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The Washington times., 1917-10-24

-rHAT do you do when you
w haven't any time to plan In
w advance what you are going
TO do? When you have to decide
quickly on a course OF action do
you conduct yourself in a way that
fills you with pride and Joy and
wins respect, or do you react in a
way that later makes you heartily
ashamed of yourself?
How do you meet emergencies?
When it comes to the great big
tests of life most Of US conduct
ourselves pretty well. 1t takes a
real brute to shove women aside
and climb out OF a burning building
over the bodies OF other human
beings who stood a chance to be
saved II he had given them a hand
up instead of a shove down.
In the great emergencies of life
the deepest things in our natures
come to the surface. So when the
drab little man is a hero on a
wrecked excursion boat, and a ner-
vous, irritable woman rises to
heights OF calm generalship in a
railway accident, there is nothing
to be startled about; the vital, els-
mental real" person is elbowing
and showing and pushing his way
out from under the veneer with
which commonplace livin has
coated a soul.
But how about the minor emsr-
gencies Of lif3--ths little surprises?
There is Mrs. Jones. She has been
spreading all sorts OF malicious
stories about you and her gossip
has come back to you.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24
On the Spur of the Moment
By BEATRICE
FAIRFAX

them from being hideously AWk-
ward, you would md that the spur
of the moment" didn't goad you
into all sorts Of reckless awkward
ness and folly.
Somebody introduces you to Mr..
Smith. the head Of the x Y. z. Nov
ing Picture Co. He II amiaole ana
friendly. You like him. and you feel
that he 10 q very important person
for you to know, Next day you
meet him and he doesn't RECOGNIZES
you at once, so on the spur OF the
moment. you look the other way and
ignore him, Afterward you realize
how silly that was and that nov
you will probably never dare claim
acquaintance.
when angry, count q hundred
is a maxim which all grandmother
used to quote to the younger gen
grafton. Let US modernise II . liT-
tie bit. When taken unawaros,
count ten. Ten Is enough for our
hurried modern Eenerationl When
brought face to face with someone
who has offended you q bit, insteea
of treating him to the cut dirocs,
or an ungraciouS nod which
ten. You will probably md your
self smiling over your own mathe-
NAUTICAL performances. The smile IT,
self warns things up.
Don't sputter out things you
never meant to say.
Don't ignore people to whom SsG
would like 70 talk.
Don't freeze people whose warm
regard you would like to haze.
When little social emergencies
arise don't act quite on the spur o.
the uomGBt Wait a second f5r
the prick Of tas spur to wear 81.
A few seconds OF doing nothing
would make most Of US do som>-
thing much better than the uneoa-
sidered, abrupt and awkward thing
we are likely to do II we let the
spur OF the moment goad Us
The Washington times., 1917-10-24

MOTHER talked to me the other day about
u the incorrigfbility of her ooy-an active. in
= tellisent little chap of four years As she
talked she turned and corrected the child from time
to time for some perfectly piece of childish
activity She spoke in hghpitched, irritable voice,
and what she said largely dsregarded by the
child She told me that whipping the only thing
that made any impression on him.
He was a handsome and appealing little fellow.
I asked his mother If he might come to see me oc-
casionally-I would take the risk Of his numerous
misdemeanors "Yes" she replied, "and you'll find
that he will be perfect little angel It's only in his
own home that he behaves like a demon.
A good boy except in his own home! And yet 1t
has occurred to this mother that the 1aut may
be hers and not the chld's.
do not believe there any ncorrigbls children,
and there certainly none Of four years old In
most cases of difficult children it is the parents or
guardians who need the reforming.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24
CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER X.
Letter, DR.. Setodrd to Hon. Arthur
HoIBpioood.
my dear Art
MY news today is not so good.
Lucy this morning has gone back
bit. There is, however, one good
thing which has arisen from IL: Mrs.
Westenra was naturally anxious con-
cerning Lucy, and has, consulted me
professionally about her. took ad-
vantage of the opportunity, and told
her that my old master, Van Helsing.
tho great specialist. was coming to
stay with me, and that l would put
her In his charge conjointly with my
self; so now we can come and go
without alarming her unduly, for a
shock to her would mean sudden
death, and this. in Lucy's weak con
dItion, might be disastrous to her.
1--WE are hedged In with difficulties.
all OF us. my poor old fellow: but,
please God, we shall come through
them all right. II any need shall
write, so that, II you do not hear
from me, take It for granted that :
am simply waiting for reUI. -
haste. Yours ever,
JOHN sEwARp.
Dr. SeIcdrd'S Diary.
September.-The first thing Van
Helsing said to me when we met at
Liverpool street was:
Have you said anything to our
young friend the lover OF herr"
NO" I said. II waited till I had
seen you, as / said in my telegram.
/ wrote him a letter simply telling
him that you were coming, as Miss
westenra was not so well, and that
/ should let him know II need be-
Right, my friend" he said, quite
right Better he not know as yet:
perhaps he shall never know. / pray
so; but II it be needed, then he shall
know all. And, my good friend
John, let me caution you. You deal
with the madmen. All men are mad
in some way or the other: and mas
much as you deal discreetIy with
your madmen, SO deal with Gods
madmen, too--the rest OF the world.
You tell not your madmen what
YOU do nor why you do II:
think. So you shall keep knowledge
in its place. where it may rest-where
Il may gather its kind around II and
breed. You and I shall keep as yet
what we know here. and here" He
touched me on the heart and on the
forehead. and then touched himself
the same way. 81 have for myself
thoughts at the present. Later l shall
unfold to you"
"Why not now?" I asked. "It may
do some good: we may arrive at some
decision" He stopped and looked at
me. and said.
"My friend John, when the corn is
grown, even before IL has ripened-
while the milk OF its mother-earth Is
in him, and the sunshine has not yet
begun to paint him with his gold, the
husbandman he pull the ear and rub
him between his rough hands, and
blow away the green chafr, and say to
YOU: Look! he's good corn: he will
make good crop when the time
comes"
CTs Ne Continued Tonorrow)
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Advice to the LOvelOrn BEATRICE Ry FAIRFAX

ing and who is OF a different be-
lief ask her TO wait for him? Do
you think It Is right for the man
to give UP his belief to- embrace
the Jewish belief for her? Sup
pose It is right; do you think that
to see a rabbi while "over there"
and turn will be good plan?
Tell me. won't you. for / am at
sea. She loves me as much asI
love her, but she has been brought
up TO believe and to suffer, and
she can stand there while they
laugh in her face and persecute
her. A CONSTANT READER.
A FEW nArrow-minded and ig-
norant people have religious
preJudIces. but we are growing to-
ward greater and greater tolerance
and are beginning to recognize the
wonderful heritage OF history that
lies back OF the jewish race. Why
not study the faith of your sweet
heart and learn to know more about
It? II IT appeals to you. there IL
no reason why you should not en-
brace it. ]. myself, believe that REAL
religious feeling Is not a matter OF
church or creed. but OF personal
convictions OF the way you should
live your life.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24
DRACULA,
THE VAMPIRE
SYNOPSIS OF STORY
By BRAN STOKER.

Jonathan HaFker, q London 50
Ileltor's clerk, takes . Ieng
Journey to Bukowina to see Count
DrneuIa and arrange for the
transfer Of nm EREIIsh estate 10
the Count. In his diary, kept In
Hhorthand, he gives the details Of
his strange trip, the latter part
Allied with mysterious and thrill
ing happenings Upon his arrival
at Castle DFaeula he is met by
the Count and Ands hlmseIf Vir.
tuaIly n prisoner. The castle u.
self II . place Of mystery with
doors all haired. and no servants
10 be seen. The Count Ereets hin
warmly, hut his strange person.
nlIty and odd behavior cause Har-
keF much alarm. In order not to
arouse suspicion HarIer leads the
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from the photo-play THE
Fatal Ring.D
By Fred Jackson.
Episode 16.
Episode 16.
Copyright. 1917, By Fred Jschsoo. all rights
reserTed.)

Copyright. 1871, by Fred Jacksoo, all rights
reserTed.)
TIs men swung her as far as
they could and shot h. into
the midst of the sucking
s2nds.
As she sped through the air and
feIl-fQrcing her head up and her
feet downward-she felt that moth
ing On Gods earth could save her.
She knew of the quicksand
through long residence in the
neighborhood. Once, she had seen
4 runaway horse drawn down to
death in its peaceful, guileless
depths She had seen the horses
terror-hIs Btruggles-had heard
his frenzied whinnying as he was
drawn down inch by inch into the
cold wet earth.
She was to be buried alive. Buried
alive! The frightfulness OF her fate
all over her.
She thought OF Tom. Even ho
could not help her now. II was too
AAAC. AAG hau AaAANN AOA GAatA fAAA-
But the fault was surely not his.
He had begged her to give up the
mad pursuit OF the diamond. He
had pleaded with her to draw rein
on her frenzied craving for danger
and excitement and adventure.
But she had held TO her word.
And this was to be the end.
She was already in the earth up
20 her knees and steadily sinking.
GlancIng down, she wondered how
many helpless fellow creatures had
gone before her into this Ehastly
grave.
Farewell. Miss staadish," called
Carslske. politely doffing his hat
and bowling his head. Il think this
time It is really farewell!'
a She could make no answer. Help
lessly she watched him turn with &
smile and wave his men away.
They went. without q backward
Rlance-leaving her there TO die in
that awful place-alone'
The bushes closed after them.
Far up in the cold moonlight q bird
eircIed round and round above her.
Brave-hearted as she was, tears
welled up in the girls eyes and
trickled slowly down her cheeks.
She felt miserably small and lonely
ana afraid. To die is not difficult.
tf one can die swiftly enough. But
10 die slowly, inch by inch; to have
The Washington times., 1917-10-24

The life Of q little child reflects, not the things
which his mother tells him, but the things that she
does herseh-the atmosphere which she makes In
his home. When we tell child to be loving and
generous to his little brother and then snatch away
from him something Of our own, without explanation
or Eentleness cannot expect words to have as
much effect as our conduct. II he had been aceus-
toned from birth only to gentle words from Us, he
would have only gentle words to give N others
Children's hearts register what we sre~ more &C
curately than their brains registe- - We say. We
cannot be one thing ourselve~L expect our chill
dren to be something quite @-herent.
A child whose mother can only govern him BY
whipping Is . child whose mother has never learned
to discipline herself
We parents have much to learn We do 50
little, and we could do so much! We ourselves give
our children their first lessons IN this science OF
livins-lessons that are in our lives, not on
tongues. II rests with own conduct whether We
shall teach them lessons In generosity gentieness
and all that makes life worth while, or lessons IN
selnshness, irritability and life Of friction
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Religious federation.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
lam a marine and proud OF 1t.
In q few days l will have to go
across the deep blue sea to fight
for her whom ! am leaving be-
hind me. Can = man who Is leaY-
The Washington times., 1917-10-24

Count to tell Of his estate and Of
the history of his family. Later
the Count orders him to write his
employer. he IH 10 stay at the
castle fer . month. That wight he
sees the Count crawl down the
castle wall Hike lizard A series
OF mysterious Incidents follow,
and HnFker gains mn Idea Of the
strange eharpeter Of his host.
One night three wome. appear In
his room bat are driven away BY
the Count In fury. Recognizing
his danger he seeks 70 escape, cot
nnds all aveaaes of escape closed.
Hnrker diseovers the Couat wound-
ed and believes him dead. Then
the strange deveIoPneHts are told
In n series OF letters which throw
new Hight on the Couat's uierd
= personality.
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tCopyriEhted)
FART ONE-(C0niInuedl

FART ONE-IContInued)
.(( 4 II over! all over! He has de-
'" ~ serted me. No hope for
- me now unless I do II for
myself" Then suddenly
turning to me in a resolute way,
he said: Doctor, won't you be very
good to me and let me have a little
more sugar? 1 think 1t would be
good for me-"
And the iies?" said.
Yes. The flies like it, too. and l
like the flies; therefore, l like it."
And there are people who know so
little as to think that madmen do not
argue. I procured him a double sup
ply, and left him as happy a man as.
/ suppose, any in the world. ! wish
/ could fathom his mind.
NIidnight.-Another change in him.
I had been to see Miss Westenra,
whom 1 found much better, and had
just returned, and was standing at
our own gate looking at the sunset,
when once more l heard him yelling.
As his room is on this side of the
house, I could hear IL better than in
the morning.
1t was a shock to me to turn from
the wonderful smoky beauty OF a sun
set over London, with fits lurid lights
and inky shadows and all the marvel
Gus tints that come on foul clouds
even as on foul water, and to realize
all the grim sternness OF my own
cold stone building, with Its wealth
OF breathing misery, and my own
desolate heart to endure il all
reached him just as the sun was
going down, and from his window
saw the red disk sink. As II sank he
became less and less frenzied: and
just as II dipped he slid from the
hands that held him, an inert mass.
on the floor. 1t is wonderful, how
ever, what intellectual recuperative
power lunatics have, for within a few
minutes he stood up quite calmly and
looked around him.
THE SUN AND MOON
ARE STRUCK UPON AS CLUES.
I signaled to the attendants not
TO hold him, for / was anxious to see
what he would do. He went straight
over to the window and brushed out
the crumbs OF sugar: then he
took his hy-box and emptied Il
outside, and threw away the
box. then he shut the window
and crossing over. sat down on hi.
bed. All this surprised me, SO
asked him: Are you not going tc
keep flies any moreE
NO" said he: "T am sick of al
that rubbish" He certainly is &
wonderfully interesting study.
wish l could get some glimpse of hi,
mind or OF the cause OF his sudder
passion. Stop; there may be a clue
after all, IL we can find why today
his paroxysms came on at high moor
and at sunset. Can it be that there
Is a malIEn influence OF the sun a
periods which affects certain nature,
as at times the moon does others
We shall see.
Telegram, sepdrd, London, to Van Hell.
sing, Amsterdam.
"4 Observation-Disclosures still better to
day"
Telegram, setodrd, London, to Van HsL
sing, Amsterdam.
20 September.-Patient greatly i'm
proved. Good appetite: sleeps natural
ly; good spirits; color coming back"
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. You viii Find Vampire" Gripping Seal-Dont Miss It
Diaries That Are History.

IN earliest times there but seat of learning in
Japan-Kyoto, where the Mkado resided The mobiles
composing his court loved to devote their time to poetry
which they held in highest honor, and to the writing of
diaries These diaries form the first historical works of
the Japanese
The Washington times., 1917-10-24

Telegram, set0Grd, London, to Van Hell.
sing, Amsterdam.
"e September-Terrible change for the
worse Come at once: do not lose All
hour. ! hold over telegram to Holm
wood till have seen you"
The Washington times., 1917-10-24

death come gradually, giving cen
turies of time for reflection; that Is
not so simple.
Pearl wished that she had been
more generous, more thoughtful,
more kind, more considerate and
more timid. She wished that she
had been content to sit at home and
knit. Certainly then she would
not have to come to such an end
as this.
She struggled wildly to move her
feet, for they were already growing
cold in the damp earth. 1t was
useless. The more she resisted the
more swiftly she was borne down
ward.
She bent every effort TO freeing
her hands and mouth. instead. BY
dint of great striving she succeeded
in removing the bandage on her
wrists first. 1t seemed to take an
eternity to do It. and she was in the
earth to her thighs when she finally
succeeded-but she succeeded-and
swiftly set about removing the gsg.
This task should have been SIM
pier. but the knot was a hard one,
and her fingers trembled She was
in the earth to her wais,, when the
cloth eventually fell from her
mouth and she was free TO scream.
But she tried four times befOrc she
was able TO make a sound.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24
Her Hope Is in Tone.


In the end. she succeeded in
shoUting-and. useless as It was TO
shout. she found some comfort in IT,
There is no truer saying in all the
language than while there Is Hte,
there Is hope"
Though she had seen the horse
drawn down to death while half the
village looked on pityingly. unable
10 aid hir1---though she herself had
heard the beasts devoted master
say that It was impossible to save
him or to rescue anyone from the
qUIcksands-she still hopsd.
She looked for Tom--with Gods
help-t0 perform miracles. And
she screamed again and again to
give him such assistance as she was
free TO render.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24
Liberty Bonds and
Christmas Giving
An Appeal to American Women.

By Mrs W. G. McAdoo, daughter of President Wilson.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24

FART ONE-(C0ntlnuedD
(( 4 II over! all over! He has de-
~ serted me. No hope for
- me now unless I do II for
myself" Then suddenly
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and Necissity-R Requiring all public
service utilities to obtain from the
| public service commission certifi-
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cessity before entering new field
ALREADY served by another company.
To obtain this certificate the utility
company must show that the public
interest will be best served by its
entering the field.
Anti-Conspiracy Law Making it a
crime. punishable by fine and impris-
onmcnt for persons or companies or
cororations to enter into conspi-
racy to destroy free competition on
public contracts. including the state,
county, town and district contracts.
State itentiary-Control of the
state penitentiary is taken from the
state board of control and placed en-
tirely in the hands OF the governor.
ConvIcts Making it a crime to COM
n.unicate to another the fact that
person is a convict or has been con-
vict. when such communication is
made for the purpose Of depriving
said person Of employment or Of ex-
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Motor Vehicles--New regulations
for motor vehicles are prescribed and
the license fees are doubled The
provision doubling the license fees.
however. does not become effective
until August /.
Road Iaws-The present system OF
taking care of county roads under the
direction of supervisors is abolished
and "a roadmaster is to be appointed
in each county. An effort has been
made to remove conflicting provisions
in road laws and provides a law un-
der which the road work may be done
on "A business-like basis. The law
creating the new highway commission
carried an emergency clause and
went into effect Immediately after it
was passed.
Mothers Pensions-Old law was
amended 50 as to leave the matter OF
granting pensions to dependent wild
owed mothers practically entirely to
the discretion of the county court.
Medical and Surgical Treatpent
for Sick and Deformed INDECENT Chill
dreu-Any county Judge on his own
motion. or on complaint Of any pro-
baton officer. school teacher. relief
officer Of physician. may investigate
the case Of any child afflicted with
sCme deformity or disease which may
be removed with proper care and
treatment to ascertain IL the parents
or guardian are unable To have such
child properly treated. II so the
court with the consent OF the parents
oi guardian. may send the child TO
the medical department of tho state
university for care and treatment.
Support so-called joker
slipped into the non-support law by
the 1915 legislature is removed. This
joker exempted divorced husbands
from having to support their minor
children.
Legitimate Children-ProViding a
method TO compel the father or an
nlogitimate child to contribute to the
support Of such child.
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The Weston Leader, breaking its of.
flee rule against poetry, prints tho
following from Sid Barnes who is SOL
diering at Boise Barracks:
I'm glad that I'm soldier
And wear a campaign hat;
I'm trying hard to learn to guard.
And everything like that.
1 like to drill and walk my post
In military ways;
I'd give my life. mid shot and strife
And would not ask for praise.
But grant to me, o Lord of Hosts,
The greatest of all boons-
meal that does not most consist
OF coffee, beans and prunes.
would not shirk at detail work,
I'm Yankee thru and thru;
I'll sing my Country 'Tis Of Thee"
And Yankee Doodle Do"
And if by chance we go to France
To beard the German lion.
want to head the big parade
And hear the bullets whine.
But 'er / go across the seas
Or sing those stirring tunes.
want a meal that don't consist
OF coffee. beans and prunes.
But il I'm called to take my stand
In land OF enemies;
Where rivers running red with blood
Flow gently to the seas
Where carrion crows and buzzards
Obliterate the sun
And gorge upon the tombless dead
When all the fighting's done;
I'll do my best and with the rest
Beneath the foreign moons
I'll sing MY Country 'Tis of Thee
And coffee. beans and prunes.
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