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ed hlrn of his duty to YOU would
have proved his disIoysIty to you.
barbara Agrees.
But. had he owed any obligation
to you. he would have told you
that he intended TO dine with Mary.
That would have been his duty and
his pleasure as well-tor man
who loves woman tells her what
he does. AS il was. it made no
difference TO you.
$50 in either case, Mary's excited
information would have been ILL
timed. 1t was. ss il happens,
silly boast But it might have
. made trouble had Robert and YOU
cared for each other. DO You not
agree with me-
Barbara answered promptly. "Ycs,
huntic, You arc entirely right. Yet
to be just to Mary, ! am sure sho
was only thoughtless.
"Perhaps Anyone who talks az
much as she does is bound 10 say
more than is wise. ! was glad 10
tell her that Roberts visit was
made at his own request, and that
you had othef and more important
affairs on hand than waiting at
home until il pleased him TO put in
an appearance. Wasn't ] right in
making that assertion. too. my
dear
Yes the girl admitted for the
second time: you were entirely
right, auntie."
Miss cynthia was content and
occupied the remainder Or the time
before she and her niece reached
homo in planning the various vi3nds
She intended to prepare for to-
morrows picnic.
1t was late in the morning when
the pair mounted the versnda steps.
The heat OF the sun had drawn the
fragrance from the honcysuckle
blossoms until the air was heavy
with the scent.
Barbara gave vent TO a muttered
exclamation.
What is the matter" her aunt
asked.
THE smell OF the honcysuckle il
too sweet. it makes me feel SICK
with a slight shudder.
why. child / thought you loved
It." Cynthia observed. "You al
ways seemed TO"
weighing the Evidence.
so did until now" was tho re-
joinder.
Then Barbara went indoors and
up TO her own room.
when she had removed her hat
and gloves aud put them carefully
away she sat down in the chair by
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This Letter Wins
TOday's Economy Prize.

DEAR ELIZABETH LAT'TIMER:
A splendid WAY to save is for
woman to always do her own clean
ing and dycins, for she earns from
81 10 So on every garment. Here ~
cant beat recipe for dry
cleaning at home: Make a stock So
luton OF eight ounces strong am
monia. one-half ounce Chloroform
and one-half ounce OF ether. Cork
tightly and keep away from face
when ready to do some cleaning.
Dissolve one bar OF naphtha soap in
three gallons OF hot water: add one
half teaspoonful each OF. baking
soda. salt and alum. and three ta-
blcspoonsful OF ammonia chloro-
form ether mixture. To clean orien-
tai or other rugs to their original
brightness make a lather of this by
shaking brush through it, shake ont
all superfiuous water go over
rug OF the finest OF material. also
upholsterinC with brush and no
harm will bn done them; dries al
most instantly.
Hope this idea Will help out the
high cost OF living in some or the
Washington and yicinity>hOmes.
MRS. HARLEY NJ. WEAVER.
1923 3Oth st. y. w.
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work i'm garden, and baby can be
pulled along even ii asleep, ! never
leave helpless baby alone, be-
couSe you can't tell just what will
happen. After supper is over and
chickens are tended TO, ! have time
to do whatever is left TO do. In be-
tween times do the sewing for four
girls, one little boy, Keep my hus-
bands clothes in repair, and keep
children in school. At the present
time my weekly work is taking tarL
OF sickly infant, do all OF house
work. washing, keeping one little
girl in school, cooking three meals
every day, seeing to fires in differ
ent rooms. putting in large garden
and raising chicks, and doing the
sewing for a. family Of seven, at
same time my husband never. goes
with his buttons made from pins
nor holes in his socks.
] have class to learn TO sew, GRO
chet and knit. There are women
also who want outfits of baby
clothing homemade and can't do it
themselves.
MRS. JOHN DEWEY.
Box 134 Purccllville, Va
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"Specializes" in
Silk Shirts.
Baltimore, Nd.

DEAR ELIZABETH LATrIMER:
While working in the Government
a.s a clerk I often heard men who
We're boarding and rooming, COM
plain about the manner in which the
lahndrics returned their silk shirts
ties and hose. Since the baby came
| find it pretty hard. TO stretch the
dollars, so one day I'put a small ad
III The Times saying ] would laun-
der and mend Sentlcmen's silk
shirts, hose and summer ties. Since
then have had all l can do, and 7
find it very pleasant work.
charge a reasonable price and the
ipnn call for and deliver their bun
dies.
I do all the work in my house,
cook and take care OF the baby. but
lind few hours each day in which
TO do the laundering. / mend the
clothes while watching baby play,
while sitting in the park with her
or in the evening after supper. This
is pleasant. not mental work, and
has ncttcd me quite a sum.
MRS. l.. u. FAWCETr
636 l. Street :. W.
Washington, l.. g
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Amateur Photography
An Interesting Field.

DEAR ELIZABETH LArrlMEH'
In these days Of modern improve
ment and labor saving devices tue
average woman. IL she arrsngcs her
household duties systematically can
usually have at least few hours
day 10 spare, after her work Is done
or course. she can use these Tor
study, self-improyemen ar Tor
Measure, or IL from choice or from
necessity she can utilize the time
in earning little financially
TO me it has always been an en-
ioyment TO earn some money OF my
own, and thereby being "a niue m
dependent. There is wonderful sat
isfaction unknown TO those VINO nave
NOT tried In being able 10 nave an
income brought about vs. your own
hands, Notwithstanding the advan-
tage of IL.
And so believing that every wom-
an should know or learn something
whereby she could earn her living
II necessary. l always studied 10
that end.
Being arllstically inclined. ! be
came interested In Photography ana
through different sources studied
the art. | had always liked to paint
and color pictures as "A girl, and as
1 grew older | improved from prac-
tice, teaching myself by experience.
started colorins all the little
snapshots / took, and hnally at
tempted large photographs and en-
iargements. | learned how TO de-
velop and print my own Aims, ana
10 enlarge any particularly sood
ones.
All this / studied by myself, and
as an amateur, commencing on my
own pictures. i succeeded in obtain
ing orders through them.
/ practiced quite awhile on vari-
Gus subjects, and my friends seeing
the result, asked If | would do some
work for them and let them pay
me.
OF course, / charged a. lower rate
than professionals, but my work
seemed to please, and look well so
that through my different patrons,
] soon began TO get all the work !
could do. My spare time which is
only two or three hours a day is
spent developing, printing, and col
orinS. Sometimes ! enlarge an es-
pecially pretty view or pose. color
il. and frame il, making very
pretty saieabi picture.
In this way 1 earn quite a little
money in my own home. Ii is in
teresting; l enjoy it. l do my own
work. and then have some money OF
my own. which means whole lot
10 me. MRS f.. J. HALL.
Corner Manning and Cherry
streets, Potomac Heights, y. 9.
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As Busy as the
PrOverbial Bee.

DEAR ELIZABETH LAT1MER:
For tho first four years of my
married life ] took care OF and sup
parted my husband, three small
stepchildren and raised two babies.
had my own millinery store and
did my own work in il. My home
was about fifteen minutes walk
from store At first I undertook to
go back and forth, taking the baby
and had a cradle at store for it,
but ] changed things and built
rooms adjoining store. used a child's
express wagon instead of cradle.
put the haby's. li'tlc bed on this
which can be fixed to suit Circum-
stances, such aS having a curtain
around and a run shirred top over
hulr Of it run ON wires and fixed on
sIdh o. wagon.
II baby is still asleep or quiet
after breakfast. | start my dinner.
After 1t is in tirelcsS cooker YOU
h6nt have the worry of IT burning
IN tho fire: and at IL o'clock n warm
dinner is cooked just right, leaving
Nbu most OF the. morning to attend
TO baby and other household duties.
! had to wait on my customers
along with IL, but by having the
baby on wagon bed II could be
moved from room to room.
Now. after dinner is over and If
everything has gone all right dur
ing morning, / have until ) o'c,ocl;
10 wash baby clothes, trim hats. or
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Presidents and Pies
An Interesting Account of Washington Peo.
pie of Yesterday and Today BY the Wife
of the WelI-KnOpn DiDlOmatist
By Mrs. Larz Anderson.
BY Mrs. Larz Anderson.

length Of time Washington Was
very crowded. but We managed to
find her a room and arranged o.
have her admitted 20 the hospital
with nurse. Another mother
came with the pathetic information
that her son had died OF the same
epidemic In a camp, and she wanted
TO know where she could get a nag
20 cover his coffin. At last the ia.
flu"nza became SO severe and deaths
50 frequent that we provided flags
for that purpose.
A one-armed Italian who could
hardly sspeak n word OF English
wandered in. We finally managed
TO make out that. while buying his
ticket TO Boston, he had lad tYenty
dollars down on the window sill.
When his back was turned for
moment some thief had stoiea IL
and disappeared right undo. the pc
hceman's nose We were only too
glId 10 buy the poor fellow "A ticket
and A. Is hoped he finally reac'Io1
his destination safely.
There was piano in the room
and sometimes We had very good
music. Once soldier ron. over
seas played exceptionally wail, and
sang some songs that NJ hai COM
posed himself When ! went over
to compliment him. n explained
that he was n professional musician
when not in the army; iusL now. r"
said. he was in hospital. tho Ieh On
leave. / eagerly inquired about him
OF one OF the wom@n WhD ..4d been
at the cantccn rCSr!arly; Shc star
tied me by saying, ")h. We know
him. He Is in the - sapc ASYLUM
he came back from tho n.i,"r sid
with shell shock hut I" iS.'t very
bad. 30 they let him come in town
once a week." We sy'n became &c
customed to these pathatic cases.
many OF whom StsrCJ AMI hooked
stupid and often refused 10 cat or
talk. One night in the frst-aid room
connected with the cantecn, we had
ten men IN strait-jackets. 1T was
said that there were more OF these
"War neurnsis" cases in the Amer
can army than in any other: that il
did not exist to such an cStcn.
among the French and English.
Copyright. HouEhfun. NHun Co)
GO Ee Continued Tomorrow
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BOOKS

THE RIDDLE OF THE FROZEN
FLAMES. BY NJ. e. and 7. w. Han
shc~. New York: Doubleday, Rage
& Co.
Another Cleek story OF mystery
and thrills-a detective story that
is full OF that quality of suspense
which, combined with the plausioil-
ity OF its episodes, commands the
attention or a casual reader and
adds him to the legion OF fcaders
who eagerly await and applaud
each new exploit OF the marvellous
Hamilton Clcck. detective cNtraor-
binary. OF Scotland Ward.
Collaborating with bis vile,
Thomas W. Hsnshew has evolved
= tale of stolen gold, lonely moors,
deserted houses with trapdoors,
underground passages. and lastly.
mysterious, hcatlcss midnight
flames that send ceric thrills up
and down ones spine. The old
familiar tricks OF the detective
ysrn-the casting OF suspicion on
innocent persons; the sustaining Of
tho interest by means OF contin-
ucd mystery--theSc and others are
admirably handled by the Hanshcws.
The plot concerns itself with two
mysteries strange theft of gold
coin from many small banks in
English coast towns and the ap-
pesrancc OF mysterious flames By
night upon dcsola.e moor. Tho
disappearance Of two men who set
out 10 unravel tho mystery OF ihc
frozen flames but adds TO the in
terest. Behind these occurrences
there is a master mind whicn Cleck,
as successful as ever reveals. The
detective Is up 10 all his old tricks.
and some new ones in addition,
and wlthal. they make as inter-
ertinE reading for these long sum-
mer evenings as the most ardent
thrill-kound could desire.
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Leap Year Opportunities
In Congress
OCupyriEht ls2el
By EDITH Mellow EII-WlsE.

ny 'uf'VVN JILL W .''
r ROM the cosmopolitan, up-to-
r date city Of pallas comes
to Congress Hatton W.
Sumners--a very fine Southern
gentlemen, but who forgot to give
his age in the directory. How
c,cr, he is still young and very
distinguished.
Mr.. Summers, it seems. has never
had to time to get married since
he started his struggle for fame
away back in the hills Of Tcnnes-
see. Charming and popular, he is
always in demand at the social
functions at Congress Hall, where
he makes his home while in the
Capital, but it is rumored that he
has an invalid mother who re-
ccivcs his entire devotion.
Because OF his strong belief in
the phenomena of race psychol-
ogy," his colleagues in Congress
give Mr.. Summers credit for saw
ing the Jim Grow law during the
debate on the railroad bill. 1t is
said that his speech on the sub
ject was so electrifying and so
winning that it was impossible
to withstand his earnest appeal,
and he ovcrcamc all objection be-
fore he finished his three minute
heart-to-hcart talk TO his fellow
members.
Whoever is fortunate enough to
charm this modest young Texan
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Cause and Effect.

The rural congregation had suf-
fered much discomfort from
drausht in church. The matter came
up for discussion at the vestry
meeting. when various remedies
were suggested. After much talk
ing. the minister spoke to an elder
~ parishioner, who had hitherto
been silent. and he replied
We'll. sir. soein' as you've APP
pealed 10 me, ! can only say that
before you're ALI way thro' L ser
mon we begins TO feel like as tho
there's u deal % waste wind abou'.'
possibly my friends tlud my dis
courses TO lr OF Il breezy character"
said the minister.
Dear, dear, no, sir, Ny mcanin's
this: When we've bin perChc
one spot FOR well-nigh fifty minic
a-listnin' TO yer, we're more'p ever
persuaded thecrs a ole somewccr
wants stoppin' up"
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By Virginia Terhune Van
de Water,
Author Of Nation Wide Reputation
and Writer Of Popular Novels
and short stories.
CHAPTER XXI.
TIME organdy dress htted we'll.

TIME organdy dress htted well.
and Miss Paige ordered 1t
sent home for her niece.
Charge il to Mr.. Arthur Paige,
she directed. adding in a low tone TO
her Compa nion, 1T is from your
uncle and me. my dear.
Thank you, auntie" the sIrl
murmurcd You are very kind.
81 mean to be-" Miss Cynthia said
honestly.
She believed her own words. We
usually believe what We want to
and she had persuaded herself that
all she had done was for her neice's
welfare Certainly the girl would
be safe as the wife OF a prosperous
gentleman. As the wife OF youth
like Robert Elliot, her future would
be most precarious.
When, their errands completed,
aunt aud niece turned their steps
homeward, the Older woman spoke
he mind.
lit is q great pity that as nice
girl as Mary Jameson should be SO
shallow"
She paused. but Barbara made no
response.
Don; YOU agree with me-" Gym
thia asked.
Why" Barbara said slowly. Il
do not think that MARY is cspr-
ciaily shallow only she likes 10
talk. That's all"
y eS--and she talks indiscrectlN.
Now. for instance. il was evident
that she expected to astonish YOU
or pIque YOU by. saying that she
had urged Robert TO hurry away
Yesterday SO that he would Keep
his promise to call on YOU.
That was ridiculous speech.
Fortunately. it could not hurt you.
Roberts firtations cannot affect
YOU. And there was no reason
why he should not have dined where
he wished. So why that. note or
triumph i'll M3ry's voice"
IF, on the other hand. she had
been so silly as to suppose that
YOU had any sentimental affair
with Robert--hcr Information might
have distressed you--and naturally,
too. For then his silence as TO
where he had Gined. his coming at
the last moment without intlmat-
ing that he would have arrived even
later had not Mothcr girl remind
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His Understudy.

As the notorious ratified and
rosrcd on its way, the small and
solemn Youngstcr stared unflinch-
insly at the old gentleman who sat
opposite him.
Presently, his relentless gaze be-
gan TO make his victim uncom-
Portable, and. thinking to create 4
diversion, he winked at the small
boy.
But lie felt even more embar-
rassed when the youngster turned
10 his young and pretty mother,
and said. in shrill, clear tones:
Mamma, wink at that man
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When Hearts are 7rlln1pS
By FOntAins Fox

the window and thought out al
that had happened.
Robert had had an engagement TO
dine with Mary jameson. and he
had said nothing about il. He would
have been with Barbara earlier
yesterday II he had not been with
Mary. And Mary had had TO re-
mind him OF his engagement with
Barbara or he would not have come
az soon AS he did.
Why had he not. mentioned all
these things TO Barbara II he loved
her: And--here she winced-he
had sung for Mary. had stayed TO
sing, when ne might have been with
the girl who loved him, who had
almost telephoned 10 him at his
hotel asking him TO come earlier
than he had expected.
Had he sung Il Hear You Call
ing Me-
She had been a fool. He was
nirt. Yet, ~ he had wrote as he
had promised 10. perhaps she might
give him a chance to explain. But,
no. She was not going 10 marry
him anyhow. Uncle Arthur did not
wish ii. For that reason she must
not love Robert. Uncle Arthur had
been right.
Mary had suggested thaG Barbara
might be engaged to John Brandon.
II Mary found herself mistaken
would she suppose that Brandon,
too. was nirting with Barbara"
The unhappy girl sprang TO her
feet. Her thoughts ran wild, She
must control them. But she must
remember that Robert had not been
honest with hoy.
Late that afternoon, wdcr cynthia
came again into her niece's room.
she Spied IN the waste basket
sheet OF letter paper torn into small
bits. Seeing this, che smiled IN
satisfaction.
To Itc Coufiuued.
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He'd Seen the Effects.

Among the little group OF
lunchers at a club recently was a
weil-lnown Judge. Presently, as
they chatted, one of the other men
turned to him and re narked:
"I see you're drinking coffee
Isn't that rather a heating drink
for such a close day? In weather
like this you should choose some-
thing sharper and more cooling"
yes" agreed another man.
"Such as gin and ginger ale. Have
You ever tricd~t?' he asked, turn
ing to tho judge.
NO" replied the dispenser Of
justice. with smile. but rye
tried several men Who have
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81 PAID FOR EACH
DOLLAR SAVED

Here IL a chance for every one
TO earn a dollar by telling hSw
she has saved a dollar. IL may be
dollar or more. II may have
been saved in. day or a week.
However all that matters Is HOW
IL was saved.
81 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.
l Will award a prize Of 81 each
day for one of the suggestions
which ] print.
IL your first letter doesn't get
prize, try again. Even II Il does.
chat is no bar 10 your getting an
other IL your idea is worth IL.
Checks will be mailed TO win
ners.
ELIZABETH LATTIMER.
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borrowing the Baby"
Proves Profitable.

DEAR ELIZABETH LATTlMER:
want to suggest an idea OF
"How to make money at home"
which has proven a profitable idea
with me, as il affords me some
spending money and takes little OF
my time.
am in an apartment house in
which there is young married
woman who Is trained nurse, with
q six -month-oId baby. The baby is
good. sleeps most of the time. She
has often expressed n desire TO be
able to make some money at nurs-
ing. as they, too, are in such de-
rnand. SO l suggested that l care
for the baby five hours a day. She
readily accepted, and is now making
$50 a week, working from II a. m.
until 4 p. m, and l get IS of the
$50 as my share, and we are both
happy. ] am sure others have had
a similar opportunity, if not to care
for a baby, to read to or care for an
elderly person or invalid a few
hours a day.
MRS. /. r. BLACK,
2O02 Guilford Ave.
Baltimore, Nd.
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Saving Money in the Home, Little Tricks
4. For Women in Household Economies

I rent two spare rooms to men,
keep their rooms. their linen 10,
same, my household linen, DO All
my own housework, cooking clean
ing, etc, but endeavor 20 use sSs-
tenn and not neglect any duties.
MRS. Il. @. PERRIN.
slT Elm street northwest
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by ELIZABETH LATTIMER.

20 many OF the contestants Tor
- the last prize made the ie'
quest that only their initials
be used. that / feel the necessity OF
saying just word on the subject
No one should feel sensitive nor
secretiYe about any effort TO econo-
plize or increase earnings. Extrava-
gapce and idleness are the things
20 be ashamed of-not their op-
posites-thrift and industry. II is
these two qualities in women which,
10 -Bracticed. will save the day for
this country. Without them there
u locks and reefs ahead and the
tSinking people Of the country
know it.,t
l am going to reproduce for your
Rnefit a short editorial from the
Nw York Evening Sun:
"women 10 the Rescue
AT the meeting of an English cor
psrstion a shareholder, presumably
a man, protested against the 10 per
cent return on his money, saying II
should hav, been 50! Whercupon a
woman who also held stock cried
out that 50 per cent was criminal
prfteering" and she would not par
ticipate in II, even II II were posi-
bile to secure that much. In the
same days news the American EN-
change National Banks June report
is quoted TO the effect that woman's
thrift is the hope of the country.
We hold no brief for the perfection
OF women. We like 'em as they are.
Bit If they can succeed in turning
the tide on the one hand from un-
warranted profits and on the other
toward habits of saving in expendi-
ture, they will deserve all the
praises the poets have given--snd
few more in the freest OF free
verse
THE letter which won the five
Two Dollar Prizes follow:
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will need to be fond of travelling,
for he is q great Investigator on
different matters in Congress, and
only just returned from Panama,
and will probably go TO Honolulu,
the Philippines, China and Japan
in July--so il will be necessary to
speed up on the Leap Year stuff IL
any girl wishes to have the trip
Of her life
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-08-27
NOTICE
Webster. Webster & Kerby Contract

Webster, Webster & Kerby Contract tors,
 Metcalf, Arizona Gentlemen:-
 It has been decided by the Board of Supervisors and myself to open to public traffic that portion of Section Two of the Clifton-Springerville Road between Stations 277 plus 66 and Station sos.
 You are therefore instructed to re- move the gate at Bridge Number Six which now obstructs tn traffic to Station 5Os.
 In the last regular monthly estimate you were paid 100% on all work done on Section Two as far as Station 459 plus 34. Since then supplementary estimate has been turned in, allowing you payment for all surfacing from the beginning of Section Two, or Sta tion 277 plus 66 to Station sos. In the next monthly estimate, on which payment can be made September 9th, you. will be allowed the balance of 100% not yet paid between Station 459 plus 34 and Station sos, being about 6%.
 The 156 held back by the Board on this portion of the road between Station 277 qlus 66 and Station 50S according to the terms of the contract, will also be paid along with the other payment allowed by the next month- ly estimate, providing there is no delay on your part in complying with the above instructions.
 Yours truly,
 B. VANDERCOOK Adv Countv F,np,aaar