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The Washington times., 1919-05-30
The Rhyming Optimist

or coin; forgiveness, Christian, /
might feel if you'd my car purloin.
For all of these | might some day
by labor hard regain; but when you
take my time away, it will not come
again. 1t is Hfe's one pure gift of
gold which lessons with each hour.
The sands OF time we cannot hold,
they are a feeting dover. Id wish
for those Of wasteful ways some
island in the sea. where they could
moon away the days, and not steal
time from me.
The Washington times., 1919-05-30
CHATTER XXXIII.
A Rat Hunt,

The interior of the entire house
was now in an uproar; shots came
fast from every landing; the semi
dusk of stair-well and corridor was
lighted by inCeSsant pistol flashes
and the whole building echoed the
deafening racket.
What do you make of it," shout
ed Sengoun. furiOusIy. standing like
q baited and perplexed bull Who's
The Washington times., 1919-05-30
By Virginia Terhune Van de
Water.
CHAPTER XII.


GHLEASE, ma'am, the car is
at the door"
Norah made the an
no6ncement to her mistress, who
stood in front of her mirror fasten-
ing on her hat and veil.
And, please ma'am," the girl
added impulsively, Smith looks
awful fine in his new uniform"
Desiree Leighton started slightly.
Uniform? You mean his livery,
Eorah."
"Oh, yes. ma'am-that's what I
meant. What with US all seem the
soldiers, and worryin' about them
so much these days, said uni
form without thinking. But Smith
does look very nice in his livery. L
couldn't help. but notice it"
Desiree regarded the girl thought
fully. It was quite unlike Norah to
speak so freely. She had been in
the Leightons' employ for over a
year, and she had never commented
upon the appearance of their former
Chauffeur. Desiree had supposed
that Eorah had fiirted with him in
a mild way-but had not detected
her doing so. 1T WAS plain that
Smith had impressed her more than
his predecessor had. She liked the
girl and. did not want to isnub her:
81 am glad II the new livery looks
we'll" Desiree remarked gravely.
"Yes'm-he-I mean il does. It's
a blue color-very dark. you know
Like the Innings of the big car.
And his overcoat has a fur collar.
It's very different" with a giggle.
from that old army coat he's been
wearing. I suppose the poor fellow
borrowed that off of some soldier
friend
aaiNo, it was"-Desiree began, then
stopped, remembering that her
father had assured Smith that
outsiders should not be told of his
having been in the service. What
a ridiculous promise to exact and
make!
Yes. ma'am?'' Norah was wait
ing, expectant.
Praise From Nora.
Nothing" Desiree said. at am
glad Smith has a good-Iooking
coat"
He had 1t over his arm" the girl
went on. 81 guess he thought ii
was too mild to put it on, and was
afraid to leave it in the car when
he come up the. steps to ring the
bell. He sure looked nice"
A swift suspicion seized Desiree.
did you tell him so?" she. de-
mznded
The girl coIored. "why. yes.
I did" she replied. when
1 opened the door for him I told
him he looked nice"
Desiree did not smile. Were I
in your place, Eorah,' she warned,
81 would not talk freely with a man
whom knew as little as you know
Smith"
mo. ma'am, I meant no harm by
It"
~And there was no harm in it."
the young mistress admitted, re-
lenting. But I only suggest that
you be careful about such things"
She went downstairs, wondering
It herself. Why should she object
10 her maids complimenting her
chauffeur on his appearance? Did
she fear that the girl would care
FOR this man. or was she afraid that
The man would take advantage Of
-he girls foolishness?
The Washington times., 1919-05-30
Puss in Boots
Jr.
BY David Cory.

Tany was a w@lshman. Tany was
thief
Tafy came to my house and stole a
piece OF beef;
wen; to TaGys house, Tahy wasn't
home,
Tai rTurr 70 my house and stole a
marrow bone.
49, Tany's house. Tany was IN
bed.
tool. g.. marrow bone and beat a5ou;
his head.
ss\YIELL. guess guess. you s.@ did what what
The Washington times., 1919-05-30
A Benediction.

\ woman. begging aims, accosted
a gentleman. and, seeing him put
ting his hand in his pocket. said.
May the blessings OF Providence
follow you" but when he pulled out
his snuff-box she Immediately added,
And never oVertake you!"
The Washington times., 1919-05-30
This Day in History.

THIS the anniversary of the death in 1910 of Peter Paul
Rubens the Flemish painter and of the masters
of all time He painted than 200 canvases most
of them of inspiring beauty RubenS highly educated
spoke six languages and exercised profound influence
through his artistic work
The Washington times., 1919-05-30
HINTS FOR THE
HOUSEHOLD

I = cleaning and polishing silver
backed brushes avoid the use
OF paste. as it may contain
PARTICLES of grit; use rather a piece
of flannel moistcned With am
monia. and rub the articles gently
until the STAINS and blemishcs dis
appear. AfterWa-d polish with a
good soft piece of chamois leath-
er. The bristles should have been
cleaned beforehand in not water
containing a few drops of the spir-
it. and then rinsed in clean cold
water and put to urain and dry on
a piece of plotting paper.
To clean paint that is not var
nished take a flannel and squeeze
nearly dry out of warm water and
dip in a little whiting. Apply to
the paint. and with a little rubbing
it will instantly remove grease,
smoke. or other stains. Wash with
warm water and rub with a soft
cloth. II will not injure the most
delicate color. but makes il look
like new. and lasts much longer
than If cleaned with soap and
water.
Beautiful books are generally
bound with leather, and if they are
In constant use the calf or morocco
soon becomes worn. To remedy
this, use equal quantities of white
of egg and water beaten together.
apply with a soft brush or piece
OF flannel. and when thoroughIy
dry polish with a fresh piece Of
flannel.
To darn table linen. stretch the
article smooth and tight in en-
broidery hoops. Remove the presser
foot from the sewing machine,
loosen the tension, slip the hoops
under the needle, and, without
turning the hoops, sew back and
forth until the hole is neatly filled.
Then turn the hoops and proceed in
the same manner across the stitch
ing already put in.
When cleaning pieces OF silver
with filigree work. apply the
cleanser with a soft old brush and
polish with a small piece of velvet
carpeting. The pile of the carpet
ing sinks down among the chased
work and cleanses and polishes 1t
better than anything else, without
scratching or injuring the silver.
The Washington times., 1919-05-30


Thumb stood near a butcher shop
in a small village. The butcher.
who had just spoken in rhyme.
shifted from one foot to the other
~ an uneasy sort OF way. But
hat isn't ALL" he went on to say,
II rather an anxious tone OF voice.
Tell us the worst, then" laugh
I'd Puss Junior. who didn't appear
very sympathetic, although the
name Tahy appealed to him and
made him wonder what sort of
person Taffy was.
1.-THE truth of the matter is the
butcher went on to say, 81 hit hin
a bit too hard with the marrow
bone. His head is in pretty bad
shape. and the doctor says it will
be some weeks yet before Taffy
sets out of bed"
Gracious me-" exclaimed Tom
Thumb why weren't you moro
careful"
That's just it," replied the
butcher. "Why wasn't | more cares
ful?" And then ne gave n sigh
and went into his shop to wait on
a customer.
Let's make a call on Taffy," said
russ Junior. SOMEHOW Ndil
help liking him. l don't know
whether it's on account of his name
or not. But Taffy sounds awfuily
nice to me-
ut tastes awfully good to me-
laughed Tom Thumb. You must
have him mixed up with candy.
That's the reason you like him, l
guess"
Come on and we'll soon find out.
cried Puss Junior. I'm curious to
see what Welsh Taffy' is like So
they both walked up the street, in
curing on the way where TafTy
lived. If the house Taffy owned
was any indication that Taffy was
a nice sort of person, it certainly
spoke well for him, for it was the
prettieSt and most hOmeiike little
place Puss had ever seen.
II like him already said Puss,
as he knocked on the door.
And in the next story You shall
hear what happened after that.
Copyright. 1910. David Cory0
Ito De COnuRued.)
The Washington times., 1919-05-30
To Clean Plate Quickly.

SHAVE quarter pound of yello| soap into two quarts
water and add little soda Let the soap dissolve then
put in spoons forks, etc. and boil for five minutes Then
rinse all the articles bowl of boiling water dry them
and rub well with leather flannelette duster
Evening star., 1919-08-31
Fierce.
| POLITICIAN was talking about
Senator Lodge.

A POLITICIAN was talking about
Senator Lodge.
Hes an able man. but a mighty
caustic one." the politician said. "The
polite way he can turn a chap downl
It's something fierce.
"A big New Yorker once called on
senator Lodge to try and persuade
him to change his attitude toward
an important bill. It happened that
the New Yorker suffered. Anyhow,
he made Senator Lodge quite a
speech, proving that IL he didn't
swing around he was doomed to po-
litical extinction.
The New Yorker was suffering
into his peroration when Lodge held
up MS hand and said in his blandest, !,
manner:
I'm afraid cannot understand
you now. Come again when you are o
sober.'" =
Evening star., 1919-08-31
MALLARD AND BLACK DUCKS.

themselves to in town. OF tho three
women. two were homing from some
entertainment that had featured the
"votes for women"-slogan on yellow
paper fans, while the other was q
spinstery sort of human who looked
as II she couldn't say boo" to a
goose-if you know the kind.
The tightly canned atmosphere was
variegated with tobacco that had been
smoked. dinners that had been eaten
and market baskets that snifingly
suggested dinners yet to come. 1t
was further streaked with the SHORTY
breathings Of a gentleman who had
gone to sleep trustingly with a wide
open bag OF peanuts in his lap-if
men have laps-and the military re-
marks Of red-eyed heavyweight
who kept up a continuous challenge
to all comers to stand up and see
which was the better man.
AS the passengers were obviously
not of heroic mold, and as the con-
ductor had well developed muscles
and the motorman was q tower Of
bones and sinews. the heavyweight
found no takers.
At one ill-chosen moment the peanut
man woke UP and extended his bag to
Mars. who had burst the bounds Of his
lawful seat and was lurching up the
aisle-don't ask where he got It," be-
cause-well. honest. you couldn't expect
one ordinary person to know everything,
could you? But. anyhow:
The heavyweight considered himself
insulted and ordered the peanutter to
stand up and see which was the better
man. But the peanut man didn't want
to stand up. So the heavyweight
hunched his shoulders. swelled out his
chest. reached down for that peanut
man and was just going TO-
The conductor, who had stepped out
front with the motorman, showed the
door open and looked in. The heavy
weight changed his mind. Then the
conductor closed the door again to keep
the rain out. whereupon the military
gent bulged out again. and. sising up
the crowd. issued his def to the whole
car:
II c'n show any guy here that I'm the
bes' manner the two-stan' UP an fight
me. one an all"
But the car was apparently filled with
pacifists who were glued. nailed, riveted
and padlocked to their seats. The glad
iator looked the arena over and picked
on the spinstery human for next"
SAY. lady. you know what liner goin'
to do?"
Here's your station-out with you
and don't forget that basket on the
platform"
The conductor had opened the door
long enough to yell his information
Then he shut 1t, and the heavyweight,
with one last hunch-up of his shoul-
ders, finished his remark:
Lady. do you know what Timer
goin' to do when I get outer this
blinkety-blank carr"
And the spinstery human. who
looked as II she couldn't say boo
to a goose. responded to the call:
"Yes, know. You are going home
Evening star., 1919-08-31
Coffee MarshmaIIoW Sundae

CuNDAES are always served indi-
vldually. Fill a sherbet or frappe
SASS moderately full with va
nilla or coffee Ice cream, or a COM
o'nation Of both. preferably using an
Ice cream scoop. Pour over coffee
marshmallow sauce. which should be
Ice cold. and serve at once.
Evening star., 1919-08-31
X X Around the City - =,

"vERYBODY has Q passing ac-
- Quaintance with poor old dead
railroad ties on q track. but
you never get on personally in
teresting terms until you meet up
with them stacked like cordwood in a
green world where every prospect
pleases and not even man is vile.
John Smith saw It first. When he
voyaged to its shores way back be-
fore the country was christened "Vir-
ginia." his story goes that for thirty
miles he met no human sign. but that
he and his companion had hardly en-
tered "a little bayed creek toward
Onawmanient.wh when we found all the
woods round about layed with ambus-
cades to the number OF three or four
thousand savages. strangely painted
and disguised. shouting. yelling and
crying as SO many spirits from hell
could not have showed more terri
ble."
John wouldn't know the place to-
day. The homes above his "fayrest
bodye OF water ever beholden by
man." look down from tree-sh AIDED
bluffs whose sides in midday seem to
be whitewashed with sunshine. It's
roads are forever chug-chuggy with
automobiles. just as the waters are
alive with steamers and launches and
along about the time that the rose
green sunset leadens into dusk some
giant gray winged vessel glides to
anchor at just the artistic point to
picture itself against the sky and
woods. And the people match the
place. which Is saying a whole lot
for the people.
The big vessel means railroad ties
red oak for one line and white oak
waiting for the inspector to come
along with his little hammer. If a
blow rings true on q white oak tie a
small boy, who follows with buckets
and brushes. marks 1t with dash Of
white paint. A red dash labels q red
oak. and when the inspection Is over
and the big vessel loads up and sails
away you know, deep down in your
heart, or way up where your soul
lives, that never no more will railroad
ties be to you SO many senseless gray
logs under steel rails.
You will see-always and always
the mighty oaks of Onawmanient
forest. and Whit the pungency of sap,
hear the true ring of hammer against
the true heart Of wood and sense the
peace and beauty Of world whose
own nearest railroad is sixty miles
away.
II you can't find Onawmanient in
the guide book see Nomini, where
John Smith went that time And when
you have seen 1t you will know.
4 4 y
A SUBURBAN car whizzed coun-
tryward in the night. And the
night was Saturday. with the city
lamps swallowed by the bla ckness
and a gusty rain beating at the win
dows as II II was crying to get in.
The passengers. mostly men, in
cluded commuters honestly tagged
out by a days work and natives who
were sluggish, or festive, according
to the time they had been treating
Evening star., 1919-08-31

has been certain he "bagged that one."
only to search In vain over the spot
where the bird went down. You've
simply got to "kill 'em dead" The
season on rail extends from Septem-
Der l to November 80. and tho bag
limit is twenty-five per person a day.
Another delicious dish 10 the black
breasted. golden and yellow-leg Cor
Evening star., 1919-08-31

to beat up your wife-and bet she
gives you what is coming to you"
Before the cataclysm could get in
heavyweight was spilled into the
rainy blackness-and that ended that.
What about 1t all? Oh. nothing
positively nothing. except II you take
the opinion Of the spinstery human
the trip was a whole lot more pictur-
esQue than any conventional day ride
down the Avenue. where there Is moth
ing more exciting than. say, sitting
behind a young thing who files her
nails from The Star building to Capt.
toll Hill. Or, which Is whole lot
worse, having to listen to somebody
telling somebody else about another
somebody who had red blood" in his
veins.
UTAFT missed a splendid chance to
make himself solid with the
women Of this country" The person
who was making the remark inter-
rupted herself to drop some oil in the
dressing she was making for lettuce
salad.
Perhaps he considers himself solid
enough already. What has he been
doing?" The person who asked was
observing the processes Of dropping
oil in the salad.
"Oh. nothing lately. just happen
ed to see In back file about his talk
to the aerial club folks. If he had
just barely mentioned that the first
aviator was q woman 1t would have
given us fair credit and done the
Wrights no harm. But, Of course. this
world Is of the masculine gender and
brave enough to speak up for our
rights. Pass the vinegar, please"
1--WE never heard Of any first wom-
an aviator and don't believe you ever
have. either. Don't make It too sour.
Who was she?"
Most people like a dash Of sugar.
I don't, but I'll put some on, II you
wish. Oh. yes, the Wrights may crib
all the medals they can carry, but all
the same the record goes to show
that
Old woman. old woman. o whittier 80 high?
To sweep the cobwebs out Of the sky
Il bet you'll say this is the best YOU
ever tasted"
And a sweet young thing in pink
voile and a straw tam. who was being
treated at the next table by a perfect
ly grand young fellow. wondered,
doubtless - her expression gave her
away-how two plain women who had
outlived their spring -chicken era and
forgot. could possibly manage to have
good times together without a bean.
q pink gown and plate of ice cream.
with raisin cake on the side.
She had yet to learn that every WON.
an at heart is a campaign document
and that most documents are interest.
Ing one way or another, and that
anyhow. youth isn't everything. There
are always compensations Glory be,
fohfikq .flffe
MAMIE LANCASTER.
Evening star., 1919-08-31

than almost any other kind Of game
bird.
Mayhew's meadow. south Of Ben
ming bridge. is q favorite feeding
place of the jack. and many nne bags
have been secured during the open
season, which commences November
and closes January 81. The jack is
wise old bird and one might hunt
Evening star., 1919-08-31


Gulf Of st. Lawrence south to Cali
fornia. Utah. Colorado. Kansas. Illi-
nois and New Jersey. and winters south
through Central America to Venezuela
and Peru. He is known as the mystery
bird. Where he comes from no one
seems to know: no one knows when he
flrst arrives and no one seems to have
over seen him leave.
To hunt the ortolan, successfully
one must start in about an hour be-
fore high tide. as it is only at high
water that a skiff can be propelled
.<yer the marsh. Pushing hunting
Skin over the reeds is-not an easy
task. by any means, and requires not
only a certain amount of physical
strength, but one must also have a
"knack" of handling his craft. For
this reason many sportsmen engage
q professional pusher who knows the
"bii dy" spots and is flrst-class
'.marker." Several birds may flush at
one time and the gunner is thus given
an opportunity to make double. His
pusher must not only mark" the
fallen birds. but must maneuver the
skiff so that the game Is recovered.
A peculiar thing about the ortolan is
that the wounded birds will dive and
cling to the grass or roots under the
water and drown themselves rather
Than be made captive Many gunner
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-07

voters let us see how each of these three numerically
nearly equal groups of states stand as TO votes cast in the
last presidential election in 1916. when the total for all
1917 page $500
AT the last presidential election in 1916 in the sew
enteen states of Connecticut. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa,
Kansas. Maine, Michigan. Minnesota, New Hampshire.
New jersey, New York. North Dakota. Pennsylvania.
Vermont. Washington. West Virginia and Wisconsin, each
OF which is represented BY two republican senators, there
were cast 10.329. 719 votes. being hfty.hve and seventy
two hundredths per cent (55.72oe) Of the total II ell
states
In the fifteen states of California. Colorado. Della
ware. Idaho. Maryland, Massachusetts. Missouri, Ne
braska. New Mexico. Ohio. Oregon. Rhode Island. South
Dakota. Utah and Wyoming, each OF which is repre-
sented b yone republican and one democratic senator.
there were cast 5.253,7 votes. being twentyeight and
thirtyfour hundredths per cent (~2S.34os) OF the total in
all states.
And in the sixteen states of Alabama, Arizona. Ar
kansas. Florida, Georgia. Kentucky. Louisiana, Missis-
sippi. Montana Nevada. North Carolina, Oklahoma.
South Carolina, Tennessee. Texas and Virginia. each Of
which is represented by two democratic senators. there
were cast 1854, 746 votes. being fifteen and ninetyfour
hundredths per cent q5e40e) OF the total IN all states.
That is to say. more than one-half Of all the votes
cast in 1916 Ito be exact 55.72ee) were cast in states rep
resented by two republican senators; more than a quar-
ter of all the votes (o be exact 2sS4aO were cast in
states each represented BY one republican and one demo
cratic senator. and less than onesixth of all the votes
Cto be exact 1890 were cast in states represented by
two democratic senator's"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-07
THEY'VE HAD THE FLOOR.

II the people misunderstood the league of nations
covenant as President Wilson suggests. it must be the
fault of the administration press agents. who have fur
nished most OF the stun printed on the subject in the
periodical press, the metropolitan newspapers, shown on
the movie screens and spoken from the chautauqua cir
cults. Not since the downfall Of the kaiser has a propa-
ganda machine worked so widely, silently and efficiently.
But 1t hash been working on as plastic material as the
propaganda that has deluded the people of countries
where the hieherups are expected to do all the thinking
for the people. Isn't it ludicrous for a President whose
every word on the subject has been carried for months.
and whose means Of influencing public opinion are vastly
greater than those Of all other elements in the country
combined, TO profess 10 believe that the opposition has
had the advantage In the matter Of publicity?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-07
WHY?

Some pertinent questions are asked by Jonathan
Bourne. a we'll known Washington publicity man, who
says:
The president asked congress TO extend the life of
the present food control act and include other comrnod
tiles: to exclude goods from interstate commerce If law
is not complied with; to impose a penalty for prohteering;
10 limit the cold storage period; to require pricemarks
on storage goods. TO require producers pricemarks on
interstate goods; and to license and regulate corporations
engaged in interstate commerce to prevent 'unconscion-
able profits He then attempts TO make the regime Of
prices a vehicle for hustling the peace treaty through
the senate. declaring there can be no peace prices so
long as our whole financial and economic system is on a
war basis When the peace is signed We are promised
relief. Then. why extend the life of the food control act
beyond the time when Mr.. Wilson proclaims peace And
that is the tenure of life guaranteed il in the organic act.
That act was exactly what he asked for. Why was the
food administration permitted to lapse during these crit.
.ical months? The truth OF the matter is. MI. Wilson has
pretty nearly all the authority required now at his com
mand to carry out his program. He can no more pass
the buck to congress with respect to food conditions than
he could respecting railroad conditions But the Republl
tan congress may be relied upon to do what il decently
can do to pull him out of the muddle in which after
seven months inattention to domestic affairs he discovers
himself"