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said Severe, "let the young man
manage his own quarrels.
"Ah, you miss the point-he was
challenged because he was DEFEND
ing my name-my name" and again
he walked in feverish impatience.
Seyro said not more; Julian
stopped short; Il am going TO Al
varez--I Will defend my own name
not this lad"
Sevro was alarmed. "You mean
you Will fight with this man; no,
no, you cannot afford to do that
besides you are risking your hfe'
my dear Julian, this is suicide. sui
eide for your hopes, suicide for your
f1fe ambition"
Il have got TO set 1t right-what
will the world say II | allow this
boy to be killed in defense or my
honor?"
Julian Seeks AlvGrez.
Nothing would halt him. In vain
Sevro argued; in vain he pleaded.
and finding that nothing availed, he
silently accompanied him to the
cafe with the premonition that
more tragedy would follow what he
regarded as a foolhardy and quix-
otic errand.
Their arrival at the cafe inter
rupted a scene OF unusual gayety;
broke in a noisy gossip and heated
conjecture. But Don Julian knew
that a name he had held dearer
than life had been handled about
among these jewellers. and the
mere thought dyed his cheeks.
His voice was husky as he asked
for the proprietor. and when that
gentleman appeared he spoke loud
ly enough for the room to hear:
"Will you ask Senor Alvarez to
give me a momentT'
Silence in the cafe-silence until
the footsteps of Alvarez proclaimed
his advent from an adjoining apart
ment.
Don Julian was steel as he faced
the insulter of women. Don AL
varez-I have a request to make OF
you. You are to fight a duel with
the young poet, Ernesto Almada
with his personal quarrels ! have
nothing to do, but am l right in
saying that he struck you for max
ing a disparaging remark about me
and miner"
II cannot answer such questions,
Don Julian, neither have you the
right to thrust yourself into w af-
fairs"-
Ito BE Continued Tomorrow.)
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The Restless Sex
4 Romantic Film Drama With
MARION DA VLES
BY Robert w. Chambers.

fool agreement to Oswald Grismer!"
ooh. never considered that"
"Consider it. now
at isn't likely to happen"
Consider ii, all the same"
"Well-but I've never been In
love. But it happened-well-tha
would be a jolly mess, wouldn't itT'
81 should think so! What would
you do about it?"
"There wouldn't be anything to
do except to wait until my two
years OF trial marriage was up" she
said thoughtfully.
"You could divorce him before
that"
"oh. no. I promised to give hi.
two years"
"To sit saddled with this ridiou-
lous burden for two years.
"Yes, I promised"
"Oh, Steve. Steve! What 4 nnudd1s
you have made Of things! What
good does IT do you or him to have
this chain between you? You've lost
your liberty. You're a legal wife
without being one. You've put
shackles on yourself for God knows
what whim or caprice"
CTo he Continued Tonorrow>
(Copyright, 1917. 1918. by the Internatjons,
Magazine Company
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When Hearts Are TrllnlDS
A Serial Story
FULL OF ROMANCE
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water.
a Serial Story

successfully so far. She wanted to
complete her work and rest in
triumph,
What she had anticipated hap
pened
When. at IL o'clock. Barbara bade
her hosts goodnight and took her
seat beside John Brandon in his car
she sighed with satisfaction.
How good the air fecls," she ex-
claimed. 81 am glad to get out here
where it blows in my face"
You had a pleasant evening. did
you, dear" John questioned solici-
tously.
She Sets the Date
He would not let her suspect how
much bored he had been. nor how
old he felt when he was with people
as young as those composing to-
nights company.
Yes" she replied. ct had a pleas
ant evening. The Greenwoods are
awfully kind to have that nice af-
fair for me and everybody was
lovely.
Yet am a bit tired from dane
ing. But you arc not" with a little
laugh.
No" John attempted a laugh
also. TT is too bad that do not
dance. Perhaps some time you will
teach me-"
81 will" she said. "if you want to
learn"
1nwardly she was wondering how
John Brandon would look dancing.
1t would be hard for him to begin
again after all these years.
II want to learn II you want me
to-" he said. Perhaps after we are
married."-hc stopped. waiting for
a protest, but none came.
Darling" driving very slowly as
he put the question that meant hap
piness or disappointment to him.
when will you marry me?''
when do you want me to?''
would" he hesitated-"ncxt fall
be too soon?"
"If you wish II. 1t can he next
fall" she murmured.
She could not name an earlier
date. Five months go so fast!
Cynthia was waiting up for bar
bara. well, my dear" she asked
eagerly, "is everything all right?"
YES" was the spiritless reply.
"I am to be married in November.
Aunt. But please say nothing of il
yet to anyone but Uncle Arthur"
Then, without further explana-
tion. she left her aunt, and went on
TO her room.
TO he Continued.
Copyright. 1920. Star Company.
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ington. says that It's a question
where common sense should be ap-
piled.
~ do not think II Is the right
thing for a woman who is happily
and successfully married. and who
Is the mother OF children. to go into
the business world" said Mrs. Hall.
"In the first place, the children
of any woman need all the care she
can possibly lavish upon them. and
no paid servant can give quite the
care to child that a mother can
give. The personal contact between
mother and child is necessary.
I'm the second place, every mar
ried woman in business who doesn't
need the work is blocking the way
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= Leap Year Opportunities
In Congress
Copyright. 1900
By Edith Mcdowell Wise.
WIDOWER with five chi

A WIDOWER with five chill
~ dren is something of nov
elty-at least not ordinary
but Alabama furnishes this COM
bination in the very handsome per-
son of Henry Bascom Steagall,
Democrat, of Ozark. One of the
most lbvable men in Congress and
popular with both men and wom-
en-. A peculiar figure in Congress
Hall Hotel, where he lives sur
rounded by the happy five.
For ten years he has had to
father and mother his little brood,
and it seems that it is time for
some nice old hen to step in and
gather them under her wings.
A lonely widow with a million
or so wouldn't be so bad, for what
with the high cost of living n
everything, what can one poor
man do who must "run" every two
years, buy shoes for five, and fee,i
them at a hotel, with the price
of food soaring every day.,
However, this philosopher doesn't
seem worried at all, but has ap-
parently solved his problem, for
he seems contented and happy, No
doubt one reason is that the five
think that Daddy is just about
right, and are not afraid of tell
ing him so most every day.
One daughter has promised to
be his secretary just as soon as
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she is 'big enough" and the other
wants to be his little housekeeper,
so if any lonely widow would like
a look in she will have to get busy.
Mr.. Steagall, different from the
majority of Congressman, does
not smoke-"Can't afford it." he
said, when asked why he didn't use
the weed.
Fox hunts used. to be his fav-
orite pastime when he was boy,
and he owned dogs of every de-
scription, which he used on these
hunts. The movies are necessarily
one Of his recreations at present,
as the kiddies are all fond of Mary
Pickford and drag him out when
ever Mary is the attraction.
An inveterate worker, he can
always be found either in his of
flee or the floor of the house, and
is particularly interested in legis-
lation.
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Weds Nurse; Wife Alive.

VIENNA. 49, Variations OF the
Enoch Arden story continually crop
UP in this part OF the world with
the return of prisoners OF war from
far countries. About the time ~
the armistice a Vienna woman re.
ceivcd telegram from 1rlSutsk,
saying her missing husband was
alive there. She fell dead at the
long deferred word.
A friend telcgraphed the husband,
but the message was delivered TO
another man of the same name, III,
In the hospital Later. the latter
married his nurse and returned
home with her a few weeks later.
He found his wife alive and well
and now they are trying to straight
On out tho situation.
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A DELIGHTFUL call may come
~ to the young woman who is
merely "at home" and upon
whom time hangs rather drearily.
and that is to become a sort of mis-
sionary story teller to children. In
a rather dark nook between two
tall, unattractive apartment build
ings 1 have just witnessed a practi-
cal demonstration Of this affair.
Perched on a high bench. and with
her back against the wall. sat
daughter OF wealthy city family.
with her charmed nock of eighteen
little ones. 1t was one of her three
storytelling centers, each of which
she visited in it's turn on two after
moons per week.
"I started out merely to expert
mcnt with this work" declared this
radiant missionary. but the matter
quickly grew so interesting that
decided to go on. We are now on
our third week. and the children arc
still coming, with new additions
daily. We are planning to make a
cozy corner out Of this dingy place.
A group of seats will be installed
like bleachers at the ball field, and
these walls will be cleaned and
whitened. A merchant next door
offered to pay for the equipment"
1t is very significant to note hero
that Miss A did not seek a place
among the children of the better
residence district, where there is
much space for play and much
equipment for entertainment al
ready available. She went into the
congested slum districts with her
twice-a-week hour of gladness and
beauty.
Some OF the eager little ones OF
foreign blood scarcely understood a
word from the stories, but they ap-
peared entranced nevertheless, and
IT was most interesting to see them
trying to retell the stories to one
another In their native tongue.
Now, permit me to appeal for
other storytelling missionaries.
There are thousands of young
women OF wealthy families who are
idle today. not from any special
fault OF their own but from sheer
force of circumstances badly man
aged by some one else. And that
heart hunger for some. altruistic
service common to all normal young
women OF their class Is pathetically
shrivelinu NJ for want NJ exercise.
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for some ambitious unmarried girl
who does need It,
"Of course IL a girl Is successful
in business, and she loves and
wishes to marry a man whose sal
airy isn't large. / do not believe that
this girl and boy should be forced
TO remain apart and run the risk
OF spelling their life's romance
merely because OF the young mans
lack OF worldly goods.
LET them get married and let
the girl help to establish a home.
But from my observation, IT has
been proved that the woman who
marries with the idea OF going on
with her work until her husband is
in better financial condition finds
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BY Jane Mclean.

"NEs,," laid, said Hrnss'0' mes ,"ysS,.s. oysa sss
that the world Will have
something to say about this; the
world and his wife will have com
ment to make-and to my father 8
name / owe something"
That's the spirit" cried the cap
tain. Now, then, watch me-" and
he showed the young man one or
two tricks that the latter had not
even heard of. Perfectly square"
said the captain, but clever"
The news of the impending duel
came to Don Julian through friend
who dropped in short time after
the frscas in the cafe. Julian was
with his brother; fedora was in
her room, weeping her heart out.
Your young protege Ernesto has
distinguished himself, Julian" the
friend remarked casually"
you speak in riddles. senor."
"Ah, pardon me; as duellist"--
"He has fought a duel?" broke in
Severe.
"Not yet, but tomorrow morning,
believe"
"And with whom" asked Julian,
trying to assume a calm he was far
from feeling.
with the best swordsman in
Seville"
"Don Alvarez" cried Severe, and
the friend nodded.
He will be killed" said Julian
hoarsely.
The friend nodded pleasantly.
mo doubt of it; he hasn't a chance.
1t is almost a pity; still'-he shrug-
ged his shoulders-"The provoca-
tion was great"
Julian Hears of Duel.
AS well as though it had been
blazoned from the housetops Julian
knew the cause for the duel. His
friend knew he knew it, but as the
two brothers waited he obligingly
confirmed their suspicious.
"Yes, the young fellow struck AL
varez in the face and felled him.
A very good blow, / must say"
"The provocation?" insisted Sc
vcro.
why. Srnesto resented some re-
mark about a woman, l believe"
Julian passed this over. TO
morrow morning, you imagine AL
varez may be found now?'
Undoubtedly at the cafe. boast
ling of what he will do to the young
tter by daylight
Il The visitor bowed himself--opt
'while Julian paced the floor, Torn
by emotions he could scarcely an
ilalyze. y ;.
= This is murder" be broke forth
a at last. "He will murder this boy
7 in cold blood-it must be stopped"
1T is nothing to us, my brother"
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Saving gMoneyin the Home;
Little Tricks For Women
in Household Economics
BY Elizabeth Lattmer.
BY Elizabeth Lattimer.

rs 10 possible TO can fruits sue
cessfully without sugar and. II
i so. what is the best method. are
questions asked nowadays by many
housewives in view OF the scarcity
and high price OF sugar. Some
times fruits needed TO make tho diet
more palatable and varied during
the winter have gone to waste be-
cause sugar was not available for
canning when they were ripe. Such
waste can be prevented; for apples
somewhat underripe. also goose
berries, raspberries, blueberries, and
other berries, and sweet yaieties OF
OF plums and cherries may all be
canned in their own juices without
the addition of sugar. In fact. many
housewives think that the flavor of
many fruits canned without sugar
and sweetened just before using Is
better and more like that OF fresh
fruit than when cannad with large
quantities of sugar or in a heavy
sirup. II the fruit Is very sour or
is canned In large pieces. heating
for few minutes when adding the
sugar before serving will make II
pehctTatc tHc iTuit HoTc tHoTouBniy
and evenly.
Fruits may be canned in their
own juices without the edition OF
any sweetening in at least three
ways:
A simple method of canning, es-
pecially good for such soft, juicy
fruits as berries. is as follows: Pack
the washed fruit into the jar and,
without adding any liquid OF any
kind, process the fruit in the custo-
mary way for the usual period. or
perhaps four or five minutes longer.
The processing draws the juice
from the fruit and the canned prod
uct often has an even better flavor
than when syrup is added.
Another way OF canning fruit
without sugar Is to cook the ripest
fruits over moderate heat until the
juice is drawn from them, adding
no water unless necessary and in
any case only a very little. Drain
the juice from the fruit through a
jelly bag, bring this juice to the
boil, and use 1t like boiling syrup
to fill the jars into which the firm
er fruit has been packed. Then pro-
cess the jars OF fruit in the usual
way.
Still Another Method.
Still another method is to cook
the fruit to sauce of the desired
constituency in an open kettle, and,
without adding any sugar. pour it
into jars scalded in the following
way: Cover the Jars, tops, and rub
bers with boiling water, remove
them from the water one at a time
as needed, being careful not to
touch or wipe the Jars inside. pour
in the fruit while boiling hot, and
seal each jar at once. This meth
cd Is not so uniformly successful as
when the fruit is cooked in the jar,
because 1T is difficult to prevent
bacteria and molds from getting
into the fruit and the jar while they
are being filled and sealed. Many
housekeepers. however, can acid
fruits and tomatoes in this way
successfully year, after year.
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American Shoe
For Englisnwomen.

That old. old slander about the
Enslishwoman's big feet, which
has some groundwork of fact, is
about to be dispelled by Americas
shoes.
AS the American claims TO spot
the Englishwoman by her feet, so
the English spot the American wom-
an by her pointed shoes. And now
"daRRcrlil<e" shoes arc coming in
from the states, and Eng lishwomcn
are buying them.
"The narrow long shoe will he
popular" says big dealer. 1T
takes away the look Of bulkincss
and make the foot Hprci" unrC
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CHAPTER XLVIII.

IHN BRANDON had brought
his iancee and her uncle and
= aunt to the Greenwoods' party.
When, before the evening was over.
Cynthia suggested that she and
her brother go home, leaving Bar
bara and John to follow later. Ar
thur Paige agreed to her propo-
sition.
He wanted to get back home. He
was too old for young peoples fes-
tivities. That was the way he put
1t. but secretly he knew that he
was oppressed and depressed be-
cause all this gayety was in cele-
bration of the fact that his "little
girl" was going to leave him-loved
John Brandon better than she loved
him.
II declare" he unused, 'If were
young chap like that"-his eyes
on Charlie Braisfed, who was at
this moment dancing with Barbara
~ would not feel just as / do.
] cannot explain why / am not
satisfied. Yet I am not-fool that
I am! For IL Bah loves John, she
must have him.
But she is so young-and she
gives me a pain at my heart. I
wish she loved Charlie-rattleb brain
that he is-or better still. young
Bob Elliott. do like that boy!
But. apparently. Bah does not
more's the pity"
Then, as Barbara danced by him,
she met his moody gaze, For an in
stant there flashed from her eyes a
glance that was almost like an ap-
peal. 1t startled him.
What does that mcan?" he won
dered.
when he looked at her again she
was laughing at some remark of
her Mariners. Perhaps Arthur had
only imagined that expression in
her eyes.
But, because OF all these conflict
ing thoughts, he was the more ready
to accede to his sisters suggestion
that he and she slip off quietly at
IL o'clock. He telephoned for a taxi.
II do not want John to take us
home" he reflected. His plake is
here with Bah"
Another Generation.
When he had telephoned he
sought John Brandon and noted
with compassion that Barbara's
lover was standing in the corner of
the drawing-room striving to ap-
pear interested in the conversation
of a girl who just now had no
partner.
And John cannot ask her to
dance, because he belongs to a
generation that knew nothing of
the foX-trot and one-step." Arthur
thought ruefully: "Ho cannot even
dance with Bah. Hard lines!
Crossing the room he addressed
his friend.
John" Cynthia and are going
home. You and Barbara stay as
long as you like"
"Oh. let me drive you back"
John begged.
1t was almost as II he hailed an
opportunity to absent himself for a
quarter-hour from the festive
scene. Arthur was rather sorry that
he had not made IL possible for
John to have this brief respite.
But he did not give words to this
thought.
mo. indeed, my dear fellow! I
have already ordered a taxi. II
must be here by now. Good d-nightr
Five minutes later Arthur Paige
and his sister were on their way
home.
Cynthia had proposed their leav-
Ing tho Greenwoods early so that
John and Barbara might drive home
alone.
The willy spinstcr had prepared
tho way for John to ask Barbara to
set the date for the wedding. If
Barbara's relatives were present
this would not be convenient.
CNnlhla had cnRi nncrcd annlrs
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81 PAID FOR EACH
DOLLAR SAVED

Here 10 q chance for everyons
10 earn a dollar by telling how
she has saved a dollar. IL may
be a dollar or more. IL may
have been saved In a day or .
s"eek. However, all that matters
ID HOW IL was saved.
VI saved and 81 earned by the
telling OF the saving makes 81.
How about IL! Be brief and
write only on one side OF paper.
Will award a prize OF 81 each
day for one OF the suggestions
which / print.
III your nrst letter doesn't get
prize, try again. Even IL IL
does. that is no bar to your get
ting another II your idea 10
worth IL.
Checks will be mailed to win
nera.
ELIZABETH LATTIMER
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bag for something different and at the
same ting saver.
l found a piece OF silk in old blue lin
good conditIon). aud a boz Of old rose
beads that had been saved from a dis
csrded lamp shade.
l bought two wire frames for Is cents
each ana proceeded as follows:
Two pieces OF the silk lone for each
frame) about nye inches wide and
twenty-four inches long were fuIIsd on
lower edges OF frame, the fuilness beInr
evenly distributed, and sewed neatly and
securely In place.
The silk was then drawn to the top
and pulled tightly over tn. frame and
Instead Of finishing with tinseI braid,
which furnishes easily. I used a double
string OF beads pulled tightly and tackled
at intervals.
The fringe was made in loop form
In stringing beads | used good strong
cotton In thirty-inch strands and tackled
on extreme edge of shade in four inch
lengths at once inch intervals. Then I
doubled back and tackled on at one-haif
inch intervals. Hold the cotton tight
but not stretched and the fringe will fall
softly and evenly with no cotton showing
The shades were further decorated by
wiring some Of the beads on ine wire and
twisting into convenfic" Liked design
and tackled on front of shade.
j have q very good looking pair OF
shades at Just the cost OF the frames and
! am sure the original owners OF tho
sticks would not sauirm to see them so
decorated. MRS. MAY c. COVER,
Jessup Md
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This Day in Our History

- This is the anniversary of
the commissioning OF John Paul
Jones as captain in 1776, in
the newborn navy of the United
States. The heroic exploits of
Jones woke the world to the
valor Of the American seaman.
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Mrs. Cover Wins
Today's Economy Prize.

DEAR ELIZABETH LATT1MER:
Having pair Of old colonial brass
candlesticks / wanted unusual shades for
them. The ones in the stores were
lovely but very high in price, and all on
one sterrotyped style
So l rummaged in my brain and scrap
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Wednesdays Prize Was
Awarded to Mrs. Juenenanr.

DEAR ELIZABETH LATTIMER:
| needed more shelves to put the chill
dren's clothes in. Ny husband bought a
large packing box for rs cents and put
three sliding shelves in it: op the front hs
put two doors on hinges and a lock In CEN
ter. Result is / now have a nice chf-
fonier for rs cents with plenty of room
for clothes He also painted il. l put
a cretonne scarf on top.
MRS. GEO. JUENEMANN.
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Saturdays Prize Went
to This Letter.

DEAR ELIZABETH LATTIMER
] have been reading over the little
tricks by which some women have saved
dollars.
used very much OF this 'Spotlen
Cleanser" which used to cost &c. but IA
now 10 cents. 1t Is used for securing
pots and pans, washing out the sink and
other household necessities.
I decided to get something cheap per
0or ] bought et least two cans of Ibis
"S. C" per week., so while down In one
Of the SC and Joe stores | saw certain
kind of dish cloth which without the AID
OF any kind OF cleanser would clean the
pots and pans. etc. SO ] purchased two
for 20 cents Chis was almost one month
ago). and am still useing the first one.
BY this have saved and will save more
than one dollar. -
MRS. JOSEPHINE ABBATE,
1915 Pennsylvania ave. S. r.
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Little
Ones Happy
BY DR.. VIM. A. McKeever,

A DELIGHTFUL call may come
~ to the young woman who is
merely at home" and upon