The Washington times., 1918-07-02

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cut all the wrinkles and the lines
10 strong relief And indeed that 10
exactly the iSnobIs use to whieh
this woman has put the only face
she VIII ever have-shs usss,it a. .
pises Of wrapping paper for hsF
bundle OF small woes AID dlsap-
pointnsnts and ailmsntA
Her face becomes. fairly animated
and lively. Just like an orator'A
when she II discoursinE upou her
. n petty troubles. but if any other
subject is introduced this llght
aieksrs and gOes cut. and she Ss-
comes Whits and pasty looking AZ
Il she we're getting ready 70 pEsa
into another world.
No matter where you nsss her
she - sithsr going 70 or coming
from an oSteopath or a nerve aps-
eialIst or something. She has either
lost money or friend or has one
shs can't loSs. II has sithaf been
too hot or toe cold. too rainy or tss
dry. too early a Spring ar too late
= sHRnsE.
Nov. II would seem to Ss IN ehs
nature Of : prophylaetie to ask her
II the Germans are going 10 be able
to break throush to Paris. but it
isu't -oh. isn't It awful she win
cry. Isn't Il perfectly awfull In
deed. II this war doesn't soon eul
DO not know what will become Of
me. 1t worries me 90 I can't sIssp
nights. and when I can't slssp
nights my nerves 20 back on ma
and when my nerves 20 BACK on ne
I'm all in
50 thers We are back just Wkors
We started from An roads lad e
Rome I-me-my-mlns IL The Hrris
pocket mirror On which u rsdscrsd
every event from a world eatas-
trophs to the untlmsly coming on Of
hook and eye. ana either Of these
events u OF about equal inportanes
In her eyes. and each has the power
to snEravs another line on her al
ready badly engravan faee.
Now there are honorabIs wrfnkIsA
Just as there are honoFabls searA
One Of the most popular men l have
ever known Ia Lhs principal OF .
Young Mems Preparatory schooL
Irhs boys fairly idoliEs him." Il the
rather unusual reputation he en-
Joys. considering he Is engaged IN.
the unpopular occupation Of ham
merIns Latin and Greek Serbs int
young brains already nlled win
baseball and football ana Other liks
intersstA
! believe be - what would Be
called . hAndsoms man. but Of
course. II would take more than
thar to make him popular with .
elass Of bOyA Ais face II young
and boyish and unLnsd with the sx.
ssption Of one very prominent very
deep wrinkle which amounts almost
TO a depression cut straight through
his forehead. almost as II a river
had cut its wy through solid rock.
You eouIdn : see him without ses-
ing that wrinkle. and. having seen
It. you couldn't rest until you knew
what eonvulsion of circumstances
was responsible for its being thsra
And when you knew, you had the
same respect for him that Jon have
for an oak that Is standing tall and
straight not because the storms
weren't violent and did their Isvsl
best to bring him to the ground. but
because he was an oak.
Now. then. to compare this man,
with his one great soFrow. with ths
muoh-Wrinklsd woman. with hss
fussy aches and pains and ineou.
Vsnienees and sliEhts. IL Is easy to
understand why the one Il popular
and the other sxessdinEIy unpopu-
lar.
He probably has all the aches ana
pains and annoyAnces and discom-
forts that flesh Is heir to. Just a.
the woman has: but having once
gained admittancs to the big circus
tent Whsre living IL going on on q
big scale. and having come face to
lace with the real tragedy aud CON-
edy OF existsncN he has come to
look upon these diseonforts as 30
many mere SidsshoEs and not worth