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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-27

| the affair will be made known at an
early date.
Mrs. Diehl and daughter, Miss
Ruthe Of Portland, Ore, are visiting
in the village Many years ago the
! Diehl family farmed in this commun-
ity, where their friends are always
glad to see them.
Water is getting very scarce. Many
wells are reported low and some have
gone pretty well dry.
Mrs. Lewis Antram spent IA day
this week with her mother, Mrs. Pat
terson, in the county seat.
Mrs. J. c. Grettencorl has as her
guest people from New York state at
this writing.
Mrs. Arthur Gret cncord and chill
dren were out calling one afternoon
recently.
Miss Ellsworth of Grand Ridge
was IA shopper III Streator one after
noon last week.
Those attending the marine band
very fine. About seventy musicians
concert at the N. f. church in Strca-
tor on "Wednesday night report it
played.
Mrs, Watts OF South Ottawa town
ship did shopping IN Ottawa last
week.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-27
FARM RIDGE.

The ladies who met at Mrs. OryillC
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-27
WIEN 4 WoM!S IS Nervous WORRIED

The lives of most women are
full Of worry. Mems troubles are
bad enough, but womcn's are
worse. Worry makes women sick.
1t pulls them down, and in thcir
weakened condition they are sub
ject to pains, aches, weakness, back
aches, headaches and dizzy spells.
Most women neglect their health,
and for this they pay the penalty
Any woman will find that neglect
does not pay. A little more atten-
ton to health would brighten up
her life. If she asks her neighbors
.he finds that DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription benefits a woman's
whole system. 1t not only acts
upon the troubles and weaknesses
peculiar to women, but is an all
round tonic that braces the entire
body, overcoming nervousness,
sleeplessness, headaches, dizziness
and rundown condition.
MoUNr VERNON, ILL.-"I am glad
to say that Doctor Pierce's Favorite
Prescription proved just as good as it
is advertised to be. was weak and
lacked strength and ambition. | had
worked hard and was poorly. used
the Favorite Prescription and it gave
me new strength, and seemed to put
new lie in me. was pleased that it
did so much for me and | am very
glad to recommend it."-NIRs. WILL
NEwBY, No. 1913 West Broadway.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-27
A VIGOROUSLY LovabIe Man.

or q New York yrgginnn recently
murdered a paper naivcly says: lie
had been only four months out Of Jail ;
h" had served four terms for burglary
ana truck thievery: his father said his
son never came home except to extort
money from his family. All the Wit
neSSes insist that he had no enemies
and none Of them can think of any
reason why anyone should have tried
to kill him."
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-27

BUDAPEST - Wanted: A
good king for Hungary,
The Hungarian peasants, tho
Americans here have found,
want to be ruled by a king.
Admiral Horthy (beloW) who
now occupies the royal palace
az regent, is recognized as o.
strong man but he hasn't the
royal blood. Even 80, he is a
possible future king.
The British Prince Albert,
(above) second son OF King
George, has many supporters.
So has Archduke Joseph, the
Hapsburg general, shown en-
the right,
Top, the Royal pc'ac" At
Budapest, where ~ Us
(whoever he Isl vii !.o
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-27

Card Player Heard From.
Az you say, Robert, Gabriel holding
the trump will simply order the others
ny. Hoston Transcript.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-27
Tobacco Seeds Small

Tobacco seeds are so minute that Il
thimbIefnl will furnish enough plants
for an acre of ground.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
Genius and
Hair

History. the Investigations OF ex-
perts show, discloses the fact that
few great geniuses had red hair.
says the Detroit News. Almost
alone among the poets was Swim
burne, whose hair was reddish, and
among the great reformers, only
John Bunyan's hair was really red.
The fiaXen-haired blonde, or tho
man whose hair when he is an
adult is true yellow, is also said to
be unlikely to possess genius. The
only case known is that Of Thack-
cray, whose hair is described as
yellow. A careful review has been
made of the biographies of most OF
the eminent men of the world, and
Kassel has tabulated the results Of
his work. so far as the color Of the
hair is concerned.
Dark brown to black is tho pre-
vailing hue on the heads OF great
men. A list Of nifty names has been
compiled in which tho color Of tho
hair Is given by biographers, and
ninety per cent are dark brown or
black.
The structure of tho hair
whether straight or curly-is given
on twenty-six of the Kasscl list Of
geniuses, and OF these oil but four
possess curly or wavy hair. It ia
notable that. of tho remaining four,
Napoleon and President jackson
wero the two remarkable for "wiry
hair and James Russell Lowell
and Grieg wero those having Innk,
straight hair.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
Bananas as Real Food
By Loretto G. Lynch.

Add more sugar il desired. Stir in
a bit OF. butter at the end, IL the
cost does not have to be considered.
Even folks who do not care for
fruit salad as a regular thing are
fond Of the banana and peanu.
salad. This salad should not re
prepared much in advance, rs
bananas that stand long are apt to
discolor. Arrange the cut bananas
little lemon juice over each and then
sprinkle generously with finely
chopped peanuts. II liked. cream
mayonnaise may be used over all.
This salad, however, is decidedly
palatable IL served with lemon juice
only. But for those who enjoy a
good cream mayonnaise, the fol-
lowing recipe is given. In a soup
plate, put half a level teaspoon each
OF salt, mustard and a few grains
or sugar and cayanne il liked.
Stir in the yolls Of one egg. Gradu-
ally stir In one-half to one cupful
Of oil, single drop at a time until
at least one-fourth of the cup is in.
After this the oil may be put in
several drops at a time. AS the
mixture thickens, thin 1t with a few
drops OF vinegar or lemon juice. At
the finish, the mixture should be
stiff enough to hold it's shape.
This mayonnaise may be used as
1t Is or. IL cream mayonnaise is de-
sired. whip up half a cupful OF
cream until stiff and cut 1t into the
dressing just before serving.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
kH The Washington Times Magazine Page 94sI
Rouged and Powdered Girl
Product of Mans Demand

looked by men In the quest for
wives.
ITO marry is the natural ambi-
ton of every normal girl IL 10
almost A necessity In order to vim
dicate her existence. That being
the case. she feels she must con-
form to the rules OF the game.
ut isn't the immoral or the bar
barous instinct In a girl as much
as a misguided idea or what the
majority OF men seek in women
"If men want the quiet, demure,
implanted girl. why don't they take
her. pay her attention and marry
her? ....
synthetic women. made up OF a
number OF strange elements, are
the ones men often marry. After
marriage. why, as husbands and
supposed masters OF their homes.
don't they exercise what authority
and opportunity they possess to
subdue these glaring attractions
and change these harmful char
acteristics?
Instead Of doing that they
simply bask in the glory OF this
dazzling creature that is theirs.
They seldom demand that she give
up the rouge-pot and eyebrow
pencil.
cleopatra, as we understand her
wiles today, was not a beauty, but
a plain woman who understood the
art Of makeup.
PLUCkED EYEBROWS OLD STORY.
The practice is an old one.
Plucked eyebrows are nothing new.
In ChauceTs time women did the
same thing. In The Canterbury
Tales we read in the Knights
Tale about lovely heroine that
the author praises for her fine eye
brows plucked out to a thin line.
"And this man thinks women
mcrcenary, too. He says girl al
ways asks How much has he got"
before she makes up her mind.
"The race must depend on It's
women for progress. and unless
woman Is good, thoughtful and In
telligent as to the future, her chill
dren will suffer. 1t Is only natural
that a woman who wishes to marry
should wish to know something
about the circumstances Of the man
which will affect her whole life and
those Of her children. Better to
think of that before than after
that would prevent many divorces"
Critic Avis does not stop at child
ing women for making up. he
thinks they should try their hands
at cooking. also. He predicts that
il all the bakeries and delicatessens
were to close down tomorrow the
modern husbands OF the made-up
women would starve to death.
"As far as that is concerned re-
plies Miss Mccormick. there Is. al
ways room for improvement in
cooking. But poor cookery Is not
a modern institution. 1t Is matter
for the schools to think about.
Education will be the remedy.
"The synthetic woman is as old
as history and I believe that the
girl SO much condemned today Is
not a modern girl, but survival OF
an old type. There always have
been women who appeal thus to
the Imagination of men. Home
| training may, in time, overcome
young mems susceptibility to such
Influences, however
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
DON'T MARRY AN
EMPTY PURSE.

The following may seem to be
lot of rubbish" but it is written
in deep sincerity:
About ten years old. the writer
of this one day. in his fathers
private room, put his hand on the
family Bible-an old. much-used
volume-and promised himself and
God. in whom he then believed,
that he should never marry, ex-
cept If he had plenty of money or
was going to marry money.
Today, nineteen years later, I
can laugh when / think of this
childishness, but l have exactly
the same opinion now as when 1
was l was a child. l should like
to shout to the whole world:
Never. never marry without
money! Be sure that you have
some extra money" some safe
money that you don't need before
you marry!
Don't be so foolish as to marry
for love. You can never be sure
that your own or your sweet
hearts love will last forever. But
I know it is no use to talk to
lovers, especially the young ones.
Today, writing this, / know that 1
am glad that have kept my
oath. Two times l was pretty
nearly tied up. The last time,
aout year and a half ago, I was
afraid of myself-afraid that my
love for nice but poor girl
should become stronger than my
common sense.
1 recognized this, I sold my be-
longings, said goodbye to parents,
brothers and sisters and friends
and came across the ocean to the
United States. I have been here
fifteen months now. About one
month ago I received word from
the old country that my former
sweetheart. who promised to wait
for me for years, had married a
wealthy Wholesale merchant. do
not blanc her. She did the right
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
In the Name of Common
Sense

It's all right TO mako this a free
country and to havo a Goddess of
Liberty to welcome tho foreigner,
But something should be done
with the immigration laws so that
musicians will be compelled to tic
their unapproachable names out
side. We have had to suffer n lot
of tongue twisting and 'larynI
strain In tho past, and apparently
the situation Is becoming worse
since the war.
Among the newcomers who ought
never to have been allowed to enter
this country without having a major
operation performed on his cogno-
men is Nyredghazl, the pianist
Anybody with n name like that
ought to be able to pound a wicked
chord, but out of consideration OF
tho American public, which pays
good money to hear him do IL,
why shouldn't he shorten his name,
to say nothing OF his program. lie
might be known as Mr.. Nyre, which
is safe enough even for someone
under the influence Of home hoooh.
Or. II he prefers the tailend OF his
Dsafhfn1 - IN h vRnag -
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
The Inside Of the Cup
A great serial
OF ROMANCE, MYSTERY, ADVENTURE
III.
A great serial
By Winston Churchill.

sleet and snow. had she approached
IL now!
Here were the people. stili. in
the midst of whom her earliest
associations had been formed.
changed. indeed-but yet the same.
No, the change was In her, and
the very vastness OF that change
came as a shock.
These had stood still. anchored
to their traditions. while she-had
he grown? or merely wanderedy
She had searched. at least, and
seen. She had once accepted them
If indeed as a child II could have
been said OF her that she accepted
anything; she had been unable
then, at any rate. to bring forward
any comparisons.
ALL COMPLACENT.
Now she beheld them. collectively,
in their complacent finery, as repre-
senting a force. a section OF the
army blocking the heads of the
passes OF the worlds progress. rest
ing on their arms, but ready at the
least uneasy movement from below
to man the breastworks, to fling
down the traitor from above. to
night fiercely for the solidarity Of
their order.
And Alison even believed herself
to detect, by something indefinable
in their attitudes as they stood mo-
mentarily conversing in lowered
voices, an aroused suspicion, an I'M
easy anticipation.
Her imagination went so far as to
apprehend, as they greeted her un-
wonted appearance. that they read
In 1t an addition to other vague and
disturbing phenomena Her color
was high.
"Why. my dear" said Mrs. After
bury. II thought you had gone
back to New York long ago."
Beside his mother stood Gordon
more dried up, 1t seemed. than ever.
Alison recalled him, as on this very
spot. a thin, pale boy in short
trousers. and Mrs. Atterbury a
beautiful and controlled young ma
tron associated with St. Johns and
with children's parties.
She was wonderful yet. with her
white hair and straight nose, her
erect figure still slight. Alison
knew that Mrs. Atterbury had
never forgiven her for rejecting
her son-or rather for being the
kind of a woman who could reject
him.
Surely you haven't been here all
summer"
Alison admitted it. characteristic
ally. without explanations.
1T seems so natural to see you
here at the old church. after all
these years." the lady went on. and
Alison was aware that Mrs. After
bury Questfoned-or rather was at
loss for the motives which had
led such an apostate back to the
fold. I'VE must thank Mr.. Holder
l suppose. He's very remarkable.
l hear he Is running the services
today for the first time since
June"
Alison was inclined to read a
significance into Mrs. Atterbury's
glance at her son, who was clear
ing his throat
THE GREAT SURPRISE
"But-where is Mr.. Parr?' ne
asked. 81 understand he has come
back from his cruise"
Yes, he is back. 1 came without
him-as you see."
She found a certain satisfaction
in adding to the mystification. to
the disquietude he betrayed by fid-
getting more than usual
"But-he always comes when he
is in town. Business-I suppose
ahemv
To BE Continued Tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
So Says Miss Helen P. Nc
Cor1nick, Assistant District
Attorney, in Replying to
Josef Avis Attack on the
Synthetic Woman"
written By MARGARET REX fer

written By MARGARET REX fer
the International News serviee.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Stirred to
speech by the faults OF what he
terms the synthetic woman" Josef
Avis Latin for "bird") hastens to
impart to the universe what he,
himself-and also personally
thinks OF the girls we see all about
us these days
Woman, he believes. is made up OF
many different elements infused
into one strange new type OF being.
Mr.. Avis exhorts bachelors to
everlasting freedom unless was
ire" woman changes her ways.
Bachelors" he pleads from his
California home in San Diego.
stand by and don't weaken! When
the women find that the men Will
not come to them they Will go to-
the men. ! am still singing the
Battle Cry of Freedom
IA man does not want an ami
mated grease paint portrait walk
ing around with him. Look for the
ones that do not paint-they are as
scarce as roses at the North Pole.
Coax one OF these dainty. de-
q
you will see that the layers OF
rouge jut out like the cornices of
a building"
MOTIVES ARE misunderstood.
For these and other soaring COM
ments, Josef Avis has received
singing rebukes and retorts. Many
men have gone so far as to hint
that IL MIR. Avis does not admire
the modern girl his middle name
Is "rara-"
But aside from the exaggeration
which characterized his state
ments, there Is much to be serious
ly considered in what the Califor-
MAN says.
The average male, unesthetic and
not analytic, responds quicker to
the carmine call of a painted cheek
than to the less strident appeal OF
the face gone prematurely gray
from life in crowded cities.
synthetic women" are the prod
uct of a demand. according to Miss
Helen =. Mccormick, assistant dis
trict attorney OF Kings county. The
opinion Of Miss Mccormick is or
particular value in this discussion,
for she occupies a unique position.
Oficially. she may judge OF follies
of women and also men, since those
in trouble and turmoil come before
her in >ceaseless parade. Private
ly, she is able to understand the
girls point Of view on such a ques-
ton, because she is an exceedingly
copely young woman herself.
"The rouged girl is the product
of a demand" says Miss McCor-
mick. and demure girls find that
unless their attractions are made
equally glazing they may be over
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
TheLateSt in
Hats
By Rita Stuyvesant.

n N INGLED with the wintry
N winds comes a breath of
AvA spring suggested by the
newest millinery. Bits of straw.
luscious little fruits and small
and dainty flowers forecast the
longer days Cay hats done in
bright colors lend a fresh note TO
ones wintry appearance. Satin
and straw are combined into some
attractive hats, while others favor
feathers.
One OF the most popular ma
terials for early spring wear Is
heavy satin. and this is shown in
a wondrous quality OF both black
and white. The black satin fash
Toned smart hat whose chief
charm was in its graceful and be-
coming lines. The high tam crown
is completed by narrow sailor
brim. and there Is a pert bow OF
the material resting on the right
side and wired at rakish angle.
There IL no other trimming neces-
sary to make this good-looking
hat a success.
When cock feathers decide to
form an alliance with soft satin,
the resulting chapeau is striking.
There is quite a vogue for these
graceful curving feathers. One
stunning hat OF black satin is
softly draped over a frame that
rolls up gently away from the
face and Off the back of the neck
and Is supplied with the dropping
cock feathers in black of the
sdie.
Among the straw hats one finds
any number OF them faced with
satin or taffeta, sometimes of a
contrasting shade. However. the
preference seems to be for hats Of
one shade. with a particular lean
ing toward light helps. One smart
shop recently displayed an attrac-
tive hat in beige satin, silk straw.
and decorated by a great jade pin.
1t was one OF those swathed tur-
bans with satin top crown and the
pin was thrust into the side at a
sharp angle.
Something a little more youthful
would be realized in a small hat
with turned down brim and plenti-
fully garnished with old-fashioned
fruits and flowers.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
Pocket Guyed
tOMatrinOnV

Actions speak louder than words,
and II you will watch tho average
married couple attenuvcly for
few moments they Will tell you how
long they have been locked In
holy wedlock without saying
word.
In fact. you Will get a much moro
accurate idea by observing them
than by asking them, for married
people, when asked how long they
have been In that condition arc
much moro apt to tell you how long
II seems-not how long 1t is.
Here are tho tests, II unmarried
paste them In your hat, II mar
ried, II won't be necessary,
IL you see couple walking down
the street and he Is carrying all tho
packages, they have been married
two weeks.
If he carries half tho packages
four weeks.
II she carries all the packages,
six weeks.
II he reads aloud to her, one
one week,
IL she reads the riot act to him.
three months.
II he insists upon staying homs
every evening, one month.
II he insist upon going out ovory
evening two years.
If he would like TO go out every
evening and isn't allowed to. from
three to thirty years.
IL she talks clothes and he lis
tens. seven months.
II she talks clothes and he chows
the rag, one year and up.
II no calls her mother an old
Dear and her dad . "brIek.- ak
hnoo saA q haff
The Washington times., 1920-12-27

ITO often We think Of the ba-
mana as just a bit of fruit TO
be eaten at the end OF meai
or between meals. We DO not thihA
of 1t as real food, but as some
thing sort of extra Isn't that true
Experiment has shown, however
that the banana has real food value.
Most fruits we eat because OF their
mineral salts and laxative quail
ties. but from the banana we get
strength to do our work just as we
Get strength from potatoes ana
rice and many other things OF our
daily diet.
BAKED BANANAS.
Have you ever eaten baked
bananas? They are delicious and
should replace apples as nrst
course at breakfast or as dessert
occasionally. To prepare these re-
move a strip Of skin one inch In
width from the desired number or
bananas. Place the bananas, skin
side down. on an earthen or enam-
eled baking dish.
Squeeze a little lemon juice onto
the portion Of the banana from
which the strip of skin has pech
removed and sprinkle with brown
sugar and dot over with outter'
Pour in enough hot water 10 cover
the bottom of dish. Bake until the
pulp is jelly-like. dipping over tne
bananas the syrup that forms IN
the dish occasionally.
BANANA FRITTER-
There is perhaps nothing to 50
tickle the grown-up palate as
well-made banana fritter. And
hero is the way to make them
inst right. Three bananas will
he required for a dozen fritters.
Peel Thorn and divide tho banana
IN half lengthwise- Then divide
each half crosswise SO as to make
four portions out OF each. Dip
each portion in lemon Juice and
then into powdered sugar. Let
stand while preparing the batter.
For good 2ritter batter, slit
together one cup Of flour Cone
half pint) with ono-fourth level
teaspoon of salt and ono teaspoon
of baking powder. Mako a we'll
In the center and drop In an un-
beaten egg. Pour In milk, lit
tic at time, and stir In over
widening circles. beginning at the
center, Enough milk must be
used to mako rather thiok drop
batter, Beat at least three min
utes to cnfold air and remove
humps.
The portions are dipped into this
batter several times and then
fried in hot, deep fat until a DELI
cnte brown. The frltters should
be drained on unginsed paper and
served with a lemon or orange
sauce,
PUDDING SAUCE.
Every housewife should have a
simple recipe for a pudding saucs.
The lemon sauce Is a sort of standby
and can be altered to At the ooca-
sion by any clever woman, To tn,
juice OF a lemon, add tho grated rind
OF onc-half Of II. Mix In two level
tablespoons OF sugar and one table
spoon OF corn starch,
when free from humps add one
and ono-half measuring cups OF hot
water, Cook. stirring until tho
sanss hsfls and thiesrsrs, rasta ~.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
SKIN TROUBLES.

Q.-1Iavo always been troubled
with very scaly skin. and eczema
about the nipple and leg. and ono
place on tho back. Tho itching is
intense. Please tell me what to
DOT
A.-This affection Is quito fro
uuoptly duo to some article of list
which causes tho peculiar skin re-
action. Usually the food substance
Ia some form of protein which, In
general terms, Ia represented by tho
white of an egg or lean meat. Since
there arc many articles OF fool
which contain protein, IL requires
a very skillful physician and tho
employment OF special methods 10
determine the type responsible Gov
the eczema / advise you to consult
your family physician, in order that
he may refer you to a skin specials
list,
There Ia another type of eczema
which is of a nervous origin. Tho
treatment consists in building up
the general system by the observ-
ance of proper living habits, The
patient should lead regular life,
avoid undue excitement and ovei-
fatigue, take plenty OF sleep, at
least seven or eight hours each
night, and sleep with tho window
openj partake of an abundance VI
plain, wholesome food, avoiding
fried foods, pastries and eweets.
Pay due attention 20 condition Of
bowcla, in order TO prevent AMI
overcome constipation. Drink plenty
OF water, eat fruits both fresh AMI
cooked: and one or twa green ve2e-
tables s- daA