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The Washington times., 1920-09-27
MARRIAGE BELOW PAR
At PRESENT, HE SAYS.

Marriage is not a success today
1t will be much less OF success as
time goes on il the general order of
things go on as they are now.
Probably marriage like everything
else, during this period of national
stress and excitement Is below par.
Undoubtedly in most cases one good
and one bad partner get together
accounts for much of the failure in
marriage.
A very good remedy for the So
luton, of matrimonial difficulties,
would be to make marriage license
$500. and a divorce so cents. There
Is no punishment 30 great as having
to live with some one that you de-
test. Seventy-fve per cent of the
married people. Of the younger gen
GRAFTON regret their married life.
Quite a few of our young women
Of today, are not worth shooting,
the bullets would be a total loss.
The young men OF today that
want to be happy, my advice
would be don't ever marry. There is
no use trying to hide the truth, let
us face 1t with a calm deliberation,
there are no good women to be had,
among our young girls Of today; all
they want is a slave to work him
self to death, while they run around
with some other men. Ninety-eight
per cent of the mothers of today
try to bring their daughters up
right. but when they get out with
other no account women, then
good bye.
Most women of today want
house all by themselves so they can
have whom they please. while their
husband is gone, whereas in room
they could not bring any and every
thing in someone else's house. Very
often when a young girl is happily
married. and some OF her less happy
friends think that she is getting
along better than themselves resort
to all sorts Of meanness to break
her up. and IL she is not a wise girl
they succeed in breaking her up,
she is thrown out on the world
heartbrokcn, when 1t is too late.
Since we are to have the nineteenth
amendment, as a part of the Fed
'eral Constitution, granting women
the right to vote, then alimony
should cease automatically, when
that amendment has become effec-
tive throughout our land. also when
women murder some one they
should be hung. hung until dead.
VERBOSE.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
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See hsre"-Moe was looking for
ward-"you Amt planning TO do
no shooting, are you? That's a bad
business, Joe. l don't want TO be
dragged into nothing like that.
Respect the laws always been my
motto-and besides you Aip't GOT
no right TO carry a gun without a
permit"
"I1l take care OF the permit. Moe.
You let me have the gun-you got
a nice collection OF 'em right here.
I'll pick out one-not 4 phony one.
either--and when / pay over your
10 per cent IN. hand 1t back TO
you"
"oh, no you won'tw Moe was
very decided, You're up TO some
deviltry and l can't be mixed up in
It,"
Mrs. Hasdock scowied at him.
"Oh, you won't! Well. i know
somewhere also can get one.
You're a fne friend. you are"
"You Amt going about 1t the
right way" said Moe. adopting a
more conciliatory attitude. "Of
course. it's nothing to me IL you
buy gun so longs you tell me
you got a right to buy one"
well. j have got a right-now
you pick me a good one-one thatll
speak straight IL l ever have to use
it,"
"And you'll pay for it?"
YES, I'll pay, but IL you was any
kind OF a man you'd give 1t to me"
"I'll let you have it half price"
said Moe. leaning over to take a
little revolver from the case.
You see this-second hand, yes.
but a beauty and a bargain; only
$40 and cheap at twenty-hardly
used at all"
81 got to pay, have II" demand
ed the woman.
"Sure you got to pay-I got to
be protected. amt II"
From his vantage point Hello
trope Harry saw his ex-wife pick
up the pistol and examine it. Then
he saw her lay bill on ting glass
case and slip the weapon into her
bag.
Ito BE Continued Tomorrow.)
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
30 OK S

SANDMAN STORIES OF DRUsILLA's
DOLL; and SANDMAN'S RAINY DAY
STORIES. BY Abbie Phillips Walker
tMrs Fred A. Walker). New York:
Harper g. Bros.
The voluYes are respectively the
sixth and seventh of Mrs. Walker 5
series of stories for Bedtime"
which have fascinated millions
of youngsters during the past Few
years, and are told. with such in
imitable charm. often so lamentably
missing in Juvenile fiction, that
father OF mother becomes just as
interested as the little one in fol-
lowing the adventures of the vari-
Gus characters represented.
Each book contains from twenty
to thirty separate stories of Just
the right length for reading be-
tween "going ng-to-bed-time" and the
departure Of THE Sleepytown Ex-
press" and a happy passage with
pleasant dreams Will become q
surety.
Surely, no more suitable book gift
for birthday or Christmas could be
selected than from this charming
series.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
REFERS DOUBTLESS TO
THREE VERSES OF GENESIS.

In elaboration of my thought ex-
pressed in reference to bad angels
got a divorce from heaven l refer
those interested to Genesis, 6:2-5.
The sons of God were created
angels, who could materialize.
They married ''the daughters of
men," filled tho whole earth with
violence, and were ultimately de-
stroyed by the flood. Yet, good
marriages were blessing: for
Noah. his wife, his three sons and
their wives, who did not abuse the
marriage vow, were saved and re-
populated the earth. I repeat that
marriage makes the home. Fires
destroy homes by tho thousands
each year. yet a Chicago, Baltimore
or San Francisco may be almost de-
stroyed by fire, yet they Sphynx-
like have arisen from the flames.
Divorce. sin. vice or degradation
may strive It's hardest to destroy
the sancIty OF marriage, but she
will sail majestically onward, and
finally land us on an Ararat of hap
piness, peace, Justice and right.
Marriage Is n success.
REV. J. LUTHER MARTIN,
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
Continued From SatWdsyo

Oswald has made severai
sketches Of the grounds, and is
making others for the pool ana
fountain. He is anything but mel
ancholy; he strolls about quite nap
pily with the eternal cigarette in
his mouth and an enormous rose
scented white peony in his button
hole: and in the evening he and l
light a fire in the library-for the
evenings are n tribe chilly still
and we read or chat or discuss men
and AFFAIRS most companfonably.
The occult charm in this man, or
which you are so conscious, my
self can perceive. There seems
to be, deep within him, an mex
plicable quality which appeals
something latent, indehnable-
something that you suspect to be
wistful yet which is too sensitive
too self-distrustful to respond TO
the very sympathy 1t seems TO
draw.
steve, / have asked him to spend
July with us. He seemed quite
surprised and n little Disconnected
by the invitation-just as he
seemed to be when l asked him to
do the pool and fountain.
HE said he would like to some
IL he could arrange it-whatever
that may mean. So II was left
that way.
do you approve!
at will be wonderful to see you
here, moving in the garden, stand
ing out yonder on the lavnl-
Steve. herself, In her own actual
and mstchless pcrson!--Steve In the
flesh, here under the green old trees
OF Runners Rest Sometimes
when I am thinking OF you-and
seem to see you as you were when
last here--a girl in ribbons and
white, dancing over the lawn with
her chestnut hair flying; or down
by the river at the foot OF tho
lawn, wading bare-legged, fussing
and poking about among tho
stones: or lying full-l.ngth on the
grass under the trees, reading
"Quentin Durward"-do you re-
member And ! used to take you
trout-nshing to that mysterious
Dunbar Brook up I'm the forest,
whore tho Arush OF ico-cold waters
round bowYders always awed you
and the spray cioudinE tho huge
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
The Restless Sex
A Romantic Film Drama With
MARION DA VIES
Bv Robert w. Chambers.

round powders always awed you
and made you the slightest bit un-
easy.
"And do you remember the brown
pools behind those powders, where
you cautiously dropped you line;
and the sudden scurry OF a black
shadow in the pool-the swift tug,
the Jerk and spatter as you flung
a speckled trout skyward in min
gled joy and CONSERVATION?
Runners Rest has not changed.
House and barns need paint; the
garden requires your soft white
hands TO caress it into charming
discipline; the house needs you; the
lawns are empty without you; the
noise of the river ripping on the
shoals sounds lonely. The whole
place needs you, Steve, to make II
logical. And so do l. Because all
this has no meaning unless the soul
of II shows through.
when / am perplexed. restless,
impatient, unhappy, l try to re-
member that you have given me a
bit of your heart; that you realize
you have mine entire-every atom
of\my love, my devotion 80 There
must be some way for us
don't know what way, because you
have thought IL necessary to leave
me blind. But 1 shall never give
you up-unless you ind that you
care moro for another man.
And now to answer what you
have said concerning you and me.
l suppose I ought to touch what is,
theoretically, another mans. Yet,
you do not belong to him. And you
have begun to fall n little In love
with me haven't you7 And in this
incomprehensible pact IL was
agreed that you retain your liberty
until you came to final decision
within two years.
"I don't understand Il; ! cans feel
that, under the strange circum-
stances, I am unfair to you or to
this strange and unexplained enig-
ma named Oswald Grisr1er.
"As for my attitude toward him.
will not allow myself to brood
or cherish unworthy malice. am
trying 70 accept him, with all his
evident and unusual qualities, as
man T've got TO night and man
! can't help liklng when let my
self Judge him honestly
CTo he Continued Tomorrow.
Copyright, 1917, 1918, by the Intsrnstons
Masssins CompanyS
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
sELF-REsPECT DEMANDS
THAT HE APPROVE 1T.

I think that marriage is successful.
A certain measure OF self-respect de-
mands that think well of the sys-
tenn by which ! came into existence.
To that extent i may be prejudiced.
The marriage route is so much shorter
and is attended by 30 many more
pleasurable thrills than the ancient
system OF evolution. OF course, X.
Kipling says 1t begins by a man court
ing "a rag. and a bone. and hank
OF hair, which the fool called his
lady fair" but even that seems so
much nicer than the ancient clod or
lump of clay as Messrs. Darwin ct al.
suggest. Then also think of intermin-
able line of ancestry, and ages OF time
involved IN the infinite transmigra-
tions of the soul from the time OF its
conception in the womb of the clod
till il finally arrived a babe in hu-
man form at the threshold Of man
kind. Also the perils of the route
from arrested development. diversion
by hybridization, etc
Should he escape these last, he
would be so much longer on the way
than II was possible for him to re-
main after he got here that he could
we'll inquire in the words of another,
'If SO soon I'm to be done for, what
one earth was / begun forg'
oh. the advantages of marriage are
so much greater in every conceivable
way. In it we have more directness.
There is usually but one mother en-
route. The time required usually
something less than year; no trans
migrations. etc. And not least OF all,
by any means. Is the mothers joy of
making the doll clothes for the ex-
pected babe. G. s. T.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27

leisure" But this I do not mean
that there is not such a thing as
love at first sight" Personally, |
myself believe in "love at first
sight" / think IL you do not like
a person upon first acquaintance,
you probably never will.
think a. young man and girl
should know each other at least a
year before they marry. Some may
say, "Oh, why wait all that time
We love each other-and the only
thing for us to do is to be married
right away. Love sometimes goes
as quickly as it comes. So that
there be no regrets. it is safer to
wait while. Another thing, say
ing you love a person and loving
The Washington times., 1920-09-27

him are two different things. II
you find you cannot wait a year
land surely during this length of
time you should know IL you love
him or her), why. perhaps, after
ward you will wish you had waited
and made those sweet courting days
a little longer.
do not believe in too early mar
riages. A girl is fooh to marry be-
fore twenty or twenty-one. unless for
a good reason. A man is fool to
marry before twenty-one, anyway.
In fact. he is not considered a man
until then. Young people should
"sow their wild oats" before set
tling down. 1t is better to be wild
and have good time before marri-
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
Is Marriage a Success?
1 age than to have it afterward In the

age than to have 1t afterward In the
wrong way.
believe the most essential thing
between two young persons con-
templating a happy and successful
marriage is for them to have things
in common. Two of a kind make
an ideal match. and as they agree
on most things will have little to
argue about. l am sure many VIII
agree with me.
Another thing, we should love
person for himself or herself. and
not for what we want him or her to
be. Do not try to change them in
small matters. Their little charac-
teristics are sometimes the most In
teresting and attractive things about
them. Leave them alone as God
made them and wished them to be.
HELEN OF TROY.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Write frankly, briefly, and huthully views on the
problem Is Marriage Success?" If you think it not al
together success. do fail suggest what think is
the remedy WHAT is the trouble, and what could be done
Write your opinions experiences, and suggestions Write
frankly and fearlesy-yow confidence will be respected
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, 2. G.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN
AND Is HAPPY.

AMI Is dhETh.
Two letters printed in The Times
last evening attracted my attention,
and / wish to place my own case
with the, two mentioned, namely,
c. ]. M. and M. r. NJ.
was married in 1916 and have
a boy three years old. In 1918 my
husband. through bad associations,
was arrested and sent to Lorton
for a year and. a day. II seemed
to me that every one was sneering
at me on account OF my husband. so
/ decided to leave him and take my
son.
On my husbands release I in
formed him of this fact and placed
my boy in a home, staying with
him when l could. My husband tried
three or four places before he finally
got the position no wanted, and
then he asked me to- come back to
him. bu, l would not on account of
the past.
After furnishing an apartment
and living alone until he could
sand IL no longer he informed me
that he was sta:'Ing proceedings
for a divorce on the gsyu..d OF de
sertion. Being afraid I would lcse
my baby, went back t. him and
we started over again.
Since then have changed TO a bet
ter position and my husband has
also made gowl We have maid
to take care OF baby, and our lives,
instead OF being wrecked by d.
vorce, IL now path OF roses, s2d
we are all happy.
hated to think, once, of 'osing
my independence" but. oh! how
thankful | am that ! am no mo'e
Independent. but nm only poor
downtrodden married woman
II II M
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
ADVISES AGAINST
HAsTY MARRIAGE.

Marriage IL a sucoess-thst is, far
more OF success than a failure.
or course, there arc some who get
anything but happiness out of mar
rlasc. Persons marrying for
money, name, or social position are
sure to have bitter regrets. At
least, as far as love IL concerned.
What II marriage without lover
Nothing more than n low, vile act.
Another reason for unhappiness in
marriage for many Is basty marri-
age. There is much truth in tn,
saying. Married in haste, repent at
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
This Day in History.

This is the anniversary Of the
birth, in 1901 Of Louis Kill, King
Of France, who owes his title to
fame to his great Minister. Richie
lieu, whom he supported against
all his enemies, for the glory Of
France.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
A Modern Babel
of Nationality

The people OF India speak about
$50 different languages. and are
divided into forty-threc distinct ma
tionalities--a greater diversity than
exists In any other country in tho
world.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27

Before placing clothes in water.
look them over for stains.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27

A slice of lemon in bouillon or
clear soup is a dainty touch.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
Household
Suggestions

Cut boiled ham into rounds with
the biscuit cutter, heap with potato
salad. and sprinkle with chopped
dill pickle.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27

For iced coffee, use fresh-made
coffee. poured into glasses contain
ing one tablespoonful cream and
cracked ice. Serve with whipped
cream and powdered sugar.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
The Region of Cloudland.

Clouds are of all heights. The
average is one and a half miles.
The highest Is six. The most
lowcst-about seven hundred yards
from the ground.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27

Substitute borax for bluing and
the clothes will be whittier.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27

To cover jam jars, cut rounds Of
paper large enough to cover and to
overlap the top of the jar. Brush
the inside with well beaten white
of an egg and tie over the jar. 1t
will be tight and firm, and exclude
all air.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27

II is a good plan TO add a. tea
spoonful Of borax to the last water
clothes are rinsed in: this will
whiten them considerably. The
borax should be pounded before
putting it into the water This will
then insure its dissolving quickly.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27

Put a pinch of saltpeter in the
vases in which flowers are kept;
this will make them look better
and keep fresh for a much longer
time than they would otherwise do
in plain water. Clip about an
eighth of an inch from their stalks
each day.
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
,sHcisssrcse." from the story "
Richard wAshbwn Chiid' !.
Cosmopolitan production. re-
leased as = fsramount-
Aircraft picture.
! Directed by George ID. Baker,
By Jane Mclean.

syVJHILE Alice and Jimmie were
M perfectins plans for their
A Wv Wedding, Heliotrope Harry
The Washington times., 1920-09-27
THE WASHINGTON @IinEs MAGAZINE PAGE. SzzA
HELIOTROPE

~
Mrs.
HasdOck,
sure that
her
ex-husband
will try
to harm
her,
goes to
her old
| friend,
Moe Simon,
and buys
aDistOl.
although
| he makes
I n
The New York herald., 1920-01-04
Is a Big Undertaking

The cost of developing these leases proposition that
calls for capital The drilling of wells and the accessory
machinery and equipment is cash transaction Thus TO
get the OIL to store it. to market this wealth is problem
solved only by adequate working capital 10 be raised by
sufficient number of venturesone, live wires TO insure
the immediate success of the enterprise.
The New York herald., 1920-01-04
Money Back Guarantee

There was never open and aboveboard enter
prise offered.
We propose make real money in fair and
square way by getting the cooperation of sufficient
number Of ivewires market and get the money for all
the produce host of rich today because
they bought the basis that now offer stock in
this company.
for 100 shares $40; 200 shares 500 800 shares
$50; 900 shares s100as many shares your venture
spirit tells YOU is worth the risk
If within days after sending your receipt and pros
pecu of the company you satisfied If after the
fullest and freest enquiry and investigation ycu have
doubt to the genuneness Of this undertaking. simply
demand the return of your money and II will be sent to
you without word or qubbe
The New York herald., 1920-01-04
Not a Spec uIation

AS the Empire Texas is genuine business venture
with substantial property rights paid for in advance by
calculating business men, the question is not will get
oi?-but-how will rank high with the big pro
ducers?
We after oil and not to sell stock Every dollar
realized from the sale of Treasury shares is for the
only purpose of developing the Company's holdings
into a wonderfully profitable and permanent business
The New York herald., 1920-01-04
Act Today! Don't Wait!

The time to take advantage of oil opportunity
during the period Of development When the wealth Of
the earth, it may be fabulous wealth. has been flowing
every minute of each q hours and the pipe lines storage
tanks and other equipment in place to take OF
The oil it is the stakeholder with the spirit Of adventure
who has cashed with the big profits
The New York herald., 1920-01-04
Is Il Worth the Chance?

Not few not hundreds but actually many thousands
Of people are deriving big incomes from modest invest
ents the of oil enterprises that began with far
prospects than in possession Of the Empire
Texas Oil Co. Our activities thus far have multiplied
our prospects that in position to imme
daely employ all the money raised from Treasury stock
to the definite purpose Of production.
The New York herald., 1920-01-04
What Are the Prospects

You invited to risk small sum--the price of
pair of shoes sutwith group of business men
that you look up the bank and find they O. K
You are invited to invest few dollars along with
their thousands in developing property already leased and
paG for that of the codest and most calculating
critics of oil leases have said we'll worth every dollar
necessary TO bring them into successful production
The New York herald., 1920-01-04
All Shares Are Equal

Every share of stock that you purchase in this com
pany treasury stock and every share of stock repre-
equal in all the assets of this company
Thus you will clearly understand why this is the
greatest oil opportunity offered you and why you
stand TO win big not merely the value of your stock
but on the actual production of the oil itself
The New York herald., 1920-01-04
A Genuine Business Venture

Every business of any kind is venture until it
reaches the turning point of actually earning profit
And believing leases Justify the soundest bust
judgment put up own cold cash in what we
believe the biggest opportunity have ever had to de
reop real money maker
The New York herald., 1920-01-04
Come In With Us On
This Square Deal
What a National Bank President Says

Richardson Citizens National Bank Wells
~ this regarding the active head of this
ability He had
business and successful have been closely
Henry always
him
vour
Welsvlle n. Y.
The New York herald., 1920-01-04
Advance in Price Of Stock

These are the activities that make the market jump.
are confident that events depending entirely upon
energies in the very future must create for
dentically the same conditions that made
Fowler Farm Company advance to $4,000 a share.
Texas Pacific Coal Co. advance to ST. share.
Burk k-waggoner Oil Co. advance to $3 333 share
Hog Creek Petroleum advance to $4,000 share.
Swensondale Oil Co. advance to 81, 500 share.
The New York herald., 1920-01-04

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