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The Washington times., 1920-11-22
The Woman
Observer
ONE OF LIFE's IRONIEs.

When you are buying something
especially pretty. something dainty
and feminine, have you ever glanced
up suddenly and seen the express
sion. a bit envious perhaps and a
bit sad, on the face of the sales
woman who Is waiting on your
Perhaps what you are buying
costs two or three times her weeks
salary, weeks OF patient service. OF
nerve-racking days, OF noise and
confusion. All day, every day, she
handles the lovely things you 80
carelessly inspect. To her they have
become alive. she loves them, she
dreams about them at night, she
sees herself wearing them. but they
are not for her. All she can do 10
to sell them TO you. Her love for
the beautiful must simply make it
possible for you to wear them. She
must flatter. cajole, recommend. Is
il to be wondered at that her
thoughts are tinged with envy?
And doubtless you. you who buy
her wares. never earned a dollar,
never knew what IL meant to serve
you just buy. And maybe the
scale tips on your side when the
years are measured and il Is Mid
dle-Age who purchases the lovely
things and ii is Youth who stands
behind the counter and may not
have them.
1t is a sad world--sometimes. But
before life ends. things are usually
evened up. Everyone hasn't money
TO be sure, nor has everyone love
nor health. nor youth, nor friends,
nor children-yet everyone has
something. Seek it and be happy.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
What Next?

The latest stunt OF the uplifters
has been to put through a reform"
by which two schoolgirls were SEN
fenced to a day in jail because they
played hockey.
Next they will Ue declaring it a
crime to have been born either
boy or girl. and people won't
dare come into this world until
they have grown up.
If they keep this thing up all
the normal. sane people will be
ready to move out, even II they
have to move out to the ceme-
terry.
We fully expect to see more
drastic laws now that hockey has
been made a high crime.
Other heinous offenses and the
punishment therefor will probably
be as follows:
For observing Halloween -
Thirty days in the workhouse.
For hopping wagons-Fifty dol
lars fine.
For eating green apples-Six
months at hard labor.
For throwing snowbal1s-One
to three years in the penitentiary.
For tying a tin can to a dogs
tail-Life imprisonment.
For being q regular boy-Capi-
tai punishment.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
Whv Ot>Use More Rice!

. well. Then add one-half cup or nne-
Iy minced ham, a teaspoonful of
grated onion and a tablespoonful of
butter. Simmer a few moments and
serve.
RICE AND MEAT CROQUETTES
One cupful boiled rice. One cup
chopped meat OF any kind. half a
teaspoonful salt. a little pepper, a
pinch of cayenne pepper, one table
spoonful butter, half a cup Of milk
and two eggs. Put the milk on to
boil. add the meat, rice and sea-
soning. When II boils well, add the
beaten egg. Stir il one minute and
let cool. Shape into rolls. dip into
white of egg and cracker crumbs
and fry in deep fat.
sCALLOPED EGGS.
Butter a bake dish well and line
with boiled rice. Over .he ricc
place q layer OF cold, hayd-boiled
eggs. Sprinkle with salt. pepper
and bits Of butter. Then make an
other layer of rice covering it with
another layer Of eggs and season.
ing. Cover this with still a third
layer of rice and top 1t with. but
tered bread crumbs moistened with
a half cup Of milk and bake twenty
minutes.
RICE AND MEAT.
Place in a double kettle a cup
and one-half of new milk, teaspoon
full of butter, half a teaspoonful
salt and let 1t come to a boil. Add
a cup of well washed rice, cover
and boil half an hour. Remove the
cover and add teacupful of chick
en- picked from the bones or of
veal cut in small pieces, cover and
cook again twenty minutes and
serve hot.
JAMBALAYA.
Cut a piece of fresh beef. veal
lamb or pork "a pound) into small
pieces an inch square and chop two
or three onions fine. Put a large
tablespoonful of sweet lard into a
deep saucepan. When hot add the
chopped pork with the onions and
let them brown, stirring for five
minutes. then add about the Same
amount OF chopped ham as you have
pork, and a quarter pound of chop
ped Vienna sausage. Next add the
herbs, bay leaf, little parsley,
two cloves with a saltspoon of
salt and brown n few minutes long
or. When all are nicely Drowned
add two quarts of hot soup stock
or hot water. Let IL cook about
ten minutes; when boiling add n
cup of rice washed and dried. Let
boil until the rice Is tender. stir
ring frequently to keep from burn
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
sHOULD COUNT THREE
AND JUMP IN RIVER.

In reply TO "A. c. S." that a dog
and a cat are much cheaper 10 care
for than children. ! would Ike 10
say that she ought to count three
and jump into the river. A whole
lot OF good it would be to increased
population IL every married couple
preferred cats and dogs. In all
sense OF decency, must say that
IL person has no further desire
than to look after cats and dogs,
that person should remain single.
Marriage was not instituted nor is
II necessary for that purpose.
don't believe in having so largo q
family that in order for one to
have another must be deprived. /
am a very young girl, happily mar
ried with two darling babies. and
the idea of married people prefer
ring cats and dogs rather than chill
dren fiIled me with Indignation. and
also pity for a man whose family
consists of a wife, a cat. and a bull
dog. MRS. J. A.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
Reviews of Late Books

deavor to make his life also worth
while. 1t will prove a most practical
and appropriate gift to every young
ambitious fellow, and many employers
will give a copy to the young and
middle aged men in their employ.
HOW TO REDUCE (new waistiines for
ODD. BY Antoinette Donnelly. New
York: ID. Appleton & Company.
Here Is a book that tells people
who are overweight and those who
are gaining weight too rapidly ex-
actly what to do to get thin-it
doesn't frighten them with don't"
The causes of excessive flesh. the pit
falls for the unwary fat-inclined. and
the reasons for reducing are present.
ed in a concise and pithy way. The
diets and menus are a reinsurance
to the fat person who wishes to re-
duce. but is afraid. picturing himself
a martyr. half-starved and unhappy.
Seven complete and varied diets are
furnished.
THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN RED
CROSS IN ITALY. BY Charles NJ
Bakewell. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
Tells OF the establishment Of relief
centers. workhouses, travelling can
teens hospitals. and all the details
connected with the work Of relief for
Italy in her distress.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22

DIcE is the ideal comp'emen.
for other foods. Its greatest
i y advantage lies in the 1act
that IL can be used with all styles
~ cooking. Its chief ingredient Is
carbohydrates. the element that
provides fuel for making human
energy. A. <.. -,
beef, veal, fowl or with the nitro
genous foods such as beans peas,
Nr cheese. the result is as perfectly
balanced a meal as 1t Is possible 10
secure. 1t adds greatly to the nu.
tritive value of soups, steWs anu
dressings and embellishes many nne
dishes, especially oysters, clams'
shrimps, crabs and all hsh.
For infants or invalids there Is
nothing that lends itself better
than the curative, healing qualities
of rice, possessed in greater degree
than any other cereal because or It's
ease of digestion and nerve-buiid-
ing qualities.
A master recipe is given below.
showing how even the most in
experienced housek eeper can secure
the best results when cooking rice.
A batch Of rice cooked in this way
gravy, with syrup or cream or as
a vegetable with meats, fowl or fish
will prove a pleasant surprise to
many household where rice Is
not yet known as an all-round daily
food.
RECIPE FOR COOKING RICE.
Wash rice thoroughly in a strain
er. Use a deep porcelain or agate
ful of salt. Then add one cup OF
.ng water add one level teaspoon
full of salt. Then add one cuu of
washed rice so slowly that water
continues to boil. Lift rice occas-
ionaIly with fork and shake BEETLE
80 that no kernels stick to bottom.
But-this is important-never stir
the rice. Boil twenty minutes.
Then pour water off, II any, and
place in open oven where IL will
finish swelling without burning.
Each grain will stand alone, plump.
tender and delicious.
Here are a few ways to prepare
rice:
RICE AND PEAS.
Boil one cup of rice by the master
recipe. Boil twice the measure of
peas with one-half pound Of salt
pork until tender, but not broken.
Add the rice to the peas. There must
be water enough to have them mix
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
WOMAN MARES WORLD
WORTH LIVING I'm.

wish to say just a few words 10
the author OF "Woman Is Good
Genius" believe that IL embodied
the loftiest thoughts and the best
conceptions tbat have ever been
penned by young man on "Wom-
an" thought that modern man
regards woman as a plaything.
mere toy OF his capriccs, useless
in life. but ain glad to note that
there are exceptions that know the
value and wholesome influence OF
woman in mans life.
Mr.. Acosta has perfectly portray
ed the delicate functions OF woman
and what she might accomplish In
her diverse relations. And | wish
that those men who have morbid
prejudice against woman would
read Mr.. Acosta's article They sure
ly Will be convinced that II this
world Is worth living in II Is De-
cause there is woman.
A LADY TEACHER.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
by Winston Churchill,
Author of "Richard Carvei," "rhs
Crisis" and Many Other Novels
OF Worldwide Popularity.
az" HERE he Is" said the rector.
81 think can pick him
out now"

ktT HERE he is" said the rector.
~ think can pick him
out now"
ayes. that's Preston" said his
father. staring hard at the picture.
The face had developed, the body
had grown almost to mans estate,
hut the hint of crispness was stiil
in the hair the mischieyous laugh
Ter in his eyes. The rector gazed
earnestly at the face. remembering
his own boyhood. his own YOUTH
his mind dwelling, too, on what he
had heard OF the original OF the
portrait. What had happened TO
the boy. to bring to naught the
fair promise of this earlier pre-
sentiment?
He was aroused by the voice or
EIdon Parr, who had sunk into one
Of the leather chairs.
81 can see him now," he was say
ing. las he used to come running
down that long flight OF stone
stems in Ransome street to meet me
when came home. Such laugh
ter, And once, in his eagerness, he
fell and cut his forehead. shali
never forget how l felt. And when
! nIclJed him up he tried to laugh
still with the tears rolling down
his face.
ALL SEEMED WRONG.
You know the way a childs
breath catches, Holder? He was
always laughing. And how he USED
to cling to me, and beg me to take
him out, and show SUCH interest,"
in everything! He was prisht
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
What Every Park
Bench Knows

That a Irritation can be started
by the palm-reading stall more
quickly than any other way.
That a conversation which begins
with the weather is apt to wind up
with the moon.
That a ribbon clerk in his summer
fiannels can exhale a Wall Street
atmosphere.
can be more coy than a girl still
in her teens.
That a stenographer in her sport
sweater can pass for an heiress in
a dim light.
That hand-holding is not dying
out
That 1t never will.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Write frankly, briefly, and truthfuly your views on
the problem, as Marriage Success II you think it not
altogether success do not fail to suggest what you think
is the remedy WHAT the trouble and what could be
done Write in your opinions experiences and suggestions
Write frankly and fearessy-your confidence will be re-
spected. No names of writers published except with the
writer's consent Use only side OF the paper.
Address your contributions to
MARRIAGE EDITOR,
The Washington Times,
Washington, D C
The Washington times., 1920-11-22

than divorced women. The single
ones have a bigger game to play.
Whether divorce is a reflection on
the character OF a woman depends
on whether she divorced or was
divorced and the circumstances sur
rounding the case.
Let me tell this man that the
lives of some of these divorced
women are n white contrast to the
lives OF a great number OF never
been-married women and girls.
who would cast slur at per
plexed," n writer OF the same date.
should she obtain a divorce from
the scoundrel who blighted her life
by his lies and low affair with an
inferior?
"Be thou as chaste as ice. as pure
as snow. thou shalt not escape
calumny" A DIVORCE WOMAN.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
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) boy, remarkable child. l thought,
but l suppose Ii was my foolish
ness. He analyzed all he saw apd
when he used TO ride In my car.
Brennan. the engineer, would ale
ways beg to have him In the cab.
And such sympathy? / had dreams
OF what that boy would become,
but l was too sure OF IL. / went
on doing other things--there were
so many things. and l was a slave
TO them. And before l knew IL,
he'd gone OF to school--that was
the year / moved up here, and my
wife died.
And. after that, all seemed to go
wrong. Perhaps / was too severe;
perhaps they didn't understand him
at boarding school; perhaps l
didn't pay enough attention to him.
At any rate. the first thing l knew
his whole nature seemed To have
changed. He got into scrape after
scrape at Harvard, and later he
came within an ace Of marrying a
woman. He's my weakness
today. can say no to everybody
in the world but to him, and when
| try to remember him as he used
to come down those steps on Ran.
some street
AND THEN A WOMAN.
"IIe never knew how much I
cared--that what l was doing was
all for him. building for him. that
he might carry on my work. had
dreams of developing this city, the
great Southwest, and after i had
gone Preston was to bring them to
fruition.
"For some reason never wa
able to tell him all this--as l am
telling you. The words would not
come. We had grown apart. And
he seemed to think-God knows
why!--he seemed to think l disliked
him. i had Langmaid talk to MIN.
and other men i trusted--tell him
what an unparalleled opportunity
he had to be Of use in the world.
To BE Continued Tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
vi The Washingto Times Magazine Page Yz
What You Owe Your Child
BY DIR. WILLIAM A. McKEEVER.

there till the last trumpet sounds.
II you want to avoid such a fate
for your boy, begin now and con-
tipue 20 keep HIM in trim. good
enough for either a fight or a frolic.
Not one duh moment during his
waking hours is a Eood motto for
his mind. Not one setback In his
health habit. his physical rhythm.
through neglect or dissipation, Is a
good motto for his body. And the
last will make the first easy. He
young fellow at three-score-dnd
ten,
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
SINGLE WOMEN HAVE
BIGGER GAME TO PLAY.

read two letters OF advice to
d. B. L. so dissimilar that the diff
ference in the characters of the
writers is made plain.
How lovely it was Of expert
ence" to advise him not to give up
the one he loves for anything or
anybody! / hope for him that his
dear girl may realize her mistake
in treating him as she does.
"a Sympathetic Friend" advises
him to take no chance with divorced
women. This man sees nothing
but evil with his taundiced eyes.
say man. for II can't be that a
woman wrote II. But want to tell
him that more women OF the "ncver-
been married before" kind have
pulled the wool over mems eyes
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
TWO @BEARs" IN
EVERY FAMILY.

Every couple, getting married
should remember there are two
bears in every family. Bear and
Forebear.
None OF us are perfect and TO
help marriage along We should
learn each others faults and make
allowances for them.
Every girl should learn how to
cook real "honest-to-Pete" din
ner. You know. girls. the way to
a mans heart Is through his stom-
ach. so be sure and give him three
good meals day and seven days
q week.
The majority OF girls should give
up the idea OF going back to work
after marriage, and be willing to
stay at home and make home for
their husbands, no matter how
small.
The main trouble with the mar
ried women of today is. they don't
want babies.
Instead OF home duties. voile
blouses and sticky baby fingers,
office work. georgette waists. and
a pet poodle.
Now, don't think am a soured
old married woman. Pm not. |
happen to be twenty-five years old.
have two dear babies. n big ador-
able hubby. love pretty clothes and
a good time as we'll as anyone, but
/ realize what the things are in
life that go n long way towards
making marriage success.
Often the men are to blame for
unhappy marriages, / grant, but II
both husband and wife have mar
ried for love. 1t Is usually the wo-
man who can make or mar her
home by her inefficiency. B. w.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
THE INSIDE OF THE CUP WIN WTsroS S on cf ciT
IS MARRIAGE A SUCCESS?

write n letter knowing il will be
printed. and In which she seems TO
glory In the fact that she. a mar
ried woman, loves some one else. IL
In my opinion, one OF the worst
possible blots on the fair name Of
her sex. Il. G. ID.
Baltimore, Nd.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22

sFhe Inside of the Cup pun
Iished seriaily here by permission OF
the Macmillan Co., has been mSue
into n motion picture by Cosmopoh-
tan Productions and VIII pe
leased ms Pnrnmount-Artcrau
picture.
The Washington times., 1920-11-22
AXE every working hour of

n n AXE every working hour Of
N your child a matter OF alert
A'A ness and keen intelligence.
Stupidity Is not exacdy I diseaEe.
IL Is rather a hlbIS which grows
out OF poor adjuhtm"n. OF the
young life TO rs immediate SUR
roundings. 1t is not a very diffi-
cult task to KEEP a normal child
in "a ruddy glow OF health and
thus To encourage the habit Of
keen. quick childish Wit.
The best way TO give your child
fresh, wide-a-waka mind Is TO
keep. his body In a condition of
rhythm and healthy growth. EARLY
TO bed and early to rise makes q
many healthy, wealthy and wise"
True enough for a man, but still
more a necessary maxim for the
child.
SPLENDID INVESTMENT.
The sleep. the diet. the exercise.
the bathing and the medication
necessary for the health and poise
of the boy or girl may seem to re-
quire a heavy expenditure Of the
time and energy of the parents, but
yestment for the child's future.
Physical health and mental health
are both very much matters OF
habit. II one can show an estab-
lished physical rhythm at twenty
five. you are warranted in predict
ing a relatively long mental life
for him.
All along the human highway as
] travel IL extensively there are
strewn the wrecks of middle aged
men who are weak apologies OF
what they ought to be. They are
stif. inert, stupid and dull, no
longer even good as human SAL
wage. What is the mater? What is
the original cause of such wastage?
My answer is: Bad or Unbalanced
physical care during the early
growing years. Slow circulation.
retarded elimination. backward
movement of the poison toxins into
the blood channels and into the
brain. The green. plastic organism
quickly yielded 10 these faults of
care-taking until the entire index
of the life force was permanently
set back or lowered.
PINK OF HEALTH.
Wherefore. keep your child in the
pink Of health, If only for the sake
OF his mental powers and his
spiritual longevity. The clogging
OF the young body means dullness
and non-attention, but the healthy
child should sparkle with wit and
alertness during every waking hour
OF the day. At all times he is either
wide awake or sound asleep, but
never merely halfand-half.
From a neglected, stupid child
hood many a man goes on the men
tai scrap-heap at forty and stays
The Washington times., 1920-11-22

A BLOT on FAIR
NAME OF HER SEX.
noticed n letter signed Never
Too Late" and l have been wonder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

The love of Damon for Pythias was as nothing compared with the love of a man for a neighbor who has full cellar.
 The other day we saw woman with a Wedding Ring on her finger. And, gosh, she did look old-fashioned The man who marries on a small salary these days has just enough money to get into trouble and not enough to get out.
 We do not know much. But we do know that it is impossible for a fat woman to look dignified when she isn't wearing a corset.
 Every time Friend Husband raises Cain because he has to pay the prem ium on his life insurance policy, Friend wife should remind him of the many times he announced tha. he would gladly die former. A man may not be so sure about his wife. But he'll bet that his 2d-cent Thermometer is right. A lot of men hope tha coal is as scarce down below as it is n this world.
 Our idea of something superfluous is the use of the Love. honor and obey'' clause when a grass widow and a grass widower are being married.
 Most any woman can tell you that keeping your chest covered in win.er is what causes pneumoa.a.
 A woman may not believe it. But a man would rather see classy meal on the dining room table than sec a lot of classy pictures on the dining room walls
 Many man would t1iak before he speaks. only he knows that other peo- pie would regard him as dummy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
SUPER-GOVERNMENT AT MARION
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 M President of the United States, Mir AA Wilson is naturally interested in senator Harding's boast that a su- per-government has been established at Marion He has therefore written to the republican candidate asking for personal verifcation of the reports of the Harding speech at Greencastle, Ind, Saturday.
 In this speech. according to the Herald correspondents dispatch, which is the most precise, Senator Harding said:
 Trance has sent her spokesman to me informally asking America, in it's new realization of the new situations. 10 lead the way for an association of nations
 President Wilson, who has always found the government of France most honorably mindful of it's international obligations and punctiliously careful to observe all the proprieties of interna- tional intercourse, would like to know something more definite about these ne- gotiations. and so would the country in general
 Who is this spokesman of the French government? From whom did he obtain his credentials? What did he propose :? What was Senator Hardings answer? Why did the republican candidate engage in this secret diplomacy at this time?
 There cannot very well be two gov ernments of the United States one m the District of Columbia and one on the front porch at Marion. There cannot be two governments of the United Srs.es en- gagged in the conduct of foreign relations,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
LOVE AND BOOKS

Frank L. stanton. in the Atlanta Co Think not. dear. when I'm there
 rest, With dream of your gold hair oy
 my breast, That I'm lost to the memory of singi.
 brooks, And Love. and your kisses-your wo
 der-looks,
 And my friends-my books. Think not. dear. I shall ever fade From the place where the oId-u1
 Masters made Morning for me. in the darkest skies The beautiful morning of your de And the songs for the signs. Women as fair as you, my dear, Came from the vistas of Everyw here, For poets sang of them. and poets ma Their beauty immortal. and hillsi
 and glade
 Had friends that were unafraid. Oh. the ghosts of the dreams como
 heartbreaking gleams: Keep sacred my books. dear. that ga
 me my dreams. And I'll dream. when no longer yc
 dear face see. That over my shoulder-God grant
 may bel
 You are reading. with me.