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The Washington times., 1919-12-19

that all excitement be kept from
him. Indeed. for, months be will
have to be. kept. from all nervous
strain, If. as we hope. he comes out
Of this thing. I am sure that Doris
VIII understand why I say peremp-
torily that she must stay where
she IA"
Laura looked at Ruth as she laid
down the letter. HAS Doris sug-
gested going to Hugh?" she asked.
why, no-4hs has not She has
not even thought Of It, fancy"
There was silence. Ruth was
wondering II her words had i'm
piled q lack Of interest On her sis
ters part
I mean. ahe tried to explain,
that Doris is not one of the inde-
pendent kind who would think OF
taking that journey unless some
one could go with; her. And that
would be asking too much OF either
mother or me, you know.
Indeed II would" Laura re-
Joined. Doris is quite right about
it,
Ruth felt that perhaps she had not
been entirely sincere, for in her
heart she knew that Doris had not
the slightest wish to go TO Hugh I
She had been anxious about him
for she was certainly fond of him
but the wild desire to minister to
him, to care for him. had not been
hers.
Doris does not take things IN
erruSaI her sister
to herself 'She has not that kind
of rature-that's all ! wish |
had not"
Then she began TO talk TO Laura
OF other matters.
AS the days passed the news
about Hugh was more reassuring.
He was gaining in physical
strength yet was in sadly nerV-
Gus state.
"I shall bring him home as soon
as he is strong enough 10 travel.
his father wrote. at VIII be some
months before he is himself again.
The nervous shock has had a
wretched effect on him-woTse than
it would have had if he had been
in good condition before the acci-
dent. But he was worn out before
that.
I
felt that I was acting for the best
in allowing him To work so hard
and to learn all about the business
Self repnoaches are of no use. Now
my chief aim must be to build my
boy up. God only knows what is
ahead OF him. Whatever it is,
must help him bear it
Hts Eyes Injured.
What do you suppose thaL
means, RUTH" Laura paused to ask
Read further. Perhaps he ex-
plains" her companion said.
She felt a strange sense Of ap-
prehension stealing over her.
Laura read on aloud:
The chief physical injury thai
Hugh received was in his face-his
eyes especially. Therefore he must
wear bandage over the upper part
OF his face for a while yet. This
is, of course, only a temporary dis
comfort. but il makes him quite
helpless In getting about, even in
the little excursions from his bed
The Washington times., 1919-12-19
Brrr-Hefe Il Recipe
For q Shower Bath.

TodAys Economy Prize goes -
the following letter:
DEAR ELIZABETH LArrrMER:
wanted . shower bath and lust n
present couldn't afford IL, 80 I have
made . simple. convenient and chsap
Arrangement for a homemade shower
bath Punched . hole in the bottom
OF my tvo-gailon bucket, soldered in
the opening piece of metal piping
inches long, attached to the Pipe
foor-foot length of rubber tube with
eprayer from my garden watering
pot on tho end. Tied to the handle
Of the bucket piece of rope and ran
the latter through a staple driven iato
the wall at a suitable height thu,
making a pulley by which the bucket
can be raised or lowered to meet the
convenience of the person using the
shower. I have driven a hook below
the staple so that the rope can be
fastened TO IL to hold the bucket IN
place To cut OF the water A pinch a
clohcsptn onto the rubber tube Nv
husband was agreeabIy surprised when
he saw what 1 had done, and he, as
~eh as l, enjoy bathing under my
shower which answers well until I get
real one put in. / believe lots of
people would make themselves on.
should they read this and thereby
save more than dollar V is very
simple and cheap.
MRS. A.. G. WARE.
l7eo Willard St N W
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B OOKS

FOUR LITTLE JIGs THAT DIDN'T
HAVE ANY MOTHER BY Kenneth
G. Dufheid. Philadelphia: Hesry Al
temus Company.
THE WISH FAIRY OF THY JNsHrSE
AND SHADOW FOREST. BY Ai,ess
r. Colyer. Philadeiphis. Henry Al
tenus Company.
Two fine little bedtime books
for small children. The heroes"
of the books will delight the hearts
Of the young ones. as they are lit
tile pigs and fairies. and nothing Is
dearer to the child's heart than the
fairy. And the pigs, we'll they were
"out of luck" because they didn't
have any mother. and couldn't get
along very we'll because their faith
er didn't know what a little pig
should have TO live. so they roam
about and get In all kinds of rnis-
chief.
Then The fairy of Sunshise and
Shadow Fonst, TIE won0>rful
things ~shc daes w1l make py
SeanS heart GJ&d.
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81 PAID FOR EACH
DOLLAR SAVED
How T Saved a Dollar

= -
Here is a chances for every one
to earn a dollar by telling how
she has saved a dollar. II may be
q dpiiar or more j. MAJ have
bsen- saved IA . sJAs so- week.
HoYever, au that pattcrs Is HOW
IL was saved.
81 saved and 81 earned BY the
telling of the saving makes 81.
How about it; BE brief and write
onfS on ono side OF paper
I will award q prize OF 81 each
day for one Sof the suggestions
which ] print.
ELIZABETH LATTIMER.
y. S-n you want pSize, you
must be willing to have your name
Ard address, used, because that is
only fair to other Contestants, who
have a right to know that each
days prize winner is an actual per-
son. However, j am delighted to
have all sorts of ideas sent in,
which IL hot given a prize, will
be printed with initials only and
help the other readers.
II fsyour first letter doesn't get
a prize. try again. Even IL ii does.
that is no bar to your getting an
other If your idea is worth it
Ell
The Washington times., 1919-12-19
Cruel Pate!

AS his family knew wen. Atkins
was not q smoker. Recently be
was going to entertain soDe dis
tinguished guests. and wanted to Dc
the thing properly.
His nrst move was TO order some
particularly choice Havana cigars.
which cost half dollar each. But
IL seems the cigars arrived before
IL was made known st home that
the guests were expected.
That evening Mira. Atkins said to
her husband:
-Oh. by the way: some ciears
came for you todsy-evidentiy o
gift from some one, Knowing YOU
didn't smoke. I gave them to the
plumbers who were working In the
The Washington times., 1919-12-19

turc about halfinch deep. Be-
fore 1T is entirely cold cut ii in inch
squares Chopped nut-meatts may
be substituted for the marshmal.
lows, IL desired.
Cefree Cocsanut Pralines.
Observe the proportions and direc-
tions for making coffee marshmal-
low fudge, but omit the marshmal-
lows. Just before removing tho
mixture from the heat add a cup
full of shredded cocoanut. When
tepid beat the mixture until creamy
and drop II by tabiespoonfuls onto
oiled paper, for pralines are al
ways large.
CsHee Nut Prahnes.
Make according to the directions
for coffee cocoanut pralines, substt
tuting cupful of chopped walnut
meats for the cocoanut.
Creamy Cs6ee Drsps-
= cupfui very strong coffee
cupfuis light brown sugar
teaspoonful cream of tartar
n chofce OK vanilla. cinnamon and
Glove, or maple navoring
Combine all the ingredients, ex-
cept the nayoring, in a medium
sized saucepan; stir over q slow
heat until dissolved, then do not
stir any further, but cook until q
soft ball is formed when a little of
the mixture is tried in cold water,
that is. 23S degrees r. by tho
candy thermometer. Cool until luke
warm, favor, beat until creamy.
transfer to q small pitcher and drop
onto oiled paper, in amounts large
enough TO form candies of the shape
OF an ordinary cream peppermint
CsRee CAeesiate Caranels.
IL cupfui very strong coffee
LIS cupful rich milk
3-3 cupfuI moiasses
cupfuls brown sugar
squares (ox) chocolate
tabiespoonfuls butter Of hatf but.
:, tar and half very good margarine
1 cupful coarsely chopped walnut or
toasted. chopped Brasil nuta
Combine AL the Ingredients, ex-
cept the nutmeats and vanilla and
boil them slowly until when a little
Is tried In cold water, a ball of cara
mel texture is formed-c4s degrees
+. by the candy thermometer.
Flavor, stir in the nuts, beat q mo-
ment. then pour into q good-sized
bread pan, which has been lined
with waxed paper. Tho mixture
should be An inch deep. When
half cold cut in squares. Thsn
transfer In the sheet to q bread
board. cut and warp each ono sep
arateiy In waxed paper before
packing.
The Washington times., 1919-12-19

Doris. went you. Ruth" Laura
asked
YES. dear. viii" Ruth prom
lsed Vow that the news is bet
teri moan now that actual. dan
ser - oFer-you will not need me
here so much. and | will be able
to devote more time to the demands
of my own family"
She tried TO give the wordS
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Frank, At Any Rate.

After be bad been demobilisee-
Simpson vent 10 the photosrapher
and was taken in all sorts Of poses
In his uniform, soor to be dis-
carded-
He vas proudly showing AL thess
TO . friend. when be asked:
which do you think is the beat.
TomT"
The other man VA oissx(ted Al
Simpsons vanity. an1P replied
promptly:
Well personally. ytAink I Me-
best the oas -whses ov oso- ~vas-
tnt ths gas AASk"
The Washington times., 1919-12-19

TO an easy chair-and he rebels
against IT,
Yet. in the main, he bears his
misfortune very we'll His one de-
SIRE nov is to go home to be near
Doris. Tell her to be prepared to
give up a good deal of her time to
him. He seems to be living on the
thought Of her.
You will explain all this to
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His POtiou
Grows We're.

His Peuiticu
Grows We're.
might note here that the mAu
Who defended Muck was later ds~-
missed from the service, with Ancia-
er operative OF unauestionabls intse-
rtty. Aud wasn't Or. Muck dis--
pleased by their rcmovxi'
Read what he had 10 say 10 h.s
love. Mics Marvin. on the euh,ecs
In letter 10 her he wrote:
ut IL q sad fact. ths.
since the dismissal or the two
decent and honorable officiaia
in the local department of jus
ticc about fourteen days ago
and their replacement by Rath-
on-mea. my position here 10 ten
times worse than " ever was.
and the last New York scandxi
has made the whole pack mere
rsbid."
From this point osward, the Nuah
issue became natiosal. aAd euy es-
forts were Increased toward Pr
ting him where ne and his ~ b.
longsc-in an interment oeslp.
was soon ready for g -
the suburban maneson OF Miss Mar.
VIM Our chief assign>u snoxber
man to aid me in this -nsuer. AND
after thoroughly goirg over the
ground. We set out for The Horx
bay section to perform a most ur-
pleasant task AZ we approaeh-d
along the walk travsrsing The lawn.
middle-aSed proud looking ~e-
man met us.
She asked Whist our business VA.
q Bit naughty over our ''intrussor."
Woman Trsasssrned
Into TgresA.
II wish to see Mrs. Marvin.- 4
replied II am Mrs.. Mar
vim"
We'll, vixh to speak with you
conddentiAliy, on q matear OF eeNst
Importance" ! aAsweYed- She lea
the way into the house. and Af1er
we had taken chairs I said al
have q painful duty 70 perforn.
Mrs. Marvin As q Representatives
Of the United Statee Goveruneat j
have come to ask your permissfon
TO search your daughters room.
This transformed the cool, aristo-
cratic woman before sns Into q
,eritabie tigrcks. How dAse you
eSe W SSUStf my 03uX 01VIs pFf-
vste room che dosnan6ed.
We waited until she .miucd
down. and ] explained the situs tioe
as kindly "a I could. she threat
ened to esn the police. and In
formed her had authc~ity TO dir
u,iss the police who came. and that
IL would be best for her 10 submit
10 the request
Eventually she became meek.
May l telephone 10 my SOM shs
aSk ed. .t,r+
That Is the very eest thing 10
I sAefvtent 20 The seiephone and.
after talking With her son. re-
turned. saying: g
NY son said Grant their every
request; lei them 60 into every
corner OF the house and help then
Alt you can"
In Misc Marvin's bedchaspSer re
found . packet OF letters the rsri
had received from Muck. and the<
contained most of the CONNECTING
evidences we sought. BY Atting fhese
letters into Whist we already lad
discovered we were able TO arrest
the orchestra leader and sent. him
to For. Oglethorp~. where he should
have been interne6 a year before
(AA0tber lnstsD10ens TO0ogv~0l
=
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light turn. But she knew that she
was speaking them with an in
stinct of setf-protection. II Hugh
was TO return soon, she must get
out OF the habit OF coming 10 the
Rodney house regularly.
Hepceforward this would be
Doris place, not hers. -
CTs Ne Colfluueh.l
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know that ! was Justifsea in ~
garding DIR. Muck ss more. danger
QUE than half . oosen ~ven" cap
tsins at Washington Ia spite q,
my Avstro-HurgArfan sncestry, I
was for America F1rstr' and wss
deterYn,Hed to see the tAtuy
through.
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Documentary Proof
IL Given About Hin.

One morning about 3 o'clock four
of US were sitting in the smoke
filled pair OF tiny rooms, which
were the home of the Department
of Justice agents in Boston. ] was
one OF the four. One OF the Others
who had been working on one Of
the most important plots by Ger
man agents in the country, sud-
denly called me to his desk and
said:
swell, there IL is written in black
and white. j wonder what else
they want in Washington to prove
that DR.. Muck IL not. German. I
hold the original passport. showing
that he IL q subject of Switzerland,
and hold other documents proving
that his father was a Swiss subjec Z
You know a. we'll as do that IN
any country the citizenship of the
son follows that of the father"
A sealous defender of Karl Muck
In our midst! But my fellow agent
did not know that had other
knowledge regarding Germany.
activities in America. He did not
The Washington times., 1919-12-19
LoUe and Intrigue Mingle4
IN the Story OF Karl Muck
DepOrted Orchestral Leader
By fERI FELIX WEISS.
~. s. Secret Service Agent. }

A \ IMPORTANT point In the
~ letter from Karl Muck. de-
ported leader OF the Boston
symphony Orchestra, published in
The Times yesterday. is the rev,la-
Ton by Muck himself that he was
on a mission TO this country for
the Kaiser. Apparently the cam
paign then eeinS waged aSains,
Dr. Muck for his snti-American
expressions In connection with the
failure OF the Boston Symphony
orchestra 10 play The Star
spanSied Banner" al its Providence
concert was bearing greater fruit
than those making IL knew.
Verify, IL seemed to embarrass D,.
Muck's mission to such an exten,
that he had requested ''our Kaiser
to recall him to Berlin. and ex-
pected action on the request.
AT this point I think IL relevant
TO give an insight into the internal
conditions within the secret service
and Department OF Justice. 10 show
what difficulty many of it's loyal
agents met in handling cases such
rs that of Or. Muck. AT the out
break of the war America had prac-
tically no secret service system.
IL Is not known TO the average
American that America is the only
country in the world that did not
possess political secret service.
Only few people know, even to-
day. that our so-called secret ser-
vice had almost nothing to do. DUR
ing the war. with the hunting OF
Serman spies in America Our
secret service Is the inteliCence
~ he
partment. and its functions arc 10
hunt eounterfeiters ana guard the
person of the President of the
United States.
SO when Germany sprang the war,
her propaganda machinations
against. her enemies were directed
largely from this country. We
found ourselves wholly unprepa red
TO cope with the situation. The
heavy and unequal task had to be
undertaken by the investigation
bureau Of the Department or Jus-
tice.
And the tragedy Of Il all was that
the few of these men we had were
not ell reliable. The service WAS
infested with enemy agents that
were planted everywhere in almost
every Government department., and
quite q few native Americans of
Angio-Saxon stock were outright
pacifsts, or were infected with
Germanssm. IL they did not have
close German affiliations. Like
wise Germanism had captured some
OF our smart get" in the east. as
was evidenced in the Muck case.
when many upheld the fiddle against
the flag.
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turc about hAlf-inch deep. Be-
fore IT is entirely cold cut IL in inch
squares. Chopped nut-meatts may
be substituted for the marshmal-
lows, IL desired.
The Washington times., 1919-12-19
way, to Use ceHee rensa.t.
Cs2.s Fs.A..< s,sees.

i Flavor one-half the recipe Cor
Coffee Fondanf with varalla, and
work II into q roll about as wide
IN diameter as half dollar. Let
this stand q few hours, dip IL in
chocolate. roll In nnely chopped wall
nuts. and when nrm, cut IL with q
sharp knife In slices . fourth-inch
thick
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-01
ARMY CAMPS WILL
BE EMPTY BY FEB.
Secretary OF War Baker Says All Sol
diers In This Country Should Be
Home Within Five Weeks

The war department has no inten-
ton of retaining in the military serv-
ice for an indefinite period any of the
troops in camp in this country. The
troops are being demobilized as quick
ly as the machinery of the department
will permit. 1t is the expectation that
all the soldiers now in camp will be
freed from military service and be
back home by February /.
Secretary of War Baker today so in
formed Representative Igoe, of St.
Louis, who sought information as to
the intention of the department with
relation to the Tenth division.
Mr.. Bakers belief that all the men
will be home by February ] is founded
upon the fact that only 100000 men
now remain in the camps. With APP
proximately five weeks remaining be-
fore February / and 100000 men being
released each week the camps would
be emptied of men in that period.
Sixty-eight thousand American sol
diers had been returned from overseas
December 81, and slightly more than
100000 in this country had been mus
tered out of service, members of the
House military committee were told
today at their weekly conference at the
war department.
officers are being discharged at a
rapid rate, Chairman Dent said. ex-
planning that $4,000 had been released
since the armistice was signed. The
largest number of discharged officers
was in the chemical warfare serv-
ice and the fewest number in the medi-
cal section.
Troop movements from abroad on
ships now controlled by the United
States are limited TO 100000 men a
month, but the department hopes to
increase this to 100000 or 100000.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-01
NEWS OF IGLEHART

Mr. and Mrs. Brice Worthington, of
Sunny Banks" spent the holiday sea-
son in Washington with Mrs. Meekins,
Mrs. Worthington's sister.
Mr.. James Proctor and family, are
visiting with his sister, Mrs. B. Worth
ington, near Iglehart.
Private John Collins, of Camp Han
cock, was on furlough and enjoyed
the Yuletide season with his father,
Mr. George Collins, in the neighhor-
hood of Iglehart.
Miss Mary Nelke has been at home
for the holidays with her parents,
Lieut.. Carroll Worthington has re-
turned home and is now with his faith
er, Mr. Charles Worthington.
Lieut.. James Worthington has re-
turned home and he and his wife have
been spending the holiday season with
his parents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. LOOMS, of Baltimore,
were the holiday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kubitz.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Evans, of Sher-
wood Forest and son, have been spend
ing the holidays with relatives in An
Mr.. James Goodwin, of Sherwood
Forest. visited with friends in Annapo-
lis during the past week.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-01
BUTTER, 80 CENTS POUND,
is ONE-FOURTH WATER
Preparation OF Swindle Revealed As
Government Sues Shippers For viO-
IatiOn OF Food And Drug Act

How some consumers have been pay
ing as much as so cents a pound for
just ordinary water, under the guise
of process butter" is revealed in a
suit filed in the equity courts by the
government. The shipper of this ar
ticle, which has been found to contain
% per cent water, is being sued under
the food and drug act, and as a result
of this action the government expects
to break up what it terms an Unfair
practice
1t is claimed that 10000 pounds of
this process butter was sold to a
New York wholesaler at the top mark
ct price. being represented as the gem
uine article OF this shipment $500
pounds was water, and on the. basis of
so cents pound this water cost the
consumers 1000.
The governments complaint says
the substance is liable to confiscation
because of the quantity of water it
contains, and asks that the adulter-
ated food be disposed of by destruc-
ton or sale. The boxes containing the
product are said OF bear the manufac-
turer's declaration, process butter
strictly pure-one pound net"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-01
CONCRETE VESSELS TO
HAVE GREAT FUTURE

What Is to be the future of the con-
has sailed the seven seas successfully
and has been the subject of much COM
ment and commentator in New York
and wherever she has tied up; never
theless, the opinion is often heard that
the future of concrete boat construc-
ton lies mainly in the barge type.
OF much interest, therefore. is an
expert opinion of the contrary sort.
President Fougner of the Fougner
Concrete Shipbuiding Co., New York,
writes the Manufacturers Record that,
in his opinion, !" the future of the con-
crete ship lies in its use for seagoing
vessels rather than for barges, al
though undoubtedly the latter will be
largely used. PROFESSIONALLY con-
crete vessels, small and large, will be
used to very great extent in the oil
trade owing to the comparative ease
with which concrete tankers may be
built. The writer furthermore feels
convinced that for refrigerator ships
concrete should be largely used, and
it would seem quite possible that for
many trades, such as the fruit trade,
where insulation is desirable, but not
always provided. the concrete ships
should prove very superior to steel
vessels.
Owing to the almost complete abb
sence of vibration from propelling ma
chinery, concrete vessels are likely
to receive thought and consideration
as passenger ships far beyond what
may be apparent at the present time"
A vast vista is here opened up, for
concrete boat construction may be UNI
dertaken at almost any port on ac-
count of the well-nigh universal prev
alence of necessary materials, and
there is great saving in time and
cost over any other type of boat The
progress of concrete boat construction
will certainly be followed with great
interest by every one interested in
seagoing ships.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-01
GINNING PosToFFIcE
THESE DAYS REVEALS
ruORNS AMONG ROSES
,....ter IinthIcum Making Heroic
r9or1s To Give Service In Face
az Great Difficulties

.a-t.s az The postofiice the past Few
ling 10 illness of several OF
' a-' p, carriers among whom FLU" has
s - out again. have been at SKIES
IONS Pos master Linthicum
slu had 10 work hard, unloading and
i haa mail bags and wrestling with
- niles of mail incoming and out
going - as ., ono
- roites in the western section
s,bo civ for the regular carrier who
.s m was himself taken sick, and
- nayid Stallings is substituting.
,notber substitute is Howard Sweeney
,ebo Is working for Carrier Martin
Isckson. now i'll of FLU"
Motor Route A, has had no regular
e.,rier for some time. This route
covers from so to 81 miles and the
earrIer must furnish his own motor
car equipment and up-keep. Few are
utIllng to do this for the meagre sal
sry the position brings.
postmaster Linthisum had secured
a carrier for Motor Route A, but after
serving week or ten days, he too.
ras taken sick, and since the residents
along this route have had to be de-
arrived OF mail They have taken the
depriyation kindly, most of them, al
though few complaints have come in.
Postmaster Linthicum has new man
in view. and hopes to have the mail
route again in action in a few days,
probably the first of next week. The
postmaster has done his best and tina.
Inc motor route has had no carrier
for some time is not because of lack of
Effort on his part to provide a carrier.