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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
The Awakening of Helena Richie
By MRS. MARGARET DELAND
Condensation hu MRS SARA WARE RASSETT

In 1906 Margaret Defand, after hav-
ing written several other books, gave
to the public the fruit Of her maturer
skill in The Awakening of Helena
Richie" The volume is dedicated to
Dorin Deland. who has since died, and
no wife could have reared a more
magnificent monument to honor one
dear to her than Is this masterpiece
which stands. and will stand. for all
that is best in creative fiction.
- The story Is SIMPLE.
Stripped of the charm of its setting,
and the subtle delicacy of its treat
ment. we have a tale presenting few
characters, and with no very extended
scope for fiction. 1t Is in its emo
tional qusllty that its power lies; and
this emotion centers about the moral
conflict of the heroine and her transit
ton from n creature seeking mere hap
piness to a woman of alert conscience
and aroused soul
The scene of the novel is the same
small Pennsylvania town in which
Mrs. Deland has placed two previous
books: ''Old Chester Tales" and Doc
tor Lavendar." and 1t is with pleasure
that We continue in this later work
our acquaintance with several of the
characters already introduced to US in
these earlier writings
At the opening of the story Mrs.
Richie has come to Old Chester and
taken up residence in the Stuffed AMI
NAL House." so called because its for
mer owner was taxidermist. She Is
little known to the villagers, living an
isolated existence. and stunning any
intimacy with the townsfolk; neverthe-
less she IS universally respected. There
is, to be sure, an atmosphere of mys-
terry enshrouding this beautiful strang-
er who is possessed Of a culture and
poise that place her a strata above
the simply bred inhabitants of the
sleepy little settlement, but since she
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home on bet two years later, " n,
were free TO make his choice Of 8
wife. The man who is the ideal o.
all her dreams this year. may sttrac
a woman as little. next season. az
her last summers hat
The man and girl who love escl
other, but who may not marry a.
once, may confess their love anc
have an understanding that wheu
the time comes. IL they are still IL
the same frame OF mind. they wi
enter the holy estate together. b 4
that is as far as they should a
There should be no engagement.
chains. no letters. The man shot
keep himself free to come back
not as he plesses. The girl shot |
be free TO enjoy her girlhood
take a better man IL he comes aloi
instead Of spending her youth on
anxious scat.
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brings home to her the gravity OF
defying social responsibility. What
she has hitherto regarded as a scorn
for convention she now sees to be a
crime against humanity. All her be-
ing is rocked with self-reproach.
But the Lord was not in the earth
quake.
1t is not until Dr. King forces her
to confess her guilt. and tells her she
must give UP David, that we reach
the climax of the drama. Then all
the wild mother instinct OF the woman
leaps into being. She Is a ioness
fighting for her young. She will give
up Prior: in fact she does give him
up. But she will not part with David.
She begs. brides. prays; but Willy
Kings conscience will not permit him
to listen to her entreaties. She must
send the child back to DR.. Lavendar.
or he must acquaint the good minister
with the entire story.
In an effort to forestall this action
Mrs. Richie herself goes to the rec
tory and before she leaves II she looks
into the face of her own soul and
pronounces her doom.
The whirlwind of anger had died
ouls tiC cilOOh VI iSSpOuoloihty nav
subsidized; the hiss of those flames of
shame had ceased. Sne was in the
center of all the tumults, where lies
the quiet mind of Cod
When DIR. Lavender asks her IL she
thinks herself worthy to keep the
child she humbly whispers: No"
And after the fire. the still Small
Voice.
At last the woman's conscience is
aroused. her repentance is sincere, and
we have the true Awakening Of
Helena Richie"
How wisely DR.. Lavender meets this
crisis in the shattered life. allowing
her to taste to the full the dregs OF
remorse and suffering; and yet how
mercifully and gently he leads her up
ward toward hope and desire for
restitution constitute the remainder
of the story.
The kind old man suggests that she
make her future home in a distant
city where her past will not follow
her and where she may start anew.
and he asks that on the morning Of
her departure she come to him for q
package which he wishes her to take
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goes to church. Is quiet and decorous,
and gives herself no airs. she furnishes
no cause for criticism.
Her only visitor is Mr.. Lloyd
Prior. known to Old Chester as her
brother.
As the story proceeds, however.
We are made aware that Prior Is not
her brother, but is a Philadelphia
widower with one daughter whom
he idolizes; and that he and Mrs.
Richie have for thirteen years been
living together awaiting the death
of Frederic. Helena's husband,
whose demise will leave them free
to marry. Frederic has been a dis
sipated man who. when not him
self. has been responsible for the
death of the Richie baby: and he is
now living a dissolute life in Paris.
The tragedy of the baby's death has
been the eliminating factor in turn
ing his wife's hatred and contempt
for him into revulsion. and deter
mining her to desert him and go to
Prior. To her lover she gives all
the affection which the loss of her
child and the destruction of her
hopes have turned back into her
nature.
Prior. on the other hand. has loved
her in the past. but now. after
thirteen years of deferred happi-
ness. his passion is burned out. He
is tired of her. Alice. his daughter,
is growing up. and he realizes the
indiscretion of the entanglement;
Furthermore his business demands
his time; IL is less and less conve-
nient to come to Old Chester; and
he is no longer young. He is a
selfish, sensual being, with the
typical masculine distaste for every
thing that renders him uncom-
Portable either in mind or body.
While he is willing. in an indolent
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

ING Chchhics VI I1dENaIu
In 1886 appeared The Old Gar
den." a collection of verse. 1t Is
Characteristic title; for many
years Mrs. Deland has each winter
grown In her own house in Boston
great numbers of Dutch bulbs,
which she sells at an annual func-
ton to her friends and the public,
for the benefit of her favorite chari-
ties. As she does all the labor her
self. It is a singuiarly personal form
OF good works.
Only two years later came John
Ward, Preacher" q book which won
the author wide recognition There
have been many others between
that and The Awakening of Hell
ena Richie" In 1906. including, "old
Chester Tales In, 1898. in which she
made famous her childhood home.
The Iron Woman" appeared in 1911.
The people IN Mrs. Deland's books
are not mere pegs on which to hang
the incidents of a story; they are
real human beings engaged with
the problems of life as it comes to
them-as real as the woman who
plies her boat with the red sail
IT, Of whom the natives say. There
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
DANDELIONS AND
TOMATOES.

Make a smooth tomato sauce by
rubbing and melting together four
taolespoonfuls OF butter or other
fat and two tablespoonfuls of -four.
Add one-half cupful of strained
canned tomato. Cook dandelion
greens in sailed water and when
tender stir into the sauce. season.
and serve in a vegetable dish gar
nished with hard boiled eggs and
fresh tomato slices.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
OLD CARPET.

Every housekeeper is likely to
have pieces of tapestry carpeting
with the figures worn off, when
the back, perhaps. will be smooth
and strong. Rip the breadths apart,
beat all the dust out, then re-sew to
have the seam come on the figured
side.
Tack the carpet down to the floor
you wish to cover, very firm and
smooth with the wrong side up; give
1t several coats of paint. any color
you desire. The first coat should be
thin with plenty of drying" in it.
When finished the surface will be
hard and you will find 1t less work to
care'for than any oil cloth. 1t will
wear better. for 1t doesn't peel or
crack.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
PASTRY BASKETS.

Make short sweetened pie crust,
roll thin and partly bake in sheets.
Before 1t is quite done take from the
oven. cut in squares of four inches
or so. take up two diagonal corners
and pinch together, which makes them
basket shaped. Now fill them with
whipped cream well sweetened and
favored and return to the oven for
a few minutes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
BY THE STORY LADY.

When everything
else failed Peter
he went to Daddy
NJ &C X. d a d d y
Mack was a little
dried up man that
lived on Peters
street. He had a
tiny green house
and raised cab
bage and tomato
plants for all his
n e ! 6 b b ors. He
liked Peter ana
always had q sto-
iY for him. To-Day
as he sat on the
edge of a hotbed
he told him about
!Danl Bear.
1t all happened
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
PURELY PERSONAL

PURELY PERSONAL
Alonzo Tweedale. auditor for the
District. Is at his summer home in
Washington Grove. Nd.
District Commissioner W. Gwynn
Gardiner has been confined to his
home by illness.
C. J. Bell. of this city, left for
q six weeks vacation in Canada.
yesterday.
Miss Marion Ball has been APP
pointed play leader in the Schotts'
Court division of the District play
grounds.
Edward NJ. Dawson was q mem
Der of the committee in charge of
the excursion OF District employees
to Chesapeake Beach yesterday.
J. d. Ring. visiting in the city.
left for New York and Philadelphia
yesterday.
John CKid) Dulin. formerly with the
Shipping Board in this city. viii leave
July q for San Francisco where he
will battle the champion lightweight
pugilist Of the Pacific Coast
John Marggo and Norman Baessell
have enlisted in the United States
merchant marine and expect TO sail
shortly for India
J. Leo Weight is leaving for Quebec,
Canada, to conduct a prohibition cam
paign.
A motor party composed OF Walter
H. Robinson. Mrs. Robinson and
their son. Randolph. together with
Miss Laura Hancock and Miss Ethel
Mcdowell will leave this morning for
a three weeks visit in Bethel. Ohio.
Miss Mcdowell will stop at her home
in Columbus. Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Buckingham
Fox and their daughter. Rachel. will
motor today to Rehoboth Beach. Del,
for a vacation of ten days.
Miss Elizabeth Andrews. Of the
Treasury Department, is spending her
vacation in Atlantic City.
James Morrow. formerly OF the War
Department, has been discharged from
the service.
Mrs. Henry Mcwnliams is spending
the summer months with relatives in
/, Richmond.
Miss Frances Mcknight. formerly Of
the Postoffice Department. is employ
ed In Wichita. Kansas.
Miss Mary Gray. OF the Postofice
Department. is spending her vacation
| in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Jefferson Middleton. of the
Rockingham. visited her daughter-in-
law. Mrs. George Middleton. at Coles
willie, Mr.. last weekend.
Arnold Hirsh will leave shortly for
two weeks vacation in the Catskill
Mountains.
W. c. McConnal, Washington ad-
vertising man, has returned from an
extended vacation at Pen-Mar. Pa.
John L. vaeth. washington's cham
pion bowler. has returned from a
visit to relatives in Baltimore.
Miss Dolly Reyes. OF Lincolnia, Va,
is visiting friends here.
f. Paul Saunders has resigned his
position with the intelligence bureau
of the Shipping Board.
Assistant United States District
Attorney Bolitha ]. Laws has re-
turned from a few days stay at
Atlantic City.
Miss Abbie l. King of the Treas
ury Department is at Niagara
Falls.
George T. Barnes OF the Postofice
Department has returned from a
vacation trip to Portland. Me.
Miss Frances W. Woodwork. of
the War Department, has received
promotion.
Louis A Hartwer1, of Charlottes-
vile. Va. is in the city for a few
days.
Benjamin D. Clements. Of the De-
partment of Commerce, is in
Brooklyn.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
HAT STORAGE IN CHAIR

A little closet built into a chair
will be found generally useful.
There are many things it will ac-
commodate, notably hat. In the
new chair the cane is carried out 10
the legs Of the chair and to a shelf
below the seat. and this arrange
ment forms a convenient place for
temporary storage purposes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

DICK m MIchFsdh. Some folks by the
name OF Thompson lived away out by
themselves in the timber and they
had a little tow-head about three
years old they called Joe. One day
Joe's dad brought him home a little
cub bear. Joe called the bear DanI
and Danl and Joe were great pals
But Dan1 grew faster than Joe did
and when Joe was FIVE DanI was a
great big bear. and more than that
he was a cross bear to everyone but
Joe. So old man Thompson decided
to kill Danl But Joe heard about II
and one day he told Dan1 all about
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

Alonzo Tweedale. auditor for the
District is at his summer home in
Washington Grove, Nd.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

District Commissioner W. Gwynn
Gardiner has been confined TO his
home by illness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

c. J. Bell, of this city. left for
six weeks vacation in Canada.
yesterday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

Miss Marion Ball has been APP
pointed play leader in the Schotts'
Court division of the District play
grounds.
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who is the best man in the Ameri-
can army" and there was a second
scamper and rush. and a second
shrill chorus of MY big brother"
from dozens and dozens of loyal lit
tie sisters who had to stay at home
themselves when they really wanted
to go to war and help, but did all
they could by knitting socks and
writing cheerful letters to the far
away brothers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16
Mr.. H. 0. Krater
Tells How Cuticura
Healed Pimples

Il had ugly pimples on my face.
Small pimples broke out on my face
~ and they began itching and
IN burning and causing di.fis-
urement, also loss of sleep.
WI They itehed SO intensely that
~ had to scratch them, and
NM In about two weeks they de-
veloped into sore eruptions.
II was treated, and used various
remedies, but found no results, and
my trouble hid lasted nearly three
years before ! began to use Cutieura
Soap and Ointment. The pinples
began to disappear, and in four
weeks ! was completely healed"
(Signed) H. o. Krster, r. 2, Box q,
Mt. View, Okla.
Once clear, keep yorn akin healthy
and clear by using Cuticura Soap
and Ointment for everyday toilet
purposes and Cuticura Taicum to
powder and perfume.
Sesp 2se, Ointment IS and soc, TaIsum
z5e. Sold throughout the world. For
sample each free address: -cstieura Lab
esetexies, Dept. H. Maiden. Mas"
- Cuteasa Seq shsvss wikhsst Dns.
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Edward N. Dawson was q MEM
Der of the committee in charge OF
the excursion OF District employees
to Chesapeake Beach yesterday.
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Purpose of Society.

But the very first Junior organiza-
ton OF the War Mothers OF America
has a bigger purpose back of il
than just to be proud of what
Daddy or Big Brother or Uncle did
in the great war. a purpose that may
well make il a pattern for all 9TH
er chapters to follow.
Aims of Members.
The War Mothers is an active or
ranization of today. the great
democratic body of this generation.
These women, the mothers of to-
day, are the. grandmothers of to-
morrow. There was proof OF de-
mocracy at this meeting where the
silk shirt swished against the
calico one. and were all made one
pattern by the simmer of SER
vice star. and democracy was the
keynote of the junior organization
too. Little feet in the shiniest of
patent leather pumps battered along
beside those in scuffed-out. down-at-
the-heel little shoes.
Junior Auxiliary.
BY the formation of this Junior
auxiliary there will be a growing
organization of the children of to-
day, and the mothers OF tomor-
low. ready when their time comes
to take their places as representa-
tive democratic American women,
fully able to carry on all the great
lessons the war has taught the
world. and to keep green the memo
ries of the thousands of Daddies
and Rig Brothers and Uncles who
died to make the world a better
place for little daughters and sis
tiers and nices.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

J. d. Ring. visiting in the city.
left for New York and Philadelphia
yesterday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

John CKid) Dulin. formerly with the
Shipping Board in this city. win leave
July Is for San Francisco where he
will battle the champion lightweight
pugilist Of the Pacific Coast
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

W. c. McConnal, Washington ad-
vertising man. has returned from an
extended vacation at Pen-Mar, Pa.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

Arnold Hirsh will leave shortly for
a two weeks vacation in the Catskill
Mountains.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

Mrs. Jefferson Middleton. OF the
Rockingham. visited her daughter-in-
law. Mrs. George Middleton. at Coles
willie, Mr., last weekend.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-07-16

John L. Vaeth. washington's cham
pion bowler. has returned from a
visit to relatives in Baltimore.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-07-21
BOY Thief WILL GO To
STATE REFORM SCHOOL
Albert Mallory, Who COnfesses to
Having Stolen Two Bicycles and
Other Articles. Held For
Grand Jury Investigation
By Juvenile Judge.

Albert Mallory, sixteen years old
orphan boy, who has been in many
scrapes in police court for the past
several months, was before Judge H.
P. Purnell in Juvenile Court this af-
ternoon. He was held by the Judge for
Grand Jury investigation and both
Judge Purnell and Chief of Police
Harry A. Ort will recommend to the
higher court that the lad be given a
term in the Kentucky School of Re-
form at Greendale.
Some several months ago, it will be
remembered, Mallory stole a ham from
his grandmother and sold it to local
dealer. He later stole the two bicy-
Gle and a seat from an East end barn.
Mallory is the led who shot young
Jobst on the Lexington pike some sew
eral weeks ago,
Because the boy is without father
or mother the authorities have been
more than lenient with him in his var
ious escapades but they have now
reached the conclusion that only a
term at Greendale will straighten him
out 30 that he will make a good man
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-07-21
PLENTY OF SUGAR IS
PROMISED AT ONCE
o. s. Government Reports Belle State
ments That Supply of Sweeten-
ing VIII Be Scarce.

Washington, July 21.-While retail
dealers throughout the country are ad-
wishing consumers they have difficulty
in obtaining normal stocks of sugar,
the government has forecast a domes-
tic crop far above the average for the
last six years.
The Department of Agriculture, in
an estimate based on July crop con-
ditions and announced today, predicts
a crop of 2,216,OOO,OOO pounds. Such
production would be 147,000,000
pounds more than the average Of the
preceding six years.
' Michigan, Colorado and Utah show
big increases in beet sugar prospects.
Forecasts show Michigan's crop as l.
$4,000 tons, an increase of $4,000
tons; Colorado's 2,O24,OOO tons, in
crease $4,000 and Utah's 100000
tons. increase 2O5,OO0 tons.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-07-21
MOST ASTOUNDING
MARRIAGE ON RECORD

Would You, woman, marry the first
man you met on a country road?
Question sounds foolish, of course. But
this is exactly what happened one
day in the Ozark Mountains Of Mis-
souri,. And bride and bridegroom
never had seen each other before. Why
did they marry?
Peggy Hyland in "The Rebellious
Bride" found a good reason. The man
she married was a millionaire, but she
didn't know that She was girl worth
any mans love, but he didn't know
that. For details, and for many a
laugh and many thrill, see this brill
liant William Fox Production. See
this picture at the Pastime tonight.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-07-21
NINE DIE IN STORM

st. Clairsville, Ohio, July 21.-Bel-
monts county officials practically have
abandoned search of the debris along
Wegee Creek for bodies of Saturday
nights cloudburst victims, in which
nine persons were drowned. Four bod
les were recovered, and 1t is believed
the others we're swept out into the
Ohio River, the mouth of the creek be-
ing only two miles from where the
houses smashed to pieces.
The victims were Mrs. John Ha-
tiella ad her three children and Mrs.
John Steve and her four children, the
families of miners.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-07-21
INSURANCE RATES INJUR-
ing BUSINESS IN STATE
Superintendent Of Department Oh Fire
Insurance Rates Says "Sur-
charge" Is Unjust.

Frankfort KY, July 21.-Business
interests of the state are in jeopardy
as result Of the perpetual high in
surance rates, according to N. o. Gray,
superintendent of the Department of
Fire Insurance Rates. The matter of
insurance rates, he says, has not
reached the point where 1t effects even
the small property owner. The state
is handicapped in controlling the sit
uation by the insurance laws, which
Mr.. Gray says "is weak and hemmed
in with misty language"
Since 1916 insurance companies
have consistently raised rates, in addi-
ton to which on July 10 10 per
cent increase was made by the COM
panies on all property except farm
property. This increase, known as
"surcharge," alone cost the property
owners of the state over $780, 900 for
the year ending June 30.
Superintendent Gray deplores the
failure of the Legislature to clothe the
Department of Insurance Rates with
authority to order the "surcharge"
removed. Believing that the charge is
not justified. he has placed the matter
in the hands of Attorney General Nor
ris to see if there is any possible au-
thorty under the law to have it abro-
gated.
Superintendent Gray rerated $50 of
the small towns where increases were
made by the insurance companies. An
inspection of eighteen of the $50 towns
shows over 3,40O errors in the appli-
cation of the schedule. In the same
ratio. this would give over $4,000 mis-
takes in the rates of the $50 towns.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-07-21
FORMER NASHVILLE
MAN PAYS FINE

The Cincinnati Enquirer says: B.
A. Wallingford, Cincinnati, coke man
ufacturer, appeared in United States
District Court yesterday and pleaded
guilty to an information charging him
with having violated the migratory
bird treaty act in holding in cold stor-
age rs mallard ducks. He told Court
he was innocent of any intention to
violate the law. He was fined $50 and
costs. He paid the fine and was re-
leased.