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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-24
TRAVELETTE-By fiiksah
HUNDRED-AND-FOUR.

About four and half miles northwest of the town
of Clifton Heights, Penn, the Marshall road is
Hundred -and-four 1t takes its name from
thread of single track railroad which winds its
way from Philadelphia to somewhere in outer
most Chester county The road takes its way
through what succession a veTdant
meadows and inviting woodland; but which now
has been cleared of and marked into suburban
building lots. Here and there, the railroad en-
counters a gently running brook or creek, over
which il passes by means of a treste. These
trestIes are numbered successfully from one hun
dred to hundred and thiTty-fve.
Treste number hundred and four is just
as any Sther trestle along the line; save that it
is shorter than some and longer than others, but
Neutrality-suspicious. is a place sanctifed in many
hearts On side of the track is a dense
forest OF some five and a half This forest
has been proved to be the habitat of mud turtles,
garter snakes, lizards and rabbits. 1t is tabled,
oil good authority to be the home of lions, tigers,
and even dragons. One cannot enter it without
a thrill cannot leave it without the feeling of
having had narrow escape.
However, it is the other side of Hundred-and
four which holds most fascination. After one
has explored the forest one takes his swim in
the creek. The creek has been damned to swim
ming depth presumably by beavers, for no small
boy for a generation past is known have had
hand in it. All points of interest have been
given appropriate titles. There is crossed logs,
swinging vine .'seyen-foot hole. 'wasps nest,
diving rock and crab apple orchard this last
4 boon to all visitors.
Austria says her peace offer is still open. g.
dent Wilson seemed to give the impression s1S:'
was definitely closed
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-24

A far-seeing and admirable plan is that which
Secretary Lane has submitted to the President and
Congress whereby unused lands of the nation will
he made into homes for returned soldiers.
There are now in the United States approx
mateIy 15.GO0.OOO acres Of arid land, between
900 900 and s ,0OO,00 acres of swamp land and
some 2OO. OO0 900 acres Of cut-over or logged-oT
land which might be made productive through irri-
CATION drainage and clearing.
Secretary Lane proposes TO make a thorough
survey of these lands as soon as possible in order
that when the war is before, the govern
ment may have something substantial to offer dis
abIed soldiers in the way Of homes and occupation
Few mutual benefit schemes have been better
thar this. The soldier who is all at sea to his
future has here, not charity, but opportunity
to win back the fruits OF civilian life which he
resigned or possibly, better the conditions which
we're his before the At the time, the
nation will profit UNNECESSARILY by the develop
ment OF vast domains which of practically
That Secretary Lanes idea is visionary in
the least is proven by the fact that Great Britain
has been succeeding with similar plans in nearly
all OF her colonies since shortly after the begin
ming of the war, while France has taken a like
step for the rehabilitation of her soldiers.
1t is not too soon to begin the consideration of
this great after-the-war problem in America, and
il is to he earnestly hoped that congress will lose
no time in providing the necessary appropriation
and facilities for carrying out Mr.. Lanes sug-
gestion.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-24
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The two white stars in memC.- of Captain
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Journal men. who rave their lives for our country
in France.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-24
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The Washington times., 1918-03-29
Advice to. the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

ers of your girl friends. their Ro-
Quaintances. the sons OF friends OF
your family. OF course. youth longs
for gayety and romance and It
doesn't want to wait. but It often
has to walt. Going out with the
Avowed purpose OF making mas
culine acquaintances would do you
no good at all. for II would prob
ably make you over-eaEer and. so.
unattractive. Just be friendly.
ready to give kindly interest to
every one you meet and eventually
you will form n circle of friends
that will include men as well as
girls. This does not sound like
very useful advice. ! know, but Il Is
the only safe advice 7 can give you.
Just go along quietly and calmly
make friends with all you meet, and
don't run so eagerly after love that
you brighten II away.
The Washington times., 1918-03-29

Dearest:
We have tried as hard as We can
to break Nanny OF peeking
through the curtains before she
opens the front door. But il can't
be done. When 1 demonstrate with
her, she answers with an argument
which leaves me speechless-
"Folkses have to be looked at, after
they're in, honey chile! So why
are they ashamed to be looked at
before? I'm going to know what l
let's in before l does it,"
Today the bell rang, and Nanny
beat Ceeley to the door by a spir-
tied Marathon! Such fascination
does the door bell have for us in
this small town! Nanny peeked
through the curtain and turned
back. AREN'T you going to open
the door, Nanny, dear" I asked.
There amt nobody there. and l
amt going to open 1t for no
spooks," she answered as she rocked
firecely back to the kitchen. Just
then the bell pealed through the
house once more with terrifying
persistence. / opened the door, and
fairly fell back in establishment at
what l saw. There on a camp stool
close against the house, sat the odd
est little figure / ever hope to see.
She was oId-very old, / guess-and
dressed in every color of the rain
bow! AS / beheld her, l realized
that Joseph's coat of many colors
was not a childhood's dream. Solo
mon and the lilies OF the field would
have blushed with shame at their
inferior raiment. Her hat was a
marvellous poke OF purplS. and her
shoes were tan, and in between was a
costume looking like n cross be-
tween a Turkish towel and lio-
man scarf. and composed Of blues
and greens and dashcs OF red and or
anEe.
Good morning." said this strange
creature How do you do?" And
she folded up her camp stool and
followed me in where our mothers
were. How do you do, ladies all?
I'm SO sorry I couldn't call when
you first came, but I've been away
for a year. / went to an old ladies'
home, but they very foolishIy took
exception because / saved my but
ter At table, and nodded 1t up when
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
Puss in Boots Jr.
A PLEASING GOODNIGHT SERIES

Junior, Il shall never look at . sun
flower without thinking OF this sad
eyed maiden and then he turned
his footsteps toward q grove of
trees where another maiden sat
weaving embroidery.
May look at your work. asked
Puss. politely. And the maiden
answered yes. and pretty soon she
told him that she was trying her
skill against a goddess.
You are doing q dangerous
thing" said little 'Puss Junior. for
he had learned a good deal about
gods and goddesses during his jour
ney through the Country OF the
Gods. And SO have you. / hops.
little readers of this story OF Puss
in Boots Junior.
Well. just then. all of q sudden,
an old woman drew near and In
a low voice warned the maiden not
to stir up the wrath OF the goddess
But the maiden only laughed anu
kept on with her weaving. And
then the old woman dropped her
cloak and mask and stood there,
IhS very bOoocoS heTBsH.
And, oh, dear me! How fright
ened that maiden was, but she did
not show Il. but kept to her work
while the goddess sat down and
weAved q most beautiful cloth that
far exceeded IN beauty that of the
maiden. And then the Eoddess
arose and said:
Hereafter you shall be q spider
and spin your web upon the bushes %
And at once the maiden becarn. n
little black spider and spun q silver
web and big blus-wingsd ny few
by and caught himself in the slen-
der threads. And after that III.
goddess smiled at Puss and dIsap.
peared. and little Puss Junior went
upon his way through the wonder
full Country OF the Coda
loepy1sbt. 1919. Dsvid csryI
CTO Ne COatlnusA.)
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
To My Sweetheart Soldier

! had enough, and sold It outside.
People are so apt to be Jealous IL
one shows a little intelligence.
was very glad to leave. They
needn't think they hurt my feelings
a bit. Food is so unreasonable
nowadays it's best to cook your
own victuaIs and know what you've
got. l bought a soup bone for
cents and my sister and Inc had
three meals off of it, and then
plumber came in to do a job, and
we gave him a meal, and he said
NV goodness, that's the best meal
OF grease I've had since the war
began" Ny sister isn't very WELL
but she's chirpcd up quite a bit
since her husband died. He died
last week. and I can see 4 big
change In her already! They were
divorced five years ago, but 1t was
.always very embarrassing. People
would ask us wherever we went
Are you widows? and we didn't
know what to say. Now II is such
n relief. We can say we are
widows. Sister has a habit OF fall
ing out Of bed. SO have her sleep
on the floor. 1t is much better that
way. 1 have to do most Of every
thing. Sister can't do much.
To-day I'VE been putting away
winter underwear. There was lots
OF things to put away! | like nice
clothes. like dressy clothes. It's
a falling with me, but / hope no
one is Jealous because | have nice,
drcssy things. ] tell my Savior al
ways l try not to offend my neigh
bors or bring vain, foolish hopes
into their breasts.
And now | must he going. l
have enjoyed your conversation
very much I'll come again. hut
don't expect m" too soon, for have
lots Of places 10 go"
As She went down the path with
her camp stool under her arm tho
sunlight caught her poke bonnet
and brought out the red with start
ling emphasis. Our mothers and
looked at one another as though we
were waking from a fevered dream.
Nanny rocked ferCely into the
room with a bottle in her hand.
Here. now, lay back in your chairs
all OF you. and snuff this camphilew
AS soon as / can catch my breath.
beloved, and find out who this little
creature is. I'll let you know. But
for now your exhausted wife says,
GOODNIGHT.
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
By David Cory.

t~Yow let me see. In the last
IN story we left little Pusa Ju-
AZ nior in the castle of the great
mountain giant who made iron nit
tens and brass belts and kept a mill
for bees in a great glass house full
Of lovely flowers. Well. Puss didn't
stay there very long. for no wanted
TO zee the world. and a traveller
must be ever on the 90 II he wants
to get anywhere.
So or Puss started down the
mountain side, and by and by he
saw 4 maiden standing on the
meadow. Her face was turned to-
ward the sun. and as the golden god
travelled through the high heavens
the maiden's eyes followed his fam
sing chariot. But Puss didn't know
that for many days she had stood
in that one spot without food and
drink. Nor did she seem to see him
a. he drew near. And then. all OF
sudden. he noticed that her feet and
iimbs changed into a graceful stem
and her face into a flower which
atili followed the sun. And then
from a bush nearby that little yell
you some day. began TO sing:
She loved the great am IN hIs
tod0on Of flame
"a ssoiJt through the skV erery
moTnin0 he came,
BSt he turned not to look on the
maid in despair.
stGRding lone on the Tneddoto NTH
tcJRd-tossed hair.
But sDift through the hedceHS he
rolled In his car
70 the West tohere the portals OF
gold tceTe djdr,
FSI at last the sad maiden TOOK
root IN the mold,
,lHd changed TO q sHAfotoer 0ltst'-
Ming Of gold.
roh dear me-" cried little Ppss
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
ADVERTISEMENT
For a Shiny Nose
And Bad Complexion

Paris.-Famous actresses owe their
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The Washington times., 1918-03-29

invaluable dIsinfectant and deodor-
User. and is cheap enough TO be used
daily or weekly to flush waste pipes
and sink drains.
Tin that has become rusty or
stained may be cleaned by dipping
the cut surface OF a raw potato in
nne Bath-brick and rubbing we'll
with this. ...
To stiren nne muslin or white
lace, dip them In skim milk.
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
Here's What has Already
Happened.

Esther vasssll II Induced to marry for
. larEs sum Of money. Ceremony, which
r. attended by q strange woman. takes
place In . ruined church. Returning from
the marriage she nnds her uncle and sis
ter murdered. She Il LEFT sole heir 70 her
urcls's large fortune, who dislnherit1 his
nephew. Guy Hooking.
Esther discovers that Guy. her cousin.
4 married to the strangs woman who at
tended her marriage.
She goes 70 Helm Court. the estate len
By her uncle. and meets young Lord Bor-
radale. and they Immediately fall In love.
Guys friends frame him, and he signs
q mysterious contract mortgnging the
estate he will receive at Esther's death.
She II marked for death, but young Bor-
radals illustrates the sttsnpt. and 10
Esthef goes to New York to ind out n
she u free 70 marry Harold. and AZ the
ruined church discovers the body Of the
man she married. she concludes she u
ed BY Lillian. Guys mysterious wife. and
also BY the rector. that she u not.
Esther returns TO Helm Court and tells
Harold she VIII become his wife. The no
that such q marriage would evoke the
Bcrradale curse
Fhe attempts on Esther's life are sz-
planned BY Guy when he tells them Of
the contract that he signed and admits
that he Doesn't know the terms Of II
other than that Il u through Esthsr's
death, the money hs has borrowed can
Be repaid.
Returning to New York Guy goes to So
Goldsmith and discovers him dead He
searches his apartment for the contract
but IL unable TO md Il.
Lfllian~pleads with Guy 10 prevent tho
marriage between Esther and Harold, but
he refuses to do %. The only explnation
that Lillian viii give as 20 her reason for
desiring that the marriage shall not take
place IL that her life a. well a. Esther's
will be In danger.
Pietro. q former servant Of Lillian.
sends her Q fake message and holds her
for 80. 600 ransom She 10 taken to New
York and held in Pietro's house and u
subject to much abuse By Pietro's
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
Household Suggestions

Before cleaning out a fireplace
sprinkle a good handful OF tea
leaves among the ashes. This makes
the ashes sift more easily and pre-
vents the dust from flying about the
room.
When boiling eggs wet tho shells
thoroughly with cold water before
placing them in boiling water. and
they will not crack.
Chloride OF lime In solution IL an
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
Meeting Men.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

-hAoo AA.
We are three college girls.
and We are considered cookbook
ing. We dress we'll and have
many opportunities to entertain.
Unfortunately. our school 10 not
co-sducational, so We do not have
any opportunities to meet men.
We are members OF the Y. W.
C. A. and many clubs. Can you
suggest ways OF meeting men be-
sides flirting with them7 BETTY.
OF course I'm going to advise you
emphatically against any tempt
tations to firt. And then I am GO
ing to add q word to which I'm
petuous youth will naturally object:
BE patient In the natural course of
events you do meet men, tho broth
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
The Four of Hearts
A SERIAL OF YOUTH AND LOVE
Cynthia Feels That by Marrying
Gerald She Will Make Every
One but Herself Happier.

; Dora evaded. SO just cAlled you
in there right after heard her
come IN the front door and 20 up
stairs. knew she would be right
back 1 was sure she saw Gerald
through the nre-lit window a. she
came up the front steps"
81 don't see why she need have
cared II you were in the library
with him." Cynthia argued.
All the more reason why It was
nice in you to do as Asked
mean II you saw no sense in my
asking It 1 say. Gym. are you wor-
ried about anything7 You look
So"
No: Cynthia forced . smile Il
am . little tired. perhaps"
would you rather not 20 TO the
Philharmonic tonight" Dora quer-
led anxiously. IT msan-would you
rather stay At home and talk to
Gerald stewartT'
Indeed / would mott" The an
swer was so prompt that Dora
looked relieved.
We'll, I'm glad you're going with
u.s." she admitted. 4 will let you
and Milton amuse mother and me-"
II fancy you will manage to
amuse each otherKyou and Milton"
Cynthia remarked And now, my
dear. I must hurry and dresL or
1 shall be late to dinner"
There is always such a rush
nowadays that / never have
chance for q good. long talk with
you" Dora ErumbledS Sometime
soon we'll have a regular heart-to-
heart talk, won't We, Gym? There
are lots of things INwant to fess UP
to you about"
Cynthia Promises.
-An right" Cynthia agreed we
will have that talk soon"
She turned to the mirror and went
on with her dressing. She felt that
she ought to tell her cousin of her
engagement to Stewart. but did not
want to do SO now. She could not
trust herself to speak Of the mat
ter hurriedly In the few minutes
that the two girls would be to-
gether before dinner. She was un-
happy and could not pretend TO be
happy just yet. However. she must
get accustomed to the new condi-
ton Of affairs as soon as possible,
for she was sure 1t was of her that
Gerald Stewart wished to talk this
evening to Mr.. Livingstone.
She dressed rapidly and her
thoughts kept pace with her flying
fIngers.
Her aunt had been right Gerald
Iiylngstore owe. hs.. she u
the one dear thing in his lonely
life. She must marry him. That
was her evident duty.
She was glad that the thought
of marrying him for q home had
not entered her mind when he pro-
posed to her. She had accepted
him only because she did not want
any man TO suffer as she was capa-
BILE Of suffering. Surely abe was
doing right Her marriage to Ger
aid would make him happy. Il
would please her relatives and re-
lieve them OF the burden of her
support It would prove to Dora
that there was no reason for her
TO be jealous OF her cousin and
Milton-if she had ever really been
Jealous.
Yes. everyone would be happier
for her having set aside her own
selfish hopes and deslres. She her.
self was not happy. but there was
aatiHfaction in tina ronHclouanRna
that she was the only one who
would suffer for her action.
CTo he C0Rtinued.)
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
Keepi1Q the Coffee Pot SlDeet.

IF there's anything that spos breakfast it's carelessy
kept coffee pot Put tablespoonful of carbonate OF
soda into it. fill nearly full of water and let it boil for
little while Then rinse thoroughly several times with
warm water.
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
An Explanation.

But cynthIa's thoughts were else
where, and she did not reply.
by the way" Dora remarked
later. looking into Cynthia's room
from the passage between that and
her own room. 81 am much obliged
to you for following my lead so
quickly and going into the library
to talk TO Gerald. 1 could not 1eI-
plain then what the matter was.
To tell the truth. did not want
mother to know had been in there"
why mott" Cynthia pulled her
self out of her own reflections to
ask this natural question.
Because she doesn't like me TO
talk TO any man except Milton"
The Washington times., 1918-03-29
By Virginia Terhune Van
de Water. \
CHAPTER xxxVI.
Copyright. 1913. star Co

Copyright. 1918. Star Co
ORA relieved the tension Of the
situation by a light laugh.
why, mother" she teased.
eyou look a. II you had seen q
RAostE"
Her mother tried to smile. Il
Aaven'tI" she retorted. But 1
thought you were in the library,
daughter, and, when I called you.
and saw 1t was Cynthia who was
here. 1 was astonished. I supposed"
turning to her niece. that you were
still at Mr.. Van Saun's."
II returned a little while ago."
Cynthia explained.
where are your hat and coatE-
Mrs. Livingstone asked. glancinE
around.
Upstairs, Of course" Dora spoke
before Cynthia could reply. You
would not expect as careful a girl
as. Gym To leave them lying around
down here-would you. mother?"
Mrs. Livingstone smiled again.
hut more naturally now. Then
you have been in for some time.
Cynthia" she observed. IN that
case. understand. 1 note" look
inE into the library, that you
young people have forgotten to
turn on the lights. But" with
significant lift of the eyebrows,
'.nre-light is pleasant. under some
circumstances. isn't itT'
Cynthia did not speak, and Gerald
Stewart came 10 her rescue.
ct must be going, Mrs. Living
stone, he said. May / call again
this evening? / would like to have
a little talk with Mr.. Livingstone.
n will be diBengaged."
We-MiHon. mother. Gym and l.
ARE going to the Philharmonic to-
night" Dora announced brusquely.
Don't come when we are out"
He IL coming to see your father.
my dear" her mother reproved.
Then. to Mr. STEWART know that
Mr.. Livingstone will be in and dis
engaged"
THANK you" Mr.. Stewart said
formally. Goodnight"
Dora frowned with vexation' at
the calm manner in which her
mother ignored her suggestion aud
ut Gerald's submission to the mat
rou's edict- Some OF this vexation
she uttered TO Cynthia as the two
girls were on their way upstairs to
dress for the evening.
IT wish mother were not so mag
iHterial" she complained. The
cool way in which she brushes aside
my ideas is the limit"