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Writes Pitfalls War Workers
Especially for Washington Women
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
To start a new subject. I won
der IL some successful and unsuc-
cessful married women won't write
in and tell us about their financial
arrangements with their husbands.
1 have known a number OF fine and
interesting men, but can't say that
I ever felt it would be otherwise
than a disagreeable bondage to be
financially dependent upon them in
the way that the average wife Is
dependent on her husband 1t
would surely be helpful to
have some Of those ladies who
have achieved success in mat
Eimony to write in and tell us how
they have managed.
1t would seem that in order for
husband and wife to be honest
to-goodness" pals, there should be
some workable business arrange
ment as a basis for the practical
and material part OF life, and there
seemed to be few marriages like
this n.
This is a very good suggestion,
a few days ago there appeared
in this column a special article en-
titled "Love and the Pay Envel-
ope," which has brought in several
letters on this highly interesting
topic. But as the writer's have
asked me to regard them as con-
fidential, these experiments of
meeting the family budget, with
the wife earning little on the
side, cannot be given. Will not
some young people who are less
reticent regarding these highly
necessary arrangements write in
and tell US how they have nan
aged. 1t would be appreciated by
young people deeply in love who
are about to try the experiment of
making one pay envelope do the
work that two did before.
He Is of German Descent.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Perhaps you can advise me what
to do in this case. A little over a
year ago, I began corresponding
with a friend, who was then in
camp. He seemed a very nice
young man, and at first my mother
had no objection to my writing to
him But soon she persuaded me to
quit writing on the grounds that
he was OF German descent I ad-
nit the truth of this. but I really
can't see why mother objects 10
him as long as he is not OF a Ger
man disposition. ! have learned to
care for this young man. who, be-
fore enlisting in the service. served
four years in the United States
navy, and L. now in France. where
he has been wounded. This latter
impresses upon me the importance
81 writing 20 cheer him UP. Lately
have received a number 81 letters
from him asking why ! have
stopped whiting GERTlE
II strikes me that your mother
il pretty difficult TO please II she
doubts the loyalty Of a man NJ
present wounded in France in the
scrvire 81 his country. A. Tar aa
his German dcacent b. concerned.
what docs she think, Tor inatnnre.
of Charles Srhwhh. who haH lone
surh magnificent wsTi w ship
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A Sample of Business Courage.
(Continued frol

Continued from First Columnl
matter what contracts may be cancelled matter how
frightened the stock gamblers may become.
It may be hard to reorganize difficult 10 get material
and labor for awhile
But the man who means to do IT, WILL DO IT. Moa
Of the high fences that have climb bu %
by them in their own minds Make up your mind tha1
you won be lost and you saved said the great EFnoh
poet With the business who believes that everything
Is all right that he get material that he can compete
and meet changing conditions that the demand Win - goo1
and that thosS who want % Get Ne goods had af -
their orders IN enFly thsFs h NJ suoh woEd - fDmA
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DONATING CAR TICKETS FOR
CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

What do Heard ard Seen reader
think about JolloS1iHg this suggestion
Of F. W. Kihlboul, Of the Government
Printing office, as to leftover car tic
ketSS .
"Read your little item in re-
gard to street car tickets, prob
ably amounting to 100000 or
more, never being offered to re-
demption. What's the use in
letting the companies profit?
Why not send them in to you,
and when you have collected a
MILLION or two cash them in
and give the proceeds to some
worthy charity, to be voted on
by the donors as they send them
in? Here are my two tickets to-
ward a fund for reading mat
ter for the boys at Walter Reed
Hospital"
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Be an Up-tO-Date Santa Claus

Postmaster Chance you against being late with
your Christmas gifts that to go by mail
The official warning says that to assure delivery be-
fore Christmas Day. packages destined for the West must
be mailed TODAY and those addressed to Eastern points
must be mailed before December L.
He also calls attention to the fact that packages mailed
late are much more likely be damaged in transit be-
cause of the crowded condition Of mails and the rush Of
handling.
So mail your packages early. Pack and wrap them
substantially and then You will not disappoint your Christ
mas friends.
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TODAY'S TOPIC
MONEY AND THE HOME

building? A number Of our most
distinguished officers in both
branches Of the service are Of
German descent, General Kuhn
among them. I should try and
persuade my mother to let me
write to the gallant young soldier
who has done so. well for his
country.
Thoughts On PromlscuOus kissing.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Having read your advice to war
workers for the past dve or six
months. I have been highly inter-
ested in the diScussion running In
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seems to be q very hne young man.
His home 10 In Texas, but he has
been in the army nearly q year.
My mother is against my marrying
him because he lives SO far away.
and also says I know nothing
about him: but he is willing for
me to find out all about him and
his standing at homo. Please ad-
wise me. VT.
You are not the only girl, E. v.
F., who has had to choose between
her old and her new home, her
sweetheart and her parents. This
predicament Of the young girl is
sas old as time. If the young SOL
der is all he should be and stands
well at home, see no reason why
you should not become engaged to
him.
A Young Soldiers Problem.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am q soldier and during the
early days OF the war. at which
time I enlisted. I met a young lady
OF whom became very fond AS
time went on. discovered that I
loved her. and she returned my
love. Soon, through no fault OF my
own. was transferred to q non
combatant post. and when the arm
istice was signed I proposed to the
young lady that she marry me.
She refused, saying she could not
bring herself to marry a man who
had not been in the fighting line
lover seas" although she insists
that she still loves me.
How must go about convincing
her that my not seeing service
'over seas" was no tAult OF mine,
and therefore, should be no bar to
our future happiness
STEVEN B.
This young lady ought to know
that the first duty of a good SOL
der is obedience. He goes where
he is sent without question. 1t
seems to me, if she were worthy
of your affection, she would take
your word for a simple thing like
this, or consult some one connected
with the service about the duties
of a soldier. / believe there is
nothing more the matter with her
than a simple case of "heroics,"
and that she will be better when
she comes to her senses.
A Susceptible Young Man
DEAR MISS FAIRFAZ:
have been going steadily with
a young man for about six months,
whom I have learned to love, and I
know that my love IL reciprocated-
Previous to this, he became engaged
TO a girl and has not as yet broken
his engagement want to give
him up, but ] cannot. and he beEs
me not 60. A. E.P.
II Is always well 10 be off with
the old love before one Is on with
the new. The young man has not
acted honorably 10 his fiancee In
making love 10 YOU before he had
broken his engagement with her.
What guarantee have YOU that he
win treat you any better than Ne
hes truaied heT'
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HEARD AND SEEN

Our contemporary, the Washington
Booster, organ Of the Chamber Of
Commerce, calls on all its members
to spread the doctrine that @since
100000 Americans in the District
pay taxes, national and local, obSy
all laws and go to war in the Ma
tons defense they are entitled to
be represented in the Government
which taxes them and sends them to
war"
JUST A SQUARE DEAL IS
ALL WE WANT.
CAPT. WINFIELD JONES Il
now COLONEL JONES, having
been appointed a colonel Of infantry
in the Texas national guard, and
stationed in Washington.
The BOOSTER hands him a large
boost, saying, among things, that his
friends want him to become a can
didate for president Of the Chamber
of Commerce.
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THAT YOUNG OFFICER VINO
STRUCK A SOLDIER

The editorial In these columns
telling Of q young onicer who DE-
hberately struck q private with his
swagger cane. then requiring q sa-
Lutte, has attracted much attention,
and q number Of Times readers ex-
press themselves freely. Listen 10
these two views:
WILL ATKINSON: Allow ma %
thank you for your stirring appeal,
Let This onicer Be Brought b
Trial"
Keep up the good work Many
army officers seem to think We en-
tered this war to enable them 10 imi-
tate and perpetuate the worst prae-
tees Of the Prussian military oil
garchy. We entered 1t to wipe these
practices out
CHARLES D. PAYNE: read
with indignation the article appear
ing about the outrageous conduct Of
that young whipper-snapper lieuten-
ant / am glad to believe that he
does not fairly represent the bulk Of
the men in officers uniforms, who
are worthy Of our respect and admit
ration.
1 regret to say, though, that civil
ian war workers, Of whom am one,
have had opportunity to observe
quite bit Of this snobbery.
sight that must make Angels vssA
As this broad earth they san.
Is hundred-dOllar uniform
On q ninety-cent man.
l thank you for calling attention
TO this miserable piece Of snobbeFy.
r. B. WILLHIDE eorreets JOHN
ANSCHULTZ about the first NOV
ing picture theater in Washington
ut was not the Cosmos" says
@The Star was the
first house in Washington showing
moving pictures exclusively. II was
located at Tenth and D streets
northwest l could name q few more
ahead Of the Cosmos, which was
the Crescent
Here's q chance for original movie
picture fans in Washington to set
INTO the game.
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You Are the Jury-Which Wit
ness Do You Believe?

II you interested in the questions of Government
control and Government ownership and you certainly
should be, you will find food for thought in the public
announcements Of jonathan Bourne r president of the
Republican Publicity Association, which Is fighting any
form of public ownership control and the statement Of
Theodore N VAIL lately the directing genius of the Amer
Scan Telephone and Telegraph Company but now expert adj
wiser telephone and telegraph problems to Postmaster
General Burleson.
The two gentlemen are not conducting debate One,
Mr. Bourne is giving advice and propaganda to the pub
Ic The other Mr.. Vail is advising his chief Here is
what Is said
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JUST A SQUARE DEAL IS
ALL WE WANT.

Leading members of the Cham
Der have nominated A. LEFTWICH
SINCLAIR to succeed himself as
President of the Chamber; ALBERT
SCHULTEIS for vice president, and
ISAAC CANS for second vice presi-
dent
Pretty strong ticket
CHAMBR meets tonight
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these columns on promiscuous kiss
ting. I can't imagine what sort Of
a "goop" 1t would have been who
said: "An a fellow wants with
girl was to get kiss" am nine
teen years old. In the service. and
have been around with the gir1s
quite a bit, but 1 never had much
respect for a girl that is too easy
to kiss
JIMMIE.
Sweetheart Lives In TexaA
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
an a girl of twenty-three, and
I have been going with a mess
sergeant for about two months. He
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men might say of him. But he knew
how to tie down an animal, and he
sacrificed part of his lariat to get the
short rope he needed to tie their fee
together. He worked fast-no telling
what minute some one might come and
catch him-and he did his work well
far better and neater than had his
predecessors.
/ When he left that corral he smiled
| Before he had ridden very far up the
bluff he stopped, looked down at the
long suffering cattle and smiled again
sardonically. One could read their
brands easily from where he sat on his
horse. They were not blotched; they
were very distinct. But they were not
other brands which might be made of
Y6 monogram by the judicious ad-
dition of a mark here and a mark
there.
There, hang yuh, chew on that
awhile" he apostrophized the absent
three. He turned away and rode back
once more toward home.
Rather turned naturally into the trail
which ran up the creek to the ranch,
but Ward Immediately turned him out
of it. I'VE aren't going to overlook
any bets, old timer" he said grimly
and crossed the creek at point where
it was too rocky to leave any hOof
prints behind them. He rode up the
lower point of the ridge beyond and
followed the crest of it ON the side
away from the valley. When he reach
ed point nearly opposite his cabin he
dismounted unbuckled his spurs and
slipped their chains over the saddle
horn. Then he went forward afoot to
reconnoiter. He was careful to avoid
rock or gravelly patches and to walk
always on the soft grass, which muf-
fled his steps.
in this wise he made his way to the |
top of the ridge, where he could look |
down upon the cabin and stable and |
corralS and see also thescreek trail for |
a good quarter of a mile. The little
valley lay quiet. His team fed undis-
turbed by the creek not far from the
corral, which treasured Ward more
than anything. Still, he waited until
he had made reasonably sure that the
bluff held no watcher concealed before
he went back to where Rather waited
patiently.
Il guess they didn't plan to stir
things up till they got those critters
planted where they wanted Them he
nused while he rode down the bluff to
lis cabin. But when they visit that
punch of stock again 1 reckon things
Will begin to tighten"
He was wary of exposing himself
90 much to view from the bluff while
lie did his chores that night, and he
,ept Rather in the stable; also he slept
'ery little, and before daybreak he
vas up and away.
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CHAPTER TX.
m'm Going to Take You Out and Hang

m'm Going to Take You Out and Han.
| YOU"
TIME trouble with a man like Bucl
Olney is that you can never BIZ
sure of his method, except thai
1t will be underhand and calculated t.
eliminate as much as possible any risl
to himself. Ward, casting back into
his memory-he had known Buck Oh
ney very well once upon time and in
his unsuspecting youth had counted
him friend-tried to guess how Buck
would proceed when he went down to
that corral and found how those brands
had been retoucbed.
Hell be running around in circles
for awhile, all right" he deduced, with
| an air of certainty. "Blotched brands
he'd know was my work, and he could
have put it on me, too, with good
yarn about trailing me so close 1 got
cold feet. AS it is Ward smoked
two cigarettes and scowled at the seen
cry. As it was, he did not know just
what Buck Olney would do, except
'If he makes a guess ! did that he'll
know I'm wise to the whole plant.
And he'll get me sure, providing L
stand with my back to him long
enough!' Ward had his back to high
ledge at that moment, so that he did
not experience any impulse to look be-
hind him.
Buck don't want to drag me up be-
fore jury" he reasoned further. He'd
heap rather pack me in all wrapped
up in tarp and say how he'd caught
me with the goods and l resisted ar
rest"
The assurance he felt as to what
Buck Olney would do did not particu-
larly brighten Ward even if he did neg
lect to go to bed in his cabin during the
next few days. That was common
sense born of his knowledge of the
man he was dealing with. He went to
the cabin warily, just often enough to
give it an air of occupancy. He fire.
quently sat upon some hilltop and
watched lazy thread Of smoke weave
upward from his rusty stovepipe, but !
he slept out under the stars rolled in |
bis heavy blanket, and he never cross
ed ridge il he could make his way |
through a hollow. 1t is not always
,owardice which makes man ex-
tremely careful not to fall into the
hands of his enemy. There is small
natter of pride involved. Ward would
nave died almost any death rather
han give Buck Olney the satisfaction
# getting" him. For few days he
vas cautious as an Indian on the war
rail, and then his patience frazzled
tut under the strain.
At sunrise one morning, after night
4 shivering in his blanket. he hunched
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Ward would not have hesitated on
second about putting the sheriff Oh
the trail of Buck. but if the secont
man We're implicated he could not be
tray one without betraying the other
And if the business down there in thu
corral were lawful, then he must thinl
| of some other means. At any rate, the
thing to do now was to make sure.
The two in the corral came out an6
closed the gate behind them, and the
first man kicked apart the embers OF
a small fire and afterward busted him
self with the ground, either looking fol-
tracks or covering them up. They
came a little way along the side of the
bluff, mounted and rode up toward
where the lookout waited. And one OF
them rode dark bay and was slim
and tall and wore gray hat.
Ward glanced at Rather standing
half asleep with reins dropped to the
ground. He reached out, took the
reins and led the horse farther down
under the shelter of the ledge. Rat
tier pricked up his ears at the sound
of those other riders, but he did not
show enough interest to nicker greet
ing. He was always self conferred
beast and was content to go his way
alone, like his master.
Ward stood up, where he could see
the rim of the bluff over the ledge of
lava rock. He might get closer view
and see who was the lookout, and he
might be seen. For that contingency
he kept his fingers close to his gun.
He heard their scrambling progress.
Now and then one of the horses sent
a little rock bounding down into the
canyon, whereat the cattle in the corral
moved restlessly around the small in
closure.
They came closer after they had
gained the top. Ward, leaning against
the dull gray rock before him, heard
the murmur of their voices. Once he
caught the unmistakable tones of the
man he would like to kill. 'I'll keep
cases and git him." Plotting against |
some poor devil. as usual, Ward
thought and wondered if the man knew |
ne lived in this part of the country. If
ne did, it might easily be
I'll keep cases some myself, you
'eptile,' he muttered under his breath.
You won't get me again, if that's
what you've got in mind
They went on, and presently Ward
vas looking at their backs as they
ode over the ridge. He stood for
;ome time staring after them with
what Billy Louise called his gimlet
ook. He was breathing shortly from
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the muzzle pointing downward. A
| that distance and from a dead res
it would be strange if he should miss
| any object he shot at. He had what
gamblers call cinch, or he would have
had If the man he watched for had
not been standing directly behind him
with rifle sights in line with the seal
on the back Of his thick neck.
Throw up your handsp' Ward called
sharply when his first fare of rage
had cooled to steady purpose.
Buck Olney jumped as though vel.
low jacket had stung him. He turned
startled face over his shoulder and
jerked the rifle up from the rock. Ward
raised his sights little and plugged a
round, black trimmed hole through
Bucks hat crown.
Throw up your hands, I told YOU"
he said, while the hills opposite were
still flnging back the sound of the
shot, and came closer.
Buck grunted an oath, dropped the
rifle so suddenly that it clattered on
the rock and lifted his hands high in
the quiet sunlight.
Get up from there and go on down
to the shack-and keep your hands up.
And remember all the reasons I've got
for wanting to see you make crooked
move so I'll have an excuse to shoot"
Ward came still closer as he spoke.
He was wishing he had brought his
rope along. He did not feel quite easy
in his mind while Buck Olneys hands
were free.
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his shoulders Ill disgust OF his caution
If Buck Olney wanted anything OF
him he was certainly taking his time
about coming after it. Ward rubbed
his fingers over his stubbly jaw, and
the uncomfortable prickiing was tht
last small detail of discomfort that de.
cided him. He was going to have a
shave and a decent cup OF coffee and
eat off his own table or know the rea-
son why, he promised himself while
he slapped the saddle on Rather
He was camped in a sheltered little
| hollow in the hills, where the grass
was good and there was a spring. 1t
was a mile and more to his claim,
straight across the upland, and it was
his habit to leave Rather there and
walk over to the ridge, where he could
watch his claim. Frequently, as l have
said, he stole down before daylight and
lighted fire in the stove just to make
it look as If he lived there. There was
a risk in that, of course, granting that
the stock inspector was the kind to lie
in wait for him.
Ward rode to the ridge with his blan-
ket rolled and tied behind the camille.
His frying pan hung behind his leg,
and his rifle lay across the saddle in
front of him. He was going home
boldly enough and recklessly enough.
but he was by no means disposed to
walk deliberately in,u trap. He kept
his eye peeled, as lie would have e.
pressed it. Also he left Rather just
under the crest of the ridge. took off
his spurs and with his rifle in his
hands went forward asoot, as he had
done every time he had approached his
cabin since the day he found the cor
raj and the cattle i'll the canyon.
In this wise he looked down the steep
slope with the sun throwing the shad-
ow of his head and shoulders before
him. The cabin window blinked ckeer-
fully In the sunlight. His spsn of
mares were coming up from the mead
OWN the faint hope of getting a
breakfast of oats, perhaps. The place
looked peaceful enough and cozily de- |
sirable to a man who has slept out for |
four nights late in the fall, but glance |
was all Ward gave to it.
His eyes searched the bluff below him
and upon either side. OF sudden they
He brought his rifle for
ward with an involuntary motion of
The arms. He stood so for a breath or
Two, looking down the hill. Then he
went forward stealthily On his toes;
swiftly, too, so that presently he was
lose enough to see the carbuncle scar
IN the neck of the man crouched be-
lind rock and watching the cabin
is cat watches a mouse hole. A rifle
ay across the rock before the man,
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WARD STUMBLES UPON EVIDENCE OF PLOT TO BRAND
HIM AS A CATTLE "RUSTLER" AND BREAKS UP
PLANS OF HIS ENEMIES

SynopsisMarthy and Jase Meike pioneers,
made bare living of their Wolverine
MacDonads living several miles Billy Louise
DID,
afternoon with Marthy
interesting
night at the Macdonald ranch Ward Warren Billy Louise be-
dies Nahy
cattle stealing and Billy Louise
Her troubles increased by illness
mother
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Deserved II.

Zones smashed into the ditch with
that little secondhand car he's been
Dragging about"
SERVES him right. He's always try
ing to drive bargains. Philadelphia
Public Ledger.