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The Washington herald., 1920-06-23

bunny rabbit and began to pull
him away from the stoop.
| Stop! Stop" chartered Billie
and Johnnie. Let Uncle wiggily
alone."
I'm going to carry him off TO
my den," howled the SkuddIems-
| goon, but, somehow or other, he
could not pull Uncle wiggily up OF
the steps.
'I didn't know you were so
strong" painted the Skuddlema-
goon, all out of breath But I'll
pull you loose"
He gave another strong pull.
There was a ripping. tearing sound,
and the Skuddlemagoon cried:
"Oh, my goodness, I've torn my
shirt! Oh, I'll have to get ii sewed
up before 1 can pull you loosey'
and away he ran. And when Un-
Gle Wiggily tried to get up himself
he couldn't; he was fast there.
And no wonder" cried Nurse
Jane. you've been sitting in some
of the kite paste and you're stuck
fast to the stoop. No wonder the
Skuddlemagoon couldn't pull you
loose. And 1 guess II was your
clothes that tore, and not his
shirt,
And 80 il was. Uncle wigglly's
trousers were ripped a little. But
when Nurse Jane poured a little
warm water around where the bun
ny had sat in the paste. he easily
could get loose and stand up. Then
he didn't sit in any more sticky
stuff, but he mended the kite and
all was well.
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Helene MarnedLife s,ss4y ,s:;7s..s sHsss7ls -


whispered back again. TT was
pitch dark in the cellar, but her
aim was not SO bad" Ny voice
quavered in a foolish effort to speak
lightly.
Just then. Tony and the doctors
came down the stairs. Tony came
toward US. There was q queer,
strained look on his face. Twice
he tried to speak, but his throat
seemed dry, and no words would
come.
What is it," 1 cried, whats
happened, Tony?" Jim and 1 rose
simultaneously.
My mother" he said, slowly,
when we got to her room, we
found her-lying-dead"
We stared at Tony, startled.
Dead"
He nodded. Then he beckoned
to the doctors. They approached,
Tell them." he said, II can't"
And so the doctors told us that
poor Mrs. Lloyd had died half an
hour ago, OF heart failure.
From the look OF her, I suspec,
heart disease of long standing" /"
said the elder of the two. TO-
days excitement has been too much
for her.
And then Jim spoke.
Il should say II was a merciful
release" He lowered his voice so
that Tony-who had turned his
back on us-might not hear. It's
q merciful release all round, for
every one"
The doctors gave a discreet in
clination OF their heads,
we understand she was homicid-
ally insane" remarked the younger
man. and extraordinarily cunning
In her methods of escape. Naturally
then, she was menace to society,""
1 think Jim was about to tell
them of her three attempts upon
my life. But I laid a restraining
hand upon his arm.
DE mortuis," / murmured, gent
ly. Why speak III Of the dead7
she was gone now, to harm no one
any more.
Then / turned toward the doctors.
You have good news of Mr..
Lloyd?"
The answer came In the affirma-
tive. He was making satisfactory
progress. For q man no longer In
his hrst youth. his powers of re-
sistance were remarkable, they
said.
Tomsrssw-Nsws for Alice.
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Is This Your Type?'' .ss:: 81: :;.! 1sso''
STRAIGHT BLACK HAIR.

1t Is more difficult to find cham
pions of black hair In poetry and
fiction than of hair of a golden or
reddish tint, yet 1t is not so difficult
sessed hair of raven hue. French
fiction abounds in auburn haired
heroines. One grows weary OF
them, and the golden hair of Eng
lish heroines is quite as tiresome.
1t you want tn spend an idle hour or
so among your books, try to find a
heroine of one of Scott's novels who
did hot have golden hair. There
are one or two, to be sure, but there
are dozens who have golden hair to
the one with hair that is black.
Straight black lair Is said by ex-
perts on such matters to indicate a
melancholy nature. If it accom-
panies passionate disposition it is
tempered by self control and intro
spection. Curly black hair is asso-
ciated with more ardent and impul-
sive natures. Diane de Poitiers and
Madame Recamier-famous French
beauties-both had curly black hair,
but Madame Roland. a more spirit
ual and idealistic woman. had hair
that was straight and black La
MARITIME says: Her magnificent
hair. black and glossy as a ravens
wing, fell in thick masses to her
knees"
Straight black hair. perhaps be-
cause 1t is the universal possession
of Indians. Is sometimes regarded as
characteristic part of the American
woman. At any rate Jennie Jerome,
who became united with Lord Ran
dolph Churchill in what was one Of
the first of the noted international
marriages between American wealth
and British title. was looked upon
as typically American and she had
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Facts Friction Fashions and Features Of interest," Women
Daily Horoscope

According to astrclogy this 10 Z
day Of sinister Influences. for Venus,
| the Sun and Jupiter are all In evil
place.
The pisns seem TO warn women
/ tions even while they are accepting
new standards of life.
Marriage 10 subject to q rule max
Ing for much disco ntent and many
divorces. Compromises must be
! many. the seers declare. but they
prophcsy, also O free dom and inde-
pendencs of life not hitherto toler-
ated.
Romance will continue to affect
men and We men Of every age. even
more viruleHtly than. formerly.
From this date on love affairs VIII
multiply. it is foretold.
The signs arc not encouraging TO
candidates for ONCE. since Venus is
In an aspect causing women to be
extremely critical.
Governors ard all who have re-
spon5ibilities in government may
meet unusual problems At this time.
Labor continues TO be disturbed.
Unrest and discomfort will be reg
istered in strikes and at the polls.
The autumn is to bring forth a
powerful organization that will be
much discussed. since II unitcs new
leaders and cid once for little
time
Women who have been long sub
ject to the lighter and less helpful
influences of Venus, which have
been nianifested in many frivolities
are to beoome less vain or at least
less addicted to cosmetics and ex-
tfeme fashions.
Banking is again under o direc-
tion OF the plaLets that pre.aGes
many great problems which will be
solved successfully.
All countries under Lee, espe-
cially France and Italy. will have a
summer and fall OF many excite
nents. Labor problems and indus
trial crises will multiply as the sea-
son advances.
Persons whose eirthdate II Is
have the augury OF a successful
birthday with great increase Of
money. but they should not make
any changes.
Children born en- this day will be
generally successful. With the
moon as their principal ruler. these
subjects OF cancer are usually very
artistic.
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Excellent Advice 3, 2sS2zzS PIX 5..

has a guardian who is keeping tab
on her. and all with whom she as
sociates. So far the chaperone is
all to the good.
! 1t should not be forgotten. how.
ever, that a watch dog can keep
friends as well as enemies off of the
promises, and that while a chape-
rome may possibly keep undesirable
men away from a girl, she can most
| certainly cut them off from eligible
| ones.
Here's a case in point that has
Just come under my own observa-
tion. 1 have been at a summer hotel
where there were many mothers
and daughters. One mother was
the conscientious chaperone who is
always on the job.
She never took her eagle eve off
of her daughter day or night,
Wherever the girl went mother
tagged her. If daughter played
golf, mother sat where she could
command a view of the entire
links. If daughter was asked to 20
automobiling, mother assumed
that she was also invited and
crowded in. If daughter was laugh
boys and girls mother Joined the
group. If daughter was having a
tete tete witha young man moth
er turned the duet into a trio.
The girl was just the common, or
garden variety OF girl-pretty
enough, bright enough, sweet and
sensible, and attractive enough to
nave Joined in with the balance of
the young people ard had q good
time, and perhaps have one of the
nice young men fall in love with
her, If she had been left to herself,
and to go 1t alone a little.
But she had no stupsndous fas-
clnation, no ravishing beauty to
enable her to carry the handicap of
mother, and even run in the popu,
larity race, to say nothing of win
ming out. No one wanted to be bur-
dened with the society of mother.
and so. as it was impossible to have
the girl without mother, the gir,
was simply left out.
overheard some young chan
planning little party they were
giving. The question of asking ths
girl was discussed. Il wish we
could, said one youth, but IL Won
90 the old lady will come along and
III not gong 10 be the goat who
has her wished on him." "Nor l."
Nor l." chorused the others. So
the girl was left sitting with mother
on the hotel verGnda, when the
laughing, merry throng drove off, A
victim OF too much chaperone.
Furthermore, mother will chape-
rome her into the Old Maids Home
Tor she proudly boasted that she
never permitted her daughter to go
to the theater without her and that
she had never received a gentle
man caller alone.
Now among the 400 who NAV
need chaperones more than the
100000 do and where expense need
not be considered Il may be we'll
for the chaperone to accompany a |
young couple everywhere they go.
but the average youth in business
does well IL he has the price Of two
theater or opera tickets, or can buy
lunch for two. 1t puts him an. |,
tirely out Of the running II ne has
to drag the girls family along with |
her. So the girl with chaperone
Is perfectly safe from being Invited
to see improper playa. or propsr /
ones. either for that matter.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-23

Tonbridge. Eng. June 2o.-Can
| love survive the vision of the be-
| loved In a wet and cliaging bathing
suit, with the hair struggling over
her eyes and making her look like
something between a sea lion and q
damp Scotch terrier?
Nay, . thousand times nay, says
Donald Clark, a member Of the town
council OF this place. More than
that. He says to permit young low
ers to see their. ladies in such state
10 seriously to imperil the British
race, because more often than not
IL will serve to break of engage.
ments to wed
What was and Is the occasion of
Councillor Clark's excitement? Moth
Ing less than the fact that the town
council. by q majority Of one vote.
decided to allow mixed bathing in
the towns swimming pool on Sun
days.
Clark. who 10 an old sergeant ma
jor OF the Scots Guards and q trans
planted Scotsman, made game
Tight against the revolutionary pro-
ceedings for this old town.
He solemnly told his fellow coun-
cillors he did not oppose the project
on puritanicAl grounds. because, in
spite Of his Scotch blood. he freely
admitted the necessity of washing
even on Sundays. But he opposed
IL as q lover Of the British Empire
and the British race.
He appealed to them to prevent
British girls making damp frights
Of themselves right in front of the
very eyes Of the British boys.
Let them just imagine a young
man head over heels in love with
a fair kentish girl with whom he
had danced in one OF the brilliant
balls for which Tonbridge was ia
nous. There was all the romance
of music and the dance and the
kentish moon.
Then fancy him meeting her the
next day in the public swimming
pool with a costume that vulgar
lied her figure and with her fair
locks punched in a hideous rubber
cap.
He warned them that hundreds of
girls had been doomed to a life OF
useless celibacy through that in
famous institution known as mixed
bathing.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-23
What of Buttermilkp

And now come the chemists tell
ing US that buttermilk contains one
half per cert alcohol. Are we to
remain within the law or have the
COW arrested? Buttermilk Eas been
a staple article of the summer diet
for many and is relied upon by ply
ISicians as an article of invalid diet
always. After the butter is removed
1rom milk it still contains fats to
sthe extent of l IA per cent. This
Is buttermilk
Its sourness is due tc Tactic acid
developed at the expense of lac
tosc or milk sugar Under the in
huence of the Tactic acid bacillus
and the proportion of Tactic acid
tends continually to increase SO that
,lhe older the buttermilk is the sour
Ter it becomes.
This bacillus Is absent, of course
when the milk is first drawn from
tho cow, but it sc cmetimes deyelops
from the air. Buttermilk is particu-
Harry a diuretic. acting on the kid
neys, and in hot weather aiding
greatly the process of elimination.
Many persons who can not drink
milk because of impaired digestion
can take buttermilk with impunity.
The artificial butte,milk that is
sometimes sold at lunch counters
is one of our modern hurry up,
processes. 1t Is chemically the rame
ms the regular tuttermiik and is
iniade by the edition of lactic acid
Tablets. The taste is slightly diff
lferent. but will do in a pinch. But.
just as old wines arc better than
new ones. to the epic1re. so is old
fashioned farm buttermilk more
,neiiow than that, made from "tab-
let's"
tcepynsnt. 1910. bsi The NO syaaeass.,
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CxxIx-MERCIFUL RELIEF.

CAAlA-mEnClFl HELlEFs
Life can be rather terrible,
jim" I whispered. holding tight to
my husbands arm with my left
hand, while with my right / held
my coffee cup. Poor Mr.. Travis
Lloydw
And that mad creature trying to
murder you in the cellar" added
Jim grimly. 'Oh Helene, 1 can
never let you out of my sight
again.
The hall was empty. So I leaned
over toward him, and kissed the
little scar on his forehead. just be-
low his curly hair. Without q
doubt, the insane woman upstairs
had been responsible for that scar.
Mistaking Jim for her husband, she
had attacked him from behind with
a heavy weapon. and left him lying
on the, lonely roads, until found
him.
Thank God. Jim was strong and
healthy now. He had completely
recovered from his long illness.
lCiunB Close 10 MIN IN the Hah AZ
Thorny Grange, my nerves consid-
erably shaken by what I'd under
gone. That creeping horror in the
cellar.
Surely, now that Tony is at
hand, he'll see she's properly con-
fined in some institution where she
can't escape again. 1 blame Mr..
Travis Lloyd for not taking more
precautionary measures" There
was q sharpness in Jim's tones. He
held me close to him. ''1f she'd
hurt you, Helene" He broke of,
staring at my wrist. from which
stood out a great purple bruise.
Whats that?'
she flung her revolver at me-"
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and Billie Bushytail. the two squir.
rel boys, flying a kite. and II was
the kite that was falling down, be-
cause there was no wind, that made
Johnnie and Lille chapter SO loudly
There she goes! She's fallen in
| among the weeds, and she'll be
punched full of holes" cried Billie
He and his brother called their
kite "she" just as they did their
boat. though why 1 don't know, un-
less it is that kites and boats need
so much fixing up. like girls, be-
fore they can go anywhere.
The kite which the squirrel boys
had been flying came down in a
tangle of bramble briar bushes
near Uncle wiggily. Johnnie and
Billie rushed toward IT, but not in
time to save. their paper toy from
being punched full of holes.
"Oh. dear" sighed Billie. She's
spoiled"
II should say she was" agreed
Johnnie. Full of holes. She'll
never fly again
'oh. don't say that" exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily in his most jolly
voice. Il think I can patch your
kite up again. boys, so she'll sail
as well as ever"
Can you? How" asked Billie
and Johnnie, eagerly.
with some paste and pieces of
paper" answered the bunny rabbit
gentleman. Come on, Take the
kite. no matter IL che has holes in
her. Carry her to my hollow stump
bungalow. I'll get Nurse Jane Fuz-
zy wuzzy. my muskrat lady house,
keeper, to make me some strong
-four paste, and We'll mend that
kite so good as never was"
"Finer" chartered Billie and
Johnnie.
So they carefully took their kite
out of the bramble briar bushes,
The Washington herald., 1920-06-23
New and Wonderful
Hair Removing Secret
(Hsv to Get Hid Of Reefs aal AiD

The secret Il out, AM woman SothstsA
With supefnucus hair can now rid herself
OF this trouble absolutely--not only the sur.
race hairs. but the roots a. weii-by what IL
known as the 'phelactine process" The
new method does sway with numerous and
Does away with depilatories or shayins AZ
frequent intefvals. Nothing lihe Il ever
known before. Get 4 stick Of phslactine
from your dfueKist, follow the esAy instfuc.,
ticns, and Nave the surprise Of yoas life. :
own home, without the least inJurt. Tbs
haif-roots come out before your very eyes,
leaving the skin soft. smooth. hairitss.
Phelacttae 70 oeofiesa, nsa-isritatiae, ana q
heEni1D yea ceald CT it.~>Ads.
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What $ in a Nane2
cLEMENTTNA.
BY Mildred Marshall.

Clementina had its origin in an
cient Rome. Clemens was cogno-
men and was borne by vespasian's
nephew, Titus Flavius Clemens
who was put to death by Domitan
on a charge of atheism. like others
who went over to Christianity. A
very early church at Rome is dedi-
Gated to him and he Is thought by
some to be the same Clemens whom
st. Paul mentions.
Clemens, taken as a Latin adjec-
tive. signifies "merciful;" from II
the substantive CIementia came TO
be formed. The Romans worshiped
Clementia, the personified virtue,
as goddess bearing cup in
one hand and a lance in the other,
and the title "Your Clemency" be-
came the mode of addressing en-
perors. In England and France,
Clementina is probably the direct
outgrowth of the legend of st.
Clements who was martyred by be-
ing beheaded and thrown into the
sea where a shrine of coral was
formed round his head. He is the
patron saint of sailors. Italy mod
ernized the early Roman goddess
by calling her Clemenza and Ger
many is responsible for Clementine.
The charming Clementina is the
English version. 1t gained great
vogue and achieved widespread
usage in honor of the Italian lady
in ''Sir c. Grandson"
The turquoise is Clementina's
talismanic stone. 1t will protect
her from all dangers, particularly
from accidents while riding and
walking, according to an old legend.
II she sees the new moon reflected
in its surface, she will have ex-
treme good luck. Monday is her
lucky day and her lucky number.
copyright. 1920. by Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. }
The Washington herald., 1920-06-23
Casualty Hospital Drive
Still Must Get $4,000

Contributions to the $4,000 fund
sought by Casualty Hospital for re-
moval of present debt and placing
the Institution upon self sustain.
ing basis now total s21, 1000, IL was
announced yesterday.
New plans for continuing the can
vassing will be issued at a meeting
tomorrow night At 'sl4 Pennsyi.
vAniA avenue southeast.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-23
THE cHAPERoNE QUESTION.

The SHAPEhONE aUEsTlON.
A woman, who is the mother of
daughters, asks me how 1 stand on
the chaperone question.
Frankly, 1 don't stand at all. /
am sitting astride of the fence, and
/ don't know on which side to
alight. 1t locks s un-American and
so much like the slave-of-the-h -harem
business on one side, and so dan
gerous and full of snares on the
other side.
No one will deny that every
young girl not only needs some
older woman to look after her, and
protect her, but she also needs for
1t to be generally known that she
The Washington herald., 1920-06-23

eTNIHY, Molly, you don't give that
w poor little tyke cathartic every
day, do you?"
"This isn't a cathartic, mother. It's
Nujol. 1t was the only thing l could
use while the baby was nursing. l was
terribly constipated, you know, just after
he was born"
"Well, that's to be expected, guess.
remember the trouble I had when you
were born, dear"
"Oh, mother, 1 was in awful shape. I
tried everything. And everything failed.
All the laxatives and cathartics was
taking began to affect baby. He had
collie and lost weight. My milk really
seemed to poison him. Then the doctor
ordered the Nujoltre You know
the body doesn't absorb Nujol at all, and
consequently Nujol doesn't affect the
milk. 1t was an ideal treatment for my
condition
'Does it act quicky?"
The Washington herald., 1920-06-23


haired American girls.
straight black hair of that depth of
tone that is often described as ''pur-
pie" 1t is said that her beauty was
even more striking because IL con-
trasted with the fair blondeness of
many of the British peeresses. She
was tall, slender, with a thoughtful,
broad brow. square chin, a mouth
grave and sweet, and dark soulful
eyes.
The interesting heroine in one of
the greatest of all American novels
also possessed straight glossy black
hair. She was Hester in Haw-
thorne's Scarlet Letter. and the
author adds that she was large and
tall. And il was this type OF Amer
ican girl with straight black hair
that John w. Alexander may have
had in mind when he painted many
of his most interesting studies Of
women
The Washington herald., 1920-06-23
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
ny HOWARD y. GARls
UNCLE WIcGILY AND THE
PASTE.

Once upon a time, as Uncle Wig
gfly was hopping along through
the fields, wondering what sort of
an adventure he would have, he
heard some voices calling:
There she goes."
Get her now!'
"Oh. quick"
Uncle Wiggily looked around be-
tween his ears.
"I wonder IL they mean he in
ad Of 'she?" he thought. Can
that be the Pip or Skee speaking of
meT
But as he looked he saw johnnie
The Washington herald., 1920-06-23

"No-it depends on the individual. 1t
took me several days, but since then I've
been as regular as clockwork.'
''How do you feel after taking it?"
"Nothing but good effects. You see,
mother, Nujol works on an entirely new
principle Instead Of forcing or irritat-
ing the system, it simply softens the food
waste. This helps all those tiny muscles
in the walls of the intestines, contracting
and expanding in their normal way, to
squeeze the food waste along, so that it
passes naturally out of the system
"Do you give it to the baby regularly
now'"
eyes, indeed He's already started.
The doctor says that every baby is born
with a natural kink in his bowels has
to straighten out naturally and Nujol
prevents any obstruction there. 1t rather
helps nature to help herself. This sample
of the youngest generation is going to
grow up with the conviction that Nujol
inside is just as important as his morn
ing bath outside-which it is. It's abso-
utely harmless and-See, mother, how
he takes it."
Nujol is sold by all druggists in sealed bottles
only bearing Nujol Trade Mark. Write
Nujol Laboratories, Standard Oil Co. New
Jersey, so Broadway, New York, for booklet
stThipfv Fact of Dauper'
Phoenix tribune., 1920-12-18
FIGHTING IRREGULARITIES
IN RECENT ELECTION

(By the Associated Negro Press)
El Reno, Okla, Dec. 16.-E. T. Bar
Der, the leading Negro lawyer of this
place, will head the fight to be made
in Okfuskee, Wagner, Mcintosh and
Muskogee counties, against the elec-
tion officers for irregularities in the
recent election. The cases will be
filed in the Eastern District Federal
Court at Muskogee Judge Robert L.
Williams will preside.
Phoenix tribune., 1920-12-18
THE WISE MAN

A Sunday school teacher was ques-
tioning her class about some promi-
nent men of the Old Testament.
Nov, Henry, can you tell me who
was the wisest man in the Bible?" she
asked
"Noah!" Henry answered promptly
"Oh, no, Henry" the teacher said
you don't mean Noah, you mean Solo
mon, don't you?"
mo, ma'am; l mean Noah"
What makes you think that Noah
was the wisest MANI"
Well" said Henry, "my dad says a
man like Solomon, with 600 wives and
800 porcupines is a blamed old fool,
while Noah knew enough to get in out
Of the wet when it began to rain"
Phoenix tribune., 1920-12-18
BUSINESS WoMEN'S
ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED
BY cOLoRED GIRLS S

(By tl'n Associated Negro Press)
Atlanta Ga, Dec. 16.-Sixtyfive
young colored women clerks and stem
ographers of this city met last Mon
day afternoon at the Atlanta Urban
House and organized the Business
Women's Association. The associa-
ton will have for its purpose the de-
velopment of greater efficiency among
the colored business women in At,
lanta.
Phoenix tribune., 1920-12-18

One wonders why the wild geese de-
layed their journey south this year.
Nobody has raised their transporta-
tion rates.
Phoenix tribune., 1920-12-18

There's no sense in a woman's
struggling to make a choice between
a home and career. If she has the
proper temperament she can-and
doubtless will have both.
Phoenix tribune., 1920-12-18

In connection with the statement
that the demand for Eaby buggies has
fallen off so per cent, it should be
remembered that baby now goes out
in the benzine runabout.