit II you make your living room
attractive.
And by making It attractive you
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He Must Choose.
MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Four years ago I met a young
man employed in the same office.
with, whom I fell in love. For
two years we kept up an intimate
friendship. Two years later he
met another girl with whom he
became infatuated. About two
years after his acquaintance with
the other girl he protested his
love for me. claiming thai his az
lection for e other girl was
merely infattGtion. Believing him
sincere / took him back with a
view of marriage. When the other
girl learned of his change of heart
she refused to give him UP and
has been persistent In her en-
deavor to win him back and Is
still telephoning and writing to
him. My fance has admitted to
me that he thinks of her with out
wanting to. SYLVIA q [
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A Jaunty pom-pom Of black, topped
on the tam and gave It just that
piquant charm SO successful in mill
linery. Black, wine color, or navy
might also be used for this smart
tam IL one finds the damingo red
to glazing.
The child with q small, dainty
face would look well in a ribbon
hat. Almost any dark color could
be chosen, but forest green shows
off pink cheeks to advantage. Any
small mushroom shape will do, IL
made Of coarse net or buckram.
These are selling in shops for 10
and rs cents at present. The rib
bon is lightly shirred by drawing
the thread in the selvage OF the
ribbon, which is about an inch wide.
It is then applied at the top crown
and sewed row after row until the
shape is completely covered. A fac
ing under the brim will be neces-
sary. A chic trimming may be intro
duced in the form OF a silk tassel
suspended from the top OF the hat
This model is delightfully."- simple to
copy and is also very inexpensive.
A part of an old navy blue satin
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Is Your Living Room Livable?

need incur no very great expense
You must decide, however, on a
color scheme. And the color scheme
should depend somewhat on the To-
cation OF the room, the climate, and
your personal preferences.
A brown woodwork, walls paint
ed or papered a soft cream color
is very good for very cold eli
mates. A two-toned brown rug,
cream net or damask curtains with
oyercurtains of a cretonne or silk
with brown and orange tones pre-
dominating, completes the nucleus
around which to build your living
room. A single sofa pillow OF ca
nary yellow or old rose will give
delightful effect-to a room Of this
kind.
Then, there are. the bright Chinese
bowls, in which to grow bulbs
whose blossoms delight the eye
when the whole world seems frozen
up.
Another beautiful combination in
wine color and cream or old blue
and gray.
1 have helped many, many folks
20 get together a livsble living room,
and now I am at the Service of the
readers of this paper. Perhaps you
would like me TO suggest just how
your living room may be improved.
II there's anything you can't find
in your stores, perhaps can tell
you where to get IT.
Sometimes you may want to dye
or have dyed the draperies or rug
that you have. I'll be glad to ad-
wise you. Perhaps 1 can suggest a
lighting scheme. But please be sure
TO inclose a seif-addressed, stamped
envelope.
Concentrate your efforts on your
living room. Make 1t so comfort
able and attractive that It will al
ways delight your loved ones to be
in it.
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In School
at Sixty.
Once-OUers

oopynh hternauo Service
What plans for the coming year?
This IS a New proposition.
should have planned months
by well along with
You school now, s does not matter.
mistake you made
While live you out of school
think doing well that necessity
for you plan better conditions eh7
smoothly
as you anticipated
may you your usual
10 mistortunes We years; think immune?
Fortfy yourself for he al years
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Household Suggestions

a very good polish also, and a little
lasts for a long time.
For mixing cake and pastry, an
old marble slab or a piece OF plate
glass IL better than a board.
Gloss for shirts and collars may
be made as follows: Pour one pint
of boiling water upon two ounces
OF white gum arabic and allow Il
to stand all night covered up.
Carefully pour on the clear liquid
into a clean bottle, keep corked un-
til required. Add a Tablespoonful
Of this to q pint OF starch.
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School Hats for Children

II VEN the kiddies demand new
X hats -at1this season when all
fen1tninity look so anxiously
for the fan bonnet It seems
born In women to love new hats
and even the children succumb to
: the desire. And there IS no reason
why they. too, should not have
pretty hats Just as big sister has.
One would be surprised what smart
little models may be fashioned at
home and at a Iidiculously low cost.
Very often, scraps Of silk or velvet
may be utilized from the sewing
bag and even last seasons shape
may be recovered.
A cute hat that retains fits popu-
Iarity throughout. the season is the
little velvet tam" It Is generally
becoming to the youngsters, and
stands a great deal OF knocking
about. -
One clever little girl fashioned
die most adorable little tam of fia-
sainEo red velvet for her small sis
tar Of eight years A circle of vel
vet was cut measuring twelve
inches in diameter and gathered into
anerrow band fttirg the head size.
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Not Fair.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am going about with =
young man who. although he
claims he loves me, is forbidden
by his parents to continue going
with me any longer. I under
stand the reason for this has
been. a story about me which IL
untrue.
have tried to persuade his
parents to listen and hear what
have to say, but have failed.
love this man dearly. What
can / do? MI
ANYONE should be presupposed
innocent until proven guilty. It 10
absolutely unfair for the parents Of
this man to refuse you a hearing.
II they hear your story and remain
uneonyinced. then he has only TO
choose between them and you II,
on the other hand. they give you a
hearing and recognize their blum
der, how much Joy they will get out
of their own ''squarenesS" Suppose
you write them q very respectful
note. enclosing. this reply and beg
ging them. as they hope to be
Judged fairly. and kindly by their
God, to give you a chance here and
now? -
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Their Married Life

ospyriEht. 1911. Istsr.ational News Service.
" ELEM entered the lobby Of the
restaurant Shers she had
promised to meet Warren
and sat down hastily in one OF the
tiny silded chairs. She hated to
wait for him. but tonight it had
been .navoidable. for he had been
detained at the office.
TRY to be on time. dear" she
had said to Warren over the tele-
phone. IT do hate to walt alone
in that lobby longer than is abco-
lutely necessary"
Nonsense" Warren had re-
turned. plenty of women do IT."
Plenty Of women were doing II
right now while Helen was wait
ing. but they did not seem to mind
the fact that they were alone.
Helen saw one girl modishly
dressed in a soft tan gown with a
little black velvet hat come IN ana
nonchalantly inspect herself in one
of the long mirrors. She patted
some stray locks into place and
pulled out a vanity box and lib
orally powdered her face.
The girl Helen had picted out as
being the incest looking seemed
not at all worried that she had ar
rived hrst. She looked capable OF
taking care of herself. in fact
Helen envied her her absolute as
surance- She was finally Joined by
. man who looked a great deal
older. and Helen heard her say. as
the two passed into the restaurant:
Late, as usual wonder IL you
could ever manage to keep an ap-
pointment!"
There was no sudden Tightening OF
the face. no glad Anticipation of
the evenIng-just a stolid accept
ance Of something thatlwas a part
Of a routine. 1t seemed strange.
Warren was already ten minutes
lare. snd Helen began to get nerv-
Gus. She arose suddenly from the
chair and walked toward the door.
People looked at her. and it made
her self-copscious: She flushed as
she turned back toward her seat
After all. It was less conspicuous
sitting down: but the seat had been
taken by . stout woman who had
also been waiting for some time.
There were no more chairs. either.
20 Helen was forced to stand. She
stood back as far as she could and
wished that Warren would come.
A NAN who had come into thu
place was now cycling her sharply.
Finally he walked across to her.
and Helen. with sufrocating
sense of misfortune. knew suddenly
that he Intended to speak to her.
Aren't yoz Mrs. Wilkinson from
East Granger" he asked politely.
you ought to remember me-"
Helen looked at him calmly.
swallowing her first fear. which
had rapidly given way to uncon-
troI1able anger. She would have
turned away without speaking. but
she was afraid that perhaps that
might not do. so she said coldly:
You are making a mistake"
Ths man stood looking at her. and
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ny LoRRTrO c. LTNCH.

ATTENDED a play recently, the
first scene OF which was laid
in 4 most alluring living room.
The story itself was not very
wonderful or very unusual. asked
several people later what they
thought Of the play, and every last
one said IN answer to my question
something like, this: "Oh, what a
wonderful room in the first act!
Really, now, conhdentially speak
ing, you can hardly blame a man
for waiting TO call on the none-too-
beautiful vampire in a room like
fhisp
And I went back TO see the play
again to study this room And 1
concluded Il was not the furniture
exactly nor the furnishings nor the
size or shape OF the room that made
fl 90 pleasing 10 the eye.
Its color scheme was SO restfuL
The lighting was 80 carefully ar
RANGED. Its few tropical plants
were 60 aTtistically placed. And fits
areplace, with the slowly burning
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-14

To clean decanters, crush an
eEEshell into small pieces. half MI
tae decanter with water, and shake
well
For cleaning enameled ware, use
. little common salt instead of
soap, and Il will remain smooth and
white II IS also the best thing for
removing stains from china
To revive patent leather, rub
well with q soft rag soaked in olive
oil and milk, then polish with a
soft dry duster. Cream and linseed
81 mixed in equal proportions make
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-14

jonathan Harker. n London -
IicitOr's clerk. takes long
Journey to BukOrinu to see Count
DracuIa and arrange fer the
transfer OF nm EnsIlsh estate to
the Count. In HIS diary, kept In
shorthand, he gives the details of
his strange trip, the latter part
allied with nysterious and thrill
ing hnpDenings. Upoa his arrival
Mt Castle Draeula he In met By
the Count and Ands himself vir-
tuaily n prisoner. The castle It..
self In n place Of mystery with
doors all barred, and no servants
20 be seen. The Count Ereets him
warmly. but his strange per.on-.
aIity and odd behavior cause Har-
lker maeh alarm. In order not 60
arouse suspicion Harke= leads the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-14

aviator bdttIsd m the air. Suddenly sEs became
oppressed Tith feeling that he pds, in great
peril.
Slipping out Of bed she knsIt and proysd'
keep him safe" Over and over she repeated
the words, until at last dawn CAME Then tOitk
q feeling Of sadness strangely mingled scitk
peace, she stole back to bed GaGin.
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DRACULA,
-. Or
THE VAMPIRE
SYNOPSIS OF STORY.
BY BRAN STOKER.

Count 20 tell Of his estate and Of
the history OF his family. Later
the Count orders him to write his
employer he In 10 stay at the
castle for q month. That night he
secs the Count crawl down the
castle wall like a lizard. A series
Of mysterious ineifents follow,
and Hsyker gains adj idea Of the
strange character Of HIS hest.
One nigkt three wenen apDeaR In
his room but are driven away -
the Count In fury. ReeogniEing
his danger be seeks to eSeaee, but
nRds ali ntenuen 81 esezpe closed
Hnrier discovers the Count wound
ed and believes him dead. Then
fhe strange Developments are ted
In n series e letters which threw
new Hight On the Counts Syters
personality.
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Make Your Own Decision.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
My parents are quite wealthy.
They have only thought of q bril-
liant future for me and are de.
termined that shall marry we'll
The man I love (they know hinS
for We have known each other
for years) Is poor. but ! know he
will make good. Ny parents
think I cannot be happy with .
man who must start a career.
There is a wealthy man. nine
years my senior, VINO wishes to
marry me. I love the poor man
dearly and love my parents, too.
I am here to do as they wish. Do
you think I could forget my
ideal. Ny parents think the
world of the rich man. BILLIE
MY dear child. what you want me
to decide for you Is whether
you are capable Of sacrificing lux
ury, and comfort for love And I
cannot answer this. After all, your
parents, who know you so well,
may be meeting this situation with
a real knowledge OF what you need
to bring you happiness. Parents are
never, in cases like yours, gov
erned by ambition and -blooded
worldliness - they are trying to
help their children to real happI-
ness. Now. the thing for you to do
Is to force yourself to rise above
emotion and feeling and to look at
the thing sanely. What kind of a
wife will you make for = poor manr
VIII you nag at him and hinder his
growth WIN VIM rafaa tn khf-
which now make up your world?
VIII you regret the brilliant mar
rage you might have made? Or
will you be a real helpmate and
companion? Your decision must be
based on honest answers to these
QUESTION:
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HED toseresos y oAs Of ne 0ressest sOron0s 60ns
~ ~ ~ cd to tie yo1n0. NGtHre has I'm
pI0ste6 " ontssGls tie tHsttncts Of selt-preser-
IDetion Kaa mast rely o. the mind for the some.
hSOs15 q at beat q right rope and tOhen
ssnd kaoaos - = q treMatons Journey. Pit IN your
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PART oKE-CContinued)

TART OhE-tConttnuedD
FINALLY / came to the hall
~ Z door and found 1t open. II
was not wide open, but the
catch OF the lock had not
caught. The. people of the house are
careful to lock the door every night
i 50 feared that Lucy must have gone
\ out as she was There was no time
Z to think Of what might happen; 9
/ vague, overwhelming fear obscured
all detaiIA took a big, heavy shawl
and ran, out. The clock was striking
one as was in the Crescent, and there
was not a soul in sight. i ran along
| the North Terrace, but could see nc
sign of the white figure which / ex-
pected. At the edge OF the East Cliff
above the pier looked across the har.
Dor to the East Cliff, in the hope or
| fear-I don't know which-of seeing
Lucy in our favorite seat
IN THE CLOUD
HIDDEN RUINS.
There was a bright full moon, with
heavy black, driving clouds, which
threw the whole scene into a fieeting
diorama of light and shade as they
sailed across. For a moment or two
1 could see nothing, as the shadow of
cloud obscured st. Mary's Church
! and all around 1t. Then as the
cloud passed could see the ruins
of the abbey coming into view, and
as the edge OF a narrow band of
light as sharp as a sword-cut
moved along, the church and the
churchyard became gradually visible.
Whatever my expectation was, II
was not disappointed, for there, on
our favorite seat, the silver light Of
the moon struck a half-reclining ng,
ure, snowy white. The coming of
the cloud was too quick for me to
see much, for shadow shut down on
light almost immediately;t but n
seemed to me as though something
dark stood behind the seat where the
white figure shone, and bent over II
What It was, whether man or beast,
could not tell, I did not wait to
catch another glance, but few doPn
the steep steps to the pier and along
by the hsh market to the bridge,
which was the only way to reach the
East Clitf. The town seemed as dead
for not a soul did / see; 1 rejoiced
that It was so, for 1 wanted no wit
ness OF poor Lucy's condition. The
time and distance seemed endless, and
my knees trembled and my breath
came labored as toiled up the end
less steps to the abbey.
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Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

ALL you can do is Insist that this
young man look into his own
heart and make a choice and deci-
sion by which you must all abide.
Uncertainty 10 almost harder to bear
than actual trouble. For when you
face calamity you gather yourself
to meet It Don't permit yourself
to be Jealous or to nag and ques-
tion and doubt
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A GHosTLY ADVENTURE
IN THE ABBEY.

IN THE ABBEY.
must have gone fast, and yet 1t
seemed to me as IL my feet were
weighted with lead, and as though
every Joint in my body were rusty.
When I got almost to the top I could
see the seat and the white figure, for
was now close enough to distin-
guish 1t even through the spells of
shadow. There was undoubtedly
something, long and black, bending
over the half-reclining white figure.
1 called in fright, Lucy! Lucy!" and
something raised a head, and from
where 1 was i could see a white face
and red, cleaning eyes. Lucy did
not answer, and I ran on to the en-
trance of the churchyard.
As I entered, the church was be-
tween me and the seat, and for &
minute or SO / lost sight of her.
When I came in view again the cloud
had passed, and the moonlight struck
so brilliantly that 1 could see Lucy
half reclining with her head lying
over the back OF the seat. She was
quite alone, and there was not a sign
OF any living thing about
When I bent over her / could see
that she was still, asleep. Her lips
were parted, and she was breathing
not softly, as usual with her, but in
long, heavy gasps, as though striving
to get her lungs full at every breath.
As came close, she put up her hand
in her sleep and pulled the collar
OF her nightdress close around her
throat. Whilst she did so there came
little shudder through her, as
though she felt the cold. 1 flung the
warm shawl over her. and drew the
edges tight round her neck, for
dreaded lest she should get some
deadly chill from the night air I'M
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viii ,!ysgitllh Pr.es.ii,- /,
dent ss { / 4 I cl!hl'loo y ooses Y
N 4; r.a;hgior,. 4 i. ss;s..
PRIo IoRIT 9 RIDERS i Il
cAlJsEsclC ] 8 on 4 tiEsTIoN
Suggest llization Of
s. Gl;o'y'eF;Hsa1l,l mt \ Shipping ]. 4
\ !, Jn1 ne Head. 81 4

Dec. lathe fullest
measures of. cos0peration in any de-
cision President wilson may make In
regard 70 the rn1lroad problem, even
though he A}sofisd choose operation,
was plsdeed. the president today by
the srai}rdadS' .sSaf board, composed Of
q REPRESENTATIVE committee of rail-
road dsexecuttvea. S ~
The ailroad Axecsltiyes told the
president they: did mt ask q billion
dollar loan oy, R spspension Of the
anti trust, ;Andssa ahttrpooMhg laws.
They told him t1sey believed theS rail-
roads themselvsa Nonid be able to
cope with the trsfiics CONGESTION ff the
government would name q federal
Iernment shippaelts and have the gov
ernment apprpys railroad credit for
raising new capital. Si; t%Is
Thousands Sof priority orders, COM
ing from aa. many sources, the rail-
road men de6lArsd, are the principal
cause Of congAtlon. ,co-ordinatton OF
government shipments; by q federal
traffic manager they said would meet
, II. however.ssthe president. after
considering all plans, decided to take
over the railroads for government
operation, the railroad executives de.
clared. he would receive their fullest
co-operati0n. Sy&s.t TX, rs e. 81
After seeing the railroad executives
President Wilson had. an engagement
with the heads Of the four great rail-
road mems brotherhoods. They op.
pose government operation,
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:.Al|SQU|)Il|'H| ] ] u ! ! ! SPEAKS !; \: /
IN llI'ERESTOF
y ~ f-gF ss.I- -f7Z' ~ =, ~ sf3 sf-liff ~
!: BRITISH PEOPLE
Wilson's Latest Words Elk.
I: pressing Desires Of Allies
". Are End dorsed.

London, Disc, 1.-THE unsrudsing
sacrifice made by the British people.
former Premier Asquith declared in
an address at Birmingham yesterday,
proved that the ancient and inerain-
ed spirit Of the British people had not
been sapped by luxury or stalled and
withered by dotage.
I'VE look to the end" he said, with
the assured and ever-growing belief
that both in the council chamber Of
peace and In the ordering Of oui own
household a new era Of liberty and
justice will be opened"
The former premier said that he
had had q large part In Great Brit
aims entering into the war and he un-
hssitatingly believed it had been
worth while II the war ends in a
peace Of security and permanency.
He indorsed President, Wilson's lat
est words as expressing clearly the
intentions and desires Of the allies.
Mr.. Asquith said there was album
dant evidence that the enemy peo-
pies are egmisinformed of the allies OBJ
jects which are not to annihilate the
German people but to destroy the mill
itary domination of Prussia. He said
that Germany must learn that the en-
thronement Of force 10 bad business.
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BOLSHEVIN CLAIM ,S|s
VICTORY OVER Oh
COSSACK A ( COMA my
Radicals Expect Ger11lal,sgto
Make More Reasonabl I.
Demands. .;s.. 4
ALL AMBASSADORS
ARE DISMISSED 1 :
Fighting Reported At Moliiil-
lev-Clashes at Biel
gorod Also

Copenhagen, Dec. l =:
The semi-oficia1 German
news agency says demo bill.
zation Of the Russian forces.
already has begun and that
peace negotiations, restrict
ed to the Russian front, have
been authorized. ,i 4.
The news agencys s dis
patch says that Generally OBJ
erbatchoff has been appoint.
ed commander in chief, with.
the assistance Of the allies
(Teutonic) and that he has
been authorized to open
100 ql!M suo!!lr!lo5eu 9orsd
many.