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The Washington times., 1919-01-13

~ - you work at night? Have
you the night-work' habit?
There's a writer / know
who claims she can't work
by day. All her best efforts are at
night-between II and the early
morning hours. By day she rests
and gads about, but at night genius
burns!
Which may be very well for
genius, for genius sleeps by day T.
IL feels like it. However, those
who have work to do usually pre-
fer natural light, and if you spend
eight hours a day or mora at desk
or bench or counter, forget aouut
work at night. Don't get the night
work habit. There's nothing more
provocative of tired body and fraz-
Zled nerves.
Night was meant for change-for
recreation, for relaxation. You can't
work at a job from s or 0 in the
morning to 5 or 6 at night, and then
continue until 10 o'clock doing the
same kind of thing. It's too ex-
hausting.
You may find that you can come
home and work for several hours in
the evening at something entirely
different and feel not the least bit
wearied. That is because there is
a stimulation in doing something
new. Keeping occupied for twelve
hours a day. with rest periods in
between times. isn't hurtful. pro-
vided the occupation is varied. Sut
no woman can work at the same
thing for twelve hours a day very
often and not feel the effects of il
in body and spirit. It's depressing
and devitaliZing.
If night work has been a regular
custom in your business, spend
little time finding out why. Is it
merely custom, or why is it
thought necessary? There are some
firms where inventory time or the
first day of each month mean extra
work, and consequently night work.
In more enlightened firms this prac-
tisc has been abandoned.
Sometimes the work can be an
ticipated and spread over several
days before. Or extra occasional
help is hired for those days. Or. IL
the work means only two or three
hours on several nights. 1t can be
managed by Offering a bonus for
coming an hour earlier in the morn
ing and CrowdinS the extra tasks
in the forenoon.
If you'll make a test you'll find
out you can do twice as much rou-
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
7 Virginia Terhune Van
de Water.
CHAPTER XXI.

Copyright 1919, Star Company
n ILDRED delivered a parting
/. MI shot as she left her sister
lEl at the door Of Mr.. Hilton's
place OF business.
: 'I have about decided not to see
Arthur Bruce" she declared, "even
II he comes to our house. I don't
care II / did write him a letter,
asking him to come--and did go to
the trouble OF taking it out in tho
pitch dark night to mail it I prob
ably won't see him.
"whyT' Honora questioned, al
though she had strong suspicion as
TO the reason for this threat.
-Oh," airily, Il don't want espe-
eially to see him. when I wrote to
him, did so fancy1ng that he was
my very especial friend. But since
he writes private letters to you, I
take II for granted that he likes you
better than me- Not" with a short
laugh. shat / care. There are as
good fish in the sea as have eSSr.'
been caught. Hes not the only
man"
Honora's temper rose. NO" she
admitted, "there are other men,
bat some OF very different calibre
from Arthur
you mean TO taunt me about
Tom Chandler" Mildred exclaimed.
That's nice sisterly thing to dol"
- meant nothing of the kind!"
Honora denied, thankful that she
could say this truthfully. what L
meant was that, in spite of all the
man you know, Arthur is the one
you can always depend upon"
II am not so sure OF that!" with
. shrug of the shoulders. at Is
evident that he cares more for you
than for me- Oh, don't imagine Pm
Jealous, for I am not I've never
reached the point where I care to
carry on q private correspondence
with any man-least Of all with
Arthur Bruce"
No Time to Quarrel
She waited, expecting that Ho-
nora would remind her OF Harold
Hilton's letters. Instead Of which,
Honora only said stifly, 81 have no
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
Innocent or Guilty?

In certain case, where the
charge was the theft Of a watch.
the evidence was conflicting. AS
the jury retired the judge observed
that he would be glad to help in
adjusting any difficulties that
might present themselves 20 the
minds Of the jury.
Eleven jurors filed out OF tho box
The man who remained wore an
expression of extreme perpleXity.
Observing his hesitation, the
judge said:
would you like to ask me qucs
tIon?"
"Yes. your honor replied the
Juror eagerly. I'D be very glad IL
you'd tell me whether the prisoner
really stole the watch
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
INTERESTING
STORIES
Considerate.

"Why have you and Miss Gadth-
waite broken off your engagement?
Because she loves me So"
That's a queer reason"
Not at all. She believes in for
tune-telling, and when she went to
have her fortune told not long ago
she was informed that she would be
married three times. That settled
my case, for the time being, at least.
She said she was determined that
should not encounter the danger OF
being the FIRST on the list.
General Townsend, who was lib
Grated by the Turks in order to ne
Sotistc an armistice for them with
Admiral Calthorpe, tells an ANUS
ing story reminiscent OF his Kut
days.
1t concerns an English Tommy.
an Indian Sowar, and a German
prisoner whom the latter was
guarding.
For lack, of something better TO
do, during the closing weary days
OF the siege, says Townsend, these
three made a bet as to which would
stay longest in a native goat-house,
situated on the outskirts Of the
town.
The Tommy was the first to enter.
but came out in half an hour. Nio-
lently sick
The Indian next went in, but he.
too. had to seek the open air in
about forty minutes, also suffering
from nausea.
The German went In last, and
aftcr tve -r1inutes-the goat came
mt
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
Burning of the Midnight Oil


tine work in one morning hour than
you can do in the same time at
night. You're tired at night. It's
normal for you to be tired and to
yawn over a job that you've been
occupied with all day long 60
home and rest. In the morning
you'll feel refreshed and differently
about it, and you'll tackle the job
with a zest that will dispose of it
in surprisingly short time.
Don't resign yourself to the
night-work habit. Try some Of the
plans that others have found prac-
tical, and see whether you can't
dispense with custom that is
merely habit and usually not abso-
lutely necessary.
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
Misunderstood

The tramp turned in by the wick
ct gate, inVitingly open, and knock
cd.
1--WE been TO the front, mum" he
said, as the door was opened by the
lady OF the house.
my poor man" said she, sympa.
thsticslly. Here, take this quarter"
Thank you, num-" - pocketing
the coin. "And I couldn't get no an
swer, so I came around TO the back
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
Puss i'm Boots
!. !.
BY David Cory.

~ NE bright morning as Puss
Junior was travelling along
broad highway. for
Goosey Goosey Gander had
been called home on account OF the
sickness Of his mother. our little
traveller came to q field where
Boy Scout stood beating on his
drum.
one little Boy Scout beating tat
too
A little comrade heard the call
then there were two.
Two little Boy Scouts climbing up a
Along came another one-then there
were three
Three little Boy Scouts standing BY
the door;
Running out they met a Scout
then there were four.
-Four little Boy Scouts in the water
dive!
Another one swan up to them-then
there were five.
Five little Boy Scouts doing lots OF
tr1ckS.
Their captain shouted: Shoulder
arms" Then there were six
Six little Boy Scouts looking up to
heaven! -
An sirship brought another down
then there were seven.
Seven little Boy Scouts got to school
duite late.
They found a scholar in the room
then there were eight.
Eight little Boy Scouts dressed up
very fine;
They caught a little colored one
and then there were nine.
Nine little Boy Scouts chased a
speckIed hen:
They bumped into another Scout
then there were ten.
Ten little Boy Scouts yelling Hip,
hurrah!'
This is all there is to tclI-thcse are
all there are.
"Come on. boys" cried Puss.
@Eollow me-" And he waved his
6lo all NHt DOlS
marched after him until they came
TO the village. where there was a re-
cruiting station. And when the
general saw Pu3s Junior at the head
Of the ten little Boy Scouts. he said:
You shall be a major, my dear PusS
Junior"
MY father, the fsmus Puss in
Boots, Is Major Domo to my Lord
of Carabss." replied our little hero,
saiuting the general "And he will
be delighted to learn that I am a
major also"'
This made the general laugh, for,
CT course. IL wasn't the same thing
at all. you know. But what's the
difference. anyway And who
cares? For in New Mother Goose
Land everybody is as happy as can
be unless they do something wrong;
when, Of course, they are not.
But very few boys and girls do
wrong. which makes il lovely
place to Hye in, and I suppose when
you little boys and girls who read
this story. are grown up you will
tell your children, Just as am tell
ing you. about this New Mother
Goose Land which little Puss
Junior has discovered.
Copyright. 1919. David Cory.
To ne Continued.
H
The Washington times., 1919-01-13

Kid gloves are made OF sheep
skin or lambs skin, never of kid
skin: Irish stew is almost unknown
in Ireland: Dutch clocks came from
Germany; sealing-waX contains no
wax; Baffin Bay is not bay.
The Washington times., 1919-01-13

Rosewood and mahogany are said
to be so plentiful in Mexico that
some of the copper mines there are
ed with rosewood while ma
hogany is used as fuel for the en-
gines.
The Washington times., 1919-01-13

IliEhtly ran up the stairs to the
street and nearly, cannoned into a
man who was lounging in the en-
trance. We both apologized, but
>he stared at me hard before he
strolled on. Then I saw another
man sauntering along on the op,
posite side Of the street. Further
away, at the corner, two men were
lettering. Z. ... ..
Every one of them had his eyes
fixed on the cellar entrance at
which 1 was standing.
IL knew they could not see my
face, for the street was but sdimly
lit, and behind me was the dark
background Of the cellar stairway.
j took a grip on my nerves and
very deliberately lit a cigarette and
smoked IL, as IL i had come up
from below to get q breath Of
fresh air. I waited little while
and then went down.
1 was scarcely back in the cellar
when Haase appeared from the in
ner room, followed By the woman.
He carried himself erect, and his
eyes were shining. didn't like
the man, but must say he locked
The Washington times., 1919-01-13

Cambria was first introduced into
England during the reign Of Queen
Elizabeth. 1t is said that the first
piece imported was presented TO
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
Mars Going to Meet Venus.

MAS the ruddy planet of war; is low in the west.
) in the constellation Aquarius, at the coming on of
night that few likely to notice him. Still the
horizon in the constellation, Venus which instead
Of declining like Mars is getting higher night by night
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
This Day in Our .Historu: i

the anniversary Of the by Censress
inI716ef new nag with thirteen stars in place 81
the briash funon Afier the republic was established
star added for each S,sts atied 70 ihe Union
There are new FORTY isht stars in the nag
The Washington times., 1919-01-13

In some of the villages in Siberia
very few of the, Inhabitants can
read or write.
The Washington times., 1919-01-13

the Queen to make a. ruff for her
neck.
The Washington times., 1919-01-13

The flying fish does not really fly,
but raises itself from the water by
means of long fins. 1t can support
itself in the air until they become
dry, when it drops back into the
sea.
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
The Club Footed Man
4 NEW spYsERIAI BY VALENTINE WILLIAMS
Haase's Place Is Raided by Clubfoot
and His Detectives But in the Dark
ness Desmond Escapes by a Ruse

tsynopsis Of. Preesdlrs- Chsstsrsi, :
Dssmond okevood. Brftish srnW5 ef.
nctr. goes to Gerrnsny IN Bsnrch Of sis
erother.. Fyspeisso 1nsfnbsr or the Brit
tsh secret hefytees A. . tfnau frontteT
town q pPh named semIin, q oerrhan
"Governrnent agent. drops dead In hts
room DSsmohd NsIprsprfstss Serniin's
pspers and !assumrs bis IDENTITY. he
-reaehes Berii1 withoyt inci6tnt aso y
'sonh9eted -into the peeseaee of GenerlI
Non Roden an aids, Or Lhs .Ealser.
lDesmond. having convinced Ven
Bodsn he 10 reatiS semiia 10 IftsI ID
INTO the 'rssldenes1 0f .be ksts-r.
Later he -rscslv yes q cipher niess<fs
from his brother. rransis ~
Desmond Tpeets ciubfoot; who e.
plains what he wants % Ssmltn
DesTnond encounters Aeniea. whe'
hides him from OIpbfoct's men, She
explains that Ciubtoot's Idsnttty 10 .
mystery TO her. -. Nt-s - d.,
e. s tsiss 4. S.s. + -; s;:t s .. + 4: !:
sisss s,..s:.. I. sis Ia Il: lin
~s.H y -
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
Do You Know That---

Wild canaries were not yellow
originally, but green or gray in
color.
The Washington times., 1919-01-13

Ships built of steel are said to be
able TO carry about twenty per cent
more freight than those made OF
iron.
The Washington times., 1919-01-13
By Eleanor Gilbert.

~ o you work at night? Have
you the night-work habit?
There's a writer / know
who claims she can't work 4
The Washington times., 1919-01-13

No Time to Quarrel
She waited, expecting that Ho-
nora would remind her OF Harold
Hilton's letters. Instead Of which,
Honora only said stifly, "I have no
, 1919-03-06

Attention Turned to Tractor:
Lord Lee it was who suggested the tractor
scheme for breaking up the soil OF farms then
suffering from the shortage In horses 'oo per
cent of farm horses were in the army ana ror
blowing up the grass lands of the big estates.
Il vas in the minds of all those men connected
with the food production department to make
1918 the banner crop year in Englands history.
Originally it was planned to adopt a small
tractor as a standard, and turn them out by the
thousand in British factories standardized. Some
5000 would be needed to do the Job thoroughly,
1t was thought. Sudden urgent demands on the
factories FOR increased supplies of munitions
caused the abandonment of the first plan, and
the next step was to order the first shipment of
small tractors from America. -
Weeks and months were lost testing out the
initial lot of machines and then, after a desirable
model had been developed, came the terrible win
ter of 1918 in America tying up railroad trans
~portation and preventing tina shipment of ma
chimes that should have been at that very moment
engaged in turning over the COLL OF some ducal
estate perhaps.
Actual shipment of $500. tractors was made in
America. No more reached England In time to
be Of service in preparing for the 1918 crop. So
every possible kind of mechanical power was
mobilized to haul plows. Some giant machines
built for hauling heavy artillery in Russia were
trundled out to the English fields and performed
excellent service.
Ancient sets of steam tackle were inspected,
quickly repaired and put to work. Sometimes
two engines are used on a field. one at each end
of the furrow. The idea is to keep the heavy
weight of the engine OF the ground that is to
be put under cultivation for the reason that, past
experience had shown. the engines weight acted
ms a press on certain kinds of chalky, sticky
English soil, causing the plcw to turn up large
solid square chunks of earth that were absolute
fixtures In the field week on end. These chunks,
when struck by a sledge hammer, gave forth a
dull kind of thud and the hammer left a small
indentation. ia
Sometimes, in the dry days of May usually.
one month after the planting season is over, the
chunks automatically crumble overnight, leaving
a perfectly level field that has apparently been
cultivated into dust.
The steam tackles" worked all fall and winter
making ready for the 1918 crop. and. all told,
plowed up a million and a quarter acres of soil.
The tractors, that is the gasoline rigs, small and
large. plowed up something like a million acres
last year.
Approximately two-thirds of the land In Eng
land is held in the big parks and estates. It is
in the remaining third that the war marvcls OF
food production were accomplished.
, 1919-03-06

Within ten minutes after an appli-
cation of Danderine you can not find a
single trace Of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after a few
weeks use, when you see new hair, fine
and downy at frst-yes-but really
new hair-growing all over the scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty of your hair. No diff
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Dan
derine and carefully draw it through
your hair, taking one small strand at a
time. The effect is amazing--your hair
will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have
an appearance Of abundance; an in
comparable lustre, softness and luxu-
Rance.
Get a small bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine for a few cents at any drug
store or toilet counter. and prove that
your hair is as pretty and soft as any
that 1t has been neglected or injured
by careless treatment-that's all-you
surely a have beautiful hair and lots
of it If you will just try a little Dan
derine.-Adv.
, 1919-03-06

home land with the aid of the older men, the boys,
thousands OF women educated and brought up 20
city life, and above all Other things, with tractors.
rsaIhe situation was saved. But the lesson of I'M
productive farm lands has been learned. Hence
forth there will be a department of food production
In the British government charged with the duty
Of maintaining and without a doubt lettering the
wartime crop record. a record of which England is
justly proud because, in the midst of a period
where the services of every hand was needed in
munition making, the country went from a III
weeks food production era to a point where the
land of England was producing enough food to
last 40 weeks. Sir Charles Fielding, the director
Of food production, believes that eventually,
possibly sooner than the world expects, England
will be harvesting enough food to last through
every one of the 81 weeks in the year, barring,
perhaps, some additional cattle food that will be
needed when the British herds are increased to
100000 head, the number that will be required to
properly supply the population with milk.
Back in 1914 the English were importing four
ffths of all cereals consumed and onehalf of the
meat supply. The new program will certainly put
1914 into the place 1t deserves-the low-water
mark In English farming.
VIII Guarantee Prices to Farmers.
I Success with the national "after the war farm
scheme" depends largely on what kind of a price
guarantee the government will be willing to give
the farmer for his principal crops. The depart
ment of food production has 1t In mind to ask for
certain fixed prices that will run through a term
of at least ten years. 1t is believed that at least
a decade will be required to firmly establish the
new era, and in the meantime give the farmer a
fair deal.
1.-THE farmer is not greedy" Sir Charles Fielding,
himself a farmer, declared the other day.
must remer,per, the farmer has his living to make
and he has n right TO reasonable security. and to
the assurance that he will get a fair return for his
work and his expenditure. / believe that the i'm
portance of agriculture Is being realized In this
country at last. II it had been realized in the first
year of the war we should never have known such
perilous times as those through which we have
passed. But we got through somehow and the
prospects are better now"
Sir Charles Is constantly pointing out that big
crop production here in England is going to be
one of the factors in settling the nations war debt.
He has warned that England must not 90
back to her old ways and spend three hundred
millions a year for imported food. Our exports
would have to pay for that food before they paid
for anything else, and it would be an utterly un-
necessary expenditure. The food is here in our
own country. only waiting to be taken out of the
soil."
, 1919-03-06

Chicago.-Hogs-BuIk OF sales, VIZ
917.60; butchers. s17.40Q17.70; light.
throwouts. s1s.00Q16.5O: pigs. good to
choice. $14.00@16.25.
Cattle-Beef cattle. good. choice and
prime. $3.50 a 1000; common and me-
dunn. s1O.75@16.50; butcher stock.
cows and heifers.- S7.75Q15.50; anner
and cutters. S6.50@7.75; stockers and
feeders. good, choice and fancy. S11.2b
Q1t.00: inferior. common and medium.
1925 @11.2 veal caiges, good and
choice. s16.75 @17.50.
Sheep Top wool lambs, 1885;
shorn, $16.75; lambs. choice and prime,
s1s.75@1S.S5; medium and good. sl7.25
01S.7b; culls, $14.00 q 1879; ewes,
dium and good. s1o.5o4 1896: culls,
, 1919-03-06

declared war on Ger
many, that the British
government foresaw
grave difficulties with
the food a t / o N
should the war last
much longer. And 1t
was quite evident that
the war would last
quite some time" as
the British phrase 1t.
American strength on
the battle front, and in
ship building, could
not be expected for
many months.
About that time the
war-food program
started in real earnest.
, 1919-03-06

chicago.-Corn-No. . yellow, s1.s1M
No. s yellow. s1.ssM @i.s7M.
Oats No. white, Btu @5sKc;
RyeANo. 2, 31.42.
Barley-SS20 CSC.
Timothy-$7.0001 1000.
Clover-Nominal.
Pork-Nominal.
Lard-S25.16.
Ribs-S2l.00 q $500.
, 1919-03-06

ONDON.-England had such a mar
row escape from famine while
German submarines were sinking
food ships right at her very doors
that a national movement is well
under way to prevent the ecu
renee of any such danger. Not
that the English people expect
another war. It's simply a case
where war called the attention
of everyone here to the fact that
the nation was producing only a
u weeks supply of foodstuffs;
the country had moved to town,
and the nation was depending on
, 1919-03-06
Miscellaneous Markets,

Metal Markets.
Colorado settlement prices:
Bar silver, s1.01M.
Copper, lb.. 16@17c.
Lead, $5.25.
Spelter. $685..
Tungsten. per unit, x12. 00@14.0
, 1919-03-06

New Observation-Disclosures 7.2s.
Al, $50; cubes, 9.76: xxxX powdered.
$40; powdered. 9.15: Inc GRADUATED
and diamond a, 300: confectioners' A.
$50: No. i. SIS
, 1919-03-06
The Word That Passed.

1.-THE spoken worldwide car recap
ture it?" I've had fellows make me
take it sback."-Judge.
, 1919-03-06

Accuracy Of Statement.
II heard that Smith failed for $780,
000." mo. he didn't; he failed for the
want Of it."
, 1919-03-06
FRECKLES


There's no longer the slightest need Of feeling
ashamed of your ~freckies. as Othine-doubis
strensth-is guaranteed to remove these homeiy
spots.
simply get an ounce of o~thine-double
strength-from your druggist, and apply a little
Of 1t night and morning and you should soon ses
that even the worst freckles have begun to din
eppear. while the lighter ones have vanished en-
tireiy. 1t is seldom that more than one ounce
10 needed to completely clear the skin and rain
q beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength othine.
as this n sold under guarantee OF money back
~ 1t fails to remove freckles.-Adv.
, 1919-03-06
HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
+. o. B. Denver, Carload Prices.
Grain.
Flour.

subject to discount ........-...$5.14
Hungarian, as lbs, sacked. sub
1ect to discount ............. 2.61
Hungarian. "a lbs. sacked. sub
5sct to discount .............. 1.2i
, 1919-03-06

The mar who tells you that all men
are equal really believes that he Is 6
little more SO.
, 1919-03-06

ships to bring in food that might well enough have
been raised in the British isles.
Right in the middle of the worlds greatest war
1t was necessary to suddenly turn back the great
, 1919-03-06

Reduction Of furniture prices is n
Of the best things done nus far for the
returning soldiers.
, 1919-03-06

farm boy and girl migra-
ton from city to the soil
and correct, almost over
night, a food shortage
that threatened to engylf
trs British empire. While
ths flower Of British
manhood was lighting IN
France the agricultural
halanca n,nr tnrnad In r.
, 1919-03-06
NoncommIttaI.

Does your wife sing?"
"Er-that's a matter of OPINION
Boston Evening Transcript.
, 1919-03-06
ENGLAND MAKING PLANS TOW
HERSELF W
Profiting Blu War Lesson,
Shell Proposes rAgain
10 Be Confronted Blu the
Danger of Famine
: BY LLOYD ALLEN,
Special Staff Correspondent.

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