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you," 1 said quietly. 1t was a vow.
Il want more than that-your
help. Now listen. Up to the point
OF saying that this job can't be
handed to Jim as a gift-we agree,
don't we?''
Yes. Now what?'' i asked.
Here's the next step. Jim has to
stumble on this job for himself
find it, do US a favor by taking IL.
That isn't stretching the facts too
far. it it. NOrreys?
Il don't ike-stretching facts
at ALL" replied Norreys slowly
smiling more gravely than ever.
But, Tony-you don't know Jim
Harrison" Terry cried. "wiu you
let your blooming scrGples do him
out OF tobG All want is to stage
little scene from a play-and let
Jim have the satisfaction of rescu-
ing us. Are you onf'
Anthony Norreys reflected for a
moment.
-Hes-Tm with you, Terry, for
the point of all this is that you're
devoted to your pal. and want him
nXed right. Count on me-"
That's a promise?p Terry eagerly
demanded.
You have my word of honor.
Now tell us your little play"
Its this. That young brother of
yours is an accountant. Isn't he,
Mrs. Jimmie? Well. tonight when
you get Jim into his room where
he can hear, I'll phone and ask
young Hyland to take on this job.
He says he can't-it's a size too big
for him. We argue-I'm desperate
and insist that 1 must get a man.
Then he suggests that IL he show
ed Jim a bit about figures, prob
ably a man of Jim's Judgment and
caliber would be able to take it on.
Jim Ga the -scene.N
OF course Jim leaps to the res
cue How can you think of any
thing simpler. Mrs. Jimmie?"
THE truth" / cried. "The truth
I won't lie to Jim"
"But that's the beauty OF it
you don't do a thing except keep
STILL" insisted Terry
"I don't like II. / don't like it"
1 repeated. "Please. please Mr..
Norreys tell Captain Winston you
won't be a party to this"
He can't" broke in Terry sub
bornly. "He gave his word of
honor-and why do you want to put
obstacles in the way of your hus-
bands success? ] can't see Mrs.
Jimmie. Will you break Jim's
heart in idleness-or have me tor
ture his pride with assistance that
the dear old chap would almost
die swallowing just 10 save your
self a little white lie? BY Jove!
I'd lie myself blue in the face to
stop Jim from being hurt. Aren't
you pal and helpmate and q good
sport as well as a wife?"
/ turned my eyes from Terry's
Compelling ones and caught An
thony Norreys gazing at me with
kindly understanding.
We'll, Mrs. JimmieT'
Terry's voice demanded reply.
He was an old friend of Jim's-a
devoted friend. Why. instead OF
relying on his Judgment, did L want
to turn to Anthony Norreys for
advice? I walked over to Terry
and held out my hand.
It'll do whatever you think best
for Jlm," ! said.
"Annie!" called a voice from the
doorway. "Annier
1t was Jim. How much had he
heard?
CTo BE Continued.)
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Puss in Boots
.Jr.
By David Cory.

III ROM flower to flower fiit
"E w.,9III II day; x m.--,,v Or.
And the sweet sugar water
sip as / say
Merrily. Oh. merrily, Oh.
none is so happy on foot or on
wing,
I even the lambkin that fSisks
in the spring
lie sweets from each flower I sip
as 1 sing,
9 Merrily. Oh. merrily, Oh"
sang the little humming bird as
Puss Junior sat on the front porch
of Old Nanny JilPs little house
on the hill, as l mentioned In the
last story.
Wen. by and by the afternoon
wore away and evening came. so
Puss started back to the wood to
see what the fairies would do when
they saw the little box which Old
Nanny Jill had given him to lay
at the foot of the big oak tree.
And after while he saw the
fairies coming out of their little
houses in the flowers and ferns and
tall grasses.
And then, all OF a sudden. one OF
the fairies spied the little box at
the foot of the oak tree. So she
ran back to tell the Fairy Queen.
And pretty soon the Fairy Queen
with all her subjects went up to
the oak tree and then they opened
the little box, and what do you
suppose they found inside?
You'd never guess, so I'll tell yoG
now. The smallest little ring in
the world. Why. II was only large
enough to go on the little finger OF
the Fairy Queen. So she put il n,
and then she read a letter which
lay in the little box just under the
ring.
Fairy, when you take this ring
You must deal with truth,
And return to little Puss
The stolen Flower of Youth"
Yes, I suppose ! must" said the
Fairy Queen. "OId Nanny Jill
must be obeyed." So she command
ed her fairy subjects to bring the
magic flower. "And be careful lest
you spill II from the crystal vase"
she said.
Well. in a little while after that
they returned with the Flower OF
Youth, and then the Fairy Queen
handed II to Puss Junior, who was
so delighted to get it back that he
almost forgot his manner, and was
going away without thanking heH
when lie heard the old owl say:
where are your iiahnvrs, little
Cat?
Now thank the Fairy Queen.
For she's the loveliest woodland
sprite
That ever ] have seen"
But would you believe 1t? Puss
Junior turned to that old owl and
said: "Why should I thank her
for returning to me what she has
but lately stolen?" And this made
the old owl blink HE eyes and blow
his nose on his pink pocket hand
kerchief. +
81 will thank Old Nanny jill.
who helped me find nv precious
'seid Puss And In the
next story you shall hear what
happened after that.
Copyright, 1918. by David. Cory.l
To Be CsafinseA
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Homemade
Xmas Gifts
By Rita Stuyvesant.

- HRISTMAS will be here be-
fore we realize it. and
with it comes the joy OF
giving. And what a prob
lem to know Just what to give ones
friends. Dainty garments to wear
are always in good taste. and IL
they are made by hand are doubly
appreciated because of the personal
touch. There are so many lovely
things seen in the shops this sea-
son that il is not difficult to select
something pretty and practical. In
deed, the girl who is at all handy
with the needle can fashion de-
lighrful little gifts for practically
nothing.
4 practical knitting apron Is
something that every girl can use
to advantage. Pretty cretonre cut
eighteen inches long and eighteen
inches wide, with a nine-inch pock-
ct across the lower edge, makes al
attractive apron. 4 small pocket
on the belt at the upper right
hand corner. having an opening at
the side instead of at the top. is to
hold the needle. so that the weight
of the work will rest on the needle
and not ON the arms. Th S pocket
is an inch by an inch and a half.
When you are ready to put away
your work slip IL into the larG"
pocket.
A Christmas present which Is sure
to please the fastidicus woINau is
short sIip-on "combinS jacket" Sc
Iect a large-size bath towI with a
coIored border. Fold II In half. the
short ends together and cut Il round
neck at the center top. Tiny cout-in
sleeves may be left. and the front
OF the jacket slit open from the ne..N
to the border. The edges may re
bound with Dutch blue WIs'taE:c
ribbon Cor to match the color OS
the designl. Ribbons close tho
jacket in front. A crocheted edge
is also a clever finish for the necl:
or sleeves, although IL requires n
little more time to do 1t.
The girl with the slim purse will
be able to give pretty presents this
Christmas at a small cost il she
makes them at home.
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BY Ann Lisle.

Copyright. 1918, by Kings Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
<(T TULLo, you two-you look
80 IL like old pals already!
Terry Winston's voice
greeted as from the door
N-av and il rang with delightat the
comfy little tableau Anthony Nor
revs and 1 presented as we sat at
the refcctory table pouring over
Eample balance sheet he was d.
rectinK me how to make so / might
understand the work Jim must do
10 become what this fine war-vet-
cram persisted in calling his right
hard man."
Mrs. Harrison and / speak the
same language, Terry-that makes
for clear understanding" said An
thony Norreys, simply.
"Well. that's more than can b"
said for me and my blessed pal
in there" Terry laughed ruefully-
Dear old Jimmie-he's as sensitive
as an unbroken thoroughbred, ana
I'm such a cowardly old hack that
1 daren't try to break the fine
spfrit Of him. Forgive me, Mrs.
Jimmie-but / never said q word to
Jim about Norreys and business. l
was in a blue funk for fear he'd
take a stand and refuse the post
just because friends had found 1t
for him" =.
"He won't do thatr" 1 protested.
Jim may be both sensitive and
proud-bless his heart-but you
and Betty mean so much to him.
he'd accept favors from you as gen
erously as he'd offer them"
"WouId he?" questioned Terry
rraveIy. How well has that been
established, Mrs. Jimmie? DIDN'T
he take on that bally inspectorship
that was all wrong for him? Has
he ever asked the least bit OF
lift from me? Why, little lady, ne
wouldn't even accept favors from
his own countryi When he couldn't
fight for her did he let her nj
him TO an easy job? Not Jimmie"
you're leading somewhere
Terry. Show us your goal" said
Anthony Norreys with a quiet air
of authority you brought me
here to. win over a proud little
woman 80 she would persuade her
husband to take on this Job of
mine. And she and / have con-
cluded that there's far more patrt-
otism and common-sense than
pride involved. So we've made the
work all clear to her, and now
she's ready to put IL up to her
husband. Now where is - the
hitch?'
A Little History.
"Jim's stubbornness!" said Terry.
and set his lips 50 firmly that my
anger died in amusement
"Of course. this isn't what they
call a fixed idea OF yours, Captain
Terry" I smiled. you aren't just
Imagining difficulties and insist
ing on them Oh. no."
mo, by Joye-rm not" Terry
vigorously protested. Listen, you
two. For two years before a bad
shoulder pulled me out of the air
into the infantry. Jimmie and
were in the same squadron. I know
the boy-and there's only one thing
he isn't brave enough to face. But
he's. fair hipped on never being in
debted to a pal for a lift in his
work He might smoke my last
ciEarette-but II ever he got into
4 hard fight and I tried to divert
the Hun fire from his machine,
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Mixed.

certain professor was struE-
CLING to make clear the pnirt hat
both parents have an cquIl influ-
ence upon n child. For" he said
gravely, "a man Is as much tn" son
OF his father as he is the daugh-
ter of his mothQK"
The Washington times., 1918-12-21
The Club Footed Man
A NEW SPY SERIAL BY VALENTINE WILLIAMS
Desmond Arrives II: Berlin and Is
Taken in Charge by General
Won BOden.

Desmond Okewood. British army Of
hcer. goes to Germany in search Of his
ish secret service. At q. snaaii fronuer
town man named Semlin, German
Government agent. drops dead In his
room Desmond appropriates semlin's
papers and assumes his IDENTIFY, he
reaches Berlin without Incident and y
conducted into the presence Of General
Won Boden. an aide Of the Kaiser.
But seeing I was free OF any
physical deformity. to say nothing
Of the fact that in no way resem-
bled the ciubfooted man I had seen
on the platform at Rotterdam, why
had the young lieutenant accepted
me so readily? / hazarded the
Feason to be that he had orders to
meet a person who had not been
further designated to him except
that he would arrive by a certain
train. The major at the station
would be responsible for establish
ing my bona fdes. Once that off,
GER had turned me over to the ennis
sary, the latter's sole responsible
ity consisted In conducting me 20
the unknown goal to which the
special train was rapidly bearing
us. Such--are the marvels OF disci-
pline.
My companion was, indeed. the
model of discretion in everything
touching myself and my business.
Curiosity about your neighbor's af-
fairs is a cardinal German failing.
yet the count manifest not the
slightest desire to learn anything
about me or my mission to Berlin.
You may be sure that /. for my
part. did nothing to enlighten him.
1t was not. indeed, In my power to
do 20. Yet the young mans re-
serve was so marked that was
convinced he had his orders to
avoid the topic
As the train rushed through
Westphalia. through busy stations
with glimpses of sidings full Of
trucks loaded to the brim, past
towns whose very outlines were
blurred by the mirk Of smoke from
hundred factory chimneys. my
thoughts were busy with that
swsrthy cripple. had broken
away from him with one portion of
a highly priced document. yet he
had made no attempt TO have me
arrested at the frontier. Clearly.
then, he must still look upon me as
an ally and must therefore be yet
dead man lying In my chamber at
the Hotel Sixt- The friendly guide
hade told me that the party comb
ing out" the station at Rotterdam
for me did not appear to know what
I looked like.
Was It possible, then, that Club
foot did not know Semlin by sight?
The fact that Semlin had only
recently crossed the Atlantic SEEM
The Washington times., 1918-12-21
YOU KNOW
THAT
To remove mud spots from clothes
try rubbing them with a raw potato.

To remove mud spots from clothes
try rubbing them with a raw potato.
Starch should be kept in an air
tight box in a good cupboard. Con-
tact with air makes it powdery.
Do not throw away squeezed
lemons: use them for cleaning
brasses and dish covers.
To store carrots and turnips. cover
them with dry sand without remov-
ing the earth which clings to them.
Before painting wood it should be
rubbed all over with sandpaper in
order to procure a smooth surface.
Gold and silver ornaments can be
kept from furnishing IL they are
carefully covered from the air with
boxwood sawdust.
One way to clean a macintosh is
to take pure benzine and gently rub
the parts with flannel, then hang up
the article in the outside air.
In waxing furniture it is OF great
Importance to make the coating as
thin as possible in order that the
veins of the wood may be distinctly
seen.
To make a good brass polish put
a tablespoonful Of powdered chalk
in a cup and mix IL to a cream with
turpentine, then add a teaspoonful
of liquid ammonia and keep il in a
tin
Hair brushes should be cleaned
by putting ammonia in cold water
and dipping the brushes in. being
careful not to allow the wood to go
into the water; then rinse in clear
cold water.
Polished tables may be kept in
good condition IL regularly. say
once a week, they are rubbed with
a mixture OF equal parts OF turpen-
tipe and olive oil. Apply with a
piece of flannel. afterward polish
ing with a dry cloth.
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The Winter SoLstice Upon Us.

TOMORROW the astronomical Winter begins although
from this time on the will progressively rise higher
in the north and the days will begin TO enShen This is
the Winter solstice for the northern hemisphere the
attaining its greatest southern decnaton about 23 deg
The Washington times., 1918-12-21

Don't stop buying War Savings
Stamps until yOu have purchased all
you can.
The Washington times., 1918-12-21
This Day In Our History.

THIS is the anniversary of the landing Of the Pilgrims in
1920 at Plymouth. Mass. They numbered 102 per-
sons and their voyage from Leyden Holland took sixty
three days They wished to form "a church without
bishop. state without king"
The Washington times., 1918-12-21
Christm as
Candies
By LoRETTO C. LYNCH.

7 T will be some time indeed be-
fore the American housewife
can use sugar as she once did.
While the restrictions upon. our
use OF granulat"d sugar have been
relaxed a bit, nevertheless there is
practically none for the sugar can
di.= W. ov~e bad. or course, Christ
mas would hardly be Christmas. to
..- kot,I-s especially. unless they
have some candle. At the request
OF many cur our readers. ! am giving
directions for Christmas candles
that conserve white sugar. These
~- all - ac'i"si and within the
means and ability of the average
The Washington times., 1918-12-21
GInce Fruits and Nuts.

Cook a cupful OF white. corn
syrup until a little dropped into
cold water forms a hard bail. Then
place the saucepan over boiling
water to keep il from hardening.
Add a small bit of butter and stir
until melted. Prepared rais'ns. or
figs. da'es or slices Of canned fruit
or nutmeats may be dipped into this
on "a silver fork
The Washington times., 1918-12-21
Nut Drops.

Cook two cupfuls ofScorn syrup
until a little dropped in cold water
forms a hard ball. Keep mixture
over hot water to prevent harden
ing too soon. Add sore chopped
nutmeats and drop mixture by ,ea-
spoonful on waxed paper two inches
apart. Wrap each in waxed PAPER
and store
The Washington times., 1918-12-21

Cook a cupful OF molasses slowly
Over ,ne fiaine until little dropped
into cold water forms soft ball.
Care must be taken not to cook it
beyond this stage. stir two cupfuls
of shredded cocoanUt into it, Form
into halls with the aid OF two
spoons. Set balls to dry on a sheet
u. d. Cd. .ed paper.
To vary these BIT melt chocolate
in the top OF a double boiler. Add
quarter of a teaspoon Of shaved
paraffin and beat well. Take each
Cocoanut bail on a silver fork and
dip II into the melted chocolate.
Set on wPXed paper or CREASED
plate to cool.
Chocolate Fruits.
Wash and scaId figs or dates or
dry seedless raisins. Cover raisins
or figs with cold water and let soak
until plump. Remove stones from
dates. Dry the fruit and dip each
into melted chocolate.
The Washington times., 1918-12-21

Hair brushes should be cleaned
by putting ammonia in cold water
and dipping the brushes in. being
careful not to allow the wood to go
into the water; then rinse in clear
cold water
The Washington times., 1918-12-21

To make a good brass polish put
a tablespoonful Of powdered chalk
in a cup and mix II to a cream with
turpentine, then add a teaspoonful
of liquid ammonia and keep it in a
tin
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me NEED At uas,l,ssroa

81 No man 1t the head Of 4 great busi-
ness can occupy himself win Aseans
which should BE left 20 the 5uagmant
of department heads. In snort No one
man can run q great business IN.
best he oan d, Is to supervise Il IN <
general way. He can not ta1es snan
men wherewith to conduct he vaxsors
departments ef . vast business a.d 90
into the details Of each departmsnt
fully decidini, and esderins psscaseay
what each Department shan %. Hs can
direct the policy. Batn he attempts %
run things from ths hasemsn4 % ne
roof arbitrarily-vsIl. no uaan can suc-
cessfully do it. Tho man ana d. bud
ness must srlfker.
The president can not attend 70 The
details Of government. The job i too
big Tor one man. That IL the eonclu-
sion reached By the New York Times
and which leads It to say:
The peorae Of the United States
would be deeply concerned n they felt
that the president WAS devoting his
priceless time and the powers Of his
mind to = dili8eat. systematic inquiry
into the e,ldleas problems Of produc-
don and transportation. That - IL
business OF hls aidss He nust con-
Germ himssR with larger Affairs aNo-
sethef. he can not be making decd.
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reserve the vote The presumably
basic right OF every man to have .
voice IN the Affairs OF his government
70 denied to = certain class in England
and the choice. was between things
England wiahed to preserve. In tho
opinion Of the average Briton the thing
Il - most necessary to save Il England.
And the practical man in this country,
too. oven the practical man who has
had to give up for the moment some
OF his Ideals. Win agree With him that
when tho choice comes down to that
the drst thing TO be preserved 10 the
nation.
The nation for which men fisht does
not In the truost sense. stand for the
ideals OF tn people: Il consists Of those
ideals. The defense OF the nation Is
the dsfense q the ideals Tho preser-
walton OF the nation IL equivalent ID
the long run TO their preservation. To
keep them. blindly. while the nation
ten. would be 10 sacrifice everything.
Il VOID b m sdhering 10 the shadow
and . murder d the substance. Mr..
Lincoln CHING With great wisdom TO
the resolution: Tho union must be
preserved"
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Billy Bunny and His Friends

Well. it took Daddy Fox all night
and part Of the next morning to dig
himself out of that snow bank, where
he had fallen in the story before this,
you remember. And 1t was mighty
lucky. too, that 1t took him all that
time. for the two little rabbits hadn't
gone for more than a mile or three be-
fore one OF the, little red sleds under
the Luckysnowbile came of. and then
OF course tho Luckysnowbile came to a
standsdll. for It's couldn't run on three
runners very we'll. you see.
"A barrel OF trouble and bushel Of
pickles. exclaimed the old gentleman
rabbit And maybe he wasn't angry, and
maybe he wasn't hot after his long
run to get away from old Daddy Fox.
And then the old gentleman rabbit un-
tied his blue silk. polkadot handker-
chief. which was around his old we'd
ding stovepipe hat 70 keep Il from fall
tns OF. you know. and wiped his FORE
head with another blue silk polkadot
silk handkerchief which he carried In
the right back pocket Of his panta-
ioonaticks.
Dtll pickles and pecks Of trouble
he said again. ana maybe no said some-
thing worse, only wouldn't ten on
dear Uncle Lucky. not u you gave me
. ten-carrot gold piece with q hole in
u. No, stree, Mr.. Secretary Of the
Treasury!
Wei. after all this speechmakins. the
TWO little rabbits hoped out OF the
sledmobiie and opened the tool box
and honked the horn. and then Billy
Sunny want back little ways. not 80
very far, to get the little red sled which
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wAAr 70 1av POOLING youss,:,f,

What v going to write about today"
asked the head messenger boy. IVY
don't y advise putting the clocks ahead
an hour But why not let the clocks
alone and get up an hour earlier. In
Quired the editor. Good reasons, good
reasons." airily explained the kid, .'be-
cause you'd have to rearrangs the sys-
tenn to at the folks. This way We ar
range the folks to fit the system. The
docs could keep the same office hours,
church hours would be the same, every
thing would so on just a before ex..
|cept that we'd get out o the hay IN
hour earlier and hit II an hour carrier
1T night.
SAY. he went on, or f,.llers talk
yer heads on about conservation OF
the lights. Why not ssre lights by,
shown the clocks on and b,lrnin. day.
light instead Of Juice, THERE'S daylight.
enough al times OF tho yeal, Tor me to
sst tired in. And there's a.bis sayin.
= sets,ns to work early antf quit<in a.
early. Them crazy goleer,. could get
OF earlier 10 the links. school would
be ont earlier and the Kids could make
garden. Nothin' 10 II. Sci. 'em on IN
hodt. s
Il uAs old Ben. Franklin come to
Judgment. Probably the ,ldviser had
never read Ffanklins a,,tob,osraphy
or Poor Richand's Alma,,ac- but his
advice Jumped with the plan Zen adj
sanced away back in tall,w dip days.
That thrifty nrst postmsnter general
OF tie U. s. 4. had Ii mi figured out.
The saving was Immense for his DAY.
He didn't fool With the tlmsptecss but
Proposed that the folks gst up VIA itI
uas daylight and go to loost vi3h the
eAicksns- Il va the old carly . bed
and early 70 rise ana healthy ana
wealthy and wise proposition over
asAiA n both Gases. Bsn's ana tho
bayss.
Hel what about Il. Want 10 play
: trick On yourselves by setting The
clock On an hour!
ii So y Il
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In /. o.ns.reu. Position.

But Mr.. Garfield has issued tho
order. with the presidents sanction. Il
will be obeyed. In 30 Tar - Il h not.
we hope rather swiftly. softened by tho
granting OF exemptions. Ths fuel ad-
ministrator il now In . most dangerous
position. His system has been applied.
he himself comes to . test. II It does
not work. II the railroad congestion I'D
not relieved. cured. by tho suspension
OF business, II coal does not begin to
come forwards freely. Mr.. Garaeld's
plan will have failed: he will appear
to the country a. man who was vest
ed with vast powers which he did not
know how to use. - one who resorted
to = desperate remedy doing incalcul-
able harm to the patient whom never
theless he could not cure. In that
case. he viii Of course see that an
other practitioner must be called in
New York Timea.