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The Washington times., 1919-01-14
Just One More Search.

"Cool as an iceberg" is a certain
old boatman, and it is doubtful
whether an earthquake would
startle him or not.
One day using his oar as a pole
he was just pushing off with a
boatload OF trippers when a timid
young lady remarked that she
hoped there was no danger.
mo, miss returned the boat
man; 'theer amt no danger to be
feared while I'm aboard Twenty
odd years I've sailed this boat and
never had an accident but once,
and that wasn't serious. Ye see, I
wor just showing off in this very
boat when the oar broke, and !
lost it. Five years ago that wor,
and I've never seen that oar again
from that day To-
At that moment the oar he was
using slipped to the bottom, and
the boatman fell overheard with a
splash When he scrambled into
the boat again he was the coolest
individual on board.
1T just struck me " he said. quite
calmly, Ito have another look for
that theer oar l wOr talking about.
but l don't see nowt on it,"
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Should She Forgive Him?

DEAR MISS FAIRFA%:
l have been going about with
young man for three years.
News came to me one day that
he was seen with a young lady
in the theater. When ! repeat
ed this he denied it. Being
very curious, went to the
young lady herself, and she did
not deny il.
When / found he had lied to
me | dropped him. His friends
tell me that he wishes to apol-
ogize. But there is another
young man who wishes to keep
company with me. Should
marry the first man or not?
A. s.
After three years you ought to
know n young man well enough
to decide whether you can for
give him for one offense. As for
marrying him, that depends on
whether you are in love with each
other. and your letter does not
sound as though you were. l won
der IL you yourself can have tempt
ed the young man to tell you a lie
by being too exacting with him.
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CHAPTER XIV.

The Waiter at the Cafe Regina.
1 calculated that I had at least
two hours, at most three, in which
to get clear of Berlin. However
swiftly Clubfoot- might act. IL
would take him certainly an hour
and a half. ! reckoned, from the
discovery Of my flight from Haase's
to warn the police at the railway
stations to detaIn me. II ! could
lay a false trail ] might at the
worst prolong this period of grace;
at the best ! might mislead him al
together as to my ultimate destina-
ton. which was, OF course, Dussel-
dorf THE Unknown quantity in
my reckoning was the time it
would take Clubfoot to send out a
warning all over Germany to de-
tain Julius Zimmermann, waiter
and deserter. wherever and when
ever apprehended.
At the first turning I came to
aftSr leaving Haase's, tramIines
ran across the street \ tram was
waiting, bound in q southerly di-
rection, where the center Of the
city lay. I jumped on to the front
platform beside the woman driver.
1t Is fairly dark in front and the
conductor cannot see your face as
you pay your fare through q trap
In the door leading to the interior
Of the tram left the tram at
Unter den Linden and walked
down some side streets until I
came across a quiet-looking cafe.
There got a railway guide and set
about reviewing my plans.
1t was ten minutes to twelve. A
man in my position would in all
probably make for tlIs frontier.
So. I judged, Clubfoot must caIcu-
late. though, I fancied. he must
have wondered why I had not long
since attempted to escape back TO
England. Dusseldorf was on the
main road to Holland, and IL would
certainly be the more prudent
course, say. to make for the Rhine
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Advice to the
LOvelOrn
Her Employers Suggestion.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX
have been going out lately
to several dinners and to the
theater with a girl friend and
my employer, who is a married
man. also had him to dinner
at my house, as his wife and
family are away. Now he is
very anxious that 1 go on
trip with him to meet his wife.
Would this be all right, pro-
vided ! had a chaperon? He
tells me his wife would not
mind 1t, as she would under
stand. I would love to go, as
enjoy his company so much
and know the feeling is
mutual. ANGIE.
AS you do not appear to be a
friend of your employers wife,
this project OF taking a trip to
meet her is an utterly impossible
one, and 1 beg you not to consider
II for a moment. Moreover.
urge you to be particularly care
full about accepting any invitation
whatever from an employer cap
able of suggesting this expedition.
] feel that all young girls whose
employers show wish to have
social relations with them outside
the office are placed in a very diff
f!cult position and that they need
to summon all possible wisdom and
discretion.
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A Compromise.

"Ye know Wash, I uster steal
but since / got religion I guv it up.
Last night tho, in Peter Smiths
shoe store / seen a pair OF cowhide
boots jest my size, No. IL. and the
devil ne says to me, Take 'em. take
EN- but the Lord say. No, let 'em
alone, it's stealing
The devil said. Take 'em quick
now and skedsddle.' knowed I
could take 'em and stick EN- under
my coat. and get right away with
out nobody ever knowing. But
bress the Lord, + stood the tempts-
tion, Wash. compromised, and
took q pair OF shoes"
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By Ann Lisle.
CHAPTER LNNI.

SAAAs
Copyright, 1919. King Features Syndicate
InC-)
THE next morning Sheldon
phone to suggest taking the
invalid and his nurse out
for a breath of air at 5.
It's Sheldon-to ask IL you want
20 go motoring" whispered. turn
ing with my hand over the receiver.
Then I had to listen hard with
two ears, for Jim shouted an ex-
cited:
'-Surest thing You knowI I'm fed
up with accounting"
Tell Shelly Wen be there with
bells on"
And into the other ear this was
pouring:
I've asked Mrs. Dalton and she
says she will be delighted to go
hasn't seen old Jimmie for a couple
OF days-so busy moving into her
new apartment We'u have. a jolly
afternoon, won't we? And prom
ise not to show them pur little path
in the park"
thought fast. 1t would be a far
from jolly afternoon IL Virginia and
'WIn you take Phoebe in my
placer / asked coaxingly. "Pve a
magazine article of Jim,s to copy,
and Phoebe hasn't seen him for
days either. II would be such a
treat for the child. Will you do
this for me?'
''Oh-for you! Little Lilac Lady.
Rd do anything for you," cried Shell
don the gallant
So we settled 1t over the phone,
and before long radiant little
Phoebe herself came up to call for
jim After she had Rugged me
gratefully she bore him of in a
great rush. while he family pro-
tested that he hoped, I wouldn't be
lonely.
Not IonelyI This was the first
time since our marriage that Jim
had gone on on a pleasure excur-
sion from which / was omitted. OF
course. had planned this, but that
didn't make 1t any easier for me
For Jim had left my own world
the world where I counted, where
was loved. I had left II and had
gone into his world, where 1 was
the outsider-to be tolerated, firted
with BIT. perhaps, or patronized
@no ueipeu -dS py DeIty-ouL
never accepted with that complete
understanding Betty and Virginia
tat for each other.
Not Even Speaking.
And now Virginia and were
net even on speaking terms. Bet
u. II seemed had dropped me. and
Envy scornfully kept up a show OF
friendliness because she had to en-
dure me in order to see Jim and
Neal-whichever It was who inter-
ested her most
At the thought Of Neal I had
bad moment Even Neal had
turned to Jim-but at that point
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SnInlng from your motor car:
Once you thought 1t all the rage
Just to twinkle from a stage
q PARROT was singing this
"A New Mother Goose Melody
as our little hero, Puss in
Boots Junior, entered .
pretty town. The cage was hang
ing outside the stage entrance to
the only theater in the town, and
that night there was to ke a circus.
How the elephant was ever going
to act on the stage is more than /
can tell, but let Us wait and see,
for pretty soon We'll buy a ticket,
unless little Puss Junior gives US
one, and then we'll see for our
selves
And wasn't It funny? 1t was the
same circus that Puss had once
Joined, on, a long, long time ago.
Lat they remember him. especially
the kind-hearted clown and the
circus queen and the big gray horse.
They gave Puss as many tickets
as he could use, SO let us 20 in
Nth him at once and see the show.
But wasn't 1T too bad? Just at the
l@st moment one OF the riders
Eprained his leg and there was no
hody to ride the big gray horse
And then the circus lady began
20 cry, for she had no one to do
her act with. And when Puss Ju-
s8ior saw this, he jumped down from
his seat and ran behind where the
actor folk were all waiting for
taeir turns, and he put on a riding
suit with a little silk top hat, and
Jumped on the big gray horse and
ode round and round the ring, bow
iag and taking of his hat
And when the lovely circus queen
J stW him, she jumped on her beauti-
II black horse and came into the
ing. and all the people cheered and
tapped their hands
PusS Junior hadn't forgotten any
Ct his old tricks. either. lie jumped
through rings with tissue paper over
them, only first. OF course, the ring
master made 2. little hole in the mid
die 50 he could just squint through.
] suppose. before he made his jump.
And the big gray horse logged
around and around and pretty soon
the circus lady jumped from the
black horse on the big gray horse
and Puss Junior held her on-that
il, he made believe. you know, for,
of course, she could ride all right
And then the people all cIapped again
and said Bravo which means well
done. or something like that
After the circus was over. Puss
was asked to make speech, but
instead he recited this little poem:
Oh. I'm in love with the sawdust
ring,
And on the trapeZe I'd like to
swing.
But my big gray horse I'd rather
ride
Than anything else rve ever tried.
Copyright. 1913. David Cory.
To Be Continued.
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The Club-FOOted Man
A NEW SPY SERIAL BY VALENTINE WILLIAMS
Desmond Starts for Dusseldorf, First
Buying Ticket to Munich to Throw
Detectives Off His Trail

tsynopsis OF Precedlng Chsptersl
Desmond Okevood, British army Of
peer. goes to Germany IN search Of bis
orother, Francis. q member Of the Brit
lsn secret service. At q small frontier
Town q man named Semiin. q German
government agent, Crops dead In his
room Desmond appropristes Sernliu.s
papers and assumes his Identity. be
reaches Berlin without incident and 70
Ssondpeted into the presence of General
son Bodsn. an aide OF the Raiser.
Desmond. having convinced Won
Sooen ne ts really Semlin. 10 usheted
INTO the residencs OF the Ksss>r.
later he receives . cipher MESSAGE
from his brother. Fransls
Desmond meets Clubfoot. who e1-
plains what he wants OF SsmlinL
Desmond encounters Monica. who
hides him from Clubfoct's mem She
explains that clubfoot's identity 10 .
mystery to her.
The amateur spy IL forced 60 Zee
rom his hiding place and IL sdrtft In
berun He goes to q secret agent
VINO dtsguises him and gets him Job
as walter. The place IL raided by
CIuofoot and agents. but Desmond
escapes BY q ruse.
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in Boots
Jr.
BY David Cory.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
SHINING from your motor car:
Once you thought II all tho rage
Just to twinkle from a stage
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have slept in pack and steel and will sleep in down and silk
Victory And will Victory FOOD. AND YOU
MUST SAVE FOOD YOUNG MAN. Listen wise old warrior
year!"
The Year walking mothers
France and Italy and England AMERICA who watch him
with blinded wondering what
find he holds Glory Pride brighter with
time, the boy that did
gigantic in hstoryfought for idea ideal mighty
youthful body building the Victory with their bodies and their
high hearts,
WHAT PRIDEexuant terrible-beauiful! The New Year
rich with the staggering glory the youth of America Britain the
youth OF Italy and Belgium the soldier
Allied
glory of the home fought every
knowledge devotion their bodies the
of the and their children his
NELL BRINKLEY.
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Not Eligible.

''Of course. madam. I would not
be expected to light the fire."
Certainly not. replied the mis-
trcsS.
"Ner to sweep the noors:p
certainly not"
Nor to attend TO the door,"
''Of course, not"
Nor TO wait AZ table,"
No. | want none OF these things"
said the lady, with her sweetest
smile. The only thing I require a
servant for Is to look at her. ana
for this you are far too plain"
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ISS BETTY AMERICA walking out with her
IVu manthe wonderful and blessed Nineteen
AVA to her hand and walks with his legs
toes cured like Cecil Brunner rose-petals-h head is
with god his
aadhe is in love with the wordfo he is fresh fathy
talk with the Old Year.
And the Old Year said Young Mana word any
armed! l old. born in war with
the steel head the sword hand
fore meand before that too My fist mailed. have
home have lived the trench
the glorious and splendid soldiers of the Awe
Alies For I'm a
Years used to be- am an Allied Year! AS will be.
But know peace You where
has faded where the smoke and flash ampe big
vanished sars-whee the
them But SOME things derent-though
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GLOries of the Winter Moon.

THIS year January has two moons, the first JAM
and the second on jan ST. The moon fulls on the
morning of Jrn Is. The full moons of mdwnter the
most splendid of the year. because, being necessarily s
ated opposite to the they highest in the northern
sky when the sun is lowest.
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This Day in History.

THIS the anniversary of the famous victory of Napo
leon in 1897 the Austrians at Rfvoh small place
not far from Verona. For his splendid services in the
battle Massene of the Little Corporas generals was
created Duke of Rivoi.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-24
Judge Fitzhugh
Had Fire Queens
Called For $50

Five queens. held by Judge Lewis T.
Fitzhugh IN the police court. proved a
winning hand and $50 was raked in
when the Judge called, II was deposited
In the chip box to the city credit.
The five queens, all South American
beauties, were dealt to Judge Fitzhugh
by sergt Lee aud Patrolman White, Of
the Barksdale station, wlro charged
them with lettering, The policemen Nex-
planned that the gypsies we're camped
on the Parkway n the women held up
automobiles that passed n climbed
over the running boards. begging to
De allowed TO tell fortunes, and were
extremely obnoxious,
White said that while they protested
10 ne palmists, they were better at
reading their victims pockets, and in
stead OF telling fortunes, they generally
carried the fortune away from their be-
wildered victims.
Judge Fitzhugh held in the hole King
Coo-coo, manager and general director
Of the give queens, who were dressed In
the regalia Of Egyptian cigaret posters.
When the court assessed fines of $40
eaeh against Queens Mona Poala, Rosa,
Mary and Anna they started a chatter
IN indian Portuguese that Judge Fitz-
hugh Interpreted as being profanity
directed at him. Before he could send
the queens to jail for contempt OF court,
King. Coo-coo had quieted them BY
banging them over the head with his
derby hat.
In paying the $50 King Coo-coo ex-
hibited the largest roll OF bank notes
that ever appeared in the Memphis
police court, so the court officials said.
King Coo-coo, whom Sergeant Joe
Cole persisted in referring to as King
! Shoo-shoo, stated that he had paid $50
for a fortune ~teller's license for Queen
Mona, but he forgot how to talk Omitted
States" when asked how 1t was that
there were five queens working.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-24
WARM DISCHARGED
TROOPS ON CLAIMS

WASHINGTON. March 2A-Onlosrs
and enlisted men discharged from the
service will not expedite settlement OF
their claims for arrears in pay BY plac-
ing item in the hands of attorneys
or claim agents, says a statement Is
sued by the war department. II was
explained that a~djustmeDI Of claims
thus represented was delayed ''by e
son OF additional Hing and handling
OF unnecessary papers of the inter-
The claim Of the soldier is all that
is required, said h statement 'and
such claim should be submitted directly
hy the discharged officer or soldier TO
the war department director Of finance,
who viii give them as prompt and care
lul CONSIDERATION as possible. Any fee
paid by the soldier TO an attorney or
claim agent is a needless expense"
Claims Of the $50 additional bonus
authorized In the war ven act the
department said, should be sem to the
zone finance officer at Washington and
the application Should be accompanied
by a certified copy Of the discharge
certificate TO be made BY the nearest
recruiting officer, a statement OF all
military service since the declaration
Of war against Germany and the ad-
dress to which the check should be
sent.
elaine for arrears of pay due Off
GERS and enlisted men at the time Of
their death in the service should be
addressed to the tone finance officer
and all claims for insurance, unpaid
family allowance and compensation for
death or disability, under the war risk
insurance act, should be made direct
to the war risk insurance, treasury
department, and not to the war de-
partment. il was reiterated hat II
also was unnecessary to employ at
torneys or other claim agents in order
TO have these claims adjusted.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-24
IS Per Cent Of Big
Foundation Coin
Goes To War Work

NEW YORK. March 24-sxty-five
per cent OF the Rockefeller foundations
total expenses during the years 1917 and
1918 was devoted TO war work, the an
nual report made public shows. The
total paid for all purposes was S26,509,-
40, and Of this sum Sl7,042, $40 went to
alleviate the misery induced by war.
OF the vaTiOus channels into which
this sum was directed, the American
Red Cross was the la gest beneficiary,
receiving a total in the two years Of
s., 095, 1858. The Y. NJ. C.. A. handled
S225. 0O0 Of the foundations money for
the benefit of prisoners Of war and.
foreign armies. The Y. NJ, c. A.. was
given So, S45. 900. and the united war
work fund $2,514, 100. Other recipients
included the knights Of Columbus,
$1,000 Jewish welfare committee,
500, 600; Y. W. c. A, $3.50, 900, and the
war camp community service $245, 600.
Medical research and relief activities
were promoted by donations of S579, 1872,
Of which S5l2,537 went to the founda-
tons war demonstration hospital and
for medical research included under the
heading Of war relief. The national
committee for mental hygiene disbursed
SIS, 79S and the Yale Mobile hospital
unite received SIS, 900.
The normal activities promoted by
the foundation were not neglected
meanwhile. The international health
board, a subsidiary organization, car
ried on studies of the hookworm and
about 81, 900, 900 was expended in these
researches. Many hospitals and four
medical schools in China were aided
or supported by the fund, Yellow fever
work was conducted in Venezuela, and
malaria researches were made at two
points in the southern part of this coun-
try,
Half a million dollars was spent in
fighting tuberculosis in France.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-24
STOP HEADACHE
AVOID DANGER
Doctors Advise Aspironal
Elixir to Remove Cause as
Well as Relieve the Pain
Quicker.

The medical profession Is strongly on
posed to the use OF headache remedies
that merely relieve the pain. They are
warning the public that the cause OF
the headache should also be removed.
That is why physicians and druggists
are so delighted with the new Aspironal
Elixir that is sol under the two.tninute
guarantee, They know ASpironal also
removes the cause of bilious and sick
headaches by gently acting on the liver,
correcting hiliousnesS and constipation
and preventing the return OF the head
ache e. day.
The next time YOU have n headache
go to your nearest drug store, hand the
clerk half a dollar for n bottle OF AS
pironal and tell him TO serve you one or
two ~tesspoonsful according TO severi-
Ivy, in n little water or your favorite'
soda fountain drink. With our watch
in YOU hand off two minutes and
cali for your money back, as per manu-
facturer's guarantee, IL you can't feel
your headache fading sway within the
time limit. Your druggist invites YOU
to try Aspironal. So don't be baShfui.
Everybody is doing t. Same guarantee
applies 10 colds, coughs and neuralgia.
adv,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-24
US. TROOPS KILL FIVE
MEXICAN BANDITS

MARIA, Tex, March 24,-Troops Of
the S0th United States cavalry under
Capt. Kloepfer returned here yester-
day from a pursuit across the border
of Mexican bandits, bringing with them
IS cattle and two horses which had
been driven from Nunez by the raiders.
Capt. Kloepfer reported that he had
overtaken the Mexicans IS miles, south
Of Ruidosa and that five Of them had
been killed in the resulting skirmish.
None OF the Americans was hurt,
Two Mexicans were wounded in the
fighting, making the casualties among
the cattle thieves seven Of the total
number of II. Capt. Kloepfer reported
to Col. George r. L~anghorne, COM
mander Of the district that he recog-
nized one of the thieves as Eugenio
Carcie, former C~arranza captain in the
vicinity Of ojinaga, opposite Preside,
Texas.
Maj.-Gen. De Rosey C. Cabell. COM
mander Of the Southern department
who was here to make an inspection
OF the Big Bend district, congratulated
Capt. Kloepfer and his TROOPS for their
work in ~overtaking and defeating the
Mexicans who crossed the Rio Grande
into the Chinati mountains east Of Ruiz
dosa, stole a number Of cattle from
the Nunez ranch and drove them into
Mexico,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-24
KANSAS SOLON URGES
LEAGUE AMENDMENTS

TOPEKA, Kan, March Ex-senator
Curtis, Of Kansas, Republican whip, in
q statement upon his return home from
Washington, urged material amend
ment OF the proposed constitution OF
the league of nations so as to preserve
.national so~vereignties.
we all desire" Senator Curtis said,
TO secure the future peace OF the
world but In our efforts to achieve this
result, we must he careful not to create
q new system worse tran the old one
which will give rise TO endless con-
troversies when harmony is our OBJ
iect."
He declared his main objection to
the proposed plan was that 1t sub
oTdinates a national will to an inter-
rational authority having the decision
Of peace and war which, he said,
means the transfer of the power to
declare war from congress to the in
ternational authority"
The Republicans" the statement
continued, are not opposed to a league
or an agreement between the nations
OF the world to prevent future wars,
but many Of them are opposed to the
United States s~urrendering certain
fundamental powers Of sovereignty.
They believe this nation should de-
termine for itself whether or not II
will go to war; that it should reserve
the right to regulate its own commerce;
| that 1t should control the expenditures
from its own treasury; that it should
regulate immigration; that II should
| refuse to abandon the Monroe doctrine
and that II should Join no ~organiza-
| ton from which it cannot withdraw"