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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-24
Puss i'm Boots
/ Jr.

wv YELL after russ mao salo
N/ farewell to all the fairies
" he marched quickly down
the forest path. for Il was
growing late and the shadows were
creeping from tree to tree, and by
ans by he saw q light in the dis
lance. II was q very little light,
not much larger than q star, and at
frst Puss didn't know whether It
: might be q giant fire9y or a little
candle In the window OF some poor
woodcutter's hut
However. he kept on. and after a
while he came, to q Ifttla cottage.
So he Knocked at the door and
presently It was opened by a strange
looking man. He had long hairy
ears, like a donkey. and was dressed
in the skins OF wild animals.
"welcome, Sir Puss,' he said, in
a kindly voice, Il am Just prepar-
ing my evening meal Come In and
eat" So Puss followed the donkey
cared man into the cottage and sat
down at the rude wooden table on
which were spread black bread and
beans.
at have but humble tars to offer
offer you" said the donkey-faced.
man, but his smile was'a kind one.
as he helped Puss to the beans, with
a large wooden spoon. but as I
see you are a traveller you no doubt
haYe Jared worse at times" and he
smiled Again in such a friendly way
that little Puss Junior took a great
liking to him.
You are right" said Puss. I'm
a traveller, seeking adventures, and
have had many strange ones since
I left my famous father, Puss in
Boots"
"Yes. have heard Of you said
the donkey-eared man, "even before
my ears were changed into those OF
a donkey" And then he sighed and
looked quite mournfuI, for, OF
course, he didn't like TO wear
donkey ears and neither would /.
and neither would you. am sure.
Wis there no magic charm which
will remove them?" asked Puss, As
he finished the last bean on his
plate and wipes his whisikers care
fully with tho silk pocket handker-
chief which his kind father had
given him on leaving thesastle OF
my Lord OF Carabas.
None whatever" answered the
man, with q sigh. There Is no
charm nor magic herb, but I have
heard tell Of a Magic Aye that cut
down a charmed oak tree that
overshadowed a kings palace. But
where to hnd that Magic AIe I
know not"
Well, when Puss heard that he
jumped up and went behind the
door, where he had hung his KNAPP
sack, and in less time than I can
take to tell 1t he took out the Magic
AXe-with which, Feu remember,
he had cut down that very oak tree
some umpty1even stories ago-and
laid It on the table in front of the
donkey-eared man. And before he
could speak a little bird in a cage
that hung on the wall before to
sing;
"Oh, master, dear, pray ask this cat
Your donkey ears to sever;
For then your own two ears win
grow
Instead, as good as ever.r
And in the next story you shall
hear what little Puss Junior did.
Copyright, 1918, David Cory)
To Ne Continued
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-24
No Other Use,

Two travellers began talking and
became friendly
Have q cigar7T said one.
Don't think I'll take one. thank
you," said the other.
Have q cigarette, Them
"No, thank you"
How about a chew?" the first
persisted In desperation.
Don't use tobacco at all, thank
you"
WELL" the first man calculated
in CONSERVATION, what in the name
Of guinea pigs do ye do with yor
MOUTH"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-24
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
bGA1h1CE FA1hFE
Write Him a Note.
EAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I have been going about with
q sailor for q year, but for sew
eral months I haven't written or
heard from him. Ny girl friend
told me II she were In my place
she wouldn't have anything to do
with a sailor or q soldier, as they
have girls all over the world So
did what she told me and wrote
, him to say / didn't care to have
him call or write me any more.
But even after that he wrote and
came to see me, but I said I
wasn't home, as was ashamed to
face him Only the other day I
found out this girl writes to him
herself, and he told her he loves
me Just thine same. Her own
mother told me this. Please tell
me, do you think II would be
proper for me to write and ask
him to forgive me? b h
should certainly write and ask
him to forgive you, but at the same
time I think he would be fully jus
titled in not doing so, as you have
treated him very badly. When viii
you girls learn not to discuss your
affairs with so-called friends, who
constantly get you into trouble OF
this sort?
A Case of Old Sweethearts
Dear MISS FAIRFAX:
This January will be married
two years. Ny husband was
once in love before knew him.
but had a quarrel. and he asked
the girl to release him. She did
so. giving back his ring, and
afterward married someone else.
He married me, and now he gets
mail from her and when I ask
him to let me see her letters he
refuses. She sent him her photo
graph and wrote and asked her
II she thought II was right Eor
her to do this when they were
both married. She wrote my
husband and Il caused . scene.
She also answered my letter and
said she was greatly surprised
10 hear OF my husbands marriage
and asked me to answer her let
and let her know how we were
getting along. Do you think I
should answer her letter.
MABEL
should write her q little nota
and say we-were getting along
very nicely and you hoped she was
equally happy with her husband.
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He Seems Indifferent
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

am In love with O young
man and have been going about
with him for the last year. He
has taken me to several different
places. but never introduces me
to any of his friends. He shows
no special affection toward me
Shall I continue his friendship?
c. c.
The young man does not appear
to give you much encouragement,
and I should not allow myself to
care about him too deeply. II 60
ing about with him disturbs your
peace OF mind ! should discontinu,
Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-24

of salt and soda, with enough hot
water to cover the sponge. Put
the sponge in the mixture and let
II stand for twenty-four hours.
Then wash the sponge in warm
water till quite clean.
To make towels. shetts and pIl-
loweaSes wear evenly, always put
those that have just come from the
laundry at the bottom of the pile
and take from the top for the
weeks use. This Insures a regu-
lar rotation, Ind saves the trouble
of numbering the household Iifen,
to which many housewives resort
When blowing out a candle, blow
upwards instead of over the light.
and tho candle will not gutter, but
will burn evenly the next time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-24
This Day in History.

THIS the anniversary of BLACK Friday in 1885, one
OF the most disastrous days Wall Street and the whole
country have known. Fisk and Gould trying to cor
ner the market raised gold to 1853 Is and brought about
financial crash Government action finally brought relief
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-24
Small Bugs uOith Big Appetites.

IF baby had the appetite of young potato beetle it
would eat from fifty to hundred pounds of food
every twenty-four hours. If horse ate as much as
caterpillar in proportion TO its SIZE it would
of hay every twentfour hours potato beetle deours
every day at least five times its weight of foliage
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-24
Household Suggestions

Instead OF using the ordinary
shallow frying pan for frying fish.
try an enameled saucepan with a
wide bottom. as by this means the
lid can be put on. saving tho grease
from flying about and also doing
away with much of the unpleasant
smell which usually comes from hot
fat Fish for frying should be
dipped in seasaRed fiour-one ia
blespoonfuI OF flour to one tea
spoonful OF salt and a quarter OF
a teaspoonfui of pepper. The fat
should be allowed to get hot, until
a blue smoke rises, or the ish will
not brown. To test 1t ready, dip
in the fat a small piece OF bread,
and IL 1t becon brown it is ready
for the fish to be fried in.
To record a Venetian blind, cut
of the knot at the bottom of the
old cord as IL is in the blind and
sew the new to 1t. II the cord
should be broken, higher up draw
the ends together and sew them
At the top just sufficient to allow
the cords to pass-in some cases
this Is not necessary; next pull the
cord as usual. and the new will
pass through with the old, thus
threading the blind without re-
m0vaL
To clean Shiny sponges, mix to-
gether about q tablespoonful each
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USE A BRUSH

Free books Of instruction on can
ming and drying have been issued
by the National War Garden Com
mission. They may be obtained at
any of The Washington Times dis
tributing stationA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-24

BLANCHE BATES stage celebrity and popular favorte
n wife of George Cree chairman Of the Committee ON Pub
lie information, finds time to do work and I'll the
part of devoted mother besides She has her ideas about
bringing up children and her with her lends
authority her views
The star in The Darling of the Gods and "The Girl Of
the Golden West Miss Bates plays In equally inspiring
style the role Of sympathetic adviser small boy and girl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-24

To clean Shiny sPonges, mix to-
Eether about q tablespoonful each
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02
CAN NOW EAT AND SLEEP IN
COMFORT.

If troubled with indigestion or sleep
lessness you should read what Miss
Agnes Turner, Chicago, ILL.,, has
to say: ''Overwork. irregular meals
and carelessness regarding the ordi-
nary rules of health, gradually under
mined 1t until last fall | became a
wreck of my former self. suffered
from continual headache, was unable
to digest my food, which seemed to
lay as dead weight on my stomach.
/ was very constipated and my COM
plexion became dark, yellow and mud
DIV as felt. Sleeplessness was added
to my misery, and would awake as
tired as when L went to sleep. ! heard
of Chamberlain's Tablets and found
such relief after taking them that !
kept up the treatment for nearly two
months. They cleansed my stomach,
inyigorated my system, and since that
time can eat and sleep In comfort
am today entirely well"-For sale by
"A G. Philip.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02

claimed, with an air Of conclusiyeness
which emphasized the optimism he
displayed.
After the capture Of Roumania, he
exhibited a similar degree Of exulta-
ton. He believed that in that achieve
ment he had successfully solved the
food problem-the one cloud which
constantly darkened the kaiser's hori-
zon.
'Now the allies will never succeed in
starving US" he said to me in my Of
fee shortly after the Roumanian drive.
with Roumania in our pockets and
Servia already ours, their wonderful
agricultural possibilities will supply
our food needs and foil our enemies
efforts to starve us. Indeed, they had
better look ont for themselves. Don't
forget we have monopoly on the
potash mines Of the world. Without
proper fertilization. American crops
will 60 on decreasing aid decreasing
and they won't get any potash until we
get ready to let them have It |"
The failure Of the Zeppelins from q
military standpoint was undoubtedly q
great disappointment to the German
people at large. who had counted so
much upon them to bring disaster to
England, but It cannot be said that the
kaiser shared their chagrin. On the
contrary, I have reason to believe that
he never expected very much from that
arm Of his military force except as 1t
might be useful to terrorize the civil
population.
A day or two after Zeppelin's death,
in 1917, a patient Of mine, lady. hap
pened to remark that it was too bad
that the count had not lived to see the
triumph Of his invention, and when ]
saw the kaiser shortly afterwards l
repeated her remark to see what he
would say.
II am convinced that the count lived
long enough to see all that the Yep
pelins were capable Of accomplishing" :
was his only comment. 1t recalled the
answer he had given me some years
before when both Zeppelins and air
planes were in their infancy and had
asked him which held the greater
promise. Eve do not know. Time
alone win tell" was his reply.
The last time conyersed with the
kaiser was on November rs. 1917. Up
to that time we had sent over 10000
troops, according to the figures which
have since been revealed by Secretary
Baker. According to the kaiser's in
formation, however, we had only 3d.
600 men in France at that time and
he was of the opinion that we would
never have many more.
(To BE coNTINUED.)
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02
CHAPTER VIII.
The Kaiser. Confidence Of Victory.


About twelve years ago / attended
the German military maneuvers at
Liegnitz. in Silesia, having been in
vited by some journalistic friends Of
mine to accompany them In the motor
allowed the press. The military repre-
sentatives of England, France, Amer
lea and other countries were there
with the kaiser's staff to witness the
display of Germany's military power.
Apparently they were very much i'm,
pressed, for l heard afterwards that
one of the French officers who had
been present had written book in
which he said: "With such an army,
Germany could annex France in six
months"
I happened to mention this fact to
the kaiser shortly afterwards and his
significant comment was:
"Six months 1 should hope 30. 1t
wouldn't take that long!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02
m one,s own Sphere.

Not one Of us would be happy II We
assumed another's place. We are ht.
ted only for our own little world,
and It remains with us to make that
tiny sphere what 1t ought to be. This
we may do II we keep cheerful. DO
our best and think only wholesome
thoughts. Otherwise. we simply VIII
not, no matter what we may eventu-
ally possess, be happy. and the quicker
we acknowledge the truth Of the as
.sertion the better II will be for our
selves and for all concerned.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02
Really Great Victory

1t Is conquest when we can lift
ourselves above the annoyances Of cir
.cumstances over which we have no
control but 1t Is a greater victory
when we can make those circumstances
our helpers. when we can appreciate
the good that Is in them. Lucy Lar
com.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02
CHAPTER VII.
Ina japanese.

According to the talk of the German
diplomats before the war the expecta-.
ton was that Japan's power would be
used against America at the first OPP
portunity. Whether the object Of this
campaign was to stir M trouble be
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02
Labor Everywhere Welcome.

Labor everywhere welcome.
hear therefore with Joy whatever
% beginning to be said Of the dignity
and necessity Of labor to every citi-
zen. There Is virtue vet In the hoe
and the spade for the learned as well
as the unlearned hands. And labor
ID everywhere welcome; always We
are invited to work. Emerson.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02

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He has successfully treated many Of
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Dr.. Shallenbsrger treats diseases Of
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nraysus prnrLrrY.

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MI. b. RICHMOND.
ANYONE WISHING TO SELL or roet
real estate In Manchester Will DO wsH
to see me.
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DORMAN bros.
DENTISTS. Office on Franklin street'
Manchester; and Strawberry POINT
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ARCHITECT AND BUILDER: super.
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- AcK OF Tue Wnr anu WILL lOOA WILL
fear upon Americas growing powers
The French army, too. was generally
belittled. and the Russians were be-
lieved to be absolutely negligible. The
French army was 50 poorly equipped,
II was pointed out, that the officers
had to go to the field In patent-leather
boots, and on the Russian front, only
the first-line men had guns, the others
being armed with clubs!
Eventually, officers and soldiers re-
turning from the western front on fur
Tough or passing through the country
en- route from one front to the other
brought the report Of the defeat before
Paris. Soldiers who participated in
that disastrous retreat wrote from the
new trenches to their friends and rel
atives telling of the terrible expert.
ences they had undergone, when they
went for days with nothing to eat but
raw potatoes and turnips which they
picked from the fields.
When these reports finally spread
through Germany the people began to
realize that their generals in the west
were not meeting with the same success
that Won Hindenburg had had in the
east and Won Hindenburg became the
idol Of the people Immediately, fact
that was very distasteful to the high
command.
The kaiser's dislike of Won linden
burg was of long standing. He had
never forgiven that general for the mis-
take he made during military maneuv-
ers in peace time when by brilliant
stroke of strategy he had succeeded In
capturing the kaiser's forces, including
the kaiser and his whole staff
have referred in previous chapter
to the kaiser's unbounded confidence
after the Italian collapse in 1911
.Now, we've got the allies!" he e..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02

(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-07-26
HAD SEEN THEM "AT WORK"
Tommy Had Little Need 10 Puzzle HE
Brains over Question Prepeundsd
by Teacher.

Here II n little story that was told
at social session by Representative
Hubert ID. Stephens Of Mississippi, ~
an illustration that the best industrial
results cannot always be obtained
through team work;
Some time since. the teacher Of n
public schOolsin a conntry town was
lnstructing a Juvenile class In mathe-
MATES when she turned 20 a small boy
named Tommy.
Tommy" said she. III your father
can do piece or work In six days and
your uncle Jim can do II In seven days,
how long would II take them 10 do Il
together9"
"About ten thousand years." was the
rather startling rejoinder OF Tommy.
'Ten thousand years I" exclaimed
the teacher. "why, Tommy. what do
you meanT
II mean" was the prompt respohse
OF Tommy, shat IT you put them to
work together they would sit ON the
fence, smoke and swap fish stories."---
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.