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The Washington times., 1919-08-13
THE LOVE GAMBLER
ANEW SERIAL BY A FAMOUS WRITER
Desiree's Father Decides to Ask
David to Play the Butler to Help
Out in an Emergency

tainly can never be considered =
blase lot OF people. can Ws1 I dtd
not gst to sleep until almost dan
there was such -a-racl<et going "a"
That's too bad, as this q he
night you are 20 have your Own cele-
bration. you know"
Are you sure you want ne 70
have Il just new, fatherF' ths
daughter asked.
why, OF course I do the parent
replied. you invited your friends
for the night after the signing 81
the armistice-and this o. the night
You cannot get out OF Il II you want
to-and I dosnot mean 20 let you 40
so" he added with an aRectionata
smile. Call up the catsrer and or
der what you want. Why % you
look 80 doubtful about the AFFAIR."
Because" Desiree complained, Il
have no waitress-and Annie Is not
very competent, you know
"Poohi that makes no difer-
enceP' the man seofTed, sJust have
the caterer send up one or two
waiters. as you think best"
But when. an hour later. Desires
telephoned to the caterer ahe
learned. to her CONSERVATION. that
Il would be quite impossible 70 Sc
cure any walters for that evening.
"I regret Il exceedingly. Miss
Leighton" the manager assured
her, but we are very short OF help
OF all kinds-and there are 50 many
functions being given by our pat
rons tonight that every one Of our
men are engaged We have tried to
hire others, but in vain We can an
your order for refreshments, but not
for walters"
The story was the same at every
restaurant to which DesiFee tsie-
phoned- Mr.. Leighton. who had not
gone to his Office today. listened
sympathetically to her report.
at is too bad," he said sAnd
you cannot get Mattresses from any
where either?"
Desiree shook her head. Il have
tried everywhere can. father" she
said. 81 am at my wits end. Annie
all alone cannot wait on those peo-
pie who are coming. Almost every
friend I invited has accepted And
even II we make a most informf
affair OF Il we need some one to
serve the refreshments"
Il have it,"
Samuel Leighton's exclamation
was so sudden that his daughter
Jumped.
what have your she asked.
'.An idea Let Smith hire . dress
suit and have him act as butler To-
night"
4 ''oh. dad.s Desifee Easped. wouId
that be quite the thing to DC. a.
you think7"
"The thing? why not2- he de-
handed Il know several places
and 80 do you. where the chauffeur
is also the butler when here are
guests. Smith Is no better than any
other ehauTeur-and he can prove
what he's worth By turning IN ara
helping Us out OF a serape shah
telephone the garage at once, tell
ing him to come around here ana
talk the matter over with you"
Desiree stood silent while haR
father carried out his intention
II happened TO catch him ae ens
garage" he informed his daughteR.
He will be here in ten minutes"
Ito be eOntinued.)
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The Diamond of the Northern SKY.

: The diamond of the Northern Sky.
THE dazzling blush-white star Vega, Alpha Lyrae is
now almost exactly in the zenith at about p. This
has few rivals for beauty anywhere in the heavens In
the telescope its image is encirced with of electric
blue rays ndescribaby splendid AS sun Vega is far
superior that it radises at least 100 times much
light In $4,000 years it will be the North Pole star
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HEARTS OF THREE B5JS ?bSK'
Francis Valet Explains Mysteries of the TelephOneI
to Puzzled Queen After CentraPs Voice Leads Her
to Believe There's Woman in the House

promised to be home not later than
that afternoon. %
Meanwhile and throughout the. day
Francis was a very busy and per-
turbed man.
what, secret enemy have you"
Bascom again demanded, while
Francis again shook his head in
futility OF conjecture
For see, except where your hold
ings are concerned, the market is
reasonable and right. But take
your holdings. There's Frisco Con-
solidated. There Is neither sense
nor logic that it should be beared
this way. Only your holdings are
being beared. New York, Vermont,
and Connecticut paid 10 per cent
the last four quarters and is as
solid as Gibraltar. Yet it's down,
and down hard.
The same with Montana Lode,
Death Valley Copper, Imperial
Tungsten, Northwestern Electric.
Take Alaska Tredwell-as solid as
the everlasting rock. The move
ment against It started only yester-
day late. 1t closed eight points
down, and today has slumped
twice as much more. Every one
stock in which you. are heavily in
tersted. And No other stocks in
volved. The rest Of the market is
firm"
$50 is Tampico Petroleum firm"
Francis said, 'and I'm interested in
it heaviest of ALL"
Bascom shrugged his shoulders
despairingly. IL
OF somebody who is doing this and
who may be your enemy?"
mot for the life Of me, Bascom.
Can't think of a soul / haven't
made any ENEMIES, because, since
my father died, have not been &C
tive. Tampico Petroleum Is the
only thing 1 ever got busy with,
and even now il all right" He
strolIed over to the ticker. There,
Half point up for 500 shares"
Just the same, somebody after
you" Bascom assured him. The
thing is clear as the sun at midday
] haze been going over the reports
of the different stocks at issue.
They are coIOred, artfully and deli
cately colored, and the coloring
matter is pessimistic and official.
Why did Northwestern Electric
pass its dividend? Why did Trey put
that black eye stuff into Mulhaney's
report on Montana Lode? Oh, never
mind the rest of the black eying,
but why all this activity or unload
ing? It's clear. There's a raid on,
and it seems on you. and it's not a
sudden rush raid. It's been slowly
and steadily growing. And it's ripe
to break at the first rumor OF war,
at a big strike, or a financial panic
at anything that will bear the
entire market.
Look at the situation you're in
now, when all holdings except your
own are normal I've covered your
margins, and covered them. A
grave proportion of your straight
collateral is already up. And your
margins keep on shrinking You
can scarcely throw them overheard.
1t might start a break. It's too
ticklish."
There's Tampico Petroleum,
smiling as pretty as you please-it's
collateral enough to cover every
thing" Francis suggested. Though
I've been chary of touching it," he
amended.
Bascom shook his head.
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''There's the Mexican revolution.
II we involved Tampico Petroleum
and anything serious should break
down there, you'd be finished,
cleaned out, broke. $50
A had Prospect.
"And yet" Bascom resumed, 81
see no other way out than to use
Tampico Petroleum. You see,
have almost exhausted what you
have placed in my hands. And this
is no whirlwind raid. It's slow and
steady as an advancing glacier. I've
only handled the market for you ali
these years. and this is the first
tight place we've got into. Now
your general business affairs? Col
Inns had the handling and knows.
You must know. What securities
can you let me have? Now? And
tomorrow? And next week? And
the next three weeks?"
How much do you want?" Fran
els questioned back.
"A million before closing time. to-
day" B scom pointed eloquently
at the ticker. At least twenty
millions more in the next three
weeks, if-and mark you that ''if'
well-if the world remains at peace,
and If the general market remains
as normal as II has been for the
past six months.
Francis stood up with decision
and reached for his hat.
I'm going to Collins at once. He
knows far more about my outside
business than ! know myself.
shall have at least the million in
your hands before closing time, and
I've a shrewd suspicion that I'll
cover the rest during the next sew
eral weeks"
Remember" Bascom warned him,
as they shook hands. "it's the very
slowness Of this raid that is omi-
nous. It's directed against you,
and it's no fly-by-night affair.
Whoever is making it is doing IL
big, and must be big"
Several times. late that afternoon
and evening. the Queen was called
up by the slave of the flying speech
and enabled to talk with her hus-
band. To her delight, in her own
EOoDls DN HGF OCustoCs 6nG q
telephone, through which, by call
ing UP Collins office. she gave her
goodnight to Francis. Also she es-
Rayed to kiss her heart TO him, and
received back, qVeer and vague OF
sound. his answering kiss.
She knew not how long she had
slept, when she awoke. Not NOV
ing, through her half-open eyes
she saw Francis peer into the room
and across to her. When he had
gone softly away she leaped out Of
bed and ran to the door in time to
see him start down the staircase.
More trouble with the great god
business-was her surprise. He
was going down to that wonderful
room. the library. to read more Of
the dread gods threats and warn
ings that were so mysteriously
made to take form of written speech
to the clicking of the ticker. She
looked at herself in the mirror,
adjusted her hair, and with a little
love smile of anticipation on her
lips put on a dressing gown-an-
other OF the marvellous pretties of
Francis forethought and providing.
CTO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW
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Puss in Boots
Jr.
By David Cory.

GG%oME. my noble Puss Junior.
and tell us one OF your
adventures" said the
Beautiful Black Swan, who had
brought Puss Junior. and GOosey
Gander to his palace, as told you
in the story just before this one.
Once upon day" began Puss
with a grin. for he was going to
tell them funny story 1 guess, but
well have to wait and find out to
be sure.
II met a man with handy legs
Who was going to London to sell his
eggs.
And they were the eggs. I heard him
His little black hen laid avery day.Y
The little black hen that laid
nice eggs for gentlemen" asked
the Black Swan. politely.
The very same" answered Puss
Junior, crossing one leg over the
other so that his rsd-topped boot
might shine in the light of the crys-
tai chandelier overhead; for he was
very proud Of his boots. was Puss
in Boots Junior. you must remem-
Der.
Well" continued Puss, "just as
I was about to speak a very dis
agreeable-looking person tripped up
the bandy-legged man and he fell
on his nose, and the eggs spattered
everywhere over his clothes.
$50 asked the disagreeable look
ing person why he had done this,
and he answered that he had asked
the baRdy-leGged man il his eggs
were fresh, and that he had replied
that they were as. fresh as he was,
which made the disagreeabie look
ing person ever so much more dis
agreeable and he tripped up the
bandy-legged man.
IT remember it was such a love-
ly day that I said to both angry
men, How can you be so disagree
able on a beautiful day like this?"
Then they both looked ashamed. al
though the bandy-legged man kept
looking at his broken eggs as much
as to say: Whose going to mend
my eggs?"
"WelI. do you know, the disagree
able man turned out to be a won=
derful doctor. and, while he couldn't
mend the eggs he did mend the
handy mans legs.
He took him home with him and
Strengthened his legs so that he
could walk without tanglinE his
toes and falling at times on the
bridge of his nose; in wonderful
way he worked out his plan and
Strengthened the legs of the handy
legged man"
But. oh dear me! just as Puss
finished his story there arose a
great commotion at the palace door.
Such a kissing and quacking you
never heard in your life unless you
have visited a stock farm.
The Beautiful Black Swan called
for his Palace Guard and in a mo-
ment in rushed twelve great swans
with guns and swords and stood in
front OF the throne to guard the
lovely white swan with her neck
lace OF rosebuds. But what happens
after that to Puss Junior and his
faithful Goosey Gander you must
wait to near in the next story.
Copyright. 1919. David Cory.)
To Ne Continued.
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How Regain a Lost Love?
DEAR MISs FA1RFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Until six months ago I had been
going about with a young man whom
! loved and who 1 know loved me.
About year ago he enlisted and
after that ] became acquainted with
another young man who took me to
different places Of amusement / Was
so taken up with this new friend that
had very little time for the old one.
Whenever my old sweetheart wanted
to see me, always had an appoint
ment with the new friend. He tried
his best to win me over, but was SO
foolishIy fascinated that paid no at
teution to him.
He gave up calling on me six months
ago. j see him occasionally, but ne
never asks me out.
Now Miss Fairfax, will you kindly
let me know II you think there is any
way of getting him back, as 1 know
now that l was wrong. He was true
love while the other was just pass :
TROUBLE DBETTE.
It seems to me that the chances
are rather slim OF regaining a
lover whom you have treated so
badly. 1t would, Of. course, be pos
sible to write him or ask him to
come to see you and tell him that
you know you were frivolous, but
you would expose yourself to a not
undeserved rebuff and / do not adj
wise your doing it. You see, Betty,
that it doesn't do TO give UP love
and loyalty in order to allow one
self to be extensively entertained.
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The Rhyming
Optimist
By Aline Michaelis.
JUNK.

T isn't only Whiskered gents who
cry odd iron, old clO!" and bag
BILE loudly for their wares, oh
dear me. bless me, no. There Is
the pretty little dear who's string
ing you along: here's how she
whispers in your ear her pleasing
siren song: 81 always buy each
book you write; they're wonderful,
l think. like the bindings, red
and white, the paper and the ink.
l sometimes wonder how you can
give any time to me; you're such
an awful brainy man; I'm silly as
can be" And when she tells you
stuff like This your heart goes
"thump, kcrplunk" but, though you
chOrtle in your bliss, remember. it's
just junk. There is the man who
borTows dough; he grasps your Ian
guild hand and cries: "Ha, ha: he,
he; no. no; My. but you're looking
grand! You always were a sumner,
Bill, all full Of speed and spunk"
Yes. feel as tfckled as you will, but
this is only junk. l often think the
whiskered gents who cry: "Old
hats! Old shoesw and spend much
time in arguments don't know what
junk to choose.
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FOr'Girls in
Business
By Eleanor Gilbert.

THERE have been tales told of
men who were impossible
Grouches in the office and the
ideal husbands after 8 o'clock;
as well as husbands who were not
so ideal and were splendid men to
work with.
But women seem to be con-
structed differently. AS are a WSom-
ans business habits, is she, and
one of the hardest things for many
n woman to rSalize when she first
enters business life is that her busi-
ness Fabits viii inevitably react on
her own nature and that her bust
ness character and her private char
acter cannot be ASSOCIATED.
The most common lapses in bust
ness women are lack of system, tard-
mess. nervousness at critical mo-
ments, and it is the far-sighted
woman who rigidly disciplines her
self in these directions.
The girl who is chronically late
at the office morning and noon is
the last kind Of person to depend
upon for promptness under any
conditions. She is late for pleas
ure just as she Is late for work.
Women who are unsystematic in
their business habits are invari-
ably lax i'll their personal Obliga-
lions. and the woman who allows
herself to become nervous over the
performance OF a new task or an
unexpected crisis in business is apt
to develop into the historical type
of home woman VIXEN sle marries.
Business habits no; oe made a
rock and refuge for the vagaries of
10
cliugiHg vine type of woman en-
ioyed more popularity than she
does today she permitted herself
to sink into dependency, to lose
herself in tears, or to grow pale
and pealIy when life hit her hard.
That is not the modern feminine
attitude at all, and it is the habits
of business that have inculcated in
so many women the ideal of self
reliance and strength in meeting
obstacles and getting on a sensi-
BILE mental plane. The term bust
ness-like" as we use it in itself
suggests direct. complete. sane and
fair action. no waste energy or
spilled emotion.
The truly "businesS-like" woman
has, indeed. admirable qualities OF
strength. while retaining all her
womanly qualities. She goes di-
rectIy to the point without spend
ing time on elaborate uninterest-
ing detail because it is a business
habit to say what you have to say
in few words and quick time.
She wastes no time in bemoan-
ing IrFemediable happenings be-
cause the first instinct Of business
Is to repair loss, not to cry over
split milk. She demands the square
deal and she gives it
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TheNeWHOme
Feeling

WIHATEvER sorrow the srssl
M war has brought II surely
has. given most all Of US a
new attitude toward our homes.
A recent strike in the West was
thus described by the girl PtriksE:
I'VE are striking because We feel
that we, too. are entitled to some
Of the comforts OF home. We want
a wage scale large enough to ena BILE
US to afford a clean roOsn. warmed
in winter, in a clean. decent neigh
borhIod. We want a wage large
enough to permit-cOmfoFtable clean
civtLIng and the laundering OF this
clothing under sanitary conditions.
We want a wage large enough TO al
low US plain nourishing food and .
little innocent recreation, occasion
ally"
am wondering IL we are really
as concerned about our neighbprs
as we should be. A woman OF cul-
ture. reduced in fortune, found.
after forty years. she was compelled
to move into n poor neighborhood.
Instead OF wasting valuable time
talking about what she once had.
she set about making her presenes
in that neighbOrhood felt. She no.
ticed that the poor foreigners were
feeding their children an impossible
kind Of bread. And so one day she
baked a couple OF large lOaVes OF
bread From her pantry she took
some apple butter made from wind
blown apples. She INVITED dozen
children to have a thick slice. Two
or three times she did this
Pretty soon the mothers began to
snatch a moment from their busy
lives to ask the American lady
chow she make"
In two years this woman. without
intrudinE or offending. has these
women cooking large pots OF nOur-
lShing soup and investing more in
fresh milk and less in hard cheese,
They have learned to make whole
some bread and simple jams and
jellies and inexpensive cakes and
candies so much better than pennies
can buy.
After all. the kind OF home my
neighbor makes and keeps depre-
eiates or makes more valuable my
horne.
There Is nothing. perhaps. more
valuable to a nation than its homes,
for there. what IS spiritual. what Is
practical as well as the highest
degree OF development In Tire pIlySi-
cal. meet Let US strive net only to
make the best OF the conditions for
which others less fortunate are
striving b'tt, whcr We can les us
lend y helping haEG IL t:,e other
one who is stiH struggling so- EOoS
home conditions.
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Makes Love at a Distance.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
l have a sailor friend whom 7 love
very much. Two months ago ne went
to Virginia, where he IS stationed
when he Is away he writes TO me OF
his love as IL he loved me with all
his heart. But when he comes home
hS talks to me in a friendly way. and
speaks OF other things He never men
lions his letters. This has been going
on for three months. l. G.
Probably your sailor is uncom-
monty shy. And perhaps you are a
little impatient. After all, take it
that you have not known him very
long. Why not let your friendship
progress, without worrying any
more than you can help about the
climax?
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Advice to the LOvelOrn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

him, asking him to write. as I love
him dearly? HELEN G..
1 see no reason why you should
write TO this apparently rude and
faithless young man. 1t might be
kinder to suspend your definite
judgment of him until you learn
whether there is some excuse for
him, though this does not seem
likely. 1 know it is dreary counsel
to say that you will probably have
to try to forget him. but il looks as
though there were no alternative.
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Discouraging.

willie" said a father to his pre-
cocious five-year-old son and heir,
your mother tells me she gives
you pennies to be good. Do you
think that is right?"
"Of course 1t ISL replied Willie.
You certainly don't want me to
grow up and be good for nothing,
do you?'
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Precocious Eighteen.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
| am eighteen and engaged to a
lady twenty-seven. We love each other
dearly I look much older than I am.
and easily pass for .twenty-three or
twenty-four. DO you think the diff
ference in age Is any obstacle to our
marriage? NJ L
1t need not be. But in your case,
since you are so very young. would
1t not be wiser to defer. your mar
rage for year or two? Meanwhile
you can both make sure Of the real
ity OF your affection. and of your
suitability to each other.
The Washington times., 1919-08-13
By Virginia Terhune Van
de Water.

OME u TIE 4fBA An0Nam AHLnOF4 81
Romantic Stories New Before
the Public.
CHAPTER XIII.
Copyright. 1918, star Company.
CATURDAY and Sunday passed
and Desiree said nothing to
her father about the loss Of
her pendant Why, she reasoned,
should she worry him7 He could do
nothing in the matter. Moreover.
heShad enough care with his own
business affairs without her mar
ring his rest days by anxiety.
But on Sunday evening. when
Mrs. DufEield was dining at her
brothers house, her niece conhded
to her the story Of her loss.
Mrs. Duffield was much concern
ed. My dear" she protested, you
must tell your father about this.
The police should be- notified"
"Why7'' Desiree argued. 1T
would only cast suspicious upon
innocent persons, and would do no
goods
Some one took that piece Of jew
cry" Mrs. Duffield insisted. And
the longer you defer learning who
that person is the less chance you
will have OF recovering your prop
erty."
ut is all mystery" Desiree said
II know that neither Norah nor
Annie took the thing I am sure.
they are honest"
1T would appear So" the widow
admitted, yet II never walked on
by itself What about SMITH"
eRidiculousr', Desiree exclaimed
with a sharpness unusual with her.
He knows nothing about IL"
You have questioned himF
Most certainly / have notY' the
girl retOrted. "It would be an in
suit"
@Tell Your Father
Mrs. Duhield shrugged her shout
ders. We'll, my dear-I will make
no more suggestions. But my ad-
vice to you is to tell your father
what has happened"
Later wis. in a day or two
the niece promised.
But the events OF the next day
drove the matter from her mind.
1t was a couple OF hours aftf,t
midnight when the bells and wills
ties announced for The second time
that the armistice with Germany
had been signed. This time the -.
port was true.
One would hardly Fave expected
that New York could repeat the en-
thusiasm OF a few days age, but she
made a very good imitation OF do
ing so.
Upon my word" ,Desiree OBJ
served that Monday morning at sc
breakfast table, I'VE AVerica1S Cer-
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Her Inconstant Lover.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 would like to have your opinion
OF q man with whom l have been
going about for the past Few years
and who Is salesman for a large
silk concern. Three weeks ago he
went TO Chicago and promised before
going to write me the first day he
arrived. But I have not heard from
him