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The Washington times., 1920-06-10
BOOKS

HALE PORTIONS. BY Edna Ferber.
Garden City. N. Y: Doubleday Page
Co. ~
Edna Ferber can't be called a
realist, for she teaches that order
and decency and kindliness are as
much a part OF life as the sordid-
ness upon which the true "reslist"
loves to dwell. But II she is ''ro-
manifest" her genius tends to de-
velop the romance of the common
place. They are very human. aver
age sort of persons. the men and
women she writes about; and their
problems are very much the same
as those which confront the aver
age reader in his-or her-daily
life. In Half Portions" just pub
lished, the author tells a half dozen
simple little tales. which are inter-
esting for their very humanness
and for the art with which they are
told. She has the faculty, rare In
a short story writer, OF knowing
when to stop and each story is per-
fcctly rounded out.
1t is in getting behind the masks
and surface appearances OF every
day people that Edna Ferber does
"Un Moorso doc Pang," whose lad
has gone roaming, and who is wor-
ryinS about the grand people he
is meeting, to the Farmer in the
DELL" who Is out of place in the city,
and is led by his inconsistencies for
the soil to amazing actions. sne
goes "eavesdropping upon human
ity" and learning it's secrets. In
her choice of titles she has been
unusually felicitious particularly IN
the first story in the volume of
"The Maternal Feminine" the
pathetic story OF a born mother
who needs must lavish her wealth
of affection upon the children of a
sister who hasn't motherly bone
in her body. In "One Hundred Per
Cent" Emma McChesney, now Mrs.
r. A. Buck-of "Our Mrs. McChes-
ney" reappears and the tale deals
with her reactions to the war.
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The Rhyn,ing Optin,ist

we've shot the chutos In motor
cars. we've done our best to talk
to Mars; we're ready to try any.
thing for once. But OF all trends
OF modern times as seen in this
and other climcs. there's one that
makes the rest seem pretty pale:
when ladies take to politics and
men to learning cooking tricks. we
know II is a sign that cannot fail.
when women pick the candidates
who look the most like fashion
plates we know that they. have
canned frivolity, and when men
take to making stcws and speak In
whispers OF home brews, then cook
ings picking up. we plainly see.
Yes, when we read the fashion
notes on frocks in which milady
votes, we are as up.to.datc as we
can be and on this theme OF mod
eru trend We think that we have
reached the end when each man
has his favored recipe
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SaUing Money in the Home, Little Tricks
For Women in Household Economics

the case OF straw hats, wiping with
a cloth dipped in denatured sieohoi
will remove dust and ueshen u.
A new band on a mans hat may
postpone the necessity OF buying
new hat for months. Trimmings on
wonien's hats that become loosened
by wind or wear should be sewed
into place as follows: Thread
long needle with coarse thread or
silk OF an inconspicuous color. Draw
the needle from the wrong SIDE
through the hat beside the loosened
trimming, leaving two or three
inches of thread on the wrong SIDE
pass the needle up and down around
the trimming and back TO the
wrong side OF the hat; pull the
thread through, tie the two ends
securely and cut them a quarter OF
an inch beyond the knot.
One method OF cleaning Kid gloves
Is TO rub the soiled parts with corn
meal, moistened with enough gsso-
line 10 keep the meal from scratch
ing the gloves, then dry Thoroughly
In the air. Washable gloves should
always be washed on the hands to
preserve their shape. IL pays TO
mend small rips In gloves as soon as
the rip appears.
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tCs.tI.ses fro. Yesterday

Noyember-'Srhere Is little going
on among the old Washingtonlans
and a mob OF new people are over
running the place. IL makes one
sick and dizzy TO realize that the
old distinguished, delightful Wash
ington has disappeared. never TO re-
turn.
THE poor foreign ofricers-sev-
enty-fiye smart-looking young
Frenchmen among them-haye alb
solutely no place TO go nor any
thing TO do. SO far we seem to have
failed TO take advantage or them as
military instructors. Things are
getting more and more mixed here,
rather than STRENGTHENING out. The
new and inexperienced men with
tremendous 9utocratic powers are
playing the Very devil with bush
ness and everything else. There
must have been another leak yes
terday, for the stock market took a
terrible tumble. Today comes bad
news from Italy-somebody knew IL
ahead OF the others"
December. "a sunny, cold day out
of doors, and cold indoors. too, for
the coal famine has caused suffer-
ing everywhere to everybody-due,
no doubt. TO some incompetent, for
all the way from the Middle West
last week 1 saw lines OF cars flled
with coal waiting for God knows
what The trains. too. are jammed
with people wildly journeying
about, but when things are at skies
and seyens, one has to be satisfied
to pull through at all.
prohibition has recently come
in, and although we are not sup
posed to drink. nevertheless cock
tail parties are rampant both in
side and outside of the District line.
C'est la guerre! What will be the
future of the Capital 1t may actual
ly be difficult to find diplomats
willing TO come to Washington TO
reside, for these men are used to
wines in their own country. They
will hardly want to import their
liquor since IL is against the Amer
lean law. and they will have no en-
tertainments to go out to but such
as are dry and dull. During the
past years IL has become very evil
dent that opportunities for the in
terchange of ideas, the informal
give-and-take of casual discussion,
such as should exist in a national
capital. have been slowed up. And
now IL looks as IL the knell of
social life here had really been
sounded"
Another friend wrote to me about
this time: prohibition has been
forced on us. Washington has re-
peatedly sought representation in
Congress, but has repeatedly been
denied IT. and the American capi-
tai is governed in an un-American
way, taxation without representa-
tion, and all its laws and regula-
tion. made without consideration
for those who must live under them.
The Commissioners have been late
ly very unsatisfactory. President
Taft and President Roosevelt had
the good of Washington at heart.
and through Fine Arts Commissions
and in many other ways have
sought 10 develop it's beautiful OPP.
portunifies. Senator Mcmillan, who
for many years was chairman OF,
the Senate Committee on District
Affairs, sent commissioners abroad
to study foreign municipal methods
for the benefit of the Capital. and
Rock Creek Park is memorial to
his foresight and public service.
But the recent Commissioners seem
to care little for it, and have an
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A Story That Has Won
a Nationwide Following
BY Fontaine Fox.

down to a discussion OF the sinister
thing which I felt threatened our
happiness, Jim had eluded me. And,
again, as always when I yielded to
my morbid fears of Jim's passion
for gambling, ] visualized my own
unhappy youth. The dingy hall
bedrooms, the pink plush and gilt
hotel suites which alternated with
them. my red-eyed little mother
and Lucky Lee" the dimly remem-
bered, staggering man, who had
never been father to me in the
sense dear Father Andrew Hyland
was.
Carl Telephones.
In the midst of my unhappy
thoughts the phone rang and Carl
Booths voice came over the wire
abrim with boyish eagerness:
"Berbara Anne, you haven't for
gotten that I'm counting on show
ing you how. / broil beefsteak to-
night, have you?"
/ had forgotten. 1t flashed across
my mind that / had never told Jim
of this engagement which l had
made without consulting him. He
was on the edge of dangerous
mood, to which he felt that ! and j
alone had goaded him. / temporized
for a moment.
"You didn't know I'd been suffer
ing from a sprained ankle. did you,
Carl?"
Poor little GIRL" cried Carl in
stantly. as 1t still very painful?
I'll tell you, we'll put it off till you
are all right / wouldn't have you
hurt for the world. When will you
be able to come without a twinse OF
pain?'
Tonight a week" I replied, feel
ing heartily ashamed of myself as l
did so and wondering why it didn't
seem exactly right for Carl to be so
kind. But, anyway, 1 needn't feel
guilty, for since Daisy is left I'm
not entirely breaking up your even
ing"
"Oh, I'll call it off with Daisy.
too" said Carl carelessly. I'm run
up this afternoon 10 see IL there's
anything your old pal can do for
you"
AS I hung up the receiver I found
myself uneasily wishing that he
wouldn't come, and then wondering
why / wished that. But at noon l
phoned Haldanes and asked Daisy
to run in after the days work was
over.
Ito He Continucd)
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When O. Girl Mnrries

edly. '1f you could see yourself
you'd know how the fever burns
out all the real you and makes you
a caricature of yourself"
jim got down from the arm OF
the chair and spoke dryly:
81 won't quarrel with you Anne.
But your lack of understanding OF
this interest of mine strikes me as
about as unsympathetic as my fail
ure to howl with grief over that
ankle of yours. Don't forget the
ffty-fifty stun that's been making
things go smoothly for the past
month or So"
"Oh. Jim. we have been happy"
I said, clutching fearfully at that
happiness and Jim's coattails as he
made to leave the room. Lets not
spoil it. Don't go without kissing
me. The ankle annoys me, too. be-
cause IL wouldn't let me run after
you II you tried to get away"
So we kissed and made up, and
Jim hurried off, leaving me to face
the ugly realization that again as
always when i tried to pin him
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~ ELIxABETH LArTIMER-

n n EN a. well as women can
M help reduce the high cost of
Ava clothing. A little care on the
part of the wearer will do much
TO preserve clothing already on
hand, and thus eliminate the neces-
sity OF spending large sums fire.
quently to replenish the wardrobe.
Immediate attention to rips. sew
ing on loosened buttons and hooks,
reworking worn buttonholes, and
preventive" darning are recon-
mended as means OF prolonging the
life OF a garment. The latter re-
pair measure consits OF reinforce
ing a worn place with rows OF fine
stitches or by laying a piece OF
cloth under IL and darning II down
with revelinEs OF the material The
heels and toes OF stockings and
socks especially may be treated
this way before a hole Is entirely
worn through. Shortening sleeves
or trousers a little to do away with
4 worn edge, or putting new Guns
and collar or new trimming on a
dress may often add months to the
life Of a garment
To keep clothing looking "ss
good as new" as we'll as actually
'se ''Ns
IL is necessary to keep IL clean.
Brushing with a stifr brush for
velvet or silk, Is necessary to re-
move dust, and spots and stains
should be carefully treated with
cleaning preparations as soon as
possible. In most cases this can be
done at home, but IL Is more eco
nomical to have professional clean
ers handle very delicate garments.
Pressing Preserves Garments.
Preserving the shape OF gar
ment Iengthens it's service. Almost
anyone can learn to press clothing
neatly. Woolen clothing should
be covered with a thoroughly
dampened cloth and pressed with
a moderately hot iron until nearly
dry. IL the cloth becomes abso-
luteIy dry, shine is likely to appear
on the garment. SILK garments
should be pressed very carefully;
In fact. sometimes hanging a silk
dress over a tub of steaming water
will remove wrinkles without actual
ironing. Washable white silk gar
ments should be washed and rinsed
In lukewarm water. wrapped in a
The Washington times., 1920-06-10
Leap Year Opportunities
In Congress
Copyright, 1900
BY Edith McDowell-Wisc.

GAM RAYBURN halls from the
- Lone Star State, and although
he has been eligible for sew
eral years-he is now thirty-eight
there is no rumor of his engage
ment.
He is probably too comfortable
in his we'll equipped bachelor
apartment to miss the tender at
tentions of wife, for he can ring
up his apartment any afternoon
and order a steak or chicken din
ner for some of his closest bach
elor friends, without being afraid
of a calling down. which he might
receive in the event he had a wife
who did not care to entertain his
men friends.
His office is on the fifth floor of
the House Office building-a love-
ly sunny place, where he spends
a great deal of his time studying
on railroad legislation, which is
his hobby. He has also taken great
interest in war risk legislation.
He is very fond of history and
biographies of famous men, and
confesses that he becomes SO in
terested in the history Of his fore
fathers that he forgets to be So
ciable.
A sad little old woman left his
office the other day-she had been
to see him about her brother, who
had been threatened with the peni-
tentiary. She told the writer that
Mr.. Rayburn was never too busy
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towel. and pressed with a warm, not
hot, iron. Handled In this way they
will not turn yellow for long
time. Thorough airing OF clothes
after wearing. out of doors. IL possi-
BILE. will do much toward keeping
them fresh and thus make them last
longer.
Shoes, more than many other
articles OF clothing. need to be thor
oughIy aired after wearing, to pre-
vent perspiration from rotting the
lining. Keeping shoes on shoe
trees or stuffed with paper when
not in use preserves their original
shape, and Is especially necessary
IL the shoes have become wet. In
tense heat Is likely to crack leather:
therefore, wet shoes should never
be dried under the stove or on a
register or radiator. They should
be dried slowly and. IL possible.
rubbed from time to time to soften
the leather. The best plan Is to
keep the shoes from getting wet
by wearing overshoes,
Cleaning Hats and Gloves
A hat that is worn day after day
needs special care to keep 1t look
ing neat. Careful brushing or, in
The Washington times., 1920-06-10
By Anne Lisle.
W hose Present Newspaper Seria
Has Won q Great Popular Success.


kIHID you notice something
funny last night?" asked
- Jim, the day after our visit
to Pat Dalton's apartment.
"About you, your host or the world
In general l parried.
About your hubby-and the way
he couldn't get up his nerve to let
on to Pat that the news of the
purchase of the Harrison estate and
it's transfer to Virginia had reached
his ears" replied Jim.
81 never thought of it," L con-
fessed. 81 took IL for granted that
you and Neal had talked IL all over
with Pat"
Cant answer for the kid, but
I've never let out a peep"
mo. and you're not letting out
peep about a more important sub
ject. That's a way you have, jim"
l replied in irritation and unhappi-
ness that would not down.
Meaning? Oh-yes, l know.
ought to apologize for the way |
fused about your slippers and
didn't show a mortal bit of SYM
pathy for the sprained ankle. Well,
that goes without saying. But I'll
say 1t, dear, I was a brute. And
when the boy was so darn sweet
to Phoebe about that near.ptomaine
attack of hers. l saw. I'll never
hurt you like that again, dear.
Never, willingly" Jim added rue
fully, coming over to perch on the
arm OF my chair and to ruffle up
the little curls at the nape OF my
neck.
"Oh, Jimmie-dear don't make II
so hard for me to lecture you," I
begged. nesting my head against
his shoulder. "'Cause / have to,
dear-whether / like it or not"
"You may fire when ready,
Gridley,'" quoted Jim. Now what
have 1 done to make the wee wife
ashamed Of me? Wasn't I nice to
Tommie? Or was I too nice? Go
to it. Don't spare my gray hairs"
Jim Is Decided.
~Please. JIM" I begged. You
know just as well as l do"
"Oh, you mean going to Pats.
Now, look here, Anne, I'm in wrong
with Virginia anyway, but she can't
boss and henpeck me and run the
world so that cut Pat off my Wis
iting list just when / find how all
wool and yardwide he is?'
II don't mean going to Pats.
Though did think that a little i'll
advised. I meant mean the dice.
Your gambling. oh, Jimmie, IL you
could see how IL gets you, how 1t
distorts you! Your fine, strong.
sinewy hands look like talons when
you grip that little cup. And you
crouch over the table-likc some
thing sinister. My Jim goes. 1t
almost kills me. IL frightens me.
1t frightens me, Jim"
I buried my. face in Jim's shoul-
der and held myself well in leash
to stife the sobs that threat ened to
come in spite of me. Jim stiffened
aod drew away irritablY
cut out the sob sister stuf?" he
said fruhly. Pm a man-not
boy. Anne. I'm not going to perdi-
tion because ! shake dice with
good friend now and then. And you
needn't paint me in quite such gar
ish colors. ] don't relish such melo-
dramatic bunkw
1T isn't" / persisted. ill-advis-
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The Value
OfFOOd

TINE mere maintenance of life
and the development OF energy
are not the only requirements
OF a diet. Each human being is an
individual organism, not simply a
mechanical contrivance, and an ideal
diet from a caloric standpoint will
not necessarily nourish him prop
erly. He may actually pine away
upon such a diet.
Proteins, fats and carbohydrates
are not sufficient in themselves to
keep up our health and nutrition.
Theoretically they constitute the
chief elements of our diet. So far
as mere bulk goes they do seem
very important, but there are very
small amounts of precious sub
stances called vitamines without
which the proteins, fats and carbo-
hyrdates are of little account.
Scientists have found that IL ami
mails are fed upon a diet of casein
representing the protein of milk,
starch representing the carbohy-
drates), and lard representing the
fats), all carefully purified by chem
ical treatment so as to exclude
anything but these three substances,
they soon cease to grow and also
develop ricketts, and scurvy.
Just so soon, however, as fresh
uncooked food OF animal origin is
added to the dietary of these ami
mails they begin to grow again and
become healthy.
Again, IL puppies arc fed upon
oatmeal porridge,, bread and a,
small amount OF milk they become
rickety. Animal fats, however, soon
restore them to health.
The fresh juice OF certain fruits
and vegetables Is also potent In re-
storing to health animals fed upon
theoretically diets.
In other words, there are sub
stances known as vitamines in some
OF our foods which are essential II
we would be really healthy. Some
arc in the animal fats, like butter,
some are in the juice of meat. in
tho legumes, in eggs, unpublished
rice, whole wheat, fruit juices, fresh
vegetables, milk and cream.
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The Case Altered.

Complaints were being continually
made by the students of a college
against the cook. At length the
principal summoned the delinquent,
lectured him upon his shortcom-
ings and threatened him with dis
missal unless matters were i'm
proved. Good gracious, sir" ex-
claimed the cook, you oughtn't to
place too much Importance on what
young men tell you about my meals.
why, sir, they come to me in just
the same way and complain about
your lectures"
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81 PAID FOR EACH
DOLLAR SAVED

Here Is a chance for every one
TO earn a dollar by telling how
she has saved a dollar. IL may be
dollar or more. IL may have
been saved in a day or a Week.
However, all thai matters Is HOW
IL was saved.
81 saved and 81 earned by the
telling of the saving makes ".
How about IL! BE brief and write
only on one side OF paper.
! Will award prize OF 81 each
day for one OF the suggestions
which | print.
IL your first letter doesn't get a
prize, try again. Even IL IL does.
that is no bar 20 your getting an
other IL your idea is worth IL.
Checks will be mailed to win
ners.
ELIZABETH LATTIMER.
The Washington times., 1920-06-10

w yE'VE said a heap In prose
w and rhymes about tho
w trend of modern times, and
gee! there is an awful lot OF
change. We arc so far from quiet
ways and peaceful times of other
days sometimes this planet really
looks quite strange. We're not con-
tent to sail the sea, but choose the
ether for a spree and ape, as best
we can, the soaring lark. And "
we should como down, ker-fopl
that's not enough to make us stop;
IL they can patch us up, we. re-
embark. Or in the waters deep
we sail and emulate the husky
whale, although it's quite 2 little
damp down there, for we cannot
be satisfied to take pleasant,
sunny ride, where we could have
our NIL of light and air. We keep
on looking for hew stun. It's hard
to hpd IL new enough, and every
day brings on Its crop of stunts:
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|lEMON JUICE
| FOR FRECKLES
Ckls! Make beauty lotion fsr
q few cents-Try it!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons
Into bottle containing three
LOUNGES of orchard white, shake well
and you have a quarter pint of the
best freckle and tan lotion and COM
plexion beautifer, at very, very
small cost. d,
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drNg store or toilet counter Will
supply three ounces of orchard
white for n few cents. Massage this
sweetly fragrant lotion into the
face, neck, arms and hands .each
day and see how freckles and blenl-
ishes disappear and how clear SOFT
and rosy.whitc the skin becomes
Yes, II is harmless and never irri-
tatcs.
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to help her, and was making every
effort to save her brother from
the "pen." He is evidently fine
fellow, and his heart is in the right
spot.
So the young ladies may take
heart, for any one who is kind to
old ladies in trouble, is sure to be
kind to his wife.
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Such Is Fame.

A visitor to Stratford-on-Avon
told a native that he had come to
see the home of Shakespeare
That's all right" said the man,
"but for my part I don't believe
Shakespeare would be heard Of now
IL he hadn't wrote them playsw
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-06-05
Clancy Drug Co.
The Rexall Store
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"Let Our Label Be Your Guarantee
A GREAT LECTURE.

On Sunday afternoon, May 80,
we had with us DR.. L. j. Coppedge,
recently Of Africa, but now Of
Rosedale, who gave us one of the
best and most inspiring messages
we ever listened to.
He has spent twelve years in
Africa as a medical missionary
coming home in 1918 to enlist in
the service of his country. He is
now planning to take up the mis-
sionary work again.
His lecture was such an inspira-
ton to our society that on Mon
day afternoon at our social meet
ing we raised our pledge for the
support of foreign missions from
$50 to $3.50, and are planning to
take the support of a native work
er in one Of the foreign fields.
Any society desiring a lecture
from a returned missionary will
certainly make no mistake if they
can secure the services Of DR.. Cop
pelge.
We wish to extend to him, in
the name Of the Woman's Mission
ary Society Of the Gunnison Meth
odist Episcopal church, South, our
heartfelt thanks for his splendid
message.
MRS. E. f. M'KEITHEN.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-06-05

SURGEONS agree that in cases
of Cuts, Burns, Bruises and
Wounds, the FIRST TREAT
MENT is most important. When
an EFFICIENT antiseptic is ap-
piled promptly, there is no danger
Of infection and the wound be-
gins to heal at once. For use on
man or beast, BOROZONE is the
IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEAL
ING AGENT. Buy it now and be
ready for an emergency. Sold by
all DRUGGISTS.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-06-05

Pursuant to an order of the Board
Of Supervisors of Bolivar County,
/ Miss, passed and entered of record
at regular meeting of said Board,
begun and held at the court house in
the town Of Rosedale, in the First
Judicial District of said county, on
Monday, April 5th, 1920, notice is
hereby given that the undersigned
clerk Of said Board will, until the
hour Of 70 o'clock noon of Monday,
the srd day of May, 1920, same
being the first Monday in said month,
receive sealed bids at his office in
Cleveland, Miss, for the following ma
lefials and supplies for the road out
Its OF the county, to-wit:
Corn, oats, hay and mixed feed. in
carload quantities and less than car
load quantities, to be delivered at any
point in Bolivar County, Miss.
the Board of Supervisors reserves
ne right to reject any and all bids.
Tnis 9TH day of April, 1920.
P B. WOOLLARD, Clerk.