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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-10-06
HOU to Make
Skunk Valuable

Few persons have seriously con-
sidered establishing friendly rela-
lions with a skunk. 1t has beer.
done in some cases under the mis-
apprehension that the animal was q
pleasant. But the Biological Sur
vey of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has investi-
gated the skunk and found him to
be the best wild animal friend the
farmer has.
Almost any farmer might have
two or three dozen skunks at work
for him destroying mice, grasshvp
pers, crickets, and white grubs. and
furnishing him from $50 to 800
worth of fur a year. All that is
necessary is that he respect their
dens. keep his poultry in skunk
proof yards. kill an old horse for
them every fall, and be tactful
when he meets them In the even
ing. There is marked depression
of the fur market at present, but
recoverery to normal Ia anticipated.
1t has been estimated that
years catch of skunks in New York
State Is worth $1,000, 900. Only one
NTH of them are black or short
striped. II all were of this higher
grade, they would be worth $4,000.
600. The department suggests that
n preserve stocked with black
skunks would eventually double or
treble the catch Of skunks in the
territory surrounding 1t.
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WHEN MEN WILL
CEASE TO WAGE WAN.

In answer to your article on
birth control. when men cease to
wage war. woman will gladly full
I'LL one OF her most important du-
ties in life. Men will cease to wage
war when II becomes fixed law
that every man who advocates wal
takes his place automatically in
the frst-line trenches. 1t should
make no difference who he Is, or
what il his position, whether he be
President or King. A substitute.
can easily be found to I'LL his place
In the nation, but there should not
be a possibility OF substituting for
hir, in the army.
The article In your paper spoke
Of endowing mothers. Could any
amount of money compensate a
mother for the loss of her sons7 II
Is time that the world recognizes
the fact that we are the children
of the One Creator. He Is the
Father OF all nations and Of all
creeds. What does IL signify that
we call Him by different name?
He is that One Higher Being; and
all peoples who go down on their
knees to worship a higher being
worship our God. That they speak
OF him in a different language does
not change Him. Extend your good
right hand to your brother. He is
your brother, IL he loves the Lord,
keeps the law, and loves his
brother, regardless of creed. color
or country. Lend hand-you who
are more fortunately placed. There
is 80 much good in the worst of
us" NJ. II. :, W.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-10-06
College Girls
Pick Escorts

Boston University giris--fifty OF
them-Are reveling In dorimtory life
this year for the first time In the
history Of the institution. Their
quarters are located at Noe. 1872. SS<
and $50 Bay State road. and are In
charge OF Miss Benson. matron.
The girls have been permitted To
send homo for parental approval .
list of twenty-five names OF young
men-And othsrs-which same wiz
be filed by Miss Benson for futurs
reference.
IL one Of the girls wishes TO so
out with some person not on thie
iist. the usual dormitory rule VIII
prevail. and q chaperou must DO
found to accompany the pair. of
course. no girl likes to have her
freedom curtailsd - especially In
calling, and 30 every one has been
busy going over lists OF frtsnds. ana
choosing her best twsnty'five' 'o'
the winter.
Fancy picking out all your esaux
for q seaSon-in Advancs-uA
choosing q winter Tat or vtsps
land fancy being able 70 n~vs
twenty-five OF emil
Somo of the girls haA trouble
thinking OF 30 many - twenty-Ive
avaiiAble ones, especially ~ many
of the dormitory girls come from
out Of the State: others. the more
popular of those who 1.-Two ABOUT
here, had trouble with the statute
of limitations"
Any one Of the approved twenty
five may call and carry off MISS
coiIegian without 20 much a. the
latteTs having to ask permission'
but she must report upon return.
Fair enough, the girls all say.
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A DEMON OF DIsTRUsT
IN HEART OF EVERY WOMAN.

Deep down in the heart OF almost
every married woman Is . little
demon Of distrust whispering,
whispering. She tries to close her
ears to the sinister voice, but II Is
persistent and won't be downed for
long. When hubby goes out for an
almost all night party do you be-
lieve that II 10 the loss of his So
ciety for an evening that makes
her angry? Sir. imagine yourself
in her place for a moment. and
consider: Would you be placid and
serene should she come In Mt
3 a. m. with a red face, foul
breath. and a story that contra
dicted itself in half a dozen places?
There is many and many . woman
who would bear almost any hard
ship cheerfully II she were not
laboring under a sense Of injustice.
the feeling that the sacrifice OF her
whole life may be for an unworthy
cause. l have been married fifteen
months. My husband is as kind and
considerable as anyone could posi-
bly, be. Before we were married
he told me that he had always lived
clean, because he expected to marry
when. he should meet the one he
could love and trust, and when he
should meet her he wanted to be as
clean and true as she. Did / be-
lieve him? told him I did and
! now tell him that trust him i'm
plicitly. but the little demon still
whispers, and like the rest of my
unfortunate sisters 1 try to close
my ears to his voice. SUCCESSFULLY
Sometimes
love my husband and I know
that he loves me, but IL he should
be taken from me 1 should always
remain A WIDOW.
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Deluge Will
Come Again

BERLIN.-The world will again
be submerged in a deluge, the
face of the earth changed,
wicked humanity destroyed and q
new era of evolution begin with a
new earth. So predicts and writes
Karl Brandler- Pracht, a German, in
book entitled The Deluge. 1t
VIII Come Again" f+f'
However. not to discourage the
tax collector or dash the hopes of
the allies in their expectations Of
collecting billions from Germany.
Herr Brandler-Pracht fixes the time
for return of the deluge in or
about the year 5000. He points out
that there are still about $4,000
years grace for mankind to mend
it's ways.
Brandler-Pracht offers astronom-
ical and geological proofs of the
Deluge Of the past, shows that the
astronomical and geological condi-
tions will be very similar in A. d.
$500 to what they were when Noah
took to the Ark, declares the De-
luge is a part of the great periodic
Law" and attempts to prove that
the face of the earth is washed
clean of its wileness and wicked
ness about every 1880 years.
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VIEWS OF A WIDOW WHO
WAS HAPPILY MARRIED.

1 should like to reach out and
shake hands with NJ. r. s., who
wrote that delightful article in
Tuesdays Times. She says, get
married girls: try 1t once" NY
article is to be a continuation Of
hers. I have no sympathy with
these pessimists who knock matri-
mony as an institution and do not
suggest a substitute for sex union.
Now I am going further and say.
Girls, don't listen to the grouches."
The mean married men you know
would have been horrid bachelors.
The husbands who quarrel with
their wives wouldn't get along any
better with their relatives. They
would fuss Mt the office and In the
boarding house. and scrap with the
elevator boy, the conductor, or the
janitor The same Is true or the
woman.
Twenty years ago I was n scrawny
flapper. moon-faced. solemn-eyed,
with two tany.colored braids. j
read the classics, spouted Shakes
peare, and took everything with
deadly seriousness. One June night
I sat on our vine-covered verands
out in Mt. Pleasant and entertained
my Hrst beau. He sat in one ham
mock and | in another. fully four
feet apart. and stayed put My
mother sat by an open window
within esrshot and famed herself
there the whole evening. l have
forgotten hts name, but he had
long lsshes that curved down. and
short mustache that curved up,
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The Restless Sex
a Romantic Film Drama WIN
MARION DA VIES

mind originated their every inclinA-
ton.
Philip Grayson. who had been
asked with them. told Helen that
tho Belters had bored him horribly
on the journey up.
s'You know" he said, Harry
Better used TO be at least amusing,
and Marie ciin was certainly a
sparkling companion. But they seem
to have no conversation except for
each other. no interests outside OF
each other. and ~ q fellow ventures
to make q remark they either don't
listen or they politely make an ef-
fort to notice him"
You can't blame them" smiled
Helen. after three years OF o.
arrangement and In love with each
other all the while"
She was seated under . tres On
tho edge of the woods. half way up
the western slope behind Runners
Rest Grayson lay among the ferns
At her feet. The day had turned
hot. but up there in the transparent
green shadows Of the woods . slight
breeze was stirring.
"Estranged all that time, and yei
in love-" repeated Helen, sentiment
ally. spreading out . fern frond on
her knees and smoothing It. do
you wonder. that they lose no time
together"
Grsyson. sprawiing on his stom-
ach. his handsome face framed In
both hands. emitted . scornful
laugh
you're very tender hearted, the
oretically," he said.
The girl looked up, smiled:
theoretically r. she inquired,
What do you mean. rbilr'
What i say. Theorct icaliy you
arc nder-hearted. sympathetic.
susceptible. But practically"
His short laugh was ironical.
Practically - what?" demanded
the girl. flushing.
(Ts he CsntfsseA Tsnsrr0w.)
Copyright. 1917, 1918. by the Yntssna ton =
Magazine Company
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You understand. don't your
count myself as nothing. Only you
count. Jim. But i can't marry you.
And ! can't 80 TO you otherwise
without bstrsyinE both dad and
you II isn't q question OF my being
married and of loving you enough
TO disregard II. i do. But you and
dad require more than that OF the
girl you made one OF your own race.
I en- loyal to what you both expect
Of me. . Good night. dear 800
There doesn't seem TO be any way
can make you happy. The only
way i can show my love and graft
tuds to dad and you Ia to retain
your respect . . by being unkind
-Jim-sny dssrest-desrest-
She closed her eyes and gave him
her lips, slipped swiftly out of his
arms and into her room.
"Oh. I'm desperately In love-" she
said. shaking her head at him as
she slowly closed the door. I'm
going to got very. very little sleep.
! fear yimr'
Yes"
''You know" she said. Helen IL q
charming. clever. talented. beautiful
girl. II. you are afraid my behav-
Jour 10 going 10 make you unhap-
py--"
'6tove. are you craxyy"
Couldn't you fall in love with
herr"
do you want roe to tryr'
There was q silence, then Step
hanie shook her head and gently
closed her door.
CHAPTER XXI.
In July Stephanie asked Harry
Better and his wife to spend
. week at Runners Rest They
arrived. tho husband a vastly nodi-
ned edition of his former boisterous.
careless, asssrtive seIf-a subdued
young man now. who haunted his
wife with edifying assiduity. NOV
Ing when she moved. sitting when
she sat tagging faithfully at her
dainty heels as though q common
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RIGHTS OF BOTH
MEN AND WOMEN.

Misery could often be averted By
bach getting q slant on the others
opinions before marriage A man
has a right to say how his hard
earned money should be spent. He
has n right to require his wife to
be as skilled in the domestic arts
as he is In money-making. That
she who shares his name bring no
reproach on II. The wife has a
right to be mistress in her own
home, and the husband should see
to 1t that his women relatives do
not NEEDLE and otherwise stir up
discord. She has the right to re-
quire that he does not spend his
time with other women. Unless she
IL first in his affections, she Is
wasting her youth on him and had
better go hence while the going is
good. She is better off as a free
lance back in her fathers home
angling for a better man than sail
ing the sea OF matrimony with the
poor fish she has hooked.
A great love surmounts poverty,
sickness. and can put the wide
ocean between q home and it's
mothers-in-law. But no love can
endure the erosions OF an undisci-
plined temper and unbridled tongue.
Arguments. disputes. grouches.
sulks. incompatibility. a shattered
home. Such Is the logical outcome
of a spoiled child's career. The
baby's tantrums were unchecked
because 1t looked so cute" Later,
the child who Inundated parents
and teachers by disobedience and
back talk. Then the young person.
who never controlled a desire or
checked selfish impulse, up and
gets married. You see the result.
So why blame marriage for an indi-
viduars detection?
A home Is four walls, a man and
woman and a wedding ring. The
idyl, "a jug of wine. loaf of bread,
and thou" come true. with or
without children or friends, there
lies happiness. Outside of the fam
lily circle there are precious few
who care whether any of us are
dead or alive. Realizing this, 1t Is
incomprehensible why husbands
and wives jeopardize their own hap
piness when a little patience, tact
and forbearance would preserve
peace and keep love alive.
MRS. w. ]. d.
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The Growing Child
Do You Want to Help the Teacher?
KEEP HIM WE'LL
U.s. Official Public Health Series
U. 8. Official Public Health Series.

\ YOTHING Is SO discouraging to
school teacher as the indif-
ference and apathy with
which many parents regard school
work. Many OF the strong. enthu
siastic young teachers strive term
after term to overcome this inertia
by regularly holding parents meet
ngs. and this method Is sometimes
very successful.
But have you ever attended these
meetings? II so you will have no.
ticed that usually only a few par.
cnts attend At all regularly; many
do not come At all. Under thes,
circumstances are you still one or
those who complain about what is
done and not done in your school?
Get out Of the rut and show that
you are really interested in your
school. Visit the teacher in her
classroom at intervals. Find out
what her difficulties are. and then
see II you cannot help her.
TEACHER NEEDS YOUR HELP.
In most instances you will be
agreeably surprised to find that the
teacher Is far better posted on mat
ters of health and sanitation re-
latin9 to school children than you
supposed. But she needs help and
community support in order to put
these modern ideas into practice.
Have you ever heard OF the tooth
brush drill? In many of the schools
throughout the country teachers
now instruct their classes just how
the teeth should be brushed.
But what good is such instruc-
tion IL parents do not make sure
that it is not regularly carried out
in the home? Has your youngster
a tooth brush and a supply of tooth
powder or tooth paste? Do you
make sure that he cleans his teeth
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When a Girl Marries
An Interesting Story of
EARLY Welded LIFE
BY Ann Lisle.

meant that and-doeply. You've
brought q lot into my life. i owe
you more than ] can repay. VIII
you think I'm making q bum return
IL 1 take q high dive right into tho
middle OF your private concerpsr'
"Dive in" replied unsuspicious-
ly.
tits about Pat Dalton. He's q
darn good friend OF mino-always
was. Sometimes i think IL WAS his
friendship for me that helped get
him In wrong with the naughty
Virginia ia rather not tell
the story II youIi Just take 1t for
granted. viii your
III haven't the least idea be-
gan. but Tom waved his hand In q
large gesture which he seemed to
think covered the case.
"Oh, the usual thing wherv q
couple Of wild young devils Of our
stripe were concerned. Well. I've
changed. Completely. And nndink
can mean to 4 chap. feel darn
sorry for poor old Pat But I trust
him. Think he's man cough TO cGms
out top-whoie in the end. however.
It's another matter that worries
me-"
His tone was heavy with mean
ming.
What worries your" asked with
sudden gladness that chess WAS
as completely absorbing to Jim and
Mr.. Haldane as linens seemed to be
to Mrs. Hill and Irma.
What worries me Ia Sheldon
Blake" replied Tom. "Shelly's
wild 'un. And see him travelling
all his well-worn paths with Vir-
GINA"
To BE Continued.
Copyright, 1920. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
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30 OK S

JANET. A TWIN. BY Dorothy white
hill. New York: Barse g. Hopkins
Janet introduces us to a delight
ful new series OF stories for girls,
between twelve and sixteen years
OF age. She is one OF twin sisters
who grew up for the FIRST few years
OF their lives in ignorance of the
others existence.
Janet is a country girl who lives
a rather quiet life, yet manages to
get great deal OF happiness out
OF II. Her only relative here Is a
bedridden grandmother who is petu-
liant and dictatorial, but who has n
warm spot in her heart for Janet.
nevertheless.
Then the surprise Of the little
girls life comes when she learns
that she has n sister, Phyllis. Due
to her srandmother's within the two
had been kept apart Phyllis IL now
invited down to the country home
to visit. and from the time she steps
on the train, joyous times are In
store for the twins.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-10-06
Is Marriage a Success?

That il my plank in my platform OF
love, courtship and marriage. a
woman's place 10 In the home arer
marriage. to keep 1t pleasing and
inviting for the man (but not the
mastery when he comes home AFTER
work.
draw tho line on the woman
working after she has given her
self in marriage and ! consider the
man that allows the woman to go
to work, after he has promised
to love, cherish and protect, D.
poor skate.
The greater portion OF my mar
ried life was made up OF sick
ness, and finally death drew the
curtain twice the past year Tor
me. Still / am happy to know they
have gone to q better world where
care and sickness are unknown.
II. D. W., Sr.
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WHOEVER GIVES RULE
STRICTLY ON THE LEVEL.

VII say marriage is n success any
time you ask, and ! have not had
any great amount Of flowers with
my past six years of married life.
IL IL the only life IL both parties
are strictly on the level with each
other. and do everything to make
the other happy. even forgetting
In the effort the Inconvenience to
ones self.
SO far in tho letters 7 have not
noticed anyone stand pat on the
question OF n woman working after
marriage to help make the living.
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good salary but keeps II all for
himself. and has told me that IL Is
none Of my business what he does
with IT. l have to beg for n dollar
at a time and when l get 1t you'd
think he was giving me a hundred.
Well, the rent was raised and he
couldn't see his way clear, SO he
shipped me out to his mother
against my will. Being without
funds. I felt that I was obliged to
go for the comfort and welfare of
my baby. Now we are with mother
in law. 1t is one continual fight
after another.
Is marriage a success? I'll say
II is not, Isn't II much better to
be single, earn your own living,
come and go as you please. instead
of being tied to a human being
such as this?
MAUDE.
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A Daily Recipe

Here is \ reliable recipe for q
delicious chill sauce. Pare. s'ice
10 large ripe tomatoes; mix " ith
them 6 large onions, pared aha
sliced: 4 red and 4 green pep
pera sliced fine, seeds rejected;
: cupfuls Of mild vinegar: 2 cup
fuIs of light brown sugar. y
teaspoonfui Of ground cinnamon
salt 10 taste, usually about l fill.
stir often and cook until the
water IL we'll evaporated. which
takes about one hour and half;
cook slowly. Put Into glasses
while hot. and seal. Keep In q
dark, dry place.
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thoroughly before going to bed
and starting for school?
DOES HE PRACTICE AT HOME.
And what has your younEster
learned about dirty hands7 Does
he try to sneak to the dinner table
without washing his hands and
face spic and span? Does he I'M
derstand how readily dirty hands
carry disease germs into the
mouth?
You can tell that the health
teaching is effective by observing
to what extent II changes the boys
habits for the better. However,
the health teaching in school may
be really very good, but like many
other careless youngsters your
child may promptly forget to apply
the teachings outside Of school. II
that is the case, 1t probably indi-
Gates that you have failed to
familiarize yourself with the work
of the school By all means do so
at once and make your child OBJ
serve health requirements at home
also.
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SHE'D RATHER ne
AN OLD MAID.

Girls, don't get married. I'd
rather be an old maid any day than
an unhappy married woman. Ny
husband courted mo several years.
was very kind and generous and II
didn't seem possible that he could
ever say cross word or neglect
his wife.
He drinks and CANDLES. As n re-
suit OF his gambling he Is deeply
in debt. I had a fat bank account
when I married and he tormented
the life out Of me until 7 handed
most Of II over TO him. He makes
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Write frankly briefly and huthfully your vsws ths
problem, "is Marriage Success?" you think il not Al
together succes do not fail to suggest what you think
the remedy WHAT the trouble and what could be done
frankly and fearlsssy-your confidence viii be respected
No Of writers published except with the writer's
consent Use only side Of the paper.
Address your contributions to
MARRIAGE EDITOR,
The Washington Times,
Washingtou, D. C.
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HOW TO KEEP THE
CHILD WELL.

The Washington Times has
arranged with the U. 8. Public
Health Service to answer all
questions submitted by Its read
ers in regard to the health Of
the child.
Address,
Child Health Editor.
The Washington Times,
Washington D. c.
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This Day in History.

This is the anniversary of tho
birth, in 1920. OF Jenny Lind,
"the Swedish nightingale" who
won n great success by her ex-
quisite singing Of colorature and
her charming personality. She
died In 1887.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-19
Price Sterilization Now
Needed, Says Sisson
Greater Production at Lower
Costs Will Help, Banker
Asserts

Francis Fl. Sisson. yice-president of
the Guaranty Trust Company. speaking
last night before the annual meeting
OF the National Industrial Traffic
League at the Waldorf-Astoria, de-
clared that what is needed now more
tnan anything else is stabilization Of
prices at new levels that will bring
consumers back into the market
we need said the banker, "to do
everything in our power to get COM
modify markets stabilized as soon as
possible and avoid the dangers OF a
prolonged economic depression. But
stapfilzatlon of commodity prices can
be accomplished only by greater pro-
ouction at lower costs, in order that
goods may be offered to the public at
prices which will revive buying.
fhere is still vast, unsatisfed de-
mand for all kinds. of products in this
country. as we'll as throughout the
world, but prices must become COM
mensqrate x with purchasing power be-
stable basis. And the Withholding of
goods from the market, as we'll as
every unnecessary delay in marketing
them, lessons the available supply of
credit by freezing" the credit re-
CURED to carry the goods until they
are sold. So also do unwarranted
strikes congest credit, as we'll as in
tertere with productivity"
Mr.. Sisson expressed the opinion
that an Improvement in credit condi-
tlons, with easier money rates, will
mark the early part of 1921.