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The Washington times., 1919-01-09
When a Girl Marries
A STORY OF EARLY Welded LIFE
Anne Finds Jim Playing for Stakes
With Envy, and the Last Named
Wins Also in Witty Battle

playing up" Instead he called in
great amusement:
You look pretty enough to kiss,
kiddie-all flushed and windtossed, !,
It's q pity i can't run over and do
il, but ! refuse to appoint Sheldon
a committee Of one to attend to ii
for me. Instead. like a dutiful
wife. you come to Friend Husband"
How disappointing you are. jim
mie," cried Envy with a quick flash
of her eyes at Sheldon. ANY reg
ular husband would be Jealous of
our handsome Shelly. Can't you see
how dangerous he is?"
Jim laughed, and Sheldon Joined
him. But in that laugh OF shell
don's ] read full consciousness of
the thing Envy had tried to convey
namely. that 1 wasn't thinking
of him at all, but was using him
to make my husband aware Of the
charm 1 might have for other men.
When reached the couch. Jim
drew me down to his side. gave me
a careless kiss. and said:
"Anne, want you to persuade
Envy to take the money she won.
Twice we played double or quits,'
and both times that clever child
defeated me utterly. Some checker
queen, Envy. Take your money,
lady champion"
Jim. how often do we have to go
over that?"' Evvy's voice was sharp.
II won't walk out Of here with
about SO of. yours, like q regular
little card shark-that's all. /
WON'T"
Evvy wins out.
Don't be silly, Envy. You wor.
didn't you? Well, believe me, ii
I'd won I'd be taking the spoils.
And also believe me, next time we
play I'll rake in my pile IL I'm the
winner. Otherwise what's the use
Of playing? How about it, Shelly?"
Sheldon looked uneasily at Envy.
'Oh, why all the fuss, Jimmie
boyT' broke in the girl before Shell
don could reply. You don't have to
call in Anne and Shelly as referees.
This is between US. came to amuse
an invalid, not to fleece him. You
weren't playing your usual game,
and all bets are off. II hear an
other word about this filthy lucre
I'll never play any games at all
with you any more"
Was this the cause, the only
cause, of that strange silence when
/ came in? Still questioning, 1 be-
gan mechanically to insist that
Envy take her winnings, but she
waved me aside almost angrily.
stop pickering over a trifle!" she
cried with utter Indifference to the
money.
Then she slipped into her motor
coat and dragged Sheldon off with
an impudent little parting shot:
"Tf you'd behaved, Jimmie-boy,
I might have suggested sending
our two fresh-air fiends out to dine,
while we had a cozy little party in
the candlelight"
Before anyone could reply the
door slammed
Would you have liked that
party in the candlelight? ask
ed breathlessly.
"Yes, with you," murmured Jim
You darling"
I flung myself at his side, and
there, staring at me insolently. was
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Overstocked.

A Newcastle miner lodging at a
certain house on the outskirts OF
the city had a penchant for music.
A friend called to spend an evening
with him, md after a varied pro-
gram OF music had been gone
through, and he was letting his
friend out at the street door, he
remarked, "Aaim thinkin' O. getting
a pair O. dumb bells: will ye cum
an practice Wi me-" This was too
much for the long suffering land
lady. 'Ye hev a pianner. n fiddle,
an a trumpet" she shouted down
the stairs. mo mair musical IN
strumeats Gums inter this hoose!"
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told you In the last story,
~ when Puss Junior wake up
he was hungry as ever, so
- he said to Goosey Goosey
Gander, Let US walk q little way
through this wood. perhaps We may
come across a cottage"
So they walked and walked. and
at last they came to q funny little
house near . sparkling brook. So
they stopped and looked in And
here Is a New Mother Goose Land
verse which q little bird began to
sing from . tree near by:
Six little mice sat down to eat.
Pussy passed by on tiptoe feet:
What are you doing. my little
nicer"
Eating Johnny's cake and 1t tastes
real nicer
"Shall 1 show you. my dears. how
to pull out the plums!"
NO, thank you, Miss Pussy, you
might bite off our thumbsr'
This made Goosey Goosey Can
der laugh, but IL didn't make Puss
Junior even smile. He was now so
hungry he didn't know what to DO.
So he tapped on the window. and
when the little mice saw him,
would you believe il. they opened
the door and said. Come in, for we
know who you are!"
So in walked our small traveller,
and Goosey Gander followed. and
pretty soon the six little mice had
all sorts OF nice things for them to
eat, and after that Puss Junior told
them q story about the three blind
mice whose tails were cut off BY
the farmers wife.
And II was all on account Of
their eating her nut cake" added
Puss. "and she told me II they
would promise not to take even an
other nibble she would give them
back their tails.
well. spoke to them. for they
had run off some distance, and than
1 came back to the old farmers
wife and she gave me the three lit
tie tails and then returned them
to the mice. and you should have
a mouse without a tail does not
look like mouse at all. you know"
Well. after that, Puss Junior said
good-by, and. taking his seat upon
the Gander's back. few into the air
and over the treetops far away.
and by and by they came to a cave
in the mountain side where there
lived an old bear who was first
cousin to the bear who was so fond
OF Snow-white and Rose-red, whom
Puss had met in an early adventure.
oh. a long time ago.
And as the Gander was wing
weary they alighted near the cave
and spoke TO the bear. who was
sitting outside in the sun.
"Welcome to my mountain he
said. MY cousin has told me
about a cat who wore boots. who
once helped him regain his human
form. Alas. am = prince. also, but
no one has yet come to deliver me
from the spell"
At these words Puss touched him
with the little gold ring he wore
on his big toe and-would you be-
lieve 1.-THE bear became a hand
some prince I'm a moment. and the
cave turned into a stately castle.
Copyright, 1919. David Cory.
To BE Continued.
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Hygiene For
Child's Mouth
ny BRICE BEI.DEN, Ia ID.

"H HE care Of Q child's teeth
should begin before he 10
born: that In to say, an az
pectant mother must keep
her own teeth In good condition.
for upon her own nutrition win de-
pend the nutrition OF her baby and
the proper development Of the
baby's teeth Unless such . moth
ar keeps her teeth In good eondi-
ton she cannot mAstieate and d.
gest her food properly.
It IL Q mere superstition 20 BE-
Ifeye that the teeth OF an expect
ant mother should not be KEPT In
As good repair as those OF other
people. and that loss OF teeth Is en-
inescapable penalty OF motherhood
Good teeth and . well-balancsd
diet In q mother mean good teeth
in q child, provided that the child's
after birth
Thumb sucking and the use Of
pacifiers cause distortion OF the
roof of the mouth and irregularity
Of the teeth when they appear. I'm
slightly prominence OF the upper
teeth comes about in this way.
Sore mouths in babies would sell
dom occur IL cleanliness were strict
ly observed. Cleanliness means
swabbing out the mouth three times
a day with sterile gauze or ab-
sorbent cotton wrapped around the
little finger, using warm boric acid
solution as a mild and harmless
antiseptic.
The first. or milk teeth. should
not be allowed to decay and drop
out without any attempt to pre-
serve them. These teeth should be
inspected by the dentist every four
months. beginning at the second
year. Cavities should be filled and
the teeth made to last for num-
Der Of years. Some OF these milk
teeth are needed for five years and
others for ten or more. Nowadays
II is believed that the milk teeth
should receive just as much atJen-
tion as the teeth Of adults.
II the milk teeth fall out too
early the permanent set do not take
their place in proper alignment. for
IL is the roots OF the milk teeth that
guide the permanent teeth in the
courses OF their eruption. Do not
have any milk teeth extracted IL
they can he saved.
Mouth breathing due to adenoids
causes irregularity Of the teeth on
account OF changes in the upper
Jaw. So that part Of our mouth
hygiene program may involve the
removal of these disfguring
growthk
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Little BObbie's Pa

yeers OF the future with only .
thot now & then OF them witch we
loved in them days wich has went.
sed Pa.
Who started this talk. sed Ma.
Bobbie, sed Pa. he was asking
me about Aunt Doll. But as I sed
befoar, sed Pa, let the past be for
got in the splendur OF the Peaceful
Present, sed Pa Wen 1 feel blue
now sed Pa. always think of the
Kiser & git a good Ian. & then Pa
began to read his paper I went
to bed.
The Washington times., 1919-01-09

~ OLONEL HOUSE, Presloent
Wilson's right-hand man,
possesses q ready wit.
Just before leaving
Washington in order to be present
at the Versailles conference, he at
tended a reception at q fashionable
woman's club.
Handsome matrons were to be
seen on every side, but not one OF
them had gray hair. All were gold
en- blondes.
A male friend pointed this out to
House, at the same time expressing
mild surprise.
NO need for wonder" said the
gallant colonel, his eyes twinkling.
You must understand that after
forty women keep their hair light
and their age dark"
Here Is story concerning Sir
j. nur Pincro.
it appears that he was on the
point of rchearsing new play,
the rehearsal being timed to begin
at IL o'clock
Looking around at the assembled
company. he noticed that one lady
was absent
Where is Miss Blank" asked
Sir Arthur, sharply, Of his stage
manager.
she. has permission to come at
II 80" was the reply, "as she Is
washing her head"
Nonsense" growlcd Sir Arthur,
in pre- ended anger, as he took OF
his hat, displaying his bald head.
"Why, wash my head every morn
ing. yet I'm never late for rehear-
sails"
The Italian premier. Signor Or
lando, has a brother at the aviation
school at Venice. The premier
visited him one day, taking a lady
with him.
MY brother" said Sisnor Orlan-
do, enthusiastically explained
everything to US. and asked the
young lady IL she understood IT all.
"'Yes, she replieds all but one
| thing
"'What's that
"'What makes the aeroplanes
stay up""
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the pile Of bills and coin Envy had
refused to take. For the second
time in my brief. married life q
hoard of winnings grinned at me
from that refractory table as IL it
were by evil genius. 1 touched the
money with an experimental fore
finger a. IL expected II to snap at
me.
"Jim, you can't let her fling back
the money she won like this. Why
don't you buy her somethingT
Jim pushed the money to corner
Of the table.
when buy any gifts they will
be for you" In his voice was a note
of the tenderpess I loved to call
UP. Then in q moment he went on
almost brusquely, "Tn find a way
to square this with Envy. Now for
some more double-entry."
And picking up a volume from
the couch at his side. Jim went
back to his bookkeeping.
To BE Continued.
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CHAPTER Xxx.

Copyright. 1918. King Feature Syndicate
n Y the time Sheldon and re-
x turned from our drive twl-
light had deepened to dusk,
and both OF Us were in a sub
dued, before-dinner mood as we
left the gray car at the curb and
hurried up to my apartment
Candle-lit dusk greeted US when
we entered--dim lights and q hush
that was almost startling II seem
ed to be that absolute quiet that
follows some electric movement
Hello, the house! Do Rip Van
Wrinkle and the Sleeping Beauty
abide here?' called Sheldon ban
teringly.
felt grateful to him for break
ing the spell; but il could be ban
ished only by dispening the shad-
ows and mystery of the room So
] pressed the switch and flooded the
place with light. Then Envy laugh
ed nervously and cried:
Say, you two barbarians from
the outer world, don't you know a
glare like that is bad for Rips
syes['
Then something in my bsain went
-click." ENVY. il seemed, was loath
to have the lights go up until she
and Jim had q little time in which
to collect themselyes-to adjust
themselves to our presence Again
abe made me feel the intruder the
outsider in my own home. For
second ] was actually heartsick-
and then / remembered Sheldon's
hand on my hair. II he would play
up to me now, perhaps Jim would
notice and recognize that whats
sauce for the gander" may be very
saucy for the goose
/ turned to Sheldon
A Provocative Remark
This isn't as inspiring . lighting
scheme as that wonderful sunset
or the dusky little path in the park
Il ft?' said in . voice I hoped was
provocative.
sheldon got his cue
Hush! That's our own special
path-Lady Anne-and we don't
want to share IL with the world,
he murmured.
"our path-all ours! You
haven't shown il to another
soul?'
As 1 asked it. I whipped off my
hat and fluffed up my hair with
my fingers. smiling with little
of that world wisdom that prob
ably was born In Mother Eve
.It's all ours. and IL you'll only
stand with the candle-light on that
wonderful hair for q minute more.
I'll be tempted to offer you the
world-not q mere path"
And II pose in the light
for an hour" asked, daringly.
will you promise to stay. and keep
me from getting tired and-lone-
ly7" .
you try me!'
As he replied, Sheldon came to
my side and slipped . supporting
hand under each elbow His eyes
sparkled. Evidently this was q
game he liked playing. Truth to
tell II made me most uncomfortable
but to counterbalance that there
was the hope that Jim would notice
how the man in the case was
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But didn't he tell you where he
was going?"
He didn't even tell me he was
going. Herr. He just vanished"
when was thisz"
Somewhere about the frst week
in July II was the week
OF the bad news from France"
The message was dated July I, I.
remembered.
Il have a good set Of Swedish
papers," the Jew. continued, ''very
respectable timber merchant .
with those one could live in the
best hotels and no one say a word
Or Hungarian papers. q party re-
jected medically very safe
hose, but perhaps the gentleman
doesn't speak Hungarian That
would be essential
II am in the same case as my
orother." 1 said. "I must disappear
Not q deserter. HERR The Jew
cringed at the word
Yes" I said after ALL why
not7'' -. So
Il daren't DO this kind OF busi-
ness any more, my dear sir. I really
daren't! They are making IT too
Come, Gomez said, you were
boasting just now that you could
smooth out any difficulties. You
can produce me q very satisfactory
passport from somevhsre I am
sure!s .---...
Passport, Out OF the questIoa.
my dear siri Let once one Of my
passports 90 wrong and am ruin
ed. Oh, MOI no passports where de-
serters are concerned! don't like
the business It's not safe
At the beginning OF the war
ah! that was different! OF, Of. but
they ran from the User and from
Yprez! OF. oil, and from yeTduni
But now the police are more watch
full. Noi It A not worth iti II
would cost you much money, be-
Sides .f..s -
1 thought the miserable cur was
trying 20 raise the price on me. but
1 was mistaken He was frighten-
ed: the business was genuinely dis
tasteful to him
- I tried, a. . fnal attempt to per-
suade him. an old trick; I showed
him my money. He wayered At
once, and, after many objections.
protesting TO the last. he left the
room. He returned with . handful
OF filthy papers
Il oughtn't to DO it| know I
shall rue ft-but you have overper-
suaded me and liked Herr Eichen-
holz, . noble gentleman and free
with his money-see here, the pa
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ITO BE CONTINUED ToMoRRovl
Aerolitic Alarm.

Harrikins. special constable
was relating some Of his expert
ences to a friend. Last week" said
he, there were three youths stand
ing at the corner OF a street and
the moment they saw me they
boIted RS " for their lives I WAS
greatly surprised. because But
surely" Interrupted his friend, "a
bolt from the blue Is usually sur
'prising!-
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Puss i'm Boots
Jr.
BY David Cory.
By David Cory.
BY David Cory.
By David CO

A told you in the last story,
~ when Puss Junior wake up
~ he was hungry as ever, so
= he said to Goosey Goosey
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7 DOANT know why 1 doant hear
from Aunt Doll. sed Pa: she
sed she was going to rite me a
. letter.
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ANECDOTES OF
THE FAMOUS

~ OLONEL HOUSE. President
Wilson's right-hand man,
possesses Q ready wit.
~ Just before leaving
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This Day in Our History.

THIS is the anniversary of The first balloon ascension in
this country ltwas made in Philadelphia in 1793 and
it is interesting in view of the rapid strides scronsucs
made in the past few years Even twenty-five years ago
the idea of dirigble arshp was largely dream
The Washington times., 1919-01-09
The Club-FOOted Man
A NEW SPY SERIAL BY VALENTINE WILLIAMS
Kore Provides Desmond With False
Discharge Papers and Gets Him
a Job as a Waiter

tsynopsis OF PRECEDING Chapterxl
Desmond OkeWood. British army Of
hcer. goes TO Germany In search Of his
brother. Francis. q member Of the Brit
ish secret service. At small frontier
town o man nsmed senIin. q German
Government agent. drops dead In hts
room. Desmond appropriates Semlins
papers and assumes his Identity. He
reaches Berlin without incident and 70
conducted into the presence OF General
Won Boden. an aide OF the Kaiser.
Desmond. having convinced Won
Boden he Is really Semlin. is usnst %
into the. reeidence OF The katp-r.
Later he receives q cipher messAFe
from his brother. Francs
Desmond meets Clubfoot. Who e1-
plains what he wants Of 6emlin-
Desmond encounters Monica. Who
hides him from Clubfoots men. She
explains that Clubfoot's Identity IN .
mystery to her.
The amateur spy N forced 20 Zee
from his hiding place and 10 adrift In
Berlin. -..-.
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Earth NoU Nearest the Sun.
MANY people do not understand that Winter In the
northern hemisphere corresponds with the time when
the earth in that part of its orbit is nearest the sum- Inns
position is called perheon, and its time in the calendar
varies very slightly from year TO year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-03

We have said that nothing in the his
tory OF the tire industry approaches
the intensity Of favor in which Good
year Tires today are everywhere held.
In support Of this assertion we have
only to cite the present situation, in
the light Of the enormous production
our factories are delivering.
Last week, for example, our Akron
plants alone averaged the immense
figure Of 1880 finished GOODYEAR
Tires per day, while the daily output
Of cur Canadian factory was we'll
beyond 1000.
Even this amazing total is SO plainly
insufficient to meet all demands that
we are now at work on a plant in
Los Angeles which will afford an
additional daily capacity Of several
thousand.
It can scarcely be deemed peculiar,
in view Of the remarkable PERFORM
ance OF Goodyear Tires, that public
preference for them should be SO
pronounced.
The leadership they enjoy is no more
than the logical consequence Of the
fine and faithful service GOODYEAR
Tires have year after year given users.
~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-05
EDISON JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL NOTES

During the home room activitie
period yesterday afternoon all the
boys of the school were assembled
in the auditorium where they were
addressed by Scout Commissioner
DR.. John II. Eager.
William Heagy, Obs, vice-presi-
dent of Edison community, presided
over the meeting. Miles Sewers
Obs, presided at the piano. The
boy cheer leaders, Chief Harold
Track. Obi; John Carl, 9B-2, and
Louis Hines, Obs, led the cheering;
Cheers were given for DR.. Eager
after which the boys sang a stanza
of America" Mr.. Wailize then in
troduced DIR. Eager, who gave the
boys a very interesting and instruc-
tive talk. tv
For a time it was thought that the
orchestra would be considered as II
club and it's practices held during
club periods, but it has been decided
that it will be n distinct organiza-
ton and will hold it's practices after
school hours each Thursday even
ing. The practice last evening was
we'll attended. The organization
promises to offer the student body
many musical treats when it is
finally organized.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-05
Ministers Appealed to
in Efforts to Check
tuberculosis Ravages

Colonel Edward Martin, State
Commissioner of Health, to-day is
sued an appeal to the ministers of
the State to aid in the Red Cross
Seal campaign, supplementing the
appeal to the school children to give
of their saving for the health of
others. The Colonels appeal to the
children gave a few simple rules to
follow to avoid the disease.
In his appeal to the ministers the
Colonel says that last year 1885
persons in Pennsylvania died of
tuberculosis and that this year there
will be as many with 10000 more
who are in a serious state of health
from il.
These people are mostly too Grip
pied to work. Some could get we'll
if they had a fair chance. Many are
,ipreading the disease to little chill
dren with whom they come in close
and constant contact and who will
in turn become invalids. and die
about the time they should become
self-supporting," says he. The teach
ing to make them we'll will be done
by nurses and doctors whose work
will be aided by the Red Cross
seals.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-05
BONILLAS SAYS
HE NEVER AIDED
ANY RED MOVE
Mexican Ambassador Denies
Fall Charges of Spread
ing BolsheVism

Washington, Dec, b,=aehefei dea
n,ai of charges by Senator ran that
he had attempted 90 spread Bola
shevist propaganda N this country
is made by Mexican Ambassador
ssaaiiias, who declared that he hha
not AT any tlms "aaae ahsthihs w
--s-.laE- rtreufAHn go Hiut '"'e'"
passivciy. dIFerry-.s-.l....s -
OF the disturbing eIenchtH fefcftcd
to either In the United states or
Mexico"
Ambassndor Bontllas said his gov
ernment not only did not wish TO
foment disorder In the United states
or spread radical doctrine, but hal
taken energetic steps TO prevent It's
spread In Mexico.
The Ambassador said in his state
ment:
Senator Falls charges greatly
surprise me. for the hurttulness OF
them must be obvious TO all.
II have been the Ambassador OF
Mexico and residing In Washington
as such for two years and eight
months, and l have not during that
time or at any other time done any
tting TO foster. encourage or aid, ac-
lively or passively, directly or indt-
rectIy. any of the disturbing ele-
ments referred to either in the
United States or in Mexico.
"The Mexican Government not
only does not wish to foment dis
orders in the United States, nor 10
srread anarchistic doctrines here,
but on the contrary, my government
has taken energetic measures to pre-
vent the spreading in Mexico of such
doctrines"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-05
MUNICIPAL BAND
ELECTS OFFICERS

officers of the Municipal Band
for 1920 were elected recently as
follows: President. Irving f. Rob-
inson: vice-president. Charles r.
Snyder: recording secretary Frank
b. McGinnes. financial secretary.
Frank Blumenstine; treasurer. II.
G. Hassler; manager, Frank Blu
menstine: assistant manager. Ben
jamin katZman; librarian, Hassler
Einzig: assistant librarian, Kenneth
Hoffman; conductor, Frank Blu
menstine; assistant conductor, Harry
ID. Sollenberger; trustees. Fred d.
Sears, Alpha Foltz, Seth II. Barn
hart. John II. Lentz, Frank B. Nc
Chimes, William H. Hoyt.