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The Washington times., 1917-07-25

houses, railways. roads.
You will ameliorate the material
and moral condition OF your people,
and that without calling upon what
ever fortune each individual may
acquire through his work"
Yea" cried Fulbert, enchanted 20
see hts ideas so clearly summed up.
Finally" concluded Severac, you
count upon Hictaner to help install
and conduct your government, by
force II necessary"
I'VE count upon him." said Oxus-
And" added Fulbert, what he has
already done shows what he can still
do"
"Hictaner Is practically omnipo-
tent" said Severac gravely, "and
especially will be SO II you give him
the new weapons have invented
But now that your problem is so
clearly defined. let us consider mine.
II / decide to scorn your ambitions,
despise your projects?"
You have just fve minutes to live
in that case" interrupted Fulbert in
tone sufficient TO have frozen Sew
erac's blood had his plan not been
well mapped out in advance.
Through policy he appeared startled.
and let q moments silence elapse as II
to pull himself together, then went on,
still In the same low voice, cold and
tranquil:
But. II decide to share your ambi-
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
By Aunt Sophie.

How sleep the brave who thought
that life
Was welded bliss and married
laughter:
But died and left this vale OF strife
Henpecked into the great here
afterI
TT Is very seldom indeed that .
married man bursts into poetry.
but have q letter from Henry
Hostetter. OF HAnkins, n. z. which
letter begins with the above sad
stanIA I feel sort Of sorry for
Henry. a. his letter reveals the fact
that he IL q kind husband at heart.
but IL going into q slow decline
He complains that his wife lords
Il over him something brutal at
times. and has contemplated every
thing from running away from
home to driving her out which lat
ter would Be = most undiznInsd
proceeding. to be sure.
A henpecked man always had my
sympathy. though few people feel a.
I do about these helpless creatures
! do not pity them half 80 much for
their lack OF happiness As do for
their lack Of spunk- How easy life
would be for them II they had the
nerve to rear up and spit IRE now
and then!
Old Aunt Sophie knows Of men
who have made q great success Of
rearing up. and always advises Il
In such cases as the above. though
she feels reasonably sure that the
advice Is seldom followed. Once .
man lets his wife get the whip hand.
the beans are spilled forever. a.
they say in classic Cambridge
Mr.. Hostetter appears to be .
quaint soul. II one may Judge him
by his letter. He does not seem to
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
By Jane MTean.

livery night when James For
u byth went to bed he determined
t. save up for = new suit He
knew that he looked shabby. he was
quite conscious Of the fact that to
him that hath shall also be given,
but there were 90 many others TO be
considered Arst and so many wAys in
which he was constantly asked to
spend his hard earned money that
his personal. appearance seemed .
thing too trivial for consideration.
That II. Il ala when duty crowded
the truth out Of his mind. At other
times. James Forsyth knew quite
well that he looked . century old
and 4 decade behind the time
His appearance used to bother
him after he had gone to bed at
night And II psrehanee . tiny
thought ilveigled itself into his
brain, he would try to invent impos-
sibis ways to make extra money.
and then when sleep finally pressed
heavily. be would console himself
By thinking that there was no use
Of worrying about = thing that
could not be helped. and then he
would drop asleep and forget his
TROUBLES for = time.
Forsyth MADE = fair salary, but
he was one Of the downtrodden men
who Succumb easily to influences.
His wife took only what sho con-
sidered her due to run the house
and .clothe herself and the children
The amount left over certainly
would not 60 very far In giving
Forsyth a decent wardrobe. Ger
tainly he might have asserted him
self. but he did not. and In conse-
qusnce he wore his old clothes and
looked shabby.
When he married there had been
those who had remarked upon the
fact that he was nne looking man
He had obtained his position with
Graves and Ellery at that time, and
people had also said that he had .
bright future But Mr.. Graves. who
had given Forsyth the place. had
been heard to remark frequently
when Forsyth passed through the
Office:
Ny. how that man has aged
why. he Is . young man. but he
doesn't care anything about keep
ing UP q neat Appearances: he looks
like an old man already. We can't
allow him to make any sales for
US. wen have to-put some younger
man in who can make = snappy
appearance"
OF course Forsyth did not know
what was passing in his employers
mind. but his thoughts stin fingered
upon his coveted new suit. and he
still determined periodically to
actually get It. -.-
Once he had saved mp secretly to
make his purchase He intended to
70 downtown and buy his clothes
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
AIS Well That
Ends Well
The Story of the Shabby Man Who Had the
Courage to Enlist

and surprise svsryons. and lust -
he had enough or nearly enough.
Ruth. the baby. came down with ~
phoid fever. Every cent available
had gone into Doctors bills and
medicines. and his wife. surprised
At the indux Of extra money. had
bitterly accused him Of a secret
fund that she knew nothing about
''of course. your money IL your
own" she had sobbed. but Il seems
strange that you would want -
keep Il away from me"
Either his wife ala not notice Or
Sohoolsd herself not to notice his
Appearances. and her accusation hit
Forsyth hard. He Sesolvsd then
and there that he ala not need the
new things anyway.
"A man can get along on almost
nothing" he had argued. And Of
course he was all wrong. and he
vaguely knew Il
He went through . period thea.
when he had convinced himself that
he was greatly sxaggorating mat
tiers anyway. Perhaps II was his
own imagination. and no one noticed
his clothes but himself. And just
a. he had himself nicely deluded
and the load was lifting . little
from his mind. he overheard = re-
mark that hurt him cruelty.
-
one Of the onties boys had 1eered-
Looks for all the world Ike .
vaudeville comedian
And then Forsyth knew that
other people aid notice and that his
appearance was really bad
Than he enlisted Which fact was
made possible only through the
generosity of his nrm- The day he
came home In HIS uniform he felt
like 4 hero. Internationally his body
had responded TO the feel Of new
clothes and the self respect lof de-
cent raiment
Gee pop" his small son had said
delightsdly. you look great in
those things- Wish was big and
could wear EN-"
Dear" his wife had breathod
BoAh4ys ana nor ogo4 Horo beuueEs
you look like you did when mar
ried you You should have had .
new suit long ago"
When he walked down the street.
shoulders squared. body erect. head
held high with new courage In his
veins. he ran into Mr.. Graves.
Hello. Forsyth" said that big
man. how well you look. / see
you've enlisted, good for you Well.
your old position 10 ready for you
whenever you come back How'd
you like to be q salesman? You're
the very man for the place"
And Forsyth. the man. the soldier.
walked on proudly. after all thers
were lots Of years ahead Of him. he
was . young man. with the world
still unconquered- II was good -
be alive ana feel eontentsd-
The Washington times., 1917-07-25

lions, adopt your projects and7"-
I'm that case" interrupted oxus,
"you are our collaboration and our
brother"
-And what will be my share OF
powerr'
To this critical question FuIbert
simply answered:
I'm place Of being governed by the
duumvirate. Oxus and Fulbert, the
earth will be governed by the triunl-
yirate, Oxus, FuIbert and Severac."
The engineer looked into the very
bottom of their souls, then stood up
and said to the two men:
II am yours-your ambitions from
today will be mine and your Destiny
will be my destiny"
At the words which made their col
Iaborator at once their equal and
their slave, Oxus and Fulbert stood
up quickly. held out their hands to
Severac, who pressed them. bowed
and walked toward the door.
Where are you goingT asked Full
bert In surprise.
TO my room. I will consecrate the
morning to burning my books and
notes. In them are dreams which
yesterday were mine alone. but when
I will sacrifice today to you.
This evening we will tahe up our
work once more. l must know He
taner.,
u. on the other hand. will show
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
Saving the Nations Birds

l. Naming the time of the year
when various kinds OF game may be
hunted: these hunting periods are
called open seasons"
2. The prohibition Of certain meth
DDS formerly employed in taking
game, as. for example. netting. trap
ping and shooting at night.
8. Bag limit; that IL, indicating the
number OF birds or animals that may
be shot in q day. For example, in
Louisiana one may kill twenty-five
ducks in q day. and in Arizona one
may shoot two male deer In q sea-
son.
4. Prohibiting or regulating the sale
Of game. BY destroying the market
the incentive for much excessive
killing IL removed
5. Providing protection At all sea-
sons for useful birds not recognized
a. game specieS
Game animals a. defined to-day in
clude bears. eoons, deer. mountain
sheep. caribou. musk oxen, white
goats, rabbits, SQuirrels. cougars.
opossums. wolves. Gntslopes and
moose
Game birds include swan. geese,
ducks, rails. coots. woodeock, snipe,
plover, curlews. wild turkeys. grouse.
pheasant, partridge and quail. Some
times and in some places other birds
and animals have been regarded as
game. Robins and mourning doves
are still shot IN soma OF thS South
GTn States - game bIsdh
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
Household Suggestions

New walking shoes are some
times inclined to slip" At the
heels. and = blister 10 the result
A simple preventive IL to rub the
inside OF the shoes with . little
soap at the heel before putting
them on
II you want oilciotA to look
bright and last . long time, never
use water on IT To clean IL. rub 10
with flannel dipped In, turpsntin&
Then have half . nouncS of bees
wax into . cup. and stand Il in =
cupful OF boiling water. Add .
saucerful of turpentine, . little
shaved CASTLE soap. and 4 few
dorps OF oil Of cit-oneIlA- Whip this
until It begins to set' stifI, and then
put 80 in a pot. A little Of this
rubbed into the oilclOth will make
&c elSAn and bright
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
Ice Cream as a Food

Identical
Ice cream made from pure. clean
materials under sanitary conditions
Is q safe and useful food.
The milk or cream. the fruits, the
gelatin, the eggs, the sugar. the
starch or similar substances utilized
are excellent foods You use them
daily without discomfort or pain.
The combination Of milk. eggs
and sugar is not easily digested. II
taxes the digestive power. II is too
rich for most persons with weak
ened health.
Stored ice cream deteriorates and
becomes unsafe for use. Therefore
buy only fresh ice cream.
Get your own freeEer-make your
own ice cream. Know OF what II 10
made and under what conditions.
You offer ice cream as a food to
children, to the sick IN your house
hold. You try to force II on per-
sons with impaired digestion and
lowered vitality. Be sure Il Is At to
eat
Ic cream poisoning IL not rare
The Summer season Is here. II 10
the time OF difficulty in keeping the
milk and cream supply safe for chill
dren.
The ice cream sundae and the ice
cream soda trade IL nourishinE. The
appetite IL ever willing.
The picnic. excursion. vacation.
Joy ride. careless pleasure months
are filled with pleasure and pain.
Use care IN buying ice cream. Be
certain that II 10 fresh and clean and
pure.
The best and safest ice cream IL
the kind you make at home.
II requires time and q little en-
ergy to turn q freezer. but illness 10
more costly.
Your cannot inspect all the ice
cream you purchase. You are obliged
TO buy II from insanitary stores.
II you enjoy ice cream, eat II only
when II comes from clean places.
Don't sacrifice health to impulsivs
appetite.
Keep high standards for ice
cream IN your home.
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
Now Go On With the Story.
tcopyrtshtedl.
PART 1 (cOntinued).

y
IN HE sprang out, treasured, and
ran toward Aurora's Chair.
- Arrived there, she looked at the
sea No unusual bubblinE dis
turbed the surface OF the waves.
The young girl uttered a sigh OF
disappointment, and her cheeks took
on their natural rosiness once more.
She was disappointed, II was true, but
she had grown calm once more.
She waited several moments-noth.
ing happened. ... . .--.--.
She turned to descend to her home
once more. As she moved she saw
a shining object a few steps away.
She ran to II and picked 1t up. It
was the crystal mask worn by the
bizarre creature on his face when he
came from the water.
Only then did Moisette become GER
tain OF the reality OF the adventure.
Despite the witness of her eyes,
which had seen, and of her ears
which had heard, the young girl had
really wondered II she were not the
victim OF one of those Authorizations
OF which she had read. 1t was really
on account of this uncertainty that
she had returned to Aurora's Chair.
The doubt became impossible now.
She stood looking at the mask in her
hands, and knew It was undeniabIe
proof OF the reality OF that being in
human form who had suddenly sprung
from the depths OF the sea
Gravely now, for her head wa1
laden with confused thoughts into
which came Martha's condolences,
Moisette once more reached the trap
door, descended the stairs, crossed
the hall and entered her own apart
ment
Dora, her young servant, was n
her salon. Moisette hid the mask in
a fold of her dress and passed to ner
room without speaking.
Safely in her room She uncovered
the mask, placed II upon a dIvun, let
II fall gently to the carpet and
with her chin In her hands, she
gazed at the piece of crystal on
which the lights CLEANED.
In the silence she could hear the
beating OF her own heart.
she did not try to solve the many
puzzles which her mind offered. She
only let herself slip into a delicious
dream. altogether new and full OF
unquiet emotion.
In the sparkle of the crystal she
saw again the eyes-the great beau
tiful eyes-of the mysterious youth.
Suddenly stabbed by an intense pain,
and yet flooded with an innniIe pleas
ure. she let herself slip to the floor.
There, lying at her full length on
the carpet, with her head in her
The Washington times., 1917-07-25

To prevent mustard from drying
IN the mustArd-pot add = little salt
when making It.
To remove the rusty appearance
from suede shoes or slippers, use .
mixture Of olive oil and ink in
equal partA
when cleaning oombA never
wash them Clean BY brushing
and pulling . piece OF cotton
through the teeth, changing Il -
Il gets soilsd. then run with clean
cloth
while sweeping = carpet oeeA-
sionAlly dip the broom Into pIiK-
turs OF salt and water. Do not
saturats the broom: n,@-eiy DAMP
Il, and the carpet w:Il resume y rS-
!, VIVsd and trssa AoDeAransss
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
Meeting Success
Half Way
How Much Are You Prone to Ascribe the
Good Fortune of Others to Luck?

everywhere she went Bessie had
happened to meet Miss Sands before
that lady established a magnificent
memorial library in town. So Bessie
was made librarian. when Frances
would have adored the Job and felt
rs well qualified as Bessie to take
charge Of It
Bessie got the last piece OF blue
SILK poplin In the lot the dry goods
emporium had bought before the
war. So when Frances finally per-
suaded her father to let her do over
the living room and dining room
she had to pay 30 much for poplIn
draperiss that the old lace curtains
had to be used because she had no
money for scrim ones.
'Bessie's' luckI She met Howard
Clayton first and attracted him.
She married him and came back
home six months later-a bitter and
disillusioned woman.
You never can tell about Tuck
That's the worst OF it When the
current Is carrying a boat down
stream, or the winds are driving
the full sails in q certain direction,
you may be waited where you want
to go. You may. But IL you want
TO be sure OF making a certain little
island down below the bend of the
river or q particular landing across
the lake. you probably will have 10
paddle your own canoe" q bit or
drive your tiller back and forth and
do q little calculated tacSing.
Sitting at a desk and waiting for
q rival firm to make. you a good
offer and then bitterly arralgninE
fate and your own i'll luck when
somebody else gets II II q very fool
ish performance. How do you know
what efforts were made, what wires
were pulled, what struggles were
gone through that the person whose
luck" gave him the desire OF your
heart might tantalize you by its
perfect working out?
Making friends with your luck"
really means making your luck.
Good fortune can be manufactured
out of adverse circumstances by the
man or woman who is clever
enough. patient enough, hard work
ing enough and sufficiently good
natured to make friends with the
most unpromising looking eondi-
tions. Luck isn't a combination Of
events maliciously determined to in
terfere with your progress. II 10
your own use of events. And they
may easily seem to unite against
you IL you do not unite with them
and make use Of every bit OF the
material chance brings your way.
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
By S. Gilbert Pearson,
CHead Of the AuduBon Society and
One of the wOFIdNs Greatest
AuthorftIea on Bird LIfe.D

MEAD Of the Audubon Society and
One Of the worIdNa Greatest
AuthOritles On Bird Life-D
= Avs for the protection Of Wild
birds and animals have been
enacted in greater numbers
IN the United States than In any
other country in the world.
In Government Bulletin on
American Game Protection DR.. 7. 8.
Palmer states that the eArlieEt
game laws were probably the hunt
ing privileges granted in 1929 BY
the West India Company to persons
planting colonies in the New Meth
erlands and the provisions granting
the right OF hunting in the AAssa-
ehuSstts Bay Colonial Ordinance Of
l16s-.
As soon AZ the United States Gov
trnmsnt was formed in I77s the
arious States began TO make laws
the subject, and these have In
-eased IN number with the passing
ears. For example, between 1901
and 1910 North Carolina alone
BASED zoe different game laws.
Ia As various forms OF game birds
,ibr animals showed indications Of
decreasing IN numbers new laws
were called into existence in an at
tampt 70 conserve the supply for
The bSnent Of the people.
State fnwu for the protection Of
H4A1ea NY hA9lAosd n I've groupSi
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
HCTA NER---"7he Man Fish"
SeUerac Under Threat of Death Joins the T1iumUirate
By Jean De La Hire
What Has Gone Before.

FuIbert, q Buddhist monk Of the TibetAn
Lama, living in an isolated house on the
Island OF Cabrera IN, the Mediterranean,
longs to rule the world. Fulbert IL alone
with Ozus, master Of the house, who has
made startling experiments IN vfvisection.
Fulbert learns that Oxus has succeeded IN
producing q new kind OF creature by
Migrating the lungs Of . great nah n an
orang outang. They decide to Try the
same experiment on . human being.
Oxus had expected his own wife, Bertha,
to give birth to q male ISild. but 4 little
astery In Spain, takes from Martha de
Bliguirea her male infant born out OF
wedlock. The mother goes mad when the
child IL torn from her breast.
Fulbert takes the child and Journeys
Eighteen Year, pass. Ths scene shifts
70 the French torpedo boat cyclons. IN
Ynletranche HArbor. The commander.
friend. It 4 February /! ciserat calls at
tention to Newspaper article which tells
Of Witt Of q mysterious stranger TO the
palace Of the Kaiser. The Kaiser e com
Unknown" SimiIzr proclAmations are
received by the rulers Of France, Bel
GUM, Denmark. Great Britain. Austria,
Russia. and Holland
French squadron are summoned on bard
Admiral Germinet's flagship. The adj
nairnl announces that tina Unknown" has
blown UP . German and . BnuSh battle
ship, and has also destroyed Fort Chav-
aganac, CherbourT.
Other forts and ships also are destroyed.
Fulbert and Oxus are then turned TO In
the story. being located on an island VI
the Arabian coast
''Hictaner." or the man-nsh. comes into
the chamber and tai'ts to Oxus and Fur
bert by means Of signals. The two monks
Fuibert and Oxus dirclose their secret
scheme TO Severac, thus far ignorant Of t.
Fulbert decides TO allow ''Hictaner"
greater freedom, and tell him he can
leave the cavern in which he has been
hidden for some time, whenever he wishes.
Hictaner Il overJoyed. and be Il then az
anined BY Oxus TO rec that be 70 In good
health
Meanwhile Motsette visits Martha Dc
Bliguires, mother Of HietGner, kept Q
prisoner In the Caverns, who 6arss the
double tragedy Of her life. After leaving
her, Aoisette goes out to tbs shore, Whsro
abe n1eetS Hctaner
The Washington times., 1917-07-25
BY Ira S. Vile, M. D.
AssOeaafs Editor "Ameriean AedS-
einsR md Member n. Y. City

lA18oG4Ieo EattoF aAmer1can AeoE
einsS md Member n. Y. City
Beard Of EdueatiOn-
THE United States is the land
Of ice cream
By no other nation IL the
consumption Of ice cream equalled.
The term ice cream covers q multi
tude Of frozen foods. There are ice
creams without cream Frozen Gus
tArds or combinations Of milk. sugar.
flAvoring extracts pass for the same
substance at the stores and IN the
home.
Frequently milk or cream OF the
poorest quality or on the point of
spelling lis transformed into ice
cream 10 save IL for q ready market
The life history Of much of the ice
cream Is sad and dreary. Stale
milk, rich in bacteria, is handled in
unsanitary places and emerges as
highly colored. carefully favored,
well frozen ice cream. You demand
fresh nilk-you desire pure cream.
You are not particular about the
Ice cream
Freezing does not destroy the bao-
terra In milk or cream. II unclean
materials enter into the frozen
produce IL remains unclean. though
cold
II infected milk is used in the
manufacture Of ice cream there re-
mains q danger Of infection by
germs. causing typhoid fever, possI-
bly, diphtheria or scarlet fever.
Digestion in the stomach depends
upon the free secretion of digestive
fermentA Ice water or ice cream
in large quantities Interferes with
their production and action.
Frequently ice cream eaters are
seized with nausea, vomiting, diar-
rhoea, cramps, headache. weakness.
The cause Is not the coldness. but
the poisons contained in an infected
and unclean food product.
You eat ice cream principally be-
cause It is cold You do not enjoy Il
warm, though the food value IL
The Washington times., 1917-07-25

Emerson
w Use men know that there Is al
M most no worse luck in the
W world than trusting TO luckr'
Chance may watt what you want your
wAy-but It may also watt It in alb
solutely the opposite direction. But
IL you 90 after your desire and chance
II already bringing It your way. Of
course you get IT; while II 1t is being
blown away from you by the winds Of
chance, there Is still the chance that
you may catch up with It!
Fortune does seem to favor some
men-that we all have to grant; but
II you happen to be one Of fortunes
favorites. hustling q little won't
hurt you, and II you happen not to
be-youu have to hustle anyway.
So why sit back and wait for Luck
or Chance or Opportunity or Fate
to straighten out your anfairs7 Can
any human being advance az argu-
ment in favor OF waiting-just wait
inE-to see II q miracle Is going to
make things come your way? Be-
lieving in luck seems to be q lazy
mans refuge from having to exert
himself to do something in which he
has q real right to believe. Wait
ing TO see what's going to turn up"
Oils quite 4 few park benches! Be-
lief In chance Is absolutely q vag-
rant attitude.
Bessie has all the luck. She Just
happened to be home the other
evening when the Van Rensselaers
tslephoned, 80 she went over to
their house to spend the evening
and met that attractive Clayton
man who's just come to town" con-
nded Frances Clark to me last Sum-
mer when was visiting her older
lister.
I'm always missing things It's
Just my luck that Bessie should get
20 know him FIRST just had to be
down at the store matching some
aSmbroidery silks for mother. Makes
Sne sick. / wouldn't try to interfere
tyith Bessie now. but do think II is
kid of mean that I never get nrst
chance at anything"
Iwonder II Frances remembers
that quiet evening OF condolences.
She actually rallied at fate and at
the good luck which attended Bessie