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The Washington times., 1917-11-15

cat" IIo bowed and settled himself
in u chair with his back to the hight,
and became absorbed In the paperS
while l went TO see after lunch,
chiefly in order that no might not be
disturbed, When came back /
found him walking hurriedly UP ana
down the room. his face all nblaze
with excitement. Ho rushed up TO me
and took me by both hands.
VAN HELsING DELIGHTED
BY CONTENTS OF DIARY.
"Oh, Madam Nina" he said, "how
can say whit owe to your This
paper Is as sunshins, IL opens the
gate to me, am daEs, I am dazzle,
with SO much ilshti and yet clouds
roll in behind the light every time.
But that you da net, eanhet, oemPrs-
bend. Oh, but ! am grateful to you.
you SO clever weman, Mauam"-he
said this very solsmniy- Il ever
Abraham Van HslsiRB can dc any
thing fer you sF yours, ] trust yeu
will let me knew, 1t will be pleasure
and delight II ! may ser--e you as a
friendi as a friend, but all I have
ever learned, all can ever do, shall
be for you and those you love- There
are darknesses in life, and there are
lights; you are one of the lights, You
Will havs happy life and good life.
and your husband will be blessed in
you"
"Bu,, 90 ,tor. you praise me toe
much. and-and you do not know
me.n
CTo BE ContInued TsmsrrOwI
(C0pyriEhtsd)
The Washington times., 1917-11-15
Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Thomas Green Mr. Smith hnds
great pleasure In accepting" or
Mr.. Smith regrets very much that
he cannot be present" OF course,
you will not 90 II you feel that
your wife was sighted. and even
II you feel that emitting her was
an oversight. the best procedure 10
to send your regrets and follow
them by q telegram Of oonEratuIa-
tion on the day Of the reception.
This II the last question Of sti-
quette I shall undertake to answer.
Ny column 10. ~ beg my readers
TO remember. Advice to the Love-
lorn"-not Advice 10 the Socially
Ambitious"
The Washington times., 1917-11-15
By Beatrice Fairfax.

NV PLY don't people like me?
" l see girls not half AZ
pretty as / am going to
theatres and dances with boys
know but who never invite me out.
When I go to parties, NOBODY ever
asks to bring me homa 1 have no
girl chums and sometimes I think
that II didn't keep going to see
them and telephoning them. the
girls know would Just drop me-
I'm Eood-looking and quite tai
snted- I come from a nne family
and dress well. I know all about
music and writing. play and sing
and compose verses. l am more in
teresting than the average girl and
30 sometimes imagine they are
Jealous Of me. and keep away from
me SO they won't have to invite me
to their partiessand lose their boy
friends to me.
When I go out on the streets.
strange men look at me with great
admiration and once or twice I
have yielded to the temptation to
speak to them. but nothing comes
Of that. for though they are very
respectful and pleasant. they seem
to lose interest. In fact. even II /
have friends. l don't seem able to
hold them. while far less attractive
girls than I am are popular and
have spAndId times. There seems
to be a conspiracy against me and
I get quite disgusted with people
for their Jealous. selfish. unkind
ways. Can you tell me how I can
make the people meet treat me
better?" writes Gloria.
Yes-right on the reeli I don't
give snap judgments or try to be
clever at the expense of my CORES
pondents. But in GIoria's case there
is an irresistible temptation to dis
miss the whole subject with a wave
Of the hand and a simple adJuration:
Make other people treat you better
by not treating yourself quite so
well!" But the Glorias OF the world
will be incapable OF understanding
that So let us illuminate our text
q bit.
The girl who wonders resentfully
why people don't like her. doesn't
dream that the real reason is likely
TO lie in the fact that she likes her
self so very welli There isn't any
necessity for other people to add to
the amount OF affection that shall
be bestowed on her since she dow
ers herself so completely.
The Washington times., 1917-11-15
Escorts and Public Dances
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
] and about nine of my girl
friends. aged seventeen to eighteen,
would like TO participate In .
moving plctuFe ball.
Eino0 none Of uG expect 10 be
accompanied BY q gentleman
partner ] would ask you to kindly
inform me whether IL will be
proper 10 20 to the said ball
unAooompGnisd- JEAN.
GIRLS of your age must not at
tend any public dance without
escort unless you are properly
chapsroned by an older woman or
q married couple. II isn't digni-
nsd and II won't do. After all. you
are not planning to dance with each
other and you are probably count
ing on chance Aequsintancss to
give you a good time. That is a
dangerous plan Don't put 1t init
action
The Washington times., 1917-11-15
An Important Question.
nrIR M1ss FAIRFAX:

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ am invited TO the wedding
r.o.1,Ion Of q business associate
shonId not nay wife have been
SnrIu6ed- although he II not &C
.f.ta6 with herr Under the
r-.,,ra atnneea would one accept!
would not care to 60 "lIhou'
her. wsd-
49, IA A gift. IN ordeT7 II .
-.Ss q. .snt how long before the
S.,s ,hould Il be sent, and shouIo
~,hIn1 he written on the &C
sonnsnytnE card7 X \. L.
mzr wedding Invitation should
! h.v. been addressed. Mr.. and
~. John Smith" Since you are
,.-.,v aequAintEness and have been
invited only to the reception. there
1. No need for you TO sand EifG
A t.lsEruua on the day Of the we'd
aInE wouA be IN ordsr-or you
NAV merely write . nots Of con-
rratulation. II you want to send
. ritt. a bit Of silver. crystal or
.hina-an attraetiysly framed pic
turs, such a. yeu may nnd In any
reputable art store. or . book, will
DO nicely. Unless the Invitation
read. Kindly respond" or "R. 8.
v. p" no acknowledgment 10
necessary. II you DO send either
REGRETS or acceptance. they should
follow thS wording OF the invita-
tion and read something like this:
Mr.. John Smith thanks Mr.. and
Mrs. Amos Brown for their InvI-
tAtisn to the wedding reception Of
tAsiI dsoShtsE, AuSA GAG Mr..
The Washington times., 1917-11-15

An measurements are leveL
Gtdnddrd half-pint medsuriH0 cups,
tablespoons dHd teaspoons being
used. sizteen level tGblespoonfuI'
equal q haIt-pInt. Quantities are
sufficient for sir persons Tn'ess
othertoise stated. Flour % lifted
once before measuring.
Food values are measured IN
terms OF heat. The unit Of meas
urement Is tho ealory. The child
and the sedentary worker require
fewer calo-ies than the grown per-
son and the one at hard or even
moderate labor. The child under
two REQUIRES 1850 cslories a day;
from two to hvs. 1900 from six to
nine, 1850: from ten TO twelve, slooi
from here the requirements rise
RAPIDLY to 4sOo calories a day for
the man at hard labor. though the
average is around $500 for the boy
and girl under twenty and the man
or woman who is fairly active
Give your family enough, but not
too much, The calory values given
with each re-, ipe printed will enable
YOU to plan menus that are right.
Lemon Butter I,233 CalorieS
Three egg yolks. egg white. Juice
2 lemons, 2 tablespoontuls butter. u
teaspoonfuI each vanilla and lemon
extract. / eupful sugar,
Beat the egg yolks and white with
the sugar till light; add the butter
and lemon juice. cook over hot water
I'LL thick. flavor. and cool. This may
be used as a cake or sandwich nllinR
The Washington times., 1917-11-15

face to face with the Arabs. They
had passed themselves on as de-
tectives to Mrs. O'Rourke at the
door and had obtained entrance
without difficulty. Now they con-
fronted him with drawn reyolverh
"Retirei" commanded the fore
most one, grimly.
Carslake backed on. They Ad-
vanced. locking the door behind
them and keeping HIM covered
with their guns.
Draw down the blinds" ordered
the Priestess, quietly.
What for?' gasped Carslake-
No one answered him, but the
command was swiftly obeyed. The
room was now in semi-darkness.
Carslake was frowning unsasily.
The Arabs remained grimly impas-
siye
The Washington times., 1917-11-15

MYTH best world Suee knits
w like lightning" Sammy" loosely
w put together think
with when and while like light
rolls with
smile
learning you girls
The Washington times., 1917-11-15

ting proud and everywhere
and should look the
knocking the skin
than ten dollars nowdo
knitting
they Christmas gratitude
laughter. but
well did-
NELL BRLNRLEY.
The Washington times., 1917-11-15
War Time Recipes

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Housekeeping Institute conducted by GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
and are repu6sed by special arrangement that publ
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The Washington times., 1917-11-15
I,I2o
CaIories

Farina Spoon 1870
Bread CaIories
Two cupfuls cooked farlna.
eggs. cupful milk. cupful white
cornmeaL teaspoonfuls baking
powder. u teaspoonfuI salt.
Mix faTina. well beaten egg yoIks
and milk. Add corn meal. baking
powder and salt sifted togeth..
and beat we'll Fold in the stita,
beaten egg whites and pour into a
well buttered baking dish. Bake in
a moderate oven about forty min
utes and serve with spoon in the
same disL II the farina has NOT
been pre- giously salted. more salt
should be added.
Pumpkin Pone 1890 Galleries
One pint white eornmeaI. pint
stowed pumpkin. / teaspoonruI salt
and Is cup sugar.
Put pumpkin through a sieve ana
mix with 1t all the other ingredi-
ents. being careful to blend them
we'll. Make In pones or cakes the
shape of ;as Aand dbout half an
inch thick. Place In q wen-Ereased
pan. Bake In a quick oven TIL
brown-aheut thirty minutes. Serve
very hot. with plenty OF butter.
Canned pumpkin may be used
The Washington times., 1917-11-15
The SpEendor of Venus Increasing.

THE splendor of Venus is increasing every evening now
she away from the sun, setting later every
night She will attain her greatest apparent distance from
the sun at the end of the month and will then swing in
toward ne arthbecomng brighter still she approaches
The Washington times., 1917-11-15
Why Am | Not Liked ?
QUESTION AND AN ANSWER
Beatrice Fairfax Tells the Story of
Gloria and Leaves You to
Draw the Moral.

OF appreciation and character does
not win its just deserts.
The last person in the world to
suspect that he is a bore Is OF course
the bore himself! Suppose you do
play and sing-win you come into .
group Of people whose one interest
may be the theatre or painting or
writing and insist that they swing
their interests around to yours?
VIII you foist the story you have
Just heard on a public which doesn'e
want to stop and listen to storiesr
VIII you monopo1izs the converse
tion or try to direct 1t into channels
OF which you know nothIng2. Then
at once you are a bore. VIII you
want to be a social leader when the
people around you have no desire to
be led? Do you insist on playing
your cute little tricks or having
your fellow guests pay tribute to
your success and charm and clever
ness? Then indeed you are a bora
Suppose eIerybody in a certain
social group were to try to be that
groups centre; how can you figure
out the geometricaI relationships OF
twenty people not one Of whom
would help make up the cIrcumfer-
ence Of a circle7 You can't have a
circle without circumference. and
you can't talk to an admiring audi
ence composed entirely OF yourself
when everybody else Is bent on do
Ing the same thing.
One Little Instance.
know a little Gloria Of my own.
She came to a dinner OF a lozen
people one night last Winter. At
7:So she began relating the story Of
an adventure which had befallen
her. 1t was a commonplace. stupid,
everyday Incident she wanted to
tell And she invested It with an
air OF intrigue. Of cheap melodrama
and uncomfortable suggestiveness.
At first people were nervous and
irritable: they didn't want to listen.
Then they all became actively in
tolerant Several people attempted
to change the conversation She
was interrupted-tempor side
tracked; but. with a tenaoity worthy
of a better cause. she would turn
presently to the attack. She had
something to tell and she proposed
to tell it
At $50 she was still struggling
for the centre OF the stage. She was
laughed at. gently ridiculed and
finally made almost the butt Of
general teasing. But she persisted
BY she had settled down firmly to
relating her adventure. The end OF
the dinner saw her insisting that her
fellow guests listen to her perfectly
startling experience. Ten o'clock
saw her still sticking firmly to her
intentions. and for half an hour
after dinner a group OF irritated.
annoyed and thoroughly bored peo-
pie were forced to sit In silencS
while a self-centered woman made
a fool OF herself OF course. she
thought she was being entertain-
ing and clever and charming and
a real addition to the party-the
life OF the party. in fact!
Have I been cross with you.
"Gloria?'' Forgive me. / had to.
You needed a shaking up.
The girl who insists that she q
attractive and interesting and thar
liking is due her ,forgets a great
maxim of all affection: To have =
friend you must first be one"
What you give freely to the world.
not what you fancy II owes you.
sets real value on you as a love-
worthy and lovable Individual
The Washington times., 1917-11-15
from the photo-plhy II
Fatal RinE.D
By Fred Jackson.
Episode 19.
Episode 19.
osuyrIEh,. 1917. By Fred Jackson. all right
reserJed.l

cspyrtEht. 1871. By Fred Jackson. all right
rsserrsd.)
HAVEN'T the diamond.
thought I had It, but It was
= only the top of a hatpin that
I had mIstook It for the diamond
In the dark. don't know whether
Pearl got It or whether it's still
lying somewhere in that room where
the big fight occurred"
Lying to me is poor spOrt-dan-
Esrous sport. cGrslAks." said the
spider" warnIngIy. You've played
many risky Eame for high
stakes, I know. but this time it's
your handsome face and your sight
ana your sense of smell that you
are .riskinE. I'd advise you to go
carefully. You are still
young and life may hold much in
store for you"
The Truth for Once.
'T tell you I haven't got the
diamond. I'm giving this to yop
straight. Believe me or not, as you
please"
The Spider" started menacingly
toward him with the pistol poised
for instant action.
I'm telling you the truth, I tell
youF" shouted CarslSke shrinking
back in terror and trying to hide
HIS face with trembling hands. His
panic was not assumed. No words
ever rang truer.
The spider paused
81 believe you are really tell
. Ing the truth" he observed curl
ously. This IL really unprees-
dentsd"
He shook his head.
Turn your face to the wall and
don't move until give you leave.
II you turn before tell you-look
outw
CarsIaks needed no further in
structionG He obeyed without
question. hiding his face In the
corner like = bad child
And the Spider" chuckling softly
TO himself. calmly rearranged his
disguise, tucked away his vitriolio
pistol and passed out, closing the
room door behind him
In the hallway he stood aside TO
let q woman and two men pass
him. ana as they passed he chuck
led once again
1t was the High Priestess and
hsr two most faithful followers.
He recognised them IN spite Of the
fact that they were wearing Amer
lean clothes:
Hearing the door slam behind
the Spider" carslAks turned to
dash after him, bat as he reached
the door he stopped. hnding himself
The Washington times., 1917-11-15
An Ultimatum.

Now, Carslake." began the High
Priestess. slowly. I'VE have reached
the end of our patience. You have
balked US at every turn. You have
made every effort to circumvent
US. You have dared to set your
will over against ourA You have
thrown our plans in jeopardy. You
have irritated and annoyed and de-
layed US. Punishment for these
things has long been due you To-
night is the night OF reckoning.
Try US no further lest we deal bru-
tally with you in the name of our
sacred order-but return to US
swiftly the violet diamond and the
setting in which 1t rightfully be-
longs,"
Carslake shook his head wearily
and smiled.
For the love OF your silly, grim
ming Violet God. go away" he
begged. Il have neither stone nor
setting. The old lady you have Just
passed in the hall was the Spider
King of the Underworld. He has
the setting. Pearl standIsh prob
ably has the diamond! Go and
bother them!"
I saw an old woman In the hall"
cried one OF the Arabs. Shall I
pursue her. HIEhness, and prove
whether or not he speaks TRUTH"
An Order to Shoot.
mo. waitl Search this roomI
Search thoroughly while your
brother keeps him covered. II he
so much as moves an eye shoot
him DOWN.
Gladly. Highness." assented the
other Arab.
Carslake did not move an eye
while the search progressed.
Swiftly the room was rined, until
there remained no space large
enough to conceal the gem.
Tt Is not here, HiEhnsss." re-
ported the Arab. then.
He has spoken truth, then"
said the Priestess. I'VE will re-
cover the Etone from Pearl Stan
dish. But before we go from this
room. we will eliminate forever this
man who has beeh a thorn in our
side. No further shall he be per-
mitted to go No longer shall he
be permitted TO interfere in our
plans. Seize him. Place him upon
his bed. Apply the sleeping
drug"
To BE Continued TO-norrow.
The Washington times., 1917-11-15
When Pizzaro Became Inca.

" WU6E tALHU DCCttHtC IItCU'
AFTER arduous march the great Spanish captain
Pizzaro set himself up at Cuzco November Is, 1888,
Inca. The story of his lootng of the Kingdom of Peru
is of the terrible of history only rvaed by
the exploits of his fellow countryman Cortez.
The Washington times., 1917-11-15

To BE Continued To-nOrrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-22
ACADEMY TRIMS STONINCTON 47TO6
ed and White Team Piled Large Score While Lighter O
 ponents Put Over Lone Touchdown-Long Runs and Forward Passes Constitute N F. A. AttacA-Zeler Stars for Stoninston- and Oat Shining for Acade-

Tn, the game between N: F. A. 'and Stonington on the campus Saturday afternoon. N. F. A. piled up 47 points down. N. F. A. outweighed the Ston- ington team considerably but Ston- ington made four or five fine forward passes ard Teller. the Stonington quarterback made a couple of long Eastwood and Bennett made a number of fine long end runs whilo J. Wilcox at fullback did excellent work in line plunging. Captain Saturdays game, played all of the game with the exception of a few minutes when Markof took his place. In the last quarter N. F. A. put in 8 gan, Covello, Brush, Campbell and Sevin, all of whom played an excel tent game.
 First Quarter.
 N. F. A. kicked off. Stonington car rfed the ball up to middle field. After trying a few rushes Stonington work ed g forward pass which gained 20 ing to gain by rushing. N. F. As ball on her 20 yard line. Bennett made two first downs, Eastwood took the ball for 20 yards then J. Wilcox car F. A. kicked off. Stontngton made 10 yards on forward pass then lost the ball on tumble. Bennett made 20 yards. Quarter ended. Score 60.
 Second Quarter.
 N. F. As ball on Stonington's 30 yard line. After a number of rushes Eastwood carried the ball over. Oat kicked goal N. F. A. kicked off. Stonington lost ball on downs. N. F: A. penalized yards tor offside. Lost 20 yards on pass over the fullback's head then kicked and recovered the ball. N. F. A. fumbled and Stoning- ton got the ball. Stoningtcn work ed a forward pass then Teller on a 30 yard run, skirting right end scored. Missed goal. Stonington kicked off and the half ended. Score 13-6
 Third Quarter
 Stonington kicked off. In her long
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-22
ROOSEVELT CONDITIONING
 IN TRAINING CAMP
cireied HaIf-miIe Track Before sreakfast-Faeed Battery of Cam

Stamford, Conn.,, Oct. 21.-"This is 1 an entirely novel experience" remark ed Colonel Theodore Roosevelt this afternoon as he faced a battery of cameras at a rest camp, where he has been conditioning for some time past. The Rooseveltien smile appeared as he made this remark and he insisted that Mayor Mitchell of New York Mayor Treat of Stamford, Police Chief Brennan, Jack Cooper, Trainer GCs Nowkee, William zeigler, the starch manufacturer. and others ''get into the picture" with him.
 The colonel has been here for two weeks but few knew that he was around as the local police took pains to see that he was not disturbed He has seen but few visitors, most of there today was John T. King of Bridgeport. who was there to secure the services of the colonel in the cam paIgn of Schuyler Merritt, republican candidate for congress to succeed th' late EbeneZer J. Hill. The colonel
 promised to speak in Bridgep port at a
 date to be arranged later. Gutzon Borglum. sculptor, and prominent in G. F'essenden, of Stamford. were
 guests.
 "Not a word" was RooseveIts re-
 ply to a request that he say some
 thing about the story that he was to
 command a division If New England
 volunteers. Asked about the New
 York mayoralty situation he stated
 that his views would be expressed la
 ter. Neither would he discuss the
 world war.
 A large number of newspapermen were there and these he led to a half
 mile track upon which he had been exercising. He would not say how many times he had covered it but admitted that he had ran 1t five times
 before breakfast The track leads through potato patch. rye field, skirts the edge of a lake, stNp of woods and over steep hills. He did the half, walking at pace that had his guests puffing.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-22
FIRE IN BASE HOSPITAL
 AT CAMP DEvENS
Caused by Explosion of Oil Stove
 Patients Hurriediy Removed.

Aver. Mass, Oct. 21--Patients In
 some of the wards in the base hospi- | tai at Camp Devens were removed | hurriedly early today when fire de- containing the receiving ward and ] the sick and wounded office. The ex- | plosion of an oil stove started the fire. Two medical officers who were in the building were slightly burned. There were no patients in the turned structure. As soon as the alarm was given, Major W. l.. Tous- ips of Portland, Me. in charge of the had nearly fifty of his patients car ried out on mattresses as a measure of preeautfon. Many. other of the 262 patients in the thirteen hospital build inss went to the verandas ofs their wards
 Meanwhile Sergeant Joseph Mois- sons, of Clinton. and Private IIIward Evans of Boston, who. were On duty in the receiving ward when the stove exploded, had summoned aid. Hun
 dreds of soldiers turned out to assist the cantonment fire department but
 they found on their arrival that the firemen, under command of Lieuten-
 ant John W. McAree. formerly of the
 New York fire department, had the
 flames confined to the receiving build
 ing.
 The base hospital buildings are To- cated in the far southwestern corner of the cantonment and are isolated from other structures. Tine wind wae not high and at no stage of the fl"
 was there any danger of it's spread
 ing to the recimental barrac cl>s.
 Captain L. H. Spooner and Sergear
 Nathan l.. Bery, both of Boston, wno were asleep in rooms adjoining tn sick and wounded office when the fir, broke out. escaped through windows Captain Spooner was slightly burned about the head. Sergeant Berry whc went into the burning building to res cue record beck. was near anothe- oil stove when 1t exploded and he also suffered slight burns. Many medical instruments were lost in the fire ana some hospital uniforms were destroy ed.
 This is the second fire caused bv ar oil stove explosion at the camp. Last Friday. a stove in the office of Major General Harry Fl Hodges exploded when it was picked up too quickly by an orderly. The orderly wrapped the generals coat about the blazing heat CT and extinguished the flames.